In this fierce battle, the so-called United Nations army headed by the US military successively mobilized more than 60,000 people, more than 300 artillery pieces, more than 170 tanks, and more than 3,000 aircraft sorties, pouring 1.9 million shells and 5,000 aerial bombs at the defensive positions of the two companies of the 15th Army of the Volunteer Army, but none of them took Shangganling.
In the Battle of Shangganling, the 15th Army and the 12th Army that came up behind produced too many heroes and heroic model units, and the Eighth Company of Special Gong was one of the representatives. The Eighth Company of Tegong is the famous 45th Division of the 15th Army
8 companies of 3 battalions of the 134th Regiment, this unit created a miracle in the Battle of Shangganling. After the battle, the entire flag was covered with 381 bullet holes.
The Eighth Company of Tegong was a unit with a long history, and during the War of Resistance Against Japan, this unit was transferred to the Taihang Mountains, inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese puppet army. During the Liberation War, this unit also made many meritorious contributions. In the second phase of the Battle of Huaihai, the Battle of Double Stacks,
The Eighth Company of Special Gong served as the sharp knife company of the whole army, and under the cover of the artillery fire of the whole army, this company
It took only more than 10 minutes to break through the enemy's defenses, take more than 50 bunkers, and tear open a breakthrough 400 meters wide
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It played a major role in annihilating the Huang Wei Corps.
The Battle of Shangganling was the most tragic battle ever fought by the Eighth Company of Special Gong, and it was also the most glorious battle in the history of this company's combat.
On October 14, 1952, the U.S. army began fire preparations for the 30-kilometer defensive front of the XV Army with 320 large-caliber guns, 47 tanks, and more than 50 aircraft.
Among them, the bombardment of the 597.9 and 537.7 heights on the front of the Five Holy Mountains was particularly fierce, using 300 artillery, 27 tanks and 40 aircraft, and the fire density was as high as six rounds per second.
Guarded at the time
On the 597.9 heights were a platoon of the Ninth Company and the Eighth Company of the 135th Regiment of the Volunteer Army, for the strength of a reinforced company, and the 537.7 Heights was guarded by the 1st Company of the 135th Regiment of the Volunteer Army.
The Battle of Shangganling was extremely fierce, and on the fifth day of the battle, Cui Jiangong, commander of the 45th Division, had six companies left in his hands. On October 18, Cui Jiangong felt that the casualties were too great, so he decided to throw all six remaining companies into it and make every effort to recover the lost land in Shangganling.
Of the remaining six companies, Cui Jiangong's most important is the 8th Company of the 134th Regiment, which is also his killer and soul-breaking sword, and until the critical moment, Cui Jiangong will not send the Eighth Company up.
When it was decided to send the Eighth Company to the position, Cui Jiangong personally called Liu Zhanhua, the commander of the 134th Regiment: "
I decided to pull the 8th Company up, you have to distinguish between attack and defense, the 8th Company will only counterattack and not defend, and then you will withdraw them to rest when they go down to the position. ”
The reason why Cui Jiangong issued such an order was that this unit had a strong ability to attack the stronghold, and second, he was worried that this unit had run out.
At that time, the enemy artillery blockaded the volunteers, and it was difficult to transport food and water to the tunnels, let alone the six reorganized companies. During the Battle of Shangganling, Qin Jiwei, commander of the 15th Army, ordered the logistics department to buy 63,000 kilograms of apples from Pyongyang and said: "
Whoever has the ability to transport an apple into the tunnel will be given a second class merit.
"As a result, of the more than 60,000 kilograms of apples, only one apple was transported into the tunnel, and the logistics personnel suffered heavy losses."
On the evening of October 18, he was the commander of the Eighth Company of Special Gong
After receiving the order, Li Baocheng led the whole company to move to the 597.9 highland of Shangganling.
On the way to the No. 1 tunnel movement of the 8th Company, there was a mountain pass about 1 kilometer long, which was an area blocked by the intensive artillery fire of the US army, and the first few companies suffered heavy casualties when crossing this area.
As the vanguard of the company, The 8th Squad Leader Cui Hanbi was dressed in a full suit, with 8 grenades and 2 grenades hanging from his belt, as well as 1 turntable submachine gun, 2 magazines and 700 rounds of ammunition. In addition, he carried 1 sapper shovel, 4 first aid kits, and 1 bottle of vitamins
。 Although there were a lot of things on his back, the Sichuan squad leader tied all the supplies very firmly, even if he jumped a few times, he would not make a sound, and the company commander made the whole lianren like the 8th squad leader Cui Hanbi tied himself up and zongzi.
Due to careful planning, the Eighth Company suffered only five casualties when it entered the tunnel, and more than 160 other commanders and fighters climbed into the tunnel. Although the division commander had previously specially told Liu Zhanhua, the commander of the 134th Regiment, to withdraw after the eighth company had fought a counterattack, because the battle was too fierce, after a few days of fighting, the eighth company, including the wounded, was left with 15 people.
On the evening of October 19, after the eighth company's counterattack was over, more than ten remaining soldiers of the 8th Company cooking squad leader Zhang Hengxiang retreated to a tunnel, and the 8th Company cooking squad leaders Zhang Hengxiang, Yang Jixuan, Li Xingshan, and others raised their fists to the party branch: "
Resolutely complete the task and swear to hold the tunnel to the death."
This oath greatly boosted the morale of the officers and men.
Zhang Hengxiang, the head of the cooking squad, formed a squad of four soldiers from the cooking squad and four soldiers from the machine gun company, and Zhang Hengxiang, the head of the cooking squad, was responsible for directing the battle. Although Zhang Hengxiang is the head of the cooking squad, but the tactical application is very flexible, causing heavy casualties to the enemy, while fighting heroically, they do not forget their own cooking staff work, while fighting, while taking care of the wounded, while cooking for everyone.
In order to boost the morale of the officers and men in the other tunnels, the soldiers of the cooking class also took the lead in encouraging other volunteer soldiers:"
Comrades rushed, and the remaining one also had to complete the task, drive the enemy off the position, and win glory for the eight companies
。 "At the beginning of the battle, they each carried one box of ammunition at a time, and then they carried two boxes left and right, and a few grenades in their hands.
In the entire Battle of Shangganling, the Eighth Company of Special Gong annihilated more than 160 enemy soldiers, and after the war, he was honored with the "Collective First Class Meritorious Service" and was awarded the "Collective First Class Merit"
Exemplary Combat Cooking Class"
The title. The Eighth Company of Special Gong was also the company with the most reconstructions among the troops participating in shangganling in the 15th Army (three times in the battle), of which four squads were rebuilt four times, and 6 squad leaders were replaced during the campaign (all due to the serious injury or death of the former squad leader).
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