Chapter 7 Chapter 07 Capture Chuansha and other counties and towns, control Pudong and occupy Wusong

On the evening of May 25th, Zhu Shaoqing, the commander of the 28th Army, received an urgent telegram from Ye Fei sent by his confidential staff officer. Open the way and hit Wusong as soon as possible. After reading the telegram, Zhu Shaoqing immediately asked Chief of Staff Wu Su to quickly convey it to the troops, and at the same time ordered the troops to attack Wusong in multiple ways. Before dawn on May 26, the remnants of the Yangxing area retreated to Wusong.The 244th regiment took the opportunity to fight fiercely, intercepting and annihilating 600 fleeing enemies.The 83rd Division attacked east along the north bank of Yunzaobang.The 84th Division pursued along the road from Yangxing to Wusong.

The 30th Army, as the first echelon of the Eastern Front Corps to attack Pudong, its mission is to directly capture the line of Chuansha and Bailonggang, and then cooperate with the 10th Corps, which attacked from the west of the Huangpu River, to cut off Wusongkou and attack Shanghai. The enemy defending the area formed a situation of encirclement, in order to wipe out the enemy defending Shanghai. At 4:00 p.m. on May 13th, Xie Zhenhua, the army commander in his early 30s, who was born in the Red Devil, led the army command post to set off from Pinghu with the 88th and 89th divisions of the first echelon of the army. Wei, Fengxian, Nanhui, Chuansha, and Bailonggang are advancing rapidly.

The 30th Army was under the command of the Central Group when crossing the river.After breaking through the Yangtze River defense line, the military political commissar and deputy commander led two divisions to follow the main force of the Corps to pursue the fleeing enemy eastward, while Xie Zhenhua led a division to perform military control tasks in Wuhu, a famous Mishi city by the Yangtze River. After the 10th Army of the Communist Party of China came to Wuhu to take over the defense, the young army commander resigned from the post of director of the Military Control Committee and led his troops to catch up with the two divisions that had left first.

At the corps cadre meeting, Song Shilun asked Xie Zhenhua face to face: "Your department is the first echelon of our corps to conduct roundabout operations east of Shanghai. The vanguard must capture the Chuansha and Bailonggang areas before 24:00 on May 16. Are there any difficulties?" "Complete the task resolutely!" Xie Zhenhua replied decisively. Maybe it was because the rainy season came early that year. It rained continuously for several days, and the climate on the seaside changed greatly.After the rain, the road was even more muddy and difficult to walk after being crushed by military vehicles and trampled by countless marching teams.After nightfall, dark clouds overwhelmed the top, the sky was dark, and the troops could only grope forward in the wind, rain, mud, and darkness.In this area of ​​the Jiangnan water network, there is a river for three miles and a bay for five miles. The bridges crossing the river and the boats ferrying them have all been demolished and burned by the enemy; , When the river is wide and deep, the troops can only stop to find a way to cross the river.

At first, Xie Zhenhua could take a car, but when he walked a little further and encountered a broken bridge and a ferry without boats, he had to switch to riding a horse. Later, even the horse could not adapt to the wind, rain, mud, single-plank bridge and night, so he marched in the wind and rain just like the soldiers , The troops were very excited to see the army commander walking with everyone. They got enlightenment from the army commander's actions and understood the urgency of the task, so they chased each other regardless of fatigue, and urged and supported each other to move forward.Some slipped and fell, got up without saying a word and continued to move forward.The troops don't even have time to eat, so they can only eat dry food while rushing on the road. The cadres and soldiers forget about fatigue and hardship, and think about how to reach the designated place quickly and destroy the enemy!They passed through Jinshan, captured Fengxian, and took Nanhui. They walked and fought on the way, eliminating the obstruction of a small group of enemies. After completing a journey of more than 200 miles, they arrived at Jiangjia Road, south of Chuansha, one day earlier than the time stipulated by the field army headquarters and the head of the corps. town.

Pudong is located in the east of the Huangpu River, which runs from north to south in Shanghai. the sea.Thus forming an incomplete peninsula situation. This is a plain water network area with a north-south trend and a terrain that is narrow in the north and wide in the south. Rivers criss-cross each other. Due to the influence of sea tides, the water level rises and falls from time to time. Some highways were subject to the bombardment of enemy warships, Wusong port artillery and sky planes. Chuansha is a riverside town in the Pudong water network. It is adjacent to Shanghai in the west and Bailong Port and Linjia Wharf in the east. It is an important port for the enemy to escape from the sea once they are defeated.Tang Enbo, the commander-in-chief of the enemy's Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou garrison, knew that it was extremely important to defend Pudong. On May 14, he transferred his 51st Army from the urban area to strengthen the defense of Pudong's Chuansha and Bailonggang areas; on the 15th, he learned that the PLA was advancing day and night. Que Hanqian, the commander of the enemy's 54th Army, was also urgently ordered to rush to Gaoqiao Town to form the Pudong Corps, and unified command of all Pudong armies, local police, gendarmerie and other stubborn troops.

The 51st Army of the Kuomintang was originally the Northeast Army, composed of two divisions, originally stationed in the Yangzhong area.When the People's Liberation Army fought across the river, it annihilated about two regiments, and lost another regiment on the way to retreat. The remnants were led by army commander Wang Bingyue and fled to Shanghai in late April and early May.In the 113th Division to which it belonged, Li Ji, the original division commander, was dismissed because he left the battlefield command position without permission. Wrinkle Yu Nansheng charge.Most of the members of this army were from the north. After they fled to Shanghai, they heard news that they were still withdrawing to the south, and the morale of the army became even more unstable.

On May 11, Tang Enbo held a military meeting.Attending the meeting at that time were: Luo Zekai, commander of the 37th Army, Liu Yuzhang, commander of the 52nd Army, Wu Zhongzhi, commander of the 75th Army, Shu Rong, commander of the 12th Army, Wang Kejun, commander of the 21st Army, Gu Xijiu, commander of the 123rd Army, Wang Bingyue, commander of the 51st Army, Artillery Commander Shao Baichang, Armored Forces Commander Xu Tingyao, Songhu Garrison Commander Chen Daqing, Songhu Defense Commander Shi Jue, and Shanghai Police Chief Mao Sen and others.During the meeting, Tang Enbo summoned Wang Bingyue and said: "Your troops are ready to go to Chuansha, Pudong, to take over part of the defense of the 37th Army. For details, you can directly discuss with Commander Shi."

