It is said that a group of people from Zheng Zhendong had lunch and listened to a mid-afternoon report before returning to school under the leadership of Vice Principal Lin.
After returning to the classroom, at the strong request of the teacher and classmates, Zheng Zhendong talked about what he saw and heard today.
After hearing this, the students were very moved and said that they would study hard and work hard to build a new country when they grow up and no longer be bullied by foreigners. Suddenly, the students' enthusiasm for learning became much higher.
The words are divided into two parts. At this time, on the peninsula battlefield, starting from 4:00 on October 14, the U.S. Army used 320 large-caliber artillery pieces, 47 tanks, and more than 50 aircraft to cover the 30-kilometer defense front of our 15th Army with firepower.
Among them, the bombardment of highlands 597.9 and 537.7 on the front of the Five Sacred Mountains was particularly fierce, using 300 artillery pieces, 27 tanks and 40 aircraft, with a firepower density as high as six bombs per second.
Such fierce artillery fire made our garrison in the tunnel feel as if they were riding a small boat bumping on a turbulent sea.
Strong shock waves shook the tunnel, and many people had their teeth knocked out, their lips and tongues were broken, and even a seventeen-year-old soldier was shocked to death!
When the survivors recalled the scene at that time, they all unanimously described it as hell, which shows how terrifying it was.
The walkie-talkie of the garrison in the tunnel immediately called the 448th Highland Battalion command post a kilometer away as soon as the shelling began.
But the artillery fire was so fierce that the walkie-talkie antenna was blown up just as it was set up. In just a few minutes, all thirteen antennas stored in the tunnel were blown up, and communication with the command post was still impossible.
The telephone lines were damaged by artillery fire.
Niu Baocai, the deputy squad leader of the telephone squad at the battalion headquarters, braved the overwhelming artillery fire to go to check the line. He avoided the artillery fire and connected the broken lines along the way. The entire roll of telephone lines he carried with him was used up and there was still a length left.
Niu Bao, who was already injured in many places, had no time to think about it, so he grabbed a broken line with one hand, connected it with his own body, and exchanged his life for three minutes of talk time.
Wang Fengshu, deputy commander of the 135th Regiment at the battalion command post, issued combat orders to the tunnel troops in these precious three minutes.
The headquarters of the 15th Army is located in Daodedong, more than 20 kilometers north of Shangganling.
On the 14th, the Japanese Army Headquarters only knew that the Chou Han Army was attacking Highlands 597.9 and 537.7 in front of the Five Sacred Mountains in front of the 45th Division, Highland 391 in front of the 29th Division and the 44th Division, Nanshan Zhicun, and Wuming in the northwest of Shangjia Mountain.
Attacks were launched on both Highlands and Highland 419, but no other details are known.
Commander Qin had no choice but to order the observation posts on the flanks of the Five Sacred Mountains to report the situation every half hour, and at the same time request the 38th Army and the 12th Army on the left and right to report the situation on their respective fronts.
Commander Qin believed that the Chou Han army in front of him only had the strength of two divisions, the Chou Army's 7th Division and the Han 2nd Division.
It is impossible for the two divisions alone to attack several directions at the same time. Only one of them must be the main attack direction, and the others are diversionary feint attacks. However, it is impossible to immediately determine which one is the main attack.
Just when commanders at all levels were anxious, the battle on Shangganling was in full swing!
At five o'clock, after an hour of artillery preparation, the Ugly Army began to extend its firepower to suppress targets in depth.
At the same time, the infantry began to charge, and the first to engage the ugly troops was a squad at No. 11 outpost position on Highland 597.9 of the Ninth Company.
However, the squad leader used his troops improperly and threw the whole squad into the battle at once. Under the fierce artillery fire of the ugly army, he soon suffered huge casualties. After repelling the ugly army's four charges, there was only one soldier left, so he had to retreat.
Enter the tunnel and keep fighting.
Zheng Zhenguo, commander of the 1st platoon of the 8th Company, who was defending Position 2, saw that Position 11 was lost.
Zheng Zhenguo immediately organized two squads to counterattack, trying to take advantage of the enemy's unsteady footing to regain their position.
