The Battle of Chosin Lake refers to a battle between our volunteer army and the U.S. army in the Chosin Lake area of Korea from November 27 to December 24, 1950, and the significance of this battle is that it turned the battlefield situation in one fell swoop, became an inflection point in the Korean War, and laid the foundation for victory in the final armistice negotiations.
As the commander of the 20th Army of the 9th Corps of the Volunteer Army, he led his troops to participate in the Battle of Chosin Lake. In this campaign, he came to the US army three times to "close the door and fight the dog", directly crippling the US 1st Marine Division, and this commander was General Zhang Jixiang.
The 20th Army of the Volunteer Army led by Zhang Yixiang crossed the Yalu River on November 7, 1950, via Ji'an (present-day Ji'an), and then marched through Jiangjie, Yunsongdong and other places to Liutanli to participate in the Battle of Chosin Lake.
The 1st Marine Division, an amphibious infantry division formed on February 1, 1941, is the most senior unit in the U.S. Marine Corps, and during World War II it participated in the Battle of Guadalcanal, the Battle of Gloucester Point, the Battle of Peleliu Island, and the Battle of Okinawa, and was awarded three U.S. presidential awards. This Ace Force in World War II has always been arrogant. When they entered the theater of operations, they did not first do the work of reconnaissance of the enemy's situation, but instead took the lead in stationing the division commanders.
Therefore, Zhang Yixiang, commander of the 20th Army of our Volunteer Army, judged that after entering Fushengli with the pride of the 1st Marine Division, it would turn to Liutanli and move westward, and it would also be separated from the US 7th Division, which was also fighting in the Chosin Lake area. To this end, he decided to give the US First Marine Division a "pocket", let them "take the initiative" to drill in, and give them a "closed door to fight the dog".
Commander Zhang Jixiang ordered his troops to turn off the radio, tighten their camouflage, travel at night and sleep at night, and all arrive at their designated positions on time and pre-ambush in the dense forest: First, he ordered the 58th Division to pre-ambush in the area of Fushengli and Shangpingli, and once the war broke out, it immediately took down and attacked Xiajieli; ordered the 59th Division, plus the 267th Regiment, to ambush in Xinxingli, Xixingli, and other places, cutting off the connection between Liutanli and Xiajieyuli; ordering the 60th Division to ambush the favorable terrain north of Gutuli, resolutely blocking the enemy fleeing south and aiding the north, and taking the opportunity to occupy Gutuli Ordered the 89th Division to ambush Shecangli, and when the battle began, the main force advanced upward and lower Tongli to cut off the retreat of the American troops in the Chosin Lake area and block the reinforcements of the enemy.
On October 24, the US First Marine Division all entered the preset area of our army. On the 27th, when heavy snow fell and the temperature dropped to minus 30 degrees, the US military used its equipment superiority to launch a aimless attack on our eastern front, and the volunteer soldiers in the ambush finally launched an offensive against the arrogant US 1st Marine Division at dusk. Under the leadership of Zhang Jixiang, they jumped out of hiding places, like a fierce tiger descending the mountain, fiercely attacking the US troops, killing the us troops for a while, and fighting until the early morning of the 28th, completing the cutting and encirclement of the US troops in the Chosin Lake area.
However, due to the superiority of the US military's weapons and equipment, there is often a phenomenon of changing positions in turn, and there is a situation in which the US army mainly attacks during the day and the volunteer army attacks mainly at night and then regains the position; this tug-of-war situation lasted until the early morning of the 30th, and the US army finally could not stand the stubborn stalking of the volunteer army, and the 1st Regiment of the US 1st Marine Division announced its surrender under the military and political offensive of our army, creating a brilliant example of a regiment of the US ace division after the volunteer army entered the DPRK.
Subsequently, Zhang Jixiang, commander of the 20th Army, carried out two "shutdowns and dogs" against the US military on December 1 and 3, but due to the influence of weather, equipment and logistics, the effect was not as good as the first time, but it still dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the US army.
On December 12, the remnants of the U.S. 1st Marine Division, with the support of the U.S. Third Division, escaped from the encirclement of the Chosin Lake area, and then had to flee from the sea under the pursuit of our 20th Army.
According to relevant data, the Battle of Chosin Lake was fought by about 18,000 people in the Sino-US 1st Marine Division, of which more than 1,000 were seriously wounded and killed, more than 4,800 were missing, and more than 4,500 were wounded.
The chief commander of our volunteer army, Zhang Jixiang, was later awarded the rank of lieutenant general, and was also praised by posterity as one of the top ten "tiger generals" in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Born in 1914 in Liuyang, Hunan Province, Zhang Jixiang joined the Red Army in 1929 and successively served as platoon commander, company commander, company commander of the 7th Division of the Red 16th Army, company commander of the Independent 2nd Division, company commander of the Red 8th Army, deputy battalion commander, commander of the 2nd Division of the Red Third Army, chief of the reconnaissance section of the 17th Division Headquarters, chief of staff of the 52nd Regiment of the Red Sixth Army, and staff officer of the Regimental Headquarters of the Red Sixth Army. Since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he has successively served as a staff officer of the 8th Regiment of the 4th Detachment of the New Fourth Army, the commander of the Teaching Brigade of the 4th Detachment of the New Fourth Army, the commander of the Special Service Battalion of the 5th Detachment of the New Fourth Army, the deputy brigade commander of the 6th Brigade of the 2nd Division of the New Fourth Army, and the deputy commander of the Luxi Subdistrict of the Huainan Suwan Border Military Region. During the Liberation War, he successively served as the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Column of the Shandong Military Region of the New Fourth Army, the chief of staff of the 1st East China Column, the deputy commander of the 1st Column, and the commander of the 20th Army of the East China Field Army. After the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he successively served as commander of the Railway Corps, commander of the Second Artillery, and vice president of the Academy of Military Sciences, and died on April 5, 1990, at the age of 76.