Chapter 9 Chapter 08

On March 18, the 127th Division of the 43rd Army held an enlarged meeting of the division's party committee. Commander Li Zuopeng announced an exciting news to the 127th Division at the meeting: the 4th Army and the 43rd Army each organized a reinforcement regiment. For the second batch of cross-sea landing operations, the military party committee decided that the 127th Division would organize the second batch of smuggling troops to forcibly land in the eastern section of the front of Haikou City, and agreed to the request of division commander Wang Dongbao and political commissar Song Weizhi to come and command in person. The ferry departs in late March, and the specific time depends on the wind direction and tide.

On March 21, Division Commander Wang Dongbao convened an enlarged meeting of the Division Party Committee, which consisted of the 379th Regiment, the 2nd Battalion of the 381st Regiment, and the comrades in charge of the division's former division, to discuss specific plans for crossing the sea. On the second day, the commanders and fighters of the reinforced regiment held a pre-war swearing-in meeting on the bank of Qidu.At the meeting, everyone unanimously stated that they must strive to be the vanguard of fighting enemy ships at sea, the heroes who rush to land, be the model of solidarity and mutual assistance, and resolutely complete the glorious and arduous task of crossing the sea!

After dusk on March 24th and 26th, due to unfavorable factors such as wind direction and tide, the two crossings failed to complete. At dawn on March 31, the ship preparing to stow away arrived at the sailing place as required, and made all preparations for sailing.In the afternoon, all the commanders and more than 360 crew members who participated in the smuggling, one Jinxiong Jiujiu and high-spirited, carrying all the equipment and dry food on their backs, gathered as a company to stand by.Local party and government cadres, men, women, and children accompanying the army, division heads, and agency commanders from nearby villages came to see off the smuggling troops.

At this time, the head of the army brought another great news to Gong Dongbao and the others: under the leadership of Liu Zhenhua, the director of the political department of the division, and the deputy commander of Qiongzong Ma Baishan, the reinforced regiment of the 118th division of the 40th army broke through the enemy's sea and air forces. The blockade was successfully forcibly landed in Yubao Port on the morning of the 27th. It has joined forces with the Qiongya Column and the Pioneer Battalion who cooperated with it, and is rushing towards the Wuzhishan base area. Hearing this exciting news further strengthened Wang Dongbao's confidence in smuggling.The majority of commanders and fighters raised their arms and shouted: Learn from the 40th Army Reinforced Regiment!Learn from the Qiongya Column!Salute to the heroes of the Pioneer Battalion!Resolutely complete the task of crossing the sea!Fight the last battle to liberate South China!Make new contributions to the people!Answer the hope of the party and the people with victory!

At 8:00 p.m. on the same day, the 127th Division Commander Wang Dongbao and Political Commissar Song Weimo led a reinforced regiment of 3,733 people on 88 large and small sailboats (including 2 small boats for sea containment and rescue) to smuggle across the Qiongzhou Strait for the second time. At this time, Wang Dongbao and the others were in a very restless mood, and excitedly shook hands with the chiefs, comrades in arms, and villagers who came to see him off one by one.Amid everyone's cordial blessings, Mr. Wang, Political Commissar Song, Chen Shuo, Propaganda Minister of the Northern District Committee of Hainan, and other comrades repeatedly expressed their determination to lead the troops to complete the mission, repay the fathers and villagers, and present a gift to the newborn People's Republic of China!

At this time, the soldiers chanted and pushed out the wooden boat hidden in the mangroves in the bay. The wind suddenly stopped, and the sky was covered with low, dark clouds.A few flashes of lightning, a few thunderbolts, followed by heavy rain. The sound of thunder, rain and waves mixed together, which was deafening. It seemed that the entire universe was mobilized, beating drums and shouting for our army to cross the sea and cheer for the heroic march. Feng Jingqiao, head of the 379th Regiment, was fidgeting. After a while, he ran to the high ground in the rain, pulled up his handkerchief, and tried to see if the wind was blowing.

After a while, although the dark clouds did not disperse, the rain stopped, the northeast wind picked up again, and the windmill turned again. The soldiers shouted ecstatically: "Chairman Mao has come with the help of the east wind!" "It's time to liberate Hainan!" Commander Feng strode into the house, picked up the telephone, and ordered the battalions to board the ship and prepare to set sail. At 10 o'clock in the evening, it is the time of high tide, the night is dark, the clouds are low and dark, the waves are rolling, and the waves are noisy, only the water droplets splashed by the waves hitting the wooden boat are shining brightly. Yu Zhenying, a reporter from the "Frontline" newspaper office of the 127th Division, boarded the ship with the regiment command post.The front-line command post composed of division commander Wang Dongbao and division political commissar Song Weiba moved with the command post of the 379th regiment.Political commissar Song sat on the boat of the regiment command post, and Yu Zhenying sat next to political commissar Song.

