Former Battle Site of Annihilating the Remaining Forces of Hu Lian (Xia Ping Fort)

Former Battle Site of Annihilating the Remaining Forces of Hu Lian (Xia Ping Fort)

The former battle site of annihilating the remaining forces of Hu Lian is located at Xia Ping Fort in Longchuan County.

The remnants of Hu Lian’s corps originally belonged to the 12th Corps of the Kuomintang ruling group during the Chinese Civil War. After suffering defeat in the Huaihai Campaign in January 1949, Corps Commander Hu Lian led the surviving troops in a retreat to Nanchang, Jiangxi. In early July, the southern remnants infiltrated the Longchuan Shang Ping area via Xunwu Huangxiang, with a force consisting of one heavy artillery battalion and a machine-gun company.

To counter the Hu Lian remnants, the Longchuan County Committee directed Yang Ronglie, Deputy Commander of the County Public Security Corps, along with the 3rd Independent Regiment, to deploy forces for annihilation. The companies of Ling Qipei and Chen Dezhen were stationed at Xia Ping Fort, using the fort to engage the enemy; Ye Ziqing’s company, together with the Public Security Corps, launched a flanking attack; and some forces were dispatched from Shizi Zhai to seize the mountaintop at Xia Ping Mountain Pass and Shuangfeng Ridge, securing commanding high ground. Under the fierce crossfire from three directions, the fleeing Hu forces scattered and took cover in nearby civilian houses to resist. After more than five hours of intense battle, the remnants of Hu’s forces hastily broke through and retreated from Shang Ping, fleeing in panic toward Xunwu Huangxiang. Over 30 of Hu’s men were killed in this battle.

In mid-July, a second batch of Hu Lian’s remnants retreated to Kongtian and E’gong in Dingnan, attempting to pass through Shang Ping on their way to Xingning to flee. At that time, only a single company—formed jointly by Ye Ziqing and Wang Hanting—was stationed in Shang Ping. They were ordered to advance to Tie Longwei to intercept the enemy’s southern escape route. Due to the disparity in numbers, after careful consideration, it was decided to take advantage of the fact that Hu’s forces were demoralized remnants of a defeated army, fearful and on edge. Leveraging the might of the People’s Liberation Army, psychological warfare was employed, spreading rumors such as “a certain division, regiment, or battalion of the People’s Liberation Army is stationed at XX Village, XX location...” These tactics successfully intimidated the enemy. The Hu Lian remnants, in a state of panic and seeing threats everywhere, ultimately avoided the area and instead skirted through Pingyong and Huangxiang in Xunwu before fleeing back into Guangdong and collapsing into Xingning.

Shang Ping Town: Located in the northern part of Longchuan County, Shang Ping Town borders Dingnan County and Xunwu County of Jiangxi Province, as well as Xingning City of Guangdong Province. The town covers a total area of 206 square kilometers, governs 13 village committees and 1 neighborhood committee, comprises 218 economic cooperatives, and has a total population of 28,000. The mountainous area within the town spans 270,000 mu, while arable land amounts to 20,000 mu (including 16,829 mu of paddy fields and 3,261 mu of dry land). Shang Ping Town enjoys convenient transportation with well-connected road networks, in addition to the Longjiang Highway passing through the area.

Infrastructure construction is continuously improving, with over 30 acres of newly planned land in the central Shang Ping Dam designated for street development... More detailed information about Shang Ping Town++