General Luo Yuan talked
Lead
Today is the National Day festival, the fire tree and honeysuckle do not sleep, the whole country celebrates the ten thousand families. But we still have a little regret, that is, the motherland has not yet achieved complete reunification. Of the more than 9.6 million square kilometers of land, there are still 36,000 square kilometers that do not share the joy of the festival with us, and more than 1.4 billion flesh and blood compatriots, and 23 million are still separated.
What to do? Seventy-two years ago, the deafening voice echoed in the blue sky and sea of the motherland: "It is advisable to chase the poor and the poor, and not to become the overlord of fame and learning." Chairman Mao Zedong and Commander-in-Chief Zhu De's "Order to March to the Whole Country" still rings in his ears: "Advance courageously, resolutely, thoroughly, cleanly, and completely annihilate all Kuomintang reactionaries in China who dare to resist, liberate the people of the whole country, and defend the independence and integrity of China's territorial sovereignty." "Fight across the Yangtze River and liberate all of China" is the steel oath of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Now, our Supreme Commander-in-Chief has once again raised his arms and shouted, "The motherland must be reunified, and it must be reunified." The great cause of reunification is mighty and mighty, overwhelmed by mountains and seas, unstoppable, and those who go along with it prosper, and those who oppose it perish. If anyone dares to go against the tide of history, the officers and men of our army will certainly be like the millions of male divisions gathered on the north bank of the Yangtze River, ready to obey the orders of the Supreme Commander at any time, "Fight across the strait and unify all of China!" ”
Tsai Ing-wen and other "Taiwan independence" elements should not harbor delusional dreams, pretend to be tigers, and try to rely on the foreign guns and cannons of the Americans to resist reunification by force. At that time, British imperialism was once called the "Empire of the Sun Never Sets". In order to create trouble for our army to cross the river, it ignored the people's liberation army's announcement of restricting traffic and sent the frigate "Purple Quartz" of the Far East Fleet into the forbidden area where the river crossing campaign was about to be launched, and they were sure that the Chinese Communist Party would not dare to fire at the warships of the "British Empire." Unexpectedly, the Communists were not afraid of ghosts, did not believe in evil, and dared to fire at the British ships. After the artillery battle, the "Purple Quartz" was seriously injured and stranded. Subsequently, the artillery unit of the People's Liberation Army repelled the British Navy destroyers "Mate", "London" heavy cruisers, and "Black Swan" frigates that rushed to reinforcement. The "Purple Quartz" incident was an armed opposition to foreign aggression on the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China. This practice put an end to the era when foreign warships were rampaging through China's internal waters. If a war breaks out in the Taiwan Strait and a strong enemy intervenes, its fate will certainly be worse than the defeat of the "Purple Quartz.". At that time, we will completely end the era of foreign warships running amok in the waters surrounding China.
Tsai Ing-wen and other "Taiwan independence" elements should not harbor illusions and attempt to rule by drawing a gap in order to delay changes and engage in "peaceful separatism." In that year, Chairman Mao Zedong once wrote a New Year's message for xinhua news agency entitled "Carrying the Revolution through to the End." He spoke in a simple and concise way of doing everything possible to eliminate evil, and warned people not to pity the wicked like snakes. He quotes an ancient Greek parable that a farmer saw a snake freeze in winter. He took pity on it, so he put it on his chest. The serpent was awakened by the heat, and when it regained its nature, it bit its benefactor to death. We absolutely cannot show mercy to the "Taiwan independence" elements and must never be soft-hearted. "One country, two systems" cannot be equated with "ruling by drawing a gap," still less can it be equated with "armed division." There is only one China in the world, the People's Republic of China is the only legitimate representative of China, and Taiwan is a province of the People's Republic of China. These three sentences are a complete chain of legal expressions, and one is indispensable. If the Taiwan authorities try to establish another country, they are committing treason and must be eliminated.
