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The first thing I noticed was the four intercepted and deciphered National Army telegrams, all about the 12th Corps of the National Army.

The 12th Corps, which retreated from Jiangxi to Chaoshan, Guangdong, received a telegram from Taiwan in early October, asking it to transfer to Taiwan by boat as soon as possible. On October 10, the 10th Corps reported to Taiwan that the 18th Army had boarded the ship and set off.A day later, Taiwan sent a report to the 12th Corps, ordering them to turn to Kinmen Island and switch defenses with the Kinmen defenders. The 19th Corps then called back saying that it had complied with the order to order the 12th Army to go to Jinmen instead, and the 12th Army was ready to go.

The 12th Corps of the National Army was also called the Huangwei Corps during the Huaihai Campaign, but now it should be called the Hulian Corps.During the Battle of Huaihai, the Huangwei Corps was trapped in Shuangdui, and then the entire regiment was wiped out, but Hu Lian escaped in a tank by himself, and later took in about 2000 broken soldiers from the 12th Corps.Back in Nanjing, Chiang Kai-shek trusted Hu Lian very much, and immediately appointed Hu Lian as the commander of the second training headquarters, and asked him to go to the south of the Yangtze River to organize and train the new army.Hu Lian arrested about 5 strong men in Jiangxi, and Chiang Kai-shek gave priority to supplying all the newly arrived American aid weapons and equipment to Hu Lian. In this way, on May 1949, 5, the 13th Corps of the second generation of "one resurrection" was established in Jiangxi up.

Many annihilated units of the national army have been resurrected. Generally speaking, after the Platinum-level ace main force is resurrected once, the combat effectiveness will be reduced to Silver-level (still has a little combat effectiveness); Below bronze.In the Battle of Huaihai, the 74th Army in Chenguanzhuang (reorganized 74th Division Meng Lianggu was revived after being annihilated) had a very good combat effectiveness, and some small battles were even better than the original five main forces in Chenguanzhuang-the Fifth Army.

Although the quality of soldiers and middle- and lower-level officers of the revived Hu Lian Corps has been greatly reduced, it uses all-American weapons. Therefore, in June 49, after Sanye found the number "6 Corps" reappeared in the intercepted telegram, it was still Given some attention.

Scrolling down, Commander Su frowned at the report of the 28th Army.

“我部拟于10月25日凌晨，以82师第244团（加第246团3营）、84师第251团和253团为第一梯队，乘船登陆金门岛。”

"What happened?" Commander Su waved the telegram in his hand, "Didn't these go to the Tenth Corps? Didn't the Tenth Corps send it to the 28th Army?"

The original national army on Kinmen Island was the 22nd Corps. This was a severely disabled corps with a total of 2 people. The following troops were annihilated three times on average for each number, and they were rebuilt too many times. Some divisions even had no uniforms for the entire division. , the morale and combat effectiveness can be imagined.If there is only the 22nd Corps on Kinmen Island, then maybe the three bulk regiments of the 28th Army will really win if they rush up.But the 12th Corps already has an army to reinforce Jinmen, and the combat effectiveness of this army may surpass that of the severely disabled 22nd Corps.Moreover, due to the lag of intelligence, maybe in the past few days, the remaining troops of the 22nd Corps are also marching towards Jinmen.

"Call the 28th Army directly until it is connected," Commander Su said. "Order them to immediately stop the plan for landing operations. Also, call the Tenth Corps."

Then, Commander Su came to the map, "Where is the 78th Division? Where is the boatman?"

The chief of staff came over to confirm the map, and said: "The two regiments of the 78th Division have just arrived in Fuzhou. During the Pingtan Island landing battle, our army's 4 infantry companies collapsed when they landed on the enemy, and captured 8000 prisoners in one day. , The 78th Division did not participate in any battles, and is currently on standby in Fuzhou to gather up the tanks and armored vehicles that have fallen behind. The Shandong Shipbuilding Detachment passed the Minjiang River yesterday and is continuing to move south.”

Commander Su paced back and forth in front of the map, entering the long exam.

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Beijing.

Tang Hua was thinking the same thing in his empty office in the newly renovated office building.

