Chapter 8 Chapter 07 Qiong Zong struggles to respond and advances into Jonesy

The good news of the two pioneer battalions crossing the sea and landing was like a spring breeze blowing all over Hainan Island and the entire Leizhou Peninsula. People rushed to tell each other, and there was joy.This not only enhanced the military strength of the Qiongya Column, greatly reduced the enemy's military pressure on Qiongzong, but also enhanced the confidence of the Hainan people and the Qiongya Column to welcome our army's landing.At the same time, it strengthened our confidence in winning and provided practical experience for our army to cross the sea and land in the future.What is especially important is that it opened the breakthrough of the enemy's so-called "Boling Line of Defense", which shook the enemy's confidence in defending Hainan, disrupted the enemy's internal and external military deployment, and relatively weakened the enemy's "advancement" against Qiongzong by concentrating its heavy troops. Suppression" to create conditions conducive to Qiong Zong's concentrated operations.

Soon, the 4th Army and the 15th Corps instructed the 40th Army and the 43rd Army to form a reinforced regiment each to prepare for the second batch of crossing the sea and landing. Deng Hua and Han Xianchu repeatedly told cadres at all levels: Although the past two battalions were major victories, they still could not fully achieve the strategic goals of our army.In order for the enemies on Hainan Island to completely stop their "advancement and suppression" against Qiongzong, and for Qiongzong and the people of Hainan to let go and concentrate on preparing for the liberation of Hainan, our army must establish a strong supporting force on Hainan Island. The army, as the internal response to the Hainan campaign, cannot do without the strength of a division. 2 reinforced regiments and 2 vanguard battalions are equivalent to the strength of 1 division. Whether the 2 reinforced regiments can cross the sea as soon as possible and smoothly will be crucial to speeding up the process of the Huinan Campaign and gaining greater victories at a small price. It is a key move.If this move is done well, the whole game will come to life.Our army wants to announce to the world that the liberation of Hainan Island is just around the corner.

One day in early March 1950, the Party Committee of the 40th Army decided to conduct the second smuggling with one reinforced regiment of the 118th Division, and decided to stop Liu Zhenhua, director of the Political Department of the 118th Division, from leading the smuggling unit. After Liu Zhenhua accepted the task, he was in a very restless mood.I thought to myself, New China has been established, and the liberation of Hainan Island is the last battle in South China. As a political cadre, being able to participate in this battle earlier is the party's great trust in itself.He also knows the weight of this burden on his shoulders, and is determined to lead the troops to complete this task and present a gift to the new People's Republic.After returning to the division headquarters, Liu Zhenhua made a detailed report to the division party committee.The division party committee also specially studied the weaving of the strengthening regiment.

According to the decision of the army and division party committees, the reinforced regiment is composed of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 352nd Regiment of the 118th Division (the 1st Battalion has landed in the first batch), the 2nd Battalion of the 353rd Regiment and the temporarily formed artillery brigade, with a total of 2991 people. At the meeting of cadres above the battalion level, the plan for crossing the sea was seriously discussed: first, establish the idea that there is no retreat, and the crossing of the sea can only advance and not retreat. If you are lost at sea, the ship must fight on its own; After crossing, each ship headed southwest, and after landing, it went straight to Wuzhi Mountain; third, each ship tried every means to land, and landing on land was a victory, and it was necessary to go all out to land, not to fight against the water; fourth, to listen to the guns when landing. When the gunshots gather, we must move closer to where there is gunfire. In beachhead operations, we must move closer while fighting, and concentrate while fighting.

After the meeting, Liu Zhenhua conveyed these four requirements to all the troops, soldiers and boatmen who were going to cross the sea, and also mobilized everyone to hold a "Zhuge Liang meeting" to solve problems and think of countermeasures. The combat policy of the Military Commission and the spirit of the conversations of the chiefs Deng and Han soon became the actual actions of the troops crossing the sea. In the early morning of March 26, 1950, a red sun rose from the east.The golden morning glow is reflected on the north shore of the broad Qiongzhou Strait, like a golden ribbon withdrawing from the earth.On the coast of Dengloujiao at the southwestern tip of the Leizhou Peninsula, 81 warships (9 of which are motor sailboats) are moored in the port, ready to set sail for Hainan Island.

After breakfast that day, the leader of the military division accompanied Ma Baishan, the deputy commander of the Qiong'an column who had just returned from Beijing to participate in the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, to our army's Dengloujiao Departure Command Post.After listening to the preparations of the smuggling troops, the army chief said very humorously: "Good! Everything is ready, I only owe Dongfeng." Then, the head of the army introduced to Liu Zhenhua: "This is Deputy Commander Ma, who crossed the sea with you. He has fought in Hainan Island for 20 years. He will give you a lot of help and guidance in navigation, landing and work behind enemy lines. You guys You should take the initiative to contact and follow the command."

