History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
On October 19, 1950, thousands of troops and horses of the Volunteer Army, under the leadership of Mr. Peng, marched into the Korean War. By the 23rd, nearly 12 divisions of the 38th, 39th, 40th, and 42nd Armies of the Volunteer Army had crossed the Yalu River. In order to prevent the treasure of US aircraft, Mr. Peng ordered the troops to dive into the mountains and forests of North Korea immediately after crossing the river, rest in place during the day and pay attention to air defense, and march at full speed at night. In this way, hundreds of thousands of troops marched for an entire week, and the US pilots did not even notice it, which was really a miracle in the history of war.
Just as Mr. Peng began to agree on a specific battle plan for the troops entering the DPRK, several commanders of the volunteer army were cursing the poor road and traffic conditions in North Korea. At that time, several dilapidated roads in northern Korea were crowded with fleeing Koreans, and the speed of the volunteer army's march was greatly affected. At the time. The air defense of the Volunteer Army is still very weak, the only 36 75 mm anti-aircraft guns are still weapons captured during the War of Resistance Against Japan, of which 12 were left next to the Yalu River to encircle the northeast border, and the remaining 24 can be used?
It was hard to hide until night, but the volunteers were stuck on the road and could not move, so what could they do? Among them, the most anxious was Liang Xingchu, commander of the 38th Army. It should be known that when General Peng temporarily changed his order when he entered the DPRK on the spot, the 38th Army, which was originally a reserve, had to go to Xichuan at the scheduled time to assemble, but at this time only 2 regiments and advance teams arrived at the predetermined assembly position, and the rest were still blocked on the road and could not move, and in a hurry, the commander Liang Xingchu personally ran to the intersection to direct the traffic.
Just when Liang Xingchu was in a hurry, there was a sudden roar in the night sky, and the South Korean troops on the opposite side began to play a large number of lights, indicating the location of the US bombers. Liang Xing hurriedly lay down in the nearest grass, when four American "Black Widow" reconnaissance planes began to bombard the highway indiscriminately, and the volunteer transport trucks suffered heavy losses. Liang Xingchu's eyes were red with anger, and his teeth bit out two blood marks on his lips, you know, the 38th Army only has 100 trucks in total!
In anger, Liang Xingchu subconsciously pulled out his smoking gun, and just wanted to take out a match to light a puff of smoke pressure, but the political commissar Liu Xiyuan snatched away his matches and smoking gun: "Be careful of air defense, old Liang!" Liang Xingchu could only look at the political commissar with a depressed smile and said: "No matter what, do everything possible to speed up the march, pay attention to safety, and be careful of overturning." "So the volunteer soldiers of the 38th Army began to squirm on the bumpy road after the air raid...