Chapter 36 Title VII Army Coordinated Operations to Defend Transportation Lines

Lime Island is located two kilometers south of Tieshan Peninsula. The whole island covers an area of ​​about 18 square kilometers and is about 20 miles long from east to west.The whole island is full of mountains, the central part is Yanzhao Mountain, and the western part is larger with 208.9 highlands. More than 80 original residents have moved to Tieshan Peninsula.There are many forests in the north, and there are three ferry crossings, Park Dajin and Xiaodajin, and the rest are steep walls, which are inconvenient for landing. The water depth along the coast is 3 to 4 meters during high tide. The shallows a hundred meters away.There is a ferry leading to Carbon Island in the southeast.

The situation of defending the enemy: The 1st Wing of the White Horse Army has a total of about 120 people, with two heavy machine guns, eight light machine guns, one 60 gun, and more than 70 rifles of various types. There are three protrusions, Twisted Pu, and simple fortifications such as foxholes and traffic ditches.The command post is located in Yesha. Dahe Island and Xiaohe Island are deep-sea islands located about 20 kilometers south of Tieshan Peninsula. Xiaohe Island is just north of Dahe Island, with an area of ​​about 1.5 square kilometers, surrounded by reefs, and has more than ten households.Yamato Island covers an area of ​​five square kilometers and has more than 30 residents. There is a lighthouse on the protruding part of the 220 highland in the west. The water depth of the cave line is 5 to 6 meters when the tide is high, and most boats stop here. There are many beaches around the cave without mud, and drinking water is scarce. During the rainy season, it can provide water for three to four hundred people.

Defending the enemy's fortifications: Da and Xiaohe islands are where the enemy's intelligence agencies are located, plus the 2nd and 3rd regiments of the "White Horse Force", there are a total of more than 430 people.There are six heavy machine guns, twenty-two light machine guns, one anti-aircraft gun, one seatless gun, one 60-point mortar, and about 500 long and short guns.There are simple fortifications built on the protruding part of the island. In accordance with the policy of "from near to far, island by island" determined by the Volunteer Army Command, the 50th Army decided to attack Lime Island first on November 5.The Volunteer Army Air Force strictly followed the requirements of the coordinated combat plan, and on November 1st, issued combat orders to the participating troops. On the 2nd, the Volunteer Air Force dispatched planes to Lime Island, Xiaohe Island, and Yamato Island to conduct two aerial reconnaissances via Cherenguan. They found out the deployment and fortifications on the islands and provided reliable information for the 50th Army's landing operations on the islands.

On the night of November 5th, two infantry battalions of the 148th Division of the 50th Army first attacked Lime Island, two kilometers south of the Tieshan Peninsula.Before dawn, the four assault companies on folding boats and the second echelon on steamboats entered the starting point respectively. At 18:25, the second echelon took 17 small steamboats, led by the deputy head Fang Jianzhong, set sail from Dengchuan Cave, and arrived at Yueyin Island after sailing for 1 hour and 35 minutes.After that, the commandos of the two battalions took forty-nine folding boats, led by the battalion commanders of each battalion, and under the cover of our fierce artillery fire, they sailed at 22:08 to attack the enemy. At 22:54, the 7th company of the commando landed first, and all the other companies landed at 23:09, and the second echelon also landed at 24:00.After the troops landed, they penetrated in depth, and the defending enemy collapsed and fled.In addition to capturing key points such as Xiaogejin and Yantai Peak, the first part was inserted at the ferry of Yisha Dawuzhou at 1:23, cutting off the enemy's escape route and killing more than ten enemies who fled south by diving into the wood.At 3 o'clock on the 6th, I occupied the whole island and began to search and suppress scattered bandits. When I met the enemy in the ravines and rocky gorge, I killed 12 enemies on the spot, and captured the rest of the bandits.A total of 75 armed bandits were killed and wounded.I had fourteen casualties.

At 8:30, eight enemy fighter jets attacked Lime Island from the air, destroying one of our steamboats, two folding boats, wounding two boatmen and one soldier. In order to consolidate the defense of Lime Island, the Volunteer Air Force bomber unit bombed Yamato Island on the afternoon of the 6th under the cover of the fighter unit.This is the first combat mission of the Volunteer Air Force bomber unit, the 2nd Brigade of the 22nd Regiment of the 8th Division, led by the team leader Han Mingyang himself. According to the regulations of the coordinated plan, twenty-four MiG-15 fighter jets of the 7th Regiment of the 3rd Division, which served as the cover mission, took off from Langtou Airport at 15:21, formed a regiment wedge team, and flew along the Guanjiapuzi, Yizhou is advancing rapidly to the war zone. At 15:38, the cover aircraft group arrived at the sky above Xuanchuan and Shenmi Island on time, patrolling at an altitude of 7,000 meters, and closely monitoring the movement in the surrounding airspace.

Due to the suddenness and concealment of this combat operation, the various types of aircraft cooperated tacitly, and the joint formation fleet quickly advanced towards the target without being blocked by the US aircraft.At a place 30 kilometers away from Yamato Island, the captain found the target.He shouted excitedly: "Aim, prepare to bomb!" At this time, the enemy troops on Yamato Island woke up as if they had just woken up from a dream. In a panic, they opened fire on our fleet with anti-aircraft machine guns. "Suppress the enemy's firepower and rush over!" The shooting director Yang Zhentian confidently organized all the shooters to fight back with the cannon; the pilot director Liu Yuangong calmly oriented, fixed the distance, and aimed, and ordered the crews to prepare for assault and drop bombs.

The enemy's anti-aircraft fire was suppressed.The mixed formation rushed towards Yamato Island roaring without any damage. At 15:39, nine Tu-2 bombers of the 2nd Battalion of the 22nd Regiment flew over Yamato Island and dropped all the bombs on the targets on Yamato Island.Suddenly, the island was filled with fire... The Americans did not expect this move. When dozens of their "Saber" fighter jets rushed to reinforce, our bomber fleet had returned victoriously. Our bomber group dropped 81 bombs, 71 of which were hit, and the hit rate was 90%.During the entire battle, my machine was not damaged.

The bandit armed forces on Dajiaci Island, Xiaojiaci Island and Butterfly Island, located more than 20 kilometers southeast of the Tieshan Peninsula, fled on the 7th and 8th in view of the loss of Lime Island. Part of the 148th Division occupied the above-mentioned islands. At 23:15 and 23:05 on November 16, the 50th Army, with two regiments of the 150th Division, attacked Ai Island in the shallow water south of Dingzhou from two different directions until 5:00 on the 17th. The battle ended in 20 minutes, with 85 enemies killed and 158 captured.