This is one of the most tragic battles in the War of Liberation! 11 elite divisions of the Kuomintang army, sea, land and air, were dispatched together, and fought bloody battles with the People's Liberation Army for 6 days and 6 nights, but they could not capture this small village with less than 100 households! After the battle of
, our army listed it as one of the "three major blocking wars" in the Liberation War. The American West Point Military Academy even wrote this war as a classic example of position defense war and wrote it into a military textbook.
So, why do the two sides fight such a battle? How exactly is the battle in this battle that it won this honor?
On September 12, 1948, Lin Biao led his troops south, and the Northeast Field Army million troops were divided into three groups, launching a general attack on the Kuomintang army that defended Changchun, Shenyang, and Jinzhou . The Liaoshen Campaign officially broke out.
In this battle, the PLA's strategic goal was to cut off the Beijing-Feng Railway from Shenyang to Beiping , divide the three cities of Jinzhou, Shenyang and Changchun, and encircle and annihilate the defending troops in one fell swoop.
The strategy of the Kuomintang army is also very simple. The defending troops hold on to the city and wait for the arrival of reinforcements within the pass. It can be said that both sides are almost fighting in Mingcai, and unless they fight to the death, it will not be possible to end easily.
In the eastern Shenyang area, the Kuomintang only has Shenyang City and the Ninth Corps, commanded by Liao Yaoxiang ; in the western Jinzhou area, the Sixth Corps guarded the city, commanded by Fan Hanjie .
Reasonably, the national army should have retreated at this time, but they made a puzzling decision to defend Shenyang and Jinzhou.
This means that he has to mention the "micro-operation" of Chiang Kai-shek . This person does not have much military talent, but likes to interfere with the command of the general. The Ninth Corps of the National Army defends Shenyang, which was also his forced order.
In Lao Jiang's view, as long as the troops located in Shenyang and Jinxi troops launch a pincer attack from both the east and west sides, the situation will definitely get better, but I don't think about the feasibility of this plan.
In fact, in order to save the siege of Jinzhou, Chiang Kai-shek specially mobilized more than three troops from North China and East China. Under the command of Lieutenant General Hou Jingru, he arrived in Jinxi area by escort from the warship .
These troops include the 39th Army, 54th Army, 62nd Army, and the 3 divisions of troops. They are basically elite troops of the national army in North China and East China, equipped with American equipment and heavy artillery .
Before Chiang Kai-shek personally flew to Shenyang to command, he even called his confidant general Roqi and issued a death order: appoint you as the leader of the battlefield inspection team, and you will personally supervise the key point Tashan. If you can't catch it, you will be engaged in military law!
Although the Northeast Field Army did not intercept the deployment plan of the National Army, Lin Biao had long planned for this.
As early as October 1, he deployed the 4th Column, the 11th Column and its subordinate troops to the Tashan line. In order to ensure insurance, he later sent the 1st Column that owed a division as a reserve.
According to his analysis, Jinzhou and Jinxi areas are only nearly 20 kilometers apart, and Tashan Village is the most critical. Dongye needs to launch an active offensive to consume the enemy's living power and defend its position.
I have to say that this "offensive defense" tactics are very exquisite. On the one hand, it will not make our army too passive, and on the other hand, it can also defeat the enemy's agility and thus hold it back.
Soon, Chairman Mao approved this plan. The People's Liberation Army and the National Army were ready separately. The world-famous Tashan Blocking Battle is about to break out.
. In order to capture Tashan, Chiang Kai-shek even flew to Huludao himself and gave a lecture to the "East Advance Corps": This battle is related to the victory or defeat of the war and even the survival of the Northeast. You must have the determination to kill yourself!
It is no exaggeration to say that in order to win Tashan Village, which is less than a hundred families, both sides are almost playing cards and there is no way out. Only when they play until there is only one person left can the winner be decided!
Two days later, on October 8, the 4th Column of the Northeast Field Army, responsible for the main defense, entered Tashan Village.According to the superior's plan, they need to build defensive fortifications from Dayushan Island in the east to Baitai Mountain in the west.
You should know that Dayushan Island is just a small island of nearly one square kilometer. The so-called mountains on the island are less than 60 meters, and the highest Baitai Mountain is only 200 meters on average. The south side of the enemy's train is a large area of flat land, and a railway line is built.
And according to the intercepted information, the vanguard of the National Army has arrived in the Tashan area. It is almost impossible to complete the task of building fortifications in a short period of time with the mountain that can be said to be lacking.
However, the 4th Column was not afraid. Under the command of the 2nd Corps Commander Cheng Zihua , the troops used the concept of "guarding mountains must guard the village" and urgently built a temporary fortification, which was considered as having a position.
At 4 a.m. on October 10, the National Army was ready together. Before our army could build more fortifications, it took the lead in launching an attempted attack. The Tashan Blocking War, one of the "three major blocking wars", officially broke out!
The 151st Division, the 8th Division and the 62nd Division, which were responsible for this tentative attack, were divided into three groups, and they rushed to Baitaishan, Tashan Village and Dayushan Island with American weapons. The artillery troops under the National Army were also attacking each other with the attack.
