Chapter 11 Chapter 10 The Liberation of Huaxian County

On October 12, 1949, the 127th Division of the 43rd Army of the 15th Corps of the Fourth Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army participated in the battle of liberating Guangdong and wiped out the 307th Regiment of the 103rd Division of the 39th Army of the Kuomintang and a There were more than 2,000 people in the security battalion, of whom more than 200 were killed, a batch of American equipment was seized, and Fogang County was liberated. This was an important battle for the march to Guangzhou. The 127th Division participated in numerous large and small battles throughout the War of Liberation. Battles such as the liberation of Shijiao, the city of Fogang County, were not very large-scale battles. However, since Bai entered Guangdong, regardless of the time, scale and In terms of capture and other aspects, it can be regarded as a relatively important battle since entering Guangdong, and it has certain significance in the history of Guangdong's liberation.

Why did the Kuomintang army abandon their defenses and flee south everywhere, and deployed fortifications in Fogang?It turns out that Fogang is located in the central part of Guangdong, more than 100 kilometers away from Guangzhou, and is an important north-south traffic route.Back then, the Kuomintang presidential palace was located in Guangzhou, and it was extremely important strategically to set up a line of defense in Fogang.In order to prevent our army from marching into Guangzhou and buy time to linger and flee in defeat, it is inevitable that the enemy will set up another line of defense in Fogang when they retreat repeatedly.

The Fogang defenders are all of the 307th Regiment of the 103rd Division of the 39th Army of the Kuomintang.The enemy was established in Yantai, Shandong Province in 1948. Most of the soldiers were desperadoes after the defeat of local landlords. The head of the regiment, Wang Jiazhen, was young and vigorous. The regiment consisted of about 2,000 people, fully equipped with American equipment, and had a strong combat effectiveness. Under the encouragement of "defending Guangzhou to the death", they stepped up the construction of fortifications, determined to stick to it, and made contributions to "defending Guangzhou" and the "Jiang Dynasty".The enemy regiment headquarters is stationed on the mountain north of Longxi Village, and its main forces are deployed on the banks of the Shijiao River, north of Longxi Village, south of Zhangtiankeng, west of Lianhuagang, northwest of Hemujing, and on both sides of the Fogang River; The Second Battalion was located on the 168th Highland north of Xixiaokeng, Fogang County, about five kilometers away from Fogang County, and was prepared for reinforcements in case of defeat.The highlands held by the enemy have field fortifications such as bunkers, trenches, and traffic trenches.

On October 8th, after accepting the task of attacking Fogang, the 127th Division marched towards Fogang on a rugged and muddy mountain road at a speed of 160 miles day and night.On the afternoon of the 10th, the troops entered the area of ​​Shilong in Fogang County, and the 379th, 380th, and 381st regiments were all involved in the battle.With the cooperation of our local guerrillas and the revolutionary masses, the troops divided and encircled the enemy according to the terrain: the 379th regiment crossed from the north of Wangkeng to the west of Fogang County, and returned to the southwest of Fogang City with a battalion to cut off the enemy's direction. The escape route in the southwest direction cut off the connection with the enemy's second battalion and its main force; the 381st regiment inserted the second battalion through Gutang to the south of Fogang, and after getting in touch with the first battalion of the 379th regiment, it quickly occupied Fogang City, and the main force of the regiment Straight to the foot of Longxi Mountain in Fogang; the 380th regiment compressed from the front of the enemy from the Yinshuitang and Zhangtiankeng lines.All the regiments arrived at the predetermined position on time, so that the enemy's 307th regiment was completely divided and surrounded by us.

At 7 a.m. on the 11th, the Seventh Company of the 380th Regiment captured the small highland southeast of Lianhuagang and wiped out one platoon of the enemy; the Second Battalion of the 379th Regiment also captured the 158th Highland northwest of Hemujing and wiped out one company of the enemy.The enemy's other main positions were prepared for defense, and they were determined to defend them. They refused to accept our persuasion to surrender, and arrested and killed the fighters and underground party members who brought letters from our side to persuade them to surrender; They were all suppressed by the enemy with intensive firepower.The enemy in Guangzhou also dispatched several planes to assist in the battle that day, dropped ammunition supplies and promotional materials on the enemy's positions to boost morale, and strafed our positions to show air reinforcements.However, after a long-distance attack, our soldiers were exhausted, and the artillery had not yet arrived, so we had to surround the enemy tightly while preparing for a general attack.

At 17:00 on the afternoon of the 11th, the artillery battalion of the division arrived in time. After deploying the artillery array, it immediately launched a general attack.Bombard the enemy's positions with fierce artillery fire, and the sound of artillery, gunfire, charge horns and shouts of killing is deafening and shakes the valley.Under the cover of artillery fire, all commanders and fighters rushed forward regardless of their own lives to seize the enemy's hill. The 479th regiment then captured Hemujing enemy 117 highland, wiped out more than 70 enemies, and the rest of the remaining enemies fled to Longxi. one part.Under the cover of artillery fire, the company responsible for the assault mission captured the enemy's main position within 8 minutes. Although the enemy resisted tenaciously, under the fierce bombardment of our artillery fire and the brave impact of our troops, the enemy was wiped out everywhere by us.When I captured the 154th highland north of Fogang, the enemy who was still resisting began to shake and become chaotic. I took advantage of the momentum to chase and kill, and fought fiercely for more than 30 minutes. The battalion plunged into Longxi with brave actions and captured all the more than 80 enemies who tried to escape.At 7:30 the next day, I liberated Fogang County.

On the morning of the 12th, after annihilating the main force of the enemy's 307th regiment, cleaning the battlefield, and clearing out the remnants of the enemy. The 1st and 3rd Battalions of the 379th Regiment entered the Xiaokeng at 6:00 pm on the 12th, and surrounded the enemies at the 45th, 50th, and 70th heights north of the Xiaokeng.The attack was launched at dawn on the 13th. Under the attack of my concentrated and powerful firepower, after an hour of fierce fighting, the enemy's second battalion was wiped out.As of the morning of the 13th, our 127th Division achieved an overall victory in the battle to liberate Fogang.Annihilated the entire 307th Regiment (except 10 remnants who fled) and a local security battalion, killed more than 200 enemies, captured more than 2,000 officers and soldiers below the head of the enemy regiment Wang Jiazhen, and seized the entire regiment's American-made weapons and equipment.The 127th Division also paid a price in this battle. 56 soldiers sacrificed their precious lives, and nearly 200 commanders and fighters died honorably.

