In 1950, the Korean War broke out, and the Chinese Volunteer Army crossed the Yalu River and went to the Korean battlefield to resist the United States and aid Korea to defend the country. After entering the Korean battlefield, there was a division that won the first battle, but the division commander ran away without even wearing pants.
After the 118th Division of the 40th Army was ordered to enter the DPRK, the division commander Deng Yue led the troops to march for 5 days and 5 nights, which made him dizzy, and he ordered some scattered camps to rest. Among them, 354 regiments were arranged in a mountain forest. The next day, the soldiers hiding in the mountain forest found the enemy rolling along the road north of the town of Jingtong, and watching the enemy getting closer and closer, when the truck turned at the foot of the mountain and drove into a culvert, they heard "Boom! boom! With two sounds, the wheels triggered the mine, but because the mine was not very powerful, they did not even stop and continued to move forward.
After the vanguard troops passed, followed by many trucks, the soldiers stared at them intently, clutching the trigger and waiting for the political commissar to give orders at any time. In order to be able to completely annihilate the enemy, they let the cars of the forward troops run out of the fortification range. The cars went straight to the division headquarters, which was unknown to the division headquarters at the time. At this time they were resting, and the enemy's vanguard found them first, and the enemy opened fire as he advanced. The troops were scattered in a hurry.
At this time, the division commander and the forward commander were resting, and immediately ran out of the house after hearing the gunshots, and the division commander Deng Yue did not even have time to wear cotton pants and ran directly to the mountain, fortunately, the division reconnaissance company at the mouth of the village immediately returned fire, and the vehicles could not move on the road. The soldiers who were ambushed in the mountains and forests also immediately opened fire on the enemy, and the 353rd Regiment, after hearing the gunshots, also quickly rushed to reinforcements, and the battle was soon over.
In this campaign, the 118th Division killed a total of 325 enemy soldiers, captured 161 prisoners, captured countless military supplies, fired the first shot since the volunteer army entered the DPRK and won the first battle, which greatly boosted the morale of the volunteer army.
There were three regiments in the 118th Division, but only the 352nd Regiment did not participate in the battle, and the whole regiment was very depressed, and the commander of the 352nd Regiment found Deng Yue and complained that the division commander was biased and did not let them participate in the battle. At this time, the political commissar quickly came over to explain: "The division commander did not know that the enemy was coming, and when the enemy arrived at the headquarters, he did not even wear cotton pants and quickly ran to the mountain." ”
Who knew that the regimental commander did not hear the political commissar's explanation clearly, and went back to talk to the soldiers, and then said throughout the 40th Army: "The 118th Division won the first battle and made a great achievement, but when a small group of enemies rushed to the division headquarters, even the pants were not put on, and the bare stomach ran up the mountain." Deng Yue said helplessly: "I have experienced countless battles of all sizes, will I escape with my bare stomach?" ”