"Set sail!" Commander Feng gave the order. The entire southern tip of the Leizhou Peninsula sounded a loud horn, 88 wooden boats sailed and anchored, the 2nd Battalion of the 379th Regiment was the vanguard, the 1st Battalion was the left wing, the 3rd Battalion was the right wing, and the 2nd Battalion of the 381st Regiment followed up in a neat formation, slowly Slowly sail towards Hainan. The chiefs and comrades on the shore waved their arms and shouted loudly: "I wish you smooth sailing!" "I wish you victory!" "See you on Hainan Island!" The boatmen who took part in the war set off firecrackers to pray for the blessing of the Goddess Mei, and the old boatmen who were addicted to alcohol took up the wine jar and drank enough wine.The soldiers held their weapons, sat on the warships, and sang war songs involuntarily as they went up and down with the turbulent waves.The singing continued, one after another, singing one after another, singing pride, courage, and determination to cross the sea to kill the enemy.

With infinite nostalgia, Yu Zhenying looked back at the continent blurred into a faint long line, and thought secretly: "Farewell to the continent where our blood and sweat have been sprinkled. I hope to see you again." The boatman, with full sails, the helmsman, steers the rudder steadily, the navigator keeps the compass and indicates the direction to the helmsman, and the fleet uses small horns and traffic lights as signals to communicate with each other to keep the formation in order .Some ships were slightly behind, and the soldiers urged the sailors and boatmen repeatedly: "Hurry up, catch up, and try to be the first ship to land!" "Strive to plant the red flag on Hainan Island first!"

On the regiment command ship, the motor of the wireless telegraph made a "beep" sound in the cabin. Commander Feng kept asking about the situation of each battalion and commanded the warship to advance to the scheduled landing point. The waves are getting bigger and bigger, like moving mountains rushing across, and the wooden boat is thrown from one wave crest to another.The navigator told the head of the regiment that he had reached the mainstream of the Qiongzhou Strait. At this time, the sky-high dark clouds slowly split open, and the moonlight appeared and disappeared from time to time, inlaid a strange silver edge on the dark clouds.Looking through the hazy moonlight, there are many swallow-shaped sails in the sea, like countless abrupt peaks, covering a large area in darkness, undulating and advancing in the turbulent waves, the formation is very spectacular.

The fleet braved the wind and waves, galloped forward, and headed for the distance of the South China Sea. At this time, the division commander Wang Dongbao and Comrade Chen Shuo unfolded the map and looked at it with a flashlight.Section Chief Zhang and Section Chief Xu of the command group reported that all the ships followed. The 2 companies of the 379th Regiment and 15 small boats dedicated to attacking enemy warships were always covering the main force's advance on the flanks of the fleet.Wang Dongbao asked Chen, where can our army reach at dawn?direction right?I don't know if the support team can arrive? Chen said affirmatively: The direction is right, and the support troops will definitely arrive!After crossing the mainstream sea area, you will hear the sound of guns and guns. Master Wang said: "That's good! Please control the direction with the navigator, Lao Zhong, and prepare to make a forced landing." Wang Dongbao and the others were talking happily when the command ship suddenly slowed down. When Wang Dongbao looked at the bow, it turned out that the wind had stopped.The command group reminded that, give an order quickly, and everyone paddles forward! As soon as the order was issued, the sound of motors came from the air. After a while, the two flares dropped by the enemy plane illuminated the sea and our fleet, followed by low-altitude strafing and bombing. My fleet exploded violently front and back.A bomb exploded between Mr. Wang and Song's political commissar's boat, setting off a water column more than ten feet high. In order to keep our fleet from falling behind, Master Wang and the others kept issuing orders that they could only move forward and not retreat, and encouraged the small wooden boats that attacked the enemy ships to approach the enemy ships regardless and attack the enemy.The sound of guns and grenades in the fierce battle between the small boat on the right side of the division commander Wang Dongbao and the enemy ship became farther and farther away. Feng Jingqiao, head of the 379 regiment, and political commissar of Shan Seal reported: 3 enemy warships were repulsed.The enemy ship "Yongzi" was hit by our 60 shells and fled away dragging thick smoke.Our army suffered slight casualties. At this time, the enemy's planes began to straf and bomb at low altitude again.Soldiers in our fleet: shot violently at the enemy plane with machine guns and rifles, so scared that the enemy plane did not dare to circle and shoot at low altitude. It was getting darker and darker, and suddenly a strong wind blew up, and the direction of the wind and the tide were extremely favorable to me.Commander Wang Dongbao ordered the troops to ride the wind and waves to speed up one after another!Chen Shuo said happily: "The prophecy that man will conquer nature has come true. The timing, location, and people are all toward our army. We must win and conquer the world. The hearts of