In the Battle of Shangganling, our People's Volunteer Army successively invested a total of 9 infantry regiments (more than 2,000 new recruits) in the infantry field, totaling more than 43,000 troops.
During this period, the infantry combat sequences were the 133rd Regiment, the 134th Regiment and the 135th Regiment of the 45th Division of the 15th Army, the 86th Regiment and the 87th Regiment of the 29th Division, the 91st Regiment, the 92nd Regiment and the 93rd Regiment of the 31st Division of the 12th Army, and the 106th Regiment of the 34th Division.
After the end of the Battle of Shangganling, the soldiers who threw their heads and spilled their blood and these heroic titles received supreme honors, and the four division commanders of the participating units were also successful subjects.
So who were the 4 meritorious division commanders of the Battle of Shangganling? What rank was awarded in 1955?
When it comes to Commander Cui Jiangong, it is necessary to mention the experience when he joined the Red Army, he initially joined the Red Army as a prisoner, but then in the process of the Red Army's turning around, he made a great contribution.
Born in 1915, Cui Jiangong left home alone at the age of 16 to run into the rivers and lakes, and later entered the Northeast Army as a soldier several times, but not long after he joined the army, he went with the army to northern Shaanxi to fight the Red Army.
At that time, Li Desheng, who was a veteran, once told a sentence that affected his life: "As soon as the gun is fired, surrender!" The Red Army gave preferential treatment to prisoners and was willing to go home to give 3 oceans. ”
Thus, during the battle with the Red Army, Cui Jiangong fired a shot into the air and surrendered as a prisoner, but after that, he did not leave, but threw himself into the Ranks of the Red Army.
Cui Jiangong never hid this experience, but humorously called himself a "victory of the Long March" and "the Red Army welcomed by machine guns".
In fact, what can be glimpsed at that time was not Cui Jiangong's cowardice, but greatly highlighted his profound righteousness, and in the subsequent battles, Cui Jiangong proved his true military ability with outstanding achievements.
From the Battle of Pingxingguan during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to the Battle of Linnan, to the Pinghan, Anyang, and Northern Henan during the Liberation War... In other major battles, Cui Jiangong not only fought an outstanding battle record, but also achieved countless meritorious achievements and honors, and when the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, he resolutely led his army to the Korean battlefield according to the orders of the organization.
The 45th Division of the 15th Army was the first unit to engage the enemy in the Battle of Shangganling, and the Shangganling area where the battle broke out was where the 45th Division's defensive line was located, so it is conceivable that Cui Jiangong undertook the command pressure at that time.
Due to the heavy losses of the 45th Division during the battle, Cui Jiangong's division commander almost threw all the guards, including the guard company, the miscellaneous personnel, and even his own guards into the battlefield, and it is conceivable that the battle was fierce.
In addition, he even released a bold statement "Fight! I will be the company commander of the remaining company, and I will be the squad leader of the remaining squad, and if I sacrifice, I will let Tang Wancheng (deputy commander of the 45th Division) act as the agent! The 45th Division swore to coexist and die with the position! ”
In the course of the battle, the 45th Division produced more than thirty heroes like Huang Jiguang who sacrificed their lives and forgot their deaths, and after many years, Cui Jiangong's division commander was still able to say their names like several family treasures.
At the same time, the names stabbed into the chest of Master Cui Jiangong like a knife, only because he sent them to the battlefield, and in the end many people did not go down the battlefield.
After the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, The commander of the Cui Jiangong Division who returned to China served successively as deputy commander and chief of staff of the Headquarters of the Kunming Military Region, and when he was awarded the rank in 1955, he was awarded the rank of major general.
According to General Zhang Xianyang's later recollections, he originally belonged to the Red Fourth Front at the beginning of his participation in the Red Army, but after the red army and the Red Fourth Front met, he became Zhu De's guard squad leader.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, General Zhang Xianyang served as the platoon commander of the third company of the 385th Brigade of the 385th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and thus participated in the famous "Yangmingbao Victory" with the regimental commander Chen Xilian.
In October 1937, under the leadership of regimental commander Chen Xilian, the 769th Regiment launched a sneak attack on the Japanese Yangmingbao airfield, and damaged up to 24 aircraft, opening up the precedent of "infantry fighting aircraft", and arousing strong repercussions at home and abroad, which was one of the three victories of the Eighth Route Army at the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, which had far-reaching influence and significance.
In addition to sneaking into Yangmingbao, Zhang Xianyang, who was fighting with his troops, also participated in the Battle of Xiangtangpu and the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, and fought bravely in them.
During the Liberation War, he also left a combat footprint between many major battles, so that in February 1949 he became the commander of the 43rd Division of the 15th Army of the 4th Army of the 4th Army of the 2nd Field Corps.
When the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, the Fifteenth Army received the order to enter the DPRK to fight, and Zhang Xianyang, who was in the middle of the battle sequence, naturally also wanted to innovate his skills again, but on this occasion, an episode occurred that made his mood repeated.
At the pre-war mobilization meeting of the whole army, the commander of the Fifteenth Army announced the order of the central authorities: the Forty-third Division broke away from the fifteenth army structure and remained in Zhaotong, Yunnan, and the twenty-ninth division of the tenth army was incorporated into the fifteenth army structure and entered the Korean operation.
After this order was promulgated, Zhang Xianyang, who was highly motivated by the war, was instantly poured with a basin of cold water, and when even the mood was cold, so when the other generals expressed their positions one by one, Zhang Xianyang silently and coldly watched.
"Zhang Xianyang, why don't you talk?" Heads up! Military Commander Qin Jiwei walked up to him.
"Our division is not in the DPRK, you go to war, I will be the head of the cooking squad!" Zhang Xianyang's whining words instantly caused the other generals to laugh.
At this moment, Qin Jiwei suddenly announced another order issued by the central authorities: Zhang Xianyang was ordered to be transferred to the commander of the Twenty-ninth Division of the Fifteenth Army to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea!
After a moment of sluggishness, Zhang Xianyang suddenly jumped up in excitement and shouted, "Don't be this cooking class leader!" ”
The Twenty-ninth Division, which participated as a mobile unit in the Battle of Shangganling, was divided into two under the leadership of Zhang Xianyang, rushing to the aid of the four sides, sometimes appearing in the Western Mountains, sometimes disappearing into the Five Holy Mountains.
All in all, under Zhang Xianyang's methodical arrangement, the Twenty-ninth Division became an indispensable backbone in the Battle of Shangganling.
Qin Jiwei also spoke highly of this: "Zhang Xianyang's Twenty-ninth Division has a very high posture and is particularly strong in combat effectiveness. ”
Zhang Xianyang, who made supreme meritorious achievements in the Battle of Shangganling, returned with the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and after that, he successively held various posts: deputy commander of the 15th Army of the Airborne Corps of the People's Liberation Army, deputy chief of staff and deputy commander of the Wuhan Military Region, and deputy commander of the Fuzhou Military Region.
In 1955, Zhang Xianyang was awarded the rank of colonel, and in 1961 he was promoted to the rank of major general, so he was also among the founding generals.
After the outbreak of the Battle of Shangganling, because its scale had been expanded to the extent of the battle, and the fifteenth force was stretched thin compared to the situation, the headquarters of the Volunteer Army commander decided to send the 12th Army, which was withdrawing from the first line position, through Shangganling to Gushan to repair it.
As a result, Li Desheng, deputy commander of the 12th Army, received the order and threw himself into battle on the night of November 1.
The troops of the 31st Division that participated in the operation at that time were actually put into operation due to other arrangements made by the division commander, and were led into battle by Li Changlin, deputy commander (acting division commander) of the 31st Division.
Li Changlin joined the Red Army in 1933, and he also held a special duty - to hold the flag.
The significance of the flag for an army needless to say, that is the direction of a unit, but also a spiritual symbol, so As a flag bearer, Li Changlin naturally carries a difficult task.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Li Changlin's initial subordinate units were the same as those of Zhang Xianyang mentioned above, all of which belonged to the 769th Regiment under the leadership of Chen Xilian, so he was also a personal experiencer of both the "Night Attack on Yangmingbao" and the "Hundred Regiments Battle".
During the Liberation War, Li Changlin personally led two battalions of troops in the Chengdu Campaign, annihilating one division of the enemy and capturing the commander of the enemy division, which was conspicuous enough to be placed anywhere.
After the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Li Changlinben rushed to the Korean battlefield as the commander of the 91st Regiment of the 31st Division of the 12th Army, but in the process of changing battles everywhere, he became the deputy commander of the 31st Division with his outstanding achievements, including the "Jedi Breakthrough".
In May 1951, the enemy's advance troops quietly penetrated behind the Ninth Corps, during which the 31st and 34th Divisions of the 12th Army were blocked by the US 2nd Division contingent in the area east of the Hongyang Highway, and the situation was very urgent.
At this time, it was the 91st Regiment of the 31st Division that was at the center of the crisis, and because the 91st Regiment had been interspersed the farthest forward in the previous battle, it had become a lone army as the enemy interspersed.
To this end, the 31st Division headquarters made a decision to block the enemy as much as possible to delay the retreat of the 91st Regiment, and if it could not return, the 91st Regiment would detour to the east and return to the north.
However, at this time, the contact between the division headquarters and the 91st Regiment was in a state of disconnection, and the division headquarters could only send a letter to send an urgent letter, while at this time the commander of the 91st Regiment, Li Changlin, was unaware of all this, and even planned to attack the headquarters of the enemy's South Korean Third Army with great interest.
By the time Li Changlin received the letter, the main force of the volunteer army had already retreated north, and the 91st Regiment at this time would be difficult to escape even if it was struggling to catch up, so Li Changlin boldly made a decision to abandon the retreat to the north, detour to the southeast to return to the enemy's side and then detour back to the north.
In this way, under the leadership of Li Changlin, the 91st Regiment traveled a long way over the mountains and mountains, eating wild vegetables and digging grass roots along the way, and finally met the division with the main force of the division on the 29th.
In the process of skipping the encirclement of the "United Nations Army", the 91st Regiment not only did not suffer heavy losses, but captured 119 prisoners and brought them back, which is a significant stroke in the history of the breakthrough.
It is not difficult to glimpse Li Changlin's excellent military command ability through it, and in the Battle of Shangganling, he led the 31st Division to hold the position for about 45 days after completing the handover with the 45th Division, which also left a series of deep and shallow combat footprints.
After the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Li Changlin, who returned to China, successively served as the commander of the 79th Division of the 27th Army, the commander of the 60th Division of the 20th Army, and the deputy commander of the 12th Army.
In the Battle of Shangganling, the 34th Division was originally a reserve force, but as the 93rd Regiment of the 31st Division suffered too many casualties at the 537.7 heights, the 106th Regiment of the 34th Division was urgently transported to the battlefield by trucks drawn by the artillery unit to take over the combat task of the 537.7 heights.
At that time, it was You Taizhong who served as the commander of the 34th Division and commanded the operation.
When he joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in January 1931, You Taizhongshang was only about 13 years old, and when the time passed through the agrarian revolution and the War of Resistance Against Japan to the battlefield of liberation, he had already become a tiger general.
During this period, You Taizhong experienced countless famous battles, from the "Shentouling Ambush Battle" to the "Ruhe Blood Battle", from the capture of Zhao Xitian to the capture of Sun Dianying alive... You Taizhong's glorious achievements are vividly remembered.
At the same time, General Wang Jinshan's combat bravery is well known, and You Taizhong is one of the "three fierce tigers" under his command, and he is called the "Three Musketeers" together with Li Desheng and Xiao Yongyin, which shows his bravery and good fighting.
After the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he participated in five battles as the commander of the 34th Division, the Jincheng Defense Battle, and the Battle of Shangganling, leaving a glorious page in it.
Thus, after returning from the Korean Battlefield, Yu was awarded the rank of major general in 1955 and later on September 14, 1988.