This was captured on the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and the regimental flag of the US Polar Bear Regiment is now lying quietly in the museum. At that time, the volunteer soldiers were in Chosin Lake, and for the first time, they completely annihilated a regiment of the Us army, and also killed one of their most elite troops. How did the Volunteers achieve this feat? What kind of bizarre story happened at that time? Let's go back to the second battle and explore the truth behind it.
In November 1950, the Battle of Chosin Lake was officially launched. During the first battle, MacArthur released what the Japanese had said during the War of Resistance, and it would take three months to end the damn war. After being beaten in the head by the volunteers, Old Mai was still full of confidence, and in the second battle, he released harsh words to let the soldiers go home on Christmas Eve. But the Battle of Chosin Lake not only shattered his delusions, but the warriors also pushed the battle line to the 38th line, which became an inflection point in the whole war.
At that time, the polar bear regiment, the elite ace unit of the US army, walked towards Chosin Lake with confidence. I thought I could reproduce the glory of World War II, but I didn't expect to be beaten to the blood, and even my regimental flag was captured by the soldiers. This unit not only has a high combat quality of soldiers, but also has an overwhelming equipment advantage, tanks and heavy artillery are readily available, and the soldiers look very envious. As the Polar Bears marched toward their destination, they did not know their opponent, the 27th Army, which had a very fierce fighting style. This unit killed Zhang Lingfu in the Liberation War and captured Wang Yaowu and other Nationalist generals alive. It was also the first to break through the graben in the battle of crossing the river, and it entered Shanghai in a mighty way, which can be said to be a unit that became more and more courageous in the Vietnam War.
On the night of November 27, 1950, the warriors launched an attack on Xinxingli, where the invincible polar bear regiment was stationed. It was freezing on the battlefield, and the warriors, dressed only in thin clothes, alternated under the cover of night, while the enemy knew nothing about it. In the ensuing battle, the warriors killed more than 300 enemy soldiers and captured a large amount of weapons and equipment, and even the leader of the Polar Bear Regiment was not spared, and was directly beheaded by the volunteer army. But after all, the polar bear regiment has fought a big battle, and immediately launched a crazy counterattack, which is the real strength contest between the two sides. Their new regimental commander circled the tanks, instantly creating a fortified fortress, and with the frantic bombardment of enemy aircraft, every step of the soldiers' advance was extremely difficult. The 3rd Company of the 240th Regiment, which took part in the battle, suffered heavy losses, and although only two platoons remained, they still took the task of attacking three enemy houses. When the first target was successfully defeated, the 3 companies were surrounded by the rear troops because they did not keep up. But the warriors still did not fear sacrifice and rushed towards the second goal. The successive fall of leading cadres made the soldiers extremely angry. They then killed one of the enemy tanks and took a second target and bunker in one fell swoop, but there were only 16 fighters left in the army. Led by the deputy platoon leader, they rushed to the third target. The ammunition in their hands gradually dried up, and the warriors engaged in a fierce white-knife battle with the enemy, and finally succeeded in taking three houses, but only one soldier survived the entire company.
After such a heroic attack by the volunteers, the Polar Bear Regiment, which had been delayed in reinforcements, was finally crushed, and they made a final breakthrough to survive. Although the warriors were tormented by this biting cold, they still pursued the enemy
On the night of 1 December, a group of remnants of the American army fled by car, only to encounter another unit on the way. They also finally did not escape the volunteer army's net, and finally this ace polar bear regiment was completely annihilated by our army. The battle lasted for 5 days, and the fighters killed more than 2,800 enemy soldiers, killed 7 tanks and more than 100 cars, and captured a large amount of American equipment. After this, an interesting thing happened, Zhang Jiqing, the commander of the communications squad of the 3rd Company of the 239th Regiment, saw a rag on the ground, on which there were some words that could not be understood. He also didn't know that this was the enemy's regimental flag, so he directly used it as a bag. Later, the soldiers of the cooking class did not have a steamer cloth, and wanted to use this rag as a steamer cloth, and the translator Liu Guangrui recognized the flag, and then sent it to the regimental headquarters, which became the ironclad evidence that the soldiers had completely annihilated the polar bear regiment.
I don't know if the warriors found any other steamer cloth after the flag was taken away. If not, the warriors may have eaten one less good meal.