Early the next morning, Wang Yang and Ye Cheng, together with all the comrades who remained in the position of the 45th Division who helped the soldiers of the 12th Army guard the position, walked down Shangganling and returned to the rear.

From now on, the 31st Division of the 12th Army of the Volunteer Army will be defended by the 597.9 Highlands. The 45th Division gloriously completed the combat mission on the 597.9 Highlands and delivered an answer that satisfies the people.

The 31st Division of the 12th Army was also a revolutionary team full of honor. The predecessor of the division was the 385th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. Li Da, chief of staff of the Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan Military Region, called it "Taihang Mountain Fist".

From the eight years of the War of Resistance Against Japan to the liberation of China, the soldiers of the 31st Division fought and fought and were invincible.

When the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army formed the Third Column, the brigade was organized into the Seventh Brigade of the Third Column, and its achievements were remarkable in the history of the War of Liberation:

In the Dingtao Battle, he captured Zhao Xitian, the commander of the 16th National Army of the Kuomintang, and captured Zhang Jiwu, the deputy commander of the 16th National Army of the Kuomintang Traffic Police, in the Suxian Battle. In the Huaihai Battle, he captured Huang Wei, the commander of the 12th National Army of the Kuomintang, and Meng Shushou, the commander of the 114th National Army of the Kuomintang.

In early 1949, the brigade was reorganized into the 31st Division of the 11th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

At the end of 1950, the Southwest Military Region ordered the 36th Division of the 12th Army to stay in Fuling, Sichuan to build a military sub-district, and included the 31st Division's 12th Army in the North Korea to participate in the war. The division was the ace of the 11th Army, and it was also the main division. The division's fist was the 91st Regiment.

It was the 91st Regiment again, and we had to mention this heroic team that shone brightly in the Korean War again.

Speaking of the 91st regiment of the 31st Division, this regiment has an ancient family background and a long clan.

It was originally the First Regiment of the First Division of the First Army of the Chinese Workers and Peasants. From the Central Soviet Area to fight the encirclement and suppression, the Long March, the Sichuan Army was defeated, the Western Route Army was rescued, the attack on Yangming Fort at night, the Battle of Panlong, advanced into the Dabie Mountains, encircled and annihilated Huang Wei's Corps, crossed the Yangtze River, and suppressed bandits in the southwest. Until the war between people and North Korea, the roar of the officers and soldiers of the 91st Regiment sounded in many major battles in the history of the Chinese Revolutionary War.

If the 11th Army encounters bad battles, the 91st Regiment will definitely participate. This is a brave army with hundreds of battles.

In the second half of 1946, he counterattacked the Kuomintang invaded the liberated areas. Two regiment commanders died in battle within four months. The third regiment commander Li Changlin took office for three days, fought two battles and was injured once.

Of course, what best shows the military and political qualities of this regiment was in the second phase of the fifth battle of North Korea. The regiment attacked bravely and became the deepest team among the 11 field armies of the Volunteer Army. Later, it was cut off in the Fuzhen area of ​​the enemy's depths, and was more than 90 kilometers away from the Volunteer Army's front line. Commander Li Changlin resolutely made a detour and broke through. The 91st regiment, which had been cut off for 7 days, carried dozens of wounded soldiers, relying on finding some soybeans along the way, and fed up the hunger, and wandered around the mountains and ridges, finding gaps and protruding from the enemy's encirclement. They did not lose a single person or a gun along the way, defeated a battalion of South Korea, and captured more than 100 prisoners. This move is a miracle in the Korean War.

The 29th Division was also a powerful journey, but when Commander Zhang Xianyang saw Li Changlin, deputy commander of the 31st Division, he couldn't help but praise him: "Your 91st regiment can fight, and the wounded was lifted onto a stretcher and held a gun, saying that he would continue to fight when he came back."

Such a trumpet team went to the 597.9 high ground, and the war had not yet begun on the 5th, and the ending was reached. Although the fierce battle this day only created Hu Xiudao, a "hero of the Democratic Republic of Korea" for the regiment, the enemy was obviously exhausted. When you encounter a brave army with such combat effectiveness, you can imagine Van Vreet's helplessness.

Since Wang Yang and the others got off the position, the soldiers of the 91st Regiment reported to Li Changsheng that they felt that the Goryeo stick in front of them seemed not very good. These sticks were so easy to fight. Often, dozens of grenades were smashed and an attack wave collapsed.

Hearing this, Wang Yang was speechless. Speaking of the later Goryeo Knot, there were only two reasons. One reason was that the battle between the soldiers of the 91st Regiment was indeed very strong, but the other reason was that after Wang Yang and his friends fought for several days, all the old soldiers had finished fighting. Whether the people who went to the position were new, it was too difficult for them to say how much combat power they had.

