When it comes to the "Anti-Japanese Drama", I believe everyone will be familiar with it. Most of the plots of this type of anti-Japanese war films are unrealistic, and the details are full of loopholes.
Exaggerated passages such as "tearing the Japanese army by hand" and "bullet turning" are all from divine dramas.
Jokes are jokes, because the "Anti-Japanese Drama" needs to be sent to the relevant departments for review before it is released, although there are some unreasonable bridges in the whole film, it can't occupy too much space.
To put it more colloquially-must also be within the prescribed limits.
The story that follows seems to be even more bizarre than these "anti-Japanese dramas".
In 1951, in the second phase of the fifth campaign of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, more than 100 soldiers of a company of the Ninth Corps of the Volunteer Army took 11 mountains in one day and one night, killing more than 1,000 enemy soldiers.
was able to win 11 positions in a row in such a short period of time, creating a record of "one enemy and ten" killing, maybe the main creators of those dramas did not dare to make up such a bizarre episode, but it really happened in history.
At first, because of the wrong intelligence of the Volunteer Army, the company was surrounded by the enemy; Company commander Yu Xitian was not chaotic in the face of danger, and led the soldiers of the whole company to carry out a comprehensive **....
Figure: The US military in a panic.
Then our story begins with the fifth battle of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
The outbreak of the fifth battle of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was from April 22, 1951 to June 10, 1951; It was the largest and largest battle in the entire War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
The entire battle was divided into three stages, with the Chinese People's Volunteers and the Korean People's Army waging a desperate struggle against the "United **" on the north and south sides of the "38th parallel."
Since the end of the Fifth Campaign of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, there has been no large-scale movement war on the Korean battlefield, and the enemy and us have begun to fight and talk.
Therefore, the Fifth Battle is also called the "last battle" in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Before the outbreak of the Fifth Campaign, Li Qiwei, who was cautious and experienced, officially became the commander-in-chief of the "United **". He successively formulated "magnetic tactics" and "tactics of luring the enemy into depth" in an attempt to extend the supply lines of the Chinese People's VolunteersTaking advantage of the fast speed of action of the mechanized troops of the US army, they completely defeated the main force of the Volunteer Army and advanced the battle line to the bank of the Yaluo River.
The then commander-in-chief of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army *** did not take it lightly.
In the first four battles of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Volunteer Army achieved great victories and even drove the US troops to the vicinity of Seoul (Seoul).
Before the start of the fifth campaign, the Volunteer Army Command conducted many studies and discussions, and the commander-in-chief always believed that the US military would not give up and perhaps staged the "Inchon landing" again.
Chairman ***, who was far away in Beijing, also sensed the true strategic intention of "United **", and he immediately sent a telegram to ***, the content was"The Fifth Battle is extremely important, and it is a great battle, even if we pay the cost of 5 60,000 men, we will destroy 4 5 divisions of the enemy in formation. ”
Based on various strategic analyses, at the pre-war mobilization meeting of the Fifth Campaign, the Volunteer Army Headquarters set the strategic goal of annihilating 60,000 troops from the 1st Division of the ROK Army, the 29th Brigade of the British Army, the 3rd Division of the US Army, the 6th Division of the ROK Army, and the Turkish Brigade.
The Volunteer Army carried out active pre-war preparations, and invested 15 armies with a total of more than 900,000 people.
The Volunteer Army avoided fighting head-on with the "United **", and the small force took the initiative to attack, and cooperated with the large force to lure into the encirclement, so as not to be afraid of sacrifice.
Once the enemy enters the ambush site, the volunteers will inflict heavy losses on the enemy army with a numerical advantage.
** Agreed to the combat plan.
On the evening of April 22, 1951, the first phase of the fifth campaign of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea officially began.
The Volunteer Army sent 6,000 artillery pieces to inflict heavy damage on the forward positions of the "United **" through long-range fire strikes.
After three rounds of volleys, the three assault groups of the Volunteer Army, left, center, and right jointly launched an attack, instantly breaking through the defense line of the US Eighth Army Corps.
