"Tell Cheng Zihua, I don't want casualty numbers, I just want Tashan"!
This sentence is Lin Biao's death order to Cheng Zihua, and it also shows the cruelty of the war. Why Lin Biao, who usually loves soldiers like a son, can shout such harsh words regardless of casualties, all this must start from Tashan.
Tashan has neither a tower nor a mountain, and he is a small village with only 100 households between Huludao and Jinzhou. Tower Hill is the abbreviation of Tower Hill Fort, which means that it is a soldier's fortress with towers and mountains. When Chairman Mao Zedong ordered Dongye to "first conquer Jinzhou" in Xibaipo, he clearly pointed out that he should pay attention to enemy reinforcements on the Tashan front. In order to ensure the smooth capture of Jinzhou by the main forces, the People's Liberation Army engaged in a life-and-death contest with the Kuomintang troops at Tashan.
As mentioned earlier, Tower Hill is a small village. Friends who know a little military know that this kind of place cannot fight an obstruction war, especially in the face of the Kuomintang army with strong firepower, but forced by Tashan's important strategic position in the battle against Jinzhou, if the enemy successfully occupies Tashan, it will only take half a day to support the besieged Jinzhou defenders. The Tower Hill Blockade Battle is inevitable, and a big war is about to start!
When the two sides dispatched troops, in order to ensure the victory of the Tashan blockade battle. The Northeast Field Army Command sent Hu Qicai, who was known for fighting hard battles, to the front to take command. Hu Qi joined the revolution at the age of 15 and walked through the Long March, and was famous before the Tashan Blockade Battle.
Hu Qicai, who was in danger, came to the Tashan Front Headquarters and listened to several reports on the construction of the forward positions at the headquarters, but he was still not at ease. Because Tashan had no danger to defend, and the only way to fight a war could be resisted by the fortifications to face the strong firepower of the Kuomintang, the fortification of the fortifications was crucial.
Hu Qicai came to the forefront of the position, Tashan Fort, and at that time, the 34th Regiment and the First Battalion were responsible for the construction of the Tashan Fort position, and when he first met the commander of the first battalion, Hu Qicai asked, "How, have the fortifications been built?" The commander of the first battalion patted his chest and said, "Rest assured, chief, it has long been built and there are people in the regiment and division to inspect it these days, no problem."
Hu Qicai, who had received a positive answer, was still not at ease, after all, after the start of the war, the fortification was directly related to the lives of the soldiers and the safety of the position. He walked around the fortifications, pushing and shoving with his hands and kicking it with his feet. Suddenly, a battalion commander was summoned to pull in a 60-gun and several shells.
Hu Qicai asked people to pull 60 artillery pieces and aim them at the fortifications, and the "impregnable" fortifications were blown out of a large opening. Hu Qicai lost his temper with the growth of a battalion, and it was only 60 artillery pieces that could blow up the work, so what if the enemy sent more firepower? Only when the fortifications are firmly repaired can the lives of the soldiers be guaranteed and the positions held. We cannot let an enemy pass through our position.
Afterwards, it was proved that the strong fortifications built by Hu Qicai played a huge role in the blockade battle, and Hu Qicai was resourceful and frequently made strange moves in the Tashan blockade battle, which made the enemy feel frightened. It is known as the "Tower Mountain Tiger".
Not only did the People's Liberation Army attach great importance to the Battle of Tashan, but the Kuomintang army also attached great importance to the battle of breaking through the Tashan Campaign, not only the sea, land and air forces were in full battle, but Chiang Kai-shek also personally visited Huludao twice to arrange troops.
On the way, Chiang Kai-shek transferred the strength of 11 divisions to prepare to break through Tashan and reach Jinzhou, and the two ships on the sea, the "Lingpu" and "Chongqing", which were the most powerful warships of the Nationalist army at that time, were also on standby at any time near Huludao. The number of bombers supported by the air was even thousands.
For the Tashan Campaign, Chiang Kai-shek even transferred a number of high-ranking Kuomintang officials, and for a while it can be said that the stars were gathered, and the high-ranking officials were completely there. Chiang Kai-shek twice took the Chongqing to Huludao to inspect the preparations before the great war, and when the old Chiang Kai-shek went online again, he ordered the three armies: "Limit the capture of Tashan before dusk on the 14th, otherwise the military law will be engaged." ”
Before the war, the senior officials of the Kuomintang were also full of confidence in this battle, and they rushed to Jinzhou after fighting Tashan in one day. Tashan had no danger to defend, and in the face of the powerful firepower of the Kuomintang, it was even more stormy.
On October 10, 1948, 8 divisions of the People's Liberation Army and 11 divisions of the Kuomintang army fought fiercely at Tashan for 6 days and nights, and the artillery overturned and plowed Tashan.