Take it for granted, I really couldn't afford to touch the 91st ball of nails. On the afternoon of the 5th, the enemy began to cast smoke screens, tied the ankles of the body with a rope and dragged them down the ground. In the end, of course, he stopped the troops in a hurry.

Just when the last group charge of the enemy was shattered, a thrilling scene appeared above the main peak of Shangganling: a US military's Type 51 attack aircraft that dived to support infantry operations actually hit a projectile on the artillery trajectory of our army's ground. With a loud noise that tore through the eardrum, the explosion of dust covered the chaotic sky, and suddenly exploded a dazzling light ball. In an instant, the colorful light suddenly glorified the entire battlefield. Then, the wreckage of the plane fell one after another like fiery red rain, presenting a terrifying and terrifying battlefield wonder.

From then on, the US pilots no longer dared to fly ultra-low altitudes. From then on, there was almost no decent battle in the 597.9 Highway, and the 91st Regiment could only sigh that they only picked up a piece of bone and scraped the good things, and the 45th Division was gnawed.

Looking at the enemy's attack sustainability in the 597.9 Highlands over the past 5 days, it has clearly shown a downward curve at the end of its strength.

The logs in the Forty-fifth Division formation:

On the 1st, the battle ended in the middle of the night.

On the 2nd, the battle was dark and the enemy stopped at 18 o'clock.

On the 3rd, the enemy stopped attacking at 17:00.

The attack will be stopped at 17:00 on the 4th.

On the 5th, I won’t be able to fight around 15:00.

After 5th, the soldiers from both sides went up and down the mountain and enjoyed this quiet dusk at the same time. The company commander of the fifth company Niu Genzi and his soldiers ate a hot big meat bun on the position steadily and leisurely. 40 years later, he could still smell the oily filling.

At this point, the 91st Regiment had only one third company left before the battle. That night, a battalion of the 93rd Regiment came to reinforce the 91st Regiment. At the same time, the follow-up troops of the 12th Army continued to transport the troops to Shangganling and gathered, preparing to fight against the enemy's larger-scale counterattack.

Korean historical records: "On November 5th - the action began at 4 o'clock. Before attacking Triangle Mountain, the enemy was disrupted and destroyed and fired all night, and at the same time, preparing for attack. After the smoke covered Triangle Mountain, (the 31st Regiment) directly attacked the target. Starting from 6:30, the enemy's artillery fire turned fierce, and the defending enemy used machine guns and grenades to block the battle, and the battle was extremely fierce.

"The Third Battalion of the 30th Regiment served as an assist. At 8:15, the battle fell into a stalemate.

"Suddenly, the division commander ordered: stop the attack from 15 o'clock.

"The entire battalion withdrew from the battlefield at 15:10 and returned to Fengxiao."

It was also said: "It was decided by the Legion Commander to stop attacking the 'Triangle Mountain' highlands. Since the beginning of the 'Showdown War', the 7th Division of the United States has fought for 12 days and the 2nd Division of the South Korean has fought for 11 days, which has only increased casualties. In addition, the continuous bloody battles on the sniper ridge line have been continuously fought for days, and there is nothing to do when the attack continues.

Therefore, it was decided to end the battle on the Triangle Mountain Highlands from now on."

The 7th Division of the U.S. finally defeated the enemy, retreated more than 50 kilometers, and retreated to the Kaping area for rest.

The Korean army was not as equipped as the US army, and the casualties became more and more severe. The Han Ninth Division was severely damaged, and the Han Second Division also suffered heavy damage in the battle to attack the 597.9 Highland, which directly caused their direct failure in the northern position of the 537.7 Highland of the "Sniper Bingling Ridge" in Shangganling.

During the 23-day endless fierce competition, four regiments of the Han Ninth Division took turns to the battlefield, and they made up the first place as they fought. The 5th trainer and the division's more than 2,000 troops were still not enough to consume. A large number of new recruits from the Busan and Geoje Island recruit training centers were added to the troops.

Qian Zhishi, a corporal from the 17th Regiment of the Korean Army, who was captured during the 30th battle, only added to the 2nd Company from the 3rd Regiment of the New Regiment on the first day. At that time, there were only 15 people in the Second Company, which was the third reorganization and reconstruction of the troops.

Kim Shouzan, the second lieutenant platoon leader of the 17th Regiment of the Han Dynasty, recalled the battle on the 1st, saying: "When I launched the fourth attack, I looked at all the members of the platoon. There were very few acquaintances, most of them were recruits. I gave orders to attack, and they were afraid to move, so I had to charge and lead them."