After the battle to liberate Fogang, the 127th Division carried forward the style of "fighting several battles in succession" and rushed to Guangzhou non-stop to participate in the battle to liberate Guangzhou. At 6:30 on October 14th, Guangzhou was completely liberated for me. On November 13th, to celebrate the October Revolution of the Soviet Union and the liberation of Guangzhou, the 127th Division participated in a grand and historic entry ceremony held in Guangzhou and was inspected by General Ye Jianying.Quite a few regiments, battalions, and companies have won the award banners of "Victorious Southward", "Victorious March", and "Strong Soldiers and Horses Marching into Guangzhou".

After the Ganzhou meeting, the two corps of our army quickly communicated and implemented it. The 43rd Army proposed: the enemy's 39th Army has one division each in Maba, Dakengkou, Xinjiangxu, and Shixing; the enemy's 50th Army has one division each in Yingde, Dazhen, Qiaotou, and Xinfeng.It is estimated that the enemy may flee in the direction of Guangzhou under the pressure of our army.Therefore, our army must implement the policy of streamlining mules and horses, advancing lightly, adopting the policy of long-distance raids to encircle and concentrate superior forces to annihilate the enemy one by one.At this time, the superior sent an order to the 43rd Army to complete the attack and encirclement of the 2 enemy divisions of Shixing and Xinjiangxu while the 4th Corps besieged Qujiang, and march to Guangzhou after annihilating the enemy.All the troops set off from Nankang on September 3, 1949, and marched in a hurry to attack Guangzhou through Meiling Pass, Shixing, Wengyuan and Huaxian.

After accepting the task, the 127th Division of our 43rd Army immediately started all preparations for marching to Guangdong. On September 30, as the vanguard division of the 43rd Army, it set off from Nankang and crossed the gates of Guangdong - Meiling Pass, Nanxiong, and Shixing , Weng Yuan, trekking long distances in the Wuling Mountains, marching 25 kilometers a day. On October 9th, after a day and night of marching, when the troops passed by Wengyuan County, they suddenly saw the reconnaissance company commander Li Shiyin rushing back from the front, leading the cavalry squad and underground party members, and escorting two newly captured prisoners. The division commander Wang Dongbao reported: "According to reconnaissance, there are enemy strongholds in Fogang County and Hua County in front. They are the 307th Regiment of the 103rd Division of the 39th Army (known as the Steel Regiment), all paid for American equipment, with a total of more than 2,000 people (including more than 100 armed landlords) ), has occupied the mountains on both sides of the Fogang River (one of the tributaries of the Pajiang River), and has built relatively strong fortifications and bunkers, and is ready to defend to the death."

Based on the above situation, Wang Dongbao immediately decided: while reporting the situation to the military headquarters in time, he ordered the troops to run towards Fogang, get as close to the enemy as possible, quickly find out the situation, first divide and encircle and annihilate the enemy, and then continue to attack Guangzhou.From the night of October 9th to 4:00 pm on the 10th, the troops marched 35 kilometers in a hurry and entered the Longshuijing area 5 kilometers away from the county seat. Taking advantage of the rest time of the troops, the main commanders of the division concentrated in the guard company and the cavalry reconnaissance platoon to occupy the area first. Heights 251.6, to further understand the enemy's situation, check the terrain and continue to interrogate the prisoners, so that they can truthfully confess the enemy's situation.Through inspection, the division head judged that the main force of the enemy's 307th regiment was located around the 196 and 139.8 highlands of the Fogang River, and the 194.1 and 125 highlands northeast of Xiaokeng might be the enemy's 2nd battalion.At this time, the enemy also found that the main force of our army was approaching, but it was already dark, so they did not dare to act rashly. Fogang County is the only place where Tongpajiangkou Railway Station, Huaxian County, Conghua, and Guangzhou must pass.Therefore, our 127th Division must wipe out the enemy and capture Fogang.The head of the division is determined: All units should take advantage of the darkness of the night, give full play to our army's strengths in close combat and night combat, quickly divide and encircle the enemy, and strive to wipe out the enemy in front of them.Then, the head of the division assigned the specific tasks of each regiment: the 379th regiment went straight to the southwest of the city through Datian and Xiaokeng, and first cut off the enemy's retreat to Huaxian and Guangzhou. The 381st Regiment used two main battalions to penetrate through Gutang to the south of Fogang, and managed to get in touch with the 379th Regiment's troops to coordinate operations and surround the enemy on three sides.The 380th regiment attacked from the front, first annihilating the enemy on the 196th highland, and then attacking Zhangtiankeng and 139.8 enemy soil positions.The division command post is at Heights 185 north of Fogang.A battalion of the 381st Regiment and the division guard battalion served as the division reserve team and were on standby on the division guide side. A small number of guerrillas in the Pajiang area, under the leadership of the local party, went to each regiment as guides and participated in the battle. The division ordered the regiments to actively attack the enemy after completing the encirclement and prevent the enemy from breaking through. At 9 a.m. on the 11th, all regiments arrived at the designated positions