In the face of the US army, which was armed to the teeth, all units participating in the war of the Chinese Volunteers strictly implemented the prior deployment and adopted the tactical method of combining roundabout division with frontal assault.
Figure Outline of the Operational Process of the Fifth Campaign Transfer Stage of the Volunteer Army.
Use superior forces to directly tear apart the enemy's defense line, concentrate firepower to form a deep cut of the enemy's defense with point-to-point breakthroughs, and prevent the rapid retreat of the "joint **".
To put it more simply,The Volunteers concentrated their superior forces to divide the "United **" into pieces, so that they could not take care of each other, forcing them to break into pieces and break through in a scattered manner.
In all fairness, there is no problem with this tactical style of play of the Volunteer Army, which is in line with the actual situation, and the US military is also not good at stubble.
Van Vliet, then commander of the U.S. Eighth Army, quickly ordered all troops to assemble close together, leaving no room for the Volunteer Army to intersperse.
In view of the weakness of the air defense capability of the Chinese People's Volunteers, the "United **" frequently dispatched bombers and reconnaissance planes to harass the participating units of the Chinese People's Volunteers.
The main force of the US army quickly retreated (32 kilometers a day), and the vanguard troops fought and retreated, relying on strong logistics support to launch a "war of attrition" with the volunteers.
As mentioned above, when the fifth campaign of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, because the supply line of the Volunteer Army was too long, each soldier only carried 7 days of combat rations and ammunition supplies.
Once 7 days have passed, it is necessary to return to the rear base to resupply.
In other words, the Volunteer Army can only launch a new ** trend within a week; Once it exceeds 7 days, the volunteer army without supplies will become a live target for the "United **".
Ridgway called it the "worship offensive" of the Volunteer Army.
It is precisely because of this point that the US military has adopted the tactical method of gradual retreat and step-by-step tactics to ensure that the main force gradually retreats in the direction of Seoul.
Since April 22, 1951, the Volunteer Army has taken the initiative to launch the first phase of the operation. After seven days and seven nights of fierce fighting, advancing 70 kilometers to the south, the 19th Corps of the Volunteer Army led by General Yang Dezhi had reached the northern suburbs of Seoul.
At this point, the first phase of the Fifth Campaign ended.
Although the Volunteer Army seized the initiative on the battlefield and annihilated more than 23,000 enemies, it failed to accomplish the predetermined strategic objectives. In addition, because the volunteers fought fiercely, logistics and supply became a new problem.
After the end of the first phase of the operation, the battleThe situation shifted from west to east, with the main U.S. forces retreating to Seoul for rest, and the defense of the eastern front being entrusted to the South Korean army.
** The Commander-in-Chief ordered the start of the second phase of the Fifth Campaign in mid-May 1951.
The 19th Corps of the Volunteer Army made a feint attack on Seoul on the Western Front to attract the main force of the American army; Volunteer Army.
3. On the evening of May 16, 1951, the Ninth Corps launched a general offensive against the South Korean Army from the Eastern Front.
Mr. Peng gave the first. 3. The tasks assigned by the Ninth Corps are:Annihilated the 3rd and 9th South Korean Divisions, inflicted heavy losses on the 5th and 7th South Korean Divisions, and did their best to take the eastern front, forcing the US forces to take the initiative.
In the second phase of the operation, the Volunteer Army continued to adopt roundabout and in-depth tactics; The "joint **" retreated so that the Volunteer Army could not break through the depth of the enemy's defenses.
The battle lasted nearly 6 days, and a total of 2More than 40,000 enemy troops, all participating units completed the strategic objectives assigned by Commander-in-Chief Peng.
Regrettably, despite the heavy losses inflicted on the South Korean army, the main force of the US military relied on the rapid maneuvering of mechanized units to flee from the Western Front to the Eastern Front, which was more than 100 kilometers away, in only 10 hours to provide support, making the volunteers unable to defend themselves.