Because our military fortifications were built in a hurry, more than 40 American heavy artillery in the enemy army caused great trouble to our army. Most of the bunkers were blown up, and the guardrails in the tunnel were blown away directly.
Not only that, in the afternoon, they also dispatched a large number of fighter planes to dive into our position, and shot several times. A platoon of the 4th Column suffered heavy casualties, and in the end there were only 8 people left.
Fortunately, although the enemy used better American equipment, its will was not very firm, and some casualties arose, so the 4th Column repelled two collective charges of the enemy.
After the first day of the battle, the 4th Column learned the lesson of the fortifications being insolid and began to strengthen the fortifications at night. At the same time, it also adjusted its tactics. Only after the enemy's artillery and bombing were completed did our army come out of the fortifications to block the attack.
In fact, the 4th vertical change tactic did work miraculously. htmlOn the morning of 611, the National Army added another division and launched a fierce attack on our positions with the strength of 4 divisions. It was cleverly resolved by our army with evasion tactics, and the casualties were much smaller than the first day.
Just like that, after two days of fighting, our army finally stabilized its position and successfully blocked the enemy's tentative attack. After they dropped nearly 2,500 corpses, they could only temporarily retreat and wait for reinforcements to arrive.
It has to be said that the combat effectiveness of the Kuomintang army is indeed very poor. According to Chiang Kai-shek's vision, this battle should have been carried out by the three navy, army and air force. As a result, the air force only had the first day, and the naval warships did not move.
After the two-day tentative attack from October 10 to 11, the Kuomintang army finally understood that it was necessary to assemble heavy troops. On the same day, Chiang Kai-shek personally ordered the general Hou Jingru led reinforcements to the front line and took over the command of the national army.
htmlOn this day, the National Army did not launch an attack, but was adjusting its deployment and tactics. To this end, the famous general of the National Army and commander-in-chief Wei Lihuang even flew to Huludao, urged Hou Jingru to be cautious when using troops.
and Hou Jingru did "remain to expectations". At 4 a.m. the next day, almost all the American "East Advance Corps" of the National Army were dispatched, and amid the rumbling of American heavy artillery, they launched a crazy attack on our position.
. Among the troops participating in the Warring States Army, the most famous one is the Independent 95th Division . The division is based on the original Ma Family Army and is formed with Huangpu Military Academy officers. Its style of fighting is very fierce. It is one of the elite troops of the National Army and has always been known as " Zhao Zilong Division ".
Not only that, in addition to the American fighter jets that had been dispatched before, the National Army also sent a temporary hybrid fleet during this war, included the cruiser , the largest warship in China at that time, as well as 22 large and small ships, including "Taikang" and "Yongsheng".
It can be said that the elite forces of the Kuomintang army, navy, army and air force have emerged, and they are about to take down the Tashan area in one fell swoop.Before the battle started, Hou Jingru even issued an order to Zhao Zilong Division: to fill in with my life, if you can't defeat one attack, do it again!
However, no matter how powerful the weapons and equipment are, no matter how elite the troops are, they can only hate the battlefield with their pig teammates. When Zhao Zilong's army launched a sea of attack on our position, its friendly troops did not move.
For example, Chongqing cruiser , its captain was passively slacking off on the side because of a bad view; while the 21st Division was even more outrageous. Chiang Kai-shek's personal order to lead the team leader of the supervising team, let him go for reinforcements, but his superior commander ordered them to stop advancing.
In the end, the fierce attack launched by the National Army was repelled by our army, with more than 1,200 casualties, of which Zhao Zilong's army suffered the most casualties, and was almost wiped out by the entire army and had to retreat and recuperate.
Of course, during this fierce attack on the 13th, our army also suffered more than 1,000 casualties, which was the day with the most casualties in the Tashan blocking battle.
Fortunately, after three blockings, including the most violent third attack, and our army organized the artillery counterattack, the momentum of the Kuomintang army has been declining for two days and cannot go one step closer.
, especially in the Tashan position battle on the 14th, although the Chinese army repeatedly charged and seized the frontier positions nine times, its subsequent will was not good, and was soon taken back by our army. In the end, more than 3,000 bodies were left behind and fled in a hurry.
On October 16, with the official capture of Jinzhou by Dongye, Chiang Kai-shek's strategy of moving forward in the east and west was declared bankrupt, and the "East Advance Corps" did not launch another attack and moved to defense on the spot. The victory of our army's Tashan blocking battle ended.
From October 10 to 15, the 4th Column, 11th Column of the Northeast Field Army and the Kuomintang Army East Advance Corps fought bloody battles for six days and six nights. At the cost of 3,774 casualties, 6,549 enemies were killed and killed, and they were stubbornly blocked from the Tashan defense line and could not go further.
In this battle, our army emerged with many hero groups such as Tashan Hero Regiment , Baitaishan Hero Regiment, Tashan Hero Regiment, and Shocking Enemy Guard Corps. It can be said that without the victory of the Tashan Blocking Battle, Jinzhou Battle would not be able to win, and the direction of the Liaoshen Battle will be very different.
There is no danger to guard against Tashan, there is no tower in Tashan, Tashan has no mountains, the fourth vertical is the tower, and the fourth vertical is the mountain!
