In May 1951, during the Fifth Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the 233.2 Heights that held Lianchuan were lost under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Us Army, and the 577th Regiment of the 193rd Division of the Volunteer Army received orders to retake the 233.2 Heights by May 31. During this battle, a volunteer bomb-dropping hero appeared in the 5th Company of the 577th Regiment.
[A defensive position of the Volunteer Army in the Fifth Campaign]
233.2 highland terrain south gentle north steep, the terrain is more prominent, can directly overlook and control the Hantan River Highway Railway Bridge, is the main traffic route from Seoul to Tieyuan, in order to adhere to the Lianchuan, 233.2 highland is an important node. Holding this place were two platoons of the 8th Company of the 577th Regiment of the 193rd Division of the Volunteer Army, and the US army was determined to win the 233.2 heights, and from 5 o'clock in the morning of the 29th, the US troops dispatched aircraft, tanks and artillery to bomb the 233.2 highlands indiscriminately.
The bombardment lasted for two full hours, and at exactly 7 a.m., the 5th Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division of the U.S. Cavalry Division sent a battalion to attack Hill 233.2. The 8th Company calmly responded to the battle, stubbornly counterattacked, and repelled a total of 6 enemy attacks by 12 noon. On two occasions, the U.S. army had rushed to the position, and the two sides engaged in a white-knife battle, and finally the volunteer army repelled the American army. But the 8th Company also paid a huge price, and only 10 people could continue to fight. By 14:00 p.m., the U.S. army sent an additional company on the basis of the original to attack from the flank, and at 14:30, the position was lost.
[U.S. troops throw white phosphorus bombs at volunteer positions]
After hearing the news, the superior ordered the 577th Regiment to carry out a counterattack the next night and retake the position. After accepting the task, Li Youku, commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 577th Regiment, ordered the 4th Company and 5th Company to launch a frontal attack on the enemy along the ridge. However, at 20 o'clock, the sky suddenly began to rain heavily, and suddenly five fingers could not be seen around, and under the wash of the torrential rain, the mountain road was muddy and slippery, and the attacking troops were almost unable to move, and the attack was temporarily frustrated. But the battalion commander Li Youku did not rest, he took the 5th Company instructor Meng Shuntong and a squad of soldiers to the front of the enemy position to reconnoiter in the dark.
Since the 233.2 heights were originally defended by the volunteers, the terrain on the mountain Li Youku was very familiar with, and the only thing he did not understand was the firepower configuration of the US army. Through the flares fired by the enemy from time to time, Li Youku found that almost all of the US military's fire points were arranged on the front, and if the troops attacked from the front, it would definitely greatly increase casualties. There is a cliff behind the flank of the position, and it is possible to approach the enemy position unconsciously, but it is not known whether the enemy has set up a fire point here.
【The moment the volunteers dodged the U.S. army flares】
The cliff is about 4 meters high, the soldiers set up a ladder, li Youku, Meng Shuntong and Fu Yongfu three people sent to the cliff, the three people quietly touched the past and could not help but feel happy, the enemy has no fire point here. At this time, the position of the three people was about 30 meters behind the side of the enemy position, and if they suddenly attacked, they would definitely catch the enemy by surprise.
After the three men deliberated, Li Youku and Meng Shuntong slid down the cliff, ordered all of them to gather the grenades, attached their backpacks to long ropes, and hoisted the grenades one by one on the cliffs, and at the same time ordered the people to go back and inform the 5th and 4th companies, and when they heard the grenade explosion on the enemy position, they began to attack. At about 11 p.m., the bombardier Fu Yongfu threw the first grenade at the enemy's position. The sudden explosion left the Americans in a panic, not knowing where the grenades came from, and they fired their guns haphazardly, not knowing what they were shouting. Fu Yongfu did not stop in his hand, one grenade after another came out of his hand, and in a short period of time, he threw out 104 grenades in one breath.
[Grenades are the main heavy firepower of the volunteers in melee combat]
The US positions seemed to have been hit by heavy fire, exploding everywhere, and smoke everywhere, and Fu Yongfu alone annihilated more than 70 enemy troops with grenades. The 5 companies under the position heard the explosion and began to attack, and the American troops were unable to organize a counterattack in the panic, and the 5 companies broke through the position in one fell swoop. At about 12 o'clock, the volunteer army recaptured 233.2 heights. In this battle, the 2 battalions annihilated a total of 250 enemy soldiers, captured 1 prisoner, captured 2 radio stations, and the volunteers were only slightly wounded 2 people. Fu Yongfu single-handedly annihilated more than 70 enemy soldiers in this battle, and was awarded the first class meritorious service.
The weight of the Type 51 grenade cannot be verified because there is no data, but it is imitated from the Jin-made grenade, which weighs 590 grams, which means that Fu Yongfu kept throwing grenades weighing more than 100 kilograms in one breath, which is really a veritable bomb-throwing hero.