Chapter 5 Chapter 04 People's Armed Struggle in Guangdong

In October 1947, the struggle between the Kuomintang, the Communist Party, and the two armies entered a critical moment. The Chinese People's Liberation Army began to switch to a local counter-offensive, and the Jiang family dynasty was in decline.At this time, the war was mainly conducted in the north of the Yangtze River, but in order to manage the Jiangnan rear well, Chiang Kai-shek sent his brother-in-law Song Ziwen to replace Luo Zhuoying and Zhang Fakui as the chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Government and the director of Guangzhou Xingyuan, in an attempt to use Guangdong as a rear base to support his counter-revolutionary war .At that time, the Kuomintang troops stationed in Guangdong were successively transferred to the north to fight the civil war. The only remaining troops were the 96th Division, 10 security regiments and some miscellaneous troops.After Song Ziwen arrived in Guangdong, he immediately started to replenish the 151st, 152nd, and 154th divisions that had retreated from the Northeast battlefield, and formed 5 security regiments.After making the above-mentioned preparations for the expansion of the armed forces, Song Ziwen thought that his feathers were getting richer, so in January 1948, he published the "New Appeasement Strategy" and decided to launch a large-scale "clearance and suppression" of the Guangdong People's Armed Forces.

In February 1948, the Hong Kong branch of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a meeting of leading cadres from various regions in Guangdong in Hong Kong to discuss the policy, tasks and deployment of crushing the enemy's attack in 1948.After the meeting, the Hong Kong Branch Bureau issued the "Instruction Letter to Smash Jiang Song's Offensive Plan and Welcome the Southern Expedition Army", aiming at Song Ziwen's first phase of "appeasement" plan of "sweeping in different areas and focusing on attack", and proposed to "develop universally and let go boldly". " and "Establish the main force in the region and develop into a new area" to crush Song Ziwen's offensive; at the same time, he put forward the request for land reform.Comrades Lan Zao and Wang Luming participated in the meeting of the Hong Kong Branch Bureau and returned to the Jiangnan (South Bank of the Dongjiang River) area. They held a cadre meeting in Huiyang Pingshan (now Bao'an County) to convey the spirit of the Branch Bureau meeting, summarize the work in 1947, and discuss the tasks and tasks in 1948. Smash the work deployment of the enemy's attack.According to the decision of the sub-bureau, the meeting established the Jiangnan Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China to lead the work in the Jiangnan area.The Jiangnan Prefectural Committee is composed of Wang Luming, Lan Zao, Qi Feng, Liu Xuan, Huang Hua, Liu Zhiyuan, Lan Xuncai, etc. Wang Luming is the secretary and Lan Zao is the deputy secretary.The meeting decided to reorganize the Jiangnan troops.After our army resumed the armed struggle in Guangdong in the winter of 1946, we established Huidongzhai people's guards in the Hui (Yang) Dong (Guan) Bao (An) area, Hui (Yang) Zi (Jin) side area and Hailu Fengdi respectively. Xiangtuan, Huizi People's Self-Defense 1st and 2nd Battalion and Hailufeng People's Guard Corps.Wang Luming, Lan Zao and others followed the instructions of the sub-bureau and unified the above-mentioned troops into the Jiangnan Detachment of the Guangdong People's Liberation Army.Lan Zao was the commander of the detachment, Wang Luming was the political commissar, Zeng Jian was the chief of staff, and Liu Xuan was the director of the Political Department.There are 5 regiments under the detachment: the 1st Brigade of the former Huidongbao People's Rural Protection Regiment was expanded into the 1st Regiment. This regiment governs 3 infantry companies and 1 machine gun company with a total of 650 people. It is the main force of the detachment and is responsible for mobile operations. Mission: the former No. 2 Brigade of the Rural Protection Regiment was expanded into the No. 2 Regiment, which was active in Huiyang area; the third Brigade of the original Rural Protection Regiment was expanded into the third Regiment, and was active in Dongguan and Bao'an areas; the former No. 1 and No. 2 Brigades of Huizi People's Self-Defense Co-organized into the 4th regiment, active in Huidong and Zijin areas; the former Hailufeng People's Self-Defense Corps was compiled into the 5th regiment, active in Haifeng and Lufeng areas; each regiment has 2 to 3 brigades or 2 to 3 groups according to the situation The main party.In addition, an independent 4th Brigade was established to operate in the areas on both sides of the Ping (Shan) Duo (Zhu) Highway, covering the transportation line from Huizi area to Huidongbao area.

By June 1948, our army had grown to more than 7,200 people, and the main force of the detachment had been established. The local regiments had also established the main force of 2 to 3 companies, and the combat effectiveness had been further improved. Clearing up" created favorable conditions. In June, after Song Ziwen's first phase of "clearance and suppression" focused on northern Guangdong, Nanlu, Xingmei and other areas was shattered, he planned to carry out the second phase of "clearance and suppression" against Jiangnan.The 154th Division of the Enemy was assembled in the Dongguan and Bao'an sections of the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway, and the Dapeng Bay Shayuyong and Xiaomeisha areas. The Tax Police Corps was stationed in the Dongguan area. In Huizhou, Pingshan, Danshui area.The second phase of the enemy's "clearance and suppression" plan still adopts the policy of "sweeping in different areas and focusing on attacking". The Pingshan area of ​​Dongzhai's coastal base.

In order to smash the enemy's "clearance and suppression", the Jiangnan Prefectural Committee and the Jiangnan Detachment, under the direct leadership of Yin Linping, the deputy secretary of the Hong Kong branch, stepped up the preparations for crushing the enemy's "clearance and suppression".An in-depth political mobilization of the troops against "clearance and suppression" was carried out, ammunition and supplies were supplemented, the policy and deployment of the anti-"clearance and suppression" operations were studied, and the main force of the detachment was concentrated in Pingshan.

At the beginning of July, more than 3,000 people from the 8th and 13th Regiment of the enemy-Israeli Baotou launched a "sweep" against our troops in Danshui, Zhenlong, Pingshan, and Baihua's peripheral areas; Troops in the area launched a "sweep".The enemy tried to compress our troops in the Pingshan area from the east, west, and north. Then, with the 154th Division as the main force, it cooperated with other troops to adopt the tactics of splitting up and attacking together, and gathered and annihilated our Jiangnan detachment in the Pingshan area. Just as the enemy was "mopping up" the periphery of our Pingshan area, our Jiangnan detachment followed the predetermined combat policy and deployment, took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, and preemptively concentrated its forces to annihilate the enemy in Shayuyong.The enemy stationed in Shayong Bay the headquarters of the 1st Battalion of the 12th Regiment of the 154th Division with 1 infantry company, 1 machine gun platoon, as well as customs armed forces and tax police forces, a total of more than 300 people.The enemy battalion headquarters did not defend the customs at the southern end of the key foot in the two-story building at the northern end of Shayu Bay. The 1st Battalion also had 2 infantry companies and 1 machine gun company (less than 1 platoon) stationed at the creek on the northern bank of Mipeng Bay. Chung, Xiaomeisha, and Yantian line, and the enemy of Shayuyong cooperated with each other, forming an encirclement of Fuwopingshan area in the south.