the 3 million people on Hainan Island are toward the Party Central Committee, Chairman Mao, and the army across the sea." , 3 million soldiers and civilians in Hainan are welcoming the army. As long as they go ashore, underground party members and the masses will report the enemy's situation and take the initiative to lead the way, and there will be water to drink and coconuts to eat." What Zhang said for a while made the comrades in the whole ship laugh. At this time, the wind was strong and the waves were strong, and it was so dark that you couldn't see your fingers. My fleet was speeding towards the south bank like an arrow.The division commander Wang Dongbao asked the command group to issue an order that each ship move closer to the command ship as much as possible, using wind and manpower to speed up the sailing. While advancing, I suddenly heard the sound of intense gunfire coming from the direction of Haikou directly in front, getting closer and closer.Chen said that it was the troops that responded to the landing that fought the enemy on the shore.The sudden sound of guns inspired the hearts of the warriors, all eager to try, ready to forcibly land in front of the enemy to wipe out the enemy! The eastern sky gradually revealed a white belly, and the sky and water were the same color. It was hard to tell which was water and which was sky, and people all looked south. Qin Mengfeng, the guard on the ship with the division commander Wang Dongbao, took the kettle to drink water for the division commander, and asked: "Chief, the gunfire is so fierce, I don't know how far away from the shore"? Master Wang took the binoculars on his back and observed carefully, and saw the flames of a grenade exploding in front of our army on the right.Said, "We're about to land." Then, Master Wang asked Chen, "Where is the most dense gunfire?" Chen said he thought about it for a while and said, "It might be near Tashi or Lingshan." Commander Wang immediately told Commander Feng and Political Commissar Shan: "Quickly order the troops to make all preparations, prepare to disembark and wade ashore, break through the enemy's defenses, and whoever lands first will command the landing operations in a unified manner, and report to the army and division heads. " Wang Dongbao raised his binoculars again and saw the flames from the artillery shells on the right. He judged that our landing troops had exchanged fire with the enemy and were annihilating the enemy. At around 4 a.m. on April 1, the comrades in the fleet rolled up their trousers and tied their shoelaces.Always ready to log in. The division commander Wang Dongbao was also full of enthusiasm. He took off his military uniform and handed over to the guard Xiaoqin to observe the beach by the sea with binoculars.Seeing the enemy's various light and heavy firepower, the flames and tracer bullets violently sprayed on the fleet were flying in the air.More than 1,000 meters in front of the right, the enemy and us were fighting fiercely. He concluded that this was a life-and-death struggle between Qiong Zong and the 118th Division Pioneer Battalion, who were supporting our landing troops. At this time, there were 8 sailboats from the 379th and 381st regiments and 3 small boats dedicated to attacking enemy ships near the command ship.In order to cover the 8 sailboats rushing to the beach quickly, Wang Dongbao ordered 3 small boats to use heavy machine guns and 60 guns to blow up the enemy's defense line and cover the troops fording forward.After the No. 1 and No. 2 ships that Master Wang and Political Commissar Song took approached the beach, under the cover of heavy machine gun fire on the ship, the soldiers jumped into the waist-deep sea water, rushed onto the beach, and rushed into the bomb that was blown up by our heroic soldiers. In the enemy's trench, the troops fought fiercely with the enemy on the coast more than 500 meters wide. The division commander and political commissar led the comrades in front of the division to follow the first echelon along the right wing of the breakthrough and chased and defeated the enemy. After seizing the east end of Zhenjia Village, they successfully joined forces with the supporting troops! After a night of sailing and fighting, at about 4 o'clock on April 1st, our landing troops broke through the enemy's first-line defense, captured more than 10 enemy bunkers, wiped out 2 enemy companies, and captured more than 100 enemy people. During the smuggling of our army, the ships and soldiers serving as escorts completed the task brilliantly. The 5th Company of the 379th Regiment is the company of the Red Army in Jinggangshan. The No. 1, No. 3 and No. 4 ships under it won the task of escorting the sea with outstanding achievements in the training at sea.These ships are single-masted wooden ships less than two feet long, and each ship has only one reinforced squad. The most powerful weapon is the 90 rockets captured from the enemy.But it was these ships who fought against the enemy ships at sea for more than 3 hours, ensuring that the main force of the regiment passed through the Qiongzhou Strait and successfully landed on Hainan Island at the predetermined location. The three ships of the Red 5th Company were under the unified command of Hu Shengyong, the deputy instructor on the No. 4 ship.When the enemy ship appeared, they rushed over first, and approached the enemy ship under intensive artillery fire.A shell exploded on the side of the No. 4 ship, sea water poured into the cabin