"I have already revealed all the frequency bands and characteristics of the newly aided radio stations by the U.S. military; the national army's communication codes have not been changed, so most of them can be intercepted, and most of them can be deciphered; since the amphibious tanks and armored vehicles in Shanghai have all been picked up, Commander Su, don’t you want to use it for a while? After the amphibious tank climbs to Jinmen and delays the landing for a few days, the extra army of the 22nd Corps and Hu Lian Corps will go back to Taiwan. There is only one army left. Seriously eat it Well, Kinmen is not a particularly difficult island to attack. With three prongs, it should be stable."

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Nanjing.

Commander Su had been thinking about the map for 10 minutes.

When he opened his eyes again, Commander Su had already made up his mind.

"Has the telegram from the 28th Army been sent? Well, send another telegram," Commander Su said, "to the 28th Corps and the 29th, 31th, and 10st Corps. Please send the artillery unit attached to the Corps in the early morning of October 26. Mobilize all long-range artillery fire to bombard Guningtou and Shuangrushan on Kinmen Island. At the same time, mobilize 20 to 30 ships and set sail with empty ships, making a gesture of heading for Kinmen, and withdrawing quickly when encountering enemy warships or aerial reconnaissance.”

"Send a report to the 78th Division, let them drive towards Xiamen immediately, and immediately throw off the straggling vehicles, and strive to have a tank and armored vehicle unit arrive in Xiamen within 3 to 4 days and participate in the cross-sea battle."

"Notify the boatman detachment to continue marching towards Xiamen and strive to arrive in Xiamen within 3 to 4 days."

Commander Su's gaze panned across the map, passing Kinmen, Penghu, and finally Taipei.

"I want to prevent all the defenders from being able to make up their minds to retreat or change defenses. I also want to lure Hu Lian to send the second army to Kinmen. The national army has few decent corps now. Eliminate one more in Kinmen, land in Penghu and In Taiwan, there would be one less enemy army... Hu Lian, Hu Lian, for so many years, you have run away every time, look at this time, you are still cunning."

Chapter No.17, Battle of Golden Gate ([-])

October 1949, 10.Fujian Putian.

The sound of the tracks of the LVT-2 "Big Buffalo" amphibious armored vehicle changed from "puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff" Went to the gravel road.

Well, this is not a gravel road, it is clearly a stone road.The "stones" used to pave the road are as small as a fist and as big as a skull.

From Fuzhou to Xiamen, the 26nd Regiment and 78rd Regiment of the 232th Division of the 233th Army, which has just been upgraded from an infantry division to an amphibious division, has a total of 98 amphibious armored vehicles and 30 amphibious tanks. crawl.

"When the end of the railway is more than 100 kilometers away from the front line, disaster will happen." - Moltke.

Xiamen is not 100 kilometers away from the end of the railway. In fact, the nearest railway line is 800 kilometers away.Fujian, with many mountains and rivers, has always been a vacuum zone for China's railways. The first railway was built in 1957. With the help of the tank soldiers supported by the special vertical, the 78th Division will finally drive the amphibious armored vehicle in mid-September, and immediately join the southward pursuit team, crawling city by city along the coastline. It has been more than a month. Every inch of the railway is ground with crawlers on dirt and stone roads.No, there are less than 9 of the 200 cars when we first started, and the rest are either lying down and repairing, or they are on their way after repairs are completed.If Dalian Jianxin Company had not sent a large support team to escort the truck with spare parts all the way, there might be more vehicles that broke down.

On October 10, the Huaye Command sent a telegram, asking the 24th Division to march to Xiamen at the fastest speed. No matter how many tracks were destroyed or how many vehicles broke down, they had to climb to Xiamen on the 78-27!

"Zhang Laoshun! Be careful! Don't crush those huge rocks!" Che Dahu shouted at Zhang Laoshun.

"I can't help it! This road is either a pit or a rock, and I have avoided it as much as possible!"

Before the words fell, there was a loud bang, and the car veered to the left suddenly.Quickly stopped, jumped out of the car and took a look, sure enough, the track was broken.

"Car No. 73 is faulty, and the track is broken. Please come to the maintenance team immediately." The security personnel of Jianxin Company discovered the situation, first called for maintenance with a walkie-talkie, and then came to maintain order, allowing subsequent vehicles to walk a section of the field here to bypass the fault. Car No. 73 moved on.