"Our troops arrived in Shanghai the latest, we are still breathing, and we don't have much strength." Wang Bingyue's face was full of sadness. "You're still fine." Tang Enbo replied vaguely. After listening to Tang Enbo's words, Wang Bingyue felt helpless, and thought to himself: Anyway, you are taking the miscellaneous troops as the head, and you will give us gifts first.He immediately went to see Shi Jue, and Shi cheered him up and said: "The commander-in-chief told you to go to Pudong to take over the defense between Chuansha and Sanjiu Port of the 37th Army. The area is very good. The cement-reinforced fortifications are very strong. There is Gu Xijiu’s 123rd Army on the Songjiang side, and the 37th Army on the Pudong side. Go back and wait for orders, so you can prepare first.”

On the morning of May 12, Wang Bingyue received a telegram from Tang Enbo, "Commander Wang Bingyue of the 51st Army will lead his troops to the vicinity of Chuansha on the 13th. Take over the defense of the 37th Army's line from Chuansha to Sanjiugang and strengthen the fortifications. , defend it firmly." After Wang Bingyue received Tang Enbo's order, he led his troops to the vicinity of Chuansha County before the evening of the 13th.At first glance, there are neither any formal troops nor any cement and steel fortifications, and they think: Puxi is extremely important. If Puxi is captured, Pudong will not be captured. Therefore, the main force of the People's Liberation Army should be used in Puxi, and Pudong may only use a part of its troops attack.Therefore, the battle on the Pudong side will not be a big deal. Maybe once the Puxi side ends, the Pudong side will follow suit.

Judging from this, Wang Bingyue's defense plan is: take Bailonggang as the center, grasp the strength of the troops, use plans to strengthen themselves, and act according to the situation as the battle progresses. After the 30th Army of the People's Liberation Army led by Xie Zhenhua and Li Qianhui arrived in the Chuansha area, they learned from the prisoners of war that the 51st Army of the Kuomintang had just entered the Chuansha and Bailonggang areas and was busy deploying and preparing to resist.Only less than a thousand enemy troops and local stubborn troops were stationed in Chuansha City.Xie Zhenhua immediately ordered the 265th Regiment, the vanguard of the 89th Division, not to stop, to rush straight to Chuansha, to catch the Kuomintang army by surprise and attack them unprepared. The People's Liberation Army, which is good at night combat and close combat, outflanked from both wings and attacked fiercely, which completely caught the Kuomintang army by surprise.It took the People's Liberation Army just over 2 hours to occupy Chuansha County and wiped out more than 700 enemies. At that time, it was almost midnight, the gunfire had not completely stopped, the sky was dark and cloudy, and the rain fell on the people, and the coolness hit people.According to the usual situation, after a long march and several battles along the way, the troops should take a rest.However, the battle situation was pressing and it was impossible to follow the routine. Xie Zhenhua immediately made a deployment: ordered the two regiments of the 88th Division to quickly insert behind the enemy's rear, detour to the north, take Gujialu Town, and cut off the connection between the 51st Army and the 12th Army of the Kuomintang; , and launched a fierce attack on the enemy in front of him with the strength of 5 regiments. The People's Liberation Army attacked suddenly, and the Kuomintang army was startled from sleep to fight hastily. In the stormy and dark night, only the sound of gunfire and killing was heard. That is to say, they retreated one after another.Around midnight, the People's Liberation Army has completely surrounded the 51st Army of the Kuomintang and the provisional 8th Division, compressing them in Chenjiazhai, Linjia Wharf, Qingdun Town, Xiaoyingfang, Tangjiazhai, Bailonggang, Sanjiugang, from east to west Only 4 kilometers, and only 5 kilometers from south to north in a narrow area. The People's Liberation Army surrounded the enemy at a rapid marching speed, and the artillery was still behind, so it was difficult to catch up with the infantry for a while to attack.After a short battle, the Kuomintang army determined that the heavy weapons of the People's Liberation Army had not arrived, and the attack deployment was not yet fully ready. At dawn on the 16th, three regiments were organized. Attack, rushed to the 263rd regiment of the People's Liberation Army in Sanjiugang, Wangjiazhai, and Tangjiazhai, trying to open a hole, break out of the encirclement, and reconnect with the enemy's 12th Army. The commanders and fighters of the 263rd Regiment of the People's Liberation Army stubbornly resisted the attack of the Kuomintang army, and constantly changed defense to offense, and always tightly closed the encirclement.At the same time, the follow-up troops of the People's Liberation Army bypassed the positions of the Kuomintang defenders and moved forward on a large scale. When Wang Bingyue saw this momentum, he felt a drum in his heart, thinking that his 51st Army would not be able to last long if the People's Liberation Army adopted such a style of play, which would not do him any good.So prepare to gather troops, grasp the strength, and then wait for the opportunity to act.But he was also afraid of the responsibility for the retreat, so he summoned the commanders of the 41st Division and the 113th Division to the military headquarters to study together. On the afternoon of the 16th, Zou Yunan, commander of the 41st Division, and Ding Zuobin, commander of the 113th Division, came to the military headquarters for a meeting.In addition to asking about the situation in person, Wang Bingyue focused on asking Zou and Ding for their opinions on the next move.Ding said: "Although our department is relatively calm on the front line, we have heard