along the bullet hole, the hull gradually sank, and the repair team filled the hole to wash water.At this time, Hu Shengyong issued an order to the whole ship: "Calm down! Don't mess up, everyone takes their places..." Before finishing a sentence, another shell hit No. 4 ship, and Zhang Shuchang, the squad leader of No. 1, fell on the deck.The soldiers were full of anger and still strictly guarded their posts.The rocket launcher is mounted on the bow, with heavy machine guns, light machine guns, submachine guns and rifles arranged in sequence on both sides, with the 60 guns in the center.The small wooden boat was less than 100 meters away from the enemy ship. With a roaring voice, Hu Shengyong gave the order to fire: "Fight!" All the weapons on the 3 small wooden boats fired at the enemy ship together.This sudden and violent firepower made the enemy panic.At this time, the shells fired by the rocket launcher on the No. 1 ship hit the middle of the enemy ship.The enemy panicked even more, and the artillery fire they fired back completely missed the target and fell in disorder on the sea. At this time, another rocket shell from our army hit the enemy ship on the other side, and the enemy ship immediately burst into flames, and no longer dared to fight, and turned around while fighting back, preparing to escape.The soldiers shouted loudly: "Come on! Catch the living!" Before our army approached, it fled with a puff of smoke.The enemy ship wounded by our army slipped away, but the other ships of the enemy fleet did not retreat, and the fierce naval battle was still going on between the wooden boat and the warship. Ships No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 of the 9th company were also responsible for escort missions. Under the command of the deputy company commander Ji Chuansheng, they outflanked an enemy ship.The few small wooden boats looked vulnerable to the enemy, and they thought that firing cannons would be able to repel this incompetent opponent.Countless shells fell around the small wooden boat, and the water column shot up into the sky, and the sea water splashed on the boat, but the boat was not afraid, and bravely approached the enemy ship. The deputy platoon leader Chi Yucai commanded the No. 6 ship, and first approached the enemy ship. Various weapons fired at the same time, and shells and bullets flew in and out of the enemy ship from time to time. The enemy ships were also concentrating their firepower on the small boat that threatened them, and several shells landed on the small boat in a row.Two soldiers died, and deputy platoon leader Chi and several soldiers were also wounded, but the small wooden boat kept charging at the enemy ship, and the shooting never stopped.Several more shells exploded on the deck of the boat, the mast was broken, the rudder was smashed, and the hull leaked in many places.The small wooden boat out of control, carrying the remains of 8 martyrs and 7 wounded, drifted away with the current... Ships No. 4 and No. 5, under the command of Deputy Company Commander Ji, continued to fight the enemy ships.The No. 5 ship commanded by the platoon leader Yan Wenwen suddenly opened fire when it was less than 60 meters away from the enemy ship, and the No. 4 ship over there also caught up to help in the battle. The enemy ship was attacked from left and right, and fought back even more frantically. The mast of the No. 5 ship was broken, the helmsman was sacrificed, the platoon leader Yan fell in a pool of blood, and the rocket launcher fell into the sea.Hu Yuankai remained uninjured in the entire ship.Meng Zhaojin, a wounded man trained as a sailor, endured the pain and said: "I'm at the helm, you keep fighting!" Unfortunately, another shell hit the bow, and the small half of the wooden boat was blown to pieces. Ship No. 5 also lost its combat effectiveness, and was pushed by the waves and disappeared into the distance... Only the No. 4 ship was left to fight alone.The commanders and fighters of the whole ship are well aware of the heavy responsibilities they shoulder. They must bite the enemy ships, cover the main fleet sailing at sea, and ensure that they land in Hainan before dawn. Even if they are smashed to pieces, they cannot take a step back. Deputy Company Commander Ji, who was injured on his arm, firmly commanded the helmsman and oarsman to move forward.The shells of the rocket launcher exploded on the enemy ship.When the distance between the enemy and us was very close, rows of grenades flew onto the deck of the enemy ship. The enemy ships were also very cunning. In order to get rid of the close combat that was very unfavorable to them, they tried to turn the bow of the ship several times to distance themselves, but the small wooden boat chased after them.Just then, another enemy ship approached.The two warships began to deal with this small wooden boat together. This small wooden boat with one mast, flickering in the crests and valleys, stood in front of the enemy and fired continuously, making the enemy ship unable to get rid of this stubborn blocker.During the fierce battle, two shells hit the bow of the ship, and sea water poured into the cabin.The hygienist used two backpacks to plug the leak, because they couldn't bear the pressure of the sea water outside the cabin, they were pushed away as soon as they were plugged. Two soldiers who were seriously injured climbed over and pressed on it, and the leak was blocked. At this time, intense gunshots and cannons came from the south bank of the