Tsai Ing-wen and other "Taiwan independence" elements should not take any chances and try to do all the bad things and slip away. Bold cockroach thief, where to run! Our army has already laid a net of heaven and earth around Taiwan, and the leading evil elements of "Taiwan independence" cannot escape by inserting their wings. In that year, our army's "Model Battalion for Crossing the River" captured more than 8,000 prisoners at a time with more than 400 people, and swept through thousands of troops. In future wars in the Taiwan Strait, the "Model Battalion for Crossing the River" will surely become the "Model Battalion for Crossing the Sea." Our heroes who crossed the sea will arrest more die-hard "Taiwan independence" elements and capture the king of thieves, such as taking things from their pockets and grabbing them from hand to hand.
History is always strikingly similar. Today, we tell the story of the "Model Camp for Crossing the River" in order to enlighten today and show tomorrow. As we ourselves have heard, "it is advisable to chase the poor and the poor, and not to become the overlord of fame and learning." It is even more a warning to the "Taiwan independence" elements. Now there is not much time left for the "poor Kou" to survive, and the only way to survive is "peace and submission." Otherwise, there is only one dead end.
Compatriots on both sides of the strait can only "uphold the great righteousness of the nation, make concerted efforts to cooperate, seek well-being for compatriots, seek peace in the Taiwan Strait, seek reunification for the country, and seek rejuvenation for the nation."
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Fight across the Yangtze River to meet the new China
—— "Model Camp for Crossing the River" of "Hundred Battle Flags Red"
1949, in the history of the Chinese nation, is destined to be a very extraordinary year, a year of earth-shaking!
Zhongshan was windy and rainy, and millions of heroes crossed the river.
The tiger is better than the past, and the world is turned upside down.
It is advisable to chase the poor and the poor, and not to become the overlord of the famous school.
If the heavens are full of love and the heavens are old, the right way in the world is vicissitudes.
Chairman Mao's passionate Seven Laws truly recorded the magnificent scene of the middle of the last century when old China was dying and new China was about to emerge, and embodied the heroism of giants and the unparalleled strength of the people's army. In the grand battle of crossing the river, our millions of troops and thousands of boats raced to attack the water, and with the momentum of overwhelming the mountains and the sea, braving the enemy's artillery fire, we bravely advanced toward the other side of the Yangtze River, and the slogan of "fighting across the Yangtze River and liberating all of China" resounded through the clouds.
Among them, the 3rd Battalion of the 222nd Regiment of the 74th Division of the 25th Army of the Third Field Army was awarded the honorary title after the war for its heroic performance in combat. In the face of the rolling Yangtze River, which exhausts the heroes, the 3rd Battalion is undoubtedly just a wave and a microcosm of a million troops, but it is this small wave and subtle microcosm that finally gathers together to overturn the soaring waves of the Jiang Family Dynasty and create a magnificent picture of changing the world and the earth.
First, Zhongshan is yellow from wind and rain
In February 1949, after the baptism of fire of the three major battles of Liaoshen, Huaihai and Pingjin, the 1.54 million elite American troops of the Kuomintang reactionaries were wiped out, and the remaining 2.04 million remnants of the army were defeated and panicked. The Chinese People's Liberation Army, which developed into a 4 million-strong division, was at its peak in morale, and the front line advanced from north to south to the north bank of the Yangtze River.
Not being willing to fail is a common problem of all reactionary forces. On the one hand, the Kuomintang released the smoke of "peace negotiations" to delay time and fantasize about international intervention; on the other hand, it tried to take advantage of the Yangtze River graben to stubbornly resist and deployed 115 divisions, more than 100 ships, more than 300 aircraft, and about 700,000 troops on the 1,800-kilometer river defense from Yichang to Shanghai. The United States, Britain, and other countries harbored ghosts and sent warships to anchor on the Yangtze River and the waters of Wusongkou, waiting for an opportunity to threaten or obstruct the Chinese People's Liberation Army from crossing the river. There has also been a conspiracy noise in the international arena of "ruling by drawing the river".
