When did the Battle of Golden Gate start?

1October 24th, 10, along with three red flares in the air, our 80 105mm American howitzers and 75mm mountain guns fired at Wotou and Dadan Island together. Suddenly, the sound of earth-shattering shells was deafening. The exploding shells set off a column of water on the water, and a big ship full of PLA flew to Kinmen Island.

Three regiments of the 28th Army began to prepare for boarding at 9 am.

The soldiers each issued a red cuff and a white cuff as identification marks, and agreed to use the red side during the day and the white side at night. Also, each soldier carries 200 bullets, 12 grenades, three days' dry food, a triangle towel and two first-aid kits.

At noon, Xiao Feng, deputy commander of the 28th Army, called the heads of all divisions and participating ministries to hold the last operational meeting before Xiamen's joint attack.

Xiao Feng, a native of Taihe County, Jiangxi Province, was born in 19 16. /kloc-joined the China * * * Production Youth League at the age of 0/2,/kloc-joined the China * * * Production Party at the age of 0/5. During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he served as the detachment leader of the guerrilla detachment in Wan Tai County, Jiangxi Province, the guerrilla squadron leader in Donggu County and the captain of the second guerrilla brigade in Taihe County.

During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Feng Xiao served as the political commissar of the Eighth Route Army 1 15 Division Cavalry Corps, the political commissar of the 3rd Regiment of the 3rd 1 Military Division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the head of the 5th Regiment, and the deputy chief of staff of the military division.

During the War of Liberation, Xiao Feng served as the brigade commander of the Sixth Brigade and the commander of the Second Army Division of Bohai Military Region, the deputy commander of the Seventh Division of Shandong Military Region, the commander of the Eleventh Division of East China Field Army, and the deputy commander of the 28th Army of the Third Field Army. He has rich military experience.

Xiao Feng held this meeting mainly to inform the current enemy situation and check the implementation of combat readiness. Zhong Xianwen, the 82nd division commander, spoke first. He said: this is our last battle to liberate the mainland coast and cannot be broken! Everyone nodded at this.

This Zhong Xianwen is from Yudu County, Jiangxi Province. He was born in 19 15. /kloc-at the age of 0/7, he joined the China * * * Production Youth League and the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army. During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he participated in the fourth and fifth counter-campaigns against encirclement and suppression and the Long March.

During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Zhong Xianwen served as the operational staff and captain of the 1st regiment of Jinxi Independent Detachment of the 115 th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and taught the deputy battalion commander and battalion commander of the 2nd brigade and 4th regiment, the battalion commander of the 3rd brigade of yi river detachment, the head of the 24th regiment of Binhai Military Region, and the head of the 22nd regiment of the 11th brigade of Bohai Military Region.

During the War of Liberation, Zhong Xianwen also served as the chief of staff of the First Army Division Command of Binhai Military Region, the president of East China Military and Political University, the president of the Bohai Military Region Military and Political School, the deputy commander and chief of staff of the seventh division of Bohai Column of the Eastern Field Army, and the commander of the 82nd division of the 28th Army of the Third Field Army, with rich military experience.

After Zhong Xianwen finished speaking, Xing Yongsheng, head of the 244th Regiment of the 82nd Division, took up the topic and said: I heard that the enemy's reinforcements are coming soon, so it will be difficult to fight again.

Zhu Yunqian, the division commander and political commissar of the 85th Division, said: Is it suggested that the Corps postpone the operation?

Zhu Yunqian, a native of Lianhua County, Jiangxi Province, was born in 19 19. /kloc-joined the China * * Production Youth League at the age of 0/3, and joined the China * * Production Party three years later.

During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, Zhu Yunqian persisted in guerrilla warfare in the south for three years. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Zhu Yunqian successively served as the political instructor of the New Fourth Army Training Camp, the political instructor of the Secret Service Camp and the political commissar of the 15th Regiment.

During the War of Liberation, Zhu Yunqian successively served as deputy commander and commander of Huainan Road East Army Division, commander of the Second Army Division of Suzhong Military Region, and commander and political commissar of the 85th Division of the 29th Army of the Third Field Army. He has rich combat experience.

After Zhu Yunqian's suggestion was put forward, people talked about it in succession. Finally, Xiaofeng reported everyone's thoughts to Commander Ye Fei.

Ye Fei immediately held a battle meeting. He asked the staff: Have the enemy reinforcements arrived in Kinmen?

The staff replied: I am adrift at sea and haven't arrived at Kinmen yet.

Ye Fei pondered for a while and said that there was no need to change the deployment. I think this election will win!

At 6 o'clock in the evening, it was completely dark, and the first echelon of the attack force began to board the ship. Due to the harassment of Kuomintang military aircraft, the ships of the PLA landing troops could not be concentrated together and could only be scattered in three places, so the troops boarded the ships in three places respectively.

