<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > Centennial 129: Tan Xilin</h1>
Author: Forget about the jianghu
After the Battle of Huaihai, the enemy army was left with only qingdao, Changshan Islands and other strongholds in north China.
Qingdao was the fourth largest city in the domestic economic strength at that time, second only to Shanghai, Tianjin and Nanjing, higher than Wuxi, Wuhan, Chongqing, Shenyang, Guangzhou, Harbin, and the textile industry had the reputation of "Shangqingtian".
At that time, Qingdao was still an international city, with foreign consulates, 19 overseas Chinese, and the military facilities and garrisons of the US military after 1945, and there were 145 warships and thousands of soldiers stationed in Qingdao all year round. Because Qingdao is very complicated, liberating Qingdao is not simple.
American soldiers in front of the Qingdao Pier
Erye and Sanye crossed the Yangtze River, U.S. warships withdrew from Qingdao, and Tan Xilin's 32nd Army planned to liberate Qingdao.
On April 25, 1949, Xu Shiyou of the Shandong Military Region sent a telegram to the headquarters and the East China Military Region: In view of the departure of the US troops stationed in Qingdao, the enemy air force flew south, the 204th Division withdrew south, and the defenders withdrew within 2 weeks. It is recommended to launch a campaign and enter the downtown area of Qingdao to prevent enemy sabotage.
The Chairman was very cautious about this and replied to the "AAAA" telegram 3 days later.
The Shandong Military Region also told the East China Bureau, Su and Zhang: There is a telegram. Agreed to hold a threatening attack on Qingdao, the first step was to gather twelve regiments and pilot attacks on a number of strongholds. After winning the hand, we will see the situation and then decide on the second step. Its purpose is to force the enemy to retreat as soon as possible, and we will occupy Qingdao at an early date, but avoid fighting with the US army (this should be made clear to the cadres of the troops).
Considering that the United States and Britain did not interfere when crossing the Yangtze River, the chairman instructed him not to clash with the US military as much as possible.
Upon receiving the instructions, the campaign headquarters was soon established, with Tan Xilin, commander of the 32nd Army, as the front-line commander, and deputy commander Liu Yong and political commissar Peng Lin as deputy commanders. In addition to the 6 main regiments of the 32nd Army, the main forces participating in the battle also included 3 regiments of the 4th Brigade of Deng Longxiang Jiaodong Garrison, 1 regiment of the 5th Police Brigade, and 2 regiments of the Jiaodong Military Region, a total of 12 regiments, plus the artillery regiment of the military region, the howitzer battalion and some militia.
In terms of specific tactics, Xu Shiyou, Tan Xilin and others decided to divide the army into three ways. The 95th Division of the 32nd Army on the West Road attacked both sides of the Jiaoji Railway, the 94th Division of the 32nd Army on the Middle Road attacked the north of Jimo City, and the 4th Brigade of the 4th Police Road and 1 regiment of the 5th Police Brigade attacked the east of Jimo City to ensure the safety of the left wing of the 32nd Army.
Liberate Qingdao
Tan Xilin, commander of the 32nd Army, was born in March 1908 to a family of pottery workers in Changsha, Hunan Province.
In 1926, Tan Xilin was admitted to the Huangpu Phase V Engineering and Armament Section, and after graduation, he was assigned to the Ye Ting Independent Regiment as a probationary platoon leader, and later transferred to the Guard Regiment of the General Headquarters of Zhang Fakui's Second Front Army as a platoon leader and deputy company commander. After the outbreak of the Nanchang Uprising, the guard regiment did not catch up, but participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising, serving as the commander of the 2nd Company of the 1st Battalion, 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment of the Red 1st Division, and went up Jinggang Mountain.
At the end of 1927, Commissar Mao went to a mountain village to propagate the revolution, but was unfortunately surrounded by landlord armed forces. When Tan Xilin heard the news, he immediately arrived with 2 companies of hasty marches and relieved the troubled Mao Commissar. Since then, Tan Xilin has been known as the "General of Salvation".
