Beginning with the first campaign of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in 1950, our army's series of victories caused heavy losses to the enemy army, and the Americans who fought directly sighed and sighed.
So in this fierce battle, who noticed a legendary general who had experienced hundreds of battles but had never tasted defeat in his life?
In the Battle to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the 38th Army played the prestige of the "Long Live Army," and Peng Dehuai personally wrote an inscription to the 38th Army.
This legendary general existed in the myths and legends of the "Banzai Army", in which he played an indispensable role, and in all the battles he participated in to resist the United States and aid Korea, he insisted on commanding the battle on the front line, which played a decisive role in the victory of the battle.
This person was Han Xianchu.
The first campaign to resist the United States and aid Korea was fought by Han Xianchu, who at this time led his old unit, the 40th Army.
Before the battle began, Han Xianchu said to the soldiers, "This time the battle must be made, otherwise my commander's face will be laid to rest!" ”
Sure enough, this battle lived up to expectations, and the 40th Army broke through all the way and launched the first battle to resist the United States and aid Korea.
At this time, it was Liang Xingchu who led the 38th Army, in the first battle, the volunteer army missed a good opportunity because of the slow movement that caused the enemy to escape, Peng Dehuai severely criticized Liang Xingchu, and let Han Xianchu also join the command of the 38th Army.
After the second battle began, the 38th Army, under the leadership of Han Xianchu, was indeed more refreshed, and they first used the interspersed method to open a gap from the enemy army and cut off the contact between the enemy troops.
Then they copied from the surrounding areas, and if they wanted to completely wipe out the enemy army, they must first block the enemy's only way, but we must know that in the campaign to resist US aggression and aid Korea, the enemy opened tanks and artillery, while our army only had two legs to walk.
However, in order to seize the opportunity, the 38th Army, under the leadership of Han Xianchu, rushed to the front of the enemy army to occupy Sanshouli.
Subsequently, the 38th Army and the 42nd Army successfully surrounded the enemy from the outside and began to gradually shrink the encirclement, and this battle achieved a huge victory. The US 2nd Division was mostly annihilated, and more than 600 enemy tanks and cannons were captured, more than 3,000 cars, and a large number of supplies.
This battle was an important opportunity to reverse the situation in Korea and basically recovered all the lost land north of the "38th Line."
After the victory of this mythical battle, Han Xianchu was not proud and complacent, he summed up the experience of the first and second battles, and developed more comprehensive tactical skills, vowing to fight the third battle.
The successive victories in the two battles greatly boosted the morale of the volunteers, but instead of letting down his guard, Han Xianchu ordered the search for a place to build fortifications, making adequate preparations for the soldiers' invisibility.
To tell the truth, after the end of the second campaign, in fact, our army was already facing a huge dilemma, and Han Xianchu knew this very well.
At this time, our army has been fighting continuously, the whole army is exhausted to the extreme, followed by the largest and most difficult to solve a problem, with the deepening of the battle, the problem of rear supply is very serious.
Our army was facing the enemy's foreign guns and artillery, but in contrast, our army only had a few rifles and grenades in its hands, and despite this, supplies were still very scarce.
In addition to armaments and supplies, our army's food supply has also reached the bottom, and the soldiers do not even have enough grass to eat, and compared with the enemy army that eats beef and drinks milk, and is well-equipped, the strength difference is huge.
At this moment, Han Xianchu was well aware of how heavy the burden on his shoulders was, so before the next battle began, he spent days and nights analyzing the battle situation and studying tactics to ensure that our army would achieve the greatest victory with the smallest casualties.
On December 31, 1950, the third campaign officially began.
This time, the commander of the Un Army was replaced by Ridgway, and at this time Han Xianchu knew that this battle was a hard battle, and Ridgway's strength could not be underestimated.
Han Xianchu had previously summed up the main points of the victories in the first and second battles, and in general, the enemy was too light on the enemy, which gave us the opportunity to make a surprise attack, so the victory of our army in two consecutive battles was bound to make the enemy readjust its strategy.
The warriors of this battle all held their breath, and under the command of Han Xianchu, the first line of defense deployed by Ridgway soon collapsed, and the enemy army collapsed and retreated rapidly to the south.
Subsequently, our army took advantage of the victory to pursue and penetrate deep into the enemy's interior, and the second line of defense deployed by Ridgway collapsed. Immediately afterward, Han Xianchu led the volunteer army to continue the pursuit, and successively conquered Seoul, Inchon, Andeju and other places.
The battle lasted for 5 days, and within 5 days, it directly forced Ridgway to lead the UN troops to retreat beyond the 38th Line.
This battle was undoubtedly won one after another, and in an instant, the news of the victory of the volunteer army once again spread into the country, and the major media in our country rushed to report on this victory, and the people cheered and cheered.
However, just as Peng Dehuai was preparing to give the order to continue to pursue and defeat the retreating enemy army, Han Xianchu smelled a hint of unusualness.
First of all, we openly repelled the enemy several times, but the main force of the enemy army was very well protected, and the strength of the other side was very little affected.