on time. The 379th regiment has wiped out one reinforced company, the 381st regiment has occupied the old city and wiped out one part of the enemy, and the 380th regiment has occupied the 196th highland and wiped out one platoon of the enemy .At this time, the enemy was surrounded by our army on various commanding heights, and used the established positions to resist.However, our army's troops were quite tired from running long-distance raids through the muddy trails in the mountains. At the same time, the Shishan Artillery Battalion and the Paozong Mountain Artillery Regiment had not yet arrived. Based on this, the division ordered all units to continue to make all preparations before the general attack, especially to select the breakthrough point and the artillery launch position, and stand by for the attack.After 10 o'clock in the morning, the division commander Wang Dongbao and others saw our army's artillery commanders and fighters from a distance on the command post, and they were pushing and pulling their mules and horses desperately forward.Riding at the forefront were Xu Wanyou, commander of the Artillery Battalion of the 127th Division, and Huang Dengbao, deputy commander of a certain division of Paozong. They rushed to the command position of the division.Wang Dongbao introduced the enemy's situation and terrain face to face at the scene, and asked them to choose artillery firing positions.The specific deployment of the artillery is: 2 companies of the main force of the Shishan Artillery Battalion are under the command of the 379th Regiment; the other company (company commander Li Zhanbiao) is under the direct command of the 380th Regiment.Paozong's wild howitzer battalion couldn't catch up for a while, but the Shishan artillery battalion quickly followed up, and quickly deployed at the 185 height.At the same time, Wang Dongbao decided the time for the coordinated action of infantry and artillery and the launch of the general offensive.Soon, Commander Wang Dongbao gave the order to start the attack, and more than a dozen cannons fired at once.Cannonballs whistled and fired at the enemy's position one after another. Several hilltops were shrouded in smoke and dust at the same time. The enemy's fortifications were bombarded and turned over and collapsed. The enemy discovered our army's artillery position and returned fire with mortars. The shells fell on our army's position, and enemy planes also flew over to straf.Several soldiers were wounded and carried down the mountain on stretchers.The observer pointed out the location of the enemy artillery position in time, and then a series of shells were fired at the enemy artillery position, and the enemy's artillery was silenced.At this time, the charge horn sounded.The machine guns, submachine guns, and grenades of the attacking troops rang out together, sweeping across the enemy like a violent storm.The soldiers held the red flag and rushed to the enemy's hills all over the mountains and plains. With the strong artillery support of our army, after 30 minutes of fierce fighting, the infantry quickly broke through the enemy's 139.9 main position, and then charged towards the enemy's bunker, but the first charge failed.With the support of the two mountain cannons approaching and firing at the volcano, a second charge was organized, and the enemy's core bunker was quickly conquered.Immediately, the enemy retreated across the board to the 152 and 194.1 highlands. The troops followed and pursued the remnants of the enemy, and cooperated with the main force of the 381 regiment to capture Fogang County and Fogang Village in the south of the city in one fell swoop. The main force of the 381st Regiment and the troops of the 379th Regiment, with the support of our army's artillery fire, conquered the outer positions of the enemy's 194.1 and 125 highlands, and wiped out the enemy's 2nd battalion and 1 company.While attacking the enemy's two highlands, our army's field artillery battalion caught up. With the full support of artillery fire, the 379th regiment quickly broke through the enemy's 2nd battalion position.The commando of the 2nd company of the regiment first captured the enemy's No. 1 bunker. The 7th and 8th companies fought hand-to-hand with the enemy twice, and finally captured the enemy's No. 2 and No. 3 bunkers at 17:00 on the same day. The woman wanted to flee to Guangzhou, but was discovered by a scout from the 379th Regiment of our army. He hid in the grass and barked like a dog, trying to sneak in.But that didn't fool my resourceful scout, who ended up being taken prisoner.Our army wiped out the enemy's 307th regiment, and the battle in Fogang ended successfully.The battle lasted for 2 hours, killing and injuring more than 500 officers and soldiers below the head of the enemy regiment, and capturing more than 1,000 officers and soldiers below the deputy head of the enemy regiment; more than a thousand guns (doors, pedestals) of various types were seized, as well as a large amount of ammunition and a large number of soldiers. military supplies.Our 127th Division suffered more than 200 casualties, of whom more than 50 died. When the battle in Fogang was about to end, my 127th Division was ordered by the military headquarters to continue to advance towards Huaxian and Guangzhou. On October 14, 1949, the Kuomintang army stationed in Shiqishizheng for a series of uprisings, and Guangzhou was also declared liberated on the same day.That night, when the troops of the Panyu Independence Regiment were still encircling the Kuomintang troops in the Shiqishi area, Guangzhou had already been liberated, and the troops were officially active and deployed to liberate the entire territory of Panyu. In the early morning of the 15th, as soon as the troops arrived at Chuiyuan Hall in Shiqiu, they received