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The Liaoshen Campaign was the first of three decisive battles in the Chinese Liberation War in the mid-20th century, and in the autumn of 1948, after three years of arduous fighting, the Northeast Liberation War entered the stage of strategic decisive battle, and from September 12 to November 2, the Northeast People's Liberation Army grew unprecedentedly with the Kuomintang troops in western Liaoning, Shenyang, and Changchun.
The powerful Northeast Field Army annihilated a total of 470,000 Kuomintang army groups in the northeast and truly grasped the leading power and strategic superiority on the battlefield. After the victory of the first phase of the Liaoshen Campaign at the Battle of Jinzhou, the Ninth Corps of Liao Yaoxiang, the enemy's northeasterly attacked the Ninth Corps of the Northeast Liao Yaoxiang, in order to retreat to Guannei by sea in order to retreat to The Port of Yingkou in order to attack the Great Tiger Mountain in montenegro. At present, whether or not liao yaoxiang corps can be blocked and annihilated in the northeast region is the most urgent combat task of the northeast field army at this time, and it has a bearing on the overall gain and loss of the Liaoshen campaign.
In the Northeast Liberation War, a total of 1.6 million people joined the army in the northeast region, including 3.13 million migrant workers, 200,000 stretchers, and a total of 4.5 million tons of grain delivered. Millions of enthusiastic young people joined the army and entered the battlefield, and men, women and children rushed to give away offerings, sew military uniforms for soldiers, make military shoes, and help care for the disabled and sick. No matter how big the snow and wind, it can't stop these millions of migrant workers from supporting the army everywhere. In this vast northeast battlefield, the magnificent image of the unity and fighting of the military and the people is displayed all the time, and the great power of our people's war is displayed.
In September 1948, the final decisive battle between the Communists and the Kuomintang opened the curtain for the first time in northeast China. Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province, a transportation hub that runs through Beijing, Changchun and many railway lines in the northeast, was once considered the place where the fighting first began. Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province, is also the northernmost part of the Kuomintang-ruled area, surrounded by liberated areas, and compared with Shenyang, which is stationed with 300,000 people and Jinzhou City, which is stationed with 150,000 people, the defenders have only 100,000 guns, of which the New 7th Army and the 60th Army are more than 60,000 regular troops, and the rest are security regiments and other miscellaneous cards, so on October 3, Luo Ronghuan began to call the central government to express his determination to "attack Jinzhou", and adjusted the deployment, planning to gather 16 divisions and artillery columns with a total of 250,000 people to attack and annihilate the enemy in Jinzhou. On the 4th, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China pointed out that the plan was "completely correct" and required that according to the established plan, "boldly let go, adhere to the implementation, and take the lead in capturing Jinzhou." On the 10th, according to the emphasis of the superiors, the war situation is likely to develop into an extremely favorable situation, and the key is to capture Jinzhou inside and outside the week. Even if we did not achieve all other goals, as long as we captured Jinzhou, we were equivalent to holding the initiative, which was a great victory.
The encirclement and annihilation of the Kuomintang 'Westward Advancing Corps' and the important Liaoshen Campaign ushered in the dawn of the founding of New China
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Among the many heroic heroes recorded in the records, Ma Yunfei was one of them, who provided important information for our troops to conquer Jinzhou City, grasp the situation of the enemy forces in the city, and successfully attack the city. On October 14, 1948, the Jinzhou Raiders officially began. Before dawn, Ma Yunfei rushed to the headquarters of the Third Column of our army in the north of the city and asked for instructions to personally lead the way for the troops. So in a rain of bullets and bullets, Ma Yunfei led the third column commando through the alley, bypassing the enemy fire, and cleverly avoiding the blocked area. Just when the troops were about to advance the last line of defense of the Kuomintang Ninety-third Army Headquarters and the Tiebei Garrison, Ma Yunfei was unfortunately hit and fell in a pool of blood. At this time, the firepower of the Kuomintang army also began to become more and more fierce, and when he saw the soldiers around him falling, Ma Yunfei began to become anxious, clenched his teeth, endured severe pain, and climbed up with great difficulty, using his last strength to show our army the direction of progress. After 31 hours of fierce fighting, Jinzhou City was finally liberated. Ma Yunfei also lay forever on the land where he fought, never waking up again. He was 38 years old.