On July 15, Lan Zao and Wang Luming gathered the main forces of the 1st and 2nd regiments and a main company of the 3rd regiment with a total of more than 1,000 people, and set off from Pingshan to attack Shabaochong after dusk.The 1st Regiment is attached to the 2nd and 3rd Regiments with 1 main company each to attack; the 2nd Regiment strings 2 companies in the area west of Tuyang Village to block the enemy who may come to aid from the direction of the mountain stream; use 1 machine gun to line up in sandbags Occupy positions on the high ground on the west side, cover the attacking troops with firepower, and prevent the enemy from crossing the river and fleeing in the direction of Tuyang. At dawn on the 16th, our troops arrived at Shayuyong and entered the planned deployment position, and immediately launched a pincer assault on the enemy.The main attacking detachment carried out an assault on the enemy's battalion headquarters, and the entire force entered the bunker at the enemy's defensive intersection from the side and back.After capturing the bunker, fight house by house along the street to annihilate the enemies on the street.However, the enemy in the battalion was stubbornly resisting, and our army's attack was blocked.After the assist unit launched an attack, it was blocked in front of the enemy's defensive position, and the company commander who led the assault team died unfortunately.Our troops immediately organized intensive firepower to suppress the enemy, launched an attack on the enemy again, and seized the machine gun position on the high ground northeast of the customs.Afterwards, a company advanced northward along the ridge east of Shayingyong, and with the assistance of a company of the assisting unit, captured the enemy camp and wiped out the enemies defending the camp.Then the troops advanced to the south, and cooperated with the assisting unit to capture the customs and annihilate the enemies guarding the customs.So far, after more than 3 hours of fierce fighting, our troops finally captured Shayuyong, wiped out 327 defending enemies, captured 2 82 pursuit guns, 3 60 pursuit guns, 2 heavy machine guns, and 7 light machine guns , more than 180 rifles and pistols, 70,000 bullets, 1 radio station, and a batch of military supplies.

After the battle, the enemies of Xichong, Daxiaomeisha and Yantian stationed on the north bank of Dapeng Bay all withdrew. and confidence, laid a solid foundation for the victory in smashing the enemy's "clearance and suppression". In the Battle of Shayuyong, although the enemy suffered a blow, they did not give up their attempt to attack our Jiangnan detachment. On July 22, 1948, Lan Zao, the commander of the detachment, received information: the 23rd Regiment of the 154th Division, the Tax Police Regiment, and the Baori Regiment respectively entered Henggang, Yantian, Yuechang, Danshui and other places, and planned to encircle us on the 23rd. At this time, the army entered the Pingshan area, and our Jiangnan detachment was stationed in Yangjintangling Village, Pingshan.Lan Zao and others immediately analyzed the enemy's situation, discussed the combat plan, and decided to set up an ambush in the area under Shanzi to ambush the invading enemy from the Henggang direction.There are two roads leading to Pingshan at the foot of the mountain, one is the main road through Tongluojing, and the other is a small road from the foot of the mountain to Sanzhoutian.It is estimated that the possibility of the enemy attacking Pingshan via Tongluo is more likely, but the possibility of the enemy crossing the mountain and coming from the road cannot be ruled out.Therefore, our army's ambush deployment must take into account both aspects.In view of this, the officers of Lanzao Keling decided to choose a place where the distance between two roads is less than 2 kilometers to set up an ambush.If the enemy comes from the main road, use 1 regiment as the top to ambush the enemy, 2 regiments attack from the side and rear, cooperate with 1 regiment to wipe out the enemy; The 2nd regiment wiped out the enemy to ensure that everything is safe. On the night of the 22nd, it was so dark that we couldn't see our fingers. Our troops successfully entered the ambush area. On the 23rd, there was heavy wind and rain, and our troops hid in the ambush area, waiting for the arrival of the enemy. At 8:40, more than 600 people from the 2nd Battalion of the 23rd Regiment of the 154th Division of the enemy and the Baoan County Security Brigade did not take the Tongluojing road, but climbed the mountain to search and advance by the small road under Shanzi.When the enemy entered our ambush area, the 2nd regiment of our army commanded and fired at the enemy.Rifles, machine guns, and chasing guns concentrated their firepower on the enemy, making the enemy into a mess.At this time, our 1st and 3rd regiments quickly plunged straight down the mountain from the gong, and attacked the enemy from the side and rear.The enemy tried to seize the high ground to resist, but under the attack of our 2nd and 1st and 3rd regiments, they quickly collapsed.The battle lasted only 40 minutes, and the invading enemy was wiped out neatly.

In this battle, 135 enemy battalion commanders and below were killed and wounded, 180 were captured, and more than 200 enemy soldiers collapsed, leaving more than 80 people who fled back to Shenzhen.In this service, our army seized one 82 mortar, two 60 mortars, 14 light and heavy machine guns, more than 200 rifles and pistols, tens of thousands of bullets, and one radio station. After the enemy from Henggang was annihilated by our army, the other three invading enemies did not dare to enter Pingshan for fear of being annihilated, and retreated to Shayuyong, Danshui, Xinxu and other places respectively.

Although the enemy was hit twice by our troops, they still did not give up. On July 25, 1948, the first part of the enemy's 154th Division, Humen Garrison Corps, Tax Police Regiment, Bao 8 Regiment, and Bao 13 Regiment entered Pingshan in fractions.At this time, our Jiangnan detachment was stationed in Mabantou Village, 10 kilometers southwest of Pingshan, preparing to ambush the invading enemy.Because the enemy suffered two blows from our army and the torrential rain for days, they did not dare to advance rashly. At the end of July, when the main force of our Jiangnan detachment moved eastward to Tianxin Village, it was found that the enemy had gathered in Danshui in an attempt to block our eastward movement.Therefore, our army turned back to the west, and planned to detour around Yuechang and Xinxu to move east. On the night of August 2, our Jiangnan detachment entered the two villages of Louxia and Shiqiao in the northwest of Longgang. On the morning of the 3rd, more than 2,000 people including the 8th Enemy Security Regiment and the Humen Garrison Corps attacked our army.The 1st Regiment of our Jiangnan Detachment occupied the small highlands near the two villages of downstairs and Shiqiao to stop the invading enemy, and the 2nd Regiment quickly seized the Honghualing Highland.After the enemy's attack on the two villages of Louxia and Shiqiao was blocked, they concentrated their forces to seize Honghualing in an attempt to control the highest point in the area, and then attacked our troops in the villages of Louxia and Shiqiao.However, our 2nd regiment had occupied Honghualing first, so the two sides launched a fierce battle for Honghualing.The 2nd regiment of our army guarded Honghualing, fought bravely and tenaciously, repelling 13 consecutive enemy attacks.In the afternoon of the same day, the 3rd regiment of our army quickly rushed to reinforce from Qingxi and Niuhu.Under the coordinated operations of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd regiments of our army, the enemy's attack was repelled, killing and injuring more than 300 enemies.