that the follow-up troops of the Communist Army have crossed the right flank of our army's position and rushed northward. It seems that they want to surround us on the seashore and then launch an attack. Then we will suffer. Now Our department is running out of ammunition, and we can only eat food until the 17th, and the supply line in the rear has been broken. It is a battle, and I am afraid it will not last long. It is better to save some strength and try to hide first." Ding Gang finished, and Zou immediately continued: "Although I am confronting the enemy in front of me for the time being, our positions are all in paddy fields and are not strong. If the enemy increases the pressure on the troops, it will be even more difficult to secure it. It is better to find a way early." Hearing what Ding and Zou said, Wang Bingyue got a little bit of confidence in his heart. He showed the medicine in his gourd: "I am most afraid that the enemy will surround us in a small area near Bailong Harbor and annihilate us in one fell swoop. If so , Although we fight hard, it will not help the reality. Therefore, it is better to retreat to Gaoqiao Town first, grasp the strength, and wait for the future plan." Ding and Zou immediately agreed.Therefore, Wang Bingyue came up with a pre-planned plan and ordered the two departments of Zou and Zou to retreat. After Ding and Zou received the retreat order, they each returned to the division headquarters to prepare for the retreat. After Zou Yunan, the commander of the 41st Division, returned to the division headquarters, he ordered his subordinate units to retreat, but he did not make specific arrangements for the retreat.He didn't even eat dinner, so he changed into plain clothes and fled.As a result, the headquarters fell into chaos immediately, and everyone scrambled to escape for their lives.Although Ding Zuobin's 113th Division and the troops directly under the 51st Army followed the order to retreat on time, it rained heavily at night and the roads were muddy, making it difficult to move forward.At this time, the 267th regiment of the People's Liberation Army successively captured Qingdun Town and Linjia Wharf, and then swooped on Bailonggang, where the headquarters of the 51st Army is located.This kind of fighting style of fierce tiger digging out its heart and going forward bravely was unexpected by the Kuomintang army. At first they wanted to resist.It took the troops of the People's Liberation Army just over an hour to capture the headquarters of the 51st Army, disrupting their command system, capturing the commander of the 51st Army, Wang Bingyue, and military personnel, and annihilating a mountain artillery regiment. After the 51st Army of the Kuomintang was captured and its headquarters was wiped out, it became a headless snake and was in chaos.Some enemies wanted to fight against danger, but under the violent impact of the PLA troops, they were of no avail. They either surrendered obediently or were quickly wiped out. That night, the sound of cannons shook the sky, the sound of shouting and killing continued, and the flames from far and near were on and off... By the early morning of the 17th, the 51st Army of the Kuomintang and the 8th Division of the Provisional Kuomintang were basically wiped out. In addition to those killed, nearly 8,000 people were captured people. After the battle in Chuansha, when Xie Zhenhua was talking to Wang Bingyue, Wang Bingyue looked depressed and sighed and said, "Oh! We have lost a complete defeat. Before our deployment was adjusted, you rushed forward. Two or three hundred Huali, it’s raining again, I thought it would take at least two or three days for you to arrive. How could I have imagined that you would come so quickly, and fights broke out that night..." Having said that, there is one more thing to mention.Tang Enbo once ordered his subordinates to fill a cart full of yellow explosives, planning to blow up the seawall in the Zhelin section of Fengxian County when the tide came on May 18, 1949, turning the area from Chuansha to Jinshanwei in Pudong into a vast ocean, so as to prevent the people from The PLA's attack.It is precisely because of the "fastness" of the People's Liberation Army that they marched so fast that Fengxian and Nanhui were occupied on May 14, which prevented Tang Enbo's plot from succeeding. The vanguard of the 30th Army boldly crossed Chuansha on the morning of the 15th, inserted into the rear of the defenders, and separated the Pudong defenders. The other part of the 30th Army advanced rapidly after capturing Chuansha City at noon on the 15th. It caught the enemy by surprise. On the evening of the 16th, it encircled and annihilated part of the defenders in Pudong in the Bailonggang area northeast of Chuansha, and captured the enemy's 51st Army. There are more than 8,000 people under Chang Wang Bingyue.This is the PLA's first major victory in operations outside Shanghai. The 31st Army and the 30th Army deployed side by side, advancing towards Takahashi together.On the way, Zhoupu Town was besieged on the 16th. After 10 hours of fierce fighting, the defenders were wiped out, and more than 2,500 people were captured. Gaoqiao was originally a river and sea area surrounded by water on three sides. The terrain is narrow. From the south side of the Yangtze River Estuary to the Huangpu River, the width from east to west is about 7 kilometers.The defenders relied on the bunkers that had already been built, and received artillery support from warships in the Huangpu River and Yangtze River, as well as aircraft and tanks.In order to protect the access to the sea at Wusongkou, on the 18th and 22nd, Tang Enbo mobilized troops from the urban area to reinforce Gaoqiao twice.In this area, the defenders have advantages in terms of strength, firepower, terrain, fortifications and supplies.The 30th and 31st armies fought fiercely with the defenders under extremely difficult conditions. On the 19th, a regiment