Chapter 370 7. "Landlurk" has become a dragon in the water

Landing operations across the sea is also a new problem for the 10th Corps.The whole army is actively making various preparations according to its new characteristics. At that time, most of the commanders and fighters of the army grew up in the inland areas. Many of them did not understand the nature of water and the conditions of the sea.In addition, after the 10th Corps entered Fujian and won consecutive battles, some commanders and fighters developed a feeling of underestimating the enemy, paralysis, and impetuous advancement, hoping to "fight early and rest early." In response to the above situation, the troops launched a pre-war ideological mobilization, which made the commanders and fighters clearly understand the importance and arduousness of the battle, thus reversing the underestimation of the enemy and the fluke mentality, and set off an upsurge of learning before the enemy. Liu Xuren, squad leader of the 7th Company of the 254th Regiment, said: "We have no experience in sea combat, and it is difficult to complete the task without learning. Learning the skills by ourselves will not only reduce casualties, but also complete the task beautifully!"

In order to quickly master the tactics and techniques of crossing the sea, the vast number of commanders and fighters braved the attack of enemy aircraft artillery fire, worked hard day and night, trained hard, consciously increased the difficulty, increased the training time, and quickly passed the seasickness and vomiting.At the same time, a large number of personnel were transferred for sailor training to solve the shortage of boatmen. In order to practice the tactical actions of landing on the beach, they chose the most complicated terrain, set up changeable enemy situations, and conducted repeated drills. When the 2nd Company of the 257th Regiment was rehearsing beach operations after landing, many comrades dropped their shoes and scratched their feet, but they did not stop charging and still rushed towards the intended target seriously.

The 1st Company of the 253rd Regiment, which was awarded the honorable title of "Fort Lee Company" when it insisted on fighting behind enemy lines in the Soviet Union, actively learned how to board and disembark and land.The soldiers learned how to row a boat, and often performed assault actions on the half-deep beach when the tide was low.Liu Ming, a soldier of the company, was sick and still participated in the exercise. The squad leader dissuaded him, but he said: "My movements are not yet proficient, and the battle cannot be affected by my poor movements. Just one more victory?" Recruiting a sufficient number of ships and boatmen is an important guarantee for crossing the sea and landing operations.All levels have spent a lot of energy and invested a lot of manpower in this work.

The Xiamen Underground Working Committee of the Communist Party of China, the underground party organization of Xiamen University, and many middle schools in Longxi and Jinjiang areas sent staff and young students to assist the troops in propaganda and mobilization among the masses.All troops strictly abide by the discipline of the masses, safeguard the interests of the masses everywhere, do good deeds for the masses, help poor fishermen, and condolences to the relatives of those who died in the bombing of the Kuomintang planes, so that the people feel that the PLA is their own team. Zhang Jinniang, a 54-year-old fisherman in Shimei Village, Jiaomei Township, Longxi County (now Longhai County), although she is an uneducated woman, she is very understanding of righteousness.At that time, it was stipulated that only young men were recruited as boatmen, but she insisted on participating in the support, and said: "Men can serve the country, but women can't?" She also said: "Everyone has a responsibility to liberate Fujian. Although I am old, I can row, so I should participate."

With her repeated insistence, the leader allowed her to participate in group training.She participated with her husband and 3 sons and brought out the best 3 boats.In a short period of time, more than 630 wooden boats and more than 1,600 boatmen were recruited in Shima, Tong'an, Nan'an, and the coastal areas of Jinjiang, and a large number of simple life-saving floating equipment were made. "Sun Tzu's Art of War: Mou Gong Pian" said: "Know the enemy and know yourself, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles." The 10th Corps attached great importance to reconnaissance work before the battle.In addition to repeatedly organizing shore observations at all levels, cross-sea reconnaissance was also organized. On the night of October 12, Hu Weizhi, deputy squad leader of the 92nd Division reconnaissance team of the 31st Army, and veteran Zhang Wensheng, accompanied by the deputy captain, sailed across the sea for reconnaissance.The two of them crawled across the knee-deep mudflat with nimble and ingenious movements, found out the real situation of the barbed wire fence and the mudflat, and reached the reconnaissance level with a flexible, calm and bold fighting style under the vigilance and surveillance of the enemy. Purpose.

When they arrived at the rendezvous place, the agreed time had already been exceeded, and the vice-captain had sailed back on time.They resolutely plunged into the sea, fought tenaciously with the wind and waves for nearly 7 hours, swam across the sea about 10 miles wide, brought back important information, and completed the task brilliantly. For this reason, the 31st Army awarded them the honorable title of "Heroes of Crossing the Sea for Reconnaissance".At the same time, the people were mobilized to provide intelligence.The Xiamen Underground Working Committee of the Communist Party of China obtained detailed information about the Kuomintang party, government, military and police in Xiamen through the object of instigation, which played an important role in the deployment of the Xiamen campaign.