preface:
During the Korean War, the Turkish government sent a brigade to East Asia to participate in the war, as the Turkish brigade of the United Nations Army, originally hoping to share in this war.
Unexpectedly, he made several foreign appearances in a battle that surprised the US military
The result is laughable!
What the hell is going on, let's talk about it slowly.
I. Composition of the United Nations Army
On the eve of the start of the Korean War, the United States formed a United Nations army involving a total of 16 countries, depending on the troop input of each country
The number of U.S. troops is also the largest, accounting for more than 90%.
The remaining 15 countries have joined less than 10 percent of their militaries.
One of the countries with the fewest troops invested was Luxembourg, with only one platoon and about 50 troops.
United Nations Command
It is said that when these soldiers first joined, they did not even know the number of the troops, and when asked which part it was, they did not say it.
It may be that the authority of the United States is attached to the inflammatory, and it is more or less a bit of an indiscriminate meaning,
From here, it can be seen that these countries are also in Cao Ying and have their hearts in Han, and they have made some indications in order to please the United States.
But there are also some countries that are more hardworking, but they have invested a lot of energy, like we said earlier, Turkey is the fourth country in the United Nations army to invest troops.
There is a brigade, about 5400 people,
The leader of this unit of the Turkish Brigade was named Yazji, who commanded a division in Gallipoli in 1916 to fight the British army, and the result was a major defeat to the British army.
This achievement was highly respected in the Turkish army, and he was also personally confident.
Yazgi
It is alleged that before he brought his territorial army into the DPRK, he arrogantly declared:
"We must beat the volunteer army to the ground and revive the majesty of the former Ottoman Empire ."
Two: The Turkish brigade went to war
October 17, 1950,
The Turkish brigade landed at Busan, and as soon as this unit came on the battlefield, it immediately attracted the attention of the Korean Peninsula.
The uniform line, the fierce and savage appearance, the confused and arrogant eyes, and the fact that each waist should not straddle the machete, made the United Nations army suddenly feel that this must be a "tiger and wolf division".
Turkish soldiers
This force was incorporated on the eve of the second battle of the Korean War
U.S. Army Sequence, IX Corps
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In the first battle, the US army was confronted by the volunteer army, our army fought bravely, and in one fell swoop smashed the arrogant plan of the US army to occupy all of Korea on Thanksgiving, and on the eve of the start of the second battle, the Turkish army just caught up.
For the U.S. military, it can be the reserve army to explore the way first.
On the evening of November 25, 1950, accompanied by a high-pitched military trumpet, the Volunteer Army launched a campaign counterattack on the Western Front, and the Tokugawa Campaign officially began.
Battle of Tokugawa Benkei
After a night of fierce fighting, the next day, most of the 7th and 8th Divisions of the South Korean Army were annihilated by the volunteers in less than 24 hours
Walker, the commander of the American Western Front, was furious when he learned of Tokugawa's fall, and he once wondered if the South Korean army was a bunch of wine sacks and rice barrels, how could it be so vulnerable?
Immediately, Walker hurried to dispatch his troops, and this Turkish army came in handy first, and the Turkish brigade was quickly ordered to prepare to show their skills
along
The road from the Gakugawa river to Tokugawa sped eastward, intending to seize the Gazhi Ridge and block the gap opened by the volunteers
U.S. Army Commander Walker
But the Americans did not have advisers with them, nor did they have liaison officers
On their way to the front line, the retreating American troops on the western front looked at them and passed by, and the American troops retreated to the rear, which made the Turkish soldiers deeply confused.
However, the commander of the Turkish brigade sitting in the rear, Yazji, may not have felt this way, and he may have been immersed in the joy of the Turkish brigade's imminent war from the landing.
After all, more than 30 years ago, Yazji's most intuitive feelings were:
"The Ottoman Empire, which ended the war with a machete, was fierce and invincible!"
There was nothing else, so Yazji had no choice but to regard this battle as the first battle in which the glory of the Turkish Brigade reappeared, but he never expected it.
The first factor that frustrated the Turkish army soon became apparent
Turkish Brigade
This year, the winter on the Korean Peninsula was exceptionally cold, the weather was freezing, the chill was compelling, and the weather of minus thirty or forty degrees made these once invincible Turkish soldiers shrink their hands and feet, and they could no longer shout
The Ottoman Empire will triumph
The slogan was gone, but the mouth was closed all the way, for fear of the aggressive cold from the mouth directly invading the heart and lungs.
However, it is worth mentioning that
Admiral Walker was optimistic about the fanaticism of the war in this unit, and he believed that the Turkish army was inherently more capable of resisting blows and could endure hardships than the American army.
Three; the Oolong incident created by the Turkish Brigade
After the Turkish brigade reached the Gari Ridge, it quickly began to be in
The first line of the wayuan built fortifications, ready to hold their positions and resist the approaching volunteer army.
Not long after, the Turkish front-line reconnaissance post reported:
"I found a force in front of me,"
The soldiers of the Turkish brigade immediately became vigilant, believing that the volunteer counterattack had begun, and immediately prepared an ambush.
