Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek's second son, although there have always been doubts in his life, Chiang Kai-shek's favor for him is an indisputable fact.
Jiang Weiguo was passionate about the military all his life, and after graduating from the Berlin Army University, he participated in the German Blitzkrieg against Poland as a stormtrooper. In 1939, he went to the U.S. Army Air Corps Tactical School, specializing in armored tactics, and after returning to China, he has been honing with Hu Zongnan in the army.
On December 1, 1948, Jiang Weiguo saw the battle report of the Battle of Xu Beng and scolded Liu Zhi and Li Yannian for being incompetent.
Jiang Weiguo did not expect that after more than 20 days of fighting at the Battle of Xu Beng, Huang Baitao's 7th Corps and Huang Wei's 12th Corps would be surrounded and annihilated, and Du Yuanming's 400,000 troops would also abandon Xuzhou. Until now, the most supreme commander- of the war, Chiang Kai-shek, has only Wuhan Bai Chongxi, Xi'an Hu Zongnan, and Beiping Fu Zuoyi.
However, the distant water could not quench the thirst of the near future, so Chiang Kai-shek could only let Jiang Weiguo, as the commander of the first regiment of the chariot, personally go to Bengbu to support Li Yannian and Liu Ruming's troops.
On November 29, 1948, liu Ruming had just moved his headquarters from Xuzhou to Bengbu, and he received news that Jiang Weiguo was going to participate in the Battle of Bengbu. He understood in his heart that Chiang Weiguo had nominally come to participate in the war, but in fact chiang kai-shek had sent him to supervise the war, and once he was caught in the handle and played a book, the result could be imagined.
Originally, Liu Ruming wanted to hold a welcome ceremony, but Jiang Weiguo refused. It was requested that a combat conference be held directly, that he be briefed on the situation of the war, and that orders be given to cooperate with the operation be issued. At night, Li Yannian personally gave Jiang Weiguo a briefing on the strength of the troops participating in the battle, the combat effectiveness of the units, as well as their current location and combat intentions.
After listening to the introduction, Jiang Weiguo stood up and said: Since the army has decided to attack the north tomorrow, the headquarters requests cooperation to participate in the battle, and asks the three commanders-in-chief to specifically place the headquarters in which corps and which army?
To Jiang Weiguo's surprise, Li Yannian and Liu Ruming were silent!
Jiang Weiguo had thought that with the assistance of tanks, the infantry's breakthrough ability would be doubled, and the two commanders would definitely compete to divide up his tank corps, and even complain that he had brought too little.
Don't talk, what the hell is going on?
At this time, Liu Zhi broke the embarrassing situation and said: Wei Guo, your armored unit, is a treasure, they are afraid of falling in their hands, let alone charging into the battlefield? In this way, Wei Guolai is not a vase, Yannian your troops, located in a frontal offensive position, it is better that you take advantage of it first, and tomorrow you will give one to the 54th Army and the 39th Army each to assist in attacking Xinqiao and Cao Laoji, how?
Li Yannian, evasive, could only agree. But at this time, a smile at the corner of Liu Zhi's mouth made Jiang Weiguo puzzled.
In the early morning of December 4, the battle began, and Jiang Weiguo personally boarded a tank and supervised the battle in the army.
Stationed at Cao Laoji, the first line of the New Bridge was the Sixth Column of the People's Liberation Army Huaye. Originally, a small number of tanks could be solved by digging a few deep trenches, but suddenly so many tanks appeared, which also left the officers and men at a loss, and several positions were lost in a company.
Commander Wang Bicheng immediately ordered a retreat, temporarily avoided the sharp edge of the tanks, discussed countermeasures, and finally decided: first avoid the tanks, let the enemy's charging infantry and tanks separate, and the People's Liberation Army rushed into the enemy army and engaged in hand-to-hand combat, so that the tanks could not open fire on our army.
This move, the effect is very good, bayonet fighting, soon the national army will be defeated, there is no infantry, tanks will become a decoration. Immediately after that, the People's Liberation Army tied several grenades together and specialized in blowing up tank tracks, causing many tanks to be directly scrapped.
In this battle, Jiang Weiguo's tank troops also won several small victories.
However, within a few days, the Communist Army was growing. It turned out that Liu Bocheng and Chen Yi's troops, after besieging Du Yanming's troops, secretly transferred several troops to come to reinforcements. For a time, Li Yannian's troops suffered heavy losses.
Just when Jiang Weiguo was trying to save the war situation, suddenly a telegram came from Nanjing: order him to fight in a regiment of chariots, immediately withdraw from the battle sequence of the 54th Army, and return to the headquarters to be on standby.
Jiang Weiguo was puzzled and could only ask Jiang Chingguo's righteous brother, Li Yili, an inspector of the land area.
In desperation, Li Yili could only tell him the truth:
Li Yannian looked at Jiang Weiguo and shot on the battlefield all day long, worried that in case of a mistake, he could not bear this responsibility. Therefore, he reported to the headquarters that the war zone was in the swampy area of rivers and lakes, and it was difficult for chariots to open and could not exert their power.
Li Yili continued: Which general of the army does not spare his own blood? You are here, they can only charge forward, the troops have suffered great losses, and they can only drink the northwest wind!
Jiang Weiguo originally wanted to take the battlefield to a big fight and share the worries of Chiang Kai-shek, but he did not expect to be disliked by the generals, so he could only lead his beloved troops and leave the position of the 54th Army.