After dusk, the enemies who were afraid of night battles withdrew. Our Jiangnan detachment agency led the 1st regiment to the direction of Yuechang, and the 2nd and 3rd regiments moved to Qingxi and Niuhu. In the battle of Honghualing, our troops fought the enemy for a whole day. Under the cover of fierce firepower, the enemy attacked Honghualing time and time again. Our troops drove the enemy from the mountainside and from the top of the mountain time and time again. down.The red flag on the top of Honghua Ridge is always flying in the air.After the battle, a folk song composed and sung by them spread among the masses, praising the victory of the battle.The lyrics are:

The fire on Honghua Ridge is red, thousands of enemies come to show off, On August 3, there was a big sweep, and the cannons and machine guns were rumbling. The fire on Honghua Ridge is red, the comrades of the 2nd regiment are really brave, Defeated the enemy and charged 13 times, and the red flag was firmly planted on the top of the mountain. The fire on Honghua Ridge is red, and the people's soldiers have made great achievements. The ability to win more with less is greater than that of Monkey King. After the battle of Honghualing, the enemy's key offensive in the Huidongbao area has basically been crushed by our army. In order to expand the results of the battle, our Jiangnan detachment mobilized to attack the enemy in the Pingshan area. , to the outside camera to wipe out the enemy. The main force of the 2nd regiment was still fighting in the Pingshan area, and the 3rd regiment returned to the Dongguan and Baoan areas to contain the enemy with positive actions and cooperate with the main force to fight. On August 14, the independent squadrons of the 1st Regiment and 2nd Regiment of our army ambushed an enemy car convoy in the middle section of Ren (Shan) Ping (Shan) Highway, wiped out more than 50 people from the 8th Regiment, and seized 4 light machine guns and more than 40 rifles On August 19, with the cooperation of the 4th regiment, they attacked the enemy in Duozhu Town, Huidong, wiped out more than 80 enemy security forces, and seized 2 light machine guns, rifles and pistols. More than 70 sticks.After that, the enemy was very shocked and hurriedly dispatched troops from Pingshan to strengthen the defense of Pingshan, Duozhu, Baihua and other places.The main force of our army moved eastward, achieving the purpose of dispersing and mobilizing the enemy.In the future, our troops will stay in Huizibian area and Haifeng area to prepare for a new attack.During this period, our 2nd and 3rd regiments took advantage of the enemy's gaps and actively attacked on the outside. On September 7th, the 2nd and 3rd regiments jointly fought, adopted the tactics of besieging points to fight for aid, besieged Zhenlong in the south of Huizhou, ambushed the enemy who came to aid at Puzaiwei, wiped out more than 50 people from the 8th regiment, and seized 2 light machine guns and 40 rifles. In mid-September, our 3rd Regiment's Bao'an Brigade attacked Longhua in the northwest of Shenzhen at night, captured more than 40 people from the enemy's joint defense team, and captured 1 light machine gun and more than 40 rifles; on the 19th, our 3rd Regiment attacked the west side of the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway at night In Meitang, more than 90 people from a squadron of the 4th Security Brigade of Dongguan County were wiped out, and 3 light machine guns and more than 70 rifles and pistols were seized.These few battles have played a role in coordinating with the main force to fight and threatening the enemy's rear. Due to the active attack of our army, in late September, the enemy had to withdraw its troops in the Pingshan area to Shenzhen, Dongguan, Huizhou, Danshui and other places.So far, our Jiangnan detachment has successfully smashed the enemy's "suppression" campaign. After the "suppression" campaign failed, the enemy's planned "station and suppression" and "search and suppression" could not be realized, and the entire second phase of the "clearance and suppression" plan was declared bankrupt. In the process of smashing the enemy's second phase of "clearing and suppressing" operations, our Jiangnan detachment wiped out more than 1,500 enemies, captured 82 mortars, 8 60 mortars, 33 light and heavy machine guns, more than 700 rifles, pistols, and bullets. More than 200,000 rounds, 2 radio stations, and other military supplies. While the struggle was going on on the south bank of the Dongjiang River, the struggle in the Jiulian area on the north bank was also flourishing. The Jiulian area includes 13 counties in the Guangdong-Jiangxi border area, namely Lianping, Heping, Heyuan, Zijin, Wuhua, Longchuan, Xinfeng, Xingning and a part of the west of Jiequ in Guangdong, and Longnan, Dingnan and Shannan in Jiangxi and Xun Wu.The total area is about 30,000 square kilometers and the population is about 3 million.It guards the upper reaches of the East and Han Rivers, and is a transportation hub from eastern Guangdong to northern Guangdong, southern Jiangxi and western Fujian. In the spring of 1947, the Jiulian District Working Committee of the Communist Party of China was established to lead the armed struggle in the area.In the winter of that year, the regional armed forces grew to more than 3,700 people. At the beginning of 1948, according to the demands of the masses, the Jiulian District Working Committee first carried out rent and debt cancellation and land reform in mountainous villages with better foundations. Actively joined the army, and by the end of March 1948, the number of armed forces in the region had grown to more than 5,700. In the autumn of 1948, the War of Liberation turned into a comprehensive counteroffensive, and the national situation developed rapidly.Successive reports of people's armed struggles in various parts of South China have been reported frequently.The Party Committee of the