Hearing this, Liu Zhenhua became even more excited. He held Deputy Commander Ma's hand tightly and said, "With Deputy Commander Ma with us, we will be more confident in completing this mission!" Later, Liu Zhenhua accompanied the chiefs to check all the ships waiting to depart in the harbor. The chief looked at the weapons and equipment carried by the soldiers, and said to the soldiers with satisfaction: "I wish the comrades a complete success in their second smuggling!" At 7:00 p.m., the sun began to fall to the west, and the sunset glow reflected the vast expanse of blue waves. With the brilliant glow, the troops boarded the ship one by one.At this time, the wind vane swings to the southwest, which is a good wind direction.The commanders and fighters of the whole regiment were all elated and ecstatic.Liu Zhenhua and Deputy Commander Ma stood on the modified motor sailboat and gave the order to set sail with great excitement.

Amidst the warm cheers, the warship hoisted its sails and anchored like a fired shell. At 7:30, 3 red signal bullets shot into the blue sky, reflecting red on the cheeks of the soldiers who crossed the sea. The 81 warships set sail together and sailed to the southwest! It was getting dark, and a bright star in the sky was shining towards the sea, welcoming our army with a smile.Standing on the bow of the boat, the warm spring breeze blows head-on.The stern light of the monthly ship is red like a ball of fire, sparkling and beautiful.It shines on the hearts of the soldiers and guides the fleet towards victory.

The sea and sky night scene before the war is beautiful and intoxicating.However, the green and vast sea is so ever-changing and mysterious.After the fleet sailed for an hour, night began to cover the sea, and the sea breeze gradually weakened. After a while, the wind stopped, the waves were calm, and the sea was like a mirror.The fast sailing fleet gradually slowed down. Faced with this situation, Liu Zhenhua immediately asked the operator to send a report to his superiors, and turned to the deputy commander of Ma Baishan and Zou Pingguang, the political commissar of the 352 regiment, and said: "If we sail like this, can we land at dawn?"

Deputy Commander Ma and Political Commissar Zou said: "Order to shake the oars, and the motor sailboat starts the machine." Liu Zhenhua replied: "Yes!" Therefore, Liu Zhenhua immediately issued an order to the fleet to "use human power instead of wind power, row the oars, and move on".After a while, Liu Zhenhua and the others heard the sound of the boats rowing. At this time, facing the boundless sea and looking at the southern sky; all commanders and fighters have only one belief: advancing is victory! At 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, the moon gradually disappeared in the sea, and the heavy fog in mid-spring quietly removed the white gauze curtain on the sea, and it became thicker and thicker, and nothing could be seen beyond 3 meters.Turn on the flashlight in the bow, the comrades in the stern cannot see the light.No one could see anyone between the ships, and the whole fleet disappeared in the fog.

At this moment, Liu Zhenhua and the others heard the enemy's night plane buzzing overhead, and the sound of motors came from the sea.Suddenly, a white light lit up from the direction of the sound of the motor, searched the sea surface, and went out after a while.This is the searchlight, the enemy warship is out on patrol. Thanks to "God" for help, the dense fog rising from the sea wrapped our army tightly, blocking the light of the enemy's searchlights, so that the enemy could not detect our army.Our fleet continues to advance bravely to Hainan Island. The dense fog blocked the enemy's eyes like a screen, and it also made our army's communication and contact extremely difficult.Various communication methods and communication signals between the ships failed, and the only radio could only contact the command ships of each battalion.This fleet is mainly composed of wooden sailboats. The ships are large and small, sailing by the wind, and the speed is different.Now encountered such a heavy fog, the sailing formation is chaotic, and it is impossible to know each other's position, so they have to judge the direction according to the compass and the chart. At this time, Liu Zhenhua thought to himself: If this continues, can all the ships land at Lingaojiao together?So Liu Zhenhua immediately had an urgent discussion with other leading comrades, and believed that the current situation was serious. In order to liberate Hainan Island as a whole, he was determined to follow the predetermined battle plan, advance resolutely, not retreat, and never return.Even if contact is lost, each ship must move to shore, a single ship must land, and a single person must go to Wuzhishan. Liu Zhenhua reported the above-mentioned determination to the head of the army on the radio, and his reply was: "Overcome all difficulties and resolutely implement the original plan." This instruction further strengthened Liu Zhenhua's fighting will to advance bravely.In order to turn the determination of the headquarters into the actions of the fleet, Liu Zhenhua communicated the order to each battalion by radio, and the command ship of each battalion (all motor sailboats) conveyed the order to each ship. At the same time, Liu Zhenhua and his command ship activated the machine, guided the nearby ships to sail southwest rapidly with the sound of