The Battle of Chosin Lake from the end of November to mid-December 1950 is well known, but most people think it was a contest between the 9th Volunteer Corps and the 1st Marine Division. This was a big mistake, the opponent of the Ninth Corps of the Volunteer Army was the U.S. Tenth Army, the 1st Marine Division was only 1 of the 5 divisions of the Tenth Army, and the 9th Corps of the Volunteer Army, in addition to the pursuit of the 1st Marine Division, was also engaged in fierce confrontation with other units of the U.S. Tenth Army.
This article is about battles that have never been mentioned. The reason is simple, this one was withdrawn after the war, time flies, and if it is not written down, it will be forgotten. This was the 281st Regiment of the 94th Division of the 27th Army of the Volunteer Army, and their task was not to strike at the 1st Marine Division, but the 7th Infantry Division of the UNITED Army and the 3rd Division of the ROK Army. The 1st Company of the Vanguard Battalion of the 281st Regiment fought very well, hitting the only unit in the U.S. army, the 17th Regiment, which had reached the Yalu River, and attacked a company of the American army with the strength of one company, and won a complete victory. It has been described in detail in the previous article and will not be repeated in this article.
Capturing The American Scouts were 3 companies and 3 platoons.
The 1st Company of the 281st Regiment of the Volunteer Army fought well, and the 3 companies in the vanguard battalion won the jackpot. The 3rd Company and 3rd Platoon were ordered to go forward for reconnaissance, and the sharp soldiers found that two American Jeeps were coming from afar, there were 12 people on the vehicles, and the 3rd Platoon immediately decided to set up an ambush. However, when the two American jeeps ambushed the circle, the deputy political instructor and platoon commander of the 3rd Company, who commanded the battle, suddenly hesitated and did not give the order. However, the 8th squad leader was a stunned young man, and seeing that the deputy political instructor and platoon leader did not give orders, and regardless of the three seven twenty-one, the squad with his own gun rushed out, stopped the next jeep, and took 6 prisoners first. Then turn around and chase after the previous one, only one shot hit the tire of the previous car, the jeep directly overturned to the ground, and the 8th class chased after it and captured 6 more.
The American lieutenant who led the team tried to draw his gun to make a final stubborn resistance, and after being hit by a butt, he was honest, and the others directly raised their hands and surrendered. At first, the volunteers thought that this was a bunch of bears to pack the US army, but after interrogation, they learned that this was a US reconnaissance unit, 1 lieutenant officer and 9 soldiers, and 2 Korean translators, who had gone out to reconnoiter more than 30 kilometers. In addition to the 2 interpreters, the 10 Americans were proficient in various firearms, driving techniques, grappling fighting, battlefield rescue, and air contact, and were not a weak brigade. However, this elite American scout was captured before he could even shoot. This was also a relatively rare occurrence during the entire War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
The other battle was also fought 3 times in a row.
Compared with the 1st Company and the 3rd Company and the 3rd Platoon, the 3st Platoon, another reconnaissance unit of the 281st Regiment's Vanguard Battalion, was a little bit less lucky. The 1st Platoon of the 3rd Company was ordered to reconnoiter in the other direction. However, they were unlucky not to encounter the Us army, but suddenly encountered a Roon army (which should be the unit of the 3rd Division of the ROK army), about 200 people, and 5 jeeps. In front of 1 row and dissatisfied with the number, there are about 20 people, the enemy is outnumbered, what to do? After walking for so many days, I didn't even see the enemy's hair, and it was hard to meet a Korean army, and the platoon commander ordered on the spot: Fight me.
The 1st platoon had only one light machine gun at that time, and there were no grenades, and it was divided into 5 groups, one group was clamped down on the front, and three groups attacked on the left, and the platoon leader took the light machine gun cover and directly pounced on the more than 200 Roks.
Now the Koreans are dumbfounded, what is the situation? Twenty or thirty people rushed at us? However, after only a short moment of stupidity, the Koreans made the most correct reaction, turned around and ran. Because the Rok army ran too fast, the results of the 2 companies and 1 platoon were not very good statistics. I only know that at least 8 people were killed, lying on the ground, and how many were injured, I can't figure out how many were injured, and all of them ran out. The Koreans didn't even want the car, and all 5 jeeps were seized. However, although the battle was won, because of these 5 jeeps, the platoon leader went back and was criticized. It turned out that after the platoon leader captured the jeep, he immediately led the brothers to start turning over the spoils of war. This is certain, because of the strong air threat of the American army, the logistics supply of the Ninth Corps of the Volunteer Army was very tight at that time, and it was even worse to stay away from the large 281 regiment. After seizing the car, I didn't hurry to see if there was anything to eat and wear, and it was common sense.
On this move, the platoon leader who won the battle was criticized when he returned, because he knew that if the Koreans fought back, you would not suffer losses.
The strict discipline of the volunteer army can be seen.