In 1952, the second year of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Chinese People's Volunteers had already built fortifications on all fronts on the battlefield, and their positions were unprecedentedly strong.
As a result, the Military Commission decided to launch the Autumn Tactical Campaign, and in the second phase of this campaign, the 38th Army, the "Long Live Army" of our army, took on the attack of 3948. Highland (known as Mt. Baekba in South Korea).
You must know that the 38th Army is a heroic unit that came out of Jinggangshan, and is known for daring to fight vicious battles and tough battles, and has set a record of outstanding meritorious service, and its strength should not be underestimated.
After the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the 38th Army, as the first batch of troops to enter Korea, has participated in four battles, especially at the critical moment in the second campaign, and created a miracle of marching 145 miles in 14 hours and successfully completing the roundabout and interspersed tasks.
It is said that such a team with a great record is not a piece of cake to capture the Baima Mountain Heights, but at this juncture, there was a sudden unexpected situation, a volunteer army defected to the enemy, so the 38th Army was defeated and took Maicheng, what is going on?
The Baima Mountain Heights are located on the northwest side of the Cheorwon region in North Korea, and the strategic location is very important, because the south side of the mountain is one of the main military supply lines of the US army, so our army once wanted to take it, but the enemy army is focused on deploying defenses here, and the mountains are full of mines, tunnels and hidden bunkers and it is difficult to easily get it.
At that time, the South Korean 9th Division, which was stationed in this mountainous area, had about 20,000 personnel, and had six artillery battalions and two tank companies.
In fact, before this, the 42nd Army had also attacked Baima Mountain several times, but to no avail, and the newly appointed deputy commander of the 38th Army, Jiang Yonghui, was gearing up, wanting to use this battle to add another glory to the glory of the 38th Army's "Long Live Army".
In particular, the soldiers of the 38th Army now have the Soviet Union ** in their hands, and have added 182 artillery pieces, 59 anti-aircraft guns and 122 anti-aircraft machine guns, and even 17 Soviet-made tanks.
Therefore, the 38th Army began intensive preparations, and planned to launch an offensive on October 5, and also formulated a detailed operational deployment plan, and even set the strategic goal of destroying 5,000 enemies.
But at this moment, trouble came, and a scum suddenly appeared in the army.
It turned out that the cultural instructor of the 7th Company of the 340th Regiment of the 114th Division had defected to the enemy and confided all the specific information about our army's attack on the heights to the South Korean Army.
So, why did Gu Zhongjiao defect to the enemy?In fact, to put it bluntly, it is a serious fear of the enemy with improper thinking, which leads to extremely shameful actions.
Gu Zhongjiao, who was originally an officer in the Kuomintang army, joined the People's Liberation Army in 1949 with the uprising, and let him serve as a cultural instructor because of his culture.
After the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Tanaka Jiao came to North Korea with the troops, however, when he saw the cruelty of the war, he became more and more passive and timid, and he couldn't stand the extremely cold weather in the local area, so his mind was shaken and he had the heart to escape.
On the day of October 3, Gu Zhongjiao took advantage of the opportunity of our army cadres to check the road back and forth, quietly slipped from the forward position to the position of the South Korean 9th Division, and when he arrived at the enemy, he told all the formation, equipment, and battle plan of the 340th Regiment in 1510.
Soon, the South Korean army verified the information revealed by Tanakajiao, and then quickly strengthened the defensive deployment of the Baima Mountain Heights, and prepared a large amount of food, drinking water, ammunition and other materials.
At that time, Jiang Yonghui was very angry when he learned that Gu Zhongjiao had rebelled, and the new official couldn't hold it on his face, but the current war of the great enemy was critical, so he began to hesitate, should he continue to fight this battle?
If you don't fight, it's a shame to waste time preparing for so long. If they fight, they will either take advantage of the fact that the enemy is still in a difficult position to distinguish between the truth and the falsehood of the information, and take him by surpriseOr just delay for a few days and fight again, and catch him off guard.
Jiang Yonghui still couldn't make up his mind after thinking about it, so he asked his superiors to make a decision.
At this time, the commander of the 38th Army Corps was none other than Wang Jinshan, who was known as the madman of the king. After Jiang Yonghui told him about the situation, Wang Jinshan's eyes widened, and he didn't think about it"You have a cattle killing knife in your hand, what are you afraid of a chicken for?".”
When Jiang Yonghui heard this, a wave of pride came to his heart, and he decided to eat the hard bone of White Horse Mountain.
On the night of October 5, the vanguard assault unit of the 38th Army entered the front of the enemy to lurk, and in the afternoon of the next day, as three red signal flares rose into the air, our army fired 10,000 bullets in unison, and the artillery roared, and the Baima Mountain Heights suddenly became a sea of fire, and this firepower onslaught lasted for half an hour.
Soon, the assault troops jumped up from the lurking area and launched an attack on the heights of Baima Mountain with machine guns, but due to the extremely sharp artillery fire of the 9th Korean Division, our troops did not succeed easily.
Subsequently, the 2nd Battalion of the 342nd Regiment was put into battle and confronted the troops reinforced by the 30th Regiment of the ROK Army, but after a day of fierce fighting, progress was still slow.
Jiang Yonghui immediately dispatched two more battalions into battle, and after a bloody battle, it was not until midnight that the main peak was taken. However, the South Korean army still did not flinch, and soon put the 28th Regiment, the main regiment, into battle, and started a tug-of-war with our army.
At that time, Jiang Yonghui began to be anxious, and he immediately dispatched the 334th Regiment of the main force regiment to continue to rush to the main peak, but in just two days, the two battalions of our army were extremely heavy under the fierce counterattack of the South Korean army, and finally had to withdraw from the battle and continue to hand over the position to the 342nd Regiment for defense.
However, the 342nd Regiment had been seriously injured, and with the continuous increase of the Korean army, the main peak was soon robbed by the enemy.
In this way, our army put in one battalion, and the South Korean army took out two battalions;Our army put in a regiment, and the ROK army sent a reinforced regiment, you must know that this is a war abroad, and it is easy for the ROK army to deploy troops, but it will be difficult for our army, so the Baima Mountain Heights are fighting more and more crotch.
On October 10, the 335th Regiment continued to take over the 334th Regiment into battle, but ** was still very large, and several positions were lost in succession in the following days, so the 336th Regiment went up again, but the main front was taken and lost.
In the end, when the two sides fought fiercely until the 14th, they had been repeatedly fighting for the heights of Hakuba Mountain for nine consecutive days, but this small hill was always swaying from side to side like a small boat.
Seeing that Baima Mountain was getting more and more sticky as he fought, Jiang Yonghui calmly thought that if he continued to fight with the Korean army, the price he would pay would be too great, and the position would be difficult to consolidate, so he made a very painful but rational decisionWithdraw from the Hakuba Mountain area!Thus, the battle of White Horse Mountain of the 38th Army was a lost battle.
In this tug-of-war, our 38th Army killed, wounded and captured more than 9,300 enemies, but he also had 6,700 people.
However, the traitor's fate is not better in the end. When the Battle of White Horse Mountain ended, Gu Zhongjiao lost its usefulness, so the Korean army abandoned him, and after the end of the Korean War, this heinous traitor had nowhere to wait, and finally went to Taiwan.
You must know that the life under the fence is really not easy, and Gu Zhongjiao's treason against the enemy was once criticized, it can be said that he tasted the warmth and coldness of human affection in Taiwan, was discriminated against and bitter, and finally died alone in the secret life, ending his shameful and sinful life.