3月25號，解放軍開始炮轟安慶:172。3月28號，桂系軍隊撤出安慶，解放軍「集中九江，窺伺南昌」:173；駐守安慶嘅國軍獨力支撐，形勢非常危急:173。同一日，國軍嘅海軍封鎖安慶一帶嘅長江。:8854去到4月中旬左右，解放軍消滅咗長江北岸大部分嘅國軍據點，淨係得番浦口、裕溪口同埋安慶仲有國軍駐守。
On March 25, the PLA began shelling Anqing: 172. On March 28, Gui Shi's army withdrew from Anqing, and the People's Liberation Army "concentrated on Jiujiang and watched over Nanchang": 173, and the Nationalist army stationed in Anqing supported it alone, and the situation was very critical: 173. On the same day, the navy of the Nationalist army blockaded the Yangtze River in the Anqing area. By mid-April 8854, the PLA had wiped out most of the Nationalist strongholds on the north bank of the Yangtze River, leaving only Pukou, Yuxikou, and Anqing with Nationalist troops to garrison.