A bloody battle in South Malaysia
From 19, all columns of the PLA launched an all-round attack on the reorganized 1 1 division: the ninth column of the western line stormed Gaozhuang, Immortal East and Grange, the sixth column of the southern line stormed Zhongmou, Lianmaoshan and Gu Quan Zhuang, and the second column of the eastern line stormed Wujiazhuang and Shi Qian Shan.
The ninth vertical, which attacked from west to north, took the 77th and 78th regiments of the 26th Division as pioneers, captured the warning positions such as Jingshan Spring and 480 Highland, and went straight to the isolated mountain east of Lucun and west of Gaozhuang. It is very important that the isolated mountain guards the roads of Tonglu Village and Laiwu in Nanma. It is guarded by the engineering battalion (battalion commander Sun Jingsan) of the 1st18th Brigade, which performed well in Zhang Fengji. /kloc-in the early morning of 0/9, the 78th regiment of the People's Liberation Army attacked Gushan, met with stubborn resistance and was attacked by the national army. It was not until the early morning of the 20th that Gushan was captured with heavy casualties (the battalion commander of the 1st battalion was seriously injured and the battalion commander of the 3rd battalion was killed), and the 4th Company of the 78th Regiment, which made the first contribution, was awarded the title of "Gushan Company". The 18 brigade barracks were destroyed. After Sun Jingsan, the battalion commander, fled back, he was shot by Hu Lian, and the whole army struggled to resist. The 25th Division of the 9th Longitudinal Division is responsible for attacking Gaozhuang, where the brigade headquarters of the 1st18th Brigade is located. Teacher Xiao Jinghai ordered the main regiment of the division, the 73rd Regiment (Colonel Sun), to capture the hill west of Gaozhuang, and the spy battalion of the division also attacked the hill northwest of Gaozhuang under the command of the 73rd Regiment to cooperate with the 73rd Regiment. At the same time, the 75th regiment was ordered to attack Fengyi, desolate mountain, grange and Nanbudong to cooperate with the 73rd regiment's attack. After the 73rd Regiment captured Beibudong on 19 18, it launched a one-day attack on Xibuzibao Regiment in Gaozhuang (a reinforced battalion of 18 Brigade), with little effect. By the evening of the next day, the 73rd Regiment 1 and 3rd Battalion changed to single-person blasting tactics, and gradually uprooted and occupied the Xishan Zi Mubao Regiment. After two days of fierce fighting, the 75th regiment led by Zhang Wen, the head of the regiment, and Ding Rui, the political commissar, finally captured the Grange and the south east hills, but the spy battalion of the 20th Division never captured the hill position in the northwest of Gaozhuang.
The 8th1regiment of the 27th Division of the Ninth Column entered from the North Road, and on July19th, it went straight to Lishan, the commanding height in the north of South Malaysia, from Sanchadian, parking lot, Tumen, vegetable garden and caibanyu. At the southern foot of Mount Li is 1 1 division headquarters in Nanma, guarded by 1 18 brigade, 54th regiment and 3rd battalion. After a night of fierce fighting, the 8 1 regiment captured Lishan, but the next day it was repeatedly counterattacked by 1 1 division, and the position changed hands several times. By the evening of 20th, the 8 1 regiment was driven out of Lishan and retreated to Xiyutai due to heavy casualties, leaving more than 300 bodies on Lishan.
The sixth and seventh columns of the downtown attacked the shore of yi river in the rain, ready to cross the east-west yi river and attack Nanma. The 18th Division of the Sixth Column was blocked by the 3rd Battalion of the 53rd Regiment of the 18th Brigade of the National Army (owing a company) in Chailiangshan on the south bank of the river. Although there were heavy casualties, there was no progress. The 7th and 57th Regiments used ropes to pull the Rye River, but the ropes were broken by the waves and most of the troops were swept away by the flood. The 51st Regiment of the 17th Division of the Sixth Column, led by Colonel Peng and Political Commissar Zhang, made a detour over the mountains overnight and arrived at Nanliujiazhuang on the south bank of yi river at 2 am on June 19. And take advantage of the gap to cross the Yi River at 1000 meters, capture the commanding height of the North Liujiazhuang Mountain on the north bank, and then expand to the periphery, control the position one mile deep and one mile and a half wide, and cut off the connection between the headquarters of the 11th Division of Nanma and the 18th Brigade of Gaozhuang. The national army immediately attacked the 5th1regiment from two sides under the air cover of the 1st1and 8th brigades, with 400 or 500 casualties on both sides. By that night, the 5 1 regiment was forced to break through and retreat to the south bank of the river because of insufficient backup and heavy casualties, and the once-opened gap in the defense line of the Yihe River was closed by the national army.
