Chapter 84 2. Feng Baiju and the Qiongya column

How to fight this naval battle?Lin Biao racked his brains. It is not advisable to launch a large-scale attack from the front of the island. At this time, he thought of Feng Baiju.The Qiongya column he led was a banner of the people of Hainan. It has persisted in fighting the Kuomintang army here for more than 20 years, and the team has continued to grow and develop. This is a miracle in the eyes of the Kuomintang. Xue Yue once said to Chiang Kai-shek: "Feng Baiju's Qiongya column is a sharp sword in our abdomen. If this person is not eliminated, we will have no peace in Hainan."

Chiang Kai-shek said: "Didn't you send people to encircle and suppress them?" "We have been encircled and suppressed several times, but he is very powerful, and it is difficult to find a decisive battle opportunity." "Don't be afraid, how many troops does he have?" "More than 20,000 people." "Are your 100,000 people still afraid of these bandits?" "Although his military strength is not large, he has a great status among the people of Hainan and can have tens of thousands of militiamen." "Don't worry, you have to focus on dealing with the smuggling of Lin Biao's army. The main force of the communist army is our worry."

At that time, Chiang Kai-shek did not pay attention to this guerrilla column of more than 20,000 people, but later they still suffered a big loss from this column. It was with this power that Lin Biao smuggled his troops across to start a decisive battle behind the enemy. The key to victory in the battle of crossing the sea is to cooperate with the inside and outside, and to attack from both inside and outside. Here we need to know about Feng Baiju, a legendary person. He was born in a peasant family in Qiongshan County, Hainan Island in 1903. In 1925, he went to university in Shanghai, where he was influenced by communist ideology, and joined the Communist Party of China in the second year.

In 1927, he returned to his hometown to participate in the establishment of the Qiongshan County Committee of the Communist Party of China and served as secretary.Later, due to the betrayal of the traitors, the Qiongshan County Committee of the Communist Party of China was destroyed by the Kuomintang, and many leaders were killed. In 1930, he came to Hong Kong disguised as a businessman, and then traveled to Shanghai to meet Zhou Enlai and Li Lisan, the leaders of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.After listening to the report, Zhou Enlai instructed him to return to Hainan to work, and said: "You Qiongya Party seized the Red Army, seized the rural revolutionary base areas, and seized the Soviet regime. These three major events are very good. From now on, we only need to rely on the masses and hold high The banner of armed struggle, persistent struggle, will surely win."

He returned to Hainan and quickly organized an armed force. He was arrested in 1937, and after Zhou Enlai rescued him in many ways, the Kuomintang authorities released him. Back home, he organized another guerrilla group to fight against the Japanese. In more than 6 years of struggle, this team has wiped out more than 500 Japanese troops in Hainan and liberated more than 100 towns.After Japan surrendered, an American liaison officer met Feng Baiju, commander of the Qiongya column, and asked, "How many people are there in your column?" Feng Baiju pushed this issue to his deputy commander Zhuang Tian.Zhuang Tian frowned and said with a smile, "There are more than 30,000 people."

A Japanese chief of staff accompanying the U.S. liaison officer gave a thumbs up and said, "It's amazing. Our imperial army of 50,000 people can't deal with your more than 30,000 people." In fact, Zhuangtian exaggerated his strength, and they didn't have that many people at that time. The U.S. liaison officer was also surprised and said: "Your guerrilla group is very famous. With the most sincere heart, I would like to pay tribute to Commander Feng who has led the military and civilian struggles in Hainan for a long time." After the civil war broke out, Chiang Kai-shek kept sending troops to encircle and suppress Feng Baiju's guerrillas. At that time, they were in a very difficult situation. The Southern Bureau of the Communist Party of China instructed the Qiongya Special Committee to withdraw their troops to Vietnam to preserve their strength.

After receiving this instruction, Feng Baiju couldn't figure it out, he didn't want to leave here.He said: "I can't carry out this instruction. Our Qiongya column has not been easy to develop in the past few years. Withdrawing to Vietnam now is tantamount to ceding the territory to the Kuomintang." The person in charge of the Southern Bureau asked, "How will you survive if you don't withdraw?" Feng Baiju replied: "I have my own method. After more than ten years of struggle, it has been proved that it is impossible for the enemy to destroy us. As long as there are people, we can survive and develop. If we withdraw to Vietnam, The entire army will be wiped out, and it will be more difficult to survive there. Once we leave, what will the people of Hainan do? How will we come back in the future?"

The Southern Bureau could not make the decision, so it had to ask the Central Committee for instructions.Mao Zedong replied: "Your opinion is very correct. You should persist in the struggle to expand the army, expand the liberated areas, learn to concentrate the main force to fight mobile warfare, and strive to wipe out every battalion and regiment of the enemy army again. At the same time, develop militia guerrillas to cooperate with the main force. You should use The goal is to occupy the entire Hainan Island, and then develop to the mainland in the future, you are right to insist on counterattacking in self-defense before a decisive battle."

In this way, Feng Baiju's team persisted in Hainan and wiped out more than 3,000 enemies one after another.Later, the six armies of the Kuomintang retreated to the island one after another. Feng Baiju pulled the team into the mountains and forests, preparing to meet the People's Liberation Army to fight across the sea. This armed force behind enemy lines is of course the force that Lin Biao relies on. Lin Biao sent a small group of people to smuggle successfully, and immediately issued an order for a large force to cross the sea. Deng Hua, commander of the 15th Corps, is the supreme commander of the Crossing the Sea Corps.It governs the 40th Army of Han Xianchu and the 43rd Army of Li Zuopeng.