Chapter 328 10. Peripheral operations in Shanghai

On May 10, Chen Yi, Su Yu, Tan Zhenlin, and Zhang Zhen signed and issued the "Songhu Campaign Combat Order". The "Battle Order" analyzed the main situation of the enemy in front of us, and specified the specific tasks of the various corps of the Third Field Army. In particular, it made detailed arrangements for the combat tasks of the 9th and 10th corps that directly participated in the Shanghai Battle: ...Decided to encircle Shanghai with the 9th and 10th Corps and the 26th Army first, cut off all the enemy's escape routes, block the smuggling of materials in Shanghai, and then wipe out the enemy or force the enemy to surrender, seek the peaceful liberation of Shanghai, and enter the urban area of ​​Shanghai on standby .The tasks of each department are divided as follows:

The 1st and 10th Corps (less than the 31st Army) and commanded the 26th and 33rd Armies, attached to the 5th Special Vertical Artillery Regiment, the 6th Artillery Regiment and 1 Engineer Battalion, should first use the main force to capture Wusong and Baoshan, block the Huangpu River Estuary, and block the enemy's attack. Ships for export, and the rest should be divided and wiped out the enemies in Kunshan, Anting Town, Taicang, and Jiading, and then control the positions in this area, and the 9th Corps in Northwest Shanghai will attack Shanghai on standby... The 2nd and 9th Corps (owed to the 33rd Army) and commanding the 4th Artillery Regiment of the 31st Army should first use one part to capture Pinghu, Jinshanwei, Fengxian, Nanhui, and Chuansha along the lines, and cut off the enemy's escape route from Shanghai to the southeast, and Cut off and annihilate the enemy in the Jiashan area, and the rest of the main force will control the area west of Qingpu and Songjiang (not included), and then stand by to attack Shanghai from the east, south, and west with the 10th Corps...

Third, the battle demarcation line: Suzhou Creek, that is, the south of Wusong River (excluding) and Pudong belong to the 9th Corps, and the north of Suzhou Creek (including) and Zhabei Wusong belong to the 10th Corps. The "Battle Order" also clarified the division of labor for each army after the completion of the occupation of Shanghai. The combat orders issued by Sanye are like countless torches being passed to the combat troops waiting in full battle, burning up the fighting flames of the vast number of commanders and fighters even more vigorously.Commanders and fighters of all armies overcame difficulties such as continuous rain, muddy roads, and time constraints, and quickly entered the starting point of the battle to stand by in accordance with the requirements of the "Battle Order".

On the evening of May 23, the head of Sanye decided to launch a general attack on the stubborn Shanghai defenders from all directions. Western Front Corps.As soon as the order to attack Shanghai was issued, the subordinate ministries began to launch a fierce attack on the enemy forces where they were located.For a while, the sound of guns and guns was loud and deafening. At 7:30 on May 21, in order to keep the last support point of Wusong and Baoshan after the loss of Yuepu Street, located at the 25.32 highland in the southeast of Yuepu Town, Tang Enbo ordered his troops to divide into 3 groups. Under cover, launch a counterattack to the 27.1 highland southeast of Yuepu Town.The position fell under the powerful attack of the enemy.On the same day, the 253rd regiment, which was responsible for the main task of attacking the 25.32 highland, advanced 1 kilometer with difficulty after sacrificing 69 soldiers. On May 22, the 253rd regiment completed the approach operation and dug the trench to a distance of 200-300 meters from the 25.32 highland. At 8 o'clock in the morning on May 23, the enemy bombarded the 253rd regiment's position in all directions by land, ship and air, and the 253rd regiment suffered heavy casualties. On May 22, the Suzhou Third Field Army Command.Su Yu and Zhang Zhen received information: Tang Enbo and Chen Daqing had moved their command posts to warships outside Wusongkou, and the enemy south of Suzhou Creek was crossing Hebei and shrinking towards Wusong.Based on the above situation, Su Yu and Zhang Zhen concluded that the enemy would withdraw from Shanghai, so they ordered: All troops on the whole line will launch an attack that night, and the first and second attack plans will be carried out at the same time.

Pudong battlefield. On May 23, Xie Zhenhua's 30th Army Heavy Artillery Regiment, which was located on the right wing of the 31st Army, rushed to the area west of Huangjiawan and violently bombarded the enemy ships in the sea east of Gaoqiao, hitting 7 ships, and the rest of the enemy ships fled. The army controlled the sea on the east flank. On May 24, the main force of Liu Fei's 20th Army occupied Pudong City, and then assembled at Gaochangmiao Ferry, preparing to cross the Pujiang River west and capture Shanghai South City. On the night of May 24, the 88th Division of the 30th Army broke into the east front of Gaoqiao Town. At 18:30 on the evening of May 25th, the 31st Army launched an attack on Takahashi from the south. All of a sudden, thousands of cannons were fired, the flames soared, and the smoke column soared into the sky.Then, small packets of explosives exploded in front of the enemy fort one after another, making noises one after another.The commandos immediately passed through layers of enemy fortresses—some soldiers simply rushed forward through the gaps in the fortresses regardless of the enemy's firepower from the flanks and rear enemy fortresses.Some enemy forts were too late to be resolved, so a part of the troops were left to guard them, while the large troops continued to attack and advance.At the same time, the 30th Army is being ordered to clamp from east to west in Gaoqiao Town.Fighting until midnight, the 30th Army captured the headquarters of the enemy's 12th Army in Chengyuan.Pudong defended the enemy's entire line collapsed, and fled to Sancha Port, Texaco Wharf, and Wusongkou.

Western Front. On May 22, the 33rd Army was ordered to lead the 97th and 98th Divisions and the Junshan Artillery Battalion to cooperate with the 28th Army to jointly undertake the task of attacking and annihilating Yang Xing and defending the enemy.Soon, the 97th and 98th divisions entered the designated positions, and launched an attack on the outer positions of Yangxing Town on the 24th, and broke through the enemy's positions. On May 23, the 28th Army also launched an attack on Zhangzhai on the outskirts of Yangxing.After several days of fierce fighting, in the early morning of May 26, the remnants of the Yangxing area retreated towards Wusong.The 83rd Division of the 28th Army attacked eastward along the north bank of Yunzabang.The 84th Division pursued along the road from Yangxing to Wusong. At 9 a.m. on May 26, the 33rd Army led by Zhang Kexia and Han Nianlong joined the 28th Army in Wusong. On the night of May 25, Hu Bingyun's 29th Army and the 99th Division of the 33rd Army began a full-scale attack.All kinds of artillery roared in unison, and the huge roar was deafening.The attack line of the 29th Army is only 5 kilometers away from Baoshan County and less than 10 kilometers away from Wusongkou.With the order to attack, everyone took the lead bravely and swept towards Baoshan and Wusongmen like a tide. At dawn on the 26th, the 85th Division successfully occupied Baoshan County, captured more than 7,000 enemy people, and captured an enemy ship on the river.At the same time, the first part of the 86th Division and the entire 253rd Regiment of the 85th Division, after pulling out the enemy fort at the entrance of the forward passage, quickly rushed straight into Wusong Town with a destructive momentum.The defending enemy collapsed at the first touch, and Wusong Town was conquered.

When the battles on the Pudong and Western Fronts were raging, the 26th Army, which supported the main operations on the Western Front, was never idle for a moment. The "peeling bamboo shoots, peeling radishes" type of attack. As the battle outside Shanghai was about to end, the 20th, 23rd, and 27th armies of the People's Liberation Army, which were preparing to participate in the battle in the urban area of ​​Shanghai, had also entered their attack positions.