the motor sailboat, and ordered all the ships to actively contact the friendly ships, carry out mutual assistance during the voyage, and coordinate operations for the landing. be prepared. At around 3 o'clock on the 27th, the 2nd Battalion of the 353rd Regiment and the 92nd Artillery Company reported: "An enemy ship was found! An enemy gunboat was found!" Liu Zhenhua immediately ordered the 92 artillery battery to open fire on the enemy gunboat!Dozens of shells exploded near the enemy ship, and a column of water more than 1 foot high rose on the sea.The enemy was frightened, turned around and ran away.In this encounter at sea, the wooden boat defeated the enemy ship, our army also lost two wooden sailboats, and one wooden sailboat was injured.Our army quickly rescued the comrades and wounded who fell into the water.The fleet continues to head towards Hainan Island! In the second half of the night, the flow of water turned to "east flowing water", which became the upstream of the voyage. In addition, there was no wind at sea, and it was difficult for the ships to grasp the direction of progress, so they were forced to drift to the southeast. advancing in a scattered manner. At about 5 o'clock on March 27, it was almost dawn, and the heavy fog still hindered our army's observation of the direction of Hainan Island.The head of the army kept calling to ask where the fleet arrived?How far is it from the landing point?Liu Zhenhua and the others couldn't answer, because they couldn't figure out where the fleet sailed for a while. After a while, a hazy mountain silhouette loomed on the confused sea ahead. Liu Zhenhua and the others identified it carefully and determined that it was the coast of Qiongdao.Just as Liu Zhenhua was thinking about landing as soon as possible, he suddenly heard the sound of gunshots, grenades, and sporadic shell explosions coming from the distance on the right front. Liu Zhenhua immediately asked Deputy Commander Ma, "What's going on?" Deputy Commander Ma, who is familiar with the situation in various parts of Hainan Island, replied: "It may be that the responding troops fought against the enemy at the scheduled landing point at Lingao. The coast opposite us may be the coast of Chengmai County." According to the boatman from Hainan, it will take at least three hours to get from the current position of the ship to Lingao at this wind speed.In an instant, the enemy machine guns on the opposite bank fired at our fleet. Obviously, the enemy on the shore discovered our army.It was too late to continue to advance towards Lingao, so Liu Zhenhua immediately agreed with Deputy Commander Ma to forcibly land on the opposite coast. Liu Zhenhua ordered the nearby ships to start landing, and at the same time commanded the command ship he was on to sail to the shore and prepare for landing.After a while, the observers on the command ship vaguely saw a black flat highland ahead, and the explosive and non-explosive obstacles set by the enemy floating on the water.The command ship maneuvered around these obstacles and headed for the coast. At this time, Li Guangwen, the deputy head of the 352 regiment, and Xing Weibang, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 353 regiment, used the radio to ask Liu Zhenhua for instructions on the landing point. "Close to me!" Liu Zhenhua ordered them. "Where are you? Can't see the direction." They asked. "We turned on the motor and leaned towards the sound of the motor," Liu Zhenhua said. In this way, there were nearly 200 people in three ships accompanying the command ship, and they could be organized to forcibly land.Seeing that it was dawn, it would be detrimental to our army not to land immediately and stay at sea. Suddenly, several shells were fired from the shore, and one of them landed on a boat near Liu Zhenhua and the others. Several comrades were shot and fell down. This boat is the motor sailing boat on which Li Guangwen, the deputy head of the 352 regiment, and Zhang Zhidong, the director of the Political Department, took.Li Guangwen was slightly injured and Zhang Zhidong was seriously injured.But they still organized the rescue of the wounded, and at the same time directed everyone to row the boat, and mobilized everyone not to panic and row quickly—with everyone's efforts, the boat approached Liu Zhenhua and the others. Liu Zhenhua immediately decided that the command ship and a ship from the 3rd Battalion of the 352nd Regiment should land first. Seeing our ships approaching the shore, the enemy fired more violently, and bullets flew past the ears of the commanders and fighters.At this time, the enemy plane also came, dropping bombs and strafing ships near the shore at an altitude of tens of meters.Liu Zhenhua didn't bother to find out the landing place, so he ordered the radio station to report to the army chief: "We will land immediately." The reinforced regiment of the 40th Army landed successively from Linshigang, Yubaogang and Hongpaigang in the east.Due to the scattered ships and the tight defense of the enemy, the battle broke out fiercely as soon as they landed. When it was more than 20 meters away from the coast, Zou Pingguang, the political commissar of the 352 regiment, took the lead in leading the only reinforced platoon on board to jump into the water and waded ashore.They quickly captured a large group of bunkers on the shore. At this time, Liu Zhenhua didn't care to talk much, so he took the carbine from the guard Cao