1949年4月23日,在中国人民解放战争的隆隆炮声中,人民海军诞生了。人民海军成立之后进行的第一个战役就是万山群岛战役。万山群岛砬于珠江口外,共有40多个大小岛屿。当时,在我人民解放军的强大攻势下,于1950年4月一举解放了海南岛,驻守华南的国民党军残余,大部逃到台湾,一小部分退守到了万山群岛。尽管退守到万山群岛的敌军已是穷途来路,但他们还制定了“封锁海口,策应大陆,准备反攻”的策略。当时,国民党在万山群岛部署了海军第三舰队、第四巡防处、秀英巡防处,一个陆战团和一个由海匪组成的广东突击军,共计3000余人。共有各型舰艇30余艘,后又在战役进行过程中从台湾调来10多艘舰艇,总吨位达1万多吨。而我广东军区江防舰队却仅有炮艇5艘,登陆舰9艘,总吨位是敌军的1/10。从武器装备性能、兵员数量上,敌军均 On April 23, 1949, the People’s Navy was born in the rumbling of the Chinese People’s Liberation War. The first battle after the founding of the People’s Navy was the Battle of the Wanshan Islands. Wanshan Islands 砬 in the Pearl River estuary, a total of more than 40 large and small islands. At that time, under the powerful attack of the People’s Liberation Army, Hainan Island was liberated in April 1950 and the remnants of the Kuomintang troops stationed in southern China fled to Taiwan. A small part of them retreated to the Wanshan Islands. Although the enemy troops retreating to the Wanshan Islands are already on the road to failure, they have also formulated a strategy of “blocking the sea, responding to the Mainland and preparing for a counter-offensive.” At that time, the Kuomintang deployed the Navy’s Third Fleet, the Fourth Patrol Department, the Xiuying Inspectorate, a Marine Corps and a Guangdong-based assault force comprising bandits in the Wanshan Islands, totaling more than 3,000. A total of more than 30 various types of warships, and later in the process of the battle transferred from Taiwan more than 10 ships, the total tonnage of more than 10,000 tons. The Guangdong Military Region Jiang defense fleet but only gunboat 5, landing ship 9, the total tonnage of the enemy is 1/10. From the weapons and equipment performance, the number of troops, the enemy are