of the People's Liberation Army at the Yanjiaqiao position was attacked by a division of the defenders for 7 consecutive counterattacks. The remaining three companies of the regiment still stood firm.On the same day, the People's Liberation Army captured Jinjiaqiao and Qingning Temple by the Huangpu River. At dawn and noon on the 21st, the Kuomintang army, with a regiment of troops, crossed the Huangpu River eastward from the urban area to attack the Qingning Temple position twice, but were repelled. On the 22nd and 23rd, the battle reached a fever pitch, and the positions of the 30th and 31st armies were breached many times. On the 23rd, the Kuomintang army broke into a place 200 meters away from the command post of a regiment of the People's Liberation Army. On the afternoon of the 23rd, the heavy artillery unit of the Sanye Special Forces Column arrived and entered the position. More than 300 heavy artillery pieces suddenly and violently fired at more than 10 warships of the Kuomintang Navy on the northeast sea of ​​Gaoqiao, and immediately hit 7 ships.After being hit by this major blow, the Kuomintang warships that once flaunted their might fled one after another.Since then, the People's Liberation Army has blocked the sea to the east of Gaoqiao, partially achieving the goal of blocking the Huangpu River. In order to annihilate the Kuomintang defenders in the Pudong area, while the 30th Army of the People's Liberation Army surrounded and wiped out the 51st Army, the 31st Army of the People's Liberation Army led by Zhou Zhijian and Chen Huatang was ordered to enter the battle on the left flank of the 30th Army. The 31st Army, as the second echelon of the 10th Corps of the People's Liberation Army, crossed the river on the Jingjiang line on April 22.After entering the south of the Yangtze River, they drove straight into the south, chasing and annihilating the Kuomintang troops fleeing from Nanjing, passing through Changzhou, Yixing, Changxing, and entering Guangde and other areas.During the long-distance pursuit, the troops endured hunger, traveled day and night, rushed to fight, bravely interspersed, competed with the enemy for time, and competed for speed. There are more than 16,000 officers and soldiers below the virtuous. On May 4, the 31st Army was ordered to set off from Yixing and march eastward along the northern shore of Taihu Lake. On May 7, the Party Committee of the 31st Army began preparations for taking over the city according to the instructions of its superiors—an enlarged Party Committee meeting attended by cadres above the regiment was held at Hushuguan near Suzhou, emphasizing the need to conduct in-depth urban knowledge, policy The education of discipline and garrison rules; at the same time, various troops are handing over heavy weapons to enter the city to undertake the task of garrisoning. On May 8, the mission changed suddenly, and the headquarters of the Third Field Army decided that the 31st Army would be transferred to the command of the 9th Corps to participate in the Pudong operation. The specific tasks assigned by the 9th Corps to the 31st Army were: to quickly capture Zhoupu in the first stage of the Pudong operation, and then together with the 30th Army to capture Gaoqiao, go straight to Sancha Port, block the Huangpu River, and cut off the enemy's sea retreat. The military situation was urgent, and Zhou Zhijian asked the troops to mobilize for battle while walking, and prepare for battle while walking. At the same time, he sent a reconnaissance battalion to conduct reconnaissance in the Pudong area.After 6 days of trekking, they arrived in Fengxian and Nanhui areas in Pudong area on May 14 to prepare for the attack. At that time, the army cadres were quite young and had strong assault capabilities.For Zhou Zhijian, he is only 33 years old.Zhou Zhijian, formerly known as Zhou Yufa. Joined the Red Army of Chinese Workers and Peasants in 1929. Joined the Communist Party of China in 1933.In the Red Army and the Fourth Army, he served as a soldier, squad leader, traffic team platoon leader, traffic team political instructor, battalion political commissar, deputy head, head, and division commander.During the War of Resistance Against Japan, he served successively as regiment commander, detachment commander, brigade commander, deputy commander of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Field Army and political commissar of the 13th Brigade.During the War of Liberation, he successively served as the deputy commander and chief of staff of the 12th Column of the Central Plains Military Region, the commander of the New 5th Division of the Jiaodong Military Region, and the commander of the 13th Column of the East China Field Army.When the whole army was unified and reorganized, he was appointed as the first commander of the 31st Army of the Third Field Army. After studying the enemy's situation and terrain characteristics in Pudong, Zhou Zhijian and other army leaders made up their minds: use the tactics of long-distance raids and breakthroughs in the middle, use the 91st Division to directly capture Zhoupu Town, and continue to attack Gaoqiao after succeeding; The 93rd Division took the Xinlu directly along the Nanhui and Chuansha Highways, and continued to attack Gaoxing, Jinjiaqiao, and Donggou Town after they succeeded; the 2 regiments of the 92nd Division formed the second echelon, followed the 91st Division, and invested as appropriate fighting. Zhoupu Town is an important stronghold of the Kuomintang army's Pudong outskirts, and Xinlu is a small railway station on the Gaomiao-Chuansha railway line. Both of these places are guarded by troops belonging to the 37th Army of the Kuomintang. In January 1949, after the Kuomintang failed in the Battle of Huaihai, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Tang Enbo, commander-in-chief of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou garrison, to actively prepare for war in