Fengxin, and Deputy Commander Ma Baishan and a dozen comrades from the headquarters also waded to the shore. As soon as Liu Zhenhua landed, he planned to communicate with his superiors by radio and carry out command according to the previous regulations. Unfortunately, the radio operator died when he went ashore, and the transmitter was also damaged by the enemy.Liu Zhenhua had no choice but to order people to light three fires on the shore, and fired three signal flares as a signal for ships at sea to land at Liu Zhenhua's place. After landing, Fu Yinghua, who assisted in crossing the sea, got in touch with local party and government cadres such as Lao Jiexiu, the mayor of the 4th District of Chengmai County, who was in charge of the support work.The front team rushed from all directions immediately, so that the troops crossing the sea could have food as soon as they landed, and the wounded were rescued as soon as they landed. Lao Jiexiu not only completed the response task brilliantly, but also helped our army study the course of action of the troops.Liu Zhenhua and the others decided to move to Wensheng Village as soon as possible. It was already dawn, and many boats had been seen docking towards Liu Zhenhua and the others. Chu Chuanyu, deputy head of the 353 regiment, also landed with the main force of the 2 battalion of the regiment. On both sides of our army's landing point, there are intensive gunshots, artillery and bombs.This is the beachhead battle between the warriors of our army and the enemy. The 3rd Battalion, 8th Company and 2nd Platoon of the 352nd Regiment, under the leadership of battalion commander Leng Lihua, carried forward the tenacious fighting style of the "Siping Combat Model Platoon".As soon as the ship docked, the entire platoon of comrades quickly climbed up the two-foot-high cliff, and successfully landed near Linshigang with a sudden combat movement.After going ashore, the defending enemy relied on the bunkers on the shore and fired wildly at our army with 3 machine guns. Gunner Zhu Qifang, regardless of the threat of enemy firepower, calmly selected the target, fired 3 rounds with ease, and pulled out the enemy's machine gun positions; 24 shells, hit the enemy panicked. Taking advantage of the enemy's chaos, the 2nd row approached the enemy's bunker.Two enemies who were shooting were captured alive by the 4th squad leader Yang Shimao. Other soldiers quickly inserted into the back of the enemy bunker, wiped out the enemy in the bunker, and pulled out 4 enemy bunkers one after another, cleared the obstacles, and then moved south.On the way, it merged with the commanding authority of the regiment that had successfully landed, strengthening the strength of the landing field. When the sun came out of the sea, the sound of our army's charge sounded over Yubao Harbor, echoing over the sea for a long time.Our troops landed first one after another and opened up the landing field. After our army command post landed, the sky had already brightened, and the fog on the sea surface was gradually dissipating and disappearing.The 3 strongholds on the coast and the enemies of about 4 companies have all been eliminated.Although there was no gunfire on the coast, Liu Zhenhua and the others quickly commanded the landing troops, seized the favorable terrain by the sea, prepared to block the enemy's counterattack, further expanded the landing field, and covered the smooth landing of subsequent ships. "The command ship has landed. Hurry up and shake the oars! Wherever there is gunfire, lean in!" Wang Huaizhi, the instructor of the 2nd Battalion who was commanding the landing of the follow-up ship, immediately gave an order after seeing the command ship landing. When the ship circled a steep cliff with a mountain in front, when choosing a landing point, suddenly 3 enemy planes swooped down from the front to the ship, strafing and dropping bombs.The machine guns of the enemy on the shore also rattled and swiped. At this time, the bow of the ship was pierced by a bullet, and the sea water gushed into the cabin.A new soldier started to cover it with his hand, but the water pouring into the cabin was not covered, and he exclaimed, "I can't cover it!" "Use a cotton plug!" The deputy squad leader reminded. The boat, spinning and turning on the churning water.The boatman at the helm looked a little frightened.Instructor Wang immediately asked a trained soldier to take the helm for him.At the same time, order heavy machine guns to organize air-to-air shooting, and light machine guns to cover the shore. The enemy plane kept a close eye on the ship, flying low, almost touching the mast, crawling over, jumping over, swooping down and strafing in turn. "It's really bullying!" Machine gunner Huang Zidao said, suddenly got up, holding the machine gun, and swiped at the enemy plane that swooped down. An enemy plane was hit and flew southwest with a long trail of black smoke.Seeing this, the other two enemy planes were so frightened that they hurriedly made a big turn and slipped away to the south. Only a few tens of meters away from the coast. Sun Hengshan, the commander of the 5th company, led a squad. Under the cover of firepower, he jumped off the ship first, waded through the chest-high sea water, and bravely occupied three single bunkers on the enemy's beachhead, taking the opportunity to cover the landing of the whole ship. At 12 o'clock on the 27th, our army's landing troops have all landed