strait.This shows that the main force of my reinforced regiment has begun to land.Escort mission completed.The boat no longer needed to entangle with the enemy ship, so it turned around and headed in the opposite direction. At this time, Deputy Company Commander Ji discussed with everyone whether to complete the escort mission and return to Haibei according to the pre-war regulations, or to catch up with the main force and go to Hainan to land.The crew of the whole ship shouted in unison: "Forward!" The sailor Zhang Zhihui immediately took the helm and turned the bow of the ship to the south.Going with the tide, the No. 4 ship, carrying the joy of victory, headed for the south bank at high speed.Unfortunately, he encountered enemy ships three times at sea. The small wooden boat was riddled with gunfire, the cabin was filled with sea water, and the boat was about to sink.My brave and fearless warriors Yao Fengman, Yu Fengwu, and Li Wenquan stood on the bow and shouted: "Long live the Communist Party!" "Long live Chairman Mao!" Soon they sank in the sea together with the small wooden boat. The escort heroes fulfilled their oath in this way: "As long as there is a breath, the enemy ships will never think about crossing our blocking line, and they will complete the escort mission entrusted to us by the party!" Ship No. 5 drifted away and was rescued by fishermen near a small village in our guerrilla area in the northwest of Qiongxi. Hu Yuankai was the only person alive on board; Ship No. 6 drifted on the sea for two nights and one day. The ship of the brother army Hailian was rescued; as for the sinking No. 4 ship, only the old boatman survived by relying on his own water skills.It was these witnesses who proudly told the heroic deeds of these escort heroes after the war. In addition to the above, there are 8th and 9th companies and 2 other platoons escorting at sea.Under the command of Wang Jinchang, the deputy battalion commander of the 3rd Battalion, they fought with 6 enemy ships for more than 3 hours, and they also fought extremely heroically.Before dawn, this army landed on Baishamen Island, which is only separated from Haikou City by a Haichazi less than 100 meters away. Haikou City is the headquarters of the enemy army. When they heard that our army had landed at Baishamen, which was close at hand, they were very frightened.Even their commander-in-chief Xue Yue was frightened and fled to Wenchang. After the enemy woke up, he mobilized heavy troops to deal with these two companies.First, all the ships were destroyed with naval guns, and then the forces of three regiments were concentrated under the cover of aircraft to attack them.The enemy launched more than 30 charges from the entire company to the entire battalion, all of which were stubbornly resisted by our army, and they were still unable to set foot on this small island of less than 1 square kilometer.These two companies fought bloody day and night, they ran out of bullets and suffered most casualties.Except for the deputy battalion commander Wang Jinchang who led 11 people to break through, the rest of the comrades died heroically. These two companies not only completed the escort mission, but also landed on Baishamen Island to contain the enemy's forces, creating favorable conditions for the main force of our army to land and develop in depth. Insertion depth After the main force of the reinforcement regiment landed, in an exclusive room beside the trench, Master Wang Dongbao and Political Commissar Song Mowei successfully joined forces with the troops who came to meet them.The two chiefs, Wang and Song, excitedly shook hands with Xu Fangchun, head of the 383 regiment who led the vanguard battalion across the sea, Liu Rong, deputy head of the Qiongzong No. Made a self-introduction. Zheng Dongbao, the commander of the 127th division, asked the guard Xiaoqin to bring a water bottle to invite everyone to drink water to express his gratitude to comrades in Hainan. Political Commissar Song thanked the Big Brother troops for their support, which enabled our reinforced regiment to land smoothly.Then, he pointed to the map and asked about the deployment of the next battle. On behalf of Qiongzong's response troops, Liu Rong expressed his warm welcome to the army crossing the sea. After introducing the situation in this area, he suggested that because it was too close to the main force of the enemy, the army crossing the sea had better go straight to the Lingkou base in Longtang Township, Ding'an Mountain. While the chiefs were studying the next battle plan, there was a lot of noise on the other side of the coconut grove. The reporter Yu Zhenying thought it was a landing force, and when he walked over, it turned out that it was a force from the Qiongya Column. When I heard the sound of gunfire at sea, I came here specially to meet my troops landing across the sea. Qiongzong's cadres and soldiers are almost all barefoot, wearing gray or beige Hawaiian-style clothing, and a red five-pointed star made of wood is sewn on the military cap.There are many lesbians, some with children on their backs and light machine guns, and some with burdens.When they saw the troops crossing the sea, they were very happy, and they took the initiative to shake hands with Yu Zhenying and the others.Although I couldn't understand a word of the speech, I was very excited. Some people held the hands of the soldiers and grinned. Some people looked at the guns used by my landing troops.A guerrilla soldier patted Yu