Chapter 340 8. Hu Zongnan, Ma Bufang and others complained to each other

The Battle of Fumei not only defeated the Huma Alliance and liberated all the Guanzhong area, but also laid a solid foundation and created extremely favorable conditions for liberating the entire Northwest and supporting the Southwest battlefield. After the Battle of Fumei, the Majia armies in Gansu, Qing, and Ningxia, Wang Zhiqi's army in Longnan, and Hu Zongnan's armies in Xi'an's Sui Department complained to each other and quarreled. Ma Bufang complained that Hu Zongnan fled after hearing the news, and did not notify them in advance, which almost wiped out all of them. Wang Zhiqi complained that the Xi'an Sui Department did not inform them of the situation before the war. As a result, their three divisions drove up in a daze, and were wiped out in a daze.

Hu Zongnan complained that when the Ma family army withdrew, he did not notify the Xi'an Sui Department. As a result, the People's Liberation Army broke in from the Ma family army's defense area and wiped out several of his elite troops.Hu Zongnan also complained that Wang Zhiqi didn't know that the communist army surrounded them with such a large force, which affected the overall plan. Li Zhen, the commander of the 18th Corps, complained that Pei Changhui did not answer the phone in time, which delayed the fighter plane; he blamed the commander of the 90th Army for withdrawing westward without his order.The 38th Army complained that Li Zhen did not provide timely reinforcements when the army's battle was urgent, and instead said that two regiments of the 38th Army had mutinied.

As for other armies, divisions and divisions, and even regiments, there was even more quarreling. After a while of quarreling and complaining, Hu Zongnan went from Nanzheng to the headquarters of the 5th Corps in Shuangshipu to investigate the reason for the failure of the war, and asked Li Zhenxi to study with Li Zhen and Shen Ce, the deputy chief of staff of the Sui Department. Li Zhen first blamed Pei Changhui for not answering the phone in time, and Shen Ce also agreed with Li Zhen's statement.Li Zhenxi had a different opinion, saying: "The main reason for the failure was that we knew nothing about the actions of the Communist Army, but the Communist Army knew everything about us. Until the 38th Army was surrounded by the Communist Army, fierce fighting For a long time, the headquarters of the 18th Corps still didn't believe it, saying that they were disturbing each other. Especially like the position of "sheep shit" we set up, it is difficult to deal with sudden incidents. In this case, even we are on the battlefield. Those who directly command the battle don't know how to deal with it properly, even if Pei Changhui answered the phone in time, how can he make a proper deal with it?"

Because Shen Ce disagreed with Li Zhenxi's statement, the two quarreled fiercely.Pei Changhui thought that Li Zhenxi would talk back to Hu Zongnan, fearing that Li Zhenxi would suffer, so he sent Li Zhenxi's aide to secretly tell Li Zhenxi to talk less. At that time, Hu Zongnan didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, and only instructed the 38th Army and the 65th Army to make up for it in the middle of eating.Hu Zongnan took over as commander of the 5th Corps.Before getting up, he decided to ask Pei Changhui to go to the rear to rest, and when he sent Hu Zongnan back to Nanzheng, he changed his mind and said to Pei Changhui, "Recover well..." He never mentioned Pei Changhui to the rear.It can be seen that Hu Zongnan also knows that even if a Pei Changhui is withdrawn, it will be difficult to save the defeat.

Later, when reviewing the battle, the Kuomintang Army’s military history concluded: “In the Battle of Guanzhong, the main decisive battle was directed from Longdong along the Jingshui River to Xi’an, and it was a good case to attack the bandit army from the back.” “The main decisive battle Including Ningxia, Longdong, and the 5th (including the Longnan Corps), but without a unified command, not only failed to unify the strike force, but also the horses only knew how to support their own self-respect, suspected each other, fought separately, and were unwilling to wear down Under their own strength, they retreated in the face of local minor setbacks, affecting the overall situation, and fell short." "The Sui Department had no knowledge of the reinforcement of the Peng bandits by the 18th and 19th bandit regiments, or the actions of the two bandit army regiments. Therefore, Xi'an The Sui Department did not know that the Ningxia and Longdong corps retreated due to small setbacks, nor did they know the situation of the bandit reinforcements, just as the art of war says: if you don’t know your enemy, you don’t know yourself, and you will lose every battle.” ("National Revolutionary Army Battle History" Part 5 Book 7)