except for two ships of the 2nd Battalion and 4th Company of the 352nd Regiment.There were more than 500 troops landing at Yubao Port, and the main leading cadres of the three battalions arrived with their own troops.Because the troops were scattered in the 9th Army, Lu Shibin, the instructor of the 3rd Battalion of the 352 Regiment, and Zhao Xuzhen, the instructor of the 2nd Battalion of the 353 Regiment, each took their own troops and successfully landed in the direction of Linshi Port and Hongpai Port respectively; Yao Wu Yusheng and a squad of the spy company, etc., organized their troops to go straight to Wuzhishan according to the established battle plan after landing. The landing was a complete success.During the march while fighting, our army successively defeated the blocking of 10 enemy battalions, killed and injured more than 600 enemies, captured more than 200 enemies, shot down and injured one enemy plane each, and damaged one enemy warship.certainly.Our army also paid a high price, sacrificing 212 comrades, including 40 cadres and 172 soldiers; some were injured.In other words, our army has achieved a big victory at a small price. Our army made a forced landing this time, and only fought against the enemy's first line of coastal defense, and did not encounter the enemy's second line or deep mobile forces.Liu Zhenhua and the others were very puzzled about this. Later, through reconnaissance and learning from prisoners, it turned out that Feng Baiju, the commander and political commissar of the Qiongya column, appointed Chen Qingshan, the deputy director of the political department of the column, Chen Qiuguang, the first captain, and Lin Ming, the deputy political commissar, to land in the first batch. Gou Zaisong, chief of staff of the 118th Division, led the 1st Corps of the Qiongya Column (2 regiments and 1 guard company) and the 1st Battalion of the 352nd Regiment to take over the task and contain the enemy. After the 8th Regiment of the 1st Corps successfully took over the Pioneer Battalion Crossing the Sea, the 8th Regiment took about 20 days of rest and pre-war training in the wooden platoon of Danxian County in order to welcome the large troops to cross the sea and land. On the morning of March 26, Wu Xianghua, head of the 8th Regiment, and Li Enming, the political commissar, were notified to go to the frontline headquarters to accept the task immediately. In the headquarters, Deputy Director Chen Qingshan, Captain Chen Qiuguang, and Chief of Staff Gou Zaisong introduced the current situation to Wu Xianghua and the others respectively, and explained our army's intentions: one reinforcement regiment of the 118th Division of the 15th Corps of the 40th Corps of our army is scheduled for March 27. Before dawn on the same day, it landed in the area of ​​Bitang and Futi in the northwest of Lingaojiao.The troops responsible for this mission are the 1st Corps and the Pioneer Battalion Crossing the Sea. Captain Chen Qiuguang deployed a specific action plan to Wu Xianghua and the others. He said: "The 8th Regiment, with one battalion strength, cooperated with the two companies of the Pioneer Battalion Crossing the Sea, captured the enemy's stronghold in Futi East Village, and won the beachhead. The cost is to ensure the safe landing of the reinforced regiment; one battalion is on alert in the direction of Bolian, ready to block the enemy's reinforcements; the other battalion acts as a reserve team and acts randomly." In order to cooperate with this response, the 1st Corps ordered the 7th Regiment to besiege the enemy of Lingao Dongying, and after succeeding, stick to Dongying and guard towards Lingao County. The 9th regiment ordered 1 battalion to go to Changpo, Dan County, to conduct a feint attack on the enemy defending Changpo, to hold back the enemy and reduce the pressure on the supporting troops.The other two companies of the Cross-sea Pioneer Battalion serve as the mobile force of the frontline headquarters and are directly commanded by the frontline headquarters.The frontline headquarters is located in Langcun. It was already noon when Wu Xianghua and the others returned to the regiment command post from the headquarters.They immediately summoned cadres above the company to convey the instructions of the head of the corps, and deployed tasks to the battalions. As night fell, the troops advanced rapidly on the rugged mountain road.At about 4:00 in the morning, the battalions entered the predetermined location and launched a battle formation.The 1st Battalion led by Battalion Commander Fu Yunfeng and the 1st Company of the Pioneer Battalion surrounded Futi East Village.The enemy's stronghold in Futi East Village is occupied by a reinforced company of the enemy. The solid concrete bunkers are distributed layer by layer on the periphery of the enemy's central stronghold. At around 4:30 in the morning, with an order, the troops immediately launched a fierce attack on the enemy's stronghold from the front and left flank.Relying on solid fortifications and American equipment, the enemy fought desperately.After more than an hour of fierce fighting, our army occupied the enemy's forward position.Destroyed two bunkers on the enemy's front and left flank, and continued to penetrate deep into the enemy. The fighting lasted until the early morning of the 26th, when the enemy found out our army's strength and intentions, they readjusted their firepower and counterattacked our army's position.Our army's position was threatened by the enemy's intensive firepower, and there were casualties. 