In the summer of 1928, the main force of the Zhumao Red Army turned to Gannan province, and the enemy gathered 4 regiments to attack the Huangyang Boundary, leaving less than 1 battalion of troops, most of which were javelins, darts, and large knives. He Zizhen suddenly remembered all the mortars in Ciping Ordnance. Therefore, together with the eldest brother He Minxue and Tan Xilin, he and a few people took a lot of effort to carry 150 kilograms of mortars and 3 shells to the Yellow Ocean Under the scorching sun.
Tan Xilin personally commanded the mortar to aim at the enemy's command post to shoot, but the first shell actually muted, replaced by the second shell, or could not make a sound, may be the shell for too long to let some damp.
Seeing that the enemy was about to launch a new wave of attack, Tan Xilin ordered the gunner to wipe the last shell and fill it into the barrel, this shell was impartial, just landed on the enemy's command post, a loud noise, the enemy thought that the main force of the Vermilion Red Army returned and hurried to retreat.
With his military achievements, Tan Xilin was soon promoted from company commander to acting commander of the Red 20th Army and commander of the 1st Column, chief of staff of the Red 12th Army and commander of the 34th Division in western Fujian. In the summer of 1931, in the second "anti-encirclement and suppression", Tan Xilin led the 34th Division to attack Lai Village and failed, and was dismissed from his post and investigated.
Later, with the intervention of Mao and Zhou, Tan Xilin was only demoted to a teacher at the Special Branch School.
Young Tan Xilin
In October 1934, during the Long March of the Red Army, the Special Branch School was incorporated into the cadre regiment, and Tan Xilin served as an engineer instructor.
Just after New Year's Day in 1935, Tan Xilin accepted a major task: he rushed to wujiang for 60 miles to help the engineer company build a pontoon bridge. At this time, under the leadership of Huang Chaotian, the sapper company was anxious and helpless to build a bridge on the edge of the rushing Wu River.
The deepest flow rate of the river is five meters and eight meters per second, and the sapper company sets up a pontoon bridge under the crazy fire of the enemy machine guns, and the yellow bamboo, door panels, wood, and ropes are set up with bamboo rows to make bridge feet, and the sleepers are laid to connect the bridge trusses to form a door bridge. In the middle of winter, the warriors' hands and feet were numb and stiff.
However, how to make the door bridge stable in the rushing river water, for a while everyone had no idea.
At the critical moment, Tan Xilin thought of a way: to use a basket to hold large and small stones, and insert three sharpened long wooden sticks in the middle as anchor claws. Made into a large stone anchor to drag the door bridge, it really worked. There were no ropes, and the warriors untied the straps. Under the guidance of Tan Xilin, the engineering company fought for 36 hours on the pontoon bridge and finally crossed the Wujiang River.
In April 1937, the University of Hongda moved from Bao'an to Yan'an and changed it to the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University.
At this time, principal Lin Biao, vice president Liu Bocheng, education chief Luo Ruiqing, 1362 students of the second phase of the Kang University were divided into 14 teams, and the cadet leaders were Chen Geng, Ni Zhiliang, Tan Xilin, Han Qizhen, Su Zhenhua, Cao Lihuai, Jia Ruoyu, Fang Zhengping, Nie Heting, Bian Zhangwu, He Changgong, Liu Zhong, Xie Hanwen, and Li Ganhui. Girls team captain Kim Wei-young.
After the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance, Tan Xilin served as chief of staff of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Security Command.
At the end of 1938, Tan Xilin was transferred to the military minister of the Yu'e Border Region, the chief of staff of the 4 detachments of the New Fourth Army and the head of the 14th regiment, and the commander Gao Jingting. Soon, Tan Xilin was promoted to brigade commander and political commissar of the 6th Brigade of the 2nd Division, and the commander of the division was "Tan Boss" Tan Zhenlin.
In September 1943, Tan Xilin succeeded Zhang Dingcheng, who was an old qualified, and succeeded him as commander of the Anhui River Military Region and acting commander of the 7th Division.
