Chapter 402 8. Chairman Mao asked to eat three meals of braised pork in a row to celebrate the liberation of Qiongdao

Under the cover of the escort gun fleet, after more than 7 hours of sailing, the sea-crossing fleet broke through the sea blockade of the Kuomintang army. Landing began at 3 o'clock on the same day. The main force of the 128th Division of the 43rd Army landed at Yubao Port and Leigong Island, and the main force of the 40th Army landed at Xincun and Lingaojiao.By 6 o'clock, all the two armies had landed. After the 40th Army went ashore, it defeated two regiments of the 131st Division of the 64th Army of the Kuomintang Army, and even conquered 9 bunker groups to seize the beachhead.At the same time, the advance smuggling regiment of the 118th Division on the island occupied Lingaoshan (now Gaoshanling), the core position of the defenders, at dawn to cover the assembly of the landing troops.After the main force of the 128th Division of the 43rd Army landed, they captured Caifangling, Yuyigang, Qiaotou and other strongholds, wiped out 1,200 defenders, and surrounded Huachanggang.The advance smuggling regiment of the 127th Division on the island entered the area north of Fukuyama at dawn and joined the main force of the 128th Division.

After Chiang Kai-shek resumed his presidency in Taiwan in March 1950, in view of the fact that his remnant troops had withdrawn to the coastal islands and that the People's Liberation Army was preparing to launch a large-scale sea-crossing operation, he decided to concentrate his forces to secure Taiwan and abandon Zhoushan and Hainan if necessary. the islands.After the People's Liberation Army Crossing the Sea Corps made a large-scale landing on Hainan Island, Xue Yue hurriedly organized the 13th Division to transport Fushan from Sanjiang, and cooperated with the 453rd Regiment of the 151st Division of the 62nd Army to attack the landing troops of the 43rd Army of the People's Liberation Army. And one regiment each of the 131st and 159th divisions sent reinforcements to Lingao and attacked the landing troops of the 40th Army of the People's Liberation Army in an attempt to annihilate them while the People's Liberation Army was not gaining a stable foothold.

According to the signs that the Kuomintang army was preparing for a decisive battle with the People's Liberation Army in Qiongbei, in order to wipe out the vital forces of the Kuomintang army during the campaign, Deng Hua sent a telegram on the evening of April 17 to order the 40th Army's landing troops to encircle the Kuomintang troops in Taiwan and Calais. The landing force assembled in the Fukuyama and Dowin areas and maneuvered.Accordingly, the advance smuggling regiment of the 127th Division of the 43rd Army cooperated with the main force of the 128th Division to defeat the attack of the 4 regiments including the 13th Division of the Kuomintang Army in the north of Fushan on the 18th. The 128th Division's advance smuggling battalion took the opportunity to occupy Fushan .The 118th Division of the 40th Army annihilated the headquarters of the 156th Division of the 64th Army of the Kuomintang Army and most of a regiment in the US-Taiwan area on the morning of the 19th. The 119th Division also occupied Calais that day.So far, the People's Liberation Army has captured the front lines of Fushan, Duovin, and Calais, completely breaking through the "Boling Line of Defense".

After Xue Yue's first attack failed, he transported the main force (2 regiments) of the 252nd Division of the 32nd Army from Jiaji (now Qionghai) to Chengmai by car, concentrated the 90th Division of the 63rd Army in Nada, and continued to attack the People's Liberation Army. Implement a siege.The 756th Regiment airlifted Haikou from Sanya, marched from Tunchang to Chengmai with the 151st Division of the 62nd Army, advanced to the old city of Chengmai and Bailian City with the 153rd Division of the 62nd Army, and advanced with the 153rd Division and 131st Division of the 64th Army. The divisions were concentrated in the Lingao and U.S.-Taiwan areas. Based on the above situation, the 4th Army, in order to facilitate the capture of Haikou and the subsequent troops to continue to land, Deng Hua instructed at 16:00 on the 19th: "The 40th Army will immediately advance to Chengmai and be responsible for encircling and annihilating The enemy of Chengmai. The 43rd Army immediately marched to the northeast of Meiting, and was responsible for annihilating the enemies of Haikou and Ding'an who sent reinforcements to Chengmai." In addition, the 40th Army was required to use a battalion to cooperate with the main forces of the 1st and 5th Corps of the Qiongya Column to stay Activities in the West District, to contain the 3rd Route Army of the Kuomintang Army.The main force of the 128th Division of the 43rd Army marched eastward on the evening of the 19th. The next morning, the main force of the 252nd Division of the Kuomintang Army, which was about to reinforce Chengmai from Ding'an, surrounded the Huangzhu and Meiting areas.The advance landing regiment of the 127th Division also entered the Meiren area at 8 o'clock on the 20th to prepare for reinforcements.

In order to relieve the siege of his 252nd Division, Xue Yue hurriedly transported two regiments of the 163rd Division of the 62nd Army from Qiongshan to Anren, and marched from Bailian City to Fengmenling and Maocao Mountain with the 153rd Division of the 62nd Army. The other regiment of the division advanced to Huangzhu and Meiting to implement an anti-encirclement against the 128th Division of the People's Liberation Army, and at the same time ordered the air force stationed in Haikou to dispatch to assist in the battle.Deng Huanai was determined to use all his tactics, and took advantage of Xue Yue's opportunity to concentrate his main force to besiege the landing troops of the 43rd Army, and launched a large-scale encirclement and annihilation battle in the Meiting, Anren, and Bailian areas.Therefore, the landing troops of the 43rd Army were ordered to stand firm and withstand the attack of the Kuomintang Army, and the 40th Army was ordered to advance eastward quickly regardless of fatigue, and surrounded the Kuomintang Army attacking the 128th Division.

