On August 6th, 1965, a marine police area of the South China Sea Fleet 1 torpedo speedboat 1 1 and four high-speed escort boats formed an assault formation, sinking the Kuomintang's large submarine chaser Jianmen and the small submarine chaser Zhangjiang, which attempted to transport enemy agents to land in southern Fujian. This naval battle is called "August 6th Naval Battle".
Historical background
1On the morning of August 5th, 965, the large-scale hunting submarine "Jianmen" and the small-scale hunting submarine "Zhangjiang" of the Second Fleet of the Kuomintang Navy set sail from Zuoying Port, Taiwan Province, and in the evening, they sailed to Xiongyu Island, southeast of Dongshan Island, Fujian Province, in an attempt to transport spies to the mainland. The South China Sea Fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy immediately ordered Shantou Marine Police doctors to use torpedo boats 165438+.
At 23: 00 13, four escort boats and six torpedo boats were ordered to attack. On 6th 1: 42, the escort formation found the target at 2: 5 1, and began to concentrate on attacking Zhangjiang, sinking at .3e inch 33. The torpedo boat group cast torpedoes, but it didn't work and quit the battle.
At 3: 35, five torpedo boats on standby went to reinforce and cooperated with the escort fleet to pursue Jianmen. The torpedo boat team launched 10 turtle and sank at 5: 22.
In this naval battle, the People's Liberation Army Navy * * * sank two Kuomintang naval vessels in the "submarine hunters", annihilated more than 70 people under Major General Hu Jiaheng, commander of the patrol second fleet, and captured 33 people, including captain Jianmen. It is a annihilation war achieved by the PLA navy's fast and light fleet in close combat, in close cooperation with the J Division, and by concentrating superior forces.
After the war, People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Ministry of National Defense issued an order to reward the troops participating in the war and awarded the title of "War Hero" to Xiande Mai, an electromechanical soldier. The PLA Navy awarded the frigate 6 1 1 "Hero Boat" and the torpedo boat 1 19 "Hero speedboat" respectively.
Battle result
The battle lasted 12 hours and 45 minutes, and the battle with the enemy lasted 3 hours and 43 minutes. After the founding of China People's Liberation Army, it won the biggest naval annihilation war at sea. Wang Yunshan, the captain of "Jianmen", had 34 prisoners, 4 people were killed and 28 people were injured.
The participating troops fought bravely, and the Ministry of National Defense issued a decree to reward the participating troops and awarded Xiande Mai the honorary title of combat hero; The navy awarded 6 1 1 escort boat and 1 19 torpedo boat the titles of "hero boat at sea" and "hero speedboat".
The Central Committee and the Central Military Commission spoke highly of the victory of this naval battle. Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping and other leaders met with some meritorious personnel in the "August 6th" naval battle, and Vice Premier Chen Yi visited the front line to express his condolences to the officers and men participating in the war.