When we were in school, we all studied "Who is the Cutest Person" and learned about the famous Battle of SongkuoFeng in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. The American platoon commander Who participated in the war, Steve Pippin, was so impressed by the battle that he wrote in his diary: They (the volunteers) appeared again, and the soldiers could not believe it, and thus generated a reverence with religious sentiments.
Oil painting of the battle of Pine Bone Peak
On November 30, 1950, Kaiser, commander of the U.S. 2nd Division on the Western Front, after a day of hesitation, led the U.S. 2nd Division and the 25th Army on the road to escape south. If the 335th Regiment of the 113th Division of the Volunteer Army had not yet reached its position a day earlier, Kaiser might still have a chance, but now it was too late, the 3rd Company of the 335th Regiment had already arrived at Songkuo Peak, and a famous vicious battle to resist the United States and aid Korea would be fought.
Songbone Peak, named Peak, is actually a small mountain bag with half earth and half stone, the highest peak is only 288.7 meters, and extending down 100 meters is the road, which is the only way for the US military to escape south. At this time, The Pine Bone Peak is like an iron lock, firmly locking the road, and the US military cars and tanks crowded on the road are too many to see at a glance.
Military fans recreate the Battle of Pine Bone Peak
When the Americans reached Songkuo Peak, the 3rd Company of the 335th Regiment of the Volunteer Army had just arrived, and before they could even repair the fortifications, the battle began. The 8th Squad of the 3rd Company, the closest to the US army, took the lead in firing, and the machine gunner Yang Wenming immediately set the first car on fire. Wang Jinhou, the commander of the second platoon, rushed to a distance of only 20 meters from the US army with several soldiers, and fired two tanks in a row, and the road was blocked.
The U.S. army began to attack Songkuo Peak, and after being repelled three times in a row, the U.S. army was anxious. They knew that if they couldn't open this hole, tens of thousands of U.S. troops would be wiped out. American planes and artillery went crazy, and hundreds of planes and countless artillery, at an unprecedented frequency, poured incendiary bombs and shells on the positions of the 3 companies.
The U.S. military simply did not believe that anyone could survive such firepower
Jiang Yonghui, the deputy commander of the rear command post, felt the tremor of the earth, and the position of the 3rd Company immediately turned into a sea of fire, and the trees were scorched, and even the stones and soil were burned. The fourth U.S. offensive was launched in the fire. Steve Pippin was very superstitious about the firepower of the already side, and he believed that no one could survive such firepower.
As he climbed up the volunteer position with his platoon, he was stunned by what he saw. Several people covered in fire crawled out of the dirt, and one of them jumped violently among them, clutching a U.S. soldier deadly, and then pulled out a grenade, and the others were so frightened that they even forgot to dodge, and several people were blown up at once.
Pulling grenades in times of crisis and killing the enemy together abounds.
Pippin wrote in his diary: "They are like Satans from hell, and the soldiers are afraid of their ability to survive under the fire of artillery, which is a fear with religious sentiments." ...... A man covered in fire pounced on me, I could not see his face clearly, only the bloody bayonet sticking out of the fire, my mind was blank, my hands and feet did not listen, fortunately Hobart shot down this man in time. ”
Machine gunner Li Yumin's machine gun was bent by the fire, and he grabbed a rifle and rushed toward the American troops. An American man shot through his thigh, he stuck a bullet into the wound to stop the bleeding, and the fourth attack was driven down by volunteer bayonets. After counting the number of people in 3 consecutive years, less than half of the people who could still move were still moving.
Volunteer soldier throwing a grenade
By 13:00 p.m., as the encirclement was getting smaller and smaller, the U.S. military realized that the final moment had arrived. American aircraft, tanks, and artillery bombarded the small dirt bag for nearly an hour, and then three battalions of American troops began a final offensive.
In the fierce battle, the company commander Dai Ruyi was killed, and the instructor Yang Shaocheng ran out of bullets, and he rolled into the Crowd of American Troops to pull a grenade and died with the enemy. The warriors witnessed this scene and cried out with tears: Hit them!
Without ammunition, the warriors smashed them with stones and bit them with their teeth
Steve Pippin's platoon had only 5 men left in the last attack, and he was incorporated into the H Company to attack together. His diary read: "They have no more bullets, but they still have a lot of stones, and we have to be careful to avoid the stones they throw." When we jumped into the trenches, they danced grenades like warhammers, and my squad couldn't get up after only one hit. We didn't dare to go around it, because as soon as there were too many people, they would detonate grenades and blow themselves up together.
A volunteer covered in fire hugged an American soldier and held him like an iron hoop until both of them burned into coke, a soldier named Xing Yutang. There were many more fighters like Xing Yutang, and under their amazing moves, the American army completely collapsed, the fifth attack was repulsed, and only 7 men were left in the 3 companies.
After the battle, Mr. Peng sent a telegram to the 38th Army, which read: Long live the 38th Army!
The U.S. army did not launch a sixth charge because it was dark. The volunteer counterattack began, and suddenly, on the tens of kilometers long front, flares and signal flares flew all over the sky, and the screams and explosions of the shells breaking through the air were incessant, and the sky was reflected red, and the explosions tore it apart. The earth also kept shaking, groaning at the shouts of our army.
U.S. warplanes flew over ultra-low altitudes, trying to find a breakthrough. The American soldiers who were fleeing for their lives in a panic desperately waved white towels, and the volunteers also waved white towels in the same way as they did, and the pilot was suddenly confused, and he shouted at the radio: They are cursed, they are all finished....