Chapter 352 11. Inventory

The Battle of Lanzhou was the largest and most intense urban battle on the Northwest battlefield in the War of Liberation.The solidity of the enemy's fortifications, the ferocity and tenacity of defending the enemy, and the favorable terrain are all unprecedented.The First Field Army concentrated a large number of troops (compared with the enemy), the strength of its firearms, the intensity of the fighting and the heavy price it paid were also unprecedented.After bloody battles and fierce street fighting, Ma Bufang's main force, the 3 divisions of the 82nd Army, one division each of the 129th Army, and 3 security regiments, totaling 27,000 people, were wiped out.Among them, more than 12,000 people were killed and injured, more than 13,700 people were captured, and more than 2,000 people drowned because of swimming across the Yellow River.6 mountain guns, 128 mortars, anti-war guns, and 60 guns in total, more than 2,400 mules and horses, more than 40 cars, and a large number of other military supplies were seized.

In this campaign, the First Field Army suffered more than 8,700 casualties.Peng Dehuai said many times: Fighting Lanzhou was a fierce battle and a tough battle.Some regiments had an organizational system of 1,500 or 600 people, and only a few hundred people remained at the end of the battle.For the cause of the people, these combat heroes smashed their bones to pieces, and their heroic self-sacrifice spirit is always worth learning and remembering. ("Biography of Peng Dehuai") At the celebration banquet, Mr. Peng also pointed out that the defeat of Lanzhou has three major significances: first, it completely destroyed the Northwest Appeasement District Chief’s Department and basically wiped out the Second Huma Army; second, it ushered in the Great Northwest Thirdly, the foundation has been laid for opening up the Sino-Soviet road, but our task has not yet been completed, the battle is not over, we must not stop here, on the contrary, we should start from here and add the whip, Let the Chinese revolution win a little faster.