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Author: Forget about the jianghu
One night in April 1950, the 40th Army on the coast of the Leizhou Peninsula had a strange incident.
On this night, the clouds are light and the wind is light, the moonlight is like water, and the waves gently lapping on the beach. On the beach near the 40th Army Headquarters, Ning Xianwen, chief of staff of the army, sat on the ground and was injured in his foot. Zheng Yaofan, director of the Operations Department of the 40th Army, heard the noise and rushed to the scene, and the guards had already arrived at the scene of the accident.
Ning Xianwen said that he was attacked by agents and injured in the foot. When the security department questioned the guards, the young man swore to heaven that he was not far away, and had never seen any spies or seen any living people. The Minister of Security asked rhetorically, how could the chief be injured? The guard said something ambiguous: Maybe the gun went off on fire.
In the end, the security department repeatedly investigated the scene and concluded that Ning Xianwen, the chief of staff of the army, was self-injured.
At that time, the Erye 18th Army had already entered Tibet, and Sanye was ready to attack Kinmen and Taiwan Island again, and the liberation of Hainan Island by Siye became one of the only few strategic tasks. In such a good situation, why should a military-level cadre still hurt himself?
Founding Major General Ning Xianwen
The matter also began at the end of 1949, when Sanno lost two island attacks.
After the founding of New China, Sanye soon liberated Fuzhou and Xiamen. After crossing the river, the progress was too smooth, and the feelings of light enemy were developed up and down the three fields, and Su Yu, acting commander and acting political commissar, repeatedly stressed the "three no fights": First, the enemy army Li Liangrong's 12,000 men increased by 1 regiment and would not fight; second, if there were no ships transporting 6 regiments at a time, they would not fight; third, the 6,000 shipwrights in northern Jiangsu or Shandong would not fight if they did not fight.
However, Ye Fei's 10 Corps was anxious to "give gifts on National Day", and None of the 3 conditions specified by Su Yu met the standard. The Hu Lian Sea Fleet landed on the day of my attack and greatly increased its strength. The 28th Army collected only 3 regiments of ships, and later reluctantly recruited 1 battalion of ships. As for the boatmen, none of the boatmen in the old base areas arrived, and they were all locals without a foundation.
Zhu Shaoqing, commander of the 28th Army, was recuperating in Fuzhou, and political commissar Chen Meizao was in charge of Fuzhou, and the heavy responsibility of liberating Kinmen fell on Xiao Feng, deputy commander of the army, and Li Mancun, director of the Political Department, and the 28th Army lost a move before fighting. The main 3 regiments and a half regiments came from different divisions and lacked unified command.
From October 24 to 27, 1949, almost all of our 9,000 troops were destroyed in the Battle of Kinmen, killing 3,873 people, capturing 5,175 people, and missing more than 50 people. 37 battalion cadres participated in the battle, 9 were killed, 26 were captured, and 2 were missing.
Thirteen regimental cadres, Xing Yongsheng, commander and political commissar of the 244 regiment, Sun Yunxiu, commander of the 246 regiment, Liu Tianxiang, political commissar Of the 251st regiment, Tian Zhichun, political commissar, Xu Bo, commander of the 253 regiment, died heroically, Chen Lihua, political commissar of the 253 regiment, was missing, and 2 chiefs of staff were sentenced to 5 years in prison after repatriation.
After the war, Ye Fei, commander of the 10th Corps, was severely criticized, and Xiao Feng, deputy commander of the 28th Army, was transferred to the East China Military Region.
Battle of the Golden Gate
A few days after the defeat of kinmen of the 10th Corps of Sanye, the 21st Army of the 7th Corps also suffered setbacks.
On October 18, 1949, 4 battalions of the 61st Division assigned to the 22nd Army took advantage of the sea fog to annihilate 1,300 enemy troops and liberate Peach Blossom Island. Dengbu Island, which is 3 kilometers away, has become a springboard for the liberation of the Zhoushan Islands. The island covers an area of 14 square kilometers and mount Fortress is 182.6 meters above sea level.
Shi Jue, commander of the Zhoushan Defense, deployed the 221st Division of the 87th Army to defend Dengbu Island, and under Chen Cheng's strict orders, the Zhoushan Islands implemented the system of "spiritual training" and "armor protection". The 61st Division, which was temporarily assigned to the 22nd Army, liberated Liuheng Island, Shrimp Ridge Island, and Taohua Island, and was invincible, but hu Wei, commander of the division, believed that the preparation for the attack on Dengbu Island was insufficient, but the 22nd Army did not pay attention to it.
Hu Wei had only 2 regiments and 3 companies in his hands, while there were 4 enemy regiments on Dengbu Island, and when the enemy plane reconnaissance found that hundreds of wooden boats had gathered along the coast, he immediately sent reinforcements from the 52nd Army. On November 3, 1949, after the advance troops of our 61st Division came ashore, they quickly reduced the enemy to a small area. The enemy also sent Liu Lianyi, commander of the 67th Army, to lead 1 division and 1 regiment to reinforce.
Due to the enemy's aircraft and Gui Yongqing's Warships Taihe, Yongtai, Haicheng and other warships, our army suffered heavy losses. On November 4, Hu Wei, commander of the 61st Division, personally led 8 and a half companies to reinforce from Taohua Island. In the early morning of the 5th, the troops on the confluence island launched an attack on the enemy. Enemy reinforcements also arrived, and the two sides fell into a tug-of-war. In the early morning of June 1, Hu Wei immediately ordered the withdrawal of Haihua Island overnight.