Chairman Mao and the Party Central Committee watched the fire and tried their best to eliminate interference, determined to carry out the campaign of crossing the river with a million troops, seize the political and economic centers of Nanjing and Shanghai, and were ready to deal with possible armed intervention by imperialism at any time.
The success or failure of the operation will have a direct bearing on the fate of the Chinese revolution, but Chairman Mao firmly believes that "we must not become the overlord of fame and learning" and must cross the Yangtze River!
(Main commanders of the Battle of the Crossing River (from left to right): Su Yu, Deng Xiaoping, Liu Bocheng, Chen Yi, Tan Zhenlin)
"Strategically despise the enemy and tactically attach importance to the enemy" is the consistent thinking of our army. From February to March 1949, the Second Field Army and the Third Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the Central Plains Military Region, and the East China Military Region, with a total of about 1.2 million troops, were assembled and unified under the command of the General Front Committee composed of Liu Bocheng, commander of the Second Field Army, Deng Xiaoping, political commissar, Chen Yi, commander and political commissar of the Third Field Army, Su Yu, deputy commander, and Tan Zhenlin, deputy political commissar.
At the same time, about 120,000 men of the 12th Corps of the Fourth Field Army formed an advance corps, which went south from the Pingjin area to attack Xinyang and Wuhan, and together with the troops of the Central Plains Military Region, clamped down on the Kuomintang Bai Chongxi group and planned to cross the river to fight.
(All the participating units are fiercely armed and waiting for dan)
In view of the fact that there are many soldiers in the north of the unit and that they have concerns about crossing the Yangtze River, the General Front Committee demanded that the troops crossing the river train their troops before the war and make all kinds of preparations.
The 3rd Battalion of the 222nd Regiment of the 74th Division of the 25th Army of Sanye was a grassroots battalion capable of fighting vicious battles, and just a few months ago in the Battle of Dawangzhuang in the Battle of Huaihai, it had just joined hands with brother troops to annihilate the fierce and fierce Tiger Regiment (33rd Regiment of the 18th Army). In preparation for this river crossing operation, the 3rd Battalion was designated as the second echelon of the regiment.
The commander of the 3rd Battalion, named Wu Guangchen, was a recognized good fighter, and he was grumpy about serving as the second echelon, and felt that he could not lift his head, so he asked Xie Changhua, the regimental commander, and Xie Xuezuo, the political commissar, to theorize, and as a result, not only did he not have a theoretical understanding, but he was also asked to strengthen the training of troops and do a good job in supporting the ferry boats of the regimental headquarters. Although I can't help but feel lost in my heart, as a revolutionary soldier, I must resolutely carry out orders.
According to the arrangement of the superiors, the 3rd Battalion carried out the activities of complaining and "three investigations", and the morale of the whole battalion was high, and they bit their fingers and wrote letters of request for battle, making preparations for sacrifice.
(The morale of the whole battalion is high, and the fists are shaking)
The water system on the north bank of the Yangtze River is densely packed, and the 3rd Battalion used the terrain to repeatedly simulate and train the river crossing action day and night. At first, most of the soldiers did not know the nature of water, and they rolled their eyes when they went into the water, and they were dizzy and vomited bitter water when they got on the boat. Wu Guangchen, who was born in a water town in Anhui Province, had his own methods; he made party members and southern fighters who understood water as small instructors, repeatedly encouraging everyone: "If a dry duck dares to go into the water, he can become a water duck." He has practiced swimming, boat operation, shooting on the water, blasting the beachhead, and rushing to the shore.
The commander of the Wu battalion also personally led several soldiers to touch the river with a small wooden boat, and marked the geographical and hydrological conditions such as the beachheads and reefs on the south bank and the situation of the enemy's positions on the map, providing valuable information for the commanders to decide to cross the river.
