Battle Site of the Xiaokeng Ridge Battle

Battle Site of the Xiaokeng Ridge Battle

The Battle Site of the Xiaokeng Ridge Battle is a cultural tourism attraction and a classic red tourism site.

In late November 1948, the 10th Detachment of the 10th District Team of the Chinese People's Liberation Army's Southern Zhejiang Guerrilla Column secretly returned to Xiaokeng in Shanmen from the Pingyang-Taishun border. Upon learning that the 2nd Battalion of the 4th Regiment of the Zhejiang Security Forces had also secretly returned to Xiaokeng in Shanmen from the same border, detachment commander Yan Qingfu and political instructor Huang Jiabin immediately decided to join forces with local militiamen to ambush the enemy at a mountain bend below Xiaokeng Ridge. The militiamen piled stones on the mountainside of Xiaokeng Ridge to assist in the battle. At 8 a.m. on November 28, the enemy entered the ambush zone, and the 10th Detachment quickly launched an attack. Soldiers ambushed at Banling Pavilion charged into the enemy ranks, cutting them in half. The panicked enemy scattered down the road but were then attacked by stones hurled by militiamen from the hillside. The gunfire of the guerrillas, the battle cries of the militiamen, and the crashing sounds of the stones created a deafening roar. Terrified, the enemy abandoned their weapons and supplies and fled in all directions. The battle resulted in over 60 enemies killed, wounded, or captured, along with the seizure of three light machine guns, over 60 rifles of various lengths, and a large amount of military supplies.

The Battle Site of the Xiaokeng Ridge Battle is located in the western part of Xiaokeng Township, Pingyang County. Together with Qiongling and Yaoling, it is known as one of the three major rugged ridges in western Pingyang. The ridge is 3 kilometers long, with cliffs behind and a deep ravine in front.

Source: Party History Research Office of the Wenzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China