a report from the soldiers of the search team: there was a main force company of the enemy with more than 100 people advancing here from the Shilou.what to do?Time did not allow for discussion. Zheng Ji, the head of the independent regiment, and Zhou Jianfu, the political commissar, briefly exchanged opinions and decisively ordered the troops: Prepare to meet the enemy. The troops quickly deployed: ambush the enemy on the big black stone pit from Shiqishilou to Shishi.The Dawushi Pit is a narrow path with hills on both sides, about 500 meters long, and the terrain is very favorable for ambushes.The troops walked out of the entrance of Shiqishi Village and rushed to the position.However, when they reached the entrance of the village, they found that the enemy had walked out of the path and came oncoming.Faced with this sudden situation, the troops decisively divided the soldiers into two wings, launched a violent charge towards the enemy, and rushed in front of the enemy in an instant.The enemy was stunned, at a loss, and fled in all directions.A row of enemies behind turned their heads and fled back, and more than 20 enemies even lost their weapons. The enemy rushed into an ancestral hall in the Xinfang of Shiqi Village one by one, and the soldiers of the independent regiment immediately surrounded them.The enemy platoon leader tried to resist, and the soldiers shot him dead.The rest of the enemies became timid and asked the independent regiment to send someone into the ancestral hall to negotiate.The soldiers simply said: "In a word, give up your guns and don't kill them, and give preferential treatment to prisoners." The enemy asked again worriedly: "Is it true that you handed down your guns and won't kill you?" In doubt, he put down his weapon, including a machine gun and more than 20 rifles, and raised his hand in dejection to surrender. Another platoon of enemies rushed to a gun tower in Shiqishi, and they closed the iron gate tightly, trying to resist the danger.The soldiers of the independent regiment tightly surrounded the gun tower, ready to quickly deal with the enemies in the gun tower.This is a very solid blockhouse, the lower floor is a 3-meter-high granite stone foot, and the upper floor is a multi-layer thick big green brick wall. Relying on this solid turret, the enemy set up machine guns in the window and fired condescendingly at the surrounding soldiers.what to do?At that time, the troops did not have explosive weapons, so they had to concentrate their firepower and attack a corner of the gun tower.However, the turrets resist bullets and have little effect on the enemy. At this time, Guo Ying, a member of the Communist Party and a soldier of the pistol team, rushed up the hill with a shell gun and rushed towards the gun tower.He thought that in order to destroy the enemy on the gun tower, one must get close to the gun tower.However, as soon as he rushed up the hill, he was heavily strafed by enemy machine guns.Had to return.He said without any discouragement: "I must charge up!" As he said, he fought and charged again, left and right, avoiding bullets. Bullets fell around him, splashing mud, sand and stones.Suddenly, the splashed sand blocked Guo Ying's eyes, so he had to wipe his eyes with one hand and rush forward with a pistol in the other.He was about to approach the gun tower, and he was looking up. At this moment, he was hit by a bullet and fell in front of the battle.Comrade Qiu Ling, the hygienist, immediately rushed to the rescue.However, Guo Ying was shot in the head, and the rescue failed, so he died heroically. Guo Ying's sacrifice made the soldiers feel very sad.Guo Ying is from Shibi Village, Zhongcun Town. In 1944, when he was only fourteen or fifteen years old, he joined the second detachment of the Pearl River Column.He fought bravely, grew rapidly under the party's education, and joined the Communist Party gloriously.After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he concealed activities in the countryside. In 1947, the Yunan area resumed armed struggle, and he was quickly called back to the team.He was full of confidence in the victory of the revolution. Just a few days before this battle, he excitedly raised his pistol and said, "One day I will hold this shell high and walk into Shiqiao with a goose step." He was honorably sacrificed in the first battle.Faced with Guo Ying's sacrifice, the soldiers were extremely angry, and they all hoped to rush up to the gun tower and wipe out all the enemies.However, the enemy resisted with the firepower of the solid gun towers and machine guns, and it was difficult for the troops to destroy the gun towers for a while.The chief analyzed the situation. The enemy had been trapped in the gun tower for almost a whole day. They had no food or water to drink. They did not dare to come out and surrender because they did not understand the Communist Party's policy of preferential treatment of prisoners and were afraid of losing their lives. The head of the army decided to continue to tightly surround the gun tower and launch a political offensive against the enemy.The soldiers shouted to the enemy, explaining the Communist Party's policy on treating prisoners. The enemy stopped shooting, and the troops called the captured officers to the front of the battle to shout to the enemy in the gun tower.At night, this group of Kuomintang officers and soldiers who had been trapped for a day, hungry and tired, finally walked out of the gun tower and raised their hands to surrender.The troops seized another machine gun and nearly 30 rifles.So far, this company of enemies has all been wiped out by the Independent Regiment. During the entire battle, 50 enemies were captured, 2 light machine guns and more than 50 rifles were seized.The soldiers escorted the captives into Shiqiu's