In the second campaign to resist US aggression and aid Korea, Peng Dehuai originally planned that the Thirty-eighth Army and the Forty-second Army would first work together to defeat Tokugawa and annihilate the Seventh Division of the ROK Army, and then turn to Ningyuan to annihilate the ROK Eighth Division. However, Liang Xingchu, commander of the Thirty-eighth Army of the Volunteer Army, was criticized in the last battle and must fight alone. Liang Xingchu also told Han Xianchu, deputy commander of the Volunteer Army, that he had taken care of Tokugawa and told the Forty-second Army what to do.
Upon hearing the news, Wu Ruilin, commander of the Forty-second Army, was furious: "Good you Liang Xingchu." However, in just one minute, Wu Ruilin turned from anger to joy. It turned out that Wu Ruilin had figured it out at once, the Thirty-eighth Army would fight to fight Tokugawa on its own, and the Forty-second Army itself would also go to Ningyuan alone.
However, as far as Wu Ruilin is concerned, since two armies each fight one division of the Rok Army, it is equivalent to two armies being higher than the other, and it is difficult to be afraid that you Liang Xingchu will not succeed, and my Forty-second Army is not a subordinate.
After carefully analyzing the situation of the enemy in front of him, Wu Ruilin decided:
The 125th Division attacked Ningyuan head-on and attacked the main forces of the 10th and 21st Regiments of the Eighth Division of the ROK Army.
With the 124th Division and the 377th Regiment of the 126th Division, it detoured southeast of Ningyuan and attacked Ningyuan in the north, attacking the 10th Regiment and the 21st Regiment Reserve of the Han 8th Division.
The 126th Division first opened the way for the 124th Division with the 376th Regiment, and then the 376th Regiment and the 378th Regiment seized the front-line positions of Londri and Monsantori to block the reinforcements of the Rok army in the direction of Monsanto and Kitachangli.
From this deployment, it can be seen that Wu Ruilin's battle plan is a surprising and victorious plan, which is a bit of the taste of Deng Ai's sneak attack on the Yinping Trail.
The deployment of the 8th Division of the ROK Army was as follows: the 10th Wing was the left wing, the 21st Wing, the 50th Artillery Battalion was in Nyeongwon, and the division headquarters and the reserve 16th Wing were in Monsanto. The reserve of the division was far away from the first-line wing, and its front-line troops were insufficient, and the defense of the right wing was relatively empty. Wu Ruilin's plan is to take advantage of the void. Therefore, Wu Ruilin used a division to attack frontally to cover two divisions for a detour, and after using the 125th Division to attract the attention of the main forces of the two ROK companies, he attacked two battalions of the ROK army with one division and one regiment after another, which was to raid the ROK reserve in the shortest possible time and completely disrupt the ROK deployment.
However, this plan also has a disadvantageous side, Ningyuan's right wing is all mountainous, and the mountainous roads are dangerous and rugged. Both divisions detoured from the right flank of the ROK army, and the road was bound to be congested; and because of the road, only one regiment could be used to open the road in front; once the regiment that opened the road was blocked, the plan was in danger of being frustrated.
Sure enough, just as the Forty-second Army was preparing to move, the situation changed. Brigadier General Lee Sung-gya, commander of the Roksho 8th Division, found himself disjointed in his deployment and ordered the 16th Reserve Regiment to leave only one battalion at Monsanto and the main force to seize the main point between Monsanto and the Nyeongwon Passage.
At 21:00 on the evening of November 25, 1950, the 125th Division of the Forty-second Army of the Volunteer Army launched a strong attack from the front, and the 375th Regiment, which was responsible for assisting the task, made progress first and successfully advanced to the west side of Ningyuan. The 374th Regiment, which was the main attacker, had preemptively taken the key point guanyin ridge in the early morning of the 23rd, and the breakthrough was even more ferocious, and by the early morning of the 26th, it had rushed into the city of Ningyuan and broke through the command post of the 10th Rok Army, captured its deputy company commander and killed many officers. The 373rd Regiment, which was responsible for ensuring the safety of the left wing of the 374th Regiment, also successfully completed the task of containing the 21st Wing of the ROK Army.