In short, the first and second phases of the Fifth Campaign of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea lasted nearly a month, and the actual fighting time between the enemy and us was 13 days.
The Chinese People's Volunteers carried out two large-scale active sorties in a monthThe front-line troops were relatively tired, their ammunition and supplies were basically exhausted, and it was difficult to continue the offensive in a short time.
Figure: Valiant volunteers.
On May 22, 1951, the situation on the battlefield suddenly changed.
The U.S. Eighth Army concentrated its armored forces and penetrated nearly 30 kilometers in three hours to cut off the Ninth Corps of the Volunteer Army led by Song Shilun.
Under the cover of aircraft and artillery, the "United **" launched a fierce attack on the Cheorwon area where the 63rd Army of the Volunteer Army was stationed.
** The commander-in-chief gave a death order to the 63rd Army of the 19th Corps of the Volunteer Army:Be sure to hold Cheorwon for at least 15 days!
The Cheorwon area is an important logistics supply base for the Volunteer Army and an important transportation hub. Once lost, the 19th Army Corps of the Volunteer Army and the 1st Army of the Korean People's Army will be in danger.
The 63rd Army of the Volunteer Army was fortunate to live up to its fate, and after 14 days of bloody fighting, 1 was killed and woundedMore than 60,000 "United **" themselves were as high as 92%, and the army commander Fu Chongbi was seriously injured.
It was precisely because the 63rd Army held back the main force of the "United **" for nearly two weeks that it gained valuable time for the main force of the Volunteers to fight in the third phase of the Fifth Campaign.
After May 20, 1951, the main force of the Volunteer Army gradually retreated to the north, and Li Qiwei quickly gathered 15 divisions and nearly 300,000 total troops to counterattack on the eastern and western fronts.
With the rapid reaction force and air cover, the "United **" quickly advanced to the defense line of the Volunteer Army.
Because most of the northern part of Korea is plain and flat, it is especially suitable for rapid combat by mechanized troops.
The Volunteer Army was passive for a while.
Before the start of the Tieyuan blockade, the 180th Division of the 60th Army of the Third Corps of the Volunteer Army retreated and transferred to cover more than 8,000 wounded, and lost the opportunity to break through.
On June 10, 1951, the Cheorwon Blockade War was over, and the "United **" found that the Chinese People's Volunteers had established three lines of defense, so they stopped the attack.
The Fifth Battle of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea officially came to an end.
According to statistics, from April 22, 1951 to June 10, 1951, the two teams of China and North Korea killed and wounded more than 82,000 enemies, of which 67,843 were destroyed by the volunteers, including 32,884 American troops.
Overall,In the fifth battle of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Volunteer Army used space in exchange for precious retreat time to ensure the integrity of the large army.
The US-led "United **" did not dare to act rashly and stopped at the "38th parallel."
In the second phase of the fifth campaign of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the 3rd Battalion and 8th Company of the 242nd Regiment of the 81st Division of the 27th Army of the Ninth Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteers, faced with the war situation in which the enemy was strong and we were weak, spent one day and one night capturing 11 mountains in succession, killing and wounding about 1,000 enemy troops, and truly achieving "one enemy against ten."
After the outbreak of the Fifth Campaign, the Commander-in-Chief ordered Peng Deqing, commander of the 27th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteers, to lead his troops to conceal from the central line to the eastern front, and to cooperate with the Korean People's Army to find opportunities to annihilate the main forces of South Korea on the Yangkou and Inje lines, and strive to annihilate the 5th and 7th Divisions of South Korea.
After receiving the order, the 27th Army concealed itself in the Jinhe and Changyanli areas of Jinhua and Nansha near the "38th Parallel" to rest and prepare for the second phase of the Fifth Campaign.
Figure 242 Regiment of the Volunteer Army.
The 27th Army of the Volunteer Army was one of the top ten ace armies in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea; During the Liberation War, the 27th Army was subordinate to the Third Field Army, and at the end of 1950, it participated in the famous Battle of Changjin Lake and completely annihilated the 31st Regiment (Polar Bear Regiment) of the United States.
