According to the unified deployment of the Central Military Commission, after the liberation of Shanghai, the Third Field Army decided to take the Seventh Corps as the main force to liberate Zhoushan Islands, while the First Corps defended the coastal defense and served as the Hangzhou garrison. The Eighth Corps continued to guard Nanjing and Zhenjiang, eliminating the remnants of bandits in southern Jiangsu and southern Anhui. The 9th Corps served as Shanghai police and coastal defense in Songhu area, preparing to liberate Taiwan Province Province. 10 Corps carried out the task of marching into Fujian.
/kloc-in June of 0/3, according to the order of the Central Military Commission, the leading organs of the East China Military Region and the Third Field Army were merged into one institution, and the name was reserved. The commander of the merged East China Military Region and the Third Field Army is Chen Yi, the deputy commanders are Su Yu and Zhang, the deputy political commissar is Tan Zhenlin, the chief of staff is Shu Tong.
On July 10, the East China Military Region and the Third Field Army moved from Shanghai to Nanjing. The next day, the East China Military Region and the Third Field Army further defined the tasks of the Eighth and Ninth Corps:
The 20th, 23rd, 26th and 27th armies of the 9th Corps were ordered to prepare for the liberation of Taiwan Province Province. On the basis of the 33rd Army Command, Songhu garrison headquarters was established, with Song as the commander and Guo Huaruo as the political commissar, replacing the 9th Corps as Songhu garrison headquarters.
As early as the Yuan Dynasty, there were eight states in Fujian, namely Jianning, Yanping, Shaowu, Tingzhou, Fuzhou, Xinghua, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, which were called "Eight Mins".
1On July 2, 949, the 28th, 29th and 3rd1Army led by Ye Fei and Wei Guoqing ended their rest in Suzhou, Changshu and Jiaxing, and took a bus from Jiaxing, Zhejiang to Jiangshan, Jiangxi and Shangrao, and then entered Fujian on foot in two ways.
Mountains stand in front of the officers and men of 10 Corps. The Ba Dou of each mountain and sea is over 1000 meters and stretches for hundreds of miles. After passing Xianxialing and entering the mountainous area of northern Fujian, it is more obvious that the peaks are undulating and the jungle is densely covered, just like entering a "mountain country". Coupled with the hot weather and scorching sun, the troops climbed mountains and waded in water every day, sweating like a pig, and marching was very difficult.
It often rains heavily on the March. After the rainstorm, each division had thirty or forty mules and horses. The muddy road was slippery and fell off the cliff and died. Due to the decrease in the number of mules and horses, the burden on officers and men is getting heavier and heavier, with an average of more than forty or fifty kilograms per person. Artillery is even more difficult, and it is often necessary to unload the guns pulled by mules and horses, and people carry the gun body and the gun rack, pulling it forward and pushing it back, and climbing mountains and mountains. High temperature and high fatigue caused many cadres and soldiers to faint from heatstroke.
According to incomplete statistics, from the beginning of July to the end of July, the number of non-combatants in the whole regiment was ***87 10. 10 Corps finally arrived in Jian 'ou, Nanping and Gutian on July 26th, ready to capture Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province, after a long journey under the conditions of epidemic disease, lack of medical care, harassment by bandits, insufficient food and bad weather.
When the 10 Corps marched into Fujian, the people's guerrillas kept coming to meet them. Some of these guerrillas are hundreds, some are hundreds, some are men and women, and some are old and young. Everyone has a gun and a weapon. Guerrillas take the initiative to act as army guides, spy on the enemy and cooperate with the battle. However, some Kuomintang bandits turned themselves into "people's guerrillas" and took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and continue to do evil.
Once, the masses reported that there was a fake guerrilla in shi bo Street Town.
In order to eliminate bandits and protect people's interests, the 8 th Company of 9 1 Division 273 was ordered to enter Beijie Town. They seized the fake guerrilla's gun by holding a mass meeting, but several gangsters escaped.
Chen Jinting, the vice squad leader of Shandong Province, led the combat team into the city to search, only to see a middle-aged man holding a chopping knife and rushing into a yard in a panic. Chen Jinting ran after him and shouted, "What do you do?" The man didn't answer. Chen Jinting ordered him: "Put down the knife and put up your hands!" The man came with a machete. Chen Jinting decided that he was a "bandit" and shot him.
Afterwards, the family members of the deceased cried and found the company, saying that the deceased was a poor middle peasant rather than a bandit, and the villagers also made circumstantial evidence.