"There is no tower in Tower Hill, there is no mountain in Tower Hill, our four verticals are towers, and our four verticals are mountains!" With us in all four columns, the enemy will not want to cross The Tower Mountain! ”
This is the pre-war declaration of the commanders of the People's Liberation Army of the Fourth Column before the start of the great war, and it seems that they have indeed done it in hindsight, they are mountains and towers, and none of the enemies can pass through their positions alive.
In the early morning of the 10th, the Kuomintang troops took the lead in launching an attack on our army's positions, and the planes in the sky, ships at sea, and artillery in the distance tilted toward our army's positions for 30 minutes of artillery fire, and the crazy artillery fire collapsed some of the fortifications and overturned the bunkers. As soon as the artillery fire stopped, the smoke of gunfire had not yet dissipated, and the formed battalions and regimental units of the Kuomintang army pounced on them. Relying on the broken fortifications and the enemy's desperate struggle, our army finally repelled the enemy's first wave of attack.
During the six days and six nights of fierce fighting, the Kuomintang army was better than the Plakmen, better equipped than the PLA, and even heavier than the PLA. So what makes the PLA able to win the Battle of Tashan?
The password is 3 words: follow me
At the height of the war, the Plaster organized vanguard commandos of Party members, who faced the most numerous and well-equipped enemies in the most dangerous places. Afterwards, 70% of the people who received the meritorious service award for the Battle of Tashan were party members, and the party member vanguard commandos always shouted "follow me" when faced with danger, and were the first to rush to the most dangerous place.
A small bullet was placed at the Tashan Resistance Battle Memorial Hall, which may not be famous among the many exhibits, but he is the best embodiment of the spirit of party members. He was the "glorious bomb" left to him by Cheng Yuanmao, the instructor of the Second Company.
Cheng Yuanmao was the instructor of the Second Company of the Twenty-eighth Regiment of the Tenth Division, he led a platoon to hold on to the position, in the face of the enemy's dense artillery fire and crowded enemies, his platoon quickly reduced its number, 50 people, 30 people, 20 people and 7 people, now there are only 7 people left, the bullets are immediately finished, and the contact with the rear command is completely broken.
At this moment, Cheng Yuanmao picked up the sapper shovel and walked out of the trench first, shouted "Follow me" and fought with the enemy, so he exchanged his life for position and persisted until the arrival of reinforcements in the rear.
Cheng Yuanmao is just an ordinary member of many party members, and he has fulfilled the duty of an excellent party member, that is, to always rush ahead of danger.
On the other hand, the Kuomintang army has mastered the code of defeat very thoroughly, or three words "give me up."
Faced with the unfavorable results of the attack at the Battle of Tashan, Chiang Kai-shek lost his pre-war demeanor and transferred the independent 95th Division, known as the "Zhao Zilong" division in the Kuomintang army.
To be fair, the 95th Division is indeed well-equipped and has strong combat effectiveness; it has repeatedly broken through our army's positions in the Tashan Blockade Battle, which can be described as a major enemy of our army. However, after the 95th Division came to the battlefield, from commander to soldier, it can be described as arrogant and arrogant, and it also laid the inevitable factor for their failure.
The independent 95th Division, which came by boat, did not immediately join the battle after arriving, because their teacher, Luo Qi, who was also the overseer sent by Chiang Kai-shek, believed that the 95th Division was invincible, and he wanted to let the 95th Division rest for a day, and then directly break through the Tashan defense line. As everyone knows, he missed the most tired and dangerous fighter of our army, and it was extremely dangerous for him to directly attack our army, and it was his arrogance that made them pay the price.
The ordinary soldiers of the Independent 95th Division were also arrogant, shouting "The 95th Division is invincible" before the battle began, in front of our army's positions. The division commander organized a death squad and each person was issued 500,000 gold coupons. Then launch a charge with battalion-level units, behind each team there are overseers with guns to supervise, and the retreaters are directly shot, this typical gives me, how can there be good results.
Although the independent 95th Division relied on its strong firepower and equipment superiority to enter our army's positions several times, it was never able to advance further. How can "give me up" beat "follow me".
The Battle of Tashan produced 4 heroic regiment titles, "Tashan Hero Regiment", "Baitaishan Hero Regiment", "Tashan Heroic Garrison Regiment", and artillery "Wei Zhen Enemy Gall Artillery Regiment". These are all bought with the lives of PLA officers.
From the success of the Battle of Tashan to the victory of the War of Liberation, the Communist Party of China is the justice of history and the choice of the people.
On March 25, 1949, at Xiyuan Airport in Beijing, Chairman Mao Zedong reviewed the troops. When the car passed under the banner of the "Tashan Heroes", he deliberately asked the driver to "slow down" and saluted a military salute. A solemn salute expressed Chairman Mao's high respect for the heroic troops and his deep remembrance of the heroic martyrs who sacrificed themselves...
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