(Cooperate with the reconnaissance and investigation of the relevant situation in the regiment)
In order to prevent enemy aircraft from reconnaissance and bombing, the 3rd Battalion, with the help of local people, built a ship shelter. Wu Guangchen led the soldiers of the whole battalion to repeatedly study and explore a complete set of methods for quickly transporting the 14 ships of the headquarters and the regimental straight from the hidden place to the river. He also asked each company to make more friends with the shipwrights, help the boatmen to relieve the dangers and solve the difficulties, so that the shipwrights would be willing to work with their children and soldiers in the same boat from the bottom of their hearts, and strive to be the "first boat to cross the river."
(The people on the north bank of the Yangtze River support the People's Liberation Army to fight across the Yangtze River and liberate all of China)
After a stage of pre-war preparations, the morale of the troops participating in the war of our army was high, and it can be said that everything is ready, and only the East Wind is owed. The generals drew their bows and prepared to cross the Yangtze River and smash the Jiang Dynasty with their own hands.
Second, a million male teachers cross the great river
On April 20, the Kuomintang government refused to sign the Internal Peace Agreement, and peace talks broke down. Chairman Mao Zedong and Commander-in-Chief Zhu De immediately issued the "Order to March to the Whole Country."
At 9 o'clock on the same day, in order to test our army's determination and create trouble, the British imperialists disregarded our army's solemn warnings and sent the warship "Purple Quartz" to break into the Yangtze River defense line without permission and recklessly trace its way from east to west. Our army engaged in a fierce artillery battle with the ship, which immediately wounded it and ran aground on the surface of the river near Zhenjiang. At 13:00, the British ship "Companion" moored in Nanjing went down to meet the "Purple Quartz", and after being severely hit by me, she fled in a hurry. On the morning of 21 April, Vice Admiral Maiden, deputy commander-in-chief of the British Far East Fleet, personally led the flagship "London" and the fast ship "Black Swan" to the west of the river, and then were hit by our artillery fire. In the three artillery battles, our army killed and wounded a total of 11 British troops, including 4 captains and deputy captains.
The Yangtze River artillery battle incident shocked the world. For the first time in a hundred years, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) severely attacked an imperialist warship, which made the enemy frightened and inspired the Chinese people. British dignitary Chamberlain lamented that the British government's "gunboat concept" seemed to be "outdated". The imperialists finally understand that the era of relying on ships and cannons to run amok in China since the Opium War is gone!
(The British warship "Purple Quartz" forcibly broke into the Yangtze River defense line in disregard of our army's solemn warnings, and after being damaged, ran aground on the surface of the river near Zhenjiang.)
In the face of imperialist provocations and obstructions, the People's Liberation Army's determination to cross the river was not shaken in the slightest, and the battle to cross the river was launched that night. At 20:00 on April 20, the General Headquarters officially issued an order to cross the river, and the PLA divided into three assault groups in the east, middle, and west, and adopted a wide frontal and focused multi-way assault tactic on the 500-kilometer stretch of the river from the mouth of Jiangxi Lake in the west to Jiangyin in Jiangsu Province in the east, and successively launched a magnificent river crossing operation.
(Situation map of the Battle of the Crossing River)
The 25th Army of Sanye was responsible for the forced crossing from Dataogou to Lugang, and the task of the 74th Division was to break through the river defense of about 7 kilometers from the kiln on the opposite shore to the mouth of the oil house.
After receiving the order, the 3rd Battalion immediately moved, quickly transporting the headquarters and regimental ferries hidden in the reeds behind the river embankment to the riverside, and then assembling and standing.
At this time, there was an unexpected situation, a boat of the 1st Battalion serving as a commando team was stuck at the gate, could not come out for a while, and blocked the boat behind. Without further ado, Regiment Commander Xie Changhua slammed the telephone set and immediately ordered: 3 Battalions replaced 1 Battalion, changing from reserve to assault.
