"Majestic, high-spirited, across the Yalu River ......”This is probably the memory of the older generation in the early years, which was deeply rooted in the bone marrow, this song was created during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, the Chinese volunteers entered the war in North Korea and participated in the war with the millet plus rifle in their hands, which had an advanced ** united ** led by the US military ** played a psychological shadow.
In our impression, during the war in Korea, the volunteer soldiers only had some simple light ** in their hands, which is certainly true, but it is by no means the whole picture. In fact, there is an all-Soviet synthetic unit in the Volunteer Army, which uses Soviet-style equipment and receives training from Soviet instructors, this unit is the 16th Army of the Volunteer Army, and the commander is Yin Xianbing. The 16th Army entered the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea in the middle and late stages, but it came late but won three battles and three victories, and even after the battle was completed, the army commander even called out"Not addictive".What's going on? How brilliant was the performance of the 16th Army on the Korean battlefield?
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In fact, the history of the 16th Army can be traced back to 1924, when Sun Yat-sen first formed the Generalissimo Ironclad ArmyIn the second year, it was reorganized under the command of the 4th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, which was later known as the Ye Ting Independent Regiment, and was renamed the 73rd Regiment of the 25th Army of the National Revolutionary Army before the Nanchang Uprising, and then participated in many revolutionary movements such as the Nanchang Uprising, the Pingjiang Uprising, the Hunan Riot, and the Western Fujian Riot, and gradually developed and grew on this basis. It has successively experienced important operational stages such as the Red Army period, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the War of LiberationDuring the Liberation War, the 16th Army was the ace unit under the 5th Corps of Erye.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the 16th Army followed the large army to participate in the campaign to suppress bandits and liberate the southwest. During this period, it exterminated the entrenched bandit forces in the southern part of the Kuomintang reactionary Hu Zong and Guizhou, laying the foundation for the peaceful liberation and subsequent prosperity and development of the great southwest region of New China. At the beginning of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the 16th Army was suppressing bandits in the southwest, so it missed the first combat stage of the Volunteer Army entering Korea. In February 1951, the 16th Army, which had completed its mission, was reorganized into the 16th Army of the Volunteer Army, and was preparing to fight in Korea under the instructions of **.
In order to equip this unit and further increase its combat effectiveness, it was decided to equip the 16th Army with all kinds of Soviet-style equipment and equipment aided by the Soviet Union, and at the same time, in order to improve its combat capability, the 16th Army was also restructuredThe soldiers of the 16th Army were trained in the use of the 16th Army in an all-round way, and in this way, the only ironclad all-Soviet synthetic unit in the Volunteer Army was ready to fight in Korea at any time.
In addition to the 16th Army, there is another person who has to be mentioned, he is Yin Xianbing, the commander of the 16th Army, who is also a legendary figure with a distinctive personality in our army earlier. Yin Xianbing, born in Hanchuan, Hubei Province in 1915, joined the Red Army at the age of 15, and officially joined the party in 1934.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the head of the special service regiment, and then successively served as the deputy commander of the western Hebei guerrilla force and the commander of the first division of the Taihang Military Region, and successively participated in well-known battles such as the anti-Ninth Route encirclement and suppression and the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, during which he commanded many important battles, especially in the battle of the Heishui River, he led the anti-Japanese squad to annihilate more than 300 Japanese officer training teams.
Yin Xianbing is a fierce general on the same level as Wang Jinshan in the second field, although he is not as famous as Wang Jinshan, but he is also a rare commander in the army. Especially during the Liberation War, Yin Xianbing participated in many well-known and important battles, such as the Pinghan Campaign, the Longhai Campaign, the Southwest Lu Campaign, the Huaihai Campaign, the River Crossing Campaign, etc., and then led the troops to the southwest, and on December 28, 1952, he led the troops to North Korea to participate in the war, and became the commander of the 16th Army, an all-Soviet armed composite force.
As mentioned above, the 16 th Army before entering the DPRK was already the ace unit of our army, and it had just finished the important operation to liberate the southwest and suppress bandits in the southwest, and it was already a victorious and returning unit, and it was equipped with new Soviet weapons, and after more than half a year of upgrading and training, the soldiers of the 16 th Army had long been gearing up for a long time, in order to be able to go to the Korean battlefield to show off their muscles.
After the 16th Army entered the Korean battlefield, their main task was relatively importantBlocking enemy landings and airborne landingsWhile assuming the responsibility of protecting the troops, it also served as the main firepower output. However, what the 16th Army and Yin Xianbing did not expect was that their troops came too late, at this time the volunteer army troops had already experienced the first five battles, and the battle did not let the joint ** led by the US army take advantage of a little, and even forced the enemy to put down the ** ceasefire negotiations with super combat effectiveness, during this period, the Korean battlefield was in the operational stage of fighting and talking, there were no large-scale battles, and small-scale conflicts have always existed.
What was the 16 Army equipped with at that time? All kinds of new heavy tanks, all kinds of artillery, and specially equipped anti-tank gun battalions, tank self-propelled artillery battalions and other combat formations. At this time, the most urgent combat period on the battlefield has passed, and the existence of the 16th Army has little room to play except for making the United Army feel afraid and nervous, and the soldiers have to follow the development trend of the war and carry out small-scale activities of cold guns and cold artillery.
