In the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the 38th, 39th, 40th and 42nd armies under the 13th Corps of the Chinese Volunteers were the first to enter the Korean War, of which the 42nd Army, as the vanguard, was the first to cross the Yalu River. The 4 armies are the trump card main force of Siye, and their combat effectiveness is strong, but compared with the brother troops, the performance of the 42nd Army during the Liberation War was not very good, and it really played a majestic role on the Korean battlefield and ranked among the top trump cards of our army.
The 42nd Army went to the front line early, fought until the armistice and did not return home, fought countless tough battles and vicious battles in Korea, repeatedly defeated the most elite units such as the 1st Marine Division and the 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army, and even fought calmly and unhurriedly when retreating in the fifth campaign, which is remarkable. Army Commander Wu Ruilin is recognized as one of the top ten tiger generals of the Volunteer Army, and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 55.
Wu Ruilin. Coincidentally, both the 42nd Army and the 38th Army, known as the "Long Live Army", had a hiccup because of the black regiment in the U.S. Army.
In the first battle, the 112th and 113th Divisions of the 38th Army were ordered to rush to the Heecheon area and annihilate a South Korean Army together with their brother troops, but the vanguard of the 112th Division received information on the road that a black regiment of the US Army appeared in the Heecheon area, and if there is a black regiment, there may be a large force of the US Army. Later, it was confirmed that the information was wrong, and the army commander Liang Xingchu was scolded by President Peng for this.
The first to fight with the black regiment of the US Army was the 42nd Army, but the small accident encountered by the 42nd Army was perfectly solved and did not cause such a big storm.
In the early days of the Korean War, because the United States discriminated against blacks, blacks in the U.S. military could not be grouped together with whites and formed separate armies, so there was a black group. It is conceivable that the combat effectiveness is very poor, and it is not uncommon for blacks who voluntarily surrender to the volunteers in North Korea and are unwilling to return to the United States after the armistice.
The problem is that before the war, they only heard about the power of the US planes and artillery, and the soldiers did not know that there were still black people in the world, and they were inevitably surprised when they saw black people for the first time. This was the case with the 42nd Army.
In late October 1950, after the first battle began, the 124th Division of the 42nd Army blocked the 1st Marine Division of the US Army in the Huangcaoling area of the Eastern Front, fought fiercely for 13 days and nights, repelled the enemy, and began to counterattack. In early November, the 124th Division reconnoitred and learned that the 1st Marine Division and its artillery group were in Longshuidong, and immediately organized its troops, and the troops were divided into two routes, one frontal attack, all the way to the enemy's rear, and together with the follow-up troops, to annihilate the enemy at Longshuidong.
That night, the 1st Battalion of the 371st Regiment took the lead in rushing to the north of Yongshuidong, terminated an artillery position of the US army, and captured more than a dozen heavy guns; Yu Qinghua, commander of the 370th Regiment, and Xing Jiasheng, chief of staff, led the main force of the regiment to the west side of Longshuidong, and the 3rd Battalion also knocked out an artillery position, and also put an end to the command post of a battalion of the US army.
The 370th Regiment went deep behind enemy lines, which was supposed to be quite smooth, but the next night, because the 5th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the vanguard exposed the target and alarmed a group of enemy troops, the other side immediately retreated to 2164. Defend on the high ground.
The regiment commander Yu Qinghua was very angry, and called Zhao Jisen, the deputy commander of the 2nd battalion, over and reprimanded him, "People say that you are 'confused', you are his x confused, let me tell you that the little confused, the enemy on the high ground has been handed over to you, and if you can't beat it, be careful of your head!" ”
Zhao Jisen stood up and said, "Yes! "Turn around and go. He was used to joking with the regiment commander, and muttered before he went far, "Yu is a big man who is on fire again, and he is scary with 20 rings all day long, and he wants to shoot me at every turn, I don't know how many times he has been shot in a year, but fortunately my head is strong and ......."”
Yu Qinghua heard it and scolded loudly: "What, what did you kid say?" Zhao Jisen turned his head and smiled, "I said that I will guarantee the completion of the task!" He grimaced and ran away. Yu Qinghua and Xing Jiasheng shook their heads with a smile.
Jokes are jokes, Zhao Jisen is not confused at all when he fights. Returning to the 5th Company, he immediately assigned a combat mission, sent a sharp knife squad to sneak up the mountain, occupy the commanding heights in the middle of the night, and cover the company to destroy the enemy.
In the early hours of the morning, when the Sharp Knife squad touched the front of the position, the enemy still did not move, and the sentry was napping with a gun, and was silently killed by the Sharp Knife Squad. Walking further, I found more than 30 sleeping bags lying in the improvised fortifications, and the enemy was sleeping with their heads exposed, snoring, and some people were muttering in their dreams.
The head of the sharp knife squad was overjoyed, waved his hand, and rushed forward with everyone to do it. When they arrived, they were surprised by the bright moonlight, and the faces of those American soldiers were black, and they didn't know whether they were humans or ghosts, and one of the little soldiers was so frightened that he almost cried out, and no one dared to move. The Sharp Knife squad retreated lightly to the vicinity and lurked nearby, sending someone back to report.
A little soldier ran back out of breath and reported to Zhao Jisen that there was a ghost ...... on the mountainZhao Jisen said angrily, "Why are you scared like this? , what the hell! He did not believe in evil, and after asking about the situation, he personally led the 1st platoon to "hunt ghosts", and the 2nd and 3rd platoons followed up.
Zhao Jisen was well-informed, went to the high ground, tiptoed over to take a look, and understood, this should be the rumored black American soldier. Zhao Jisen was so angry and funny, before he gave the order to do it, the enemy was awakened, shouting, and drilling out of the sleeping bag, Zhao Jisen waved his hand, everyone immediately **, those black people were killed.
The 1st Platoon and the 2nd and 3rd Platoons that arrived later attacked the remaining enemy troops on the high ground separately, captured the entire high ground in one fell swoop, and completely annihilated a black company of American troops. After dawn, the soldiers of the sharp knife squad went to look at the enemy corpse again, and finally determined that it was a person and not a ghost lying on the ground, everyone thought it was very strange, you said to me, "We are really alive and dead, how can we still have such a .......""It's not dark, it's as ...... as coal”
There were also people who suspected that the faces of the enemy soldiers might have been deliberately blackened in disguise, and they picked up snow on the ground to wipe their faces, but they couldn't wipe them white, and they finally believed that there were indeed black people in the world. In the second battle, a certain unit of the 39th Army also captured a black company, and since then, the American army has been forced to mix blacks and whites together.