When was Yangzhou liberated?

Yangzhou before and after liberation

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Cheng yuxiang

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1948165438+10 In October, the Huaihai Campaign was won, and Huang, commander of the Seventh Kuomintang Corps stationed in Yangzhou, was killed in Nianzhuang. Knowing this news, other Kuomintang military and political police leaders stationed in Yangzhou arranged for their wives and children to take valuables and flee to southern Jiangsu first; The citizens rejoiced.

There were many reactionary troops in Yangzhou at that time. Situ Temple and Qin Long Temple outside the West Gate, Pingshan Hall, Guanyin Mountain, Tianning Temple and Chongning Temple outside the North Gate, Jinghui Temple and Fuyuan Temple outside the South Gate, Changsheng Temple, Sleeping Buddha Temple, Sun Palace, Xiangfu Temple and Lifesaving Temple outside the East Gate are all full of Kuomintang troops; The remnants of the landlord's armed "big coat team" that escaped from Lixia River are scattered in nearby villages; Some primary and secondary schools and Slender West Lake Scenic Area are occupied by stragglers.

These garrisons, defeated soldiers and wounded soldiers have nothing to do all day, and troubles happen from time to time. Merchants were robbed, pedestrians were beaten and households were robbed. One afternoon, the garrison in the grand stage theater clashed with the wounded soldiers who were watching the play, almost fired, and the theater was forced to stop. Since then, in order to maintain order, the authorities had to send a "joint pressure group of the army, the police and the constitution" to sit in the theater. Some wounded soldiers pretend to be "heroes" everywhere and beg forcibly. One morning, at the entrance of Xindaxiang satin shop in Duzi Street, a soldier of seventeen or eighteen from the north, with a crutch under his arm and a worn helmet in his hand, asked for money from the shop. Because there was a hint of disdain in the tone of a young clerk in the shop, the injured soldier raised his crutch and smashed the container to pieces. Although there was a "mediation" by the security team, there was no way to hurt the soldiers, so the shopkeeper had to come forward and say hello to collect money.

In order to fight a life-and-death battle, the Kuomintang reactionaries continued to deploy young men to supplement their troops. One morning at nine o'clock, the author saw a group of arrested able-bodied men in Duzi Street, with five or six hundred people, all shaved their heads and wearing yellow military uniforms. Every five able-bodied men are tied by a long hemp rope, and their left arms are connected in a string, next to armed soldiers. Curious, the author followed all the way to the Gongx Stadium (now the Workers' Cultural Palace). It turned out that the Jiangdu county government concentrated all the able-bodied men caught from four townships and eight towns here. Around the stadium, there are many families of the arrested young people. They carried straw stoves, sesame cakes, Jingjiang navel and other food, shouting the child's name and crying. Seeing this, even the soldiers who were escorted couldn't help crying.

The Kuomintang reactionaries dug trenches at the foot of daming temple and Guanyin Mountain on the front line of Shugang and built bunkers on the Wu Ting Bridge. Six gates of Yangzhou City 13 were blocked by bricks and rubble, and only the gates of Fuyunmen, Old South Gate, New South Gate, West Gate, New North Gate, Dongguan and Gap can pass. It opens at 6: 00 a.m. and closes at 5: 00 p.m. All pedestrians and goods entering and leaving the city are carefully inspected. The power outage was also strengthened, and Zhenyang Power Plant was designated to start power generation at 6 pm every day and stop power generation at 12 in the afternoon; Every night, the police and the police chief have to go door to door to check the accounts; After midnight, local residents will play more bangzi, just in case. Under such control, Yangzhou's streets, stations and docks are deserted, while Fuyunmen, Dongguanmen and the ancient canal, where pedestrians and foreign businessmen usually gather, are empty and sparsely populated.

