Chapter 368 5. Quanzhou combat meeting of the 10th Corps

On September 25, the 10th Corps completed the first phase of the battle of Zhangxia, liberated the mainland of southern Fujian with Zhangzhou as the center, and wiped out more than 17,000 Kuomintang troops. The Xiamen and Kinmen Kuomintang troops were exposed to the attack of the People's Liberation Army. . On the 28th, the main force of the 28th Army arrived at Shijing in the northeast of Xiamen to gather. On September 26, Ye Fei proposed three plans at the Quanzhou Warfare Conference, taking gold and mansions at the same time, building gold first and then mansions, and mansions first and gold later.Throughout the ages, the military has always been known as Jinxia.Because the two islands are closely related and side by side, they are the key points of maritime communication between Taiwan and the mainland, and closely defend the mainland of southern Fujian. They are the key points of coastal defense in the southeast.

At the meeting, everyone analyzed the three options one by one. The first is to take Jinsha together.Its advantage is that it can disperse the command and firepower of the Kuomintang army, so that it can be completely annihilated; but it is very difficult to recruit ships. The second is building first and then building.This can form a complete encirclement of Xiamen, exposing the weakness of Xiamen's side and back defenses, so that I can take advantage of the opportunity to attack; but the Xiamen Kuomintang army has shown signs of fleeing. The third is building first and then making money.Its advantage is that the enemy in front is clear, the distance is short, it is easy to prepare, and the attack is easy to be effective; but once Xiamen is captured, the enemy in Jinmen may also flee, and it is also impossible to achieve complete annihilation.

Participants nodded yes.So it was decided that the 28th Army would be responsible for capturing Kinmen, and the 29th and 31st Army would be responsible for capturing Xiamen. After the meeting, Ye Fei went deep into the troops immediately, but found that the 29th Army only had 3 regiment ships, the 31st Army was similar to the 29th Army, and the 28th Army only had 1 multi-regiment ship.Seeing this situation, Ye Fei frowned tightly.Time is running out, what should I do?After some deep thinking, he decided to change the original plan and adopt the third plan of building first and then making money. On October 7, he reported this plan to the wild division.The head of the field department replied: "If the conditions are more mature, we can launch attacks at the same time; otherwise, it is more appropriate to use a part of the force (mainly to strengthen the artillery fire to block the enemy's rescue and escape) to contain the enemy of Jinmen... Please You handle it according to the facts and decide for yourself.”

Ye Fei analyzed: "Although the Kuomintang army is desperately defending, it also shows panic and wavering mentality. The rear of Tang Enbo's headquarters and the Xiamen supply command moved to Xiaojinmen, and the patrol office was also moved from Xiamen to the Jinmen headquarters. The government office was moved to a warship, and the technical corps was withdrawn to Taiwan. There are indications that Tang Enbo is stubborn but guilty, and has no confidence and determination to stick to it.” He waved his fist and said firmly: “We should take advantage of the collapse of the enemy’s morale At the same time, attack the two islands of Jinxia at the same time."

Ye Fei issued a combat order: the 31st Army and the 29th Army captured Xiamen.The 28th Army captured Da and Xiaodeng Islands and prepared to attack Kinmen.After capturing Xiamen, they will attack Kinmen.