What was the Battle of Kinmen all about, and when was the Battle of Kinmen launched?

The large and small Kinmen, Falklands, and the Penghu Islands are still in the hands of Taiwan. In order to show that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were still continuing the civil war and to avoid American interference, Chiang Kai-shek and *** tacitly agreed. Every month, the People's Liberation Army shelled Kinmen and the Falklands, knowing that it stopped on New Year's Day in 1973.

November 14, 1949, ***.

Call Mino Deputy Commander Su Yu.

And to the commander of the East China Military Region**.

and political commissar Rao Shushi, demanding that they take the defeat at Kinmen as a warning and make further preparations for attacking the Zhoushan Islands.

That was when the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Sanye and 10 Corps were capturing Xiamen Island.

On the seventh day, the Battle of Kinmen was launched.

And at 2:30 on October 25, 1949, he captured the head position of Kinmen Guning.

However, due to the lack of follow-up troops, plus the Kuomintang army.

Rapid reinforcements, by 7 p.m. on October 26, 1949, most of the PLA who landed died heroically.

The defeat in this campaign did not stop New China's determination to liberate the coastal islands. In order to weaken the Kuomintang's military strength in the coastal zone, the PLA later successively launched landing battles on the Zhoushan Islands, Hainan Islands, Wanshan Islands, and other islands.

In fact, *** did not forget the lesson of the defeat in Kinmen, and he was always at ease with the pre-war preparations for the liberation of the Zhoushan Islands, although at that time, the PLA had already attacked the Zhoushan Islands.

The telegram was as follows: The Zhoushan Islands have a total of 50,000 enemy troops and have quite strong combat effectiveness, is it enough for you to attack with two and a half armies? Given Kinmen Island.

and the recent Dinghai.

That is, if you fail in the battle on a certain island near the Zhoushan Islands, you must pay serious attention to the problems of troops, deployment, preparedness, and timing of the attack against Dinghai. If you are not well prepared, it is better to postpone the time. It is proposed that you send an important person to directly ask Hui to inspect the vicinity of Dinghai once.

For the defeat of the Kinmen Sea Crossing Campaign, *** fell into deep worry, and at this time, his strategic thinking also changed, and he had to ask himself: Why did our powerful People's Liberation Army lose many times in the campaign to attack the island? So, *** quickly came to this conclusion:

Our People's Liberation Army is mainly an army, and it has no experience in fighting across the sea; In addition, the enemy not only has a relatively powerful navy, but also an air force armed by the Americans. Under the premise that the enemy has air and sea supremacy, how to liberate the coastal islands and capture the Zhoushan Islands and Taiwan has become a new topic in the history of our military's warfare.

He also realized that it was necessary to carefully study the strategic and tactical issues of the battle between the mountains and seas of the Crossing God and Jian, because before that time he had fought against the enemy on land and had never had experience in fighting at sea or landing at sea, so he had to be cautious.

Misjudging the enemy's situation.

From October 25 to 27, 1949, the Third Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army marching into Fujian launched the Battle of Kinmen to eliminate the Kuomintang defenders entrenched on Kinmen Island; Due to a miscalculation of the enemy's situation and the lack of support, the landing battle ended in defeat for the PLA.

After the war situation was transmitted back to Taiwan, the Kuomintang authorities, who had been defeated many times, regarded it as a "life-saving straw" to save morale, and with the addition of oil and vinegar on the island, the myth of the so-called "great victory at Kinmen" was achieved.

There are many reasons for this, and there are several aspects to be briefly said: 1. The PLA was not well prepared for combat and hastily landed, 2) Chiang Kai-shek was stubbornly defending Kinmen and had great determination to fight (because there was no way out), 3. The PLA had no experience in logging operations, and the relevant military equipment was scarce, while the defenders of Kinmen were waiting for work at ease 4. The armored group (artillery concentration) on the Kuomintang side played a huge role in the operation.

Referring to the 1955 "Battle of Yijiangshan Island", the navy, land and air forces fought together and won victory by seizing air and sea supremacy.

The main reasons for the defeat in the Kinmen Battle were poor equipment, large distances, insufficient support, insufficient depth, and the lack of experience in landing operations.

There are planes and artillery cover, and ironclad battleships open the way.

Victory without a fight, peaceful reunification.

Surrendering without a fight is the king.

1. The Kuomintang took the lead:

Chiang Kai-shek, because he had made up his mind to run Taiwan, had a deep understanding of the ship problem. In September 1949, he ordered Towne to send the navy and air force to search for enemy ships at the high tide every month, and to completely blow up all ships large and small within 100 nautical miles of the upper reaches of the inland rivers of the sea.

Taiwan planes bombed not only Fujian, but also the coastal areas of Zhejiang and Jiangsu, and even the Shanghai shipyard. The 28th Army retained more than 300 boats by sinking them under water. It is not unreasonable for the government to claim that Chiang Kai-shek's edict played a decisive role in the Battle of Kinmen.

2. The success or failure of the campaign lies in the commander:

In the Battle of Kinmen, a very important reason why the Kuomintang army was able to protect Kinmen was that they used the right people. Chiang Kai-shek's use of Hu Lian at a critical moment was indeed a high move. If Kinmen is defended, Taiwan will have no worries and can hope for Fujian, and if Kinmen is lost, Fujian will have no hope and Taiwan will not be guaranteed.

There are many reasons why the People's Liberation Army failed to attack Kinmen with a hundred victorious divisions, one of the most important of which is the confusion of command. The troops of the three regiments landed, and there was not a single division commander who accompanied the landing command.