Nanjing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou.The Kuomintang Ministry of National Defense followed Chiang Kai-shek's will to establish the 37th Army of the Youth Army. Chiang Kai-shek appointed the director of the Second Department of the Ministry of National Defense and a young general Luo Zekai as the army commander.The 37th Army has the 202nd Division with Wang Dawei as its commander and the 209th Division with Fang Maokai as its commander; in April 1949, the 204th and 208th Divisions of the Youth Army were incorporated into the army's battle order. The military headquarters of the 37th Army was originally stationed in Kunshan County. In February, it moved to Yangsi Town, Pudong. In April 1949, the People's Liberation Army successfully crossed the river and liberated Nanjing.Tang Enbo hurriedly assembled troops in Shanghai.At that time, Tang's headquarters judged that the People's Liberation Army would use the main force to advance to Shanghai along the Nanjing-Shanghai line, and it might first encircle Wusong Town and cut off the communication line of the Huangpu River; Occupy Gaoqiao Town and support the main battle.Therefore, Tang Enbo moved the 37th Army from Yangsi Town to Gaoqiao Town, and further strengthened the construction of Gaoqiao Town's core fortifications and nearby fortifications. In May, the Third Field Army of the People's Liberation Army pressed down on the border and surrounded Shanghai. Tang Enbo hurriedly transferred the 37th Army back to Yangjiadu, Pudong to take on the task of defending Pudong and ensuring the security of Shanghai.After the 37th Army accepted the task, it ordered the 204th Division to be the right area team to stick to the existing fortifications north of Yangjiadu; the 202nd Division was to be the central area team to stick to the established fortifications in the Yangjiadu area; Fortifications have been set up in the Ningsi area; Geng Ziren, a senior member of the military department, was appointed as the captain of the Pudong Coastal Detachment, leading some security forces from the former Jiangsu Province, stationed in Zhoupu, the transportation hub in the Pudong area, and set up an advanced position. After completing the task of delaying the PLA, they will be transferred to the PLA Go to the rear and perform guerrilla missions. After the 91st Division of the People's Liberation Army accepted the task, the division leaders immediately conducted research.The teacher, Gao Rui, was a student of Shandong Laiyang Normal School. After the "July 7" Incident in Lugouqiao in 1937, he rode a bicycle to Yan'an to participate in the revolution with a few enthusiastic classmates.A year later, Gurry graduated from the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University and returned to Shandong. Ten years later, he became a teacher from a young student. Gurry's final decision was: the 271st Regiment (Jinan Second Regiment) would carry out the main attack from the northwest of Zhoupu Town; the 272nd Regiment would launch the attack from the southwest of the town; On the afternoon of May 15th, the troops set off from Tuolin and marched along Fengxian and Hangtou in the rain.Tian Jun, the deputy head of the 271st regiment, led the 2nd battalion and the reconnaissance unit of the regiment as the vanguard of the division, and set off ahead of schedule. The troops advanced all the way in concealment, strictly blocked the news, ruled out minor environmental disturbances, and quickly approached Zhoupu Town.The Kuomintang army has never discovered the PLA's attempt, and at that time the 204th division of the enemy's 37th army was changing defenses with the coastal defense detachment, and the town was in chaos. In the middle of the night, when the 91st Division arrived at Xiaojialou in the southwest of Zhoupu, it encountered two enemy companies.The People's Liberation Army made a prompt decision and opened fire with quick movements, which caught the Kuomintang army by surprise.Then, the reconnaissance unit inserted into the opponent's formation from the flanks, annihilated the unit, and then occupied Tianhua'an Station; the main force of the 271st regiment went straight to the north of Zhoupu Town, cutting off the Kuomintang army's retreat, and together with the 272nd and 273rd regiments, Zhoupu Town surrounded. At around 4 a.m. on the 16th, the 3rd Battalion of the 271st Regiment arrived at Zhenxi Station. The 8th Company captured a sentry from the Kuomintang Army. The submachine gun engages in fierce battles with the enemy.Seeing that the enemy had lost their position, the enemy immediately organized a counterattack, but they were all repelled by the People's Liberation Army. The People's Liberation Army also captured an enemy platoon leader.By allowing them to speak out, make full use of the enemy's mentality that the situation is over and there is no hope of fighting again, launch a political offensive, and persuade the enemy to lay down their weapons and surrender their positions.As a result, a platoon of the enemy stopped resisting and surrendered.Then, Wang Weiqi, the instructor of the 8th company and a combat model of the division, led the first and second platoons to quickly occupy the station and develop in depth, wiping out more than 300 enemies. At the same time, the 273rd Regiment inserted into Zhu's house to the northeast of Xiaojialou, and when it was about to attack a bridgehead position, the enemy stretched out a white flag from the bunker, and Cui Dengzhi, the leader of the 5th company and 1st platoon, went to accept the surrender.At this time, the enemy in the bunker opened fire suddenly, causing some cadres and soldiers of the People's Liberation Army to suffer casualties.This aroused great indignation among PLA commanders and fighters.The leader of the 273rd regiment immediately ordered the 5th company to attack forcefully. The cadres and soldiers of the whole company braved the enemy's intensive firepower, rushed into the bridgehead