Warrior Chen Jinting killed the masses by mistake and committed a crime! In order to enforce the military discipline and recover the influence, the division formed a temporary military court and sentenced Chen Jinting to death, which was executed on the spot.
It was a dark day. Early in the morning, the cadre of Company 8 came to visit again and asked him if he had anything to leave. Chen Jinting said: "I am a soldier of the People's Liberation Army and a producer in party member and China. I failed to implement the' Three Disciplines and Eight Attentions' and violated the military discipline and national laws, so I should be punished. I would like to save the influence of the party and the army with my own life ... "Say that finish, he took out the only Zhang Yiyuan bill from his uniform pocket and paid the instructor membership fee for the last time.
On the morning of the same day, the public trial was held in Shibujie Town. Dozens of people around rushed to participate.
This sentence was interrupted.
An old doctor, who was over 500 years old, stood out from the crowd, quickly climbed onto the rostrum, bowed to the head of the army again and again, and pleaded: On behalf of the villagers in the town, I demand not to kill this comrade! He is a good man who came from Shandong to save our suffering people in Fujian! "
The mother of the deceased took the stage. She dried her tears and said to everyone, "My son was not killed by the army on purpose. The People's Liberation Army is Chairman Mao's team, and it cares about our people as much as the Red Army did in the past. Now that I have lost a son, I can't die a good soldier for him! " Then she turned and knelt down and begged the army chief to accept Chen Jinting as "adopted son" and let him live so that he could destroy the reactionaries!
The audience burst into thunderous applause and slogans.
The public trial meeting became a swearing-in meeting between the army and the people.
After the meeting, the military court made a new judgment according to the strong demands of the masses: exempting Chen Jinting from the death penalty and letting him make meritorious service in the battle to liberate Fujian!
After more than a month's hard March, 10 Corps attacked Fuzhou in three ways.
Before the large troops arrived at the assembly area, the 10 Corps collected information about the enemy stationed in Fuzhou from underground parties and intelligence departments. At this time, there were 6.5438+0.5 million enemy troops in Fujian, including more than 60,000 people in 4 divisions under the jurisdiction of 6 Corps Zhu Shaoliang and Li Yannian1. However, Chiang Kai-shek strictly adhered to Fuzhou in an attempt to defend Taiwan Province Province by sticking to Fuzhou and Xiamen.
Compared with these two schemes, the former scheme is not only difficult, but also risky. Where are the risks? Mainly as a force to catch ponytails, only two days away; As troops occupying Fuqing and Lu Hong, they have to walk for five days, not counting weapons and ammunition, and each person has to take five days of dry food every day to climb mountains and mountains. The weather is very hot, and it is really difficult and tiring to travel long distances. But this is a risky move, and the risk lies in the tired army. If it is inserted between Fuzhou and Quanzhou, it may be attacked by the enemy from north to south.
If the second scheme is adopted, it is relatively safe. However, since Fuqing and Lu Hong were not occupied in a roundabout way, the enemy's retreat from the land to the south could not be cut off. No matter how fast you pursue it, you will not be able to cross the Minjiang River Bridge and the Wulong River smoothly, and you may turn into chasing ducks and you will not be able to destroy the enemy. Enemies in Fuzhou can flee south by land along Fuzhou-Xiamen Highway.
Teachers Ye Fei, political commissar Wei Guoqing and Fujian Provincial Party Secretary Zhang Dingcheng weighed it repeatedly, and finally decided to adopt the first plan, adopting a pincer-like big circuitous attack tactic and casting a large net around Fuzhou in order to annihilate the enemy of Fuzhou.
Therefore, the 10 Corps decided to take 3 1 Army as the left wing, circuitously seize Lianjiang, Nagato, Min 'an and Mawei points, and cut off the enemy's retreat at sea; Take 29 army as the right, take Lu Hong, Fuqing and Changle in a long-distance detour, cut off the connection between Fuzhou Zhu Shaoliang and Xiamen Tangborn Corps, and cut off the enemy's road to escape from the south by land; With the 28th Army as the middle route army, they launched a frontal assault on Fuzhou Highway along Gutian, and prepared to encircle Fuzhou on the defensive with the left and right roads.
The battle of Fuzhou was originally scheduled to start on August 15. As Luoyuan and Danyang were found to have begun to shrink to Lianjiang on August 4th, Ye Fei and Wei Guoqing decided to attack ahead of schedule on August 6th to prevent the enemy from shrinking and fleeing.
On the right, Hu Bingyun, commander of 29 army, and Huang Huoxing, political commissar, sent an advance team to understand the enemy's social situation and destroy the armed forces; While preparing food and ammunition, we organized troops to be fully armed for mountain climbing training to adapt to mountain marching operations.
On August 5th, 6th and 7th, all the 3rd Division of 29 army went into battle lightly, and all the heavy weapons of the troops were carried by people. They set out from Youxi, Zhang Hu Sakan and Nanping respectively, and cut mountains and mountains to advance.
On the way forward in 29 army, we have to cross Daiyun Mountain, which is more than 0/00 km long. The highest peak of Daiyun Mountain is 1849 meters above sea level. The soldiers described it like this: "There are mountains outside the mountains, mountains in the mountains, mountains below the mountains, and there are countless mountains!" "Look at the mountain ahead, it seems to be the highest, but when you climb to the top, a higher hill appears in front of you!"
The troops crossed the dense bamboo forest. The sky was covered by dense bamboo leaves, and people in front could not be seen when they marched during the day. The cut roots of Phyllostachys pubescens are like sharp knives, which trip people or prick their feet. The moss in the bamboo forest was so thick that I accidentally fell down. I only walked 20 miles on the first night, and marched during the day the next day, only walking more than 40 miles. Moreover, the climate is changeable, cold and hot, rainy, foggy and windy, and it took the troops four days to climb the highest peak.
Just as the artillery regiment struggled against the rock wall, Duan Huanjing, the deputy division commander, took the correspondent to the front of the marching team. Some soldiers carried guns weighing 120 Jin, one in front and two in the back, crawling on a mossy mountain road; Some soldiers were driving mules and horses, one pulling forward and the other pushing backward. The animals looked at the abyss in horror and trembled all over.
Seeing the difficulty of the troops marching, the deputy division commander Duan anxiously asked Colonel Wang: "Can the troops arrive at the designated place on time?"
Colonel Wang pointed to the soldiers with tears in his eyes and said, "Why do you ask?"
On June 1 1, the 257th Regiment of the 86th Division captured Yongtai County.
14, 85th Division and 86th Division entered Dadukou, Yidu Street and Xihan Line. Just as he was preparing to attack Hong Xiang Road and Fuqing in accordance with the predetermined operational direction, the commander Hu Bingyun received an order from Commander Ye Fei: "The defenders in Fuzhou were in panic and chaos, and there were signs of abandoning the south of the city and fleeing, which made 29 army quickly capture Fuqing, Changle and Shangganling and cut off the enemy's land retreat."
Hu Bingyun immediately changed his deployment: the 85th Division captured Lu Hong and Fuqing separately, and attacked Yuxi at the same time, and then built a position to block the south; The eighty-five division quickly captured Changle and Qian Ying and cut off the land retreat of Fuzhou, the enemy on the defensive; Command the 87th Division to capture Shanggan and cooperate with 3 1 Army to block the mouth of Wulong River to prevent the enemy from fleeing south.
Lu Hong, located on the Fuzhou-Xiamen Expressway, and Fuqing, on its east side, are the only places for Fuzhou to escape or cross south. After receiving the order, the 85th Division immediately launched an attack on Lu Hong and Fuqing.
At noon on June 5438+05, the 254th Regiment occupied Zhang Xindong in the northwest of Luhong, and on June 5438+07, it circuitously attacked Fuqing from the south side of Lu Hong.
/Kloc-On the evening of 0/5, the 255th Regiment captured Lu Hong, and then cooperated with the 254th Regiment to attack Fuqing from the north and south. At the same time, the 253rd Regiment invaded Yuxi to build a position to aid Vietnam.
/kloc-on the morning of 0/6, after the 254th regiment captured Wumashan and Xiaonanyang, it advanced from the south of Fuqing to the city wall, and the 255th regiment was blocked by Yuping Mountain and Shipai Mountain in the north of Fuqing. /kloc-around 0/0: 30, 254 regiments and 255 regiments invaded Fuqing county from north and south respectively, killing more than 400 people. More than 2,000 remnants of the enemy fled to Haikou, fled to Panasonic that night, and crossed the sea to Pingtan Island the next day. The 85th Division closed the land route where the enemy of Fuzhou fled south.