"Heaven help me!" The commander of the Wu Guangchen battalion was overjoyed, and excitedly pounded the shoulder of the 7 Company Commander next to him and said, "I know that we are blessed and do not have to worry!" ”
The officers and men of the 3rd Battalion were also extremely excited, and they resolutely went up to the top with one heart and one heart! As the saying goes, raising soldiers for a thousand days, using soldiers for a while, the 3 battalions have this quality.
(Quickly board the ship and rush to the south shore like an arrow off the string)
The companies of the 3rd Battalion quickly disembarked separately and rushed to the south bank like arrows off the string. In order to speed up the ship, the soldiers used shovels and steel helmets to help the boatmen paddle desperately. The boat reached the center of the river, encountered a rapid current, suddenly swooped high, and slammed into the whirlpool, fortunately, it had been practiced countless times before the war, enough to cope. Everyone held their breath, suppressed their dizziness, and bravely moved forward.
(Enemy shells exploded into columns of soaring water)
After crossing the center of the river, the enemy's shells became dense, blowing up one column after another, some ships were shot, some boats were overturned, and there were broken boats floating everywhere on the river. The sacrificial warriors sank to the bottom of the river, while the fallen warriors grabbed the large pieces of wood and struggled to swim across, continuing to swim to the south bank.
Approaching the river embankment, the 3rd Battalion was intercepted by enemy bunker fire, and the machine guns spat out tongues of fire, causing the river to open the pot. Wu Guangchen ordered the companies to resolutely fight back, covering the demolitionists to blow up the river embankment bunkers one by one, and the soldiers took advantage of the situation to step up the wooden ladder to the river beach, jumped and moved in the silt, and rushed to the river embankment with a body of mud to chase and annihilate the enemy.
(The warriors took advantage of the situation to rush up the river embankment along the wooden ladder to chase and annihilate the fleeing enemy)
The Yangtze River graben carefully constructed by the Kuomintang army was broken through by our troops crossing the river in only 1 hour and cut into several sections. After the successful crossing, the 3rd Battalion immediately occupied the position, repelled the enemy's crazy counterattack again and again, and ensured the smooth landing of the follow-up troops. Subsequently, the officers and men of the 3rd Battalion ran to pursue the fleeing enemy, and its first 8 companies rushed forward 15 kilometers to annihilate one of the enemy. Before dawn, the 3rd Battalion occupied Yokoyama Bridge. At this time, xie Changhua, the regimental commander who arrived later, ordered the 3rd Battalion to rush to build fortifications at the head of Hengshan To prevent the enemy from counterattacking.
By 9 o'clock on the 21st, the 74th Division had completely controlled the commanding heights of Tongshan and Yueshan, and the Nationalist defenders along the river collapsed and collapsed, and the entire line collapsed. Our army successfully completed the task of the first stage of the river crossing operation.
On April 23, the good news came from the position that Nanjing had been conquered, "Acting President" Li Zongren had fled to Guilin, and that Nationalist Nanjing dignitaries and institutions had hastily withdrawn to Guangzhou. The morale of the officers and men on the front line of the People's Liberation Army was greatly boosted, and the Kuomintang defenders were like dogs that lost their families.
(The People's Liberation Army conquered Nanjing and occupied the Kuomintang presidential palace)
In the early morning of the 24th, the 25th Army attacked near Wuhu Wanlan and encountered the 20th Army of the Kuomintang Sichuan Army, as well as one part of the 99th Army and the 4th Security Brigade. The 25th Army immediately launched a siege, and the battle was extremely fierce. Under the cover of fierce artillery fire, the trapped enemy troops constantly organized counterattacks in a vain attempt to escape the doom of being annihilated.
The 222nd Regiment, where the 3rd Battalion was located, was ordered to advance 30 miles deep into the enemy and occupy the commanding heights of Guihualing. As soon as the red-eyed enemy saw that the retreat route was blocked, they immediately rushed to charge at the 8th Company of our 3rd Battalion, which was guarding the high ground.