The first echelon * * * 10 battalion has about 8,500 people, of which 3 battalions of the 244th Regiment of the 82nd Division boarded the ship in Lianhe. The 3rd Battalion of the 246th Regiment of the 82nd Division under the regiment boarded the ship in Tang Yang, Dadan Island; Three battalions of the 25 1 Regiment of the 84th Division boarded the ship in Cai Dong, Daan Island; Three battalions of the 253rd Regiment of the 85th Division of 29 army boarded the ship at Wangcuo.

During the boarding process, due to the lack of ships, a company of the 253rd regiment couldn't wait for the ship, so the soldiers eager to participate in the war were forced to squeeze into the ship. Xu Bo, the head of the delegation, also said: Hard plug! A regimental person said with a smile, colonel, I think it's better to leave some people!

Therefore, the company's soldiers were forced to stay.

Three hours later, the soldiers of the first echelon boarded the ship. At this moment, the headquarters of the 10th Corps called Xiao Feng, the supreme commander of this battle and the deputy commander of the 28th Army, and said that a regiment of the 12th Corps of the enemy Hu Lian had landed in Dajinmen.

The sudden news made Xiao Feng hesitate: Should we attack today? He consulted with Li Mancun, director of the Political Department of the 28th Army.

Li Mancun, a native of Zhangqiu City, Shandong Province, was born in 19 17. After the July 7th Incident, Li Mancun founded the Zhangqiu People's Anti-Japanese Salvation League, and held an anti-Japanese armed uprising in Sanshanyu, Changbai Mountain, Zhangqiu in February 1938. He successively held several military posts in the Shandong People's Anti-Japanese Guerrilla of the Eighth Route Army.

During the War of Liberation, Li Mancun successively served as the political commissar of the Third Army Division of Bohai Military Region, the political commissar of the Seventh Brigade and the secretary of Qinghe District Committee of China, the political commissar of the Seventh and Eleventh Divisions of Shandong Military Region, the political commissar of the 29th Division of the Tenth Column of East China Field Army, the political commissar of the 83rd Division of the 28th Army of the Third Field Army, and the director of the political department of the 28th Army of the 10th Corps of the Third Field Army.

Hearing this news, Li Mancun believed that there were more than 20,000 Hu Corps on the shore, which fundamentally changed the balance of forces between the enemy and ourselves.

After discussion, the two decided to immediately call Liu Peishan, director of the political department of the Corps, to report the situation to him and see if we can adjust the combat operations tonight.

Liu Peishan, director of the Political Department of the Corps, is from Chaling, Hunan. Born at the age of 19 12, 17, he joined the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants, and later joined the China * * * Production Party. During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he served as a young officer of the Hunan-Jiangxi Guerrilla Brigade, a political instructor and a political commissar of the Chaling County Independent Regiment.

During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Liu Peishan was the political commissar of the second column of Subei Command and the second brigade of the first division.

During the War of Liberation, Liu Peishan was concurrently the commander and political commissar of the seventh column of the Central China Field Army, the political commissar of the tenth column of the East China Field Army, and the director of the political department of the tenth corps of the Third Field Army.

After receiving the report from Li Mancun and others, Liu Peishan quickly reported this emergency to Commander Ye Fei. Lieutenant Colonel Ye Fei very firmly denied their opinions. Then, Liu Peishan responded to Ye Fei's instructions and said: The enemy has always been good at boasting and lying. Even if the Hu Lian Legion landed in Kinmen, the situation would not change much. Besides, they have no time to build fortifications. The Corps has studied it, and we will seize the Golden Gate before Hu Lian Corps. The attack plan remains unchanged tonight!

Feng Xiao said sideways, this battle is definitely not easy to fight. I demand that the first echelon cross the sea to direct the battle and fight to the death with Hu Lian Corps.

Liu Peishan said: Xiao Lao, don't cross the sea, but master the reserve team.

At 9: 30, Xiao Feng officially gave the order to set sail.

The fleet carrying the landing troops first met at the sea of Da 'an Island and then sailed for Kinmen. Sailing was more orderly at first. With the gradual blowing of three or four winds at sea and the temporary formation of ships, most of the boatmen are from Fuzhou and Quanzhou, and they are not familiar with the Golden Gate Strait. Coupled with poor communication, the formation of ships began to change greatly.

65438+ At 0: 00 a.m., a platoon leader named Bian Lizhong of the 20th 1 Division of the Kuomintang Army stationed in Jinmen Island1Dot Red Dot accidentally touched the thunder while checking the sentry post, and a loud noise woke up the Kuomintang defenders on Dajinmen Island.

The defenders panicked and thought it was our invasion, so they hurried into the position. By the faint moonlight, they found a huge dark fleet on the sea, coming with stormy waves.

The Kuomintang garrison was in a hurry and immediately fired three shots into the air as a signal according to the pre-agreed plan.

Xing Yongsheng, head of the 244th regiment of our army's vanguard, immediately reported to the command post by radio after hearing the enemy's signal gunfire: Five miles away from the enemy, request artillery support! At the same time, three red flares were fired in advance, requesting artillery cover.

The Golden Gate War began.