However, soon the 16th Army ushered in an opportunity to finally come out and let them show their strength. In June 1953, when the negotiations for the Korean Battlefield Armistice Agreement were almost coming to an end, at the critical moment when the agreement was about to be signed, the South Korean leader Syngman Rhee's clique forcibly detained 270,000 prisoners of war, and unilaterally declared that South Korea would continue to fight.
In the face of the current problem, ***, who was far away in Beijing, gave instructions: suspend the signing of the "Armistice Agreement" and prepare to start another round of fighting. At the same time, the Volunteer Army began to dig all kinds of fortifications, and the country also transported a large number of advanced ** and strategic materials into the DPRK, a few days later the Battle of Jincheng broke out, the 16th Army was responsible for dragging the combat effectiveness of the US troops trying to participate in the main battlefield flank under the instructions of Mr. Peng, and blocked them on the periphery of the Jincheng Battlefield, creating a safer combat environment for the Volunteer soldiers fighting in the inner encirclement.
On July 17, the 16th Army received a combat instruction to conquer the 527th garrisoned by a reinforced company of the 38th Regiment under the command of the 2nd Division of the US Army7 Heights. When he learned that his target was only one company, the commander of the 16th Army, Yin Xianbing, sent itThe "Red 9th Company" under the establishment of the 16th Regiment of the 46th Division of the 136th Army.
In order to take down this opponent who was not strong in the eyes of the 16th Army as soon as possible, the Red 9th Company moved out 83 heavy artillery pieces of various calibers, and Yin Xianbing had only one request, he must be generous, no need to save shells, and he must concentrate his firepower to quickly take 5277 Heights. The battle started in an instant, 83 artillery pieces fired in unison, carried out an all-round saturation strike on the enemy's position, leveled the enemy position on the opposite side in just 5 minutes, and caught the American army by surprise, and then the soldiers launched an attack on the position, there is nothing worth repeating in the process, the battle lasted for 1 hour, the American reinforced company was completely annihilated, and the Red 9th Company achieved an absolute victory.
On the 18th, the 16th Army received a new operational order, which was responsible for attacking a high ground garrisoned by Dutch troops in the joint ** force. If the battle with the US army on the 17th was "killing chickens with a knife," then this attack on the Dutch army was really not the slightest difficulty, and the Dutch army was inferior to the US army in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness, and it was not necessary to waste too many shells to attack such an army.
So Yin Xianbing sent itThe soldiers of the 10th Company of the 136th Regiment launched an attack on the position of the Dutch army in the form of infantry and armored troops, and in only 30 minutes, a company of the Dutch army on the opposite side was completely annihilated, and the battle ended.
On July 21, the 16th Army received an operational order for the third time, this time the mission was to take the 248 garrisoned by the South Korean army8 Heights. In fact, in the joint ** composed of troops from 16 countries led by the United States, the South Korean army is the weakest force, and those who have read this history know that the South Korean army not only has poor combat effectiveness, but also runs extremely fast, retreats as soon as there is a battle, and even makes an oolong on the battlefield, which is mistaken by the Turkish army for a volunteer army, and is directly annihilated.
However, in order to accomplish this task, Yoon Seon-byung still sent the soldiers of the 7th Company under the 94th Regiment to the 248th garrison of the South Korean armyThe assault on the 8th Heights was launched, and this time the battle was the same as against the Dutch army on the 18th, and the battle ended in the same half an hour, and the enemy was also completely annihilated.
In 5 days, 3 battles were fought, and the cumulative battle time was only 2 hours, and 3 battles were won 3 times, such combat effectiveness is really shocking. At the same time, with the crushing battle of the Battle of Jincheng, the battle finally came to an end. The strong combat effectiveness of the Chinese volunteers made the U.S. and South Korean armies realize that there would be basically no change in the outcome if they continued to fight, and finally under strong pressure, 1On July 27, 953, the two sides formally signed an armistice at Panmunjom, nominally ending the Korean War.
After that, the volunteer soldiers who had been away from home for a long time returned to China in batches, and the 16th Army was responsible for garrisoning the 38th parallel under the orders of the superiors, in case of emergencies that may arise at any time under the influence of the current situation1958 16th Armyonly then did he receive an order to return home, and subsequentlyIt was incorporated into the Shenyang Military Region, responsible for garrisoning the foot of Changbai Mountain, and was nicknamed the "Changbai Tiger".
It is worth mentioning that after the end of these three small-scale operations of the 16th Army in the Korean battlefield, Army Commander Yin Xianbing once commented on the US military after the war, "The combat effectiveness is nothing more than that." In this war, the volunteers relied on their tenacious perseverance and strong combat effectiveness to show the demeanor of the Chinese people.
The 16th Army is the trump card of our army is also a force with a long history, it has experienced various important stages of development before the founding of New China, is a witness and participant in history, their combat effectiveness represents the quality and ability of the Chinese people, is the tiger and wolf division of the PLA troops, and their achievements are worth remembering.