Guangdong-Jiangxi-Hunan Border Region set up the Jiangbei Headquarters in Jiulian District, under the responsibility of three comrades Liang Weilin, Huang Songjian, and Yan Shangmin. On August 7, the Guangdong-Jiangxi border detachment was formally established in the Jiulian area, with commander Zhong Junxian, political commissar Wei Nanjin, deputy commander Zheng Qun, chief of staff Zeng Zhiyun, and director of the political department Huang Zhongqiang.Under the jurisdiction of 3, 4, 6, 7 regiments and 2 directly under the brigade.From November 1948 to January 1949, it won five consecutive victories and five victories. Battle of the White Horse.Dongjiang is the waterway traffic line leading to Chao and Mei.In order to maintain the safety of this line of communication, our troops fought against bandits and protected merchants; they set up tax stations (collecting a small tax) to raise military supplies, which won the support and support of merchants and the masses.In order to ensure the smooth flow of this main supply line and carry out smuggling and trafficking, the enemy often escorted them with armed escorts and attacked our tax station in Dongjiang.This created conditions for our army to concentrate its superior forces to wait for an opportunity to wipe out the enemy. In mid-November 1948, the enemy escort brigade escorted 13 smuggling ships upstream from the source of the river.After learning the information, the detachment decided to ambush and wipe out the enemy near Huangtian and Baima. At about 1:00 p.m. on the 15th, the enemy entered the ambush circle of our army. With an order, the ambush troops on both sides of the strait pressed against the center of the river with powerful firepower. After 2 hours of fierce fighting, the enemy escort brigade was defeated, 35 people were killed, more than 30 people were captured, and machine guns were seized. 2 guns, more than 30 long and short guns, 2 grenades, more than 2,000 rounds of bullets, and a large number of other military supplies and smuggled supplies.The first battle was successful, and the morale of our army was very high. World War II Great Lakes.Dahu is located between Heping County and Zhongxin Town, Lianping County. It is the liaison hub between the two counties. The enemy stationed in Dahu is Bao 1 Regiment and a reinforced company with more than 160 people. This stronghold is an important place for the enemy to separate our Hexi, company and two divisions The military stronghold poses a great threat to our army. The enemies here are arrogant and arrogant. Our army decided to adopt the method of lure and ambush to encircle and mobilize them.Before the war, our army continuously sent Guilin teams to collect taxes near the enemy's camp in Dahu to lure the enemy out.At the same time, the 3 regiments secretly marched towards the Great Lakes and ambushed in Shizinao Mountain. The 3 companies were in charge of frontal blocking, and the Jiujiang and Yunnan teams were in charge of side attacks. At around 8 a.m. on November 20, the "pseudo-guarantor" sent by the enemy to our army reported that the Red Army was collecting taxes on nearby roads.When the arrogant enemy army heard this, they immediately dispatched the whole team to pursue them.The Guilin team fought and retreated, step by step as planned to lure the enemy into our army's ambush position.At around 11 a.m., the enemy was blocked by our army head-on, but they still didn't know what to do, and rushed towards our army frantically.The enemy charged repeatedly, but was repelled by our army.At about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, after the left and right wings of our army returned to the enemy's side in a detour, they formed a siege situation against the enemy.The enemy was beaten in the stomach and back, and the morale of the army was in turmoil.Our army's frontal blocking team launched a counter charge, and the enemy's position was disrupted by our army. In the end, the enemy was forced to hide in the deep ditch on the slope of Shizinao. Except for a few remnants who fled, all the others were wiped out. In this battle, more than 70 enemies were killed, 35 were captured, and 5 machine guns, more than 50 long and short guns, 4 grenades, thousands of bullets and a batch of other military supplies were seized. Three battles in Hetang.Hetang is located between Lankou and Huangtian in Heyuan, to the west of Dongjiang River.After the enemy was ambushed by our army in Baima, their smuggling fleet was afraid of being attacked again, so they sent heavy troops to escort them.One day, a reinforced company of the 5th Baobao Regiment and a platoon of the Xingning Anti-smuggling Team sailed from Heyuan to Laolong.The leader of the detachment decisively decided to ambush again on the riverside, and according to the enemy's past action patterns, avoided its flank search, deployed troops according to the situation of front block, rear interception, and flank attack, cleverly camouflaged, and waited for cover. On the morning of November 29, the enemy troops divided into two groups, advancing cautiously along both sides of the river, with the main force on both sides of the river.When the enemy entered our ambush circle, the Guilin team first started from the front and severely beat the enemy in front; the Pearl River team, Jiujiang team, and Yunnan team fought hard to encircle and kill the enemy with powerful firepower. The enemy on the east bank saw the situation and immediately bombarded them with artillery, trying to rescue the besieged enemies on the west bank.Our army quickly approached the enemy and blocked the intersection where the enemy fled downstream.The enemy failed to break through the encirclement many times, and I pressed them tightly on the bank of the Dongjiang River. After more than an hour of fierce fighting, one company of the enemy army was wiped out, 35 enemies were killed, 14 enemies were captured, and the rest drowned in the river.In this battle, our army