Zhenying's chest, then his own, and said something, probably saying: "We are all Communists!" My landing troops took out the biscuits they had brought from the mainland and invited them to eat.A lesbian in Qiongzong happily sang a song. This song sounded familiar. It was (Song of Youth): "Our youth is like fire and red, Burning in the field of battle, Our youth is as brave as Haiyan, Fly in the stormy sky. ..." When Wang Dongbao and the others walked out of the hut, it was almost dawn.They were led by the reconnaissance platoon leader Cui Wanzi in the division. They first went to the command post of Commander Feng Jingqiao and Political Commissar Shan Seal to learn about the situation of our army's landing force. logged in.Commander Wang agreed that they would leave 2 platoons to consolidate their positions, and the main force of the regiment would cooperate with the supporting troops to attack and annihilate the enemy to Maide Village and the left mountain ridge, so as to expand the results of the battle, but don't love to fight.As soon as the battle was over, all the troops rushed to the Yunlong area of ​​Qiongshan to assemble and take a short rest to facilitate another battle. Therefore, the heads of the two regiments, Feng and Shan, ordered to send out a red and green signal flare, and the main force of the regiment fought side by side with the Pioneer Battalion and the Qiongzong 1st Regiment. They fought together and violently attacked the enemy's position, quickly annihilating the enemy's teaching regiment. The Ministry, 2 infantry companies, and 1 machine gun company captured more than 200 people below the deputy head of the enemy, and seized a batch of various guns and ammunition. At this time, the sky is bright.The political commissar of the Division and Song Dynasty sent scouts and security squad leader Luo Zongtian to convey an order to Commander Feng: In addition to leaving a company to control the bridge behind Maide Village and cover the passage of the main force, the main force of the regiment must carry forward the fighting style of continuous combat and attack the enemy deep and swiftly. go ahead. When our army passed the bridge behind Maide Village, Zhang Yi, the division commander, reported to his superiors, and then he led the guard platoon, radio station and Zedian personnel to catch up with Wang Dongbao and the others.Mr. Wang and the others took a break in the woods on a small hill and ate some dry food before continuing on. When our troops arrived at the road from Haikou to Wenchang County, they found that the enemy had occupied the hills on both sides of the road from the direction of Haikou and Lingshan before our army. To counterattack our army, force our army to be trapped on the beachhead and annihilate it.After dawn, the enemy planes hovered over the road ahead of our army, strafed at low altitudes, and bombed indiscriminately.By 3 p.m., the enemy planes were more active and the situation was tense. Commander Wang, Comrades Song, Xu, and Liu Zhu immediately studied and deployed the style of play in the small bushes of Paipo, and decided to use the 379th regiment as the main frontal attack, and the 383rd regiment's vanguard battalion to assist on the left wing.All troops must work hard to wipe out the enemy, but don't chase after the defeated enemy.Afterwards, the heads of all the troops rushed back to direct the troops to act. At 16:00, our army launched a general offensive on time, only to see dust flying, flames soaring into the sky, and gunpowder smoke filling the enemy's position.In an instant, the sound of charging horns, trumpets, and the shouts of soldiers resounded through the sky, and the sound of machine guns and rifles blared like fried beans. After a while, the 38th Regiment of the 13th Division of the enemy's temporary formation was repelled. According to the original plan, the various departments of our army left small troops to cooperate with the local people to clean up the battlefield and bury the remains of the martyrs. The large troops carried the wounded comrades. Advance day and night. On the morning of the 2nd, the command group of the 127th Division arrived at the camp in Yunlong Township, Qiongshan County.The troops have also arrived at the designated positions one after another. They are going to gather troops in this area for 3 days, check the equipment, replenish the soldiers, resettle the seriously wounded and sick, deal with the release of prisoners of war, and send off the boatmen who have worked hard to participate in the landing operations from Haibei. Mobilize and do a good job in the mass work of the station. After Mr. Wang arranged the work, he ate a few bowls of sweet potato rice at the house of the landlord and Party branch secretary Lan Yangyun, drank some boiled water, and fell asleep.At noon the next day, Secretary Lan, Section Chief Zhang, Head Feng and others came to report the situation.Finally, Master Wang asked Secretary Lan to organize some personnel familiar with the terrain and social conditions in the east of Haikou to meet the sporadic landing personnel of our army. Master Wang also dictated a draft telegram to report to the military headquarters the situation after the troops landed.In the evening, a small military-civilian party was held at the station. Fish and water love The beautiful and rich Hainan Island is an emerald inlaid in the South China Sea of ​​the motherland.Here "there is no snow for thousands of years, and flowers bloom in four seasons".Now, it is