On October 25, 1950, the headquarters of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was jubilant, because of the good news from the front line, the 40th Army won the first battle.
**The general regarded this battle as the first feat of the Chinese Volunteers to enter the Korean War, and immediately reported it to ***. After receiving this news, it was decided to designate this day as the anniversary of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
General Wen Yucheng, who led the 40th Army to fire the first shot, was one of the few generals who always held his position from the beginning to the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
After returning from victory, he once met *** smoking in the corridor at a meeting, and after seeing him, he asked, "Are you alone?" Single handed? ”
Wen Yucheng was stunned by the question, not knowing that he would be arranged to go **. He was surprised by the chairman's serious inquiry. In Nanjing, 1983, an old man whispered to his wife about his years of fighting, which was his memory and the memory of the revolutionary history of the Republic.
The old man was Wen Yucheng, and after pondering for a while, he began to recount the battles he remembered participating in. "
In the fierce fighting of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the sandbar in Jiangsu Province became a strategic location. This geographically important place has a crucial impact on transportation and intelligence exchange.
The Japanese puppet army was eager to occupy this place, and the Kuomintang also had selfish intentions and did not stop the Japanese puppet policy of clearing the countryside in this area. The so-called policy of clearing the countryside was to set up obstacles at key waterway transportation locations, and the Japanese army mainly blocked patrols while searching and attacking at the same time.
In order to completely remove the traces of the New Fourth Army, the enemy army established a large-scale search and arrest network and adopted the tactics of combing the grate to advance and press our army step by step. The enemy's determination to clear the countryside should not be underestimated, and the New Fourth Army was in an extremely difficult situation, both in terms of the scale of the actions of the Japanese and the puppet army, and in terms of their cruelty.
According to statistics, the Japanese army sent a total of nearly 20,000 people and set up 430 strongholds in the area to constantly carry out ** propaganda.
In the face of severe adversity, our army was broken into pieces and launched anti-cleansing operations in many places. Despite the weakness of our forces, we managed to destroy various enemy strongholds through several engagements with the enemy.
What is even more exciting is that with the support of the local anti-Japanese masses, we have also publicly tried and executed a group of traitor spies, which has greatly encouraged the people.
On September 25, Wen Yucheng led his troops to set out from the waterway to bypass the areas along the river in Jinfeng and Sanxing, which were heavily defended by the enemy, and establish a base area.
After the troops converged, our army unfortunately encountered a Japanese search party, and Wen Yuguo ordered it to be destroyed. However, a few Japanese troops who escaped in the night would certainly bring in a lot of reinforcements.
After analyzing the current situation, Wen Yucheng made the decision to move west. After several encounters, the troops eventually reached the New Sea Dam.
Wen Yucheng commanded the troops, when they found a large number of Japanese troops and puppet troops, decisively occupied favorable terrain and prepared to counterattack. However, due to the large number of enemy troops, in order to protect the living forces of our army, we need to quickly cross the river.
However, several commanders disagreed on the deployment. Bao Houchang advocated finding "related ships" to cross the river directly, while Cao Dehui suggested that the troops should be divided into parts and carried out guerrilla warfare in batches.
Wen Yucheng carefully analyzed the situation and sensed that both options contained great risks. At that time, he had hoped to consult his superiors, but the only contact radio station had been destroyed during the transfer of troops.
At this critical moment, Wen Yuguo decided to confront the Japanese puppet army head-to-head on the spot. After several fierce attacks by the enemy, our army found that reinforcements of the Japanese puppet army were coming, and at that time our army would face complete encirclement of the enemy.
In order to break this encirclement, our army decided to immediately tear open the breakthrough and break through the encirclement. In this operation, Chen Xinyi served as the vanguard, Wen Yucheng was in charge of the palace, and the soldiers were extremely brave and launched a fierce attack on the enemy.
In the end, under the bloody battle of the soldiers, the large army successfully broke through and reached the Xujia High Bridge.
The Xujiagao Bridge, which was originally used as a tool for crossing the river, has been destroyed by the enemy, and now there are only a few isolated wooden piles left on the river. Faced with this grim situation, Wen Yucheng immediately issued an order to cross the river.
He cleverly organized a group of comrades who could swim, using leggings to form a long rope and set up a handrail on the river that could be floated and dragged along. Afterwards, the comrades, who could not swim, clung to the rope and carefully began the adventure of crossing the river.