seized 1 mortar, 2 machine guns, 21 rifles, 6 boxes of shells, and more than 3,000 rounds of bullets. The Guilin team of the 3rd regiment won the honorable title of "Steel Company". Four battles in Daping.When our army wiped out the escorting enemy twice in Baima and Hetang in the upper reaches of the Dongjiang River, although the combat location was only more than 10 kilometers away from the Lankou garrison of the 13th Baobao Regiment, the 13th Baobao Regiment did not save them, which caused mutual accusations and contradictions among the enemy troops. aggravated.In order to avoid suspicion, the Bao 13th Regiment suddenly crossed the Dongjiang River with a battalion and a company, entered Zengtian and Liucheng, and attempted to attack the leadership of our detachment in Shangguan.Our detachment decided to ambush possible invading enemies in the Luohu Daping Mountain. Before dawn on November 24, 1948, the enemy, who had never dared to move at night, took the risk of marching at night. First, I seized the commanding heights of Daping Mountain.Before our army reached the designated ambush site, the vanguard encountered the enemy and started a fierce battle. The enemy was condescending and pressed against our army with its powerful firepower, and our army was passive.Our front-line commander urgently ordered the 3 front-attacking regiments to cover alternately, take the initiative to retreat, occupy favorable terrain, change from passive to active, and the 1 company in the rear will fight and retreat, step by step to lure the enemy to chase after them; at the same time, order the 6th regiment to secretly move to the left and right wings sports.The stupid enemy rushed towards our army frantically.When the 3rd Regiment retreated about 4 kilometers and found favorable terrain, the troops on the two wings formed an encirclement situation against the deep enemy, and immediately launched a violent counterattack and pincer attack.After 2 hours of fierce fighting, 1 enemy company was defeated, 31 enemies were killed, 16 enemies were captured, 2 machine guns, and 27 long and short guns were captured.The enemy was afraid of being wiped out, and hurriedly withdrew from Masuda that night. Wuzhan Darenshan. Shortly after New Year's Day in 1949, the 13th Enemy Protection Regiment, one battalion and one reinforced company, with a total of more than 700 people, escorted 3 ships of military supplies from Shanglaolong, Heyuan.The detachment headquarters immediately decided to concentrate the 3rd regiment, 4th regiment, 7th regiment and 10 companies each of the Jiangfang People's Corps to intercept the enemy near Daren Mountain between Xiantang and Yihe in Hexi. On January 9, the troops braved the cold wind and drizzle to move long distances from Shangwan to the predetermined location and set up an ambush, but they waited for two days and still did not see the enemy. At about 10 o'clock in the morning on the 11th, the enemy came. The commander immediately ordered to stop the retreat, and the troops quickly returned to occupy the high ground, blocking the enemy's retreat; the four main companies of the 3 regiments were responsible for frontal blocking, and the remaining companies were for flanking.After the battle started, the left and right wings of our army cooperated to block the attack, stormed the enemy's side, and cut the enemy into three sections.After fierce fighting, the enemy's right wing was first wiped out by our army, and 2 enemy machine guns were captured.Seeing that the situation was not good, the enemy quickly seized the main peak of Daren Mountain and the highlands on both wings, and resisted stubbornly with favorable terrain and superior firepower.Our army organized a storm to attack the main peak several times, but all failed, and the two sides fought until dark. At about 19 o'clock, our army's assault troops approached the enemy's position in the dark, and the follow-up troops followed closely.After 4 attacks, the enemy was forced to shrink its two wings and stick to the main peak of Daren Mountain.Our army took the opportunity to rush forward, threw grenades, and then fought with bayonets. After fierce fighting, all the enemies at the top of the mountain were wiped out.The rest of the enemy fled in the direction of Xiatun and Hexi.Our army wiped out 2 enemy companies, killed more than 90 enemies, and captured 85 enemies. There are 2 heavy machine guns, 8 light machine guns, 155 rifles, 52 shells, more than 10,000 bullets, and a large number of other materials. In just over two months from November 1948 to January 1949, our Guangdong-Jiangxi border detachment achieved the above-mentioned major victories in five battles and five victories, which reversed the passive situation of our army and greatly improved the quality of the troops. and combat effectiveness, enhanced the command ability of commanders at all levels, increased the confidence to fight annihilation war, and improved the equipment of the troops, which laid the foundation for the complete opening of the Jiulian area. After the People's Liberation Corps of the Guangdong-Jiangxi-Hunan Border Region moved from the mountains to the plains, 20 of the 22 Kuomintang district township offices in Nanxiong County were wiped out, leaving only Xintianxu and Baishun. The vast plains are basically controlled by our army.At this time, the leading organs and main forces of our army were ready to concentrate their forces to take down the fortress of Xintian.The corps decided that Ye Chang's troops would start from the ancient city and attack from the southwest; Dai Yao's troops would start from Datang Xiaopo and attack from the northeast; Comrade Chen Ziyang would lead a squadron to guard the road, guard the direction of Nanxiong City, and ambush reinforcements.Although the enemy's company stationed in Wujing is only 5 kilometers away, it is estimated that they dare not come out, but our army has also made arrangements to strengthen vigilance.After