On the 21st, the 62nd Army of the Kuomintang Army and other departments, with the cooperation of aircraft, launched 13 attacks on the positions of the 127th Division such as Pingdingshan, Fengmenling, and Maocaoshan.With the cooperation of the 3rd Corps of Qiongya Column and the Independent Regiment, the 379th Regiment of the 127th Division fought bravely. Although there were more than 10 wounded left in the 1st Company of the regiment, it still held its position.After the main force of the 128th Division captured Huangzhu on the morning of the 21st, it was ready to annihilate the main force of the 252nd Division of the Kuomintang Army in Meiting.On the afternoon of the same day, seven regiments of the main force of the 40th Army arrived in the Meiting area and surrounded the Kuomintang troops that surrounded the 128th Division.The next day, the landing troops of the 40th Army and the 43rd Army, the 3rd Corps of Qiongya Column and the Independent Regiment launched a fierce attack on the Kuomintang, and the Kuomintang army fled to Haikou.In the encirclement and annihilation battle of Meiting, the main force of the 252nd Division of the 32nd Army of the Kuomintang Army was completely wiped out, and the 62nd Army and other departments were severely damaged.Then, the first part of the 118th Division cooperated with the 128th Division to annihilate most of the two divisions of the 62nd Army of the Kuomintang Army in the Qiongshan area on the morning of the 23rd.

After the liberation of Haikou City, the 13 Battalions of the 43rd Army of the Second Echelon of the Cross-Sea Combat Corps set off from Santang Port and Xindi Port at 19:00 on the 23rd, and from 1:00 to 4:00 the next day at Tianwei Port (now New Harbor) landing.So far, all the main forces of the cross-sea combat corps have landed on Hainan Island. In view of the deterioration of the fighting situation on Hainan Island, in order to avoid the main force being wiped out, Taiwan's "Ministry of National Defense" ordered Xue Yue to organize a retreat on the 18th and 22nd.Xue Yue then issued an order to retreat to Qiongnan in the afternoon of the 22nd, ordering the 1st Route Army to retreat to Jilehui and Wanning, the 2nd Route Army to retreat to Jilingshui and Baoting via Ding'an and Jiaji, and the 3rd Route Army to retreat to Jiyuehui and Baoting. Set in Beili, Changjiang, and Thanksgiving, the 4th Route Army, Navy, and Air Force retreated to Yulin and Sanya.Xue Yue asked Taiwan Affairs to send ships to Yulin Port and Sansuo Port and other places before the 26th to pick up and transport troops to evacuate.

The cross-sea combat corps learned that the Kuomintang army was retreating to Qiongnan, and at 16:00 on the 24th, it ordered the two armies to pursue in three ways regardless of fatigue, and at the same time instructed the Qiongya column to cooperate with the main force to move south. The East Road pursuit force was composed of the main force of the 40th Army and the 128th Division of the 43rd Army. They pursued Yulin along the road around the island via Jiaji, Lehui, Wanning, and Lingshui.The Reinforced Battalion of the 354th Regiment of the 118th Division set off from Haikou on the evening of the 24th by car, and entered Longgun City at 13:00 on the 26th, defeated the remnants of the 252nd Division of the Kuomintang Army, teachers and other units, and captured more than 2,000 people.The main force of the 118th Division departed from Haikou at the same time. On the 27th, it defeated two divisions of the 32nd Army of the Kuomintang Army in the Wanning, Hele, and Wuchang Port areas, and captured more than 3,000 people.The 119th Division set out from Yunlong City, defeated the 151st Division of the 62nd Army of the Kuomintang Army in Jiaji on the 25th, captured more than 800 people, and entered Lingshui on the 28th.The 128th Division sent out from Qiongshan, entered Lingshui on the 28th, intercepted and wiped out more than 2,000 Kuomintang troops, marched 90 kilometers on the 29th, fought 4 battles on the way, and joined the 119th Division and the 5th Corps of the Qiongya Column on the 30th. Yulin and Sanya wiped out the Kuomintang troops who had not escaped in time.

The pursuit force on the west road is the reinforced battalion of the 352nd Regiment of the 118th Division of the 40th Army.Due to high winds and high waves, slow ship speed and other reasons, when the troops arrived at Beili Port, the port had been liberated by the 43rd Army. The central pursuit force consists of the 129th Division of the 43rd Army and the 380th Regiment of the 127th Division.After landing at Tianwei Port, the unit departed from Meiting on the 25th, passed through Chengmai and Nada (now Danxian County) and went straight to Qiongxi. The 286th Division of the 4th Army of the Kuomintang Army was wiped out in the Beili area.So far, the Battle of Hainan Island has come to an end.

In Beijing, Mao Zedong has been paying close attention to the progress of the Hainan Island campaign. On April 28, three days before the complete liberation of Hainan Island, he wrote a letter to Comrade Hu Qiaomu: "Comrade Qiaomu: Hainan Island is about to be completely liberated." , please draft a congratulatory message and publish it when Yulingang is liberated." On April 30, when Mao Zedong, who was in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, learned that Hainan Island was completely liberated, he happily said to his secretary: "From today onwards, I will eat braised pork three times in a row. Don't stop me!"