"I knew it would be in vain to stop the mass exodus of these frightened soldiers who couldn't even understand what they were saying. But I still had to try, so I jumped out of the jeep and stood in the middle of the road.
I raised my arms to signal an oncoming truck to stop. The first few trucks didn't slow down and went around me."
"However, I still stopped a truck convoy carrying South Korean officers. The officer in the first truck did not understand what I meant and did not obey my instructions. Soon the entire convoy started moving again. Now, the only effective
The method is to set up many checkpoints in the back, where our military police, led by officers, will stay close to them to restore control of the troops."
An AFP reporter wrote that long lines of soldiers returned from the front with haggard and black faces. They were exhausted from fighting. On the way to Hancheng, there were burning supplies and warehouses along the way.
The Associated Press reporter wrote that behind the battle lines, the retreating troops always cursed in a hurry and were in a mess. There were long lines of retreating motorcycles, and some of the cars sometimes got stuck in the mud.
Just as the enemy was fleeing, many civilians were killed along the way. There were numerous corpses in the villages, roadsides, and ravines. When the pursuing soldiers saw this scene, they were furious:
"If American bandits are allowed to cross the Yalu River, our people will suffer the same cruelty as the North Korean people!"
In the process of chasing the enemy, the enemy fled in panic along the way and abandoned a large amount of materials and equipment. They could be seen everywhere, and it was rare for the pursuing soldiers to have a full meal.
In the direction of Seoul, the advance team stayed in the direction of Seoul until the 8th and received the order from the military headquarters.
"Pursuit stopped!"
After the Chinese People's Volunteers and the Korean People's Army broke through the 38th Parallel, they fought until January 8, pushing the entire front line to Suwon, Icheon, Yeoju, and Gangneung, driving the enemy to Pyeongtaek, Anseong, and Jecheon near the 37th parallel.
Three involved.
At this time, the troops of the 112th Division of our army were chasing the fleeing enemy to Taihua Mountain and Lichuan area on the south bank of the Han River. They were ordered to stop the pursuit that day and rest on the spot.
The third battle went quite smoothly. The attack was carried out across the entire front, causing the enemy to shrink across the board. This battle was a large-scale offensive campaign against the enemy who had prepared for defense. A total of more than 19,000 enemies were wiped out.
The 38th Army wiped out more than 1,150 enemies.
This battle liberated Seoul, shattered the enemy's steel positions guarding the 38th Parallel, and rectified the defeat in preparation for repeated attempts. The victory of this battle further deepened the enemy's internal contradictions and feelings of defeat.
Taft, the leader of the American Republican Party, believed that this was the most serious defeat the United States had ever suffered. He also criticized the Truman government for pursuing policies that discredited the United States in the eyes of the world. Britain was worried that the failure of the war to invade Korea would damage its own
interests and advocated negotiations between China and North Korea.
The victory of this war expanded the political influence of the Chinese and North Korean armies among peace-loving countries and people around the world, and also promoted the continuous rise of the mass movement of the people of the motherland to resist U.S. aggression, aid Korea, and defend their homeland.
In this major attack, the comrades in the army broke through the 38th Parallel with overwhelming momentum and drove the enemy straight to the south bank of the Han River. Their morale was high and they wanted to attack the Nakdong River and Busan at once.
After completely defeating the invaders, and now suddenly stopping the pursuit, many comrades cannot help but wonder.
It was Shiji's decisive decision to stop the pursuit.
This is because in this battle, under the powerful offensive of our army, the enemy was extremely afraid of being annihilated by our army, so its main force quickly shrank, moved closer, and did not dare to disperse.
As a result, our army was unable to wipe out a large number of the enemy's effective forces.
The enemy's movements shown on the map look like a planned retreat. During this second battle, our army planned to lure the enemy deeper!
There is a feeling that the enemy wants to lure me deeper.
However, they landed from behind our army, cut off our army's retreat, and carried out a pincer attack on our army.
After receiving Shiji's order, all armies quickly stopped their pursuit. Except for the 112th Division as a reserve force, which was responsible for the bridgehead position on the south bank of the Han River, the army asked all units to seize the time to rest and recuperate in preparation for another battle.
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The Volunteer Army plans to make corrections in two months based on the actual situation in the rear and our army.
Under the condition of great disparity in equipment, our army's combat guiding ideology must focus on concentrating its absolutely superior troops and firepower to annihilate the enemy one by one.
In the application of tactics, we should strive for night combat and close combat. Under the conditions of penetrating deep into the enemy's rear or detouring behind the enemy's rear, or chasing and routing the fleeing enemy, daytime combat is still possible and necessary. We should strive to implement bold roundabout encirclement, interspersed divisions, and brave infiltration.
