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Penghu, Xiyu Island, 4:[-] p.m.

After half a day of transshipment, 4 transport ships and 2 freighters sent all the 31st Division of the 91st Army ashore, and the transport fleet immediately set sail for Xiamen.The tank landing ships and infantry landing craft that carried out the first wave of amphibious assault in the early morning returned early on the morning of the 16th because of the extremely fast unloading of vehicles and equipment.

Before the battle, Xiao Hong, commander of the 28th Army, heard that the landing operation would start in the early morning and that the main battle on the first day would be during the daytime. He once refused in his heart.During the Battle of Jinmen, he was able to capture two hills in one go during the night, but after dawn, he could only go into the trenches to fight defensively, and did not launch an attack until night fell again.

In the early morning of June 6, Xiao Hong and the 16nd Division landed together. Before the landing craft docked, they saw groups of Il-82s heading straight for Xiyu Island, followed by smoke and flames rising from the shore. The officers and soldiers of the 10nd Division and the 82th Division had never seen this kind of formation before, and cheered in the landing craft.No matter how many national troops were hit by the Il-78, this battle first boosted morale.

"After a day of fighting, our 82nd Division occupied Chidong Village and established a defensive position relying on the village; occupied Chixi Village and Chixi Fishing Port, and was cleaning up the fishing port; part of the enemy's 56th Division retreated to the north of Xiyu Island, and our 91 The 272nd Regiment of the Division and the 78nd Battalion of the 232nd Regiment of the 56th Division are pursuing northward; the other part of the enemy's 91th Division retreats to the south of Xiyu Island and joins the enemy's reinforcements from Penghu Main Island at noon. The southern fortifications have been established. It is expected that the Chixi fishing port will be cleared in 271 hours, and the landing ship can be directly docked for operations."

After Xiao Hong finished writing the battle summary, he continued to write about troop casualties and battle results.

“16日白天的战斗，我军击毁敌坦克9辆；14.5毫米、12.7毫米高射机枪击落敌机一架，击伤数架；歼敌67军56师一个团，重创两个团；歼敌62军151师一个团。我军伤亡1300人，损失5辆两栖坦克和9辆两栖装甲车。”

After sending the telegram, another row of artillery shells whistled in the air, and then six 6mm artillery shells fell sparsely in the fishing port of Xiyu Island.These shells did not affect the operations of the 105st Military Engineering Battalion at all. They first removed all the 31-4000-meter-long wooden boats in the fishing port, opened up two waterways, and then built trestles on the shore with steel beams and wooden planks. The draft of a 4000-ton tank landing ship is still much shallower than that of a [-]-ton gunboat, and it is very convenient to switch between forward and reverse. As long as there is a narrow waterway leading directly to the trestle on the shore, when the next wave of landing ships comes, trucks, towed artillery Heavy equipment such as Soviet-made anti-aircraft guns and towed Soviet-made anti-aircraft guns can be directly driven ashore.

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Taipei.

"My sixth patrol team was attacked by the GONG army at noon on June 6. Soviet-made bombers and attack planes followed one after another. Although the four ships Fenyang, Xinyang, Taihu, and Taizhao fought hard, they were shot and sank in the end. The commander of Yongqing died unfortunately. Our ship dodged in the hail of bullets, saved our ship from being injured, and rescued more than 16 comrades who were in distress..."

When the telegram from the "Danyang" came, everyone from the commander-in-chief of the national army headquarters to the staff officers below were all stunned.

From the outbreak of the Civil War in 1946 to the Battle of Penghu, the National Navy had not had a single steel warship severely damaged or sunk.After all, the opponents only have wooden boats, and at most a 37mm gun can be installed on the bow of the big wooden boat-this gun is still used for fire support when landing.Even if the national army warships are close to the coast, the opponents only have field guns that shoot very inaccurately at sea, and most of these field guns do not have special armor-piercing shells.During the Battle of Kinmen, the "Taiping" ship went in and out of the waters north of Kinmen. Although the shelling did not achieve much results, Sanye's guns fired at it all night, and the "Taiping" ship was stunned. Get out of the way.During the War of Liberation, if the steel warship of the national army suddenly disappeared, there was only one reason: the ship revolted.

It's all right now, a formation of 5 large ships was wiped out halfway.

"Call the Danyang ship back and seal the news!" Acting Defense Minister Yuan Shouqian said in a low voice, with bruised veins on his forehead, "This news must not be known to other ships of the Navy. And don't let the president know for the time being! Order the Air Force to strengthen the security of the strait and cover the third The patrol passes through the channel."

Reinforcement by naval warships is very dangerous, but if there is no reinforcement, Penghu is even more dangerous.