After a four-month break, the 27th Army participated in the fifth battle of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea with the Ninth Corps of the Volunteers.
The main task of the 27th Army of the Volunteer Army is to work withOther fraternal units of the 9th Corps continued to advance southward, annihilating the main force of South Korea at the right time, and severing the connection between South Korea and the "United Army".
After receiving the order, General Peng Deqing immediately deployed the 79th Division to be responsible for the main attack on the left flank, and together with the 20th Army of the Volunteer Army, annihilated the 7th South Korean Division in Sangnam-ri and Bangnai-ri.
The 81st Division of the 27th Army was responsible for the main attack on the right flank, controlling the positions around Anvil Bridge and Ihyeon, and cooperating with the 79th Division and the 20th Army to encircle and annihilate the 7th Division of South Korea in Bangnairi.
At the same time, the 27th Army drew a unit to intersperse and cooperate with the 12th Army of the Volunteer Army on the right to annihilate the 5th Division of South Korea.
After receiving the task assigned by Peng Deqing, Sun Duanfu, commander of the 81st Division, immediately held a meeting to discuss it.
The divisional staff officers came to a common point of view:The main task of the right flank is not difficult to say, but it is not easy to say, and how to cut off the enemy and encircle and annihilate the 5th and 7th South Korean Divisions is the most important thing.
The 81st Division must boldly intersperse, fight as far as it can, thoroughly revitalize the overall situation of the battlefield, and let the enemy move, so as to better destroy the enemy army.
Now that the initial tactical deployment has been made, which unit should be assigned to this interspersed mission?
Division commander Sun Duanfu immediately thought of the 242nd regiment.
The interspersed tasks are very difficult and related to the failure of the entire campaign.
After the first four large-scale operations, the South Korean army has learned to be obedient and easily does not leave its defensive positions.
The task carried out by the 81st Division this time required continuous penetration between the two enemy groups, and it was also necessary to break through to the depth of the enemy's position defense, a distance of more than 100 kilometers, and the number of troops sent to participate in the battle could not be too large.
On the other hand, the 242nd Regiment had previously conducted interspersed combat training in southern China to prepare for the liberation of Taiwan in the future. The Korean War broke out suddenly, and the Ninth Corps of the Volunteer Army quickly moved north.
After entering the Korean War, the 27th Army occupied the 1221 Heights between Xinxingli and Xiajieyuli in the second campaign of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, annihilating the main force of the US army, and successfully completing the combat mission with the large army.
It is only fitting that the 242nd Regiment will be responsible for this interspersed mission.
The battle was about to begin, and Sun Duanfu, commander of the 81st Division, personally led a reinforced interspersed battalion of the 242nd Regiment to complete the tasks assigned by his superiors.
The division commander personally commanded and led, and the whole regiment was excited, and the soldiers were enthusiastic.
However, before the 242nd Regiment is ready to intersperse, there is one thing that needs to be completed first, that is, to take a defensive position called Jiming Mountain.
The distance between Jiming Mountain and the enemy's main position is about twenty miles, and there is a road behind this mountain that leads to Yangkou Town; Crossing this highway is the main position of the "United **".
Taking Jiming Mountain, the Volunteer Army can penetrate into the enemy's rear and annihilate the main force of the four South Korean divisions in one go, which will have a crucial impact on the development of the entire campaign.
According to information obtained by the division's reconnaissance unit, about one company of the 27th Regiment of the 5th South Korean Division is stationed on Mt. Jiming, with a maximum of 300 troops.
Figure Sun Duanfu, commander of the 81st Division of the Volunteer Army.
The regimental party committee decided that the 242nd regiment would send a main force company to take advantage of the night to quickly take Jiming Mountain, as well as the nearby ones. 2 heights, to ensure the smooth progress of the 242 regiment interspersed operations. This task was entrusted to the 242nd Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 8th Regiment.