ancestral hall.The cooks have prepared meals for the soldiers, and everyone cheered for victory together.While celebrating the victory, everyone mourned Comrade Guo Ying deeply, and buried the body of the martyr Guo Ying on the hill opposite the gun tower (later moved to Zhidizhuang). At the beginning of September 1949, the Guangdong Provincial Security Police Force of the Kuomintang dispatched a platoon of troops to station in Xinwei, Beiting Township.Beiting Township is located in the southeast of the diversion head of the river, and faces Shaxi Township across the river to the west. The Lishui Road diverges here, one leads to Xinzao, the other leads to Li, and then converges and flows to Shiziyang.The Kuomintang garrison here can control the traffic of these two waterways.At that time, the People's Liberation Army had crossed the Yangtze River, the Kuomintang Army was retreating steadily, and the liberation of Guangzhou was imminent.Obviously, the purpose of the enemy's military deployment is to prevent the Second Detachment of the Yunan Armed Forces Team from developing towards Guangzhou; Beiting Township is the place where the armed forces team of Yunanxi District was active. The armed forces team mobilized the masses to carry out anti-"three levy" here, organized farmers' associations and militias, and welcomed liberation.The Kuomintang army stationed here has great obstacles to the work of the military workers. In order to pull out this nail, the military workers once sent members disguised as farmers to pick up snails and catch weeds to the scene for reconnaissance, understand the enemy's situation, and soon basically grasp the enemy. A series of situations such as the number of people, weapons, sentries, and meal times. In order to fight a prepared battle, Zhou Jianfu and Comrade Zheng Ji, leaders of the Panyu County Working Committee of the Communist Party of China, hosted a battle planning meeting in Caotang Township.More than 10 responsible comrades from the West District Armed Forces Team, Iron Eagle Team, Lion Team, and Pistol Team participated in the meeting.The meeting analyzed the terrain and location of Beiting Xinwei. It is close to Shiliugang in Guangzhou. There are a large number of Kuomintang troops stationed near Shiliugang.At the meeting, everyone expressed their opinions. Some comrades said that taking advantage of the approaching Mid-Autumn Festival, they would send moon cakes to the platoon leader of the garrison in the name of the township head, so as to paralyze the enemy and wipe them out in one fell swoop.But this plan was quickly rejected.Everyone believed that this move was contrary to common sense. If it was not handled well, it would arouse the vigilance of the enemy troops. In addition, there should not be too many people giving mooncakes, and it would be difficult to control the situation.The meeting finally decided to take advantage of the enemy's mealtime during the day and adopt disguised raid tactics to eliminate the enemy. The attack time is on the morning of the 12th day of the eighth lunar month. A platoon of the enemy is stationed in two places: one is stationed in a three-story watchtower, with more than 30 people; the other is stationed in a bungalow about 200 meters south of the watchtower, with 8 sentinels.Bungalows and watchtowers echo each other from a distance.Meals are served around 9 o'clock every day. Under normal circumstances, the enemies on the watchtowers gather with bare hands in the open place downstairs to have meals.This is the best time to attack. On the early morning of the day of the attack, under the command of Comrade Zheng Ji, Su Chongsheng, Liu Ming, and Pan Biao led more than 60 "Iron Eagles" and "Lions", and the Yuangang Xinji militiamen dispatched more than a dozen small boats to cross the river. , and ensure the round-trip transportation of the armed forces team.After the team members landed, they quickly arrived at the embankment of the river beach near the Beiting Watchtower to ambush.Lu Xia led a pistol team of more than 10 people, divided into several groups, disguised as farmers picking up snails and weeds, approaching bungalows and sentry posts; "Doo-doo--" The whistle for serving food rang, and the enemy soldiers in the watchtower gathered with bare hands on the open ground downstairs, preparing to eat.At this moment, Lu Xia pulled out the quick release shell, led Guo Ying and other comrades from the pistol team, leaped from Tianjili to the high ground, rushed to the watchtower, confiscated the enemy's weapons, and suppressed the enemy soldiers under the watchtower .The enemy soldiers panicked and did not dare to move rashly.Then, Lu Xia rushed straight to the top of the watchtower. At this time, the enemy platoon leader was still upstairs, and when he noticed that the situation had changed, he pulled out his pistol and shot at Lu Xia.Lu Xia quickly dodged sideways, and the bullets flew by.Lu Xia continued to rush up and suppress the enemy platoon leader.The enemy platoon leader was forced to surrender.Lu Xia escorted the enemy platoon leader downstairs, and the panicked enemy soldiers downstairs had to follow their platoon leader to surrender to the martial arts team.The fighters of the martial arts team confiscated all weapons and equipment. The gunshots rang out, and the enemy at the bungalow post was raising their guns to ask what happened.At this time, Cao Cheng, Ma Lun and other four comrades who were disguised as wed catchers rushed forward and ordered: "Don't move!"In less than an hour of fighting, all the enemy platoons were completely eliminated. In this campaign, more than 40 enemies were captured, more than 40 rifles, 10 pistols, a batch of military uniforms and quilts were captured, which destroyed the deployment of the Kuomintang.After the captives were