In the Taiwan Strait in the twilight, the two US-made escort destroyers "Taiping" and "Taiyuan" of the Third Patrol Team of the National Army Navy sailed south at a maximum speed of 2 knots.The two ships were supposed to go to the Taizhou archipelago to change defense and patrol, and when they sailed to a place less than 20 kilometers away from Dachen Island, they were suddenly called back and asked them to rush to Penghu urgently.

The P-51 fighter jet overhead made a final call with the "Taiping" and shook its wings to return.It was already dark, and if we went back later, it would be difficult to land.

Now Yuan Shouqian can only hope that the Tu-2 does not yet have the ability to fight at night.In fact, don't worry, Tu-2 is indeed unable to carry out guided bomb attacks at night, but Yuan Shouqian doesn't know, he is really confused now.

At 11:[-] p.m., the "Taiping" and "Taiyuan" sailed to the north of Penghu, and got in touch with Hu Lian through the radio.

"The enemy army has landed on Xiyu Island and has established a defensive position. Please immediately bombard the enemy's gathering place to prevent it from continuing to strengthen the defensive position. Our troops on Xiyu Island will fire flares to indicate the target for your ship !"

The remnant of the 56th Division of the National Army on Xiyu Island was ordered to fire flares at Chidong Village and Chixi Village with mortars.

Then, our army's landing troops also fired flares at the head of the 56th Division.

"Taiping" and "Taiyuan": ...

After chaotic coordination for a long time, the two escorting destroyers fired their first salvo.The six 6mm naval guns of the two ships fired ping-pong-pong. Whether they could accurately cover the defensive positions of Chidong Village and Chixi Village, Li Yuxi was completely uncertain, and even the ground troops of the 76th Division who directed the attack were not sure.

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Xiamen, Sanye front finger.

"Two enemy warships headed south and arrived in the middle of the Taiwan Strait by 8:[-] p.m. The ship type is judged to be a US-made escort destroyer. It is protected by the National Air Force."

"Two enemy warships arrived west of the Penghu Islands and used their main guns to bombard our Chidong and Chixi villages. The enemy ships failed to find the exact location of our defensive positions, but they caused some obstacles to the cleaning of Chixi village's fishing port."

"Have the 31st and 32nd ships been withdrawn?" Commander Su asked.

"The two ships withdrew from Penghu at 6:[-] p.m. and have now arrived in Kinmen, where they are replenishing bombs and making emergency repairs at the temporary dock."

“那就好。”粟司令员说。他不是要让31、32舰和国军军舰硬刚，而是怕这两艘宝贝军舰被国军的护航驱逐舰抓到。单装杂牌主炮、航速16节的捕鲸船，可没法同3门主炮、航速20节的护航驱逐舰对抗。

"The plan has changed. The tank landing ship stood by for 3 hours near Jinmen Island, waiting for further orders. The Xiyu Island troops will report to me the movement status and position of the enemy ships at any time. The Air Force's special bombers and attack aircraft are ready to attack. At 5 o'clock, we will launch an attack on the main island of Penghu and the enemy ships in the sea area of ​​Penghu!"

Four in the morning.

"Mr. Yuan, it's almost dawn. Do you want to let the "Taiping" and "Taiyuan"... withdraw?" the staff officer asked Yuan Shouqian.

Yuan Shouqian remained silent.

Sure enough, the bombers of the GONG army could not launch an attack at night, so he was right.What about during the day?If they can be protected by the air force, can the "Taiping" and "Taiyuan" survive in Penghu?

"Send a report to the "Taiping" and "Taiyuan" and order them to sail into Penghu Bay and enter the protection range of Penghu coastal artillery and anti-aircraft artillery. In addition, the Air Force must send fighter jets to support the Penghu Islands from early morning!"

Chapter 37, Penghu Naval and Air Battle ([-])

On June 6, the key to the life and death of the Penghu National Army was whether it could block Xiyu Island.

In a fierce battle on June 6, the 16th Division of the 67th Army, the main defensive force on Xiyu Island, was basically disbanded. The division commander was killed, one regiment was completely wiped out, and two regiments were severely damaged. One fled to the north of the island.Hu Lian detained a landing craft that was about to leave, and then mobilized all small boats and civilian ships in Penghu, and finally sent two regiments of the 56th Division of the 6th Army to the south of Xiyu Island on June 16, barely maintaining the front line.

In short, the national army in the southern part of Xiyu Island can still hold on.If the national army blocks the sea and air in the next two days, and continuously transports reinforcements from Penghu main island to Xiyu Island, it may be possible to drive the landing GONG army into the sea.If the blockade fails, and Sanye is asked to send troops to Xiyu Island one division a day, and then take advantage of the loopholes to use landing craft from Xiyu Island to send a wave of assaults to Penghu main island, then Hu Lian will be hopeless.