Du Hu and Zhang Laoshun looked at the torrent of armor bypassing them, and silently took off the simple repair tool from the "Big Buffalo".Before the maintenance team arrives, remove the broken track yourself.

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On another road from Fuzhou to Xiamen, a team of more than 1000 people was marching lightly on foot.This is the boatman detachment who came from Shandong. After receiving the order from the headquarters, they accelerated their marching speed. Judging from the completion of the trip, they had already caught up with the armored vehicles of the 78th Division.

Soon after Sanye entered southern Zhejiang to fight, he discovered that it was very unreliable to recruit local boatmen to fight across the sea.First, there was no mass base, and the local boatmen generally refused to deal with our army; second, the local boatmen were afraid of fighting, and they turned around and ran away in fright when they dropped a shell or two at random.Sanye then summoned the boatmen in Shandong to support them. These boatmen were very enthusiastic, and many of them had joined the local militia in Shandong.

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Xiamen, Ten Corps Headquarters.

Ye Hui, the commander of the Tenth Corps, also recovered from his extremely inflated mentality after receiving two severe telegrams from the Sanye Command on the night of the 23rd.

An army of the 12th Corps of the National Army has already landed, and now there are not only the remnants of the 22nd Corps on Kinmen Island.In addition, another army of the 12th Corps has set off from Chaozhou and will also arrive in Kinmen.

There was a shortage of boats. By the 23rd, only 300 boats had been collected, which was only enough to transport 3 regiments to Kinmen at a time. Among them, more than 200 boats were operated by local boatmen, which was obviously too risky.

Ye Hui also fully understands Commander Su's idea of ​​"retaining guests for a big meal".

24、25日，叶灰又筹集到了100条船，其中包括2艘机帆船和1艘内河小火轮。

"The special longitudinal artillery is mainly deployed on Dadeng Island. Among them, the 105 grenades bombard Kinmen Island as the primary task, and the 75 field guns take into account the blockade of the sea surface, and join the bombardment of Kinmen when there is an invincible ship on the sea surface. In addition, 6 75 grenades will also be deployed in Xiamen. field artillery to block the western section of the sea."

"The timing of the launch of the landing operation. At present, the enemy seems to have noticed that our army is used to launching attacks in the early morning - Buddha dawn. In the past two or three days, the national army warships have appeared in the north of Jinmen after 11 o'clock in the evening, and patrolled until the early morning of the next day. 4 o'clock. In view of this, I propose to change the combat plan, and the landing fleet will set sail at about 9:10 pm, and launch an amphibious assault at [-]:[-] pm."

Less than 2 hours after Ye Hui generated power, the Sanye Command replied: "First, I agree with your ministry's views on the landing battle and operational planning in principle. Second, the artillery and all landing troops should be camouflaged and concealed when they enter the deployment position and stand by. , to prevent enemy air strikes. 75. The special column has sent an additional 10th field artillery battalion, and it is expected to arrive in Xiamen on October 28. 12. We have maintained close monitoring of the movements of the 18th Corps and the 24th Army. Your radio station Just be sure to stay available [-] hours a day to adapt.”

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Golden Gate, "Defense Command".

"Commander Li Liangrong!" Hu Lian slapped the telegram on the table, "The principal has ordered your department to cancel the plan to return to Taiwan and assist our corps in defending Jinmen Island. Why are you still passive and sabotage?"

"Our corps suffered heavy losses in previous battles, and the equipment was not complete. Could it be that we are being sent to the beach as cannon fodder?"

"As far as Jinmen is a small place, what is the first and second lines? You are cannon fodder, so are we not cannon fodder?" Hu Lian smiled wryly, "The most important thing now is to quickly strengthen the fortifications! I know your corps can't fight, but digging trenches is always okay. Don't worry, you just need to build fortifications these days, and when the 18th Army arrives in Jinmen, I will replace you as the second-line reserve team."

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10 month 28 day.

78师232团、233团抵达厦门。27日到了22辆装甲车和7辆坦克，28号又稀稀拉拉收容了一些，现在一共有……40辆两栖装甲车、11辆两栖坦克，其他的都趴在半路上了。