At this time, it was the flood season of the Yangtze River, and the width of the turbulent river reached 100 meters, and the troops were carrying out the operation of crossing the river. However, the calm was broken by the sudden appearance of the Japanese puppet army, who condescended and began to fire fiercely at our troops.
In the face of the crisis, Wen Yucheng showed extraordinary courage and wisdom. He not only organized a commando team to counterattack and buy time for the troops to cross the river, but also personally commanded a large force to quickly cross the river.
Despite the tremendous efforts of the commando fighters, their bravery allowed Wen Yucheng to successfully complete the feat of swimming across the Hengtao River. Although he was deeply grieved, he still held back his tears and continued to advance westward.
In the process of retreating west to Chengxi, our army was scattered many times because of its unfamiliarity with the terrain. However, with the help of the local patriotic people, we managed to disguise ourselves and go through a lot of hardships to finally reach the Soviet Union.
General Wen Yucheng once confessed to his wife that it was a defeat and a battle that made him feel extremely dangerous in his military career. However, it was this defeat that allowed him to accumulate valuable lessons and enable him to have more rigorous deployment and effective countermeasures in the subsequent battle against the enemy's clearing tactics.
Proving his wisdom, Wen Yucheng later became the famous commander of the 18th Brigade, and after a short rest, returned to Shazhou to carry out the second arduous anti-Qing campaign, which was finally won.
It is worth mentioning that this 18th Brigade is the prototype of the Peking Opera model opera "Shajiabang".
The old man took a sip of hot tea, the proud smile on his face did not change, and he recalled the painful lesson. After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Kuomintang showed its shameless face, tore up the agreement and wantonly hunted down Communist Party members, and the War of Liberation began.
During this period, Wen Yucheng received an arrangement from the organization to go to the northeast to establish the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army. It was at that time that his name for the Iron Foot Master was derived.
Wen Yucheng led a cadre force to the northeast, and they were committed to communist propaganda and were well received by the local toiling masses. In the vicinity of Harbin, they began to carry out anti-bandit operations, and successfully integrated and incorporated several local armed forces, and eventually developed into a force with 3 regiments and 5,200 people, becoming the 2nd Independent Division of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army, with Wen Yucheng as the division commander.
Pursue the enemy and move forward. In Jilin in the northeast, Wen Yucheng led the whole division to discover the traces of the 21st Division of the Kuomintang. They chased and fought all the way, walking day and night, without slackening.
The Kuomintang army was exhausted and had no choice but to disarm and surrender. The following year, the 2nd Independent Division attacked again and made a long-distance attack on the Taotun Railway Station in Changchun, arriving at the combat site three days later, successfully cutting off the enemy's supply and transportation routes, and taking the enemy by surprise.
In 1948, Wen Yucheng led his troops to successfully intercept the fleeing enemy troops, and they marched to the front of the enemy on foot, stopping the enemy's advance with lightning speed.
After fierce battles, they eliminated a large number of enemies and managed to capture more than 4,000 enemy officers and soldiers. They played an important role in the Northeast Liberation War, and then went south to cooperate with our army to liberate various places along the way.
Wen Yucheng's troops fought all the way from Heilongjiang to Guangxi, and they witnessed the liberation of China from north to south with their tenacious feet. As a result, he received the title of "Commander of the Iron-Footed Division".
Mrs. Wen looked at her wife's proud expression and gently reminded him: "You haven't mentioned your favorite thing to talk about to resist US aggression and aid Korea." When Wen Yucheng heard this, he pondered.
He recalled that glorious history, and remembered the scene of them crossing the Yalu River with great pride. As the commander of the 40th Army, he led his troops to earn the title of Whirlwind Column for their maneuverability and fierce pursuit of combat style.
Thus, the 40 Army was one of the first units to be selected for the Volunteer Army. For him, this history is full of pride and honor.
The United States once believed that we lacked the combat power to intervene in the Korean War and despised the armament of our army. However, **Command the Volunteer Army, it was planned to establish a defense system in Tokugawa and Ningyuan, and then defend **.
When the vanguard of the 40th Army led by Wen Yucheng arrived at the destination, the fully automatic unit of the US army also arrived at the same time. ** Quickly adjust the strategy, delegate command to the regimental headquarters, and order them to respond independently according to the situation.