Looking up into the sky from the camouflage net of the headquarters, Hu Lian saw propeller fighter jets fighting in twos and threes from time to time. Sometimes it was La-11 chasing the national army's P-51, and sometimes it was P-51 chasing La-11.Il-10 did not forget to brush up its sense of presence, as long as it passed over the position of the national army, the rockets and machine guns would fire a salvo.

Oh, because Penghu Main Island has been bombed many times in the past two days, Hu Lian's Corps headquarters has obediently moved to a depression that is difficult to find, and a green camouflage net has been drawn on the top of the headquarters, and a lot of branches have been planted .

The proficiency of fighter pilots in the national army is indeed higher than that of our army, after all, the length of flight training is there.However, in addition to fighting the La-11 in the air, the National Army fighter jets also had to spend energy to intercept the Il-10. Gradually, the six P-4500s that had been standing guard at an altitude of 6 meters also took to the low altitude and joined the chaos together.When the national army did not have fighter jets on duty at high altitude, the Tu-51 special bomber appeared just right. While the national army fighter jets that came back to their senses were still climbing, four Tu-2s bit the "Taiping" and "Taiyuan" Start dropping bombs.

Two of four bombs.

This time it was relatively average, with "Taiping" and "Taiyuan" scoring one each. The good luck of the escort destroyer "Taiping", which caused our army a headache in the Battle of Kinmen, finally came to an end. A 1 kg bomb penetrated from the port side of the middle of the hull, blasting a bomb extending from 500 meters above the water to 3 meters below the water. After Li Yuxi woke up from the shock of the explosion, the first order he gave was to abandon the ship.

The "Taiyuan" was shot at the stern of the ship, the propeller shaft at the stern was deformed, and the ship lost power.There was water in the tail, but several other watertight compartments were still intact.Originally, the "Taiyuan" could float at sea and wait for rescue, but the captain of the "Taiyuan" saw that the "Taiping" had abandoned the ship, and he immediately abandoned the ship.Anyway, it is only a few hundred meters away from the main island of Penghu. As long as you wear a life jacket, you can swim back to the shore after jumping into the sea.

Seeing that both ships were directly hit by the 4 Tu-2s, they simply stopped firing. They continued to fly forward to Magong Port, and dropped 4 bombs on the outlines of several ships moored in Magong Port.This time the attack is a fixed target, which is relatively easy to aim, 4 rounds and 4 hits. The "Yongkang" minesweeper was hit by a 2kg bomb this time after being hit by two shells yesterday.This power is not comparable to the 500mm artillery shell weighing a few kilograms yesterday. When the smoke cleared, the bridge of the "Yongkang" and the front main gun were blown up together.

For the other three bombs, it was difficult to identify the target type, and the aimers all chose civilian ships. Although all the bombs hit, the damaged "Yongming" minesweeper hidden in Magong Harbor escaped unharmed.Moreover, the minesweeper miraculously survived until the end of the battle, raising the white flag with the remnants of the national army.

After receiving the news that all the two destroyers of the National Army had been shot, the tank landing ship formation on standby in the waters near Kinmen, carrying ships 31 and 32, headed towards Penghu at full speed.

当4架图-2不动声色地将国军在澎湖的大舰小船收割一大半的时候，华东空军的伊尔-10也终于收获了第一个攻舰战果。在澎湖本岛和西屿岛南部之间做摆渡、不断运送国军援军上西屿岛的美制400吨级登陆艇，被伊尔-10投下的100公斤炸弹命中。主机停转、瘫痪在澎湖湾的登陆艇接着又被2架伊尔-10用航空火箭弹攻击，彻底打成了筛子。

The efficiency of boarding and disembarking the landing craft is extremely high. In the past day, it was the main means of transportation for the national army to increase troops to Xiyu Island.With the destruction of the landing craft and the guided bomb attack on Magong Port, the national army's ability to increase troops to Xiyu Island was greatly weakened.

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Keelung Port.

"Commander Horse..."

Chu Lianfang, the captain of the "Danyang" ship, stood at attention and saluted when he saw Ma Jizhuang, the deputy commander of the national army and navy (now the acting commander in chief of the national army and navy) approaching.

The "Danyang" ship stopped at the Keelung Wharf. The rescued soldiers who fell into the water were disembarking in line, and the wounded were carried off the ship on stretchers.There was a row of stretchers covered with white cloth on the ground of the pier. These were officers and soldiers who died of serious injuries after being rescued by the "Danyang" ship.Acting Commander-in-Chief Ma Jizhuang and his entourage came from the entrance in silence, looking at the long row of white cloth stretchers, everyone's expressions were very ugly.

"Commander Ma, Commander Gui, he... walked very peacefully." Chu Lianfang wanted to break the silence at the scene, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only utter a routine.

Ma Jizhuang still didn't say a word, walked to Gui Yongqing's stretcher, and lifted the white cloth.