1949 65438+1October 10, the Huaihai Campaign ended successfully. In this campaign, the People's Liberation Army annihilated the five main forces of the Kuomintang Army 18 Army and stevie hoang Corps, and it had a panoramic view of more than half of China north of the Yangtze River. On April 20, a million mighty men crossed the river, breaking through the so-called "impregnable" Yangtze River defense line of the Kuomintang. Successfully liberated Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and other big cities, sweeping the southeast half of the country with the autumn wind sweeping away leaves.
In August, the 10th Corps of Sanye launched the Fuzhou Campaign. After several days of fierce fighting, it liberated nine cities including Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian, and Mawei, a famous military port. The Tenth Corps originally planned to attack and annihilate the defenders in Zhangzhou area and the periphery of Jinmen and Xiamen Island, clear the land and sea passages to the south, and then attack the two islands at the same time.
Its deployment is: take Zhangzhou with 3 1 army, take Aotou and Jimei in the north of Xiamen with the first 29 army, take Xiamen with 3 1 army and 29 army as the main force, and take Jinmen Island with the 28th and 28th 29 army respectively. When the Kuomintang troops retreated to Taiwan Province Province, they took away the warships and motorboats, which undoubtedly brought difficulties to the landing operation of the Third Field Army.
The 10th Corps spent several days collecting hundreds of fishing boats. Due to the shortage of boats, the original plan to capture Xiamen and Kinmen at the same time was somewhat difficult. The vanguard troops of the 10th Corps sent a telegram to explain the situation to the Corps headquarters, suggesting that Xiamen should be attacked first, and then Kinmen should be taken. 10 On the afternoon of June 5th, 9 1 Division launched a feint on Gulangyu Island under the cover of artillery to attract the main defenders.
That night, the 86th Division of the 85th Division of 29 army set out from Jimei and Liujiadian and attacked from the north to the south of Xiamen Island. 3 1 Army attacked from west to east, and the 28th Army was responsible for containing the reinforcements of the defenders in Jinmen. Gulangyu's feint was very tragic. The landing troops were blocked by the Kuomintang defenders on the muddy beach. The vanguard was an 83-man reinforced platoon, which repelled the enemy's three counter-charges.
Tang believes that our main attack is Gulangyu. At that time, there were only 65,438+2,000 defenders on Kinmen Island, most of whom were defeated soldiers retreating from Fujian and Xiamen. Successive victories have made most soldiers have the idea of underestimating their enemies, and the headquarters of the Tenth Corps has devoted all its energy to restoring the normal development of the city. The task of liberating Kinmen was entrusted to the 28th Army. The former enemy command post of the 28th Army planned to land in seven regiments, break through the center of Kinmen, and cut off the ties between the defenders.
On the morning of the 27th, the battle in Guningtou was extremely fierce. Our soldiers used the few remaining bunkers to fight back, and Kuomintang tanks destroyed all these bunkers. The Kuomintang navy also took part in the battle, and the warships sailed to the north bank of Kinmen and bombarded the dead corners on the ground with naval guns.
1300 people retreated to the beach under the cliff north of Guningtou. Although they struggled to resist, most of them died heroically, and a few were captured by the enemy's land, sea and air attacks. At ten o'clock in the morning, the Battle of Kinmen basically ended. Our army lost two batches of landing troops, three regiments and four companies, with more than 9,000 people (including more than 300 boatmen and migrant workers).
The fiasco of the Golden Gate Battle was a painful lesson for our party and army, and it was also the most disastrous battle for our army in the War of Liberation. After Ye Fei and others summarized the Battle of Kinmen, 1953 won the Battle of Dongshan Island, and the Third Field Army 1955 captured Jiangshan Island. The tenth legion is preparing to win gold again. With the outbreak of the Korean War, the Sanye army went to Korea to fight, and the opportunity to liberate Kinmen was temporarily postponed. Since then, the two sides have divided and ruled.