On October 31, 1948, the large-scale Liaoshen campaign finally entered the final stage, the only three remaining strongholds of the Kuomintang army, Jinzhou and Changchun have been liberated, the main force of the Shenyang defenders, Liao Yaoxiang's corps, has also been wiped out in the western part of Liaoning, and Wei Lihuang, the commander-in-chief of the Northeast "Suppression Chief", and other high-level officials have fled by plane, and now they only need to conquer Shenyang, the last isolated city, and the entire Northeast region will be liberated.
Zhou Fucheng. The provisional 53rd Division prepared for an uprising
However, even in the face of such a clear situation, Zhou Fucheng, commander of the 8th Corps of the Kuomintang Army, who was in charge of Shenyang's urban defense, was still obsessed and successively rejected the suggestions of the Northeast Field Army and many of its subordinates on uprising or surrender, and resolutely resisted to the end, and built three fortifications inside and outside the city, "vowing to live and die with Shenyang". In his opinion, there are more than 100,000 defenders in Shenyang, of which the main force of the 53rd Army is its old unit, and the 207th Division of the Youth Army is known as the "Royal Forest Army".
But soon, Zhou Fucheng discovered that he had omitted a unit and belonged to the provisional 53rd Division of the New 1st Army, which was supposed to follow Liao Yaoxiang out of the city to rescue Jinzhou, but the division commander Xu Gengyang stayed through the relationship of his old superior, Zhao Jiapai, chief of staff of the "General Suppression". At present, the division has negotiated an uprising with the Northeast Field Army, and is preparing to open up the first-line defense area of the Shenyang-Tieling highway and give up the offensive channel. At that time, the Northeast Field Army will be able to drive straight into the city, and most of the fortifications in the urban area will be built with the participation of the provisional 53rd Division, with the officers and men of the division as guides, and the so-called "three fortifications" will be completely useless.
The Youth Army is known as the Jiang Imperial Forest Army.
The regimental commander suddenly repented and was annihilated
Fortunately, there is also a 207th Brigade and 5th Regiment of the 207th Division next to the provisional 53rd Division, which was originally under its command, but it was also forced to revolt because of the general trend, but it was reluctant in his heart. Zhou Fucheng immediately arranged for Dai Pu, the commander of the 207th Division, to contact, and after some pouting, the head of the regiment, Tao Yi, really repented, and made it clear that he would no longer lead his troops to participate in the uprising, and directly hit the headquarters of the provisional 53rd Division, scolding Xu Gengyang for "betraying the party-state". Commander Xu didn't take this insult to heart, but the group's backlash really surprised him.
Because the 5th Regiment was stationed on Tianzhu Mountain, the commanding height of Tanglin, guarding the main road into Shenyang, once the Northeast Field Army advanced as planned, they shot condescendingly, and the consequences were unimaginable. So, he urgently ordered his subordinates: ".Suspend the withdrawal from the position, immediately suppress it with artillery fire, and destroy Tao Yi's regiment。Although the Tianzhu Mountain garrisoned by Tao Yi is equipped with Zimu Fort, minefields and permanent fortifications, the provisional 53rd Division is not a grass chicken, in addition to 3 infantry regiments, there are 1 heavy artillery battalion, 1 tank battalion and 1 armored train detachment under his command.
After some intensive artillery fire, Tao Yi and his subordinates immediately knew that it was powerful. After receiving the news, the Northeast Field Army also sent the 3rd Independent Division to cooperate with the operation, and Tao Yi and others had to surrender under the attack, and they became prisoners in an instant from the heroes of the uprising.
Liberation of Shenyang.