position, and wiped out the stubborn enemy.At the same time, the 1st Battalion quickly captured Sanbanqiao; the 2nd and 3rd Battalions broke through the enemy's line of defense from the southeast of the town, boldly interspersed in street battles, and divided the enemy. On the morning of the 17th, the 272nd regiment entered the town from the west and south at the same time, and got in touch with the 271st regiment.After 10 hours of fighting, most of the defending enemies were wiped out, and the People's Liberation Army took control of most of Zhoupu Town.The remnants of the Kuomintang retreated to the "Zhongshan Electric Company Building", the commanding height in the town, in an attempt to hold on and wait for help.The building is solidly built and forms multiple layers of firepower. Several attacks by units of different organizational systems of the People's Liberation Army failed.Gu Rui, the commander of the 91st Division, sent Zheng Ge, Chief of Staff of the 271st Regiment, to unify the command and organize coordination.This move really worked. After more than an hour of fierce fighting, all the enemy troops were wiped out, and more than 3,000 people including Major General Geng Ziren, Commander of the Coastal Defense Detachment of the Kuomintang Army, Xie Yuanliang, Chief of Staff, and Sun Yuanhui, Commander of the 2nd Security Brigade were captured. While the 91st Division captured Zhoupu, the 93rd Division was taking the Xinlu and Jinjiaqiao lines in Chuansha County from Nanhui Datuan Township. The leaders of the 93rd Division determined that the 277th Regiment to which it belonged was the vanguard of the division. On May 15, the 277th regiment rushed to Sandun Station in Nanhui County as the starting point for the attack. Sandun Station is more than 10 miles away from the county seat, on the coast of the East China Sea, in the southeast corner of Shanghai, and the terrain is remote.Taking this place as the starting position of the attack is for the convenience of concealment, so as not to let the enemy notice in advance. On the afternoon of May 17, the 277th Regiment, under the leadership of the head of the regiment, Xu Yuan, traveled from Sandun via Nanhui, followed the highway to Chuansha, and then rushed to the Xinlu Station area along the road next to the Shangchuan Small Railway.Since the specific location of the enemy has not yet been clarified, the troops had to adopt the method of preparing for battle while scouting the enemy's situation. In the evening, the world began to drizzle, and the troops marched under the rain curtain.At that time, most of the roads and bridges had been destroyed. When encountering rivers, they had to temporarily dig soil and fill paths on both sides of the river banks. Some small rivers were lined with planks to pass;Not far from Chuansha, all the roads were taken in the countryside. At that time, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the muddy road was raining, and with the large army walking, the road surface was even more muddy. If you were not careful, you would fall.Marching on this heavy rain and muddy road, soldiers not only carried guns and backpacks, but also carried ammunition bags full of bullets. Some soldiers also carried machine guns weighing tens of kilograms. They fell down and got up before walking. , Walking more than 70 miles a night, no one was left behind. At dawn on the 18th, the 277th regiment arrived at the Huashiqiao area. According to reports from the vanguard, the Kuomintang army was found ahead.After preliminary reconnaissance, it is known that the army probably has a battalion with relatively strong weapons and equipment, and has built a stronghold at Xinlu Station.While Xu Yuan reported the situation to the division headquarters, he ordered the 3rd Battalion and 2nd Battalion to approach this army from the north and the south, and the regiment command post was set up in a small building in Huashiqiao Village. After further investigation, it was found that Xinlu Town was a small market town with only dozens of households. The station was at the west end of the market town, surrounded by open fields.After the 277th regiment of the People's Liberation Army approached this Kuomintang army, it immediately chose favorable terrain and built a position for timely attack.The Kuomintang army, on the other hand, believed that since they were in such a favorable area, if they could not escape, some of them could escape from here to the coast and use small boats to board large ships to escape.They did not expect that due to the rapid march of the People's Liberation Army, they had been surrounded.When they discovered the PLA troops, they were terrified and released light and heavy machine guns indiscriminately. At around 8:00 in the morning, the fog gradually dispersed, and the gray sky in Pudong gradually brightened.Xu Yuan found that three or four miles to the left of the regiment command post, there were flags hanging on several masts, but he couldn't tell what the flags were. "Take the map." Xu Yuan said to the staff.From the map, the place where the mast is erected is the Huangpu River.Xu Yuandeng took a closer look with the binoculars and saw that they were American warships flying the Stars and Stripes. He counted them, and there were eight ships in total.Xu Yuan felt a "thump" in his heart.The higher-ups once explained: If Shanghai is attacked, the US imperialists may join the war, and US warships are cruising along the Huangpu River, and military conflicts with them should be avoided as much as possible.But when things come to an end, as a soldier, you must have various preparations.Therefore, on the one hand, he reported the situation to the division headquarters and asked for instructions. On the other hand, he ordered the troops to prepare for battle, so that they could be effectively dealt with in case the U.S. warships fired.But around 10:00 am, the eight US warships all started to move, and after