Turkish soldiers in ambush
When this unit approached, with a loud roar of the Turkish brigade soldiers, a fierce attack was launched, and the barbarism of the Turkish brigade soldiers could be said to be fully exerted on the battlefield.
After a machine gun fire,
The unsuspecting force fell to pieces, and the soldiers of the Turkish brigade drew their emblematic machetes and rushed up to harvest the final battlefield.
Soon this unit was picked up by the Turkish brigade, fleeing, dying,
Hundreds of men surrendered for fear of the barbaric capture of the soldiers of the Turkish Brigade.
Then, in order to ask for credit, the Turkish brigade also showed its majesty to the Americans, and made this achievement
He reported to U.S. Army General Walker, stating:
"The great Turkish soldiers fought bravely, and in the battle with the Chinese army, they not only held their positions, but also captured hundreds of prisoners."
captive
After hearing this battle report, the US military felt incredible, and they began to sincerely admire this strong brigade, believing that this nation was indeed fierce, so the US military immediately sent a representative to it
Gazing Ridge
One was to express congratulations and condolences, and the other was to see the captured soldiers.
After the arrival of the American representatives, the soldiers of the Turkish Brigade had already lined up across the waist knives to wait for the arrival of the representatives, and each of their faces was filled with the joy of victory, showing the American representatives the strength of the Ottoman Empire.
When the representatives of the US army saw the prisoners, they were really shocked.
It turned out that the so-called "volunteer army" turned out to be a Soldier of the South Korean Army with a Smecta accent.
They were the ones we mentioned earlier who were killed by the 38th Army of our Volunteer Army and lost their armor
South Korean 7th Division
After the South Korean 7th Division was defeated by our army, the army dispersed, and they only tried to flee for their lives in the panic.
The soldiers mistakenly hit and plunged into the front line position of the Turkish brigade.
When these yellow-faced South Korean soldiers were discovered by the Turkish Brigade, they were naturally mistaken by the Turkish Brigade as volunteers for a counterattack, and as a result, the 7th Division of South Korea was once again severely damaged.
Soldiers of the South Korean Forces
This unit had just escaped from the tiger's mouth of the volunteer army, and was hit by the Turkish brigade of the United Nations allied forces, and it was difficult to imagine their psychological shadow, and it was estimated that they must be noisy and cursed in authentic South Korean.
But the Turks don't buy this account, they think there are no advisers in the army, we can't even understand English, how can we recognize the South Korean soldiers?
But this sentence is also true, Turkey as a Westerner,
Since the founding of the Ottoman Empire, they have set their sights on the Boundaries of Europe, accepted some things in Europe, and rarely interacted with Asians.
They don't know anything about Koreans, Japanese, Koreans, Chinese, and people can't tell the difference, let alone their voice and appearance.
Therefore, in the absence of specific orders and advisers from the Turkish brigade, the operational policy carried out was:
"Seize the heights, who will fight whom"
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In the end, this big joke was made, which made the US military cry and laugh.
However, this group of Turkish soldiers is still relatively "brave" in the entire "United Nations Army", so although the US military is a bit unable to look down, it is not easy to say anything in the end, after all, communication problems are also the result that no one expected.
After this Oolong incident, the Turkish brigade could really face the volunteers, and after the Turkish brigade seized the Gazhi Ridge, Peng Dehuai asked the chief of staff to solve the problem:
"Is there a U.S. garrison at Gazhiling now?"
Peng Dehuai in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
Xie Fang said;
"Yes, the enemy is one step ahead, but not the U.S. military, it's the Turkish brigade of the United Nations army."
"Not the U.S. Military, how many people?" Mr. Peng asked doubtfully.
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There are more than five thousand people, and it is said that this Turkish brigade is barbaric in fighting, they are revered by the American army as ace troops, and this nation also has a characteristic, that is, it advocates white-knife warfare."
Chief of Staff Xie Fang said with a smile.
Peng Dehuai smiled contemptuously:
"What bullshit Turkish brigade, relying on barbarism can not win the battle, we are playing the trump card, order the 38th Army to first completely annihilate this substitute ghost, retake the Gazhiling!"
A battle of the volunteers annihilating the defending enemy thus began.
Four: The Turkish brigade was defeated by the volunteers
The 38th Army was also the ace of our army, and its commander was Liang Xingchu, and after receiving the order, Liang Xingchu took a map and looked at the terrain of the Gari Ridge.
He found that the mountain was high and densely forested, and the terrain was dangerous, located in the middle of the Tokugawa and Gakugawa rivers, and the basin of the mountain formed a width less than one
50 meters of yakou, this yam is the throat artery
There is a section of road that crosses the yakou and descends the Lingxi Shunshan Mountain, which the local people call "Eighteen Plates". So a strategic idea was formed.
That is, after this battle began, the first battle was to occupy the pass along the road.
Liang Xingchu
Before the troops went to the front line, Han Xianchu, deputy commander of the Volunteer Army, specially instructed the commander and political commissar of the 38th Army, pointing out that the task would be completed that night and ensure that the follow-up main force would advance to the favorable area west of the Gorichi Ridge around dawn on the 28th, so that conditions would be created for the whole army to capture Junyuli and Juchuan.