The frontal 125th Division went well, but the roundabout troops had a little problem.
As mentioned earlier, while the 124th And 126th Divisions were detouring, the 16th Wing of the Reserve Regiment of the Eighth Division of the ROK Army had been ordered to go forward and seize the main points. By 24 November the wing had captured Rondy, north of Monsanto, and continued to move to the flank.
On the night of November 25, the 1st Battalion of the 16th Rok Army Defeated a company of volunteers who had preemptively occupied the Heights of Brother Peak, and engaged in a fierce battle with the 376th Regiment, which had marched first to open the passage. Subsequently, the 378th Regiment that snatched Monsanto also encountered the 2nd Battalion of the 16th Wing of the ROK Army, and the enemy and we fought fiercely on the high ground northeast of Monsanto. In this way, the 124th Division, which was acting behind, was in a dilemma. Enter, can't get in, the front is in a fierce battle. Retreat, that is certainly not OK, there is no order who dares to retreat.
The situation of the 124th Division meant that Wu Ruilin's plan was about to fail, and the two divisions were blocked by the reinforcements of the ROK army that suddenly moved north, and the two companies on the roon line now had time to escape.
But don't underestimate the level of command of the founding lieutenant general. Wu Ruilin saw the sudden change in the situation, and he analyzed that the 125th Division that attacked head-on exceeded its task and broke through the 10th Wing of the ROK Army's left wing. The ROK right wing 21 Wing is already isolated, and it is bound to withdraw south to meet the 16 Wing reinforced from the north. If the original plan was followed, the 376th Regiment would be difficult to repel the ROK reinforcements 16th Wing in a hurry, so that the follow-up main force could not enter the battle. So Wu Ruilin immediately made a decision: ordered the 372nd, 376th, and 378th regiments to attack the 16th Wing of the Rok reinforcements, and the 371st Regiment followed behind. The 370th and 377th Regiments immediately switched to attacking the ROK 21st Wing from southeast to northwest.
Wu Ruilin's determination was very timely, and at this time, the ROK 16th Wing had transferred its 3rd Battalion to the Franfeng Front, and the ROK Army here was a whole wing. If the deployment is not changed in time, the tasks of the 124th and 126th divisions will not be completed. In light of the situation on the battlefield, Wu Ruilin changed the original plan of annihilating the enemy's two companies to annihilate the enemy's entire division and regiment, and resolutely ordered the strength of one division and another regiment to attack the ROK reinforcements. Of course, people who don't understand the military will say that it is not to change a few regiments to fight, hehe, the temporary change of deployment of troops on the march has always been a difficult point for command. This fully shows that the quality of the troops of the Forty-second Army is excellent.
Under the attack of the volunteer army, the ROK 16th Wing was quickly unable to withstand it. The ROK 21st Wing, which withdrew from the right wing position in Ningyuan, also encountered the 370th and 377th Regiments that rushed over the mountains and mountains.
When the news of the RW 16th Wing fled, the 21st Wing completely lost its fighting spirit, the entire Company was scattered, and the ROK Eighth Division completely collapsed. Peng Dehuai saw that the battle situation was favorable, so he ordered the Forty-second Army not to stop attacking and bravely attacked. On the morning of October 26, the Forty-second Army captured Ningyuan. On the morning of the 27th, the Forty-second Army captured Monsanto. On the same day, after conquering Beicangli, the Rok army's Sixth Division fled in the wind. The Forty-second Army has won successive battles and victories, and the momentum along the way is like a bamboo. This is really a sentence from Liang Xingchu, which made Wu Ruilin very angry, the consequences were very serious, and Han Jun became an air bag.