the peak season for the trees to bloom and bear fruit, and the fragrance of flowers and fruits can be smelled everywhere. What is even more rare is the closeness of the people to the PLA. As soon as our army landed, it felt like they had arrived in the old liberated areas. They took the initiative to lead the way for our army, send information, carry stretchers, hide the wounded, vacate houses, and deliver food and firewood. Every time the troops are stationed, the common people always send the troops here and there.When the troops leave, there are often twenty or thirty women carrying rice.Walking closely behind the team, the cadres persuaded them to go back, but they quit, saying, "You have to eat at the campsite, and there is no time to raise rice, so you will starve." go back. A soldier of the 2nd Battalion Machine Gun Company was wounded when he landed, and his comrades carried him on a stretcher.On the marching road, I was seen by an old lady, and immediately called four big girls, stopped the stretcher, and insisted that the soldiers let them carry the stretcher, but the soldiers disagreed, and the old lady burst into tears and made gestures. What I said, I asked the "translator" and found out that the old lady's son had joined the guerrilla army. Now she feels very uncomfortable as if seeing her son injured. More than 10 kilometers of road. The soldiers were deeply moved by the situation between the soldiers and the people. The wounded soldier wept and said on the stretcher: "For the people of Hainan, I am willing to die." After the troops camped in Meiliang, it was already dark. A wife from the landlord volunteered to help our army light the lamps and cook. Yu Zhenying, a reporter accompanying the army, stared blankly at this yellow thing that was as big as a bucket and covered with small bumps, not knowing how to eat it.The sister-in-law giggled, cut it open with a knife, took out a bunch of sticky things like eggs, and cooked it in a pot. This is the first time everyone has eaten jackfruit in their lives.Chen De'ai, the director of the political department, and his guards came here just as the troops were eating, and they also ate a few mouthfuls of jackfruit.This food is extremely sweet, so sweet that some people say they can't get used to it, but Yu Zhenying thinks it's quite pleasant.According to my sister-in-law, when the jackfruit is fully ripe, there is no need to cook it, and it is more delicious to eat raw.Everyone thanked the landlord's sister-in-law for letting them taste this unique southern delicacy. At this time, the 3rd Corps of Qiongya Column, who went to the beach to meet our army, sent people to send many letters of sympathy.The letter sent to the 7th Company's messenger squad read: "Dear big brother, you have liberated the mainland, and now you have crossed the sea to come to Qiong. We really admire you for turning over for the people of Hainan!" The letter sent to the cooking class said: "Today we meet with brothers and sisters, and we are very happy to see the majesty of our eldest brother!" The letter sent to the Political Office read: "You fought from the Northeast to South China, and bravely crossed the sea to Qiong, and buried the remnants of the enemy with your little brother. You have worked so hard. You are infinitely loyal to the party and the people. We should learn from it! " In the evening, Master Wang and Political Commissar Song slept on their respective bamboo beds and talked about the situation of the battle across the sea. They not only talked about the heroic tenacity of our landing troops; The "Boling Line of Defense" in China has been repeatedly broken through by our army, and we will definitely not be reconciled. Master Wang predicted: "Xue Yue will definitely not be able to sleep, and will definitely dispatch troops to fight our army in the future before our army reaches the base area, in an attempt to destroy our army." Song Political Commissar said in a very confident tone: "Of course the enemy would think so, but that's just their wishful thinking. As long as our army can win a few battles, the enemy's plan will be shattered." As expected, when he was half asleep, someone came in and gently woke Wang Dongbao: "Chief, there is a situation report." Wang Dongbao sat up with a grunt, and he saw that it was Liu Ruiyou, the deputy section chief.Wang Dongbao asked if he was still asleep?He said that as soon as he took a nap, the brother troops and the local party sent information: Li Yutang, the commander of the enemy's 32nd Army, personally supervised the battle, and with the strength of four main regiments, he sent troops from the direction of Penglai and Dapo, the direction of Lingshan in Haikou, and the direction of Sanjiang and Dapo. They came to Yunlong Township in several ways. The division commander and the political commissar looked at their watches. It was almost 3 o'clock, and it was too late to transfer the troops.He asked Chief Liu to write a report on the enemy's situation, asking all troops to strengthen their vigilance and be ready to fight at any time.Please ask Qiongzong and the local party branch to send people to continue to investigate the situation, and tell the telephone operator to ensure that the phone above the battalion is unblocked, and the troops should be dispersed and concealed, and pay attention to air defense camouflage. At dawn, Master Wang and Political Commissar Song went to the small high ground to observe the situation after eating. Two enemy planes were