Commander Ye looked solemn and said to Zhou Wu: "The main responsibility for the fiasco of the Battle of Kinmen Island this time lies with me, you Zhou Wu just faithfully carried out my orders, if you want to be punished, I have to come first, Comrade Zhou Wu, don't blame yourself too much, let's quickly sum up the lessons and prepare to attack Kinmen Island again, and avenge the comrades who died in the battle."
At the review meeting held in the Corps Headquarters, several leaders of the Corps Headquarters made self-criticism and asked their superiors to give punishments, and Deputy Commander Liu, who was sent by the East China Field Army, listened to everyone's speeches, nodded and said: "Comrades, we are doing self-criticism here, but no matter what, we cannot save the lives of those commanders and fighters who died on Kinmen Island.
Therefore, they ignored the topographical characteristics of Kinmen Island, and without collecting enough ferries, they rashly launched an attack on Kinmen Island; later, because they did not grasp the law of the tides, a large number of ferries ran aground on the tidal flat positions, and were completely blown up by enemy planes, and the troops who landed on the island could not be withdrawn, and became a lone army, resulting in a crushing defeat in which almost the entire army was annihilated, and the three reinforced regiments of nearly 10,000 people were withdrawn, counting only 500 or 600 wounded, and the battle loss rate reached more than 95 percent, which was actually the first major defeat since the founding of our PLA.
It is indeed worthy of deep consideration and review by comrades. ” Listening to Deputy Commander Liu's speech, Commander Ye and Zhou Wu all bowed their heads and remained silent, it is true that this attack on Kinmen Island was fought too badly, and the whole army was annihilated, which was unimaginable for a while for the People's Liberation Army, which had always fought the Kuomintang army like a bamboo, and was invincible.
At the meeting, Commander Ye and Zhou Wu demanded that the higher authorities must give punishment, so as to calm the guilt in their hearts a little, but Deputy Commander Liu conveyed the latest opinion of the central authorities on the fiasco of Kinmen Island, and the chairman held that the defeat in the Battle of Kinmen Island is not a question of accepting punishment or not, but hopes that the comrades will learn the painful lesson of this bloody condensation, sum up experience, strengthen the progress of recruiting ships, train soldiers for naval warfare, learn more about the laws of the tides, humbly ask the local fishermen for advice, and wait until they have accumulated sufficient naval combat strength. before you can attack.
After hearing the chairman's comments, Commander Ye and Zhou Wu said one after another that they would definitely learn a lesson, step up training the troops' naval combat capabilities, and never repeat the mistakes of the past before they did not have sufficient forces and conditions to cross the sea.
Back at the station, Zhou Wu was still in a heavy mood, couldn't sleep at night, was woken up by a nightmare every night, woke up sweaty, wet, his wife Shen Lina looked, this is not good, Zhou Wu's mental state has been poor, if it continues like this, it is possible to have depression, as a doctor, she naturally knows that the origin of Zhou Wu's heart disease is caused by the fiasco on Kinmen Island.
Shen Lina found Commissar Niu and Chief of Staff Lao Xu, and told them about Zhou Wu's recent situation, Commissar Niu and Lao Xu heard it, and hurriedly persuaded Shen Lina and said: "Xiao Shen, you are a doctor, what measures do you think should be taken to cure Lao Ma's current illness, the battle on Kinmen Island is too big a blow to Lao Ma, we have to think of a way, we can't let him be depressed."
Shen Lina said to the political commissar and chief of staff: "There is a way, but at this time, I'm afraid it's not suitable." ” "There's nothing inappropriate, Xiao Shen, just say it, Lao Xu and I will refer to you for reference."
Lao Niu, as a political commissar, is naturally responsible for Zhou Wu's life, although he now has Shen Lina as his wife to take care of him, but it is only natural that the political commissar is responsible for Zhou Wu's life.
"The solution is to let him leave the team for a while, go to Jiangnan to recuperate for a while, and transfer the environment, maybe he can cure his depression.
But at this time, everyone is holding back their strength to attack Kinmen Island again, and I don't think it's appropriate for him to leave the team as a military commander.
Shen Lina spoke very tactfully, as if she was talking to Lao Niu and them, and she sounded very decent.
"Xiao Shen, you are a doctor, you are an authority in this regard, we will listen to you, Lao Ma temporarily leaves the team for a period of time If it is good for his depression, we will definitely support it, isn't the work in the army still with me and Lao Xu, I think we can still do it, that's it, tomorrow I will apply to the corps headquarters, and when it is approved by the above, you will immediately leave to go back to Jiangnan, it is best to go to Nanjing's hometown, where he was born and raised, and it is estimated that the effect will be better."
Political Commissar Niu is worthy of being a veteran political cadre who has done political and ideological work for many years, and immediately agreed to Shen Lina's request, and was willing to report on behalf of Zhou Wu and ask for leave to return to his hometown for Zhou Wu to recuperate.
Soon, the corps headquarters gave an approval, and in view of Comrade Zhou Wu's actual situation, it was agreed that he would temporarily leave the corps and return to Jiangnan for treatment and recuperation, and the daily affairs of the 11th Army would be represented by Political Commissar Niu, and the chief of staff Elder Xu would be deputy.