The enemy's depth and rear.
At the same time, small elite and brave troops were organized to attack the enemy's artillery positions and command posts and disrupt the enemy's deployment.
This meeting unified combat thinking, strengthened the unity of the Chinese and North Korean armies, and inspired fighting spirit.
After driving the U.S. troops and their accomplices to the vicinity of the 37th parallel, the 38th Army was ordered to stop the pursuit and station itself on the west bank of the Han River basin east of Seoul.
Seoul, which is close to the coast, is located on the lower reaches of the Han River.
Along the river eastward to the branch is the South Han River and the North Han River. There are many tributaries of the two rivers, which nourish the Korean land along both sides of the river. Once you go south of the 38th Parallel, you feel like you are in the Jiangnan region of our country, which is also a land of rich fish and rice.
During the pursuit, the 112th Division marched farther. They were responsible for guarding the wide front and depth of the south bank of the Han River, starting from Taihua Mountain and Dinggai Mountain at the front to the bank of the Nanhan River with a depth of 20 kilometers, starting from Bijun Mountain in the east and ending at Taihua Mountain in the west.
40 kilometers frontal mountainous position.
The 112th Division was on alert while repairing.
The third company is still in motion.
They had to rush from the defense line of the 114th Division to the defense line of the 112th Division. A batch of materials captured previously were handed over to the 114th Division and transported to the army. This credit belongs to 335 of the 112th Division.
The regiment's 1st Battalion and 3rd Company, considering that they were far away from the 112th Division, the 114th Division gave them a military truck.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As for the supplies, it is unlikely to be transported. The journey is too long. If they are blown up by enemy planes, the losses will be huge.
Moreover, no matter which division the supplies are in, they are not always the spoils of the 38th Army.
Since the troops had participated in three consecutive battles, they were indeed tired, and their sense of organizational discipline was also somewhat lax. Some comrades believed that since entering the DPRK, they had suffered many casualties during either fighting or marching, and they were looking forward to the arrival of the second regiment so that they could change shifts and rest.
At that time, the leadership had other ideas.
Just as the United States was discussing withdrawing from North Korea, the rear assessed the Korean War and believed that the enemy would not voluntarily withdraw from North Korea until its main force was defeated. They warned the volunteers to prepare for long-term operations and decided to adopt a policy of taking turns to fight.
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According to the instructions from the rear, Shiji prepared to organize a new offensive after the second regiment came up. He planned that the front-line troops would take two months to rest and recuperate, and launch the spring offensive in March.
To this end, the army leadership has taken four things into consideration to facilitate the troops to fight again.
First, after stopping the pursuit, we first arranged the work within ten days, such as tidying up personal hygiene, tidying up the military appearance, treating frostbite, digging out hidden areas, gathering firewood and preparing to keep out the cold. At the same time, we publicized the victory, summarized and appraised merits, restored the work system, and carried out small-scale
Various cultural and recreational activities.
Considering the extension of transportation lines, in order to ensure the supply of food, each division and regiment has divided areas for borrowing grain, requiring each regiment to borrow at least 100,000 kilograms.
Fortunately, the south bank of the Han River is relatively wealthy and has many landowners, so there is still hope for raising food locally.
The second is to send people back to the country to express condolences to the wounded, and to send the military political propaganda director to join the returning delegation and report to the people of the motherland.
Third, the military staff officer will lead the main military cadres above the regiment level to return to Yangshen to participate in studies and improve their combat command capabilities against modern enemies. Others in each division will take charge of rest at home, and the troops will conduct merit evaluation activities based on combat summaries.
The fourth is to prepare for the Spring Festival!
All companies are actively preparing for the festival.
Guo Zhongtian, commander of the second platoon of the 1st company of the 337th regiment, was promoted to commander of the third company. The third company has a traditional habit of loving dancing. Guo Zhongtian also likes to perform Yangko. They used the enemy's parachutes to make many colorful costumes and prepared to dance during the Spring Festival.
Dance Yangko to celebrate victory.
The logistics team also transported festive food, fish, meat, tobacco and wine from the motherland for the troops.
Thereby easing the quarrels between the US aggression groups.
Under such circumstances, our army had to stop resting and recuperating under extreme difficulties and was forced to launch the fourth battle ahead of schedule.
In order to delay the enemy's advance, cover the Second Corps' entry into Korea, organize a new offensive, and inflict a heavier blow to the enemy, Zhisi United Division decided to use the 38th Army, the 50th Army, and the People's Army's 3rd Army on the western front.
The first army is to organize defenses on the south bank of the Han River to contain the enemy's main offensive group, cover the 39th Army, the 40th Army, the 42nd Army, the 66th Army and the Korean People's Army to lure the enemy deep into the area, and then focus on the implementation
Fight back.