In this battle, more than 3,200 enemy casualties were inflicted on more than 1,400 people, which can also be regarded as "victory in defeat.". After the war, Sun Jixian, commander of the 22nd Army, apologized to Hu Wei: We did not listen to your opinions on Dengbu Island, and we caused losses to the enemy lightly. Fortunately, lessons were learned later, and In May 1950, Dengbu Island was liberated.
The 61st Division attacked the main peak of Dengbu Island
It is precisely because of the bitter lessons of Kinmen Island and Dengbu Island that the pressure to liberate Hainan Island is great.
The pressure mainly comes from three points: First, there is neither sea or air supremacy, Kinmen Island and Dengbu Island our army have absolute superiority, but they are all suppressed by the navy and air force; second, the number of troops participating in the battle is not dominant, Kinmen is 9,000 to 40,000, and Dengbu Island is 2 and a half regiments against 8 regiments; third, the situation at that time can only be victorious and cannot be defeated, and the defeated army will be swept to the end.
To liberate Hainan Island, the 43rd Army of the 15th Corps and the 100,000th Army of the 40th Army against Xue Yue's 100,000-strong army had no sea, land and air superiority, and it was difficult to say that it would be victorious. In addition, the defeated 28th Army in Kinmen was severely punished, which also caused a lot of psychological pressure on the Siye troops.
In addition, from the perspective of international influence, the chairman also considered it, so the schedule of the 15th Corps to liberate Hainan was delayed from the end of 1949 to March 1950, and then to the end of the year. At that time, both Ye Jianying of the Guangdong Military Region, Lin Zong of the Central and Southern Military Region, and the chairman of the Soviet Union who visited the Soviet Union tacitly agreed that the 15th Corps would liberate Hainan Island at the end of 1950. Only then did Han Xianchu report several times and ask Gu Yuqian to launch an attack.
Han Xianchu commanded 3 divisions, and Deng Yue, commander of the 118th Division, served as the deputy commander of the 10th Regiment of the New 4th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Xu Guofu, commander of the 119th Division, served as chief of staff of the Cavalry Regiment of the 129th Division during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Zheng Dalin, commander of the 120th Division, served as deputy brigade commander of the 6th Police Brigade of the Shandong Military Region during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
As the chief of staff of the 40th Army, Ning Xianwen, who was born in 1913 in Dawu, Hubei Province, has courage and strategy.
Ning Xianwen joined the Red Army at the age of 17 and served as a correspondent, a traffic brigade captain, and a battalion commander in the 31st Division of the Eyu-Anhui Red Division. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the head of the school accompanying the battalion of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and later served as the leader of the Ji'nan Teaching Brigade and the head of the special task force regiment.
Ning Xianwen and Xu Guofu
During the liberation period, Ning Xianwen stood out among Deng Yue and Xu Guofu.
During his tenure as commander of the 8th Division of the 3rd Column of Dongye and the commander of the 119th Division of the 40th Army of Siye, Ning Xianwen participated in the defense of Benxi, Sibao Linjiang, the capture of Siping, and the capture of Jinzhou. After crossing the river, he fought in Hengbao and Liangguang, and became the chief of staff of the 40th Army by virtue of his military achievements and ability.
Therefore, hearing that the right-hand man was in a timid battle, "Whirlwind Commander" Han Xianchu couldn't figure it out for several days. However, Han Xianchu was Han Xianchu, and although there was no regimental commander or division commander to lead the two landings, Gou Zaisong, chief of staff of the 118th Division, and Liu Zhenhua, director of the Political Department of the 118th Division, successfully smuggled them twice. Later, Liu Zhenhua became more and more courageous in the Vietnam War, and was awarded the rank of general in 1988.
On the night of April 16, 1950, Han Xianchu personally led more than 300 boats from 6 regiments to cross the gorge, and the 43rd Army also had 2 regiments and 81 boats.
After some cadres of the 40th Army boarded the ship, they disembarked again under the pretext of forgetting to bring things and going to the toilet. After the liberation of Hainan Island, the cadres took a group photo on the beach, and these people rushed to the middle station, and Deng Yue, commander of the 118th Division, was very unaccustomed to this, and Han Xianchu smiled and said: It doesn't matter, everyone is crowded and crowded to take a picture.
Deng Yue, Xu Guofu, and Ning Xianwen all later participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and their performances were outstanding. After returning to China in 1954, Ning Xianwen served as the principal of the Advanced Air Defense School, the chief and political commissar of the Hunan Public Security Corps, and was awarded the rank of colonel in 1955 and promoted to major general in 1962.
Deng Yue and Xu Guofu were awarded major generals and later served as deputy commanders of the Grand Military Region. In the 1960s, Ning Xianwen's suspected "style problem" was swept to the end, and he changed careers, and the glory of his resume became "once". In the 1980s, Ning Xianwen regained his reputation.
In 1994, Ning Xianwen, the founding major general who had made many military achievements in his life but was full of controversy, died in his hometown.
After the liberation of Hainan Island, some leaders of the 40th Army and the 43rd Army took a group photo
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