The 46th Regiment of 6th Column16th Division mainly attacked Matougu Mountain. Only 1 1 Division had a search company, a plainclothes team and a firearms platoon, with more than 200 people. However, the terrain is dangerous, with steep slopes on three sides and the Yi River in the north, which is the barrier for Nanma Division to go south. The 46 th regiment attacked for a day or two and made no progress. They transferred two heavy guns they had just captured to fight in the war. At the moment, they can't find the gunner, that is to say, they found four of them among the prisoners. The prisoner deliberately did not hit the top of the mountain, but only hit the PLA commandos halfway up the mountain, and was immediately executed. 2 1 morning, the 46th Regiment used the superior forces of two battalions to attack the top of the mountain with a feint and a rock climbing sneak attack. China's army lost its command and position because its deputy battalion commander was killed. In this way, after three days and four nights of bloody battles, until July 20, the ninth column of the Western Front occupied Gushan, Gaozhuang Xishan, Nanbei Gangdong, Grange and Mercury Guanzhuang, and once entered Gaozhuang, the resident of the 18th Brigade. The southern line captured Matou Valley in six directions and once attacked yi river; The second column of the Eastern Line captured Shagou and Laopo River and entered the periphery of Wujiazhuang, with little progress and no small casualties. The national army is also very difficult. 18 and 18 brigades will run out of ammunition, and the ammunition dropped every day is not enough to fight for two hours at night. Not only does the division run out of ammunition reserves, but the ammunition reserves of the 1 1 brigade guarding Nanmacheng will also shine brilliantly. Helpless, Hu Lian ordered Yang Botao, the brigade commander of the 1 1 brigade, to supplement all his ammunition to the 18 brigade and the 1 18 brigade. The days have finally come through. On the 20th, at the height of the fighting, Hu Lian became more anxious. He ordered the troops directly under the division headquarters and the division commander to collect ammunition and send it to the front, and informed the brigade commanders of the 18 brigade and the 1 18 brigade to replenish ammunition to the front as much as possible in the same way.
By 2 1, with three integrated divisions approaching from the south, General Hu Lian ordered the whole line to change from defense to attack in order to gain defense time. Among them, the most fierce is the western front, and the 18 th Brigade of the National Army, with the support of artillery fire, made many counterattacks. In the afternoon, the company commander of the 93rd and 73rd regiments guarding the western hills of Gaozhuang, fearing death in the face of the counterattack of the 18 brigade, hid in the back ditch and even lost his position. The 93rd Regiment reorganized its forces to fight back, and recaptured the Xishan Highland with heavy casualties. In this campaign, Chi Haotian, then secretary of the 3rd Battalion of the 73rd Regiment, organized the orderly of the battalion to go to the position and was seriously injured. 1 1 division's counterattack disrupted the PLA's original general attack plan on the evening of 2 1 day. At that time, the 25th Division and the 64th Division were reorganized, which broke through the right wing of the PLA's resistance position and captured Jiayu and 750 Highland (Niuxin Valley). Reorganize the ninth division to attack the vicinity of Gaozhuang; Laiwu reorganized the fifth division and approached Nanma; The eighth division of Changwei reorganization is also marching into Linqu. In view of the fact that reinforcements from various ministries of the National Army were near, and the position outside Nanmawai had not been completely captured, Su Yu ordered the evacuation on the evening of 2 1 day, and the columns moved to the south and southwest of Linqu County respectively. 22, the first 1 1 division began to pursue, arrived in the northwest of Yuezhuang to Sean, Shijiu line, and joined the 9th division of Beiyuan BGF.