Chapter 367 4. Win more with less, take Zhangzhou by skill

On September 19, the 29th and 31st armies launched an attack on the Zhangzhou area by adopting the tactics of multiple frontal assaults and circuitous attacks on the left and right wings according to the combat deployment of the Corps. Zhangzhou City is located in the west of Xiamen, about 50 kilometers away from Xiamen Island.The winding Jiulong River flows around the city and flows towards Xiamen.The terrain along the two sides of the river is flat and rich in products. It is an important economic and military location in southern Fujian.Three divisions of the 68th Army of the Kuomintang and the remnants of the 96th Army were fortified here.Its main force is deployed in Zhangzhou City, and part of its troops are deployed in Changtai, Nanjing, Shima, Haicheng, Yunxiao, Zhao'an and other places on the periphery.

My 92nd Division, which was ordered to attack Zhangzhou, organized and commanded the battle very carefully and cleverly.They were determined to first capture Changtai with the 276th regiment, and Nanjing with the 275th regiment, and then concentrate the entire division to attack Zhangzhou. On September 18, the division set off from Guanqiao and Xianyuan areas in Anxi, climbed high mountains, walked through dense forests, and headed straight to Zhangzhou.The 276th Regiment on the left arrived at Changtai County at 4:00 on the 19th, launched an attack on the county self-defense brigade defending here at 4:30, captured the county at 6:00, wiped out more than 300 enemies, and then rushed towards Zhangzhou.

The division headquarters on the middle road led the 274th regiment and rushed towards Zhangzhou via Yanxi and Changtai.The 275th Regiment on the right rushed to Yueling, north of Nanjing County, at 6 o'clock on the 19th, and the county security team stationed here fled after hearing the news. The 275th Regiment ordered the 2nd Battalion to pursue along the road and captured more than 500 people below the deputy commander of the city defense and the chief of staff.Then quickly crossed the Jiulong River, inserted to the south of Zhangzhou City, and controlled the two bridges from Zhangzhou to Zhangpu and Shima. The 1st Battalion and the 3rd Battalion chased and annihilated the fleeing enemy along the road from Nanjing to Zhangzhou. At about 18:00, they entered the forest in the northern suburbs of Zhangzhou and found that the enemy might flee. Come, attack immediately.

At about 18:30 on the 19th, the 275th regiment launched an attack on Zhangzhou along the highway, first occupied the group fortifications on the small hill, and then broke into the urban area. Flee east.The regiment urgently ordered the 3rd Battalion to go straight to the bridgehead to stop the fleeing enemy. As soon as the 3rd Battalion arrived at the bridgehead, the Kuomintang army used heavy machine guns to shoot violently at the gasoline barrels piled up at the north bridgehead. With the fire support of mortars and heavy machine guns, the 3rd Battalion quickly crossed the bridge along the Zhangzhou-Shima Highway and pursued to the southeast at high speed.At the same time, the 274th regiment also arrived in Zhangzhou, and worked together with the 275th regiment to wipe out the remnants of the enemy, and Zhangzhou was liberated.

The Kuomintang 68th Army Headquarters, Army Secret Service Battalion, 81st Division Division Headquarters, and its two regiments, who fled from Zhangzhou to the east, all flocked to Shima Town, organized defense hastily, and waited for the ships to flee to Xiamen. At 2 o'clock on the 20th, Wang Yaming, the head of the 275th regiment, and Lin Feng, the political commissar, led more than 300 people to chase to Shima, and confronted the Kuomintang army, which was more than ten times their own.In order to prevent the Kuomintang army from escaping, Commander Wang and Political Commissar Lin decided not to wait for the main force of the division to arrive, but to use the existing forces to attack the stone yard immediately and hold the enemy back.While trying to communicate with the division and brother units, they organized the battle seriously.Under the double offensive of military attack and political disintegration, at 9:30, Zhang Xingbo, the chief of staff of the 68th Army of the Kuomintang, was forced to surrender and captured more than 1,500 enemies. Only a few of them fled to Xiamen by boat. Beautiful battle.