27 wounded were carried back to the ambulance station of the village where they lived. Our army has also adjusted its deployment one after another. The 1st Battalion carried out a frontal feint attack to attract the enemy's firepower; 1 company of the Crossing Sea Pioneer Battalion drew out more than 30 people, formed a sharp knife platoon and inserted into the enemy's central position from the flanks, trying to bloom in the center and attack from both inside and outside, in order to completely annihilate them. This stubborn enemy. A new battle began. The 1st Battalion charged the enemy's stronghold from the front, and the enemy concentrated their firepower to cover the 1st Battalion.The sharp knife platoon took the opportunity to detour to the flanks, and plunged into the enemy's central position at lightning speed. Suddenly, dense gunshots came from the direction of Yubaogang in Chengmai County, and enemy planes also circled in the direction of Yubaogang. This sudden situation made Wu Xianghua and head Luo Shaofu, who commanded the cross-sea pioneer battalion, feel strange.Due to the language barrier (Wu Xianghua could not speak Mandarin at that time, and the translator Li Minghui fell behind due to illness), Wu Xianghua and the others had to exchange opinions through pen and ink. Wu Xianghua and Luo Shaofu agreed that our army's landing force had approached the coast of Hainan Island and had changed the original landing site.Because around 1:00 in the morning, the frontline headquarters informed Wu Xianghua and the others that the ships of the landing force were about 20 kilometers away from the landing site.Now is the time for the landing force to approach the coast.It is estimated that the 118th Division Reinforced Regiment has forcibly landed in Yubao Port and caught fire with the enemy. Head Luo decided that before receiving the order from the frontline headquarters, the troops would still attack the enemy as planned, so as to hold back the enemy and reduce the pressure on the landing troops. At this time, the local people and the scouts of our army reported that the troops of two enemy regiments rushed towards Juju Village from the direction of Dongying, and now they have reached Gaoding Village, about 1 km southeast of Juju Village. At this moment, fierce gunshots also came from the position of the 2nd Battalion of our army on the unnamed highland in Longlan Village. Wu Xianghua told Commander Luo that it seems that the enemy's reinforcements from all walks of life have begun to advance in the direction of Futi, and our army should prepare to use the 3rd Battalion to block the enemy from the direction of Dongying.Head Luo agreed with Wu Xianghua's proposition. The 3rd Battalion immediately went to the hilly area in the southeast of the residence village, and started a desperate fight with the enemy six times more than our army. So far, only one platoon of the Crossing Sea Pioneer Battalion is left in the regiment command post, and more than 50 seriously wounded people have been evacuated from the position. In order to ensure the safety of the regiment's command post and the seriously wounded, regiment leader Luo led two squads to occupy the unnamed high ground behind the residence village, just in case. The first squad and the wounded who stayed at the regiment command post were all ready to fight at any time.At this time, the comrades in charge of the rear rushed to the command post, and Wu Xianghua asked them to immediately mobilize the masses and transfer the wounded to the rear.Ten minutes later, the local people, carrying door panels and simple stretchers, rushed to the ambulance station and carried away all the more than 50 wounded. At around 2:00 p.m., the frontline headquarters issued a retreat order to Wu Xianghua and the others. Wu Xianghua conveyed the previous order to the battalions. After deploying the retreat plan for each unit, he led the only squad to withdraw from the command post. As soon as our army reached the east entrance of Juju Village, we started fighting with the enemies from Futi Village.Our army immediately organized firepower to fight back and cover each other to retreat.As soon as Wu Xianghua and the guards rushed out of the village, several enemy machine guns blocked the entrance of the village.Therefore, Wu Xianghua and the guards detoured to the flanks of the enemy's machine gun position and fired at the enemy, trying to attract the firepower of the enemy's machine gun so that the soldiers could take the opportunity to break through.But because I had few people and ammunition, it was of no avail, so they had to withdraw to the village. Gunshots broke out in the residence village, and soldiers from a squad were surrounded by the enemy in the village.Facing the danger of being completely wiped out by the enemy, the soldiers showed determination on their stern faces. They would rather perish with the enemy than be captured. Wu Xianghua and the others retreated to the yard of a farmer, relying on the incomplete courtyard wall as a cover, preparing to fight the enemy to the death.Suddenly a fellow villager came among them at the risk of his life and led them to hide in an old house full of firewood. The enemy entered the village, searched and suppressed the village repeatedly, but found no trace of our commanders and fighters, thinking that our commanders and