Tan Xilin
During the Liberation War, Tan Xilin served as the commander of the 7th Shanye Division and the acting commander of the Jiaodong Military Region.
In February 1949, in order to liberate Qingdao, an important town in north China, the main local troops were upgraded to form the 32nd Army. Tan Xilin served as the commander, Peng Lin as the political commissar, Liu Yong as the deputy commander, and Zhao Yiping as the chief of staff, with a total of 21,000 people in the army. In addition, a total of 30,000 people were added to the 4th Brigade of Security and other departments.
The enemy forces in Qingdao were Liu Anqi's 32nd Army, 50th Army, and 204th Division, as well as the Garrison Brigade, the Independent Brigade, the Shandong Security 1st Brigade and the 2nd Brigade, as well as the 3 regiments of engineers and gendarmerie. In addition, there are 50,000 people in the Navy's First Fleet, the Second Patrol Team, and the Fifth Air Force Brigade.
Hua Ye's 32nd Army dueled against the enemy's 32nd Army, and Tan Xilin's 30,000 men were to attack Liu Anqi's 50,000 troops.
Liu Anqi Character Shouru, Shandong Weishan people, Huangpu Phase III. He participated in the Eastern Expedition and the Northern Expedition, and in the long-term conquest, he gradually rose from platoon commander to corps commander and commander of Qingdao Eleventh Appeasement District. In order to ensure Qingdao, 3 lines of defense were set up from Cangkou to Jimo City. On the one hand, this can contain Tan Xilin, and on the other hand, it is convenient to retreat from the sea.
On May 3, 1949, under the order of Tan Xilin, the 4th Police Brigade recaptured Lingshan, and our 32nd Army annihilated the 704th Regiment of the enemy 32nd Army.
Then, our 32nd Army liberated more than 20 strongholds, such as Shangxuan, Mashan, and Woluozi, and broke the enemy's first line of defense. Subsequently, it captured the Iron Horse Mountain and the Taming Tiger Mountain, breaking the second line of defense, and on May 31, the 32nd Army occupied Danshan. On June 1, zhangcun and Shazikou were captured, cutting off the enemy's retreat to the east. The 32nd Army recaptured Loushan and Licun and took the third line of defense.
On the morning of June 2, the 32nd Army conquered Shuiqinggou and fought until noon, and Qingdao was completely liberated.
Tan Xilin announced on the radio that Qingdao was liberated, Tan Zhenlin was appointed commander of Qingdao garrison, and Ma Bao was appointed as the mayor of Qingdao. The chairman called: After entering Qingdao, the leaders of the troops are not allowed to enter the bungalows or take small cars, and the garden houses and cars that they take over are all handed over.
Tan Xilin's 32nd Army and the 4th Police Brigade of the Jiaodong Military Region strictly followed the chairman's instructions and committed no crimes in Qingdao Autumn.
Battle of Qingdao Jimo
In January 1950, Tan Xilin was appointed ambassador to Czechoslovakia.
Tan Xilin and 11 other general ambassadors, after more than half a year of training before taking office, the veteran of the battlefield suffered a lot, and said in his recollection: Eating a Western meal is more tiring than killing the enemy and blowing up a bunker. In October 1954, Tan Xilin's term of office expired and he was transferred back to China.
The first general ambassadors of New China, such as Wu Xiuquan, Geng Biao, Yuan Zhongxian, Ji Pengfei, Huang Zhen, Han Nianlong, Cao Xiangren, Wang Youping, Luo Guibo, and others, were not awarded titles in September 1955, either engaged in diplomacy or went to a local area, but they were not awarded titles because they left the army.
Compared with other general ambassadors, Tan Xilin and Peng Mingzhi were lucky enough to return to military work again. Among them, Tan Xilin served as the deputy director of the Training Directorate, and Peng Mingzhi served as the commander of the Hebei Military Region. In September 1955, both were awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
Founding Lieutenant General Tan Xilin and his wife Wu Wenbin
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