In October 1950, in the first battle of entering the DPRK, the 39th Army and the 40th Army made great contributions and were commended by Zhisi, but the interspersed tasks of the 38th Army were not completed, resulting in a relatively large impact on the results of the first battle, so Liang Xingchu, commander of the 38th Army, was severely reprimanded by Peng Zong. However, only one regiment of the 38th Army completed the interspersed task, that is, Fan Tian'en's 335th Regiment, which overwhelmed the South Korean 7th Division and took Feihu Mountain. However, because the overall interspersed task of the 38th Army was not completed, the enemy ran away, and this operation lost its meaning.
However, it laid the groundwork for the volunteer army to readjust its deployment and launch a second campaign. Shiji ordered: The 335th Regiment cannot take a step back at Flying Tiger Mountain!
At this time, the 335th Regiment was a lone army deep behind the enemy lines, facing the attack of the enemy forces of two divisions. Fan Tianen led the whole regiment to withstand hundreds of cannons with flesh and blood, the indiscriminate bombardment of thousands of aircraft and countless attacks, and did not let the enemy advance for 5 days and 5 nights. He was then ordered to retreat 30 km.
Fan Tianen made great contributions in this battle, and became famous in this battle and became a famous anti-American general!
Van Tien
Fan Tianen, born in 1922 in Tai'an, Shandong, joined the Eighth Route Army in 1938, joined the Party in 1939, served as a guerrilla fighter, and in 1940 served as an instructor of the Mengnan Detachment Company. In 1943, he was transferred to the Northeast Army as the commander of the 666th Company of the 111th Division. In 1947, he served as the commander of the 1st Column Guard Battalion of Dongye, and later participated in the battles of Siping, Liaoshen, Pingjin, Crossing the River, and Marching into Guangxi, and in 1950, he participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and served as the commander of the 335th Regiment of the 112th Division of the 38th Army.
In the Korean battlefield, Fan Tian'en has made many achievements, but the battle at Songkuling Isleng is the most thrilling. It is reflected in the article "Who is the Most Lovely Person" written by the famous war writer Wei Wei.
But the warriors shouted slogans on this hill of smoke and fire, and again and again beat the enemy to death in front of the position. The dead bodies of the enemy were piled up like millet in front of the mountain, and the blood also turned the hill red. But the enemy still has to fight desperately so that his main force will not be destroyed.
Just as MacArthur was triumphant, celebrating his victory and preparing to go home for Christmas, on November 25, 1950, the Volunteers launched a second campaign.
However, at this time, Fan Tianen's 335th Regiment was getting farther and farther away from the main force of the 38th Army after completing the task of blocking FeihuLing. And just at this time his radio was also broken, and he could not contact the troops. During the march, he happened to meet the 40th Army, and Fang learned that he was 120 kilometers away from the main force of the 38th Army. The 40th Army asked him to stay and fight with the 40th Army, but he was unwilling, felt that there was no battle with the 40th Army, and led the troops to march for two days to run 120 kilometers, and finally caught up with the main force of the 38th Army.
Yang Dayi
The task of the 38th Army at this time was to encircle and annihilate the 7th Korean Division of Tokugawa, and the commander of the 112nd Division, Yang Dayi, received the order to occupy Songkuo Peak, and when he was suffering from no troops available, he suddenly saw that the 335th Regiment had returned, and Yang Dayi exclaimed:
"What a heavenly soldier!"
Yang Dayi gave Fan Tianen an order: Directly insert into the Song Bone Peak and block the enemy fleeing south!
It was another blockade battle, and the 335th Regiment had not yet had time to rest and enter the battle.
In this battle, the volunteer army laid down a pocket array, Songkuo Peak is the pocket mouth of the US army fleeing south, when the US army found out that it was deceived, it frantically attacked Songkuo Peak, and was beaten back by the 335 Regiment again and again. The enemy's planes and artillery have already turned over several times, and the 335th Regiment has suffered heavy casualties!
As the battle progresses, it becomes more and more tragic! On the morning of the 14th, the 335th Regiment, which was holding the 580 heights, began to panic, and after Fan Tianen unsuccessfully asked the division headquarters for reinforcements, he directly called the military headquarters and asked Liang Xingchu for reinforcements!
Liang Xingchu
"Commander! Our regimental battalion was gone! The third battalion had just gone up for an hour and was gone light again! Now the hill on the right side of the regimental headquarters is tight, and the guards have been sent... Commander, please send some more people..."
Liang Xingchu was shocked: "You Fan Tianen should pay attention!" Don't keep screaming, reach out for help, I already gave you a reconnaissance company yesterday! ”
"The reconnaissance company can attack, but the defensive position cannot!" "Commander, the fight is too hard, the small 580 highlands have more than 2,000 howitzers a day, more than 3,000 mountain artillery, mortars, rockets, and more than a dozen planes are constantly bombing ... Commander, the situation is dangerous."
"Well," Liang Xingchu finally spoke, "I asked the 114th Division to send you a battalion." ”
At one o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Baoping, commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 114th Division, and Liu Desheng, the instructor, led the remaining dozen or so people of the battalion to the military headquarters breathlessly from more than 40 miles away. Liang Xingchu told them to hold the 580 heights and hold them for another 3 days.
The battalion commander Liu Baoping immediately threw himself into the battle, but soon the dozen or so people he brought with him were exhausted, and he himself was wounded, and the intestines flowed out of the wound, he covered the intestines into the wound with one hand, pulled the trigger with the other hand and continued to shoot, and finally died of excessive blood loss. Soon, the enemy rushed up, the machine gunner Li Yumin because the barrel was burned, could not shoot, he picked up the rifle, could not get the bullet on the leg shot through, he used a bullet to plug the wound to stop the bleeding, continue to fight with the enemy bayonet.
Fortunately, at this time, the division headquarters sent a mountain artillery battalion to come, and more than a hundred people rushed up with more than nine hundred grenades. However, within an hour, it was gone again.
At this time, Fan Tianen understood that there were no reinforcements, and he had to use his communication squad, the weapons were all fast and slow machines, each with 200 rounds of ammunition. After arranging the task, Fan Tianen said: "Those who are sick in the body stay, and those who are not sure to go up to complete the task also stay, I will not force you..."
No one said a word in the middle of the sound, and suddenly a soldier spoke: "Commander, give me twenty more bullets of yours!"
Finally, before sunset on the 16th, the enemy attack stopped, at this time, Fan Tianen also received the order to retreat, and the task was finally completed, and it was possible to retreat north.
Song Bone Peak Blocking Battle, Fan Tianen made another miracle!
In September 1952, Fan Tianen was transferred to the chief of staff of the 113th Division of the 38th Army. During the fifth campaign, he was sent to the 29th Division of the 15th Army as an adviser.
In the Korean battlefield, Fan Tian'en made countless meritorious contributions and won numerous awards, and after returning to China, he served as chief of staff and deputy commander of the 38th Army. He was awarded the rank of colonel in 1955 and later promoted to colonel. In 1976, he was appointed Deputy Director of the Military Affairs Department of the General Staff. He died in 2001 at the age of 79.