The 86th Division attacked Changle and Qian Ying and occupied 15 workshop. 16 night, meet with enemy peace preservation corps in Changle county at Yangmen, capture more than 50 people, occupy Changle and Qian Ying, echo with 3 1 army at a distance, across the Minjiang River, block the Minjiang River passage and cut off the enemy's retreat at sea.
At the same time, the right-wing 29 army made a detour, and the left-wing 3 1 army was commanded by the commander Zhou Zhijian, who captured Lianjiang on 16, annihilating the 74th Army and most of the 25th Army. After capturing Min 'an and Mawei, annihilate 23 divisions of 20 1 division, completely control the north bank of Minjiang River, block the Minjiang River by fire, cut off the enemy's retreat on the water, and attack Fuzhou from Mawei West.
Under the command of Commander Zhu, the 28th Army of Zhonglu launched an attack on the periphery of Fuzhou on June 5438+05, and the barracks surrounded the enemy of Xuefeng. The 84th Division crossed the Minjiang River in the south, and cooperated with the first 29 army to detour eastward. The 82nd Division captured the Great Lakes and Ruoyang, defended the enemy and fled south, then attacked south. Due to the rugged mountain road, mules and horses can't pass, and the commanders and men are carrying heavy weapons on their shoulders, regardless of fatigue, braving the scorching sun and heat, bravely chasing the enemy. After a day's raid, they occupied Jiangyangdian and the mountainous area north of Xiaobeiling that night. In the pursuit, Zhu Ziling, the 245th regiment, was blocked by the enemy, and when the enemy was about to rout, the large troops were guaranteed to advance. The 83rd Division learned that Dahu and Xuebu were on the defensive and fled south, so it attacked Baisha and Xujiacun. 248th Regiment 1 Battalion More than 300 people fled the enemy in the Great Lakes region. The whole division approached Xujiacun that night and confronted the enemy. The 84th Division attacked Minqing, showing great filial piety and fleeing eastward.
At this point, the 3rd Army of 10 Corps approached Fuzhou, and the first stage of Fuzhou liberation was completed.
At noon on June 6, 65438, Ye Fei and Wei Guoqing listened to the report of Zhou Jianping, the director of operations of the Corps:
"Right-wing 29 army captured Fuqing and Changle, cutting off the enemy's retreat on land; Zuoji 3 1 Army captured Mawei Port, Guling and Dabeiling, cut off the enemy's sea retreat and pushed the city. The 82nd Division of the 28th Army captured Xiaobeiling, and the 83rd Division occupied Xujiacun, approaching Zhong Fang. The 84th Division pursued the fleeing enemy along the south bank of the Minjiang River, wiped out one of them, and made a dash for Fuyu Town in the southwest of Fuzhou. At this point, our armies from all walks of life have completed the siege of Fuzhou, and the enemy's main force abandoned the city in a hurry and broke south along Fuxia Highway and Fuyong Highway. "
At this time, the staff sent a letter to Commander Ye Fei from Lai Ti 'an, the division commander of Kuomintang Army 3 106 and Chen Huaide, the head of the 935th regiment, who were preparing for the uprising. Ye Fei said excitedly to Wei Guoqing after reading it: "Great, the 935 regiment is going to rebel, which is equivalent to opening a passage for our siege troops."
Wei Guoqing was also very happy to read the letter. He said: "Su Hua and others have done a lot of work for the liberation of Fuzhou, so we should let them take the lead."
Ye Fei said: "Well, advance the siege time to three o'clock in the afternoon to avoid heavy casualties of the uprising troops."
At 3 pm, the battle started. Our three armed forces work closely together and are invincible, just like Fuzhou, which is defended by three sharp swords.
The 28 th Army led by Zhu launched a fierce attack on Fuzhou, and captured the enemy defensive positions outside Fuzhou at 4 o'clock. At 0500 hours, 3 1, 28 and 28 29 army cooperated closely and fought together. The left-wing 3 1 Army went from east to west, and the middle road 28 Army launched a general attack on Fuzhou from west to east.
On the evening of August 16, Zhu Shaoliang, director of the Fuzhou Sui Department of the Kuomintang, and Li Yannian, commander of the Sixth Corps, fled to Taiwan Province in panic. At the same time, they ordered their men to cross the Wulong River overnight and fled south via Fuxia and Fuyong Highway.