However, the two squads were hit by artillery fire from the ugly army halfway, and only five wounded were left and were forced to retreat to Position 2.
As a result, the platoon failed to counterattack and instead lost most of its troops, making it difficult to defend position 2.
At about 11 o'clock, Formation 2 was already out of strength. Zheng Zhenguo, holding a Sten submachine gun, led several soldiers to try to repel the enemy's attack.
On the position, the ugly troops stepped on their own bullet points and launched a fierce attack on our army. At this time, a cannonball flew from the sky and landed not far from Zheng Zhenguo.
Zheng Zhenguo reacted quickly and immediately lay down in the trench, but the shrapnel from the bomb explosion still hit Zheng Zhenguo's head and body.
Zheng Zhenguo bleeds immediately and then faints. The soldier next to him immediately calls for the health worker.
After the health worker gave Zheng Zhenguo a simple bandage, he was sent to the field hospital.
At this time, a platoon was hit by a round of rapid fire from the Ugly Army's artillery. The already poorly organized team suffered heavy casualties. Soon, all the soldiers in the platoon on Position 2 died one after another.
At this time, Position 7 in the southeast was isolated and was immediately occupied by the Ugly Army. Only Position 9, the most critical position, was defended by three platoons commanded by Qin Gengwu, deputy instructor of the Ninth Company.
Qin Gengwu saw that the Chou Army's artillery fire was extremely fierce. If more troops were invested in the position at once, the casualties would be greater and faster.
Therefore, he only put three men on the surface position at the same time, and added another one from the tunnel for every casualty. He fought calmly and leisurely. Position 9 therefore became the mainstay of Highland 597.9, always withstanding the Ugly Army's attack.
Position No. 9 is the gateway to the main peak, and its location is extremely important. As long as Position No. 9 is not lost, then Highland 597.9 will be safe.
After a morning of fierce fighting, the Ugly Army attacked the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 31st Regiment of the 7th Division with losses exceeding 70%.
The Ugly Army was more concerned about the depletion of its troops, so they did not dare to use another battalion. They withdrew the 31st Regiment to rest and regrouped, replaced it with the 32nd Regiment and resumed the battle. They fought until dusk and failed to capture the 597.9 Highland.
During the Battle of Shangganling, the frontline command post of a certain unit of the Volunteer Army on Highland 537.7 was also attacked at the same time.
The 32nd Regiment of the Second Division of the Korean Army launched a fierce attack with one battalion divided into three groups. The Volunteer Army garrison company bravely held on to the position that was severely destroyed by artillery fire. The tenacity of the battle was called unprecedented in the history of the Korean Army.
The Korean army's ground troops were repelled in successive attacks, so they had to call in the U.S. Army's aviation force for fire support.
The Ugly Army dispatched more than twenty B-26 bombers to drop napalm bombs, and the position became a sea of fire.
The Korean army took advantage of the situation and attacked fiercely. There were only three wounded people left in the forefront No. 8 position. They were unable to fight anymore and were preparing to retreat into the tunnel.
However, he was suppressed by a machine gun of the Korean army who had already rushed to the position more than ten meters away from the entrance of the tunnel. Near this machine gun happened to be Sun Ziming who was unconscious due to multiple injuries.
Sun Ziming was awakened by the sound of gunfire. When he saw the scene in front of him, he roared and rushed over. The Korean machine gunner was caught off guard and frightened out of his wits. He turned around and ran away.
Just as Sun Tzu Mingyang wanted to turn his machine gun and shoot, another group of more than ten enemies had already surged up. Seeing that he had no time to fire, he grabbed three grenades beside him, rushed towards this group of enemies, and died with them.
Sun Tzu Ming became the first of the thirty-eight warriors to die with the enemy in the Battle of Shangganling!
It was not until around 12 o'clock that after more than seven hours of fierce fighting, the Korean army attacked the main position. After more than 20 minutes of brutal hand-to-hand combat, the Korean army finally occupied the position.
By 2 p.m., there were only about 20 people left in the company, retreating to the tunnels and height 537.