The commander of the 8th Company of the 3rd Battalion is named Yu Xitian, born in 1919, a native of Qixia City, Shandong, from a poor family, and never studied when he was a child.
After the outbreak of the full-scale Anti-Japanese War, Yu Xitian joined the militia and joined the Communist Party of China in 1943; In July 1945, he joined the Eighth Route Army, participated in the Liberation War with a large army, and was later incorporated into the 27th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, stationed in the southern region for a long time.
In the War of Liberation, Yu Xitian successively served as a heavy machine gun squad leader and platoon leader; In October 1950, he entered the DPRK with the 27th Army and served as the commander of the 8th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 242nd Regiment.
In the second battle of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Ninth Corps of the Volunteer Army was seriously reduced, and Yu Xitian's 8th Company was replenished with many new soldiers.
The regimental party committee originally wanted to hand over the task of capturing Jiming Mountain to other companies, but company commander Yu Xitian volunteered to ensure that the regimental party committee would complete the task.
Considering that the 8th Company has always been brave in combat, the regimental party committee entrusted the task to their company.
After receiving the task, Yu Xitian immediately summoned Wang Shennian, the instructor of the 8th Company, and Huang Rende, the deputy company commander, to study the combat plan.
Jiming Mountain is particularly close to the enemy's main position, and there are three hills nearby, Yu Xitian believes that before capturing Jiming Mountain, it is necessary to take three hills and successfully occupy the commanding heights.
He decided byThe 3rd platoon of the 8th company served as the main attack, the 1st platoon was responsible for flank cover, and the 2nd platoon served as a reserve. He led the 3rd platoon to take the first hill first, and the deputy company commander Huang Rende took the other hill.
The last two forces merged into one and marched towards the last hill, and the main attack was scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on May 15, 1951. On the same day, Yu Xitian, the commander of the 8th company, led the soldiers of the whole company to set off in the pouring rain, and he and the deputy company commander Huang Rende advanced covertly along the hill and suddenly launched an attack.
In the face of the sudden attack of the volunteers, the South Korean army had not yet understood what was going on, and had already reimbursed dozens of people in advance, with the 3rd platoon capturing the first hill and Deputy Company Commander Hwang In-deok taking the other hill.
When the two forces attacked towards the last hill, they were stopped by heavy enemy fire.
Yu Xitian ordered the heavy machine gun squad to suppress the enemy's fire, and the 1st platoon reserve launched an attack on the enemy along both sides of the ridge.
Soon, the 8th Company successfully won the 671 Heights and three hills.
But Yu Xitian, who has rich combat experience, felt very strange, because when the 8th Company took these three mountains, he found that this was not the main peak of Jiming Mountain, and what appeared in front of the soldiers of the 8th Company was actually an endless highland.
The bottom of the mountain is not a road, but a swarthy mountain nest. Looking in the distance, there were several mountains ahead, and they were quite far from the main peak.
Pictured with a volunteer detachment resting for a short time.
At this time, Yu Xitian suddenly understood that the information fed back by the volunteers was wrong.
At the same time, the command of the 242 regiment also discovered this error.
There are a total of 11 hills in the vicinity of Mt. Giming, bordered by three high grounds, and the defenders stationed here are a reinforced battalion (more than 1,000 men) of the South Korean 5th Division.
Because the reconnaissance unit of the 81st Division used an old map from the Japanese puppet period, and because Jiming Mountain was surrounded by large and small hills, the scouts mistakenly thought that there were only three hills in Jiming Mountain.
The 8th Company set out lightly and did not carry walkie-talkies, so the regimental headquarters could not inform them at all.
Yu Xitian, who had taken three hills and two high grounds, found that the enemy had begun to redeploy his defenses, and the actual situation was very bad, and the most secure combat method at present should be to quickly retreat, report the situation to the higher leaders, and readjust the deployment.
But in this way, the enemy will definitely send more defenders to Jiming Mountain; In order to complete the task, Yu Xitian continued to lead the troops forward to attack.