a while, they drove out of the Huangpu River in a single file.Xu Yuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. According to the combat plan, Xu Yuan originally planned to command the troops to launch an attack at 2 pm. Later, he found that the defenders had fierce firepower. Not only did they show no signs of fleeing, but they also showed their determination to stick to it.In order to reduce casualties, Xu Yuan postponed the attack after receiving instructions from the division. At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the attack signal was issued, and immediately, mortars, 60 artillery pieces, light and heavy machine guns fired together, suppressing all the firepower of the Kuomintang defenders.As soon as the firearms were fired, the troops started their activities. Half an hour later, the two sides fought hand-to-hand, and the People's Liberation Army fought fiercely, beating the Kuomintang defenders into a panic.An hour to resolve all battles.He won the first battle cleanly and completely occupied the new land. Just after the Xinlu battle ended, Xu Yuan received a call from the division commander: order the 277th Regiment to quickly organize its team and move forward to encircle the enemy at Jinjiaqiao. Jinjiaqiao is also on the small railway line, a few miles west of Xinlu Station.Xu Yuan and other regiment leaders decided to use the 1st Battalion, which was the regiment's reserve in the Xinlu Battle, as the main attack in the Battle of Jinjiaqiao, and the 2nd and 3rd Battalions to be used as reserves. Xu Yuan led the cadres of the first battalion to look at the terrain first, but was blocked by the Kuomintang army on the way. At that time, the deputy head of the 278th regiment also went to look at the terrain. department.The division commander instructed: The 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 277th Regiment temporarily stayed in place to tidy up and clean up the battlefield, and sent the 1st Battalion to advance bravely to the south. When fighting the New Land, the 1st Battalion was the reserve team of the regiment and failed to fight. The 2nd and 3rd Battalions had already won the battle against the New Land, and the 1st Battalion also wanted to make a contribution. After accepting the task, the cadres and soldiers of the 1st Battalion marched 5 li, surrounded Gaoxing, and at the same time sent a platoon to search for the enemy in Donggou.Seeing the attack of the People's Liberation Army, the Kuomintang army in Donggou resisted and prepared to board a boat and flee to the Puxi area. On the way to continue to attack Gaoxing, the 277th regiment met the chief of the reconnaissance section of the division headquarters who delivered the order, and informed Gaoxing that there was an enemy fortress brigade in the northwest, which was stationed at Langzhong Bridge and Gujiazhai.Therefore, Xu Yuan and other regiment leaders discussed and decided that the 1st Battalion would concentrate on annihilating the enemies in Donggou, surround Langzhong Bridge with the 2nd Battalion, and surround Gujiazhai with the 3rd Battalion.Later, the situation was found out, and considering that the troops should not be dispersed, it was decided to surround the remnants of Gujiazhai with 4 companies first, and reserve most of the 2nd Battalion as a reserve team. The Donggou battle started, and the 1st Battalion solved all the problems after half an hour of fierce fighting.Gu's house was surrounded in the afternoon, and it rained heavily at night. The battle was resolved in the early morning of the next day, and more than 150 enemies were captured. At midnight on the 18th, the 277th and 279th regiments jointly launched an attack on Jinjiaqiao.The troops first broke through the Kuomintang defenders' positions from the northeast side and wiped out one company of the enemy. In the early morning of the 19th, the area north of Jinjiaqiao was completely controlled.Under the cover of 4 tanks, about two battalions of the Kuomintang army launched a counterattack against the PLA troops. Relying on some ridges, trenches and houses, the PLA fought back and destroyed one of the opponent's tanks.The eighth company repelled the Kuomintang army and counterattacked many times in a row. The cadres of three companies were casualties one after another, and only more than 10 people stood firm.At this critical juncture, Wang Deyou, the leader of the 1st platoon, stepped forward and commanded the whole company to fight fiercely until dawn, and the enemy was finally repelled. On the 19th, the 2nd Battalion was sent to continue to surround Langzhong Bridge. The Kuomintang defenders fled north and captured more than 30 people.At the same time, the People's Liberation Army took advantage of the victory to pursue the remnants of the Kuomintang army in Qingning Temple, and finally occupied Qingning Temple in one fell swoop. On the 20th, the remaining units of the Kuomintang's 37th Army attacked the PLA's 278th Regiment stationed in a village near Qingning Temple.Being attacked by the enemy, the troops of the 277th regiment went to support. As a result, the enemy in Puxi took the opportunity to reoccupy Qingning Temple and the nearby British shipyard. On the 21st, the troops of the 277th Regiment attacked Qingning Temple again. After a day of fighting, the enemy fled back to Puxi by boat. After the People's Liberation Army troops took Qingning Temple again, they wiped out the remaining enemies scattered in some surrounding villages.So far, a large area of ​​Pudong has been under the control of the People's Liberation Army. After 10 days of fighting in the periphery and suburbs, the People's Liberation Army completely broke the Songhu peripheral defense system that the Kuomintang painstakingly managed, liberated more than 10 county towns, conquered more than 100 important strongholds, advanced more than 100 kilometers, partially broke through its main position, and wiped out the 51st , the 123rd