[Hanbin Memory of a Hundred Years of Party History] Battle of Niu Ti Ling, Ankang

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Battle of Niuti Ridge Ankang

The Battle of Niuti Ridge Ankang took place from July 23 to July 25, 1949. , the 27th Army, the 69th Army, and the 254th Division and 235th Division of the New Third Army, the main force of the Kuomintang, fought fiercely around the strategic locations of Daniuti Ridge, Xiaoniuti Ridge, and Ta Liang. An important part of the strategy of the northwest and liberation of the southwest.

On May 1, 1949, under the order of the Central Plains Front Committee, the 19th Army of the Second Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was established, with the commander Liu Jinxuan and the political commissar Wang Feng. On May 8, the 19th Army received a telegram from the Central Military Commission: "The First Field Army will begin to hold the battles to seize Tongguan, Xi'an, Baoji, and Tianshui areas in June, and hope that Liu Jinxuan's troops in southern Shaanxi will follow Hanshui to Hanzhong. It is best to take Hanzhong directly and cut off the escape route of Hu Zongnan to northern Sichuan.” On the 11th, I received a telegram from the two leaders of Erye Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping: "We will actively prepare for the Central Committee's May 8 telegram." In mid-May, the 55th and 57th Divisions of the Nineteenth Army were ordered to gather in the Huanglongwei area of ​​Yunxian County, Hubei Province. Day West. It has liberated three county towns: Baihe, Bamboo, and Pingli. On July 12, the 55th Division of the 19th Army attacked Guanyazi, defeating the 69th Army and a regiment of the 98th Army, the main force of the Kuomintang.

Niuti Ridge is located in the southeast of Ankang City, with high mountains and narrow gorges and dangerous terrain. It has always been a battleground for military strategists. Since 1947, the Kuomintang Hu Zongnan Group has built fortifications in Da, Xiaoniu Tiling and Ta Liang, forming a complete trench network and bunkers protection group, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. At that time, the Kuomintang army fortifying Ankang included the 98th Army, 27th Army, 69th Army and the 254th Division and 235th Division of the New Third Army, the main force of the Kuomintang, and deployed artillery regiments and artillery regiments on the north bank of the Han River and Ankang Airport. Fighter groups, etc., can be described as outnumbered and disparate in strength.

In order to continue westward, the People's Liberation Army South Shaanxi Frontline Command first deployed to capture the fourth line of defense set up by Hu Zongnan in Niuti Ridge in Hanshui, opening up the throat of a full-scale advance into southern Shaanxi. On the 21st, the 55th and 57th divisions of the 19th Army advanced towards Ankang along the Hanbai Highway. The Ankang Division of the People's Liberation Army cooperated in the areas of Chadianzi and Mogou Town to contain the enemy. On the 22nd, the 163rd Regiment, the leading force of the 55th Division, defeated two enemy battalions at Goujiguan and Yaowangzhai, and cooperated with the left wing to insert the 65th Regiment and 1st Battalion, one of the eight rivers, along Taipingzhai and Taishan Temple, to annihilate the enemy. With one company and one artillery platoon, the enemy's remnants were withdrawn to the northwest. The 163rd Regiment of the People's Liberation Army chased to the Hekou of the county, and controlled Anliangpu (code-named Ya) and Lujiashan. I got in touch with the troops of the 57th Division Longwangzhai and kept alert on the spot. At that time, it was raining and the road was muddy. The People's Liberation Army reconnaissance the terrain of Niuti Ridge, while preparing for battle. The 170th Regiment of the 57th Division captured Tai Mo Shan (Da Miao Shan) at dawn on the 23rd, controlling the highlands east of the Yellow River and covering the main force. On the evening of the 23rd, the People's Liberation Army captured the Niutiling position with two regiments in the night, and took control of Xiaoniutiling and Shishizhai (Tuditang) before dawn on the 24th. At 0:00 on the 24th, the Niuti Ridge battle started in an all-round way. The 163rd Regiment and 1st Battalion fought fiercely for 1 hour and captured the main position of Xiaoniuti Ridge.By 4:00 o'clock in the night, the 1st Battalion of the 163rd Regiment repulsed the enemy five times in a row. Due to the heavy casualties, the 3rd Battalion took over, and they competed repeatedly with the enemy, and their positions changed hands several times. After dawn, under the indiscriminate bombardment of enemy aircraft and artillery, the three battalions suffered more than half of the casualties and withdrew from the battle. At the same time, the 163rd Regiment of the 55th Division seized 3 hilltops in a row to the north after capturing the Stone Village of Daniuti Ridge, and was killed by the enemy's main position and flank fire. Jun Qi was seriously injured by the enemy's howitzer and was sent to the front-line hospital of the 19th Army of the People's Liberation Army - Yuanjia Compound in Yuanjiatai, Xianhe for rescue. He died due to his serious injuries.

