When was the battle of Jintang Island launched?

1949 10 On February 2nd, the 22nd Army launched the battle of Jintang Island, and the soldiers were ready to land. In order to present a generous gift to New China, the soldiers said excitedly, "We have been bleeding and dying for many years, looking forward to this day. Fight! We must send the good news of Zhoushan liberation to Beijing one day earlier, to Chairman Mao, and drive the Kuomintang out of the mainland! "

Under normal circumstances, the Mid-Autumn Festival is the time when the southwest wind is the strongest along the east coast of Zhejiang, and the troops land with a downwind and a spring tide, so this natural condition is very conducive to landing operations.

However, at this critical moment, the weather changed. It suddenly rained heavily that day, and the autumn rain lasted for a long time, and the water vapor filled the whole sky.

On the sea, at first glance, it is a vast white world, and you can't see the situation on the other side at all, let alone the enemy's military targets. Besides, it was still against the wind that day. If it lands, it will definitely affect the speed. In the case of no choice, the 22nd Army had to postpone the fighting.

654381October 3, it was still raining, and the other party was still unclear. The leaders of the 22nd Army were fidgeting and didn't know what to do. When will the damn weather get better?

Heaven forbid, but the plan to board Jintang Island cannot be postponed. If the tidal peak four days ago passes, the battle will be postponed for 15 days, which will inevitably affect the entire Zhoushan Islands campaign.

In the afternoon, the rain outside the window is still falling, and the sea is covered with thick fog. It's time for the artillery to test fire, and there are urgent voices from various gun positions one after another: the rain is too heavy, the sea water is flowing backwards, there is no dry place to store the shells, and it is difficult to see the targets on the other side.

At that time, the water in the fortifications had flooded half of the shells. If time is delayed, the fortifications will collapse! Are we going to fight this war or not?

Maybe God saw the difficulties of the PLA and didn't want the enemy to get away with it. Just when everyone was extremely worried, the weather improved again. At night, the nasty rain stopped and the fog on the sea gradually disappeared.

The wind has changed again. Standing on the beach, you can see the sunshine break through the dark clouds. Jintang Island is clearly presented in front of everyone, and a warm wind blows from the sea, which makes everyone more confident.

Subsequently, the frontline command post composed of deputy commander Zhang Xiulong and director of the Political Department Wang Liusheng immediately issued a battle order: "Fight!"

After the order was given, the shell exploded on the enemy position and suddenly there was a fire. In a flash, the enemy's position was in chaos. The enemy artillery rushed back, but was quickly suppressed by the heavy artillery of the People's Liberation Army.

Enemy warships are also afraid of the heavy artillery fire of the PLA. Coupled with the high tide, Ming Reef has become a submerged reef, and the waterway is extremely dangerous, so they dare not reinforce the enemy on Jintang Island.

The shelling of the People's Liberation Army lasted for two hours and the shooting effect was very good. The enemy's fortifications were blown up and the positions were in chaos.

At the beginning of the campaign, the night has fallen, the tide is rising slowly, the wind direction has changed from the east wind to the southeast wind, and the wind and waves have gradually calmed down. The People's Liberation Army benefited from favorable weather, and more than 300 warships from four regiments set off for Jintang at the same time!

The warship made rapid progress in the top waves and approached Jintang Island in only one hour. Soldiers of the 22nd Army braved the enemy's bullets and landed on the beach, making a quick impact on the enemy's positions, scaring off the enemy's defenders and being completely shocked by the PLA's bravery.

After landing, 198 regiment first captured 6 10 highland, 190 regiment captured Daxiaoniwan, and then 196 regiment continuously broke through Dong 'ao and Hengling positions. When the People's Liberation Army pushed deep behind enemy lines, it became dark after the lightning, and then it rained cats and dogs.

It rained heavily, which was unexpected by the PLA, which affected the speed of travel to a certain extent, but it was also conducive to the PLA to give full play to its advantages in fighting at night and win the war.

198 regiment immediately seized the enemy's mountain artillery position in Shuang Shan, controlled and occupied the old Qitou, elephants and other places, and then turned around and surrounded the remnants of the 304th regiment that began to escape.

10 On June 4th, the red sun rose from Ran Ran in the east. 198 soldiers occupied Dapukou and wiped out the defeated enemy. As a frontal storm, the 196 regiment captured the Hula Mountain and occupied it. At dawn on the 4th, we advanced to Lushan and Liuxiang town, engaged in fierce battle with the enemy 306th regiment, and annihilated 1 battalion. On the 4th, the 197 regiment attacked from the flank captured Weiping Mountain, cooperated with the 198 regiment to annihilate the remnants of the 306th regiment, and won an important victory.

On the night of the 3rd, the 1900 regiment captured Li Ao, Guanshan and Tantou Mountain and annihilated the enemy 1 company. At dawn on the 4th, he captured the enemy positions such as Xianshen Mountain and Changshan Mountain, and wiped out the enemy 1 person. Various ministries of the People's Liberation Army took active actions, forcing the enemy troops on the defensive to flee northward.

In order to destroy the enemy on the island, 196 regiment and 197 regiment led some troops to continue to attack the enemy on the front line of Lion Mountain and Huacheng Temple in the heavy rain, and captured Dukou and Ligang Town in the early morning of June+10/October 5, 5438.

An enemy fled from Ligang town to Dapeng Island by boat. 196 The 2nd Battalion immediately pursued Dapeng, and the 4th Company captured three hills, captured the commanding heights on the island and annihilated the enemy 1 Battalion.

While four soldiers were fighting fiercely, an enemy commander fled to Zutai Mountain. Liu Yongchao, a soldier with a Grenade, ran to Zutai Mountain alone and caught up with the commander. Liu Yongchao shouted, "Stop, or I'll throw grenades."

The commander was frightened. Before he left, he was still a big fish. He turned out to be a major general and the enemy's deputy commander, Li Xiangping.

Seeing that he was no match for the People's Liberation Army, the division commander of the Song Enemy Division 102 led more than 65,438+000 people to flee to Zhoushan Island.

After the victory of the battle of Jintang Island, * * * captured more than 2,400 enemies. After the battle, Tan Zhenlin, first deputy political commissar of the Third Field Army and secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, sent a telegram congratulating you: You have successfully completed the task of liberating Jintang Island, which has played a decisive role in further eliminating the remnants of Zhoushan Islands. I sent a telegram to congratulate you. I hope you will continue your efforts.