Secondly, this time the enemy army has been forced to retreat beyond the 38th line, but the number of enemies annihilated by our side is only more than 10,000, you know, the victory of the first battle annihilated nearly 30,000 enemies, which is obviously a bit out of line with the norm.
Summing up the enemy's several retreats, it seems that they are all retreating step by step for the camp, in the thinking of normal operations, their own inherent defense line is a very important combat condition, as long as there is still a living force, they will not easily give up the defense line.
However, this time the enemy was unusual everywhere, it is difficult to say that it was not to lure the enemy to go deeper, and Han Xianchu immediately sent an urgent telegram to Peng Dehuai after careful consideration: "We must not pursue it again, if we are brave and light,000, I am afraid that the enemy will lure me to the south." ”
WITH: Peng Dehuai
Subsequently, Peng Dehuai listened to Han Xianchu's opinions, and after analyzing the war situation at the meeting, he held that the enemy did have the intention of "luring the enemy to go deep and trying to pinch our army."
Subsequently, Peng Dehuai decisively ordered the abandonment of the pursuit and ended the third battle.
This order once puzzled the people in the army, and even the people in the country talked about it after hearing it, but it turned out that it was only with these far-sighted leaders that our army was able to win victory after victory.
On 8 January, the volunteers abruptly halted their pursuit of the enemy, which made Ridgway feel as if he had punched the cotton.
Han Xianchu's analysis was not wrong at all, at this moment, Ridgway had already drawn a large number of elites in the rear, and also transferred reinforcements from the US 10th Army.
Ridgway has long studied the operational laws of our army, and although our army is brave and fierce, the biggest problem is the problem of logistics and supplies.
He had already made arrangements near the 38th Line, and lined up the main forces of the Us army along the front line, as long as the volunteers pursued here, then Ridgway would counterattack in one fell swoop.
This time, however, Ridgway's plan failed, and our army successfully detected his intentions, saving the volunteers from great trauma.
In this battle, Han Xianchu made a miraculous contribution, and the soldiers admired this commander even more, so Peng Dehuai trusted him even more, and even in the next battle, General Peng specially approved that Han Xianchu could deploy with full authority.
This shows how much Mr. Peng trusts Han Xianchu.
Pictured: Ridgway
The defeat of the first three battles made the enemy anxious, so the enemy soon took the initiative to provoke a fourth battle, and this time the enemy was obviously angry, so this time it was fierce.
The enemy mobilized 250,000 troops and began to implement the tactics of the sea of fire against our army, and the volunteer army fought very hard in this battle, at this time our army was on the south bank of the Han River, and with the change of weather, the Han River had a tendency to thaw at this moment.
In fact, this is very unfavorable to our army's operations, and once this battle is delayed for a long time, after the river water has been frozen, our army will face a battle against the water.
Han Xianchu led the 38th Army and the 50th Army to carry out a tug-of-war with the enemy army, fortunately, Han Xianchu had the foresight to dig up and build fortifications here, and effectively preserved our strength.
The volunteers in this battle had been holding out for 14 days and nights, our army was already exhausted, and the supplies had reached the bottom, watching our army fall again and again under the attack of huge firepower, but in the blink of an eye they stood up again.
This made the US military even doubt its own deployment, 14 days and nights passed, under the huge gap between the enemy's strength and our weakness, the enemy army only advanced 18 kilometers, Han Xianchu's defensive record this time is undoubtedly very good.
Pictured: Han Xianchu and his wife
In the following fifth and sixth battles, Han Xianchu commanded the 38th Army, the 39th Army, the 40th Army, etc. and achieved great victories, under his leadership, our army successfully captured 14 islands and uprooted several enemy intelligence stations.
Han Xianchu made great contributions in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, but unfortunately, because of the harsh combat environment at that time, and Han Xianchu originally had old wounds on his body, in 1953, his health deteriorated sharply and he had to return to China for treatment.
Later, Han Xianchu was not cured after being healed, and he insisted on returning to the battlefield to fight, but in the end, under the strong obstruction of the Party Central Committee, he could not "get his wish".
In 1955, coinciding with the implementation of the military rank system in China, Han Xianchu was awarded the rank of general, because Han Xianchu participated in too many wars and made countless meritorious achievements, so he was the thickest of all the generals.
As a cattle herder in the original countryside, Han Xianchu, who entered the battlefield, actually had such a high combat talent, because he had repeatedly won strange victories on the battlefield, so not only in our country, but even in the database of other countries, Han Xianchu's data was also a thick pile.
It can be said that this is the affirmation of the state for Han Xianchu, and this general deserves the praise of the people of the whole country, and many people say that Han Xianchu has shallow qualifications and is simply not qualified as a general compared to many generals in our country.
However, looking at the achievements of General Han Xianchu, it is not difficult for us to know that Han Xianchu is a talented general, people can live and work in peace and contentment, and Han Xianchu is also an indispensable part!
Thinking about the past, he deeply remembers the general Han Xianchu, the god of war of a generation. The pillar of the country, the blessing of the nation!