They transported the supplies outside the village.
When enemy planes discover a village, they will bomb the village. Even if the village has been bombed by them, the enemy planes will not let it go.
It is not safe to store supplies in the village. Just leave the village and find a place to disguise them with branches.
The commander of the second platoon came back and captured three prisoners: "Company commander, the other foreign devils ran so fast that they disappeared. I didn't dare to continue chasing them."
"That's enough."
Xia Yuan briefly interrogated them and found out that they were from the US 24th Division, so he released them. Before leaving, he even gave them cans and coats: "Our volunteers treat prisoners preferentially, don't be afraid, just cooperate."
We, we won’t make things difficult for you, you can leave now.”
These American prisoners were a little surprised.
This was the first time they were arrested. When they were arrested, they were almost desperate because their superiors told them that the volunteers killed innocent people indiscriminately and would kill them if they caught them.
Therefore, few people are willing to be prisoners.
Looking at it now, the situation seems to be completely different from what their commander said.
The three prisoners tremblingly took the things Xia Yuan gave them and left as if they were running away.
"Hurry up and transport all the supplies. At dawn, enemy planes will come over and they may bomb this place."
Xia Yuan turned around and joined the procession of transporting supplies.
It's a pity that there are no cars, but even if there are cars, one can't pull it all.
At least five or six vehicles are required to pull it.
Moreover, the enemy's cars ran faster than the infantry. As soon as the news came, their cars drove away.
Before the war, Shiji asked the 38th Army to insert one division into Qifeng Mountain to block the enemy's reinforcements from the north. On New Year's Day, the 340th Regiment of the 114th Division rapidly developed in depth. In order to find the planned location of Qifeng Mountain as soon as possible,
Considering that the entire regiment was already deep behind enemy lines and it was difficult for enemy planes to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, Commander Guan used the actual combat experience of the 113th Division to intersperse three camps and boldly marched in two columns and marched swaggering along the highway.
During the day, we encountered enemy planes circling in the sky many times along the way, but they continued to advance vigorously. The enemy planes mistook them for retreating friendly forces, and even watched them advance on foot, and dropped bombs in front of their advance.
Drop some airdrop supplies.
During the march, they clearly saw the distant mountains in southern Korea, the villages on the ground and the snow, and they also saw clearly the destroyed villages and innocent people killed along the way.
They marched for 19 hours, covering a distance of 55 kilometers, and arrived at Qifeng Mountain at about 9 o'clock.
Commander Guan and Political Commissar Su decided to use the 1st and 2nd Battalions to occupy Fengyangli and Songneili to the west of Qifeng Mountain and control the highway to prevent the enemy from escaping south.
After the third battalion seized Qifeng Mountain at 12:00, a few troops were left to control it while the main force continued to advance south.
At 14:00, the 1st Battalion entered the south of Pongyang-ri and found more than 20 enemy planes and more than a dozen tanks covering the escape of more than a thousand people of the Puppet 6th Division southward. The road was crowded with a large number of cars and tanks, heading towards the Uijeongbu.
direction to retreat.
The first battalion quickly attacked and blocked the attack. The acting deputy commander of the third company, Tumen Baiyi (Mongolian), led the second platoon to run across the road and seize the Qingtanchuan station. They destroyed four enemy cars, killed dozens of enemies, and covered a group of soldiers.
The platoon and the third platoon seized the high ground on the left wing of the highway, inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy, and cut off the enemy and the convoy fleeing south.
Under the cover of aircraft and artillery fire, the enemy swarmed toward the second row's position with two companies of troops. The second row, surrounded by enemies on all sides and outnumbered, calmly responded to the battle with one against ten, and counterattacked four times in a row.
When the enemy attacked for the fourth time, most of the platoon suffered casualties, but the comrades vowed to fight the enemy to the death. When the enemy rushed to the second platoon position, deputy platoon leader Tumen Bai Yi fought fiercely with the enemy and died heroically.
Comrade Zhao Youcheng, the leader of the second platoon, took off his cotton-padded clothes, picked up his bayonet and fought with more than a dozen enemies. The sounds of killing on the position, the sound of bayonets striking, and the enemy's desperate trumpets were all mixed together.
The ferocious enemy finally retreated. After four hours of fierce fighting, the whole battalion killed more than 400 enemies. The remaining enemies fled back to Qifeng Mountain in an attempt to seize the commanding heights and cover the main force's escape south.
Chilbong Mountain is located on the east side of the railway and highway from Seoul to Pyongyang. It is a steep peak with an altitude of more than 700 meters. There are mountains one after another, one after another. There is no way to climb the mountain.