He ordered the remaining 8th Company soldiers to chase all the way along the direction of the enemy's retreat and launch a fierce attack on the main peak of Jiming Mountain.
At this time, the fire on several other hills was becoming more and more intensive. Yu Xitian led 3 platoons of soldiers to rush to the top of the mountain along the south side of the ridge; Deputy Company Commander Huang Rende led the 2nd platoon and launched an attack on another hill.
The fighters are already red-eyed, and there is no specific battle plan at all, which is equivalent to fighting wherever it goes.
In this way, the soldiers of the 8th Company attacked the enemy when they saw it, rushed all the way down the ridge, and launched an attack on various hills.
At about 4:00 a.m. on May 16, the 8th Company had already taken seven mountains and was finally about to reach the bottom of the main peak.
There are only more than 100 fighters left in the 8th Company, of which no more than 50 can fight, and there are at least two companies of defenders on the main peak of Jiming Mountain.
Victory is imminent, and the soldiers of the 8th Company are holding on hard with all their breath, but now they must work hard, otherwise they will not be able to complete the task at all.
Company commander Yu Xitian shouted to everyone"Comrades, we can hit the main peak of Jiming Mountain with all our efforts in the end, the people of the motherland are waiting for the results of our victory, everyone rush together!" ”
The soldiers responded one after another, and Yu Xitian divided the more than 50 people who could fight into two parts, one part was led by Deputy Company Commander Huang Rende, equipped with 5 light machine guns to attack from the front, and Yu Xitian led the remaining soldiers to attack the mountain from the side.
After about 40 minutes of fierce fighting, the soldiers of the 8th Company finally took the main peak, and at this time there were only 23 people left in the whole company.
The enemy soon rushed up again, and although the soldiers of the 8th Company were exhausted, with the encouragement of the company commander Yu Xitian, they still fought the enemy and repelled the enemy's 9 charges.
At this time, there were only 7 people left in the company, and Yu Xitian had already prepared for the worst with the last grenade in his handDie with the enemy!
At this moment, the messenger of the 3rd Battalion rushed over and told Yu Xitian that the large army had been interspersed in place, and the 8th Company could retreat.
On the evening of May 16, 1951, Sun Zhenying, commander of the 3rd Battalion, led a large army to the main position of Jiming Mountain.
When he just saw that there were only 8 fighters left in the 7 company, the commander of the 3rd battalion couldn't help but choke up"Comrades, you have successfully fulfilled the tasks of your superiors.
Pictured by Company Commander Yu Xitian.
Now that the main force has safely crossed the Zhaoyang River, it is about to penetrate the enemy's positions
As soon as the 3rd battalion commander finished speaking, Yu Xitian seemed to be discouraged and collapsed to the ground. The soldiers hurried up to check the situation, only to see that Yu Xitian was hit by a stray bullet in the abdomen and was bleeding heavily.
In order not to hit the morale of the 8th Company, Yu Xitian has been holding back, and with a sudden attack of stomach problems, he finally fainted on the high ground.
According to the memories of Chu Jiangnan, another veteran of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, the heroic company commander Yu Xitian died on the battlefield at the end, and he was posthumously awarded the glorious title of "first-class combat hero", recorded special merit, and awarded the Order of Freedom and Independence of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) of the second class.
More than 100 soldiers of the 8th Company, under the leadership of the company commander Yu Xitian, fought continuously for one day and one night, conquered a total of 11 mountains defended by the enemy, repelled 9 counterattacks, and killed and wounded more than 1,000 enemy soldiers.
Thanks to the outstanding performance of the heroic 8th Company, the 242nd Regiment, under the leadership of division commander Sun Duanfu, arrived at the predetermined location one hour ahead of schedule, cutting off the retreat of the four divisions of the South Korean army.
Figure 242 regiment received commendation.
After the end of the fifth battle of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the 242nd Regiment was awarded the collective third-class meritorious service, and the 3rd Battalion and 8th Company were rated as the "Jimingshan Combat Model Company" by the Ninth Corps of the Volunteers.