As the last stronghold on the outskirts of Jin Province was conquered, the door to attack Jin Province was opened. The ancient towers in the city were faintly visible, and the entire Jinzhou City was completely exposed to the cannons of the People's Liberation Army.
On October 12th, the 184th Division had retreated to the front line of the city defense north of Xiaoling River. The City Defense Command urgently requisitioned migrant workers from the city to strengthen the city defense and repair the trenches. On the evening of the 13th, the 88th and 79th divisions retreated to the southwest line of the city defense and the old city. As they had not had food for two days and nights, they robbed the citizens of food, causing chaos in the city. The 79th Division defended the southwest of the old city, while the 88th Division defended the old city of Jinzhou. They demolished the surrounding houses outside the old city, cleared the shooting range of 300 meters, blocked the streets and alleys in the city, and prepared for street fighting. They requisitioned migrant workers and organized stretcher teams to prepare for transporting the wounded. At the same time, the battle in the north and east of the city had already begun. They all requested the command center to send reinforcements. The reserve team in the city had already been sent to the south of the city, so there were no soldiers to send.
On October 8th, the 55th Division that was defending the old city was transferred to the airport. The 18th Division was transferred back to the city and deployed near the 6th Division's headquarters to support the 54th Division in the east of the city. Due to the attack of the 7th column, Jinzhou Airport was lost. On the night of October 13th, the 55th Division temporarily retreated from the airport to the city center. As the reserve team of the 6th Corps, it was deployed to the southeast side of Jinzhou Train Station, close to the 6th Corps Headquarters. The division command center was located at 6 Jiqing Street. The north of the city was mainly defended by the temporary 22nd Division and the temporary 18th Division. The temporary 22nd Division was located in the provincial office building. The east of the city was defended by the temporary 54th Division and the temporary 18th Division. Fan Hanjie's northeast Jinzhou command center was originally located in the No. 2 building of the China textile company. Later, it was moved to a Japanese house in the residential area on the southeast side of the railway bureau building. After the battle began, the artillery fire destroyed the telegram and telephone. Fan Hanjie had to go to the high ground of the shrine and the observation post on the top of the railway bureau building to command.
On the 12th, Fan Hanjie moved the command post to the basement of the Central Bank (now the Central Street Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China). The command posts of the 6th Corps, the 93rd Army, and the temporary 18th Division were all concentrated in the basement of the Central Street Ludong Post Administration (now the old post office building on Central Street). The Air Force Jinzhou Air Communication Radio was located in the headquarters of the 6th Corps.
At this time, the artillery positions of the Guomindang Army in the city were already under the control of the Northeast Field Army. As soon as the artillery fired, the artillery fire outside the city immediately covered them. Later, the artillery shells of the defenders in the city were not enough. The soldiers did not dare to move in the trenches. Seven artillery battalions and one artillery company were withdrawn to the east and north of the command post of the 6th Regiment. An observation post was set up upstairs of the command post of the 6th Regiment.
The communication between the artillery and the infantry had been cut off. The infantry was constantly retreating, and the position of the front line could no longer be determined. The artillery had also lost their support role, and could only shoot aimlessly from a distance. The telephone in the city was cut off, the food was not timely, the wounded could not be rescued, and the dead could not be buried. The morale of the defenders was quite low.
On the 13th, the siege had taken place. The north gate, south gate and Xinshi District of Jinzhou's old city were on fire. The sound of machine guns and small artillery was intermittent. The sound of artillery in the direction of Tashan could be vaguely heard. Lu Junquan was in the basement of the command post of the 6th Corps. He frowned and did not say a word. Then the Chief of Staff of the 93rd Army reported that the wireless communication of the 22nd Division (Commander Li Changxiong) had been interrupted. The other divisions were still unable to contact each other. The situation was unknown. Lu Junquan immediately ordered the Special Agent Regiment to send scouts to try to contact each division. In the basement corridor of the regiment command center, people were sitting and lying on the ground, lamenting to themselves. At around 11 o'clock at night, a plane flew over Jinzhou and transmitted an order through the radio station: "Liao Yaoxiang's reinforcements will arrive in a few days. Defend to the death and wait for reinforcements."
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