Liberation War Records: Liberation of Haikou
by Lin Keke
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In April 1950, the 15th Corps of the Fourth Field Army launched the Hainan Island Campaign. Han Xianchu commanded the 40th Army and the 43rd Army to cross the Qiongzhou Strait with wooden sailing boats, and landed under the support of the Qiongya column. On April 23, the People's Liberation Army launched a three-pronged attack on Haikou, annihilating more than 30,000 enemy troops, and capturing 5 warships and 4 aircraft. This battle shattered the Kuomintang's "Bering Line of Defense", ended Xue Yue's rule over Hainan, and the entire island was liberated on May 1. It was the People's Liberation Army's first successful cross-sea landing and accumulated experience for operations in the Taiwan Strait. Mao Zedong praised it as "the miracle of defeating warships with wooden ships."
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