educated, they were paid return fees and sent home.After the battle, the martial arts team took the spoils and returned to the station in a small boat. Everyone talked and laughed and cheered for the victory of the battle. On April 21, 1949, Chairman Mao Zedong and Commander-in-Chief Zhu De issued the "Order to March to the Nation", ordering the Chinese People's Liberation Army to "advance bravely, resolutely, thoroughly, cleanly and completely annihilate all Kuomintang reactionaries who dare to resist in China, and liberate the whole country." people".A million troops of the Chinese People's Liberation Army crossed the Yangtze River, swept away the remnants of the Kuomintang's military forces with a destructive force, and attacked with great speed, approaching Guangdong.The Panyu people's revolutionary enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high, and the Yunan Armed Forces Team continued to grow, attacking the enemy everywhere, and welcoming the liberation of Panyu.The Kuomintang reactionaries tried their best to find out. On the one hand, they intensified their efforts to cobble together reactionary armed forces and deployed tenacious resistance in the face of death; In August, with the support of Li Jilan, commander of the Guangzhou Garrison of the Kuomintang, Zeng Zhaoyi took over as the county magistrate of Panyu of the Kuomintang.At the beginning of his tenure, he shouted for the recovery of land taxes and sent out armed conscripts.The Yunan Armed Forces Team decided to wait for an opportunity to eliminate the grain requisition team and attack its reactionary arrogance. In the middle and late month, a Kuomintang security police team was stationed in the ancestral hall of Tanshan Village, Gangwei Township (now part of Shilou Town and Hualong Town). Next, go back and forth between Tanshan and Shilou to urge the military rations.The martial arts team saw that the time was right.It was decided to secretly arrest Chen Yukai and Wu Gan, and then use them as bait to lure out the grain requisition team and destroy it. The plan has been made, the martial arts team sent people to monitor the movement of the food collection team, and sent Huang He, Zhang Jiu, and Ye Peigen to follow Chen Yukai and Wu Gan. On the evening of August 30, Chen Yukai and Wu Gan hurried to Yuetan Ferry.This is a great opportunity.Huang He and Zhang Jiu immediately hid themselves, while Ye Bagen let the wind pass by the roadside.As soon as Chen Yukai and Wu Gan crossed the transition, Huang He and Zhang Jiu jumped up and shouted: "Hands up!" Two pistols were pointed at Chen and Wu's backs.This sudden action frightened them until their legs went limp. "Let's go!" Huang He waved his hand and escorted the captives to Fei'eling in Chishan.Chen Yukai and Wu Gan were flustered, thinking that someone had "marked their hearts".Chen Yukai hurriedly said: "Boss, don't die, we still have 1,000 yuan left in the stone building for you..." Huang He said: "We are a martial arts team. As long as you obey orders, we will guarantee your safety." " Chen Yukai was startled, and immediately nodded in response: "Yes, yes." Huang He and Ye Peigen blindfolded the prisoner and escorted him to Guanqiao Village. Zhang Jiu quickly reported the situation to Comrade Zheng Ji, the leader of the county party committee. The prisoners were escorted to a blockhouse, where Comrade Zheng Ji was already waiting. "What are you doing?" Zheng Ji asked. "My name is Chen Yukai." The director of food urging was obviously a little flustered, and he didn't dare to lift his head, and answered irrelevantly. "I ask you, what do you do?" There was a moment of silence.Zheng Ji saw that the captives did not open their mouths due to concerns, Zheng Ji patiently explained the policy to them and asked them to make atonement.After a period of time, after repeatedly explaining the Communist Party's lenient policy towards prisoners, Chen Yukai said hesitantly: "I am... the director of food urging, and I have been... going to the countryside to urge food." Pointing to his companion, he said, "This man is Wu Gan. He is a supervisor. He and I are brothers." However, they have no confidence in meritorious service.Time passed and they still didn't say anything.If the delay continues, the enemy discovers that Chen and Wu are arrested by the armed forces team, and the plan to lure the enemy's grain collection team will fail.The leader continued to explain the policy to them, and finally at 1 o'clock in the middle of the night, they agreed to cooperate with the armed forces team and make meritorious service to atone for their crimes. Without further ado, Zheng Ji said to Chen Yukai, you wrote to the platoon leader of the security police stationed in Tanshan, saying that an overseas Chinese businessman in Daling supported the grain collection, and asked him to lead the team to collect food.Chen Yukai took out his business card, wrote on the back "×Platoon Leader, I met a rich family who came back from Hong Kong yesterday, and he is very supportive of the grain collection, and I will go to Daling to collect it as soon as I see the words", and handed it to Zheng Ji. The next morning, the martial arts team sent Ye Peigen and Wu Qian to Tanshan to look for the platoon leader, while Chen Yukai stayed in Guanqiao.When they arrived at Tanshan, Wu Qian took Chen Yukai's business card to the security platoon station, while Ye Peigen stayed outside to observe.Wu Qian found the platoon leader and presented Chen's business card.After seeing it, the platoon leader asked Wu Qian about the situation.Wu Qian said: "This is a rich man who came back from Hong Kong that we met in Yuexi. He invited us to dinner last night. When it came to collecting food, he said that there is no problem, but we need to be quick. Please send someone to collect food immediately. He told me to invite you to dinner today, and Director Chen is still there." Hearing this, the platoon leader thought to himself: In the past 10 days, he had only collected two loads of food, but if it happened today, there might be something left, so he said, "Okay. ! We are going to go right away." Wu Qian walked out of the ancestral hall with an excuse and reported the situation to Ye Peigen.Ye Peigen immediately went back to report to the chief, while Wu Gan stayed to lead the team. Zheng Ji listened to Ye Bagen's report, analyzed the enemy's situation with his comrades, and made combat deployments.It was decided to eliminate the enemy on the side of Yuetan crossing Yuexi.Yuetan Ferry is a small ferry that must pass from Tanshan to Yuexi, Daling and Shilou.To the north of the ferry is a long path, winding and stretching towards Tanshan and other villages; to the south is a small hill, with a small temple in front of the hill, and an old banyan tree growing on the hill, and the west of the foot of the hill is Yuexi Village.After the transition from Tanshan, people can enter Yuexi along a small road along the hill.This path also leads to Daling and Shilou.According to the terrain, the martial arts team sent the pistol team leader Lu Xia to lead the pistol team to observe the enemy's situation around the small hills and the river, and charge when waiting for the battle; the long gun team led by Su Chongsheng and Feng Shisheng led an ambush on the hills to destroy the enemy. At about 10 o'clock, there was a slight drizzle, and the team set off.The pistol players wore coir raincoats, rain hats, shell guns in their waists, and all kinds of farm tools in their hands, and they marched toward their destination in a similar manner.Arriving at the destination, the pistol team was divided into two groups: one group of Lu Xia, Huang He, and Hu Yi waited around the small temple; noodle.They pretended to be farmers, some pretended to catch weeds by the river, and some pretended to pull weeds in the fields, watching the enemy while preparing for battle.There were twenty-five or six comrades in the Long Spear Team. Under the leadership of Su Chongsheng and Feng Shisheng, they bypassed Tian Ji, avoiding people as much as possible, and headed towards their destination.When they arrived at the destination, they split up to ambush. Two groups of people ambush at the two gatehouses of Yuexi Village, while the other 10 people ambush at the top of the post with a machine gun set up.Feng Shisheng was picking beans in a bean field near the top of the post, observing the direction of Tanshan. "Get ready!" An order suddenly came from the top of the mountain.The soldiers looked towards the north of the ferry at the same time, and saw an armed team coming from Tanshan, and Wu Qian was walking in front.Wu Gan held an umbrella and left the security team far away.He is very afraid of death. He said yesterday that he did not want to bring the security team, because he was afraid that he would be killed when the two sides fought.Later, Zheng Ji came up with this method for him and told him to go tens of feet away and cross the river first, so that he would not be afraid.He really did this, he hurried across the river first, and then called the security team when he turned around. Seeing that Wu Gan had already crossed the river, the security team also walked faster and faster, along the winding path until they came to the ferry.As soon as the platoon leader of the security team arrived at the ferry, he yelled for the ferry to come quickly.The small boat slowly came over. At this time, the platoon leader appointed five people to get off the boat first, and he led the rest of the people to stand on the ferry to watch. Maybe he was afraid that there would be fraud.The boat passed to the opposite bank, and the five people stood on the stone steps of the ferry.The small boat came again, and the enemy platoon leader saw that the five people were fine, so he ordered the rest of the people to get off the small boat with a machine gun.Seeing that they had all disembarked from the boat, the five people who had already landed on the other side walked along the path towards Yuexi. The small boat quickly left the shore and headed towards Yuexi.When it was a few feet away from the shore, suddenly, "Hand up your guns and don't kill, raise your hands!" A burst of shouts frightened the enemies on the small boat. The shell guns of the eight soldiers of the pistol team were already pointing at the enemy. It turned out that , when the second group of enemies was about to transition, the pistol players on the riverside and in the fields gradually moved closer, and when the enemy was about to approach the shore, they attacked suddenly. Before the enemy could react, the machine gun on the hill went off. The enemy was frightened Desperate, two of them jumped into the water quickly. At this time, the people who supported the ferry also jumped into the water. Several people jumped into the water in succession, and the boat shook violently. The enemies on the boat dared not move. The boatman soon swam to the shore, and the fighters of the armed forces team explained to him, "We are the armed forces team, and we are dealing with the Kuomintang army", and advised him not to be afraid, and helped him propel the boat back to the shore. He obeyed and put The boat pushed back to the shore, and the enemies on the boat became prisoners. The enemies who jumped into the water had no choice but to go ashore and became prisoners. The enemy who landed first heard the sound of machine guns on the post.That is to say, he raised his gun and fought with the martial arts team, and retreated into Yuexi Village while fighting.When they retreated to the gate tower of Yuexi, they only heard: "Don't