Brief introduction of Jinmen campaign
China People's Liberation Army entered Fujian in early July, 1949, and was in charge of the 10th Corps of the 3rd Field Army (Sanye). The commander of the 10th Corps is Ye Fei, who has successively launched campaigns in Fuzhou, Pingtan Island, Zhangzhou, Xiamen and Kinmen.
10 On June 5438+05, the People's Liberation Army crossed the sea and launched the Xiamen Campaign, pretending to attack Gulangyu Island first, which successfully attracted the attention of the national army and made the national army misjudge. After that, the People's Liberation Army successfully landed in Xiamen and defeated the troops guarding the island. 10 June 17, Tang abandoned the mansion, acting director of Fuzhou appeasement office of the National Army, and the PLA successfully occupied it. Ye Fei of the People's Liberation Army, at the behest of Su Yu, assigned the ships of its 32nd Army to the 28th Army and decided to concentrate on attacking Dajinmen. However, due to the shortage of ships, the date has been postponed again and again. On the evening of October 24th, 65438+ year/KLOC-0, it was finally decided to order the people to cross the sea and attack the Dajinmen. The PLA who landed on the island fought on the island for three days and nights. In the Battle of Kinmen Island, more than 9,500 Kuomintang troops were killed, and 9,086 people (including 350 boatmen and civilian workers) who landed on the island were killed, and most of them were captured. This was a great loss to the People's Liberation Army in the War of Liberation.
Although the People's Liberation Army attached great importance to the lessons of the Golden Gate Battle, it did not regard it as an important battle. Yan Xu, a professor at the National Defense University of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, said in his book that the defeat of the Golden Gate Campaign was only an episode at the end of the Liberation War, which only temporarily delayed the PLA's occupation of the southeast coastal islands and did not affect the overall situation. After the Battle of Kinmen, the People's Liberation Army wiped out the defeated national army in the southwest within two months, and the southeast coastal islands were gradually seized by the People's Liberation Army, which learned from experience. Six months after the Battle of Kinmen, the PLA immediately captured Hainan Island.
The reason for launching the golden gate campaign
Since Sanye has never encountered resistance from the Kuomintang army since crossing the river, a sense of pride has overwhelmed the landing troops and commanders, who have not paid attention to various hidden dangers of crossing the sea, such as lack of ships; In addition, the information is invalid. In the Battle of Daxie Island and Xiaodengdao, it was also found that the captured Kuomintang troops had been captured by the 1 1 division, the main force of Hu Lian Corps, but the person in charge still thought that the defenders were trying to escape and suspected that the confession was unreliable. There is a legend on the Internet: Su Yu once proposed to attack Kinmen. Three don't fight? Note: there is no time when a ship carrying six regiments does not fight; Enemy reinforcements don't fight; It is required to select 6000 tried and tested boatmen along the coast of Shandong Province to support the Tenth Corps, or there will be no war. The first and third items are related to crossing the sea. However, in the course of the campaign, Ye Fei and other campaign commanders failed to implement it well, which is also one of the reasons for the failure of the campaign. This sentence comes from a small memoir. Because it is a document, it has long been rejected by academic circles.
The offensive force of the People's Liberation Army is the 28th Army under the 10 Corps, with more than 9,000 people in three regiments. 65438+ 10/5, Guangzhou was liberated by the People's Liberation Army, 65438+ 10/7, Xiamen, and the People's Liberation Army began to land in Kinmen on 25th130.
The influence of the failure of the golden gate campaign
After the People's Liberation Army crossed the river, the Kuomintang army was defeated like a mountain. The scale of the Battle of Kinmen is not large, but it is only a division scale, but its influence is far from being comparable to an ordinary division scale battle.
It is precisely because of the great defeat of the People's Liberation Army in the Battle of Kinmen that the People's Liberation Army actively strengthened the construction of the navy and air force instead of relying solely on the army to launch landing operations as in the past. Fortunately, the Kuomintang army has this precious victory, otherwise it is doomed to failure. Chen Cheng called it:? Is * * * the first big nail encountered by the army since crossing the river? ; And Li Zongren said:
? The situation is very urgent, Taipei Chief Chen resigned as Brother Xiu:
The defenders of Jinmen fought bravely and gave them a heavy executioner. The good news is encouraging. My brother Du Dong commanded very well, and the soldiers comforted them with their lives. I hope I can command the award, find out the meritorious soldiers, report them to the Ministry of National Defense and reward them separately. I hope to make persistent efforts and make great achievements.
Li Zongren?