Chapter 63 10. "Fortune General" Liu Zhi was dismissed

In Tianye Temple, Zhao Xitian is finished; in Kaocheng, Liu Zhi of the frontline headquarters of Zhengzhou Sui Department is also finished!When this "fortune general" heard the news that the entire 3rd Division was destroyed, he was hit on the head with a sap like five thunders.Liu Zhi didn't regain his composure for a long while, and he kept saying nervously: "Third Division, my entire Third Division... Chairman Jiang will take me..." He failed the important task entrusted to him by the chairman of the committee to "investigate chaos and save the country".He failed in the "encirclement and suppression" of Li Xiannian and Wang Shusheng in the Central Plains. This time he was defeated again in the suppression of Liu Bocheng. How could he face the Chairman? !Chen Cheng and Bai Chongxi had always looked down on him, and now they caught him. Even if He Yingqin and Gu Zhutong were willing to speak for him, it seemed that it would be of no avail and they were doomed.

A gambler loses, but he cannot lose all his money.Liu Zhi cheered up and issued an urgent order to tell the 47th Division, 41st Division and Liu Ruming's 5th Sui District troops to retreat quickly in order to stabilize their position and keep their roots.But his order came too late.When the entire 3rd division was wiped out, it was also a time when the other divisions participating in the attack were terrified.They didn't know how many troops Liu Bocheng had under his command, but he was able to eat up an ace division with aircraft, tanks and many cannons in one go!Who wants to be the second in the entire 3rd division?Only a fool would!Of course, Liu Bocheng couldn't eat them all, but he still had to eat a few bites of each of them.

Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping had already set their sights on the next target, the 47th Division, as early as the final stage of attacking and annihilating the 3rd Division.When most of the 3rd Division was wiped out, Liu Deng used part of his troops to wipe out the remnants of the enemy. The main force immediately turned to the southwest and rolled towards the side of the 47th Division. The brigade and the 122nd brigade were wiped out by the People's Liberation Army during the retreat.At the same time, the 41st Division, 55th Division and 68th Division were also annihilated by two battalions each when they fled.

Dingtao was defeated, and the entire 3rd Division was wiped out. The news of Zhao Xitian's capture spread to Mount Lushan. Chiang Kai-shek was so angry that his internal organs were on fire and his seven orifices were smoking.He called the officials in the attendant's room to give oral instructions: "Send Cixiu and Mo San to Jingfu's place quickly, and you must find out the reason for the failure!" Chen Cheng, chief of staff of the Ministry of National Defense, and Gu Zhutong, commander-in-chief of the army, set off for Fengqiu immediately after receiving the order, and summoned Liu Zhi, director of the Sui District of Zhengzhou, Wang Zhonglian, Wang Jingjiu, Sun Zhen and other Sui district military chiefs and senior generals above the army commander, The chief of staff meets.

Chen Cheng had a quarrel with Liu Zhi, but this time he finally grasped the excuse.He first launched an attack at the meeting: "At the critical moment of our army's key offensive, all ministries should have sincerely united to face the national disaster, but some people ignored the danger of our army, which was surrounded by Liu bandits after a heroic attack, or underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, or Greed for life and fear of death, or doing their own thing, seeing death without saving them, led to the sacrifice of the entire 3rd Division, the elite reorganization of our army, and the humiliation of Commander Zhao. For this major mistake, the Zhengzhou Sui Department and the Wusui District were ineffective in command, and the friendly forces were in trouble. If you can’t cooperate and support, and the superior equipment can’t give full play to its effectiveness, the main officer should bear the inescapable responsibility!”

Although Liu Zhi and his chief of staff Zhao Zili have sincerely reviewed the situation, it is obviously difficult to quell the anger within the national army without severe punishment for such a disastrous failure.In addition, Chen Cheng was about to take advantage of the momentum to attack He Yingqin's influence and strengthen his own power, so he dismissed Liu and Zhao because Liu Zhiyong was cowardly and incompetent, and Zhao Zili had no way to plan.This decision was of course approved by Chiang Kai-shek. After Liu Zhi was dismissed, he flew to Nanjing to meet Chiang Kai-shek on September 19.Although he was severely scolded by the chairman, he was later appointed as a member of the strategic advisory committee.