The Liaoshen Campaign was the first major decisive battle between the Kuomintang and the Communists, which lasted for 52 days, and more than 500,000 Kuomintang troops were annihilated by our army, which also directly affected the balance of troops between the enemy and us. Many famous enemy generals eventually became prisoners of our army. Among them was Liao Yaoxiang, commander of the Ninth Corps.
As a high-ranking general in the Kuomintang who was brave and good at war, Liao Yaoxiang's most exciting battle was an expedition to Burma. He led the 22nd Division to nearly annihilate the ace 18th Division of the Japanese army. And in many battles to annihilate many enemies, thus obtaining the United States Gold Medal of Freedom, is everyone recognized as able to fight Sun Liren. At that time, this senior general Liao Yaoxiang had a corps of 120,000 troops, including the main forces of veteran first-class AMERICAN aircraft such as the New First Army and the New Sixth Army, and their strength was extremely strong. Blocking such an ace corps can be imagined how difficult it is. In addition, the main force of the Northeast Field Army was not deployed in advance on Liao Yaoxiang's retreat route, and our army must do its best to buy time, which in turn increased the difficulty of the battle. As a result of the interception, it was found that the telegraph signals around the Hu family cottage were dense. Our army suspects that this place is very likely to be an important location for a certain level of the enemy's command organ, and in summary, this place is worth sneaking attacks.
That night, the 3rd Battalion of the 21st Regiment of the 7th Division of the 3rd Column of our army began a night attack in the area of Hujia Hut in the northeast, and the 8th Company resolutely and resolutely rushed into the headquarters of Liao Yaoxiang's corps. The Eighth Company also wanted to destroy the command center of the Liao Corps at all costs, and in this situation in which the enemy was strong and we were weak, although our army suffered heavy casualties, it eventually destroyed the enemy's corps headquarters. This night attack made Liao Yaoxiang, a famous general who had gone through a long battle, begin to fall into panic. Since the corps was already surrounded by the main force of our army, after withdrawing from the Hu family's nest, Liao Yaoxiang used a telegram to withdraw the Kuomintang troops to the direction of Xinlitun at full speed.
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Based on this, our army suddenly clarified the direction of action and true intentions of the enemy army, and the Eighth Wing of the Third Brigade bought valuable time for the large troops, and under the rational deployment of troops by the Northeast Field Army, annihilated the Liao Yaoxiang Corps and won the victory in the Liaoshen Campaign. Liao Yaoxiang never expected that in his "critical" state, he would use a plain telegram to buy time for his own army by any means. The operation of the 8th Company had completely disrupted the opposing command. Although it cannot be said that this operation was a matter of luck to our army, this idea based on strength and the situation of the whole battle is certainly feasible.
Since then, the 3rd column of our army has become the 40th Army and the Four Wild Ace Army, and participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in the 1950s. The 52 days from September 12 to November 2, 1948, were the decisive period for the strategic decisive victory in the Northeast Liberation War. In accordance with the operational instructions and guidelines for the Liaoshen Campaign issued by the Central Military Commission, the Northeast People's Liberation Army first launched the Liaoshen Campaign in the Northeast Battlefield, which opened the prelude to the three major decisive battle strategies in China's liberation war. In the three stages of our army's capture of Jinzhou, the Battle of Western Liaoning, and then the capture of Yingkou Shenyang to liberate the entire northeast territory, more than 470,000 Kuomintang troops were annihilated and a great victory in the Liaoshen Campaign was achieved. The Liaoshen Campaign ushered in the first glimmer of light for the founding of New China. The decision of the party committee to close down the kuomintang army and a strategic group of annihilation in the northeast was realized, and the experience of large-scale annihilation warfare was obtained. This has made the northeast region a strong and reliable strategic rear area for the People's Liberation Army to win the liberation war. It showed the people of our country at that time the hope of standing up in the midst of the smoke-filled battlefield and the painful despair of the division of the country's territory.