fighters had broken through, so they rushed out of the village and rushed towards Gaoding Village. After the enemy left, the soldiers came out of the firewood house, thanked the fellow villagers, and went to catch up with the team.On the way, I joined my retreating troops and retreated to the frontline headquarters and Lang Village. In order to ensure the safe passage of the troops through the Lin (City) Xin (Xing) Highway, the 2nd Battalion led by Wang Tongjiang, the deputy head of the regiment, has been guarding the unnamed highlands of Longlan Village, fighting against the enemy from Bolian that is 10 times more than our army.Relying on superior forces and sophisticated equipment, the enemy adopted crowd tactics to attack the 2nd Battalion of our army in turn. The warriors of the 2nd Battalion repelled several enemy charges in a row.The enemy was killed and wounded, and the corpses were all over the front of our army's position. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, our army crossed the Linxin Highway and returned to the frontline headquarters. The 2nd Battalion successfully completed the blocking task and withdrew to Helang Village with the fire support of the mortar platoon of the Crossing Sea Pioneer Battalion. This time, although I failed to join the landing force at the scheduled location, my response force played a role in diverting the tiger away from the mountain and containing the enemy.After the battle in Futi East Village started, the enemy judged that our People's Liberation Army would land in the Lingaojiao area based on the actions of our responding troops, so the enemy's main force stationed in the direction of Chengmai quickly moved to the Lingaojiao area, making Yubao Port's troops emptiness.With only a few enemies blocking our army's landing force, they boarded Yubao Port relatively smoothly and moved safely to the hinterland of Hainan Island. In the early morning of February 28, my landing force arrived at Wensheng Village after traveling through forests and mountains overnight.The village is located 5 kilometers southwest of Huachang City and 15 kilometers from the landing point.To the east of the village is Tanhong Ridge, to the south is Quntong Ridge, to the west is Motan Ridge, and to the north is Houling.Although the slopes of the various ridges vary, their heights are almost the same, and the highest one does not exceed 100 meters.Although there are vertical and horizontal directions, the distance between the commanding heights and Wensheng Village is about 2 kilometers.The houses of more than a dozen families in the village are located in the bamboo forest with uneven density, which looks very hidden. After viewing the terrain, Liu Zhenhua and Deputy Commander Ma Baishan decided that the troops would camp and rest here to solve the problem of hunger and fatigue of the troops.Liu Zhenhua and the others thought that if there was no new situation, they would go straight to the scheduled destination after the break—the Meihou base.At the same time, Liu Zhenhua and the others also realized that Wensheng Village was located in the hinterland of the enemy-occupied area, so they must not stay for a long time, otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous.Therefore, they made careful combat deployments and educated the troops to be ready to deal with various emergencies at any time. As soon as our troops had finished cooking, the enemy started fighting with my detachment of the stretcher escort team.Immediately afterwards, enemies from the west and south of the village also attacked our troops, and the enemy planes also flew over Wensheng Village.Immediately, the sound of gunfire on the ground, the sound of strafing enemy planes in the sky, and the explosion of bombs rang out all around Wensheng Village. As soon as the battle started, our companies launched a defensive battle according to the combat deployment.Judging from the situation, it may be that the enemy encircled our landing force in an attempt to gather and annihilate it in Wensheng Village.In this very dangerous and critical situation, the cadres and soldiers were very calm. After a short discussion, Liu Zhenhua and the other leaders immediately made up their minds: do everything possible to preserve their strength, bring the troops to the intended destination, and complete the planned important tasks.In this way, it is necessary to play such a few moves: first, try to withstand the enemy's attack; second, try to break through the enemy's encirclement; third, try to get rid of the enemy's pursuit.If one of these three moves is wrong, all previous efforts may be wasted. It turned out that after our army scattered and landed in the northeast of Lingaojiao, the enemy hurriedly mobilized one regiment each of the 151st and 153rd Divisions of the 62nd Army, one battalion of the 156th Division of the 64th Army, and one each of the 5th and 6th Security Regiments. Next, carry out a joint attack on our landing troops.Although the enemy surrounded our landing troops on all sides, the most violent attacks were the positions of our 2nd Battalion, 5th Company and our 3rd Battalion, 8th Company. The position of the 5th company is on the southeast mountain of Wensheng Village. The position of the 8th company is on the southwest mountain of Wensheng Village. Soon after the 8th company entered the position, the enemy rushed towards the 8th company's 3rd row position in three directions with a battalion