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Three hours later, the commander-in-chief's plane took off from Xijiao Airport and headed south to Xiamen.

In this era, it takes nearly 6 hours to fly from Beijing to Xiamen.When the commander-in-chief was flying in the sky, considerable changes took place in both the northern and southern battlefields of Taiwan.

In southern Taiwan, the battle to liberate Kaohsiung enters its final phase.

The inner line of defense established by the national army relying on the Kaohsiung Fortress is already facing the defect of insufficient troops, while our army's southern line has 8 infantry divisions, more than half of the tank divisions, and more than half of the amphibious divisions that can be put into combat.Among the defensive troops of the national army, the 3th Division of the 9rd Army and the fortress garrison infantry can be regarded as regular combat troops. These are refills.

In fact, because the battlefield was not wide enough, the first wave of our army's attack was only three infantry divisions led by two tank regiments, but this first wave of attack penetrated Kaohsiung's inner defense line, and it was in three directions at the same time. breakdown.

On the one hand, most of the Kaohsiung Fortress has been destroyed under constant attack and suppression. On the other hand, last night amphibious tanks and amphibious armored vehicles destroyed the three airports of the national army in Pingtung, and at 3:9 am, the regrouped Amphibious tanks and amphibious armored vehicles controlled Kaohsiung Xiaogang Airport with firepower.Now the national army has neither heavy artillery support nor air force support.

"The enemy Kaohsiung's inner defense line has been completely disintegrated, and the remnants of the army fled to Kaohsiung city and the Shoushan Fortress headquarters."

At 4:18 noon on April 12, our army headquarters in the direction of Kaohsiung sent a report to Xiamen.

Half an hour later, a telegram was sent from the direction of Kaohsiung to Xiamen: "Clashes broke out between the remnants of the national army who fled to Kaohsiung City and Kaohsiung citizens, and gunshots were heard in the urban area."

Su Yu: "Because of the suppression of the February [-] Uprising, the Kaohsiung citizens and the Nationalist Army were on the same page. The Nationalist Army's hiding in the urban area would definitely not win the support of the local people. However, gunshots were frequently heard in the urban area, which may be the Nationalist Army. Shoot people."

"Kaohsiung citizens are very resistant to the national army officers and soldiers. This is a good thing," Zhang Zhen said. The offensive troops of the second echelon quickly stepped in, entered Kaohsiung City, and with the assistance of the local people, chased and wiped out the remnants of the enemy."

Su Yu nodded, and the staff officer sent out the telegram.

Ten minutes later, the Beijing War Situation Center sent a message:

"Su and Zhang told Song and Ye:"

"The history and political situation of Kaohsiung City are extremely complicated. The frontline troops should not rashly implement the old mass policies. The citizens of Kaohsiung have strongly resisted the Guomindang Party's rule in the past few years. They have not only resisted the KMT's corrupt and reactionary policies, but also have old Pro-Japanese elements were mixed among them, and some local gentry participated in the agitation. The purpose was not only to oppose the Kuomintang, but also to oppose all outsiders. In view of the complicated situation in Kaohsiung City, it is recommended that the frontline troops reduce contact with the locals unless the local people take the initiative to help Liberation-Liberation-Army, otherwise we should not take the initiative to ask the local people for help, let alone rush into the homes of the local people to ask for support. When the troops are moving in the indoor streets, they should do all the security work in all directions to prevent being attacked. Zhou Deng .”

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The battle in the direction of Taichung was not started by the 82nd and 84th divisions interspersed across the mountain, but by the withdrawal order of the national army.

The 82nd and 84th divisions originally planned to rush forward on the afternoon of April 4th and cut off the connection between Taichung, Hsinchu and Taipei.

However, at 4:18 am on April 10, the Ministry of Defense of the National Army in Taipei suddenly sent a report to the Taichung First Corps Headquarters, requesting its Second Army to withdraw across Dajiaxi and Daanxi and station in Daanxi and Miaoli counties so that the national The army's troops in Taichung were changed from a group to a vertical arrangement, so that the 2nd Army could also be slightly separated from the 2th Army on the front line.

Guo Jiqiao agreed to Yan Zhenzhu's proposal to move the 4th Army forward, but he planned to move the 2nd Army back, which was in line with the common sense of military deployment.

The telegrams sent by the Ministry of National Defense in Taipei to the First Corps used wired telegrams, but the First Corps used wireless telegrams to order the divisions.The telegram was intercepted and deciphered by our army, Su Yu decided to act immediately.

If the national army is allowed to complete the deployment adjustment, it will be difficult for the 82nd and 84th divisions to intervene between Miaoli and Taichung. Even if they forcibly fight from the mountains to the plains, they will not be able to enclose all the national troops in Taichung and wipe them out on the spot.

"The 245th Regiment is in the upper reaches of Dajia River, the 244th Regiment is in the upper reaches of Da'an River, and the 244th Regiment is located near Dongshi Village. The road conditions here are the best. There is a road from the mountain," Zhang Zhen said. The village goes down the Da'an River along the road, and it takes about 2 hours to walk to Sanyangkeng. There are enemy defenses here, but the troops are very weak. After capturing Sanyangkeng and continuing to fight towards the coastline, the communication between Taichung and Miaoli County can be completely cut off. relation."

Liu Yelou: "Now the air force bombers can go out to the sky above Taichung. We have blown up two bridges on Dajia River. Now the national army has repaired the road bridge. If a ground attack is launched, the air force can use the radio within 2 hours. The bomb blew up the highway bridge again."

Su Yu: "It is very important to blow up the road bridge of Dajiaxi, so as to prevent the national army from turning around and attacking the 244 regiment's position. Is the air force completely sure to blow up the bridge?"

"The Air Force can now dispatch four special bombers carrying 4 bombs to attack a bridge, with a success rate close to 12 percent."

"Then we will order the 244th regiment to move first, and the 246th regiment will follow the 244th regiment down the mountain. Before the battle at Sanyangkeng, the Air Force should be able to blow up the bridge."

244和246团跑步下山，台中市南面，27军在30多辆PT-76水陆坦克——这是第78两栖机械化师留在北线的装甲侦察营——的协同下渡过乌溪抢先对台中市的第4军发动攻击。

Most of the ammunition transported to Taiwan Island is now given priority to the front line in Kaohsiung. The ammunition reserves of our troops in Taichung have not yet reached the level of launching a full-line attack. However, this does not prevent the offensive troops from using 122 mm and 152mm howitzers and 108mm rockets plowed the national army positions on the other side of Wuxi River.

The 4th Division of the 10th Army, who had just been plugged in from the back row for a few hours, had just received and familiarized itself with the positions of the 2nd Army, and was caught off guard by shells.After waking up, the PT-76 tank had passed Wuxi. Some infantry of the 27th Division of the 79th Army hung on the PT-76 and crossed the river. Some infantry waded through Wuxi and followed the PT-76 to attack. The division waited together for the pontoon bridge to be erected by the pontoon bridge in Wuxi.

4月18日下午4时，先导的PT-76和79师235团咬进了国军第10师的防御阵地，乌溪上假设了两座浮桥，27军的后续部队正源源不断过河，79师的重迫击炮团甚至已经运动到乌溪北岸并且开火支援战斗了。

Suyu: ...

Zhang Zhen: ...

Xiao Jinguang is sprinkling chili powder on the shrimp noodles in the bowl.

In Xiamen Qianzhi, everyone was busy for a while when deploying and coordinating plans before the battle. After the battle started, there seemed to be no suspense.Liu Yelou even thought that a few people could go to the airport to meet the commander-in-chief.

However, this Taiwan campaign is another difficult one.While fighting the war, we must keep pace with the rhythm of politics and diplomacy.

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In the afternoon of the battle in Kaohsiung City, only Shoushan was left. The national army relied on the mountain and the destroyed fort (the cannon can also be used as a trench without the cannon) to resist from noon to the afternoon.

In the urban area of ​​Kaohsiung, the siege troops were about to enter the city, and they received new instructions from the radio and walkie-talkie to strictly enforce the non-disturbance policy, reduce contact with ordinary people in the urban area, and be careful of sniping.Not long after entering the urban area, soldiers from the 59th Regiment of the 177th Division just passed by the door of a house, and a citizen yelled at the soldiers with a machete inside the broken gate.According to the previous instructions, the infantry squad moved more than ten meters away from this family. The citizen in the door still held a knife, took a step forward, waved it for a while, and then retreated to his home.

However, in this way, the remnants of the national army could not hide in Kaohsiung City, and they did not dare to enter the house, or they fought with the citizens in the house. As soon as they shot into the city, our troops came along with the gunshots.By 4 p.m., the 58th and 59th divisions successively took care of more than 3000 nationalist prisoners.

When Zhu De got off the plane in Xiamen, all the commanders of Qianzhi had no time to greet him. It was the airport where the secretary of the Xiamen Prefectural Committee arrived. After receiving the commander-in-chief, he rushed to Qianzhi.

"Hello, Commander-in-Chief," Su Yu saluted in front of the Commander-in-Chief, "There are fierce battles in Kaohsiung, Taiwan and Taichung today. Please forgive me for not being able to greet the former comrades at the airport. But 20 minutes ago, Kaohsiung City's The battle is basically over, and we are counting the prisoners to confirm the results."

"Comrades in the former finger have worked hard." The commander-in-chief said, "I came from Beijing to prepare for the signing of the armistice agreement. You continue to perform your duties, and there may be battle reports and command work ahead. "

"Report." The staff officer came in from the next door, "When Kaohsiung City was cleaning the battlefield, the remnants of the national army detonated the ammunition depot."

The explosion happened at 4:40 pm.

That afternoon, a staff officer of the Kaohsiung Fortress Command successfully escaped from Shoushan in the final battle. He first fled along the coast, but he did not find any ships that could go to sea in Kaohsiung Harbor, and hid in the urban area in desperation. An arsenal on the edge.

This is the arsenal of the Kaohsiung Fortress, which stores more than 1 rounds of large and small shells, with the largest caliber of 280mm and the smallest of 47mm, totaling more than 400 tons.In addition, there are 500 tons of explosives—explosives previously reserved by the Fortress Command to expand the fortress and dig air-raid shelters in Shoushan.

At around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the staff officer felt that there seemed to be soldiers of the People's Liberation Army moving outside the arsenal, and they might be searching all the way towards the arsenal.The staff officer picked up a box of detonators, went to the explosives warehouse, lit the detonators, and then lay down on the explosives to die.

"How big was the ammunition depot? How many casualties were caused?"

"The ammunition depot is not in a civilian-inhabited area, but it still caused more than 300 casualties and damaged about 6 houses. The specific number of casualties is still being counted and may increase later," the staff officer said. "Most of our troops were within the explosion range. Of the soldiers in the squad, one soldier died and six were injured, three of whom were seriously injured."

"Kaohsiung is very unsafe now," Zhang Zhen said. "Although we have cleared the remnants of the soldiers wandering on the streets, there are still many remnants hiding in the houses. Now the frontline commanders and fighters are not allowed to search houses. If the remnants hide in empty houses Here, it is very difficult for us to find out now."

"I think it's okay to order a state of martial law ahead."

This is the commander-in-chief on the side interjecting.

"The purpose of special mass discipline during the siege is to reduce the casualties of the citizens of Taipei and our military officers and soldiers. Now that the main battle is over and we have controlled the city on the surface, in order to restore peace and stability to Kaohsiung as soon as possible, we will temporarily implement martial law throughout the city. Curfew to clear out all saboteurs."

Chapter 61, the special envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations came to supervise

"The Chinese army is still the same as the Chinese army two years ago, it hasn't changed at all."

Taylor, commander of the 8th Army, returned to Tokyo from Pusan.He was supposed to discuss with Clark in Tokyo the process of returning U.S. troops in South Korea, but at this time the U.S. military had to temporarily postpone the preparations for the withdrawal of troops, because firstly, Taiwan was fighting, and the fighting made the U.S. military terrified, and secondly, it was because of Taiwan. Therefore, all landing ships of the US military in the Western Pacific must be prepared to retreat to the Republic of China.

Taylor was appointed as the commander of the Eighth Army in February 1953. He had previously served as the assistant chief of staff at the Pentagon, but he began to study the volunteer army's operations on the Korean peninsula since 2. On the afternoon of April 8, the last combatant corps of the national army was blocked in Taichung, and Taylor opened the map to study.The battle process marked by the staff on the map reminded him of the battles at Qingchuan River and Changjin Lake.

"At noon on April 4, at least 18 soldiers of the Chinese Communist Army appeared here," Taylor pointed to the upper reaches of the Da'an River. "Where did they come from? There is only one possibility, and that is that these light infantry crossed the center of Taiwan longitudinally." Mountains, avoiding the surveillance of the ROC army. If we infer their marching route in this way, then the straight-line distance is 9000 miles, and the actual marching mileage may be close to 35 miles. Traveling covertly in the mountainous area with basically no roads, and it took only 60 hours After walking these distances, this incredible march happened once in North Korea, and the Chinese army captured Sansuoli in this way."

Clark: "The Chinese army is an army that is good at fast marching. Their combat will and endurance are beyond imagination. This trait has become their tradition, and it will not be due to the addition of mechanized equipment and heavy firepower to the army. and change."