Ye and Wei found that the enemy abandoned the city and fled, and immediately ordered the first 29 army to resolutely intercept the attack. The 28th Army and the 3 1 Army quickly followed suit, striving to wipe out the enemies on both sides of the Wulong River, Yongtai and the area north of Fuqing.
17 in the morning, the 28th Army and the 3rd1Army each entered Fuzhou City, and each of the two armies secured Fuzhou, mainly pursuing the blocked enemy.
/kloc-on the morning of 0/7, the 82nd and 83rd divisions of the 28th Army pursued south side by side and annihilated the enemy on the north bank of Wulong River. In the afternoon, the 84th Division arrived in Nanyu Town, Jiang Nanan, Wulong. In order to catch up with the fleeing enemy, the officers and men endured fatigue, climbed mountains and mountains, waded and continued to pursue in the direction of Yongtai. Division commander Mao and political commissar Wang Jingqun led 1 regiment to climb Shuangfeng Mountain at three times the speed of the enemy, annihilating 1.200 people.
On 18, about 10000 people fled from Fuzhou south to the front line of Dayitou, Tea Garden and Thirteen Mu Mountain Area, and about 5000 people fled to the front line of Gepoyang Mountain Area in the southwest of Shanggan. According to this situation, Hu Bingyun, commander of the first 29 army, immediately deployed the 85th Division to stop the enemy, and then made the 86th and 87th Divisions catch up and annihilate the fleeing enemy.
Fuzhou appeasement office and 50th independent division, the headquarters of the enemy's Sixth Corps who fled to the east of Fuxia Road, were led by Li Yidong, deputy commander of the Fifth Army and commander of the 50th independent division, He Tongtang, chief of staff of the Sixth Corps, and Chen Tengxiang, deputy chief of staff of Major General. 18, fled to Jinyishan, Jinling and Tao Yang in the northeast of Fuqing, and was stopped by our 254th Corps. It rained heavily at this time, and the enemy generals decided to surrender. Li Yishen wrote a personal letter on his business card and sent Wu Tianfa, deputy head of the Lieutenant Colonel, to contact our army and ordered the troops to stop fighting.
Zhu Yunqian, the division commander of 29 army 85th Division, met with Wu Tianfa and made him wait for surrender. 18, 18, more than 4,700 people including the enemy's 6th Corps, Fuzhou appeasement office and 50th Independent Division laid down their weapons.
19, 258 Regiment 1 Battalion captured more than 250 people twice in the northeast of Yidu Street and the southwest mountainous area of Qingpuling. The 256th Regiment accepted the surrender of the enemy 1 Company at the first stage.
Zhang chongling, deputy division commander of the 85th Division, and Weng Zaiqing, director of the Political Department, led the Qianzhihe 25 1 regiment, pursued along Fuyong Highway, and arrived at Geling, 40 miles east of Yongtai, on the night of 19. After dinner, they continued to chase more than 90 miles. The 25 1 regiment led by Liu Tianxiang, political commissar Tian zhichun and chief of staff Hao chaosan finally rushed to the front of the enemy and occupied favorable terrain. With the cooperation of the 252nd Regiment, the Military Reconnaissance Battalion and the 246th Regiment, the enemy 96th Army was intercepted in Daming Ocean and Qiaotouling area in the north of Yongtai.
On 20th, 87th Division cooperated with 85th Division to annihilate 1 battalion in Wuxianshan and Dalingshan areas. In the afternoon, the remnants of the enemy's 25th Army were intercepted, and more than 65,438+10,000 people were annihilated the next morning. Chen, commander of the 25th enemy army, led more than 400 military personnel to the west of Yidu Street and the east of Liling. On 22nd 16, the 253rd Regiment annihilated the fleeing enemy, and I captured Chen, the commander of the enemy lieutenant general, and Major General Ren Peisheng, the deputy commander.
On the 22nd, Zhang, the reconnaissance commander of the 28th Army, and Tian Qi, the operational staff of the 84th Division Command, entered the enemy camp and urged the besieged enemy to surrender. Under the pressure of our military and political offensive, Huang, deputy commander of the enemy's 96th Army, led more than a thousand people to lay down their arms and surrender.
On August 23, with the cooperation of local guerrillas, various departments of our army searched and wiped out a large number of remnants of the enemy. At this point, the battle of Fuzhou ended successfully.
In Fuzhou Battle, I 10 Corps annihilated the enemy on the defensive, 1 Corps Headquarters, 5 military divisions, 14 Division, totaling more than 40,000 people.