move!" With an order, the soldiers of the martial arts team ambushing in the gate tower were already waiting for them.The enemy was startled when they heard the cry, and three of them jumped to the grain field in an attempt to hide.The other two were captured before they were in shock, and the soldiers shouted to the enemy who jumped into the grain field: "If you don't kill if you hand in your guns, you will die if you resist!" Two enemies came out of the grain field and became prisoners.One still wanted to resist, but was wounded by the martial arts team, had to climb out, and became a prisoner. The fight was over in less than half an hour.In this campaign, 15 enemies were captured, 1 machine gun, 10 rifles, and 1 pistol were seized, which disintegrated the enemy's food collection team and attacked the enemy's arrogance.Comrade Zheng Ji educated the captives, explaining that the national liberation is imminent and they should not be cannon fodder for the Kuomintang.In the end, the armed forces team paid each of them travel expenses and sent them home. After the Battle of Yuetandu, it became even more difficult for the Kuomintang Panyu County Government to collect grain in Yunan.This is so anxious that Zeng Zhaoyi, the county magistrate of the Kuomintang, has the support of Li Jilan, the commander of the Guangzhou garrison, to become the magistrate of Panyu County. How can he explain to his superiors now?In addition, the liberation of Guangdong is imminent, and all officials, big and small, are ready to "catch" and leave. If they collect more food, they can make a lot of money themselves. Which one of his predecessors Chen Ruchao, Deng Hui, and Liu Chaochang did not embezzle food and taxes? ? On the one hand, Zeng Zhaoyi issued a proclamation in the name of the county government to urge the land tax to be released within a time limit; On the morning of September 16, 1949, Zeng Zhaoyi sent county self-defense brigade captains Xie Dasha and Li Fu to lead a large group of troops to Shiqishi in an attempt to arrest Qiu Datang, who received the land tax from Shatian in Shiqishi area, and recover the outstanding land tax of 5,000 stone.邱大棠此时已由武工队保护起来，拘拿不到。下午，曾昭贻也到达石其石，他声色俱厉向当地士绅、乡保长说：“五天之内你们必须将所有欠赋的数清缴，否则法办！”他又派人查阅粮仓的账簿，但查不到邱大棠有任何存谷，便恶狠狠地说：“如不清交田赋，粮仓稻谷不准运出。”说完，曾昭贻像斗败公鸡似的走了，并留下一个连驻守石其石正的粮仓。 邱大棠是什么人呢？邱大棠是石其石一个有一定地位的地方实力派人物。他有正义感，是我们党的统战朋友，禺南武工队在禺南东线活动，也得到他的帮助。武工队领导人民开展反“三征”斗争，要邱大棠承包石其石一带沙田的粮赋。邱大棠在武工队的支持下，对国民党征收粮赋采取拖延的办法抗交，而将部分粮食供应给武工队。当时正有四座粮仓，分别是利安祥、利兴祥、和丰祥、永裕祥。邱大棠在这些仓库都存有稻谷，他是以大兴堂的名义存放的，所以，曾昭贻从账册里查不到邱大棠存谷，仓主们也不敢供出邱的存粮。国民党留下一连人马看守粮仓，企图以武力压迫仓主交出粮食。国民党的一连军队驻在正，对部队活动影响很大。武工队对此密切注视，寻找机会清除这绊脚石。 一天，武工队大小龙武工组的队员岑锦中、王超到小龙绍成小学，印刷宣传材料。偶然间，发现驻正敌连队的一个军官来到学校。他当时没有穿军装，但他们还是一下子认出来了。他们马上对此人进行了解；原来这是驻正敌连的一个排长，名叫韩佑新，其兄韩作新是该校教导主任，他到学校是找其兄谈家常。这小学是武工队的活动据点，韩作新思想比较进步，武工组经常利用学校搞宣传，油印小报，他也支持。岑锦中、王超马上通过韩作新了解敌驻正连队的情况，并对韩佑新进行教育。 不几天，岑锦中由韩作新介绍与韩佑新见面。岑对韩介绍了全国解放战争的形势，韩佑新说：“我当这个排长也是为了两餐，现国民党已经靠不住了，我也要找条出路。”并详细介绍了敌驻正连队的情况，以及驻正的任务。岑锦中向他指出只有弃暗投明才有出路，并动员他做其他人的工作，时机成熟时参加禺南武工队。 岑锦中与韩见面后，将情况向东区武工队负责人胡志华汇报，并上报县工委，岑锦继续与韩佑新密切接触，掌握该连的动态。韩佑新将连队员情况向岑锦中汇报说：他这个排的机枪手、班长等拉出来无问题；其余两排长也可以，而另一个无信心，但估计不敢反抗；至于叫陈礼胜的连长，对共产党的政策不大相信，不可能参加武工队。但星期六必定回广州度周末和假日。岑锦中马上将情况与胡志华商量，准备利用星期天连长回广州时，由韩佑新拉这个连起义，如果不成也可由韩佑新把他那个排拉出来。当时，中华人民共和国已经宣告成立，国民党的兵正寻出路，他们认为这个行动是可行的。 胡志华向周健夫、郑吉等领导汇报了情况以及初步计划。领导认为，争取全连起义，继续做好工作。这时，根据情况和各种迹象表明，国民党县政府要狗急跳墙，武装强行开仓运粮。由于国民党的一连人驻在仓库，粮食不能出入，个别士绅怕由此造成损失，地主黄铁珊提议每仓出稻谷5万斤交国民党，顶抵田赋，以此息事。几个仓主对黄铁珊的提议，也不敢反对。 这件事被梁炳枝知道了，他马上通知梁生和梁俭光，国民党要在10月14日强行开仓，已经派船来准备运粮。必须制止国民党强行落谷！梁生急中生智，他以石其石乡乡长梁实秋的名义打电话给正粮仓的各仓主：没有乡长正式签名，不准任何人开仓落谷。 接着，找到了梁实秋说：现在马上要解放，国民党政府想临走捞一把，要强行落谷，我已以你的名义打电话告诉各仓主，没有你的批准不准开仓落谷，他们一定要找你，你现在马上离开，以免找你麻烦。梁实秋在这样情况下，以送殡为名离开了石其石。 驻正的连队要开仓了，各仓主根据梁生以梁实秋的名义打的电话，坚持没有乡长签名的字据不能开仓。他们即四处找梁实秋。与此同时，梁生马上向县工委领导周健夫、郑吉汇报。 情况紧急，决不能让敌人搬走人民的粮食，决定迅速利用韩佑新的关系，策动全连起义，如不成则武装解决该连队。10月14日中午，周健夫、郑吉、郑乃行、胡志华、岑锦中等同志在谭地三姨妈家召开会议。会议认为，全国解放战争形势很好，广州，番禺的解放在即，一定要逼这个连起义。岑锦中同志介绍了韩佑新了解到的该连队的情况，全连起义是有可能的，问题在于连长陈礼胜的态度尚暖昧。会议决定，韩佑新即回连队策动，争取起义，禺南武工队即调两个连把这个连队包围，争取和平解决，准备武装解决。武工队与韩佑新约定信号，随时呼应。会毕，大家分头准备。部队派出粱河找到韩佑新，指出连队要在当天晚上起义，要他马上准备。 武工队马上调动队伍，按地形分为四组，各组配备一挺机枪。一组在粮仓南面的路口，一组在粮仓东岸，一组在粮仓后面的苦秧墩，一组在粮仓北面的桥头。晚上9时多，部队已完成包围，只等信号枪响。另一方面，会后韩佑新回到连队，他首先找到二排长通报，说当天晚上要起义，现在得马上找三排长，一起逼连长跟着。三排长还顾虑重重，但表示不反抗，不打。这样，韩佑新又找到连长，连长见大势已去，反抗是徒劳的，不得不同意了。 9时30分，武工队向这支连队鸣枪发出信号，很快连队里鸣枪呼应，信号说明工作成功。武工队得到信号后，即派人进入该连队驻地。韩佑新也跑出来迎接领导。韩佑新带着武工队同志先检查了枪械，所有枪支弹药摆在地上，全连90多人已经站好队伍。中共番禺县工委书记、独立团政委周健夫向士兵发表了简短的讲话，给士兵们很大的鼓舞。韩佑新也代表士兵讲了话，表示要跟着共产党，解放全中国。 当晚，起义的连队转移到桥山，并派了岑锦中同志到该连任指导员，编入了番禺独立团，以后又编入粤赣湘边纵队独立三团，随着部队一起战斗。 1949年我军渡江之后，蒋军江南各个防线被我冲垮，纷纷向南溃逃。我部队为了歼敌，连天行军，非常疲劳。那时在各个战场上，捷报频传，部队求战的情绪很高，生怕叫敌人跑了，即使再疲劳也没有一个人喊累的，争相互助，决不掉队。我们10月份追击敌人进入广东，10月13日到了花县县城以北80里处一个叫鳖头圩的村庄。我382团三营发现这里有国民党的一个营，三营立即展开一阵冲杀，即击溃该敌，除部分向西逃跑外，俘敌270余名。营长李树华指挥部队向西追去。经查该敌是五十军三十六师一零六团第三营。 花县战斗时，张实杰团长召集了营的干部开会，他说：攻打花县城的任务，由二营担任主攻，今夜行军争取黎明前偷袭歼敌。一营的任务是抢占花县城南山，防止敌人逃跑和阻止敌人增援。三营是团的预备队，现在你们抓紧时间休息，下午5时出发。 是日下午，部队按时出发。张团长在路边说：“一营已经过去了，三营追击敌人还没回来，你们要加速前进，争取秘密行动，利用夜暗偷袭歼敌。” 部队在向导的指引下，开始走小路，后来走大路，说是80里，其实100里也不止，最后翻过一座山，向导指着山脚下的一长片房子说：“这就是花县县城。”这时太阳已经出来了，敌人的哨兵看到我们即射击，偷袭是不行了，就明打明的干吧！那时城内的敌人情况一点也不了解，营长决定先突进城去，抓几个俘虏搞清情况再说。四连是营的第一梯队，连长苏洪廷、指导员曹世芬，在副营长李步三的指挥下，一举突入城内。 城内就是敌人的县政府，这里住着敌人的一个中队。这个中队不堪一击，一攻即破，很快被我全歼，俘虏了60多个敌人。经了解，在十字街口处的县立中学内，还驻着敌人的一个保安团，部队继续向十字街口前进。到了十字街口，看到中学门口有一伙敌人，乱哄哄的，四连当即射击猛扑过去。校门口的这堆人，大部被我打死、打伤。中学内驻着敌人的保安团团部和两个中队，无一漏网地全部当了俘虏。后来得知，在校门口被击毙的人中，有敌保安团团长。与此同时，六连从右面向城南迂辶回，歼灭敌人的另一个中队。他们也是采用迅猛战术，一接触即冲杀，不给敌人喘息时间，一举消灭敌人。从开始进城，到六连歼敌，只用了15分钟，即结束了战斗。 战斗结束后，我们才知道原来敌人就有四个中队，只有200多人。而我们二营却有800多人。仗打完了，团长在城外搞不清我们在城内的情况，叫司号长用号音同我们联络，问我们在那里。营长即令答号：“在城中心”。不久张团长派通信股长韩玉玺同志来同营长联系。他说：“团长还认为你们把敌人包围起来，正在组织进攻呢！”营长说：“这些敌人不堪一击，就是四个中队，用不着费力，已经被我们全部消灭了。我们现在正在打扫战场，集中俘虏”。 这一仗共击毙敌六人，击伤20余人，俘敌200多人。缴获重机枪1挺、八二炮1门、轻机枪2挺、步枪200余支，我无一伤亡。 此外，还缴获崭新的大汽车1辆、小卧车1辆。在大汽车上装有港币10多麻袋、银元10多铁桶，还有一些食品。 在城南山的一营，还没有来得及展开，城内即结束战斗了，但他们也有缴获。后来得知敌一零六团派另一个营来增援花县，本来是准备加强花县防御的，走到花县城南一公里处，即被我一营打垮了。俘虏敌一部，大部逃窜。我们路过这里时，看到五辆大汽车都翻在路旁，一片狼藉。可见我们打得正是时候，敌还没进城就被一营击溃了。 战后，张实杰团长命令我营在花县城西集结，抓紧时间休息，下午两点开饭后即向广州市开进。