In the morning, the enemy concentrated all its artillery fire and frantically bombarded the 222nd Regiment's 2nd Battalion Soap Horn Tree Position and the 3rd Battalion Guihualing Position for 40 minutes, and then launched a strong attack in two ways with the strength of more than 3 regiments. One of the regiments rushed along the railway embankment towards the 3rd Battalion position. After more than 10 hours of tug-of-war of blocking, counterattacking and attacking, the 3rd Battalion continuously defeated the enemy's attacks again and again.
The fighting continued until 14:00 p.m., and the 8th Company of the 3rd Battalion had suffered heavy casualties and was in an unfavorable position of being outnumbered. When the commander of the Wu Guangchen battalion found out, he immediately organized his forces to personally lead the team around the back of the mountain and launched an attack behind the enemy's flank, disrupting the enemy's combat rhythm.
At 15:00, the enemy's 20th Army was heavily encircled by our army, and our main force was violently compressed from all directions, and the smoke of gunfire rolled over the bay, the cannons rumbled, and the shouts of not killing each other resounded throughout the valley.
At 17:00, under the multi-road attack of our army, the enemy's 20th Army was shaken, the position was in chaos, the lieutenant general Yang Gancai was killed, and 13,000 people under the deputy commander Chen Qinmin were captured.
(13,000 people of the 20th Army of the Sichuan Army were captured)
(Lieutenant General Yang Gancai of the Sichuan Army was killed)
In this Wuhu Bay Encounter, the 25th Army annihilated the Kuomintang one army and one multi-army, which was praised by the General Committee of Former Enemies. The 3rd Battalion was also commended by its superiors for its key role in the blocking.
Third, it is advisable to chase after the poor and brave
After the battle of Wuhu Wanlan Encounter, the 3rd Battalion was ordered to pursue the enemy in the Lang (Xi) Guang (De) Mountains, and together with the East Road Corps successfully annihilated the fleeing enemies in Nanjing and Zhenjiang. On May 20, it was stationed in Zhenjiang to undertake security tasks. On the night of the 25th, he received a new order to continue the attack from Zhenjiang to Shanghai.
The commander of the Wu Guangchen battalion secretly chose the forward route and planned to intersperse to the Mo family house to cooperate with the frontal battle. The regimental commander approved Wu Guangchen's plan.
Wu Guangchen personally led the 7th Company, sneaking forward against the ridge of a small river leading to the depths, cutting through three barbed wire fences that were pulled horizontally, inserting them straight behind the enemy's back, placing explosive packages on the enemy's various bunkers.
In the early morning of the 26th, the 3rd Battalion entered directly along the Luodian-Baoshan Highway and quickly advanced deep into the enemy. They formed a column and slammed into the reinforced concrete bunkers of Chiang Kai-shek's army, and they were invincible, causing the defending enemy to panic and collapse without a fight.
(Cheng Yilu Column slammed into the reinforced concrete bunkers of Chiang Kai-shek's army)
The commander of the pursuing Zhongwu battalion found that the officers and men of the Brigade of Chiang Kai-shek's army were all scrambling to flee in the direction of the Qiujiang Wharf on the seashore, and they led their troops all the way to the mouth of the sea. I saw a sea of people on the docks, and the Kuomintang officers and soldiers were waiting for the boat to escape. At the same time, more Kuomintang officers and soldiers were still pouring into the Qiujiang Wharf.
The commander of the Wu battalion made an eye estimate that the enemy under black pressure was about 10,000 people, more than 20 times that of the 3 battalions, to eat or not to eat? According to common sense, the strength of the troops in the hands is indeed a little insufficient, and the enemy is all beautiful weapons and equipment. However, the brave commander of the martial battalion decided that the soldiers were defeated like a mountain, and the enemy was already poor, and it was very likely that they would all be taken. He divided the 3 battalions into two routes, one led by himself and intercepted head-on; the other blocked the enemy's rear road to prevent the enemy from escaping.