Major Li Genshi, the battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the 32nd Regiment of the Han Dynasty, still clearly remembers more than ten years later: one week after the war in Shangganling began, there were more new recruits in each regiment than veterans.

The more new recruits, the weaker the combat power, and the greater the casualties; the greater the casualties, the more you need to supplement, and the more new recruits you will be supplemented, forming a terrible vicious cycle. This kind of supplementary inability to stop the car is simply a drinking poison to quench thirst. The second division of the Han Dynasty has successively replenished new recruits, and the number of 6 new recruits was found by the intelligence department of the volunteer army.

On the afternoon of the 5th, Van Ferrit rushed to the overcrowded Jinhua Frontline Field Hospital to visit the wounded. The captain Kiri, who was bandaged on his chest, described to his commander the scene of leading the company to reinforce the Sixth Company, with only 10 people left: "We were beaten to pieces.

The radio crew around me and the sergeant in the platoon were killed. There was no place to hide there. The mortar shells fired by the Chinese soldiers were terrifying."

The US military can't stand the mortar shells every second. On the first day of Shangganling, the officers and soldiers of the 45th Division fought against the violent riot of six large-caliber shells every second.

The US military finally restrained its greed for the 597-9 Highlands. On the 6th, the press officer of the US Eighth Army admitted to the newspaper industry in a frank manner: "At this point, the coalition forces were defeated at Triangle Mountain."

What embarrasses the Americans the most is that this day was the day when newly elected US President Eisenhower entered the White House. At 15:00 p.m. on the 5th, the "United Nations Army" stopped and stopped the offensive.

This is the earliest day since November when the "United Nations Army" withdraws troops.

The order was issued by Lieutenant General Reuben Jenkins, commander of the 9th Army of the United States.

As an old corpse, he has already seen that this mountain is a fucking bottomless pit. If he continues to do so, he will be overdrawn by his opponents. If the taxpayers in the United States of America know the truth, they will never tolerate themselves to engage in such bloodless gambling.

The morale of the "United Nations Army" has been extremely low. Before the war, in order to inspire morale, someone named the two tops of Triangle Mountain - Jenny Russell Mountain and Sand Mountain, after two famous American sexy actresses, and asked the soldiers to shout their names to launch an attack.

But now, the soldiers who are often in a state of sexual hunger have lost interest in these two arrogant beauties, and they are unable to stand up to the two bullies no matter what. They all say, "It is really worth it to work hard for these two slutty little sluts."

Can this transaction continue to be done?

At the same time, in accordance with the instructions of Deputy Commander Wang Jinshan of the Third Corps, the 15th Army Commander Qin Jiwei issued an order on the evening of the same day: the 45th Division, except for artillery, communication, observation, and logistics agencies remained in place. In order to ensure that the 12th Army troops fight, all tasks of defending the 597.9 highland and the 537.7 highland North Mountain were handed over to the 31st Division, and the 45th Division troops withdrew from Shangganling and went to the Bianma Cave to rest.

That night, the First Battalion of the 93rd Regiment received some positions in the 597.9 Highlands, and together with the 91st Regiment, they took over the 597.9 Highlands Defense.

However, when Deputy Commander Wang Jinshan reached the Beishan position in the 537.7 Highland Beishan position, the battle there was still in the ground. When the 92nd Regiment replaced the defense of the Beishan position in the 537.7 Highland Beishan position, the 2nd South Korea's South Korea's Second Division was still fighting to the death on the Beishan position in the 537.7 Highland Beishan position. The 45th Division could not withdraw at all in a hurry. In fact, the 92nd Regiment could only immediately surrender to the battle.

But they were much luckier than the 91st Regiment. The most intense final battle in Shangganling all occurred on the Beishan position on the 537.7 high ground. The soldiers of the 92nd Regiment were not afraid of no war when they arrived here.

Of course, at this time, Wang Yang didn't know that the enemy and us were fighting on the Beishan position in the 537.7 highland, and at this time he was reuniting with the three commanders of the 45th Division at Deshan Dashi Sword and Gao Xiaodong.

A full-fledged infantry division of more than 10,000 people was almost exhausted - 8,752 casualties (3,076 killed and 5,676 injured).

It is conceivable that everyone feels excited and emotional. When the soldiers behind welcome the team, the leaders of the various teams could not speak anything. Everyone would just hug them tightly, and they could not speak for a long time.

The soldiers covered in smoke just passively took the water and food handed over by the soldiers, and felt as unreal as a dream with tears in their eyes.

"I really didn't expect to meet again alive!" said Sun Jiagui, the leader of the First 33rd Regiment.