constantly circling for reconnaissance.Throughout the day, the independent regiment, which is good at fighting sparrow warfare, was divided into several units, using cold guns to disrupt and attack the enemy on the way forward, covering the main force and preparing to jump out of the encirclement at dusk, looking for opportunities to attack the enemy. It was getting dark, and according to the suggestion of Comrade Liu Rong, the deputy commander, the independent regiment stayed in place to disperse and confuse the enemy. The Baishixi and Zhongrui areas at the junction of the two counties were moved to throw off the enemy. The troops marched all night. At dawn, before some troops put down their backpacks, they found that the enemy was approaching our army step by step in three groups with the cooperation of enemy planes strafing and bombing in turn. The army surrounded and wiped out the Zhongrui area. It was 9:00 am on the 4th.Division commander Wang Dongbao and political commissar Song Bowei repeatedly studied how to get rid of the enemy's pursuit and interception.According to the reports of Comrades Liu Rong and Xu Fangchun, the outpost of the troops has already started contact with the enemy.According to the head of the 1st regiment of the enemy's teaching team that we captured, the pursuit of the enemy is the 255th Division, the main force of the enemy's 32nd Army. In this case, the only way to hide but not to fight is to be beaten passively.The engineer and the political commissar of the Song Dynasty agreed that: we should resolutely wipe out the enemy all the way.Therefore, they decided: the vanguard battalion will resolutely defend the occupied positions on the front, concentrate the main force of the 4 battalions, use undulating land and small jungles to advance covertly, and launch a sudden attack on the enemy after receiving the enemy, and wipe out part of the enemy with all their strength. After making up his mind, Master Wang asked Section Chief Zhang and Huang Yixin to take the scouts to invite Deputy Commander Liu Rong and Commander Xu Fangchun of the 383rd Regiment to come to the division command group to study the issue of coordinated operations.Master Wang and Political Commissar Song are very clear about the fighting style of the Pioneer Battalion. For the 3rd and 1st Regiment, judging from the cooperation in the past few days, the 1st Regiment is also brave and good at fighting. At this time, the Song political commissar conveyed the division's determination and requirements to the organization section chief face to face: "It is necessary to prepare for the work of taking in the seriously wounded, captives, and cleaning the battlefield. This is a critical battle and must be won." Then, the political commissar of Song ordered the command group to head down to help organize mobilization for the battle. At this time, Master Wang Dongbao saw Comrades Liu and Xu running from a distance, so he greeted them and shook hands cordially, and asked them to sit down in the grove.After drinking a few sips of water, Liu Rong, the deputy chief, said: "The 1st regiment of our army is facing the front. The enemy may have more than 1 regiment of troops and strong firepower. They have repeatedly charged at me several times, and I have beaten them down." Commander Wang Dongbao said: "You fought very well and were very tenacious; it seems that the enemy has 1-2 divisions and will continue to attack fiercely. Can you hold your position?" Liu replied with full confidence: "I am sure to hold the position." Commander Wang said: "Okay! After spotting the enemy, send small troops to attack from the side and rear, and cooperate with the frontal defense troops to hold on. I want to send you a company as a reserve team?" Liu Rong took the overall situation into consideration and said: "Don't disperse your forces. I still have local armed forces to cooperate, and I promise to complete the task!" After hearing this, Master Wang said firmly: "Well, let us work together to destroy the enemy!" Mr. Wang looked at his watch, it was past 12 o'clock.So, let everyone set their watches with him until 12:15, and a general counterattack was launched at 17:00. The command group of the time division fired 5 red signal flares in a row, and each regiment fired 3 red signal flares at the same time.Liu and Xu said at the same time: "We are fully able to count 1 against 10, and annihilating fire has become the face-to-face enemy of a frightened bird." After the commanders returned, they immediately held a mobilization meeting for front-line cadres. The main force of the 379 regiment is the first echelon, and the 1st battalion of the 381 regiment and the guard platoon are the reserve team.The artillery entered the position and made all preparations for firing.The commanders and fighters of each company are all gearing up, preparing for a charge and a general counterattack. At this time, the fighting in the 1st regiment's position was extremely fierce.Under the cover of planes and cannons, the enemy charged continuously at the Longhupo position held by the 1st Regiment in a dense formation of companies and battalions, but they were all resisted and defeated by the warriors of our 1st Regiment! " 379团在冯、单带领下，向正面之敌迂回，到达了冲击出发地。 下午5时，通信科长发出了5发红色信号弹。顷刻，379团的迫击炮、六○炮及各种重火器向敌阵地轰击，顿时，全线打得昏天黑地。经1个多小时激战，歼灭敌人1个主力团。 王师长随即命令各部除留1个连打扫战场外，主力赶紧随师指挥组向定安山区的龙塘、岭口根据地连夜兼程行进，与迎接我登陆部队的琼纵3总队的同志会师。 在向根据地龙塘、岭口挺进中，7日夜间部队经黄竹、大路公路时又与被我军击溃的敌残部遭遇。刚一接触敌即缩回据点。部队经几夜的强行军，于8日拂晓进至龙塘、岭口地区与琼纵3总队胜利会师。预定在此休整3天，待命接应军主力登陆作战。