The commander of the armed battalion quickly rushed to the front of the enemy army by short cuts, and ordered the 7th Company to take up his machine gun and sweep at the densely packed enemy army, knocking the enemy who was running in the front to the ground on the spot.
The enemy turned around and tried to retreat, but was blocked by the company at the bottom of my pocket. Can't get in, can't retreat, crowded and trampled on the docks, messed up. As the warriors opened fire, they shouted witly, "You are surrounded, surrender your guns and don't kill!" The unmotivated enemy army completely collapsed and had to agree to surrender.
The 3rd Battalion mounted the machine guns on a high place, and the two deputy company commanders issued orders in a majestic manner, asking Jiang Jun to tie up the guns, remove the bolts, and wait for the dispatch in accordance with the squad and platoon structure. The surrender representatives introduced by Jiang Jun were silent, and Nono obeyed the order.
Afterwards, it was found that more than 400 people in the 3 battalions had captured 8,000 prisoners at a time, which was the so-called sweep of thousands of troops. For a time, the 3 battalions were named the whole army, which shocked the enemy and became a good story on the battlefield of the Liberation War.
(The People's Liberation Army entered The People's Liberation Army entered The Jiangmen of Nanjing city in April 1949 and was warmly welcomed by the masses))
Fourth, the right way on earth is vicissitudes
The capture of the Qiujiang wharf, the important passage for the Nationalist Shanghai defenders to escape from the sea direction was blocked, and the enemy heavy army group entrenched in Songhu became the turtle in the urn.
At that time, the enemy army still had 200,000 people huddled in Shanghai and the surrounding areas, and under the direct instigation of Chiang Kai-shek, they tried to make a final struggle with the large amount of materials hoarded and more than 4,000 reinforced concrete fortifications, expecting Britain, the United States and other countries to intervene.
Shanghai was the largest industrial and commercial center of old China and a world of flowers and flowers that had long been infiltrated by imperialism. The Central Military Commission demanded that the PLA not only destroy the enemy but also protect the lives and property of Shanghai and millions of people, and also prepare to deal with possible armed intervention by imperialism.
On 12 May, Sanye's main force attacked the outskirts of Shanghai. In order to prevent the war from spreading to the main urban areas, the attacking troops adopted a pincer offensive, advancing from Pudong and Puxi respectively to force the enemy to withdraw from the main urban areas, shrink north of the Suzhou River, and then gather and annihilate them. The main force of Erye rested and stood by in the Jinhua to Dongxiang section of Zhejiang Ganlu Road, preparing to deal with possible imperialist provocations.
On May 14, in order to cooperate with the Battle of Crossing the River, the Siye Advance Corps crossed the Yangtze River in the section from Tuanfeng to Wuxue in Hubei Province, liberating Hankou on the 16th and Wuchang and Hanyang on the 17th. Zhang Yi, commander of the 19th Corps of the Kuomintang Army, led more than 20,000 people to revolt. On the 17th, the Erye troops liberated Jiujiang, and on the 22nd, they liberated Nanchang.
On the night of May 23, the People's Liberation Army launched a general offensive against Shanghai, with rapid and rapid movements, multi-way straight into the city, chasing and annihilating the Kuomintang troops. By May 27, with the exception of Tang Enbo, who had fled with 50,000 remnants of the enemy, all 150,000 defenders had surrendered or been annihilated, and Shanghai had been liberated.
In the process of entering downtown Shanghai, the commanders and fighters of the People's Liberation Army exemplified the implementation of the party's urban policy, sleeping on the streets, not entering people's houses, protecting foreigners, and strictly observing the three major disciplines and eight points of attention. The people of Shanghai, with banners slogans that read, "Dawn has dawned, liberated" and "Imperialism has fled with its tail between its legs," ate pot pulp and poured down the city to greet the mighty and benevolent liberation army.
(In the process of occupying Shanghai, the commanders and fighters of the People's Liberation Army slept on the streets)
On June 2, Chongming Island was liberated outside the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the 42-day Battle of crossing the river was successfully concluded.