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Before the Lunar New Year (1949), there were many people wandering around the busy sections such as Yuanmenqiao, Jiaochang Street, Duozi Street, Zuo Wei Street and Brick Street, and people wanted to know some signs of the change of the times from what they saw on the street. Everyone noticed that the Kuomintang troops on the street were hard to see; The leading figures in the county disappeared one by one; The security guards who used to patrol and stand guard along the street also changed into plain clothes. At the gate of the distribution office of Subei Daily in Yuanmenqiao Street, people talk about the situation from morning till night. Some people say that the People's Liberation Army has reached Shenxian Temple and Huaisi Bridge, and the Kuomintang army and the People's Liberation Army fought a battle in the original temple, killing and injuring many people. Others mysteriously said that the plainclothes team of the producer of * * * has advanced to the city, and the city has seen the open letter they distributed.

1949 65438+1On the morning of October 25th, the author was awakened by the noise and firecrackers. Hearing that the troops had entered the city, he invited his neighbor Ye Shangjie to have a look. First of all, I found that the police at the T-junction of Yuanmenqiao (now the National Day intersection) disappeared, and so did the security guards patrolling in front of major businesses. A large group of people are chatting in front of the newsstand next to the Lai Dayou Tobacco Shop. It is said that the Swiss watch shop in Zuo Wei Street (now Guangling Road) was robbed in the middle of the night the day before yesterday, but the police didn't go out and everyone evacuated. When we went to the Swiss watch shop, we found the door wide open and the shelves empty. Then I went to the police station diagonally opposite the watch shop (now Zhongbaiyidian). I saw crowds inside and outside the police station, with documents, police uniforms, police caps and a small amount of guns and ammunition scattered everywhere, but no one dared to move.

The Chamber of Commerce became the industrial and commercial headquarters of Yangzhou underground party organization to meet the liberation of Yangzhou. The walls inside and outside the chamber of commerce are covered with red and green slogans, and some people with signs on their chests come in and out, which is very lively; There are several square tables in the hall, surrounded by celebrities from Yangzhou business circles. But we didn't see the New Fourth Army in the Chamber of Commerce. It is said that the Old North Gate (now south of Fengle Street) and the New North Gate (now south of Xinbeimen Bridge) were blocked by Kuomintang troops, and the New Fourth Army entered the city from outside the old South Gate (now the intersection of Nantong East Road and Wenhe South Road) and Fuyunmen (now south of Yin Shi Street). When we arrived at Fuyunmen, we found that the Rong Da wooden bridge on the canal was set on fire by Kuomintang troops, and pedestrians and vehicles could not pass. The New Fourth Army did not enter the city from here. We have to go back.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, I walked to Duzi Street and finally saw a team of more than 10 people. They are dressed in gray military uniforms, with rifles, backpacks, grenades and sandals on their shoulders, and they are in good step. It is said that this team will take over the county organs, police stations, telegraph offices, post offices, banks and other key departments of the Kuomintang. In the evening, they live in the post office of Duozi Street (opposite the corner of Xiaosiwan Lane). After dinner, I went to play and saw a little soldier standing by the mailbox at the door. A group of children were asking questions around him. The post office is quiet and the ground is clean. Some soldiers are sleeping, some are reading and studying, some are smoking, and some are mending clothes. Their kind image is quite different from my impression of soldiers, and my fear of them disappears.

1in April, 949, the People's Liberation Army headed for the Yangtze River and passed by Yangzhou. One day, the Chamber of Commerce informed the merchants in the main streets of the city to arrange food and tea in front of their stores to comfort the PLA. In the afternoon, the shops closed early, but people waited for hours without waiting for the army. The next day, I heard that the PLA did not enter the city, but surrounded Yangzhou City along the outside of the city wall. A few days later, we met the PLA regular army at the new south gate. The officers and men dressed in uniform yellow uniforms, with military numbers pinned to their chests, marched in four rows. Weapons include 38 rifles, carbines and submachine guns, as well as heavy machine guns, Grenade launchers and pursuit guns, as well as mountain guns, field guns and mule-drawn rubber-tyred vehicles. The guns were covered with willow branches or pine branches, and many soldiers wore hats made of willow branches. The army walked for more than two hours.

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