the deployment is complete, prepare separately.Team leaders Zhang Hua, Jian Hua and Huang Ye personally commanded this battle. At 12 o'clock midnight on September 25, 1948, according to the original plan, the troops led by Comrade Ye Chang first rushed from the bridge to Xintianyu and surrounded the enemy's garrison, but there was no movement. After asking fellow villagers, Only then did I know that the enemy had hidden in the village on the four sides.After a brief discussion, Huang Ye and others quickly made up their minds: "Surround Xintian Village immediately, all troops will closely monitor the enemy, and never let the enemy break through and escape." For the convenience of command, the headquarters was also moved to It is on a small red soil hill slightly to the south between the fair and the village.At 5 o'clock in the morning, our army troops and militiamen moved around the village. "Bah! Bah! Bah!" Suddenly several gunshots rang out, and the enemy started shooting at our troops from the gun tower.Our troops immediately fought back.Then, the enemy's machine guns also roared.A fierce battle broke out, and by this time it was broad daylight.According to the general law of guerrilla warfare, if a night attack fails, the battle must be withdrawn before dawn.Now that the enemy is huddled in the enclosure, it seems that as long as the reinforcements from Nanxiong and Wujing can be blocked, this fortress can be breached.So the team leader decided to continue fighting and take this stronghold.Huang Ye ordered the He Gao brigade to strengthen surveillance of the enemy in the direction of Wujing in the east; in order to strengthen the security of Chen Ziyang's squadron in the direction of Nanxiong City in the west, another squadron was added; Ye Chang led the main force to attack the village; Huang Xiang , Zhang Yu led the blasting team to prepare to blast the wall.The enemy's firepower concentrated on the direction of the market. Huang Ye ordered Dai Yao to launch an offensive from the west to divert the enemy's attention and reduce the pressure on the east.Taking advantage of the weakening of the enemy's firepower, Zhang Yu picked up the explosives, rushed to the edge of the village, approached the dead corner of the gate of the walled gun tower, and quickly ignited the fuse.Although the gate and wall of the artillery building were not blasted, my assault squad took the opportunity to rush to the wall when the smoke rose from the explosion, dodged to a blind corner, approached the gate of the building, and shouted loudly: "Surrender quickly, surrender your guns and don't kill! "If you don't open the door again, we will fire!" Although the enemy's firepower was obviously weakened, they insisted on not surrendering, obviously waiting for reinforcements.At this time, everyone was a little anxious. At this moment, on the field ridge in the south of the village, a man with a blue cloth umbrella and a white handkerchief in his hand appeared, walking towards the small hill of our army headquarters.He came to intercede with the reactionary leader in Xintian Village, and when he saw Huang Ye and the three of them, he kept calling him "Regimental Leader". "Who are the people in the village?" Jianhua asked. "They're all district chiefs, township chiefs, some arrested township men, joint defense teams, useless..." the old man said. "Then, you can go in and ask them to surrender immediately. If you don't surrender, our army will start firing!" Zhang Hua said seriously, pointing to the water dragon heavy machine gun covered with tarpaulin beside him. "Yes! Yes! Definitely! Of course!" The old man really went down the mountain.It was around 11 o'clock, when the enemy saw that there was no hope of reinforcements and heard that there were cannons on the mountain, they had to stretch out a white flag from the gun tower.Then, the rifles and light machine guns were all tied with ropes and hung down from the window one by one.Finally, the door of the building opened, and a group of people came out from inside, obediently as prisoners.When the comrades of our headquarters entered the village, Ye Chang and Dai Yao had already led their troops into Tuweizi to search for remnants of the enemy, and gathered the guns and prisoners in a big drying field.Some comrades even jumped into the large pond next to the gun tower to salvage weapons. In this battle, a total of more than 100 enemies were captured and more than 100 guns were seized.More than a dozen district chiefs, township chiefs and other reactionary local stubborn leaders were temporarily detained in the ancestral hall.The dilapidated signboards of the "District Office" and "Township Office" were all burned.Four captures of Xinfeng county magistrate In early March 1947, more than 200 members of the Flying Dragon Team, Qunying Team and Yangtze River Team of the Jiangbei People's Self-Defense Corps failed to attack Xinfeng County at night, but the county magistrate Wang Shaotong was scared out of his wits.Within a few days, he fled to Guangzhou with his cronies and family members. At this time, except for the two isolated strongholds of Xinfeng County and Meikeng, which had not yet been liberated, all towns and villages in the county were basically liberated.Seeing that Xinfeng lacked people to govern, the Kuomintang provincial government appointed Luo Lianhui as the county magistrate of Xinfeng.Luo Lianhui is from the west of Xinfeng City. He has served as the company, battalion and regiment commander of the Kuomintang for more than 20 years, and was awarded the rank of Major General of the Kuomintang Army. As soon as this anti-communist veteran took office in early April, he sent representatives to negotiate with the leaders of our army, intimidating and luring us, trying to force our army to submit and put down the weapons of struggle, but our army exposed his plot on the spot. Seeing that the plot was exposed, Luo Lianhui became angry and showed his