On the way to Xinxingli, the volunteers met North Korean villagers, and due to the language barrier, they almost had a misunderstanding. Fortunately, before the volunteers went to North Korea, they all learned some rough Korean dialect and barely communicated with the Korean villagers.
In November 1950, the Second Battle to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea began. In the operational deployment on the Eastern Front, the 4th Company participated in the battle as a sharp knife company, and its main combat mission was to annihilate the 31st Regiment of the 7th Division of the United States in the area from Sinxing Lane Nedong to the area.
This regiment also has another well-known nickname called the Polar Bear Regiment, which is an elite unit that has never suffered defeat in the history of the US military, and most of its personnel are veterans of World War II and have rich battlefield experience.
At the same time, the Polar Bear Regiment was supported by aviation fire from 2-8 sorties of aviation every day, while the 4th Company of the Volunteer Army had neither tanks nor aircraft, only a small number of small-caliber artillery pieces and 60 rocket launchers, and the equipment was very different.
On November 25, the 4 regiments of the 27th Army of the Volunteer Army launched an offensive deployment surrounded on all sides by the polar bear regiment in front of Xinxingli. When it comes to the task of the 4th Company of the Sharp Knife, it is possible to search and advance from east to west along the Xinxingli Railway and the mountains south of it, covering the rapid interspersed maneuvers of the 4th Company of the enemy with the Spiritual Camera, and it can be seen that the 27th Army of the 9th Corps of the Volunteer Army is not a trump card army.
Due to the scattered distribution of houses in North Korea, the US troops are all in the houses, and it is easy to attack with a company as a formation to lead to excessive size, so the volunteers use the platoon as the formation, coordinate the cover, and attack house by house.
However, what the soldiers of the 4th Company did not expect was that they rushed directly into the guard company of the Polar Bear Regiment, and the 4th Company captured the flag of the Polar Bear Regiment of the US Army, but was complained by the volunteers
During the second operation of the Volunteer Army, the 4th Company of the 239th Regiment of the 80th Division of the 27th Army of the Volunteer Army found an enemy position halfway up the mountain in the Dongshan area of Xinxingli when it was interspersed with annihilation of the enemy in the Xinxingli area on the 25th.
The regimental headquarters of the 31st Regiment of the US Army and the guard company at the Polar Bear regimental level all knew that the duty of the guard company was to protect the army, and the department of the senior general found them and was not far from the headquarters.
Soon, most of the guard company was annihilated, and the victorious 4th Company, taking advantage of the current confusion of the US troops, soon entered the US artillery range, destroyed the artillery command post, captured 12 howitzers, and lost a platoon of troops, and the enemy organized a fierce counterattack. By about 5 o'clock on the 28th, the scheduled task had been achieved, and the 4th Company was ordered to withdraw from the battle.
In this interspersed operation, the 4th company had a total of 67 people, and the volunteers fought fiercely in this battle. However, the results of the battle were gratifying, with more than 300 US troops killed and wounded, 9 prisoners, and 3 radio stations and 12 howitzers captured. I almost made a joke at the time.
Zhang Jiji, the leader of the Three Shadows Communication Squad who followed behind the 4th Company, pulled down the polar bear regimental flag on the wall when cleaning the battlefield, intending to use it as a dragon expedition, but fortunately, the translator Liu Guangri recognized the flag. Later, the Polar Bear Regiment Flag was brought back to China and kept in the Military Museum. I wonder how the U.S. military feels?
The U.S. military and the south Korean army engaged in internal strife, and the south Korean army advised the U.S. military to run away as soon as they saw that something was wrong, but the US colonel was triumphant and refused to listen to the persuasion, and as a result, he was completely annihilated. During the Korean War, the U.S. and South Korean armies had a constant dispute, and the U.S. military ridiculed them for being the fastest in the world in retreating.
The South Korean Army ridiculed the US Army's Polar Bear Regiment, which was known as the ace unit and had never been defeated, was wiped out in a pot less than half a month after entering the DPRK, and even the regimental flag was confiscatedThe 31st Regiment of the 7th Division of the U.S. Army was established in 1917, and successfully invaded Siberia during World War I.
The reason why the polar bear regiment can be invincible is that in addition to the elite soldiers, the equipment is first-class, and it is authorized to summon 2-8 sorties of air fire support every day, such a firepower configuration even the volunteers will be red-eyed.
Since the 31st Regiment fights abroad all the year round, it is also regarded as the golden sign of the US military overseasTime magazine on December 11, 1950 commented that the battle was the greatest defeat the United States had ever seen.
For the first battle of Xinxingli, Mr. Peng also praised that the 27th Army created such a miracle by annihilating an entire regiment of the US army and not running away. After the war, the 239th Regiment and the 40th Regiment were awarded the title of Xinxingli Combat Model by the 27th Army of the Volunteer Army, and the number has been retained to this day.