On the night of January 26, 1951, Dai Ruji, deputy commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 445th Regiment of the 149th Division of the 50th Army of the Volunteer Army, and 18 other warriors launched a unique night operation.
They attacked Suwon City at night and won a great victory, and this heroic act was commended by the Volunteer Army Headquarters. According to historical data, Dai Ruji and his soldiers encountered great danger in the course of their mission, and were once surrounded by US troops, and the situation was very critical.
At this critical moment, the two platoon commanders actively offered their ideas, and Dai Ruji, with his wit and bravery, led the soldiers to fight bloodily, and finally succeeded in opening the gap from the east gate, successfully breaking through and returning to the position of the volunteers.
On January 25, 1951, the commander of the US Eighth Army, Li Qi, fine-tuned his troops and led 230,000 heavy troops to launch a comprehensive offensive on the eastern and western fronts. The 80-kilometer frontage from Suwon to Yeoju became the main direction of the US attack on the Western Front, and the enemy attempted to force the Han River in one go, dividing and encircling the 50th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteers, a division of the 38th Army, and the DPRK troops, and annihilating them on the spot.
At the same time, they also hoped to take the opportunity to capture Seoul and threaten the security of the flanks of the volunteers. In the face of this major change in the enemy's situation, the Volunteer Army Headquarters quickly responded and ordered Zeng Zesheng, commander of the 50 th Army, and Xu Wenlie, political commissar of the 50 th Army, to organize reconnaissance troops to fight sparrow battles with the enemy, to find out the enemy's situation while fighting, and to organize capable troops to carry out night attacks if the enemy retreated at night.
After receiving instructions from his superiors, Jin Zhenzhong, commander of the 149th Division, immediately sent a call to the 447th Regiment and asked to organize a capable reconnaissance unit, led by a battalion cadre, to find out the enemy's situation in Shimihara Castle and disrupt the enemy's offensive plan with a night attack.
Dai Ruji received the task of Zhang Zhenshan, commander of Zeng Zesheng's 447th Regiment, and needed to lead a reconnaissance detachment of more than 200 people composed of 3 battalions and 8 companies, regimental reconnaissance platoon, and 149th Division guard company to carry out reconnaissance of the enemy situation and night attack on Suwon City.
At dawn on 26 January, an air observation post suddenly reported that an enemy plane was landing at Suwon Airport. Dai Ruji immediately realized that the enemy situation might change, so he took Wu Liang, the commander of the second platoon, to the front to observe the enemy situation.
They climbed the hill in front of Yisangdong, and through the binoculars, they saw three tanks covering a group of American soldiers, slowly approaching Suwon City. Then, as they cautiously entered the city, suddenly there was a jumble of gunfire.
In this regard, Wu Liang was a little puzzled, and he asked Dai Ruji: "Deputy battalion commander, isn't this city an empty city?" Listening to this gunshot, who did the U.S. military do again? Dai Ruji explained with a smile: "This is a common tactic used by the US military, called 'power search', in fact, they are just emptying their guns to strengthen their courage." ”
Dai Ruji did not expect that after the gunfire in the city stopped, more than 40 American soldiers suddenly came out of the city and went straight to the ravine where Dai Ruji was. Seeing this, Dai Ruji secretly screamed: "Could it be that he was discovered by the enemy?" ”
He immediately ordered Wu Liang to prepare for battle, "Remember not to expose the target, the enemy is not allowed to enter the ditch, and no shots are allowed." Seeing that the enemy was getting closer and closer, and in a blink of an eye it was close to the mouth of the ditch, the little soldier Li Chuncheng couldn't hold it back, he pointed to a pile of soybeans around him and said to Dai Ruji: "Deputy battalion commander, give the order to fight."
As soon as you give the order, I will eat this bean and annihilate the enemy. "Just when the enemy was only 200 meters away from the ravine where Dai Ruji was hiding, he somehow stopped, and after firing a flurry of gunfire, he turned around and walked back.
At this time, the fighters on the battlefield began to complain: "The dozens of stupid pigs sent to the door actually let them slip away." "After chasing for so long, I finally waited for the enemy to come, but I still let them run. ”
Hearing this, Dai Ruji's heart was full of anxiety, but he understood that the task of his superiors was to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and since the enemy was not aware of it, he could not expose it prematurely. After that, he reported the observed enemy situation and the carefully planned battle plan to Commander Zhang.
At dusk, the regiment commander Zhang Zhenshan ordered: "You take advantage of the darkness to start your actions and capture prisoners through surprise attacks to obtain more enemy information." ”
As night fell, Dai Ruji led a reconnaissance detachment and prepared to infiltrate Suwon City. They quietly descended the mountain and set out on the road to Suwon City. Soon, the outline of the ancient city gates came into view of the warriors.
Suddenly, there was a gurgling sound in front of him, and Dai Ruji immediately motioned for everyone to lie down and listen carefully to the movement in front of him with his ears. It turned out that there were two enemy sentries in front who were smoking.
Dai Ruji decisively decided to avoid the sentry, and whispered as he ran, "Run forward." "With the help of the north wind and the night, they passed the first checkpoint without any problems. However, the enemy sentry at the second checkpoint shouted twice, but Dai Ruji continued to advance with his team as if he had not heard, successfully confusing the enemy and making them mistakenly think that they were "his own people" and returned to the city on a mission.
When the spearheads of the reconnaissance team were only 50 meters away from the city walls, they were spotted by the enemy on the walls and subjected to carbines and light machine gun attacks. Dai Ruji commanded loudly: "Chen Youzhi, quickly kill the enemy's machine-gun fire points on the city wall!" ”
Chen Youzhi immediately threw two grenades, and the enemy's machine gun immediately became dumb. Unexpectedly, the sound of ** alarmed a U.S. tank outside the north gate, thinking that a large army of volunteers was coming, so he turned around and ran into the city in fright.
Dai Ruji shouted: "Comrades, fight tanks with me!" He led his warriors to follow and stormed the city from the north gate. However, the surrounding searchlights and a dense network of machine-gun fire stuck the team behind Dai Ruji outside the city.
At this time, Chai Huaqing, the deputy commander of the 8th Company, ordered: "The deputy battalion commander has already entered the camp, you hurry up and bring someone to follow!" Wu Liang and the other eight people took the opportunity to rush into the city from the north gate and joined Dai Ruji and others, and the number of warriors who broke into Suwon City increased to 18.
18 Warriors attacked Suwon City at night, and Dai Ruji found that the enemy's headquarters was brightly lit, and decided to adopt the tactic of capturing the thief and capturing the king first. They blocked the streets, blocked the hospital doors, cut the ** line, and then stormed the building.
In the fierce battle, they successfully annihilated more than 60 enemies, destroyed more than 10 cars, and captured two mortars, one light machine gun, and a radio station. Although they encountered difficulties in retreating, they were able to return to our positions without any problems.
Dai Ruji was awarded the titles of "People's Meritorious Hero" and "Battle Hero" for this great merit. This night raid not only disrupted the deployment of American troops on the Western Front, but also bought valuable time for the blocking battle on the south bank of the Han River.
Dai Ruji, a brave and warlike warrior, whose heroic deeds were spread on the battlefield as good stories, quickly spread back to his hometown of Lijiang, Yunnan, and became the pride and pride of the people in his hometown.
After Dai Ruji's death in 1983, in order to commemorate this hero, a local primary school was renamed "Ruji Primary School", and a monument was erected on the campus to remember the hero's deeds forever.