Zhou Wu heard that his treatment and recuperation report was approved, and his mood was very calm, unlike before when he heard about such a thing and blamed Shen Lina for making his own opinion, this time he was physically and mentally exhausted, it was time to rest elsewhere for a while, although Kinmen Island is an inconspicuous island, but it is this sad place, which almost made Zhou Wu lose the confidence to continue to lead troops to fight, and asked himself several times whether he should atone for the brothers who died on Kinmen Island, if it wasn't for his own hot brain, If the conditions for insisting on the landing operation are not ripe, it is estimated that there will not be so many brothers who died unjustly on that small island, every time he thinks of this, Zhou Wu will sigh for a long time, he doesn't think about tea and dinner, and Shen Lina is secretly anxious, and when the report is approved, he quickly packs his luggage and takes Zhou Wu to Jiangnan.
Hearing that the army commander was going to leave the team for a while, the fat man and Ge Sanmin, Xiao Zheng and Huang Shuisheng, who had just arrived, and their old subordinates came to see them off, and Chen Guofu, who was far away in Nanjing, specially called, saying that after Zhou Wu returned to Jiangnan, he must go to him to have a look, and it is best to recuperate here in Nanjing for a period of time, and he will take care of all kinds of local things.
There is no need to let Zhou Wu and his wife run their own errands.
Zhou Wu was very moved when he saw so many old subordinates coming down to see them off, and said to the fat man and Ge Sanmin: "You give me a good team, just train the team, I won't go too long this time, call me immediately if there is any situation, don't hide it from me, Kinmen Island was defeated, I still want to get it back, brothers have to fight for me." ” The fat man said: "Commander, don't worry, my Lao Liu will not die this time, and the next time I fight Kinmen Island, I will still let me come to the front, I promise that Hu Lian will not be able to find the north." ” Zhou Wu patted the fat man on the shoulder, and said to Ge Sanmin: "Brothers, I have been thinking about why we have suffered such a crushing defeat on Kinmen Island, our underestimation of the enemy and paralysis as commanders are on the one hand, and our People's Liberation Army does not have a decent maritime combat force on the one hand, after this meeting in Nanjing, I will tell Commander Li that if we want not to suffer losses in the future operations against the Kuomintang army, if we want to smoothly liberate Taiwan, we must vigorously develop our own naval and air forces.
Only in this way can we have confidence and confidence in fighting. ” Shen Lina next to her heard Zhou Wu talk about the sad story of the fiasco on Kinmen Island at this time, and hurriedly pulled him, Zhou Wu shook his head and smiled and said to Lao Niu and Lao Xu: "Political commissar, look at it, how unfree I am now, I have someone to take care of my speech, okay, let's stop here, brothers, take care, I hope that when we meet again, when we go to Taiwan, we must avenge the brothers who died on that small island."
After speaking, Zhou Wu's family and a few guards got into the jeep and left north, leaving the fat man and Ge Sanmin They looked at the car in the distance in a daze, and the fat man asked Ge Sanmin on the side: "Ge Sanmin, the military commander went to recuperate this time, I estimate that the time will not be too long, I understand his thoughts, if there is anything turbulent here, I guarantee that he will rush back immediately." ” Ge Sanmin shook his head: "This fiasco on Kinmen Island is too big a blow for the commander, Lao Liu not only suffered heavy losses for your division, but also Xiao Zheng and I have lost a lot, we still honestly train the navy, collect ships and wait for the commander to come back, and avenge the brothers who died on Kinmen Island." ” After half a month's long journey, Zhou Wu and his entourage finally arrived in Nanjing in early December, and before they entered the city, a staff officer sent by Commander Li came to greet them, and the staff officer said to Zhou Wu: "Commander Li is very concerned about Commander Ma's condition, and he told us that we must come to Nanjing to see him first." ” Zhou Wu was excited when he heard that Commander Li was so concerned, and hurriedly nodded in agreement, so those staff officers led the way in front, and Zhou Wu and his party went straight to the headquarters of the East China Military Region.
Commander Li had been waiting for them there for a long time, and when Zhou Wu saw it, he hurriedly got out of the car and saluted him: "Report to the commander, report to Zhou Wu, the general of the defeated army."
When the commander heard this, his face was not good-looking, and he hurriedly said to Zhou Wu: "What kind of defeated generals play the piano indiscriminately, how can there be generals in the world who do not defeat the battle, I will take the wind and vacuum the dust for you." ” Commander Li prepared a table in the canteen of the headquarters, and all those present were Zhou Wu's old acquaintances in the New Fourth Army, and of course Chen Guofu also came, and when he saw Zhou Wu, he hurriedly took his hand and asked questions, and the atmosphere was good.
After eating, Commander Li stayed with Zhou Wu and had a deep talk with him, Zhou Wu immediately reviewed the mistakes in the Battle of Kinmen to the commander, and said that more than 9,000 brothers died on the small island of Kinmen because of their own negligence, hot-headedness, and lack of preparation, Zhou Wu couldn't help but choke up again, and Commander Li immediately said to him: "Xiaoma, you are responsible for this fiasco, but not entirely your responsibility, your superior corps headquarters and our East China Field Army Command are responsible, if I have a resolute attitude on the spot, If you had stopped the attack on Kinmen, you should have avoided this fiasco, but it has already happened, and there is no problem to be solved by remorse, and I hope that you will learn a lesson in the future, strengthen your training in water warfare, and strive for victory in the second attack on Kinmen Island." t1706231537: