The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 831 The second battle!
The night was dark.

Tracer bullets flew back and forth in the night sky, leaving distinct traces.

The stretcher team and the third company halfway up the mountain were heading up the mountain.

The whole process was very smooth.

When they reached the mountain, they were surprised to see that the position was empty and there was not a single enemy.

It turned out that the enemy had huddled in the tent at the foot of the mountain.

In the Korean battlefield, the enemy relied on aircraft and artillery to embolden them. They were afraid of field battles and close combat, and were afraid of sneak attacks by volunteers at night. They often withdrew from their positions and waited until dawn before entering their positions.

The enemy thought that through this method, they could avoid being attacked by volunteers.

But this time, Captain Sun obviously did not intend to let go of this opportunity.

The soldiers followed the wires laid by the enemy on the ground and found the village. They found that some enemies were dancing with military girls in tents and houses.

Some are drinking and some are sleeping.

The astute soldiers first cut the enemy's phone lines and recovered some wires. These are all good things.

Then they attacked in groups and entered the houses and tents where the enemies were. They threw a few grenades at every village and tent where the enemies lived.

Amidst the explosion of grenades, the soldiers responsible for the night attack returned victoriously without any casualties.

In this battle, they didn't know how many enemies they destroyed, but for three consecutive days, the enemy didn't attack, and they rested peacefully for a few days.

In the first battle, our volunteers wiped out more than 1.5 enemies.

While the Volunteer Army achieved victory in the western front, the 42nd Army, which was responsible for blocking the eastern front, fought tenaciously with the enemy for thirteen days and nights, in coordination with the First Department of the Korean People's Army, and resisted the attacks of three divisions of the US Army and Rhee Syngman Army. Attack and annihilate more than enemy troops, completely shattering the enemy's attempt to bypass the Jiang boundary and effectively cooperating with the Western Front operations.

In this battle, the volunteers rushed to fight in North Korea when the war situation in Korea was extremely serious.

After thirteen consecutive days and nights of arduous fighting, the enemy's aggressive advance was thwarted and it was driven from the Yalu River to the south of the Chongchon River. It shattered MacArthur's dream of occupying all of Korea on Thanksgiving Day and bought time for the consolidation of the Korean People's Army. , also allowed our army to gain a firm foothold in North Korea.

The first time we fought against the US military, we also gained valuable experience, which created favorable conditions for the next battle.

In this battle, the 38th Army achieved its first victory.

In the middle of the night after the first battle, Comrade Han, the deputy director of Zhisi, came to the military headquarters of the 38th Army and held a meeting. The cadres of the 38th Army listened to Comrade Han's description of the international reaction to the situation of the Korean War and explained The significance of winning the Korean War.

Then he asked Comrade Liang to talk about this battle and the reasons why the 38th Army failed to fight well.

The Thirty-eighth Army won a battle, but it was only a small victory. Compared with the big victory of annihilating the enemy, it was obvious that the Thirty-Eighth Army did not fight well.

Comrade Liang remained silent. Just as the other cadres were about to explain some of the situation, he spoke: "We didn't fight well. There's nothing to say about that."

The chief of staff believed that we should talk about it realistically, and he reported three points to Comrade Han.

First, the enemies of Xichuan were not clearly understood, and the information about the "Black Regiment" obtained by the subordinates was not verified quickly.

Second, during the roundabout process, some troops were obsessed with fighting and wasted time.

Third, the main force responsible for the roundabout mission failed to keep up in time, and too few troops were sent forward.

These three points were the important reasons why the 38th Army failed to completely wipe out the enemy.

Especially the troops love fighting. When the soldiers first entered North Korea, they all wanted to make great achievements, destroy the enemy, and annihilate them all. This led to many troops being greedy for fighting and missing the time to pursue and intercept the enemy.

Comrade Han took these situations very seriously. He asked all the cadres of the 38th Army to sum up their combat experience to facilitate future battles.

November 13th.

Comrade Liang went to Zhisi to attend a combat meeting. Comrade Liang felt sad that the 38th Army did not successfully complete its mission in the first battle. However, in the end, they occupied Feihu Mountain and outnumbered the fraternal forces in terms of the number of traitors. , not inferior, and slightly comforted.

Unexpectedly, at the meeting, after Shiji finished talking about the victory and significance of the first battle, he actually ordered his life.

"Is Comrade Liang of the 38th Army here?"

"To!"

Comrade Liang stood up from the crowd.

Shiji's eyes were sharp and he criticized the Thirty-Eighth Army mercilessly: "In the battle on the field, the two puppet army regiments had their retreat route cut off by me, but the 113th Division only left one regiment, and the main force of the division was leaving. Rest in an area of ​​twenty to thirty miles, causing the enemy to flee."

"In terms of battle, the Thirty-Eighth Army was slow in its actions. Especially in the attack on Xichuan, I tell you that the enemy in Xichuan only has one battalion. You said there is a black regiment in Xichuan. What kind of black regiment? You are blackmailing yourselves! Delay The attack time was shortened and the enemy was not annihilated. The important thing was to delay the invasion of Junyu-ri and Xin'anzhou! "

Shisi's criticism was so severe that Comrade Liang felt heavier the more he listened to it.

Comrade Liang has always heard praise and has never been criticized by his superiors.

If others criticized him, he would jump up, but now he has been listening calmly, and he is also very angry about the problems of the 38th Army in a battle.

But he was not completely convinced by Shiji's criticism because Shiji did not fully understand the situation.

Although he was not convinced, he did not say anything. He just listened quietly with his fists clenched.

He thought to himself that the 38th Army has never been intimidated by the enemy in battles. Just wait and see, the 38th Army will answer with a new victory sooner or later.

After the criticism was over, when Zhisi sat down and began to talk about the plan for the second battle, Comrade Liang's attention was fully focused on the next combat mission.

The Chinese People's Volunteers unexpectedly appeared on the Korean battlefield and achieved an initial victory. This not only disrupted the pace of U.S. imperialism's aggression, but also caused anxiety within the enemy's camp.

In order to prevent the large-scale entry of Chinese troops into North Korea, MacAs advocated "bombing Manchuria" and all bridges on the Yalu River and "all means of transportation, military facilities, factories, cities and villages" at the southern end. Britain, France and other countries strongly opposed this, believing that this It would provoke a world war, and they advocated setting up a 'buffer zone' on both sides of the Yalu River.

Then it will be solved through political means. MacArthur strongly refuted the British proposal, saying: "Abandoning any part of North Korea in the face of Chinese aggression would be the greatest failure of the free world in modern times. In fact, to be reduced to such an abject position would undermine our Our leadership image and influence in Asia has cost us our political and economic status.”

Truman ignored the advice of Britain and France, finally approved MacArthur's proposal, and continued to use military offensives to quickly occupy all of Korea.

The enemy is preparing frantically for war.

The Volunteer Army is also adjusting at this moment.

Since the founding of the Red Army, there has been the idea of ​​"learning war from war". Therefore, after the end of the first phase, multiple meetings were held within the Volunteer Army to summarize the deficiencies in the first phase of the battle, sum up experience, observe the enemy, and understand Enemies and more.

When the volunteers first arrived in North Korea, they could not fully adapt to the new combat environment. They were not familiar with the enemy situation and terrain, and it was difficult to display their military power as expected.

Therefore, although the first battle caused setbacks to the US military and Syngman Rhee's army, it failed to deal a painful blow to the enemy. Even the headquarters of the enemy invading Korea still believed that this was a symbolic troop dispatch by China. Even MacArthur believed that "China People are bluffing to save face'.

It has to be said that MacArthur switched between the two faces with ease.

Internationally, MacArthur always maintained an arrogant and arrogant side, making his soldiers blindly confident. But internally, he wrote a report to Washington, detailing the hundreds of thousands of red troops stationed in the Northeast and the urgent need to dispatch long-range bombers to bomb the Yalu River bridges, factories, cities, and military areas in the Northeast.

MacArthur wanted to expand the war!

He believed that the red participation in the war was limited, so he adjusted the front line and prepared to immediately switch to the offensive. In order to cut off the enemy's reinforcements and supplies, he first bombed the Yalu River Bridge.

Then, in order to realize MacArthur's ambition to invade and occupy all of Korea, he re-adjusted his army deployment: the 1st U.S. Marine Division on the Eastern Front, the 7th U.S. Division, and the Puppet Capital Division continued to attack Huangcaoling, Banshan, and Mingchuan, and the U.S. Army Division was transferred from Japan. The Third Division strengthened the eastern front.

On the Western Front, the Puppet Seventh Division was used. The Puppet 50th Division and the U.S. th Army, and the U.S. th Army Corps and the Turkish Brigade were transferred to the front line, and launched a frantic counterattack against the th Army's front of more than kilometers east of the Qingchuan River.

A general offensive is planned to be launched on November 15th!
Occupy all of Korea!
MacArthur also mobilized all his air forces to launch a two-week "air campaign."

On November 600th alone, the U.S. Air Force dispatched sorties to bombard Sinuiju and destroy the iron bridge of the Yalu River.

On the 10th, the bombing continued.

Feihu Mountain was also attacked by enemy planes, and the position turned into a sea of ​​​​fire. The ferocious fire spread in the pine forest, and billowing smoke enveloped Feihu Mountain and remained there for several days.

On the 29th, the enemy B1000 bombed the piers of the Yalu River Iron Bridge with a 29-kilogram bomb. After that, the enemy dispatched a large number of B bombers to bomb the communication and supply centers of major towns. Towns and cities in North Korea were severely damaged.

The level of destruction in Manpu reached a terrifying 95%, and everything you looked at was in ruins.

The destruction of Jiangjie reached 75%, the destruction of Sinuiju reached 60%, and the destruction of Chushan reached 85%. MacArthur was using all his strength to kill the volunteers and realize his desire to occupy all of Korea.

However, some changes occurred during this period. MacArthur originally planned to launch a general offensive on November 15th.

However, because the U.S. Ninth Corps was interfered by the Korean People's Army guerrillas and failed to arrive at the front line within the scheduled time, MacArthur changed the total time to November 24th and began what he called the Christmas that ended the Korean War. General offensive.

When the enemy was dispatching troops and generals, based on the changes in the enemy's army, Shiji had already gained insight into the enemy's intentions.

In order to smash the enemy's general offensive, Zhisi had a well-thought-out plan to seize the enemy's miscalculation of the strength and intentions of our volunteer troops entering Korea to participate in the war. He adopted the strategy of showing weakness to the enemy, indulging the enemy, and making him proud, and planned to launch an offensive before the enemy. At that time, the troops pretended to be invincible, lured the enemy to the Yunshan and Wenjing areas, and then dealt a severe blow.

Therefore, the 38th Army was ordered to maintain contact with the enemy with small units. Starting from November 9, the main force would gradually withdraw 30 kilometers north from the existing positions and move to Jingu Deshan, Langhuling, Miaoxiangshan, Brother The mountainous area around the peak is hidden and on standby.

Temporarily cede to the enemy the towns and villages between Tokchuan, Gagri Ridge, Dugri Ridge, and the stadium north of the Chongchuan River and Daedong River.

The planned eastern front will lure the enemy to Jiujinri and Changjin lines to annihilate them!

Beijing and northern Beijing approved Shisi's plan and requested: strive to fight one or two battles on each of the east and west fronts from this month to early December, annihilate a total of seven or eight enemy regiments, and push the front to Pyongyang and Wonsan. Railway line area.

At the same time, he pointed out that if this goal can be achieved, our army will fundamentally win.

Enemy forces adjust.

Adjustment of the Volunteer Army.

Both the enemy and our armies have launched a decisive battle.

In order to maintain the leadership image of US imperialism in Asia, MacArthur would never give up until the Chinese People's Volunteers were put to death.

The Volunteer Army must reverse the situation in Korea as soon as possible in order to gain a foothold in North Korea.

Whether it can break the myth of "the US military is invincible" and whether it can reverse the situation in the Korean War is related to the future development of the Korean War.

The prelude to the second battle is about to begin!

Feihu Mountain is the enemy's natural barrier to defend Akutagawa. Therefore, after the 335th Regiment captured Feihu Mountain, the enemy launched a frantic counterattack.

During the period when the enemy plans to launch a general offensive, Feihu Mountain has become a battleground for the enemy. If Feihu Mountain is left unattended, once the counterattack begins and the enemy wants to advance along the Feihu Mountain Highway, they will inevitably be attacked by the mountain. The volunteers stopped the attack.

Therefore, the enemy's superiors ordered the Seventh Puppet Division and the US Army to recapture Feihu Mountain.

The 335th Regiment suddenly switched from attack to defense. The first difficulty they encountered was that they no longer had spades or pickaxes to dig fortifications.

This is because when attacking Feihu Mountain, no one expected that it would suddenly switch to defensive operations, and all the spades and picks were thrown away when they were lightly equipped. When building fortifications to resist the enemy, the soldiers wore wet cotton clothes and braved the drizzle. They nervously stabbed the soil and stones with their bayonets, then used their hands to dig the soil and move the stones. into bunkers and air raid shelters.

The soldiers' fingers were bleeding and stuck to the soil, but none of them complained of pain.

The situation of the Third Company was relatively better. After occupying the hill, they captured a lot of US military belongings, including US military engineer shovels. At that time, they placed the US military supplies on the position and headed to Junyu. Later, they received instructions for retreat. Order, they returned to the position, and the battalion left the engineer shovel with them.

Therefore, the situation of Sanlian is better.

In the subsequent battle, Xia Yuan led a unit to eliminate a company of enemy troops on the road, and also captured a lot of good things, including engineer shovels.

These captured engineer shovels became the only tools used by the 335th Regiment to build fortifications.

(End of this chapter)