Author: Chang Chenzhe
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In January 1949, New China began to march toward the whole country, and the "it is advisable to chase the poor and the poor" began like a bamboo.
Among the local warlords, our army regarded Bai Chongxi and Ma Bufang as their strongest opponents, and the General Command decided to assign the two corps of the North China Field Army to a total of 350,000 people in one field, march to Shaanxi, Gansu, Ning, and Qingxin, and annihilate the Ma family army; with 900,000 people in Siye, which had the best equipment and the largest number of troops in the whole army, marched to Exiang, Guiyue, and attacked Bai Chongxi.
At the same time, 300,000 people marched to Yunguichuankang in Erye to liberate the southwest; 600,000 people in Sanye marched to Su, Min, and Zhejiang to liberate the southeast coast.
After the Battle of the River Crossing in May, Chen Yi proposed that Erye had been very miserable since advancing into the Dabie Mountains, and whether It was possible for Erye to run the rich southeast region and Sanye to liberate the great southwest. However, the Central Military Commission considered that Sanye's predecessor was the New Fourth Army reorganized by the Southern Guerrillas of the Red Army, and was more familiar with the Jiangnan water network operation; erye's predecessor was the 129th Division reorganized by the Fourth Front, which was familiar with Sichuan and Shaanxi, and it was more advantageous for Erye to approach the southwest.
This is also the reason why the erye and sanye marches, which are widely discussed by later generations, intersected, causing the Hu Lian corps to miss out and have a chance to breathe.
In this way, the strategic direction of Sanye's march into Fujian and southeast was fixed.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > (I) The commander of the 10th Corps is "Old Fujian", but the unit is the "dry duck" in the three fields</h1>
Passing through Sanye slightly southeast, the corps began to divide in all directions: the 7 corps liberated the Zhoushan Islands, the 8 corps guarded Shanghai, Ninghang, the 10 corps marched into Fujian, and the 9 corps with the strongest combat effectiveness rested and prepared to attack Taiwan.
The 10th Corps was newly formed before the Battle of the Crossing River, with jurisdiction over 28, 29, and 31 corps, with about 100,000 people. Commander Ye Fei, political commissar Wei Guoqing. Before entering Fujian, he also sent Zhang Dingcheng to serve as the political commissar of the corps.
Fei
Zhang Dingcheng
Chairman Mao had a consideration for the candidate: as early as the Red Army period, Ye Fei was the leader of the Eastern Fujian Soviet Region, and Zhang Dingcheng was the leader of the Western Fujian Soviet Region.
Although the commander and political commissar were old Fujian, the troops were the "dry ducks" in the three fields: the 3 corps of the 10 corps, most of which were the Eighth Route Army in Shandong, the 28th Army was formerly known as the Eighth Route Army of the Shandong Bohai Naval Region, the 29th Army was developed by the guerrillas left behind by the New Fourth Army in Central Jiangsu, and the 31st Army was the Jiaodong Eighth Route Army.
It is worth mentioning that in the novel "Bright Sword", Li Yunlong's division was divided into the 11th Column of Huaye in the Battle of Huaihai, which was the later 29th Army of the 10th Corps. The plot of Li Yunlong's defeat in attacking Kinmen described in the book is also in line with the historical facts of the 10 corps.
In mid-September, the main forces of the 10th Corps arrived one after another and began to launch the Battle of Zhangxia. The troops boldly went deeper and more and kept detouring, with the aim of trying to wipe out the enemy on land and prevent him from running to the island. The capture of Zhangzhou was very smooth, and all the land in southern Fujian was occupied, making preparations for the next attack on Xiamen Island.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > (2) mysterious Japanese advisers, formulating a defense plan for Xiamen; the 271st Regiment attacked Gulangyu Island, and 2 platoons were completely destroyed, which became a sign of the defeat of Kinmen</h1>
Xiamen is an island surrounded by the mainland on three sides, and the direction of the sea is Kinmen. The nearest island is less than 2 kilometers away from the mainland, and the small island of Gulangyu Island is only 1 kilometer away from the mainland. Liu Ruming's 8th Corps, which was defending Xiamen, was the foundation of the Northwest Army, and Jiang sent a unit of the 5th Army of the Yuan clan to strengthen the defense, and Tang Enbo personally sat in the position.
At that time, Tombaugh was accompanied by a mysterious Japanese adviser, and Tombaugh did not disclose the name of this person. Liu Ru mentioned this person many times after tomorrow, and he did not know his identity. It was not until Hu Lian revealed in his memoirs that this person was the backbone of the Japanese Shaozhuang faction officers and the commander of the North China Front, Genbo.