Through reconnaissance, Wen Yucheng discovered that the enemy's main force planned to pass through Fengxiadong, Liangshuidong and Beizhen and advance in the direction of Bitong. As a strategic location, Wenjing has a unique geographical location, close to the Jiulong River on one side and mountains on the other, making it an ideal ambush location.
Wen Yucheng quickly made a decision to arrange the deployment of soldiers. However, just as the enemy forces gradually entered the ambush circle, unexpectedly, they suddenly stopped and cooked in place.
The victory in this battle was due to the ingenious ambush strategy and fearless sacrifice of our soldiers. When the enemy was looking for firewood, our soldiers immediately counterattacked, and after a hard battle, finally won the victory.
In this battle, a soldier ran out of ammunition and died with the enemy with a blaster; There are also many fighters who, after running out of ammunition, directly fight the enemy with bayonets and stones until the last moment of their lives.
These heroic scenes have always been deeply imprinted in Wen Yucheng's mind.
After twelve days and nights of fierce fighting, our army successfully annihilated the enemy and captured Wenjing. According to statistics, the 40th Army performed well in the first battle, not only defeating a large number of enemy troops, but also capturing a large amount of military supplies, which provided a valuable supplement to the poorly equipped volunteer army.
In the following battle, the 40th Army continued to play an outstanding performance, assisting the 38th Army and the 39th Army in the second battle to attack an American division head-on, successfully chasing the enemy to the 38th parallel area.
In the third battle, the 40th Army once again demonstrated its strong combat effectiveness, successfully breaking through the American defense line and forcibly crossing the Han River, and even hitting near Suwon.
Although the fourth battle was tragic and abnormal, in order to break the momentum of the enemy's northward advance, our army did not hesitate to launch the Battle of Hengcheng, and successfully annihilated more than 10,000 people in two enemy divisions.
However, in the Battle of Tohei-ri, our troops encountered fierce resistance from the enemy's superior forces, coupled with the threat of a large number of enemy reinforcements, and had to make a strategic retreat.
In the fifth campaign, the 40 Army showed great military talent. They first advanced south, successfully cutting through the American lines. Then they made a rapid march for 5 days and managed to reach the designated position.
This series of military operations has fully demonstrated the heroism and wisdom of our army.
In the face of the strong military power of the US army, our army's offensive was greatly consumed, and the endless bombing of aircraft and the wanton rampage of tanks made our offensive impossible.
** The general gave a decisive order at this time, asking the whole army to retreat and rest and recuperate in order to regain strength. The 40th Army was too much of a drain in this war, so it was placed in the rear for repair and standby.
Despite the setbacks, the 40th Army did not give up, and they began to carry out small-scale, high-frequency battles such as tunnel warfare and tactical counterattack warfare. With indomitable spirit and incomparable determination, they continued to fight until the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
In the end, the whole army returned home victoriously, proving their courage and strength.
The 40th Army led by General Wen Yucheng has always struggled at the forefront of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and has experienced five thrilling battles. In the past three years, with their courage and tenacity, they annihilated and captured more than 40,000 enemies, and made great contributions to the peaceful liberation of Korea and China's cause of defending its territory and territory.
Their efforts were enormous, with the sacrifice of more than 20,000 brave soldiers. General Wen Yucheng, as the commander of the army who participated in the whole process of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, was highly praised by leaders such as ***.
In 1955, he was awarded the title of Lieutenant General, which was the best recognition of his selfless dedication.
In 1968, something like this happened: the chairman asked Wen Yucheng if he knew about his appointment, and after learning that he did not know, the chairman wanted him to take over as commander of the Beijing garrison.
Wen Yucheng expressed his gratitude for this and accepted this honorable and arduous position. Two years later, he was transferred to the Chengdu Military Region as deputy commander. Although this transfer did not make Wen Yucheng feel dissatisfied, on the contrary, he cooperated tacitly with his old comrade-in-arms Liang Xingchu and the commander of the military region, and worked very seriously.
In 1989, the great proletarian revolutionary soldier General Wen Yucheng shook the hand of his old comrade-in-arms Chen Renlin on his deathbed and calmly said a sentence to express his deep love for the revolutionary cause.
Eventually, General Wen passed away peacefully, and his family decided to leave his ashes at the Maoshan New Fourth Army Memorial Hall to rest with the many martyrs. General Wen Yucheng fought for the country all his life and made outstanding achievements, and the party and the people will never forget his great achievements.