Army, and the Temporary 8th Division took more than 20,000 prisoners, and achieved major victories.As a result of the peripheral operations, Tang Enbo was forced to concentrate his main force on both sides of Wusongkou, leaving the urban area empty of troops, creating favorable conditions for the siege troops to launch a general attack, annihilate the main force of the defenders in the suburbs, and capture the urban area of ​​Shanghai. run to wusong At the same time as the 28th Army was operating, other armies of the Western Front Corps also began a full-scale attack. The attack line of the 29th Army and the 99th Division of the 33rd Army (still temporarily attached to the 29th Army) is only 5 kilometers away from Baoshan County and 10 kilometers away from Wusong.With the order to attack, everyone will be the first.After the 85th Division wiped out the enemy in front of them, it divided into two groups: one to attack the enemy Jiangwan Airport; the other, together with most of the 86th Division, 87th Division, and 99th Division, went straight to Baoshan County and joined forces to annihilate the base The city defends the enemy stubbornly.That night, thousands of guns were fired, and the shells roared and flew towards Baoshan City, Wusong Town and the enemy ships on the river.The first part of the 86th Division and the 253rd Regiment of the 85th Division advanced towards Wusong at a running speed. The 97th Division and the 98th Division of the 33rd Army started to march forward side by side along the Baoyang Highway from Yangxing in the early morning of the 26th, and joined forces with the 28th Army at Wusongkou at 9:00 am on the same day. After more than a week of fighting to liberate Shanghai, in order to complete the task of annihilating the enemy and liberating Shanghai more quickly, on May 20, Sanye ordered the 23rd Army of the 7th Corps and the 25th Army of the 8th Corps to participate in the battle, and strengthened the And attached to the 9th and 10th Corps.It was under such circumstances that the 25th Army was relieved of its garrison mission in Zhenjiang, waved its finger to the east, and participated in the battle of the 10th Corps marching into Shanghai. On the 20th and 21st, the troops were transported to Kunshan by car, and at 17:00 on the 23rd, they entered the Jiading area to assemble and prepare for the attack. 根据10兵团命令，第25军由杨行向东攻击，切断宝山、吴淞之间国民党军队的联系，而后，军主力配合第28军、33军攻击吴淞，以1个师的兵力配合第29军攻占宝山。完成上述作战任务后，视情担任攻击市区之任务。 23日夜，第25军的部队奉命会同兄弟部队，向宝山、吴淞发起攻击。军部决定，以第74师附第224团、特纵炮兵第5团、第24军之山炮团、本军山炮团和第75师为第一梯队，以第73师为第二梯队。 26日凌晨3时后，第74师所属之222团3营，协同兄弟部队在国民党守军两个连堡群中大胆地插入纵深，沿着罗店至宝山公路迅速发展，直抵宝山城下。营长武广成等人查明敌正向吴淞方向溃退，而宝山已有兄弟部队攻入，便决定掌握这一战机，迅速沿公路向吴淞以北前进。上午8时，直插至吴淞黄浦江岸，发现大量敌人，拥挤一团，都在争先恐后，准备登船逃窜，便果断地把当时掌握的两个连和一个排的兵力，分成两路，以一个班、一个组的猛插，大胆进入混乱的敌群，并展开政治攻势，争取了逃敌缴械投降。结果，第222团3营仅以负伤16人的代价，俘虏敌8000余人，缴获榴弹炮6门，重炮8门等一批战斗物资。 吴淞镇雄踞长江口，地理位置十分险要。自我百万雄师横渡长江，一举解放南京、杭州、苏南、江西、浙江大部分地区以后，被围的上海守敌的陆上退路完全被切断，吴淞口便成为残敌赖以逃亡的惟一通道了。在我强大的东线、西线两大兵团以神速、凌厉的攻势，象一把巨大的铁钳向吴淞口钳击时，惶惶如惊弓之鸟，嗡嗡如无头之蝇的敌人，不得不做最后的打算——逃跑。 国民党京沪杭警备司令汤恩伯，嘴上高叫着“死守上海六个月到一年，誓与上海共存亡”，心里却明白大势已去，末日降临，匆匆地将守备任务移交给新上任的淞沪警备副司令刘昌义，自己却带着家眷亲信、金银细软，于五月二十四日溜到吴淞口，登上军舰逃之夭夭。 我军占领吴淞军港 司令一走，官兵发慌。于是敌人主力大批地向吴淞口沿江一带收缩。名为“决一死战”，实是伺机逃走。顿时，枪声、火光、浓烟，把吴淞镇闹得个乌烟瘴气。混乱中，锁着的房门被砸开了，箱子、衣橱被翻了个遍；经理、老板被吓跑了，商店、银号被洗劫一空。大街上，小巷里，车挤车，兵推兵，乱哄哄如热锅上的蚂蚁，都向同一个目标——码头拥去。 在这些杂乱无章的人群中，有国民党五十四军、五十二军“正规军”，也有团防队、保安队等杂牌军和宪兵团、交警总队、警察局等地方军警，五花八门，应有尽有。加上那些有来头的大亨，汽车里塞满了皮箱，带着姨太太，也在这人流里拚命地揿着喇叭，想赶到前面去。无奈那些士兵只是斜他们一眼，谁也不想让路，于是，谩骂和殴斗更增加了混乱。 这时，码头上站满了荷枪实弹的宪兵，拚命阻拦着向码头上拥来的亡命之徒。军官们提着枪用沙哑的嗓子叫唤着： “弟兄们，弟兄们！别挤！让五十四军先上，他们有紧急公务！上！五十四军的快上！” 立刻，拥挤的码头上激起一片杂乱的喊叫： “弟兄们！别听他那套，大家都上！” “他五十四军是亲娘生的，我们也不是后娘养的！” “要活命的，上啊！……” 说着，五十二军的一伙拚命地往上挤。五十四军的见势不好，一个个都拉开了枪机，黑洞洞的枪口对准了往上拥的士兵。人群里发出骚动，前面的敌兵吓呆了，后面的还在一股劲儿朝前挤。只听有人喊道： “别理他！他们有枪，我们手上又不是烧火棍！” “对，跟他们拚！” 双方都端起了枪，剑拔弩张地对峙着，一场火并眼看就要发生。五十四军的军官们看情况不妙，马上换了副面孔，语气缓和地说： “弟兄们，别伤了和气，把枪都收起来。现在是共赴国难，有话好说！” “那把我们家眷先带走，我们可以慢点。”五十二军的军官立即提出了条件。 “实在抱歉，汤司令命令：除了五十四军谁也不能上！” “不能上也要上！”被激怒的五十二军官兵忍不住了，猛地推开五十四军士兵，向军舰上冲去。顿时，趸船上、跳板上拥挤不堪，左冲右突。那挤不上跳板的，有的干脆跳进江里，顺着锚绳、舵把往上爬。五十四军的看看叫喊无济于事，便悍然开枪。这边一打枪那边当然不甘示弱。于是，机枪、冲锋枪、步枪响成一片…… 5月24日下午七时，正当敌人在吴淞口争相逃命的时候，解放军总攻的炮声响了。炮弹带着火光，铺天盖地地飞向敌人阵地。顷刻之间，一道道铁丝网无影无踪，一座座地堡土崩瓦解，一条条堑壕墙倒沟坍。 经过十几天的战斗，战士们早就憋了一肚子火。敌人的残暴，江南人民的苦难，战友、人民的牺牲，桩桩件件似烈火燃烧在战士胸中。冲锋号一响，战土们就跳出掩体，跃出战壕，象旋风一般向敌人冲去！ “迅速插向宝山、吴淞！” “决不能让敌人跑掉！” “打它一个痛痛快快的歼灭战！” 看，英雄的“叶挺团”冲上来了！转战苏北，在攻占叶挺城(今江苏盐城)战斗中立下赫赫战功的勇士们，发扬攻如猛虎的优良作战传统，凭着叶挺“铁军”的硬骨头精神冲上来了！ 敌人凭借着月浦一线纵深三公里的主阵地进行顽抗。舰炮、岸炮不停地向我轰击，炮弹落在我军阵地上，掀起一个个黑色的烟柱。敌人工事里的机枪吐着长长的火舌，子弹在战士们前后左右发出“扑嗤扑嗤”的落地声，冲锋极其困难。但战士们没有胆怯，更没有后退。他们只有一个愿望：冲上去，撕开缺口，占领敌人阵地！他们只有一个决心：冲进去，勇猛穿插，切断敌人退路！ 台湾莲花港出身的苦大仇深的战士小陈，冒着猛烈的炮火，带头跳进齐腰深、五六米宽的壕沟。锋利的竹签将他双脚刺得鲜血直流，呼啸的子弹打穿了他的耳轮，他还是用手榴弹炸掉梅花桩，用枪刺撬开鹿砦，迅速接近地堡，将敌人一一消灭，为部队打开了前进的通道。 某部七连始终冲在出击部队的最前面，象一把锐利的尖刀直插月浦机场。此时机场里混乱不堪，几架破烂的飞机东倒西歪地躺着；汽车、水陆两栖坦克燃烧的火苗直往上窜；八门大炮的炮口还冒着青烟；场部里的文件、纸片随风乱飞；一锅刚刚烧好的猪肉还在冒着热气。显然，敌人逃了！ Chase!决不能让敌人跑掉！ 卢连长一声令下，全连沿着机场通向县城的公路疾跑。但冲进宝山城，仍不见敌人的大队。从抓到的俘虏口中获知：大批敌人正在向宝山城东门外的江堤上集结，准备登舰逃跑。 战士们迈开铁脚板，以最快的速度向江堤奔去，迅速运动到江边。只见三千多敌军拥挤在长堤上正等待上船。quick!四十多名战士根本没考虑敌众我寡的形势，以大无畏精神，迅速将敌人围住。顿时机枪高架，手榴弹紧握，威严的呼喝声盖过江潮： "Hands up! Hand in your gun and don't kill!" “快投降！你们跑不了啦！” 在这一刹那，敌人象触了电，腿发了软，骨头散了架，呆望着江潮，一个个举起手来！ 就这样，这个曾经荣获过“牡丹亭战斗一等功臣连”称号的连队，仅用了十七发子弹就俘获了三千多敌人，又荣获了“淞沪战役一等功臣连”的新称号。 部队继续向吴淞挺进！ 侧翼的地堡里还响着枪，不管它，留给后续部队解决；战士鞋跑掉了，打着赤脚追；负伤的战士拄着树棍，也一劲儿向前；什么睡眠、吃饭，早就忘到九霄云外；剩下的只有一个念头：追上去，直插吴淞口！ 这时，宽阔的同济支路差不多被敌人丢弃的汽车、大炮、枪支、弹药堵塞。贵重的皮箱、包裹、甚至金条银元也散落在地。爱财如命的国民党军政要人，为了保命，不得不把千方百计从老百姓那里搜括来的财物忍痛抛弃。战士们迎着江风，踢开银元前进，踩着毛货衣裤冲锋，谁也没有理会这些琳琅满目的财物；而遇到子弹就捡，碰到好枪就换。子弹袋装满了，再装衣袋；手榴弹拿不下了，丢掉夹被再带几颗。一旦枪精弹足，战士们冲击的步伐就更敏捷，更轻快。 部队接近吴淞，敌人放起了火。整个吴淞镇淹没在火海之中。民房、仓库在烈火中燃烧，滚滚浓烟在黄浦江上空漫卷。愤怒，象火一样燃烧着战士的心。他们紧咬仇恨，加快步伐，穿过燃烧的街镇向江边扑去！ 某部七连首先冲上江堤，六挺机枪对准敌人怒吼。后续部队象撒网似的，从各个街巷兜了上来。公路上、镇街上、码头上的敌人全部落进网中。他们惊慌地从东拥向西，又从西逃向东，上天无路，入地无门，只得在我军一片“缴枪不杀”的喊声中缴枪投降。 个别反动的军官，还妄图驱使部下作垂死挣扎，以求冲进江口登舰逃走。我先头部队如铜墙铁壁屹立江堤，敌人无望的反扑一次次失败。眼看袋口越扎越紧，国民党士兵纷纷叫道： “不打啦！不打啦！” “叫当兵的卖命，不干喽！”说着，纷纷缴枪投降。 一个矮个子兵一边举起枪，还一边喊道： 我军于5月25日自浦东渡过黄浦江，准备进入上海市区“长官，我缴得最多啦，四支，四支！” 与此同时，我军重炮团从高桥黄家湾不断轰击江口，封锁了吴淞江面。敌人几艘被困的军舰，眼看逃不出去，便用一块白床单制成白旗，升上桅顶。他们一边喊：“欢迎解放军！”一边列队甲板，鼓掌走下舷梯。 吴淞解放了。The fire was extinguished.战士们站在吴淞码头上，望着滚滚向前的江水，听着逐渐寂止的枪声，威武地据守着这祖国东海的大门。