Chapter 257 9. General attack on Jinzhou City

At 10 o'clock on the 14th, three assault groups of the Northeast Field Army launched a general attack on Jinzhou City. Before the general attack, more than 500 cannons of the siege troops concentrated on the Jinzhou city wall and the defensive fortifications with fierce artillery fire, and quickly opened gaps in some areas and effectively suppressed the enemy's firepower. At 11 o'clock, under the cover of artillery fire and the support of tanks, the two assault groups from the north and the south launched a violent attack and quickly broke into the city. The 2nd Column of the North Group entered along Hui'an Street and Liang'an Street. The main force of the 8th Column entered the city from the east side of the Puppet Provincial Office. The 17th Division of the 6th Column also entered the urban area from Kangde Street and Datong Street.The 7th and 9th columns of the South Group crossed the Xiaoling River, broke through the southern city defenses of Jinzhou at the same time, and then attacked the urban area in depth.The 8th Column of the East Group and other departments also broke into the city.

After the troops entered the city, they fought fierce street battles with the enemy.The field army adopted tactics such as interspersed division, detour, and encirclement. First, the defenders in the city were interspersed and divided, and the follow-up troops rushed into the city under the cover of artillery fire and tanks. Technique, to attack the enemy who sticks to the stronghold. Regardless of the frenzied bombing and strafing of the Kuomintang planes and the desperate resistance of the defending enemy, the vast number of commanders and fighters bravely rushed, conquered one bunker after another, and repelled repeated joint counterattacks by enemy infantry and tanks, fully demonstrating that the people's soldiers are not afraid of sacrifice and are indomitable heroes. True color.In the battle to break through the enemy's defensive positions, Liang Shiying, a soldier of the 5th Division of the 2nd Column, used his body to withstand the blasting tubes stuffed into the enemy's bunker, and removed the obstacles on the way forward.Liang Shiying died a heroic sacrifice and was recognized as a special hero.

Before dawn on the 15th, various siege troops joined forces in Baiyun Park and the Central Bank area, destroying the Jinzhou command post of the Kuomintang's Northeast "Suppression General" and the headquarters of the 6th Corps. Only about 10,000 remnants of the enemy remained in the old city.At noon that day, the 7th Column and a part of the 2nd Column launched an attack on the old city defenders, and fought fiercely until 18:00, wiping out all the remnants of the enemy. So far, the battle of Jinzhou has ended victoriously. Fan Hanjie, deputy commander-in-chief of the Northeast "Suppression General" and director of the Jinzhou Command Post, Lu Junquan, commander of the 6th Corps, Yang Hongguang, deputy commander, and Sheng Jiaxing, commander of the 93rd Army, were captured. About 100,000 people .In the battle to capture Jinzhou, the enemy dispatched 1069 sorties of aircraft to undertake airlift and air support tasks.The anti-aircraft artillery unit of the Field Army destroyed 15 enemy aircraft.

The Battle of Jinzhou laid a solid foundation for the Northeast Field Army to win the Liaoshen Campaign.The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China sent two telegrams on the 15th and 17th to congratulate the "great victory of liberating Jinzhou".On the 19th, the Central Military Commission pointed out in a telegram to Lin, Luo, and Liu that in the Battle of Jinzhou, "the troops have good spirits and good tactics. You have commanded properly. I am very pleased. I hope you will send an order to reward you."