viciousness. He personally led a regiment and colluded with more than 1,000 local reactionary armed forces to sweep wildly against guerrilla areas such as Matou, Qiangkeng, Huangshakeng, Liangba, and Yaotian. There were more than 70 private houses, and more than 30 revolutionary masses were shot dead, committing heinous crimes against the people of Xinfeng. In late June, our underground party obtained information: Luo Lianhui was escorted by an armed company led by the first battalion commander of the Meikeng garrison of the Kuomintang to Yingde Qingtang to participate in the British (German) Xin (Feng) Weng (source) held by the enemy's 62nd Army. ) 3-county joint defense meeting, and returned to Xinfeng via the Guangshao Highway 3 days later. Long Jingshan, the leader of the Jiangbei People's Self-Defense Corps, immediately summoned 62 armed members who were active nearby, armed with a machine gun and other weapons, and ambushed in a section of the Guangshao Highway in the early morning of August 6, preparing to ambush Luo Lianhui.But after waiting for 2 days, there was still no movement, and Long Jingshan led the team to transfer to Bali Pai (also known as Tangxiaao) to continue to ambush. At about 10 o'clock in the morning on the 8th, an enemy from a squad suddenly came from the direction of Meikeng and escorted 3 officers to the direction of Shaoguan.When they passed the ambush area of ​​our army, they sent 6 soldiers to climb the mountain to search and reconnaissance.Because our army was well concealed, the enemy left without finding any traces. At 4:30 in the afternoon, Luo Lianhui's team finally entered the ambush circle of our army.When Luo Lianhui was only more than 20 meters away from the machine gun position of our army, the commander of our army gave an order, and the soldiers immediately fired at the enemy with fierce firepower.Luo Zhenmin, head of the Tax Bureau of Wengyuan County, who was walking with Luo, and one of his Ma Bian were killed immediately. Luo Lianhui rolled into the ditch, and the battalion commander who was walking behind quickly turned around and fled for his life.In the fierce battle for half an hour, 17 enemies were killed, 20 were injured, and more than 40 were captured. 2 light machine guns, 44 rifles, 3 boxes of bullets, and a large number of supplies were captured. Luo Lianhui was captured.Later, Luo Lianhui sought an opportunity to escape during a transfer of the advance detachment, but was chased and killed by our army. At the beginning of December 1948, the provincial government appointed Zhang Hanliang as the head of Xinfeng County.He took more than 30 staff and a reinforced platoon of the security team, starting from Guangzhou and heading north along the Guangshao Highway to take up his post.After being informed of this information, the 3rd Regiment of the Dongjiang 3rd Detachment of our Guangdong-Jiangxi-Hunan border column decided to gather more than 400 people from 5 squadrons, set up an ambush in the Yangmeitan area on the border of Xinfeng, and destroy an enemy county magistrate. In the middle of the night on December 9th, the troops entered the ambush position without anyone knowing it. One main squadron blocked the way and the incoming enemy from Xinfeng. 1 squadron serves as the reserve team's regimental headquarters. At around 10 a.m. on the 10th, when Zhang Hanliang's team all entered my ambush circle, machine guns, rifles, and grenades all fired at the enemy, and the battle ended in more than 10 minutes.The enemy was captured except for the dead and wounded, and Zhang Hanliang was captured without a fight. During the service, our army seized 3 light machine guns, 4 grenade grenades, more than 30 rifles, and a batch of supplies and ammunition.Our people's armed forces released all captured Zhang Hanliang and his officers and soldiers after education. In June 1949, the People's Liberation Army had successfully crossed the Yangtze River and continued to chase and wipe out the remnants of the enemy with unstoppable momentum.In order to clear the way for the army to go south, the Beijiang 1st Detachment decided to wipe out the enemies in Xinfeng County.At this time, it was learned that Chen Zhongrui, the magistrate of Xinfeng County of the Kuomintang, was wavering and might fight for an uprising or surrender. Therefore, the leader of the detachment decided to liberate Xinfeng County by force, and at the same time send people to negotiate with Chen Dexin, the head of the Xinfeng County Self-Defense Corps, and Chen Zhongrui, the Xinfeng County Mayor, to persuade them to abandon the dark side and turn to the open.Chen Dexin agreed, but Chen Zhongrui was very cunning, trying to delay time and wait for reinforcements on the grounds that "Xinfeng gentry disagreed". Therefore, Beijiang Detachment 1 decided to attack Xinfeng City with a total of more than 1,000 people from the main 4th and 1st regiments and local armed forces. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon on June 12, our army was ready to deploy, and immediately fired artillery to bombard the enemy's stronghold, but failed to coerce the enemy to lay down their weapons. At 11:00 p.m., the commando team of the 4th Flying Tiger Company attacked the enemy bunker violently twice, and defeated the enemy at only 2:00 p.m. In the early morning of the 13th, Chen Zhongrui took advantage of the darkness and attempted to break out of the encirclement and escape eastward after occupying Xiangling.But as soon as they climbed halfway up the mountain, they were beaten back to the county government by our East 2 regiment.At this time, Chen Zhongrui saw that he was surrounded on all sides and had no hope of escape, so he hung a white flag in front of the county government at 8:00 a.m. to express his unconditional surrender.Chen Zhongrui and Chen Dexin led more than 400 officers and soldiers to withdraw from the county government, and handed over 1 heavy machine gun, 5 light machine guns, more than 500 rifles, and a large number of ammunition and supplies. The liberation of Xinfeng County was announced, and the bright red flag was flying high above the city.