A Japanese criminal who committed the most heinous crimes became the main formulator of Tang Enbo's defense of Xiamen.
On October 15, our army first attacked Gulangyu Island. With 4 battalions of troops, he crossed the sea and landed on Gulangyu Island to attract the attention of Chiang Kai-shek's army. At the same time, one division of the main force of the 31st Army and two divisions of the 29th Army attacked Xiamen.
For the first time in the history of our army, we launched an offensive war on a well-defended island. Artillery fire attacked, and the troops bravely crossed to Gulangyu Island, which was very heroic.
However, due to the lack of meteorological knowledge, although it was only 1 kilometer, it still took the river boat at the battle of the river crossing, crossing the sea like a leaf, the first echelon was immediately blown by the strong wind, and after the scattered ships landed, they were also killed by fire; the second echelon set off also being blown back by the wind and waves, and the 271st regiment that set out only landed two platoons.
The scattered few people who landed on the 271st Regiment, lost contact and had no backup, carried forward the glorious tradition of our army fighting alone, continued to attack heroically, and the regimental commander Wang Xingfang was heroically sacrificed. The troops who climbed Gulangyu Island fought to the last one and all died.
The total annihilation of the two platoons on Gulangyu Island became a symptom of the future defeat of Kinmen.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > (3) the main force attacked Xiamen again in distress, almost capturing Tang Enbo alive, in which the lesson was not taken seriously</h1>
The heroic sacrifice of the commanders and fighters on Gulangyu Island attracted the attention of Jiang Jun in Xiamen. The 5 regiments of the 29th and 31st armies arrived in northern Xiamen that night. When Jiang Jun discovered the fleet, the large troops of the 31st Army had already landed on the beach at various locations.
However, due to a misplan, a battalion of the 274th Regiment of the 31st Army landed directly on the silt beach, and the troops braved the fire and moved hard in the silt for nearly a kilometer, suffering heavy casualties. Because the gun was blocked by the silt and could not make a sound, the soldier Chen Qin directly blocked the bunker with his body, covering the advance of the follow-up troops, and sacrificed himself heroically.
The commanders at all levels who landed gave full play to their subjective initiative, and the 3 battalions of the 273rd Regiment and the 1st Battalion of the 275th Regiment all lost contact and organized their own troops to attack; after the boatmen of the 1st Battalion of the 277th Regiment were knocked down, the soldiers went up to take the oars and shake the boats, were knocked down, and went up one after another to shake; many officers and men of the 271st Regiment and the 277th Regiment fought for themselves, and because of poor support, they were all broken by each one, and all of them were heroically sacrificed!
It was not until noon on October 16 that Tang Enbo judged that the main direction of our army's attack was not gulangyu Island, but on the main island of Xiamen, and began to flee towards Xiamen Port.
At dusk, Tombaugh called on the beach for more than an hour, asking for a warship to pick him up, and was overheard by the 10th Corps. Ye Fei urgently ordered the troops to pursue the port of Xiamen at a rapid pace and capture Tang Enbo. However, the units only pursued themselves, did not contact the rear, and did not respond to a single unit.
Tombaugh
When the troops pursued to the port of Xiamen, Tang Enbo had already fled to the sea in a small boat, and the troops had to watch him escape, and the troops regretted it.
Tang Enbo's 3,000 troops were captured at the port of Xiamen, and the Battle of Xiamen ended, annihilating 27,000 troops in the 8th Corps, 55th Army and 5th Army of Chiang Kai-shek's Army.
Although Xiamen has won the victory, the danger of crossing the sea has gradually become apparent:
Because there were too few troops ashore on Gulangyu Island, the whole army was destroyed; four divisions attacked Xiamen at the same time, only one division (85 division) successfully broke through as planned, and the rest of the enemy was hit into the silt in the wrong direction; the attacking troops had insufficient ships and needed to go back and forth many times; Xiamen was only 2 kilometers away, barely feasible, and the distance was unimaginable.
In particular, the troops of Gulangyu Island were completely annihilated due to the lack of support due to ship problems, and although the number was small, it was already a rather dangerous omen.
These dangers have long been taken for granted to the Sanye troops, which have always had a tradition of fighting dangerous battles, and have not attracted enough attention. And these hidden dangers, without exception, appeared on the Golden Gate landing.
The Battle of Kinmen has led to a major lesson in the history of our army's war.
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