A row of seven comrades stepped through the snow, holding on to branches, thorns, grass roots and rocks with their hands. They were exhausted and sweating, and finally climbed to the designated top of the mountain in one breath.
The cold wind was biting, the military uniforms covered with sweat were covered with a layer of frost, and their socks were frozen to the bone. They didn't care about this. Even if they were tired and wanted to take a breath, it was too late and they immediately went to build fortifications.
Some of them were newly recruited soldiers from the cooking class, and some were fighting the enemy with guns for the first time, so they couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
Before the three battles, the guards and service personnel transferred from various divisions were added to the combat companies. They were all high-spirited and extremely brave.
Late at night, the enemy fired a burst of artillery on Qifeng Mountain and then began to attack. Unexpectedly, the volunteers had already occupied the high ground. After a fierce battle, they were quickly defeated.
Prepare to continue the attack.
Soldiers Li Huiyou and Yang Zhizhou participated in the battle for the first time. They were panicked at first. Watching the enemy retreat, they began to feel proud of their victory. The leader of the combat team, Yang Zhankui, encouraged them:
"After this battle, you should have a solid foundation, right? I know that the first time I went to the firing line, the four pillars (fingers) didn't obey my command, so I should be on track next time."
Li Huiyou and Yang Zhizhou rushed to say: "I promise you won't panic!"
Yang Zhankui said: "Just don't panic? You just fired two shuttles, but did you hit the enemy?"
"ah?"
The two of them were stunned.
It seems that it really didn't work.
"The enemy climbs up the mountain from the bottom of the high cliff. If he shoots from his position here, the bullet will fly over the enemy's head."
"No wonder you stood and fired."
The enemy charged for the second time, like a swarm of locusts. When they were counterattacking, Yang Zhizhou's automatic rifle became mute. He anxiously asked Li Huiyou, "Li Huiyou, my gun can't be pulled open. What should I do?"
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Yang Zhizhou climbed up to the team leader Yang Zhankui again and asked him anxiously what to do. Yang Zhankui said while shooting:
"Go back to the original position and kick the bolt away with your foot. Maybe it's frozen."
Yang Zhizhou crawled back and tried the team leader's method. It worked, and he started shooting again.
After the enemy retreated, the squad leader went down to collect ammunition. Yang Zhankui beat his frostbitten feet, took out a small tobacco pouch from his arms, covered it with his hand and started smoking.
"Team leader, what time has it been? Are you still smoking?"
"Xiao Li, how can you ask the enemy to deprive you of the freedom to smoke? Smoking a bag of cigarettes will keep you warm and invigorating. After I finish smoking this bag, you will smoke too."
"Team leader, you are so calm."
"The more calm we are, the more hairy our enemies will be."
After repelling the enemy's sixth charge, they had no ammunition in their hands. Li Huiyou felt anxious, her feet were numb with cold, and she stamped on the ground.
now.
Xia Yuan led the remaining soldiers of the third company, and after concealing the supplies, continued to develop in depth, along the road where the enemy fled south, and soon arrived near Qifeng Mountain.
Late at night, under the dim moonlight, they heard the sound of gunfire and immediately headed to the fighting site.
At this time, the enemy had just retreated from the mountain and was resting listlessly at the foot of the mountain, preparing to regroup and charge again.
The enemy's strength is not large, about one to two hundred men.
He led his men decisively, outflanked the enemy, and greeted them with grenades, and soon had the enemies fleeing in all directions.
Li Huiyou listened to the gunshots below and said with great surprise: "Team leader, are you our reinforcements?"
Yang Zhankui looked around and couldn't see clearly in the dark mountains: "It should be."
Soon, their squad leader went down to investigate. Not long after, he came up again with a group of unfamiliar comrades. Li Huiyou said happily: "They are really our reinforcements."
As soon as everyone got to know each other, Yang Zhankui and the others learned that this unit was actually from the 112th Division, which surprised them greatly.
Because the 112th Division was a reserve force, could it be that the battle was so difficult that even the reserve force was used?
Later, I learned that it turned out to be the Songgu Peak Special Service Company, and their superiors approved their independent participation in the battle.
This made them envious, it was a huge honor.
With the support of the third company, the enemy knew that the situation was over and retreated into the mountains and forests.
Overall, this battle was still not ideal. Although the 340th Regiment arrived at the designated location on time and intercepted the enemy, the regiment only reported to the division once after breaking through the 38th parallel. Due to the bombing of the radio station,
Unfortunately, we have been unable to get in touch with the division. The division does not know that the 340th Regiment has occupied Qifeng Mountain and has not been able to let other troops get closer.
Thirty-three hours later, the radio station was repaired, and the division learned that the 340th Regiment had occupied Qifeng Mountain, but it was already too late. The enemy had already broken through the defense line and fled south through other roads in the mountain.
