The task of capturing the east of the city was completed by the 8th column. The east of Jinzhou City mainly had strongholds such as the big and small Zijing Mountain, Dongliang, Beiying, the clothing factory, and Baizi. Except for the big Zijing Mountain, which was controlled by the 8th column, the rest were guarded by the Guomindang army. At 5:30 on October 10th, the 3rd Battalion of the 68th Regiment carefully summarized the lessons of the fall of Little Bauhinia Mountain a few days ago and launched an attack on Little Zijing Mountain again. They took back the high ground and wiped out more than 400 defenders.
The North Military Camp was located on the west side of the Little Zijing Mountain. It was originally built by the Northeast Army. Because it was located north of Jinzhou, it was often called the North Military Camp. The terrain of the North Military Camp was flat, like a square. It was next to a hill slope in the west, a river in the east, and the Beining railway in the south. Due to the many years of garrison, the internal fortifications were solid, the surrounding terrain was open, and there were many secondary defense facilities. The two sides were controlled by Zijing Mountain and Dongliang respectively, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. The camp was temporarily guarded by the 3rd Regiment and 1st Battalion of the 54th Division. The 8th column decided that the 24th division, the 65th regiment of the 22nd division, the mountain artillery battalion of the column, and the mortar company of the 23rd division would attack this point. The 70th Regiment of the 24th Division was the main attacker in the northeast direction. Two regiments were inserted into the northwest and southwest corners respectively to cut off the connection with Dongliang. They were surrounded and cut off their retreat. One regiment was the second echelon.
At 7 o'clock on October 11th, they suppressed the artillery of the North Camp with artillery fire, destroyed the fortifications and blockhouses, and opened up the wall in the northeast corner. The 7th Company of the 70th Regiment took advantage of the situation to break in. Company Commander Jin Baoqian led the entire company to rush in front. With the cooperation of the 8th and 9th companies, after an hour and a half of fierce fighting, the North Camp was captured and more than 100 defenders were killed. The rest surrendered and disarmed. After the battle, the 7th Company was awarded the banner of "Tenacious Annihilation" by the division.
On October 12th, the 8th column attacked the Baizi area south of the railway. The Baizi North was close to Baigu Station, and the southwest was the bedding factory (now Jinzhou textile factory). The bedding factory was originally a sack factory established during the puppet Manchurian period. After its completion, it had not started production before the Japanese army surrendered. At the end of 1947, it was changed to the bedding factory of the Ministry of Military Affairs of the Republic of China to produce military uniforms and other military products. These two points were outside the Jinzhou city defense and must be cleared before the siege. The 23rd Division ordered the 67th Regiment and 68th Regiment to attack the two strongholds at the same time. After the 67th Regiment accepted the mission, they organized the battalion to survey the Baizi area the night before. The 2nd Battalion was the main attack, the 3rd Battalion was the rear, and the 1st Battalion was the reserve team. They used all the flat-fire cannons captured in Xinlitun and secretly entered the position to prepare for direct aiming. After the battle began, they destroyed the fire points and fortifications of the Guomindang army with artillery fire. After more than two hours of fighting, they captured Baizi and wiped out more than 500 people from the 3rd Battalion of the 54th Division. In order to prevent the Guomindang army from going out of the city to fight back, the 67th regiment went out to Baili Street (in the future, in the middle of five miles) and approached Jinzhou city defense. The Guomindang army immediately organized artillery fire and firepower to shoot at the 67th regiment. They launched several counterattacks from outside the east gate, but they were all repelled. When the 68th Regiment of the 23rd Division attacked the clothing factory, the progress was slow due to the lack of support and the tenacious resistance of the defenders. At 13:30, a large bunker was blown up, and many more bunkers were blown up in succession. The troops then broke into the courtyard. After two hours of fierce fighting, they wiped out the garrison temporarily. The 54th Division, 3rd Regiment, 2nd Battalion, and the clothing factory was occupied.
On the 13th, the 8th column organized the 71st regiment of the 24th division, the 1st column artillery regiment, and the Shishan artillery battalion to seize the Dongliang highland. Dongaliang was the easternmost end of the long highland in the north of the city. It was a slow slope and looked down from above. It could overlook most of the east of the city. The Kuomingtang army relied on this highland to guard the east gate of Jinzhou. There were seven groups of bunkers on the highland, which were connected by traffic trenches and trenches. In front of the formation, there was an outer trench 3 meters wide and more than 2 meters deep. Outside the trench, there were barbed wire, minefields and various obstacles. The garrison was temporarily the 1st Battalion of the 54th Division.
The 1st and 3rd Battalions of the 71st Regiment were the first echelon to attack. The 1st Battalion was on the left, the 3rd Battalion was on the right, and the 2nd Battalion was the 2nd echelon. In the early hours of the morning, the fog was thick and the visibility was extremely poor. The artillery preparation was not ideal. The troops had no choice but to organize several demolition teams to carry out continuous explosions at the risk of fire. Many people were injured or killed. Three barbed wire fences were blasted open and two passages were opened in the obstacle zone.
At 7:50 p. m., they launched an attack. The defenders organized deep fire in an attempt to close the passage. When the 3rd Battalion on the right attacked the 3rd bunker, the battalion commander An Quanfu and the company commanders of the 8th and 9th companies were sacrificed one after another. The casualties of the troops were very high, and the attack was thwarted. The 1st Battalion of the Left Wing developed smoothly. Under the command of Battalion Commander Zhang Jin and Instructor Lu Zuoxu, the 1st and 2nd companies broke through the forward position in only 5 minutes and captured the 1st and 2nd bunkers. However, in the battle, the company commander of the 1st Company, Xu Dianyun, was injured, and the deputy instructor of the 2nd Company, Zhang Sichun, was killed. The defenders took advantage of the 1st Battalion's unstable foothold and launched continuous counterattacks. They were all defeated by the 1st Battalion's 1st and 2nd attacks. However, the battalion's company suffered 6 casualties, and the platoon suffered more than half of the casualties. At this time, the battalion's 2nd echelon and 3rd Company joined the battle. They repelled three counterattacks from the defenders and took advantage of the situation to occupy Bunker Group No. 3.
Hao Ziyi, the instructor of the 2nd Company, organized 13 soldiers to launch an attack from the wing to support the 1st Company to recapture the lost position and captured 26 people of the Kuomingtang army. The Kuomingtang army in the city temporarily transferred 2 battalions of the 18th Division. Under the supervision of the division commander Jing Yang, they carried out the 4th counter-attack and were repelled by the 1st and 3rd battalions. At this time, there were only 17 people left in the 1st Battalion and 1st Company, and 23 people in the 2nd Company. Their ammunition had been exhausted. Just as the Guomindang army launched a charge, the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Echelon of the Regiment entered the battle and repelled the Guomindang army. From early morning to dusk, the soldiers of the 71st Regiment did not drink a drop of water. They wiped out more than 300 Guomindang troops and finally captured Dongliang. After the war, the 1st Battalion of the 71st Regiment was awarded the banner of "Brave and Tenacious", and the 2nd Battalion was awarded the banner of "Brave and Mobile". In order to commemorate the martyrs who sacrificed here, the people of Jinzhou built a tomb of the martyrs at the foot of the east side of Dongliang. They set up a monument to the martyrs, which was engraved with the words " Eternal Martyrs of the Jinzhou Battle ". At this point, the 8th Regiment had cleared out the outer strongholds in the east of the city.
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