"This time I know what a heavy burden is!" said Zhang Xinyuan, the leader of the 135th regiment.

"Teacher, let's have a drink!" Liu Zhanhua, the leader of the First 34th Regiment, suggested.

"Report, Wang Yang is here to report!"

On the battlefield of bloody battles, Mali was wrapped in a body. How many soldiers on Shangganling did not come back? When Wang Yang walked behind the position of Wusheng Mountain, he saw the commander Cui Jiangong and the captain Gao Xiaodong who were coming forward, he couldn't help but feel tears in his eyes and felt a sense of seeing the light of day again.

"Good boy, your Xiaolong Special Forces Brigade is really nothing to say. Wang Yang, are you interested? Our 45th Division has a lot of space available this time. How about being a deputy regiment commander?"

However, at this time, after a warm hug with several regiment commanders under him, Commander Cui Jiangong pulled Gao Xiaodong and ran to Wang Yang. This time, the 597.9 highlands were able to fight so happily, and it was an indispensable connection with Wang Yang leading the soldiers to defend on the highlands. That's good. Commander Cui Jiangong lured Wang Yang with the position of deputy regiment commander in front of Gao Xiaodong, and it was obvious that he wanted to poach the enemy.

"Old Cui, you don't have such a ruthless person. Aren't you destroying the bridge across the river? This is the pillar of our Xiaolong Special Forces Brigade. If you snatch him away, who will I go to?"

Gao Xiaodong also looked excited and walked to Wang Yang and hugged his shoulders hard. To be honest, during the day and night of fighting in Shangganling, he had been paying attention to the situation of the soldiers of the Xiaolong Special Forces Brigade. Wang Yang once again helped the Xiaolong Special Forces Brigade captain. The young eagle that year had grown into an eagle flying in the sky. When he saw his disciples and his comrades performing on the battlefield, he burst into tears.

This day was destined to be a night for men. On the garrison of the 45th Division, the soldiers picked up the wine glasses in their hands one after another. Both the officers and the soldiers drank, drank, shouted, sang, and laughed. The dead were gone, and the living still had to show their national prestige again. Thinking of the day and night in Shangganling, thinking of the dead soldiers, all the passionate soldiers shed tears of excitement. The soldiers drank and sighed, and finally cried...

In three weeks, the 15th Army paid the price of more than 10,000 casualties.

During this period, among all the infantry companies of the 45th Division of the 15th Army, 16 companies were rebuilt twice. The casualty rate of the first-level backbone cores of the division was 100%, the platoon-level cadres were nearly 90%, and the company-level cadres were more than 65%. The 15th Army's ace killer weapon, the 8th Company of the 134th Regiment, which later became famous "Shangganling Special Practice Eighth Company", was rebuilt three times in three weeks, rebuilt three times, and pounced on them three times, which was earth-shaking.

What does it mean to be "successive"? Look at the Chinese soldiers on Shangganling!

The "United Nations Army" also suffered huge casualties, with more than 13,000 personnel being reduced. The 7th Infantry Division of the US lost its combat effectiveness and was forced to withdraw and rest. Most of the companies of the four regiments under the Second Division of the South Korean Army have been replenished 2 to 3 times.

Clark said: "This is Verdun on the Korean battlefield!"

Lin Biao said: 'Shangganling is a meat mill!'

The 15th Army of the Chinese army was later honored to be selected and adapted into the 1st Airborne Army of China due to their outstanding performance on Shangganling, becoming a powerful military force within the Chinese army that shocked countries around the world.

On the same day, the Volunteer Army Headquarters called the Third Corps to congratulate on the recovery of the 597.9 Highlands and demanded that the participating troops "continue to work hard and fight resolutely until the local enemy attack is completely crushed."

On the same day, the US election ended and Dwight Eisenhower was elected President of the United States.

Van Ferrit was extremely upset. On that day, he rushed to the Jinhua front line for inspection, but there was no information showing what he had said or ordered on this day. Maybe he had nothing to say.

And the effect you can see is this -

On the 6th, the press release officer of the US Eighth Army announced frankly in a Western way:

"At this point, the United Nations forces were defeated at Triangle Mountain."

The reports and comments from the omnipresent uncrowned kings are even more pessimistic, their reports say that in the last three weeks of battle:

The personnel sacrificed by the United Nations Army and the arms consumed have shocked the commander of the United Nations Army, and if all losses are announced in the end, it will shock the public. The three weeks of battle was the second battle with the largest losses in the 28-month Korean War, and this loss was second only to the losses of the Eighth Army in 1950 when it was defeated in North Korea.
Chapter completed!