Try to destroy one or two enemy divisions and stop the enemy's attack.
Since our army still had insufficient understanding of the role of the enemy's modern equipment in the war, we did not expect that the enemy would recover quickly and launch an attack on our army across the board.
The enemy suffered heavy losses after continuous attacks in the first three battles, but they possess highly mechanized equipment and can quickly carry out agitation, adjust deployment, and reorganize their situation. They can quickly switch from attack to retreat, or from retreat to attack.
Therefore, just as our army was preparing to celebrate the Spring Festival and waiting to replenish troops, food and ammunition for another battle, the enemy discovered that our army's transportation lines were extended, food and ammunition were insufficient, and the troops were in great difficulties, so they immediately concentrated all the troops on the east and west fronts, that is, 7 divisions of the US Army.
There are 2 brigades of the British army and 9 divisions of the puppet army.
Under the cover of the air force, artillery fire, and tanks, we launched a counterattack toward the probing position on the south bank of the Han River.
On January 15, in order to find out the situation of the volunteers, the enemy began to use "magnetic tactics" and carried out exploratory attacks from Suwon to Icheon.
Magnetic tactics, that is, before a large-scale battle, use a small number of tanks and vehicles to carry infantry to maintain contact with the Volunteer Army, or conduct armed reconnaissance, or seize a certain area of the Volunteer Army, or delay the Volunteer Army's actions to cover the transfer of its main force, thereby consuming the Volunteer Army.
Before the enemy launches an offensive, three or five tanks often enter the front or rear of the Volunteer Army's positions to conduct reconnaissance and understand the Volunteer Army's position. The enemy knows that the Volunteer Army lacks anti-tank weapons, so they frantically use tanks to conduct reconnaissance or sabotage the Volunteer Army's offensive.
Although everyone lacks the weapons to deal with tanks, they all have experience in dealing with tanks.
As soon as Xia Yuan arrived at the defense area of the 335th Regiment to rest and recuperate, he learned of the incoming enemy tanks, which happened to be near their rest area.
The regiment leader sent two boxes of anti-tank grenades, which are very effective against tanks. He had used such grenades before and knew how to use them.
Then everyone set off with grenades. The enemy came with five tanks, forming a column. Their tank soldiers did not show their presence, and just drove over with great fanfare.
Xia Yuan selected seven people, took anti-tank grenades and a machine gun, went down to the street, used the house to approach the enemy tank, and stuffed the anti-tank grenade into the enemy's tracks. With a bang, the tank's tracks were blown away by them.
Exploded.
But the enemies inside couldn't come out, and the soldiers couldn't do anything to them for a while. Xia Yuan found some mud and blocked the enemy's periscope opening. In this way, although they couldn't kill the tank, the enemy tank couldn't see outside.
situation, as long as they are blocked here, there is nothing these tanks can do.
It's a pity that the enemy's tanks can be called for reinforcements. Xia Yuan originally planned to surround these tanks and they would surrender before long, but then the enemy reinforced a group of tanks and picked up the tank soldiers in these tanks.
Gone.
It didn't matter, the machine gun in the tank remained.
Xia Yuan asked everyone to dismantle all usable items on the enemy tanks and take them away. The large-caliber heavy machine guns equipped on the enemy tanks were disassembled and fully suitable for use by front-line combat troops.
In the fourth battle, in addition to adopting magnetic tactics, the enemy also adopted sea-of-fire tactics, which used its superior artillery, aviation firepower and tank firepower to conduct intensive and highly hot firepower assaults on the Volunteer Army's defense areas.
In order to kill and injure the effective forces of the Volunteer Army, the soldiers of the Volunteer Army suffered a lot.
Rows of tanks were placed in front of the Volunteer Army positions, using artillery fire to directly destroy the Volunteer Army position fortifications, or driving to the sides and rear of the Volunteer Army positions to conduct reconnaissance and fire, it was so crazy!
At that time, the Volunteer Army had not yet dug tunnels, and most of them built fortifications to avoid enemy artillery fire. However, even strong fortifications could not withstand such fierce enemy artillery fire.
While Xia Yuan was resting with the Third Company, the position of the 335th Regiment was attacked by enemy artillery fire, which lasted for more than an hour. It was really crazy!
To this end, he submitted a plan to "dig tunnels to resist enemy artillery fire" to the regimental commander, which pointed out the protracted war ideas proposed by the rear.
If we want to persist in a protracted war, we cannot achieve a protracted war by just digging bunkers and fortifications on the ground. The enemy can easily destroy our army's bunkers and fortifications with violent artillery attacks.
The idea of digging tunnels proposed by Xia Yuan can be said to be very suitable for resisting the enemy's fierce artillery fire.