1949年7月,第三野战军第十兵团进军福建,8月17日,解放福州。残敌逃至厦门、漳州周围及金门岛屿一带,蒋介石任命汤恩伯为伪“福建省主席兼厦门分署主任”,统一指挥第八、第十二、第二十二兵团。汤恩伯编并了残存的军队,在金、厦两岛增修工事,以刘汝明指挥的第八兵团第68军、第55军和第96军残部约3万多人防守漳厦地区,以李良荣指挥的第二十二兵团 In July 1949, the Tenth Corps of the Third Field Army entered Fujian, and on August 17, it liberated Fuzhou. The enemy fled to Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Kinmen Island around the area, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Tom Ember as the “Fujian Provincial Chairman and Director of Xiamen Branch,” unified command of the eighth, the twelfth, the twenty-second Corps. Tung Enbo compiled and remnants of the army, in Jin, Xiamen two fortifications fortifications to Liu Ruming command of the Eighth Corps 68th Army, 55th Army and the 96th Army remnants of about 30,000 people defend Zhangxia area, directed by Li Liangrong The twenty-second Corps