of troops. The 3rd row of fighters fought back. After the enemy's attacks were repulsed again and again, they bombarded the position with artillery and aircraft, but the position was always in the hands of the 8th company. The enemy concentrated the main force to repeatedly attack the 8th Company's position, so they shifted the main attack direction to the 2nd Battalion and 5th Company's position. Chen Yanfen, the instructor of the 5th company, led the 2nd platoon and half of the 9th squad to stand on a small hill. The enemy divided into two groups to attack the 2 rows of positions.When the dense enemy group was only 30 meters away from our position, the instructor Chen Yanfen shouted: "Fight!" The soldiers who had already suffocated their energy immediately opened fire together. In the enemy group, the first to fall is the officer directing the charge.It turned out that when the enemy rushed up, the squad leader Wang Jinzhu aimed his gun at the commander.As soon as the enemy officer fell, the enemy group fell into chaos, leaving more than 20 corpses behind, and retreated scrambling. Liu Zhenhua and Deputy Commander Ma Baishan were in the command post by the village, directing the troops to resist the enemy's attack, while choosing the timing, direction and means for the troops to break through. Several main positions around Wensheng Village were still in the hands of our army at dusk after fierce competition between the two sides.After the 5th company repulsed a heavy enemy attack, the fighting stopped.When our army learned from the captives that the number of enemy soldiers was more than three times that of our army, we judged that the enemy's large-scale attack was yet to come, and decided to break through quickly.The time to break out is to choose to act after dusk and under the cover of darkness. After dark, the troops made all preparations for the breakout.When breaking out of the encirclement, the mark of the troops is a white towel tied on the left arm, and the password is: Q - Haibei; Answer - Hainan. At 8 o'clock in the evening, the troops began to break through in the order of the 3rd Battalion of the 352nd Regiment, command post, government agencies, militia, wounded, and 2nd Battalion of the 352nd Regiment. The 3rd Battalion, led by battalion commander Leng Lihua and deputy instructor Zhai Wenqing, fought and marched.Zhai Wenqing rushed to the front of the whole battalion with the 7th and 8th companies. The 8th company, led by company commander Yu Xueyou and instructor Zhang Fuchen, cleared the way for the whole battalion. Under the leadership of the company commander Zhang Honglin and the instructor Huang Yuechun, the 7th company followed closely behind the 8th company, expanding the breakthrough and mopping up the remnants of the enemy.When the 8th company broke through the enemy's forward position, another enemy battalion blocked the breakthrough. The 7th company charged up before the enemy launched, defeated the enemy's interception, and bravely highlighted the enemy's encirclement. Then, under the guidance of the guide, the troops continued to advance for two or three kilometers, then turned southward, and left the enemy after walking more than ten miles. After the main force of our army got rid of the pursuit of the enemy infantry, they crossed a road and waded a small river.After crossing the river, the troops climbed up the mountain in one go.At this time, it was dawn.When our army just sat down to rest, the enemy drove 10 cars full of soldiers from the direction of Haikou.The enemy tried to chase our army with fast troops.Liu Zhenhua immediately ordered the artillery company commander: "Fight, let the enemy taste our shells!" When the enemy's cars crossed the river and the formation was dense, the artillery fired quickly.The shells exploded in the enemy convoy, causing the enemy to be in chaos, causing casualties.After the enemy hurriedly carried the wounded into the car, they turned around and fled. Liu Zhenhua and the others thought as they walked, why hasn't the 5th company followed?It turned out that after the 5th company repelled the enemy's impact, the instructor Chen Yanfen redeployed his troops to prepare for the enemy's new counterattack.Sure enough, the enemy concentrated their forces and firepower to counterattack violently. At this time, amidst the fierce gunfire, Instructor Chen heard the order from the command post: the troops broke through the encirclement successfully, and the 5th company spread out!But he thought that the hill guarded by the 5th company was the main route of the enemy's attack. If the 5th company withdrew, the enemy would follow the trend, and in this way, the main force would be threatened.So he decided that he must retreat after repelling the enemy's attack. As soon as the enemy's attack stopped, Chen Yanfen ordered to withdraw from the position and return to Wensheng Village.However, there are enemies everywhere in Wensheng Village, and they don't know where the main force has shifted. Hainan Island is an unfamiliar place, so what should we do?Instructor Chen Yanfen thought over and over. Chen Yanfen thought to himself: When he just crossed the sea, the chief made it very clear that the troops would go to Wuzhi Mountain to join the Qiongya column.He looked at the map. Wuzhi Mountain was in the southeast of Wensheng Village, but the main force had obviously shifted to the northeast. 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