Upon learning of our army's decisive victory over the Yangtze River, Chairman Mao was overwhelmed with emotion, and felt that the 28 years since the founding of the party had been bitter and bitter, and that he had gone forward and succeeded one after another, and that he had achieved such brilliant achievements that he could not sleep at night, and wrote the immortal poem "The People's Liberation Army Occupies Nanjing."
(Chairman Mao's handwritten Seven Laws · The People's Liberation Army occupies Nanjing"
After the battle, in view of the outstanding military achievements of the 3rd Battalion of the 222nd Regiment of the 74th Division of the 25th Army in the operation of crossing the river, the operation of blockade, the pursuit operation, and the interspersed operation, the headquarters and political department of the Third Field Army of the East China Military Region awarded him the honorary title of "Model Battalion of Crossing the River".
In August, the Third Field Army named Wu Guangchen "East China First Class People's Hero".
"The great rivers go east, the waves are exhausted, and the characters of the ages are flowing." Since ancient times, there have been no less than a thousand cases of fighting on the Yangtze River. The PLA's campaign to cross the river is not only unprecedented in scale, but also the troops crossing the river are full of heroes. In this battle, our army eliminated more than 430,000 people in 11 military headquarters and 46 divisions of the Kuomintang army at the cost of 60,000 casualties. Like a swift wind sweeping away, it destroyed the last bastion of the Kuomintang reactionaries; like a sudden rain roaring, it swept away the stubborn dirt of the dark side of old China.
After the Battle of the Crossing River, with the liberation of the whole territory of East China and the southwest region of South China, New China has been like a round of rising sun before dawn, rising and moving in the colorful sparkling light at the end of the nine sects, so gorgeous, so bright, pregnant with infinite hope...
(Contributors: Shen Yanbin, Ye Zheng)
[Appendix]
Honorary Battle Flag Name: River Crossing Model Battalion
Flag awarded in May 1949
Battle sequence at the time of flag presentation: 3rd Battalion, 222nd Regiment, 74th Division, 25th Army
Approved leading organs: Commander of the Third Field Army of the East China Military Region, Political Department
The history of the main battle sequence before and after the flag was awarded: the battalion was formerly known as the 1st Battalion of the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Detachment of the New Fourth Army. In August 1939, it was reorganized into the 1st Brigade of the Jiangbei Guerrilla Column of the Jiangbei Headquarters of the New Fourth Army. In March 1940, it was reorganized into the 1st Battalion of the New 7th Regiment of the Jiangbei Guerrilla Column. In June 1940, it was renamed as the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the Jiangbei Guerrilla Column. In February 1941, it was reorganized into 3rd Battalion, 17th Regiment, 6th Brigade, 2nd Division, New Fourth Army. In September 1943, it was reorganized into 3rd Battalion, 15th Regiment, 5th Brigade, 2nd Division, New Fourth Army. In October 1945, it was reorganized into the F of the Tsuura Front Field Army. In February 1949, it was renamed as the 3rd Battalion of the 222nd Regiment of the 74th Division of the 25th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. In July 1952, the battalion was transferred to the 24th Army with the 74th Division. He returned from Korea in October 1955. In January 1957, it was transferred to the 66th Army with the 74th Division. In October 1969, it was rejoined with the 74th Division to the 24th Army. In December 1969, it was renamed as the 3rd Battalion of the 210th Regiment of the 70th Division of the 24th Army. In October 1985, it was reorganized into the 3rd Battalion of the 210th Regiment of the 70th Division of the 24th Army. In October 2003, the 24th Army was abolished and reorganized into the 4th Battalion of the 70th Brigade of the 65th Army. It is now reorganized into a battalion of a composite brigade of the 81st Army. (Special thanks to Comrades Ye Qingsong and Zhu Zuyang for participating in the examination of historical evolution)
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Recitation: Li Tongsheng
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