1949 What's the significance of the Golden Gate Campaign?

1949 10 10 On October 27th, the Battle of Kinmen spread to Taipei, and Chiang Kai-shek shed tears of excitement. He needs to win so badly. He is well aware of the significance of the Golden Gate Campaign. He said: We have completely won this battle ... Taiwan Province Province is safe.

For Chiang Kai-shek, the strategic position of Kinmen is indeed extraordinary. Located on the edge of the mainland, it is bordered by Mazu in the north, forming an amphibious fringe. Kinmen is the bridgehead of Taiwan Province Province. Chiang Kai-shek once said: Without the Golden Gate, there would be no Taiwan Province and Peng; Where there is Taiwan Province Province, there is the mainland. Historically, Shi Lang's capture of Taiwan Province started with Jin and Xia.

As long as the Golden Gate is in Chiang Kai-shek's hands, he can block the inland and retreat to Taiwan Province Province. It was precisely because of our army's defeat in the Battle of Kinmen that Chiang Kai-shek was partial to Taiwan Province Province, resulting in the separation of the two sides.

If the Golden Gate is in the hands of our army, the traffic lines in the Taiwan Province Strait will face a great threat. If Taiwan Province Province loses this barrier and PLA troops cross the sea, the situation in the Taiwan Strait may be another form.

Mao Zedong's plan at that time was: after conquering the whole territory of Fujian, he would occupy Jinmen and Xiamen Island, and then follow the story of Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang, build ships in Fujian, race horses in Qian Fan and take Taiwan Province Province directly. After capturing Taiwan Province Province, we will go back to sort out the mountains and rivers in the northwest and southwest. If so, then history will be rewritten.

At the beginning of the Golden Gate Campaign, Kuomintang troops were partly in the southwest, partly in Hainan Island and partly on the Sino-Vietnamese-Burmese border. Taiwan Province Province is actually an empty island. Hu Lian later said in his book that at that time, the total force on the island of Taiwan Province Province did not exceed 654.38 million+people, with more officers than soldiers and more guns than people.

But naval warfare is different from land warfare and the Battle of Golden Gate. Based on land, our army crossed a strait and landed on an island. At that time, our generals only saw that it was a water sport on the other side of the bank, thinking it was a sport on the other side of the bank, just like crossing the river to attack. The Battle of Kinmen is actually an amphibious landing and anti-landing operation, and it is a new war that our army has never been exposed to. Our army attacked Kinmen with weak air and sea power, and was fundamentally defeated by the sea. It is precisely because of the defeat in the Battle of Kinmen and the defeat in the landing operation on Dengbu Island a few days later, 10/65438, that the PLA has a keen understanding of the arduousness of the landing operation and is cautious about the planned landing operation in Taiwan Province Province.

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