The entire Niu Telluride battlefield was rumbling with gunfire, the smoke of gunpowder obscured the sun, the sound of killing was overwhelming, and the battle was unprecedentedly brutal. My face-to-face enemies are Hu Zongnan's main force, the New Third Army and the Automatic Artillery Regiment. In order to secure the Qinling line of defense, the enemy dispatched the 110th Army from Sichuan to bring reinforcements. At 13:00 on the 24th, under the leadership of Colonel Niu Yuchuan, the 2nd Battalion of the 163rd Regiment fought bravely to retake all positions in Xiaoniuti Ridge and set up the regiment headquarters on the ridge. The commanders and fighters swore: One shot at a time, fighting to the end. The enemy counterattacked frantically, and more than a hundred artillery pieces concentrated on the Mavericks' Tiling. The 163rd Regiment repelled the enemy's group charge five times in a row, and refused to give up an inch of land. They held on until 18:30 in the afternoon. The 3rd Battalion of the 169th Regiment of the Army Reserve, led by the head of the regiment Dong Mingrui, rushed to reinforce the enemy and finally took all the enemy. rout. The 164th Regiment of the 55th Division and the 169th Regiment of the 57th Division attacked the enemy. At dawn on the 25th, they drove the enemy to the north bank of the Han River, all the way to the west gate of the old city, and all the way to the east dam of the old city. Entering Ankang New Town at 11:00 am on the 25th. According to the instructions of the head of Erye, the troops evacuated Ankang, returned to Pingli, and transferred to training.

The Niuti Ridge battle continued for more than 40 hours. The main position was gained and lost, and the battle was repeated 19 times. In the Niuti Ridge battle, a total of 552 Kuomintang troops were captured, more than 2,550 were wiped out, and the PLA also paid the price of 1,259 casualties. In the history of the founding of the 19th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the Battle of Niuti Ridge was the most tragic and tragic battle after the siege of Huang Wei Corps in the Battle of Huaihai. In this battle, although the heroic soldiers of the 19th Army made great sacrifices, their achievements and significance were firstly cooperating with the overall victory of the First Field Army under the command of Peng Dehuai in the liberation of the Great Northwest Shaanxi Campaign; secondly, giving Hu Zongnan three The half-army attacked, and realized the Central Military Commission's strategic intention of using the 18th Corps and the 19th Army to contain and detain Hu Zongnan's army in the Qinling area, and made a significant contribution to the realization of the Second Field Army's strategy of entering the Southwest China's Great Detour and Encirclement.

The pre-war headquarters of the 19th Army was set up in Maoba Pastoral Mother Temple

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html The enemy command post on the ridge

The machine gun hole of the enemy command post

The enemy trench on the tower beam

Xingxian Tower (hence the name of the tower beam)

Author: Luo Xianyu

Editor: Zhang Xinxin

First review: Zhang Chengxi

Final review: Wang Jinbo

Source: Hanbin District Rong Media Center