The 2nd Battalion of the regiment also changed its route and entered Songne-ri from the north of Qibong Mountain, thus losing the opportunity to reinforce the 1st Battalion, so that it could achieve a greater victory.
Subsequently, the division assigned combat missions to the 340th Regiment and conveyed combat missions to the Third Company, asking them to cooperate with the 340th Regiment.
At 3 o'clock on the 3rd, when the 340th Regiment arrived at Shuiluoshan, the first section of the 24th Division of the US Army occupied the commanding heights of Shuiluoshan in an attempt to prevent the volunteers from advancing.
The 340th Regiment then began to attack the defending enemy. The enemy struggled desperately under the cover of a large number of aircraft and artillery fire. In order to effectively attack the enemy, the regiment braved the bombing of enemy aircraft and disassembled the cannon and transported it to a high ground for assembly.
Shooting effectively supported the assault of the attacking troops.
Under the leadership of Xia Yuan, the Third Company became more and more courageous in the battle. Before the artillery fire of the 340th Regiment could support it, it had already broken through the enemy's forward position and started fighting with the enemy. On the snow-frozen hillside, Xia Yuan fought with the enemy.
Yuan led the soldiers to charge.
The second platoon leader died in the charge, and the soldiers ignited a blazing fire in their hearts and vowed to take down this enemy force.
The battle lasted until dusk, when the enemy failed to attack and retreated hastily towards Seoul.
The 340th Regiment successfully occupied Shuiluoshan and covered the army's advance team through Shuiluoshan. The third company's combat effectiveness was strong and accompanied the army's advance team to Seoul.
During the march, some soldiers' legs and feet were frozen and they could not walk. As the team continued to advance, they could not carry them on their backs, so they had to negotiate with the local people to leave the soldiers with inconvenient legs and feet behind.
The local people were very enthusiastic and agreed to the advance team's request, saying they would take good care of it.
What the advance team didn't know was that there were still two U.S. military commanders left in the village at that time, and the local people did not offend each other. This is a common thing in guerrilla zones.
Fortunately, the wounded on both sides did not meet and got along well. After four battles, the two wounded recovered and returned to the team safely.
Zhang Kuiyin is the captain of the advance team. He chats happily with Xia Yuan. He is a talented and courageous commander and is deeply loved by everyone.
They searched the direction of Seoul through Uijeongbu and found an enemy supply depot. There were more rice, flour, and oil barrels about two kilometers long, one hundred meters wide, and a three-story building high.
It seems that the enemy planned to stick to the 38th Parallel for a long time, but they fled from the 38th Parallel just as these supplies were shipped, and now they sent planes to blow up this batch of dropped supplies.
When the advance team arrived near Seoul, they could still see the Uijeongbu burning with fire.
After dusk, the advance team stopped at Qishengshan, more than ten kilometers away from Seoul. There is a large round cliff stone on the mountain, and there is a spring under the stone. According to the local people, drinking the water here can cure diseases.
There is a temple on the Seven Sacred Mountains, and there are monks in the temple who preside over incense.
After they settled in, they planned how to enter Seoul. Xia Yuan volunteered to serve as the leader of the reconnaissance platoon, leading a platoon to search the city and make a decision after finding out the situation.
The entry process of Xia Yuan and the others was quite smooth. The enemies were all fleeing. There were traces of materials blown up by the enemies and broken guns that had been discarded everywhere.
After conducting some reconnaissance outside the city, he took his people back and said, "The city is in chaos, the enemy is busy retreating, and the defensive formations are all in disarray."
Zhang Kuiyin said: "It seems that the enemy has no intention of holding on and is preparing to abandon the city and flee."
At the same time, he reported the situation to the army to avoid preparing to enter the city.
Comrade Liang called back, and the advance team immediately crossed the Han River from Seoul's east ferry to seize the beachhead position and cover the follow-up troops crossing the river.
After receiving the order, Zhang Kuiyin gave up the idea of entering the city and immediately set off to the east of Seoul. However, not long after, due to changes in the situation, he returned to the Seven Sacred Mountains to wait for the order.
At this time, the enemy was completely routed and was more panicked than a frightened bird.
Li Qiwei recalled: "On the morning of New Year's Day, I drove out of Seoul from the north and saw a depressing scene. North Korean soldiers were riding on trucks and were pouring south in a steady stream. They were disorderly.
Without weapons and leadership, it is a total defeat."
"Some soldiers escaped here on foot or in various requisitioned vehicles. They had only one idea - to escape as far away from the Chinese army as possible. They threw away their rifles and pistols, and all their belongings.
Artillery, mortars, machine guns and weapons operated by several people."