1949 On April 20th, the Kuomintang government finally refused to sign the domestic peace agreement (final amendment). 2 1, Mao Zedong and Zhu De issued an order to March across the country.
1on the evening of April 20th, 949, and on April 20th, 2 1, the second and third field armies of the People's Liberation Army successively launched crossing the river in accordance with the orders of the Central Military Commission and the General Front Committee's "Implementation Outline of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Campaign".
With the support of artillery and engineers, they crossed the Yangtze River on the thousand-mile front from Hukou in the west to Jingjiang in the east, quickly broke through the defense of the Kuomintang army, occupied Guichi, Tongling, Wuhu, Changzhou, Jiangyin and Zhenjiang, and completely destroyed the Yangtze River defense line of the Kuomintang army.
On April 23rd, Nanjing was liberated by the Third Field Army and the Nanjing government collapsed. Then, armies from all walks of life went south, liberating Hangzhou on May 3 and Nanchang on May 22. On May 27th, 1949, the main force of Sanye captured Shanghai and Shanghai was liberated. During this period, the Fourth Field Army crossed the river south on May 14, liberated Hankou on May 16, and liberated Wuchang and Hanyang on May 17.
1June 2, 949, Chongming Island was liberated by the Third Field Army. At this point, the battle of crossing the river is over.
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When the battle of crossing the river was about to begin, we first fought a surprise war against foreign armed intervention. Four warships of the Royal Navy's Far East Fleet went upstream, ignored the warning of the loose leaf troops and broke into the river in the loose leaf troops reserve. The two sides launched a fierce artillery battle.
This veteran imperialist launched the Opium War twice, pushed gunboats into the Yangtze River, and forced the Qing government to sign the treaty of nanking, which humiliated the country. More than a hundred years later, it tried to relive the old dream of "gunboat policy". However, it is no longer the corrupt Qing government, but the People's Liberation Army in China and China.
Field artillery also came, and three British escort destroyers "Purple Yingshi" and "Companion" that broke into Sanjiang Camp in Jiangdu County were shot and injured. "Purple Timely" was forced to hang a white flag and stop on the river, and "companion" fled to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
The British cruiser "London" and the escort destroyer "Black Swan" led by Lieutenant General Maiden, deputy commander-in-chief of the British Navy's Far East Fleet, broke into the harbor river west of Jiangyin to stop loose leaf artillery from shooting at the south bank. The head of the howitzer regiment asked if it was possible to take the British ship away. Tao Yong, commander of the 23rd Army, said: "The attack on British ships is a foreign-related incident. We won't fire for the time being, and immediately ask Commander Su. "
At this time, the British ship brazenly fired at the position of Sanye troops on the river bank, killing and injuring more than 40 officers and men of Sanye troops, and Deng Ruobo, head of the 202nd regiment, died on the spot. Tao Yong was angered, and he immediately ordered a fierce counterattack against the British ships. He said: "The era of China people being bullied has passed, and the imperialists, especially daydreaming, still want to be king. Fight, fight hard! "
In the artillery battle for two consecutive days, the British ship killed and wounded 252 officers and men scattered in Jun Ye. Loose-leaf artillery wounded the British ship Purple Time, and the other three British ships ran away with white flags. Su Yu immediately reported this sudden foreign-related incident to the Central Military Commission for instructions.
He reported in the telegram: "I have ordered the troops to fight back if a ship flying a foreign flag shoots at me to stop me from crossing the river, and suggested that Xinhua News Agency broadcast a warning to foreign ships to stop driving in this battle. Is it appropriate to ask for instructions?"
The Central Military Commission immediately replied to the instructions: "Any warship that enters the war zone without authorization and hinders us from crossing the river can be bombed." On April 22nd, Xinhua News Agency broadcast the commentary news "The People's Liberation Army defeated British imperialism and the Kuomintang warships jointly attacked" written by Mao Zedong.
On April 30th, Mao Zedong issued a statement by a spokesman of the China People's Liberation Army Headquarters on the atrocities committed by British warships, solemnly stating: "The people of China must defend the territorial sovereignty of China and absolutely forbid foreign governments to infringe upon it."
"The People's Liberation Army demands that the British, American and French armed forces, such as warships, military planes and marine corps in China's Yangtze River and Huangpu River, quickly evacuate China's territorial waters, territorial waters, territories and airspace, and don't help the enemies of the China people fight the civil war."
At the same time, it announced that it is willing to establish diplomatic relations with foreign countries on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, but the countries that establish diplomatic relations must sever the remaining relations with the Kuomintang and withdraw their armed forces in China. According to the instructions of the Central Military Commission, Sanye sent negotiators to fight with the British representatives rationally, profitably and with restraint, and won a successful diplomatic war.
The news that the China People's Liberation Army shelled British ships shocked the world and declared the bankruptcy of the imperialist "gunboat policy" toward China for more than 100 years. The imperialist gunboat policy was started by Britain in the Opium War of 1840 and ended in the War of Liberation of 1949. This historical coincidence reflects the inevitability of history.
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Baidu encyclopedia-the battle of crossing the river