In the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the 5th battle was the most tragic one of our army, especially the Cheorwon Resistance Battle, which was almost completely annihilated by the 63rd Army of our army, and the Cheorwon Resistance Battle was also a turning point in the Korean War from confrontation to stalemate.
After paying more than 20,000 sacrifices, the 63rd Army of the Volunteers fought a bloody battle with the enemy's ten-nation coalition for 14 days, and finally made the main force of our army retreat to the 38th parallel, saving the lives of 100,000 volunteers.
Li Qiwei, the second joint commander-in-chief who succeeded MacArthur, couldn't help but sigh:"Once again, the enemy traded space for time and was able to escape unharmed with a large number of troops and supplies intact"。
After the war, Fu Chongbi, the commander of the 63rd Army, finally woke up from a coma from a serious injury, and the first sentence he said was:"I want soldiers"。
**Said with tears:"Give you soldiers"。
Two months later, the 63rd Army was replenished with 20,000 new soldiers, which shows the extent of its tragedy.
In the first four battles of the Korean War, after the heroic battles of the volunteers, the United League had already lost its fighting spirit, and was driven beyond the 38th parallel by our army, and could not retreat.
In order to exert international pressure on the U.S. military and hasten the end of the Korean War.
In April 1951, our army took the initiative to launch the fifth campaign, crossing the 38th parallel, intending to annihilate a large number of the enemy's living forces and force the United States to negotiate peace.
But this time, our army's tactical mistakes, coupled with the victories in the first four battles, made the volunteers full of confidence, believing that the powerful American army was nothing more than that, and began to underestimate the enemy, and this time our army paid a heavy price.
Because of the previous failures, MacArthur, who was the most arrogant, was removed from his post, and he was replaced by another brilliant American general, Ridgway.
Ridgway and MacArthur are alumni, both from the West Point Military Academy, with rich combat experience, participated in World War II, made great contributions in the Pacific theater, and are military generals that everyone in the US military is feared.
Unlike the arrogant MacArthur, Ridgway was cautious and observant of details.
After he took over as the commander-in-chief of the joint **, through studying the formations and tactics of the volunteers, he finally saw the flaws, and figured out that the lifeblood of our army is logistics. Because our army is backward in equipment, there is no motorized transportation line, and air supremacy is in the hands of the US military, the supply of logistics materials cannot be guaranteed, and the food and materials in the front-line camp can only last for a week"Worship offensive"。
Li Qiwei deserved to be an excellent general, and he learned the combat techniques of the volunteers in a variety of ways, and also adopted the tactics of luring the enemy into depth.
He knew that the Volunteer Army was an iron-clad army, and its willpower was very tenacious, and even if it was fried noodles mixed with snow water, the Volunteer Army would not take a step back.
Therefore, Li Qiwei tried to lengthen the battle line of the Volunteer Army through the method of luring the enemy into depth, and prepared for its saturation attack on the logistics supply line of the Volunteer Army.
So Ridgway ordered Van Vliet to retreat strategically, retreating only 32 kilometers a day, and avoiding a fierce exchange of fire with our troops.
Li Qiwei just asked the United ** to use advanced artillery to carry out long-range attrition of our army. In addition, bombers were sent to bomb our army's logistical supply lines indiscriminately to prevent the volunteers from receiving effective logistical support.
By the time our army arrived in Seoul, the troops had run out of supplies and food, and the soldiers were hungry every day, so they could only gnaw on tree bark and drink snow water. On the other hand, the enemy is in a neat formation and has high morale. At this time, *** realized that the volunteer army had entered Li Qiwei's encirclement and must retreat immediately.
It was at this time that the United ** suddenly launched a fierce attack and sent mechanized armored units to intersperse our army in a roundabout way. This is exactly the tactic that our army used to defeat the United League in the early stage, and it was actually learned by Li Qiwei.
United** cut off the bridges and passes behind the front line of the Volunteer Army, and gave our army a powerful artillery attack on the front.
In this grim situation, our army had to retreat immediately, but the enemy took advantage of the strong mobility to form a sharp army, interspersed our army back and forth, and cut off our army's corps, while the frontal position was approached by the ten-nation coalition forces.
Tens of thousands of volunteers are in danger, and they are likely to be annihilated here by the United **.
Li Qiwei played this abacus well, but he underestimated the combat capability of our army.
The volunteers are brave soldiers who have been through a hundred battles, and even in this difficult situation, they can still create miracles.
In order for the main forces of our army to effectively retreat, the 63rd Army was ordered to block the joint attack at Cheorwon.
Cheorwon is a transportation hub, with flat terrain and flat land.
The 63rd Army is subordinate to the 19th Corps, with a number of 24,000 people, and it will take at least 15 to 20 days to block the ten-nation alliance forces in this open area in order to effectively guarantee the retreat of the main force of our army.
The enemy faced by the 63rd Army was the 10-nation coalition led by the United States, which numbered about 50,000 people, and had more than 1,300 artillery pieces, 180 tanks, and hundreds of planes bombing in turn.
On the other hand, the 63rd Army had only half the number of the enemy, only more than 240 artillery pieces, and no tanks and aircraft. If you want to stop the enemy in the open area of Cheorwon, it will be difficult for the time being, but it must be extremely tragic.
Commander Fu of the 63rd Army held the heart of death and assured ***:"Even if the 63rd Army hits the last man, it will not allow Van Vliet to advance half a step"。
In order to eat up 100,000 troops of our army, Li Qiwei used all available forces, and the enemy's more than 50,000 people jointly attacked our army, and even sent planes and tanks to bomb indiscriminately, and in just one hour, the enemy poured 4,500 tons of artillery fire on our position.
However, the 63rd Army adopted the method of in-depth echelon deployment, deployed fewer troops and more troops, and tactically used a combination of frontal resistance and flank counterattack, but never allowed the enemy to take a step forward.
But the price paid by the 63rd Army was also huge, almost all of its troops were used, and even the cooking squad members and communicators were also sent to the front line of the battle.
After 14 days of death-defying battle, the 63rd Army gloriously completed the task and saved the lives of 100,000 volunteers.
And the 63rd Army ** up to 220,000, but the enemy's losses are also 150,000 people.
Through flesh and blood, the 63rd Army once again proved to the world that our army is invincible, saved the main force of the Volunteer Army with the sacrifice of the whole army, and also won the respect of the enemy soldiers.