新丰县城解放之后，国民党广东省政府仍不甘心失败，一边派遣新、英、佛3县“剿共”司令陈乐夫率领1个团千余人重犯新丰。 一边再委派许子平为新丰县长。但许子平知道前几任新丰县长的下场，因此他决定由广州乘火车到大坑口下车，再转乘汽车回老家翁源，招兵买马，拼凑起自己的一套人马，然后从翁源出发去新丰上任。当许子平一伙进入新丰县属茶洞地区时，即被我当地民兵堵击。到新丰城上任已不可能，他便带着全部人马逃回翁源老家，当起流亡县长来了。但是许子平的好梦不长，当流亡县长还不到20天。1949年9月16日晨，我3团团长涂锡鹏即率部把周陂包围了起来，以“护送”谈判代表的名义，派出10多名手枪队员进入周陂区公所，不费一枪一弹，就将许子平擒获，其余一小撮反动武装也全部放下武器投降。 我军解放了周陂，缴获机枪6挺，步枪100余支，为南下大军进军广东扫除了一个障碍。 1949生5月初，翁江支队机关由邓楚白政委负责开赴佛冈径头地区，领导开展新区工作。主力4团由何俊才司令员率领向新丰、佛冈进发。为扩大我军影响，主力4团白天行军，广泛开展宣传工作、各地的人民群众看到那么多游击队白天向新丰、佛冈等地进军，纷纷说：“国民党反动政府命不长了。” 在我军军事压力和政治攻势下，2区的联防队向我军投降，整个佛冈北部6个乡，大部被我军解放。国民党91师272团得悉2区被我军攻占后，立即派出1个营进驻2区烟岭，企图重新夺回2区。支队司令部决定组织力量，相机歼灭敌人。5月26日下午，敌人涌进烟岭圩，一场搏斗便在敌我之间拉开了帷幕。根据以往敌人“清剿”行动的规律，重占烟岭之敌，次日就会开进游击根据地。 4团决定将部队部署在径头东北方向的莱洞，迎击进犯之敌。指战员凝神屏息埋伏了1天，不见敌人的影子，支队司令部决定，28日天亮前再设伏黄塘径。结果，敌人还是没有来。部队便于黄昏时撤回径头湖洋村休息。我军根据敌重占烟岭3天仍不出动的反常现象，分析敌人一则可能情况不明，不敢盲动，二则想麻痹我军，决定发扬不怕疲劳连续作战的精神，在烟岭南约2．5公里的张屋附近，出奇不意地伏击敌人，但是，这一天敌人仍没有行动。根据对敌情的分析，何俊才决定在挂牌径设伏，因为，敌人不管是撤退或增援，都有可能经过挂牌径这个地方。 早饭后，部队立即向挂牌径进军。从粱坑到挂牌径不过6公里，因天黑并刚下过雨，路滑难行，部队到达径边的朱洞时，天已发亮。杜团长命令连队休息待命，手枪队立即进径，分南、北两组向前侦察和搜索，封锁消息。 这时，何俊才他们从手枪队员带回的两个小商贩得知，很多国民党军队正在(石龙村)吃饭，饭后就来烟岭。这表明国民党第272团另1个营已于5月28日抵达石龙村，但慑于我军声势，不敢贸然进径。石龙到挂牌径南口洋布塘不过0．5公里，时间已不容许何俊才他们细看地形，把两个小商贩安置在安全地方后，杜团长立即命令：铁鹰连埋伏于径西，不得让敌人占领两边山头，并负责掩护全团的进攻和退却；钢铁连埋伏于径北段东边的山岭上(即米仔碎山)，一定要把敌人放进来再打，如南面先打，则负责阻击北面来援之敌；海流连1个排归钢铁连指挥；飞虎连埋伏于径南段东边的山岭上(即井公王山)，也一定要把敌人放进来再打，如北面先打，则负责阻击南面来援之敌。 各连都组织1个突击队，埋伏于径边；手枪队在钢铁、飞虎2个连之间选择地形埋伏，战斗打响后及时向敌冲锋。一个歼灭敌人的天罗地网，在挂牌径张开了。不久，敌搜索班出现在径口东侧的山顶，接着，大队敌军就在敌营长彭焕南率领下向北涌入。敌人的先头部队进入我军的伏击圈后，其中1个士兵突然离开队伍，跑到溪边喝水；我军埋伏在溪边树丛后的1个战士被他发现了，他一边惊叫，一边赶快往回跑。接着，挂牌径战斗开始了。飞虎连6挺轻机枪射向敌群，敌人乱作一团，在狭长的径上乱窜乱钻，找寻掩藏之地。这时，杜国栋团长下令吹冲锋号，各连的突击队如猛虎下山一样向敌人冲去。 飞虎连1个排把阵地向南延伸，截击那些还没有完全进入我伏击圈的敌人。向北窜去的敌人约20人，正好与铁鹰连排长胡健雄率领的突击队相遇，当即被我军毙伤近10人。在我军火力威胁下，逃进西边山窝之敌约百余人，在营长的指挥下占据了一个小坡，负隅顽抗，我军突击队被阻在一条山沟里。 我飞虎连邱连长立即指挥排长赵瑞珍、副排长杨兆太率一路由南向北打；副排长林路由北向南打；他自己带领陈寿、石省两名战土，各配手榴弹4颗、冲锋枪1支，在南北两路火山掩护下，迅速占领了小坡。 在我军密集火力扫射下，敌营长彭焕南被击毙，其余敌人乃被全歼。敌人殿后部队涌进西边另一条山沟，企图冲击我铁鹰连2排阵地；被我军击退后，改向2排南面一座山头冲去。这座山头我军没有部署兵力，如果被敌占领，我军便被置于敌人的火力之下。铁鹰连长叶明辉意识到抢占这座山头对确保战斗全胜的重要意义，当机立断指挥全连与敌人争抢山头。 敌人从山下往上爬，我军从山腰冲杀过去，20多个正往山顶冲锋的敌人，在我英勇的战士们面前举手投降。整个战斗不到1小时，共歼灭了敌92师272团1个营的大部分，毙、伤、俘敌营长彭焕南以下200多人，缴获美式重机枪2挺、轻机枪6挺、炮2门、步枪100余支、弹药一大批。 1949年4月，在国民党反动派的“剿共”过程中，始兴县长兼县自卫总队队长饶纪锦对蒋介石的反动政策逐渐产生不满，慢慢地产生了离心倾向，曾5次向省府上书辞职，均未获批准。在此进退维谷之际，在原国民党64军131师师长、粤中师管区司令张显歧的开导和策动下，萌生了起义念头。 自1948年秋冬起，南雄、始兴两县游击战争转入了进攻的态势，我始兴的部队先后打了几个胜仗，又争取了县、乡一自卫队起义，大大削弱了县自卫队的实力。1949年3月下旬，饶纪绵亲自带了县自卫总队1个大队3个中队进犯我清、化地区，我军便将始兴部队主力集中起来，在竹子排小峡谷伏击，全歼敌1个中队，饶纪绵也差点被我军活捉，弄得他狼狈不堪，慌忙窜回县城。 这就使饶纪绵认识到，以他本身的实力无法同我军对抗，依赖国民党正规军来维持局面也没有多少指望了。4月，我人民解放军胜利渡过长江，挥师南下，他更感到国民党反动派大势已去，便准备起义转向人民，找寻光明出路。饶纪绵与他的几个亲信头目密商之后，便设法与我军搭线。我军在1949年6月知道了饶纪绵的起义意向。 始兴部队负责人邓文礼想尽快同他会面商谈起义的问题。经过研究，五岭地委副书记兼北支队副政委袁鉴文他们认为如能争取饶纪绵率部起义，将会大大改变始兴的斗争局面，并有利于整个粤北的战局，应抓紧时机进行工作。于是，决定由邓文礼与饶纪绵会面一次，以观其态度。关于饶纪绵起义的事情，地委决定由袁鉴文负责处理，张华负责向华南分局汇报请示。邓文礼于6月10日夜晚，在顿岗下古村边树林里与饶纪绵进行会面商谈。会谈时，饶纪绵先开口说：“现在战事已很明显，蒋介石反动政府的灭亡，是指日可数了。我饶纪绵深深感到继续为蒋介石卖命，必将难逃覆灭的下场。所以决心改邪归正，投靠人民，实行起义，将功赎罪。”邓文礼对他讲明了党的政策，对他准备起义表示欢迎和勉励。最后，邓文礼向饶纪绵提出几个条件： 一、要等候命令行动，不要过早起义； 二、县的党政军机构档案资料保存完好，听候处理； 三、不得再进犯、干扰我部队的活动，要保护我部队人员的安全； 四、要帮助我部队搜集情报。饶纪绵一一答应，表示保证照办。最后，双方约定了以后的联系人和联系方法。要率领1个县的地方团队和政府人员起义，不是一件轻而易举的事，则人员多而复杂，思想行动不容易统一，必须进行艰苦细致的工作，严守秘密，以免因时机未到而败露；二则全县驻有国民党正规军1个团，如起义意图被识破就会遭到他们的镇压。 因而饶纪绵要求我方派出得力的干部去直接领导他们。我方也有这个考虑。经研究，决定从韶关地下党抽调杨泰湖去担当此任。杨去以后，饶纪绵委任他为县自卫总队的参谋，以利活动。同时又通过杨泰湖与曲江驻军一些军官的关系，介绍他侄子到始兴驻军271团团部当文书，以探听情报，随后，我军又派始兴几名地下党员，分别以国民党县党部、县政府职员的身份作掩护，协助杨泰湖开展工作。饶纪绵坚守信约，积极进行了两个多月的起义准备工作。 1949年9月中旬，在叶剑英主持下，华南分局在江西赣州举行扩大会议，讨论和决定进军广东的作战计划。北2支队司令员张华列席了会议。南下大军决定于9月23日攻占南雄县城，24日攻占始兴县城，要饶纪绵在大军到达南雄前一天起义，并负责把驻始兴县城的39军271团消灭掉。从饶纪绵本身的力量看，发动起义没有什么问题，但要同时消灭国民党军271团就有困难。袁鉴文和陈培兴(五岭地委委员)研究，决定采取“鸿门宴”的巧计歼敌。 大家认为“鸿门宴”的办法最好，首先把敌人的头目吃掉，消灭其指挥部，使敌人乱作一团，以便分别包围强攻各个据点，达到各个歼灭的目的。接着，饶纪绵按照作战计划，调兵遣将，部署战斗，以点验为名，迅速将全部武装力量调集县城，分点驻营，枕戈以待。9月21日，饶纪绵召开自卫总队营以上干部秘密会议。 22日下午，饶纪绵又召开连以上干部会作战斗动员。饶纪绵对大家讲明了形势、前途和出路，以及共产党的政策和起义的意义，宣布了边区纵队的命令，得到了大家的热烈拥护。 会上通过了由张显岐、饶纪绵、何衍章等18人署名的起义通电，开完连以上干部大会当晚，饶纪绵便以自卫总队副总队长何衍章和各营长的名义，邀请271团营以上军官在县城茶楼三楼宴饮，楼下楼上预先埋伏了10多人的突击队员，茶楼两侧布置了50多人的警戒。 敌团长周治成、副团长杨某与2个营长和1个政治指导员，如往常一样，在饱醉之余，又大搓麻将牌直到深夜2时。这时，饶纪绵已指挥部队包围了271团各个据点，连周治成带来的几名卫士也被隔离包围在茶楼的下面。 正要开始动手之际，由于我方个别人员露出紧张神态，周治成感到有点异样，立即离开牌桌，企图下楼逃跑。横蛮凶悍的周治成拒不服从命令，与另一营长不顾一切冲下楼去，被杨泰湖当场击毙，另一营长和政治指导员束手被擒。 只有副团长杨某乘混乱中从窗口跳进河中，负伤逃走。楼下的敌警卫也全部被俘。茶楼的枪声成为起义开始的战斗讯号，各营立即集中火力，对敌人展开全面攻击。各据点的敌人从睡梦中惊醒，仓皇应战。由于敌人顽抗，起义部队以猛烈火力给予沉重打击。敌迫击炮连在毫无准备的情况下，很快被解决了。其他顽抗的敌人，经过约2小时的激战，被全部歼火。 这次战斗，共打死打伤敌团长以下官兵80余名，俘敌官兵200余名，缴获无后座力炮2门、迫击炮4门、机枪、步枪200余支、手榴弹、子弹一大批。起义部队在战斗中亦有一些伤亡。 起义部队歼灭驻县城的敌军后，按照计划向南转移，于23日晨与我军接应起义部队的北2支队2团会师。我军2团首长戴耀等会见了饶纪绵等一些起义部队的领导人，赞扬他们为人民立功的光荣行动。 接着，袁鉴文代表边区纵队向他们宣布命令，将起义部队改编为新1团，属北2支队领导，团的编制按原样不变，团长饶纪绵，副团长何衍章，只派杨泰湖为团参谋长，谭颂华为政治处主任(原为北2支队2团政治处主任)，另在各营连派1名教导员和政治指导员，以加强政治领导。24日，我南下大军解放南雄县城后，沿南韶公路向始兴县城疾进。 敌440团闻讯，惊慌异常，企图逃返曲汀。袁鉴文他们立即派新1团2个营另1个炮排，赶到崖婆石至古坑口约1．5公里长的地段依据险要地形布置火力等待。25日拂晓，敌团长张杨率领其部队乘卡车狼狈而来，新1团等敌军全部进入火网后，居高临下，机枪、步枪一齐猛烈射击，打得敌人晕头转向，死的死伤的伤，除小部分拼死逃脱外，大部被歼。共毙敌100余人，俘200余人，缴获步兵炮2门、火箭炮2门、重机枪1挺、轻机枪4挺、步枪200余支。这次战斗的胜利，动摇了粤北敌军的第二道防线，为南下大军进军曲江扫清了道路。 24日夜，南下大军进驻始兴县城，25日与我北2支队会师。接着，新1团随大军进曲江、乐昌。粤北解放后，新1团奉命进行整编。从此，这支起义部队在党的关怀、教育和指挥下，踏上了新的征途。 潮澄饶平原，地处韩江下游的三角洲。这里土地肥沃，物产丰富，人口稠密，是有名的侨乡。这里北有潮州重镇，南有汕头港口，闽粤公路横贯境内，水陆交通便利，是解放前国民党反动派统治粤东地区的政治、经济和文化中心。国民党反动派的武装力量、魔爪遍布潮澄饶平原各地。1945年8月17日，国民党186师及地头蛇洪之政部等大批军队，突然袭击集结在居西溜地区坚持敌后抗日的韩江纵队第1支队，政委周礼平等12人在战斗中壮烈牺牲。有9位烈士被敌人割去首级。 为了适应急剧转变的形势，中共潮澄饶县委于1945年11月，在澄海县永平乡召开会议，决定党组织彻底转入地下，建立单线联系，武装人员除留1支小队伍外彻底隐蔽，以便保存革命有生力量。 蒋介石于1946年6月悍然发动了反革命的全面内战。国民党反动派在潮澄饶平原建立各种“剿共”机构。潮安县英塘村联络站、饶平县南美村的转运点、潮安的阁洲小学、澄海的下窖小学等党的联络点和文教阵地，先后被敌破坏，一批共产党员和革命同志被捕入狱，白色恐笼罩着潮澄饶平原。为了摆脱困境，中共澄饶丰县委于1947年春节后，筹资同澄海樟林开明士绅陈府扬在莲花山卓花村合办建业农场，秘密集结武装骨干，着手进行恢复武装的准备。7月5日凌晨，中共澄饶丰县委书记陈谦、副书记陈焕新、组织部长陈锐志和原中共潮安县工委书记陈汉，在澄海莲阳协利锡薄店(县委机关)被捕，严重影响了潮澄饶平原武装斗争的开展。但是，革命的火种并没有被扑灭，共产党人仍然拿起了武器。 同年8月，潮澄饶武装基干队改称为第1政治武工队，全队共18人，配有轻机枪1挺、短枪16支、长枪4支。10月又成立第2政治武工队。这时，人民解放军已从战略防御转入战略反攻。 为了配合全国革命形势，在蒋管区点燃革命烽火，扩大政治影响，中共潮澄饶车山地区工作委员会决定袭击樟林乡公所和地主武装守青队，公开亮出共产党领导的人民抗征队的旗帜。 1947年12月10日晨，以1武和2武的骨干为主，准备入伍的地下民兵配合，化装为上市农民，兵分3路：1路配轻机枪占领东北面鼎脐山制高点，以防从潮安或饶平增援之敌；1路以迅雷不及掩耳之势，直扑乡公所，使敌来不及抵挡而就擒；1路迅速收缴存放在药材店的守青