In the 70th year of the establishment of the Navy| Wang Ruichang, who participated in the command of the Eighty-Six Naval Battle, was commended

Chinese people's liberation army navy official microblog @ people's navy news: Today (April 21) morning, the navy held a meeting in Beijing to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's navy, reviewing the people's navy's struggle from scratch, from small to large, from weak to strong over the past 70 years, summing up the historical experience formed in the practice of combat, construction, reform, transformation and preparation for military struggle, and looking forward to the bright prospects of building a world-class navy in an all-round way on the journey of the new era. Commendations were also given to units and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the development of naval construction in the past 70 years.

At the meeting, Wei Jinshan, former political commissar of the Navy, as a representative of the veteran comrades of the Navy, Shu Jicheng, a "hero of battle," and Yi Hui, former captain of the 372 submarine who "practiced the goal of strengthening the army," spoke separately as representatives of heroic models.

The meeting also made outstanding contributions to the 70th anniversary of the 70th anniversary of the People's Navy, including a certain brigade of the Naval Aviation Corps, the Quanzhou warship, the hospital ship "Peace Ark," a certain crew of a submarine detachment, the Zhongjian Island garrison battalion, the Haikou warship, the mobile rescue and salvage squadron of a certain anti-danger rescue detachment, the Great Wall No. 201 boat, a certain regiment of the carrier-based aviation corps, and the second company of the mechanized infantry composite battalion of a certain brigade of the Marine Corps. Dai Mingmeng, Zhang Lei, Zhang Shiquan, Li Wenbo, Liu Zhongwen, Sun Zhijiang, Gao Ke, Lou Fuqiang, Jin Zhenzhong, Ma Weiming, Jiang Ning, Guan Xin, Zi Lianglong, Xu Hui, a total of 26 individuals with outstanding contributions were commended.

The surging news (www.thepaper.cn) reporter noted that among the outstanding contributions to this commendation were Wang Ruichang, who participated in the command of the Eighty-Six Naval Battle.

According to the August 2001 article "The Battle of August 196", at 17:45 on August 5, 1965, the South China Sea Fleet of the People's Liberation Army received a notification that two submarine-hunting ships of the Kuomintang Navy had sailed from Zuoying Port in Taiwan.

After receiving the information that two "submarine-hunting ships" sent by Taiwan's Kuomintang troops had set sail, the South China Sea Fleet immediately judged that the enemy ships might carry out sneak attacks in the Dongshan Island Sea or carry out "psychological warfare" activities against mainland fishermen. The commander of the South China Sea Fleet immediately reported to the General Staff the operational plan of "releasing it to the near shore, coordinating the assault, and breaking through one by one," which was approved by the General Staff. The Shantou Marine Police District Escort Boat 41 Brigade escort boats 4 escort boats, the speed boat 11 Brigade 4 torpedo boats formed a commando formation, the commander is the Shantou Marine Police District Deputy Commander Kong Zhaonian and chief of staff Wang Jin.

The People's Liberation Army Navy assault formation fired two consecutive surprises and close-in shots, suppressing the enemy ship's artillery fire and separating the enemy ships. The enemy ship "Jianmen" returned fire on one side and evaded to the east on the other; the "Zhangjiang" was tightly grasped by 4 escort boats, and the people's navy frigates fired from 500 meters in the same direction as the enemy, hitting directly within 100 meters. The "Zhangjiang" was shot and caught fire. In a hurry to escape, the 589th and 601st boats of the People's Liberation Army Navy Assault Division accelerated their impact to block the attack, and the 611th boat bravely pursued the "Zhangjiang" ship.

At this time, the No. 611 boat was located between its own fleet and the Kuomintang Navy's "Zhangjiang" ship, and was accidentally hit by its own shells in the fierce artillery fire. Then it was hit by the "Zhangjiang", with more than half of the casualties, 3 main engines were damaged, and the front cabin was flooded. But the 611 boats still insisted on fighting. Engineer Mike Hyun-d was hit in the head by shrapnel and lost consciousness. When he woke up, he stubbornly stood by the side of the host with amazing perseverance. The 601 boat that blocked the "Zhangjiang" in front of it also received 4 rounds of bullets. Captain Wu Guangwei was shot in the head and fell in the command position, and repeatedly shouted "Fight! "Until heroic sacrifice. Wang Ruichang immediately took command and continued to fight. Under the attack of the People's Navy fleet, the enemy ship "Zhangjiang" was already scaly and incapacitated, caught fire and exploded, and sank at about 24.7 nautical miles southeast of Dongshan Island at 3:33. The 611st boat of the People's Navy Assault Formation returned to the base by self-flight.

After the sinking of the "Zhangjiang", with the approval of the General Staff, the People's Navy formation attacked the "Jianmen" at 3:43. After receiving the enemy at 5:10, the ships concentrated their fire and fired fiercely, and the "Jianmen" was immediately hit and caught fire. At 5:20, the second echelon of the PEOPLE's Liberation Army formation speedboats, under the cover of high-speed frigates, received 2 to 3 chains of enemy to lay torpedoes, hit 3, and the "Jianmen" immediately sank.

The battle lasted 12 hours and 45 minutes from the departure of the PLA naval fleet to the return to the base, and the battle with the enemy lasted 3 hours and 43 minutes. After the founding of New China, the People's Liberation Army Navy won the largest naval annihilation battle at sea, and 34 people under the captain of the "Jianmen" ship, Wang Yunshan, were captured. The units participating in the battle fought bravely, and the Ministry of National Defense issued a general order commending the participating troops and awarding Mai Xian the honorary title of Combat Hero; and the Navy awarded the titles of "Hero Boat at Sea" and "Hero SpeedBoat" on the No. 611 frigate and The No. 119 torpedo boat. The CPC Central Committee and the Central Military Commission spoke highly of the victory in this naval battle; Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and other leaders received some meritorious combat personnel from the "Eighty-Six" naval battle, and Vice Premier Chen Yi personally came to the front line to extend condolences to the officers and men participating in the battle.