It seems that the leaders of our army did not take the Turkish brigade into account at all, they thought
Kunumi-ri and Kawakawa
That night, in order not to scare the snakes in the grass, our volunteer army planned to use two legs to rush to the Gazhi Ridge, and this place is 20 kilometers away from Tokugawa and Guchuan, in order to speed up the progress.
A division of the 38th Volunteer Army sent one of its battalions as a vanguard march to explore the enemy situation.
Volunteers
The rapid march arrived at its destination at 21:00 p.m., which was only 2 kilometers from the Kiri ridge, and after arriving here, the reconnaissance outpost first went to yakou to do reconnaissance.
It was found that there was about a reinforced company on the side of the road at the pass to make a fire by the fire, which was the vanguard of the enemy's Turkish brigade, and it seemed that the cunning enemy had occupied the place first,
The investigators were taken aback and immediately went back to report upwards.
After much thought, the commander of the vanguard battalion finally decided to take the method of night raids, first solving the defenders of these passes.
The volunteers who raided
Then, the combat troops drew out two companies, which were
After the two companies determined the contact signals and precautions, they were dispatched at the same time, ready to detour to the side and form a left and right pinch attack,
In addition, another machine gun company was drawn out as a reserve, followed by two companies, waiting for the opportunity to join the battle and develop the results of the pinch attack.
On this night, there was a lot of snow on the ground, and in the ice and snow, there would always be some movement in the march of a hundred and ten people.
Especially the warriors wearing big shoes on the snow, there will always be a squeaking sound,
So, less than 1 km from the pass, the company commander decided;"
All take off their shoes, hang them in their knapsacks, and advance barefoot, only in this way will they be guaranteed not to be detected by the enemy. ”
Barefoot volunteers
In this way, the soldiers of the two companies quietly came barefoot to the vicinity of the Gazhi ridge pass, and found that the soldiers of the Turkish brigade were still roasting the fire without incident, and the company commander quickly glanced at it.
There were about a dozen piles of fires, each surrounded by one or two dozen people, carrying guns, roasting hands, smoking cigarettes, and laughing incessantly
As everyone knows, at this moment, the volunteer soldiers have come to the side.
As the commander shouted – Fight! A company rushed up first, and immediately surrounded the enemy in front of the fire,
Suddenly, string grenades exploded in various fires, and the warriors rushed to the enemy with shouts of death.
And another company also arrived at the location of the pinch,
They rolled down the steep slope down the road, and when they slipped to the bottom, the soldiers' cotton pants were all holes, and the flesh was exposed, and some of them were bleeding.
However, they ignored the pain and cold, jumped up and launched an onslaught on the enemy.
The Turkish soldiers were suddenly caught in the attack, beaten on the abdomen and back, shouting, and after 20 minutes, the battle was over,
More than 20 captives were captured
At this time, the volunteer soldiers' feet had been frozen red and swollen, completely unconscious, and the lovely soldiers quickly leaned against the fire and roasted for 1 minute, at this time, the follow-up reserve machine gun company had also arrived, to prevent the accident.
Captured Turkish soldiers
The enemy on the west side of the Gazhi Ridge saw that the situation was not right on this side, and climbed into the car to prepare to escape, and when the volunteer soldiers found out,
Without bothering to put on his shoes, he quickly ran to the west to intercept the enemy, and the follow-up troops also leaned up.
Due to the narrow pavement of the "Eighteen Plates", plus
The ice and snow, the road surface was slippery, the enemy once panicked, they drove dozens of cars with headlights back and forth to turn, fell for half a day, the vehicle could not fall out.
The volunteers of the charge
Our army took advantage of the situation to attack hard, and the drivers became more panicked,
Some of them led people down the ravine
。 The Turkish soldiers in the other vehicles could not escape, jumped out of the car and engaged the volunteers, and for a time, the fighting on the Gazhi Ridge mixed together.
After a while of fighting, a large number of enemy troops were eliminated by the volunteers, but some of the Turkish brigade soldiers hid under the cars, and the volunteers strafed a machine gun under the car, and took several prisoners from them.
The captured soldiers of the Turkish Brigade have been making the sounds of "spitting it out" and "legs for it", without the military prestige of the past, and looking at their bodies, each of them has a large copper bowl and a small copper spoon in their backpack.
It turned out that before these Turkish brigade soldiers came, they had heard that north Korea was full of gold, and even the rice bowls and spoons of the common people were gold, and MacArthur shouted that the war could be ended before Christmas, so they hurried to grab some of the people's copper bowls before Christmas.
When the volunteer soldiers knew, they laughed loudly, not that the soldiers of the Turkish Brigade were grabbing the rice bowl, but that this could bring convenience to the search of the mountain, because when they heard the sound of the copper bowl, they would definitely be able to catch the prisoners.
Immediately after the complete occupation of Mukou, a unit of the Turkish brigade rushed to counterattack, and due to the condescending enemy, the volunteer soldiers were suppressed by fire and launched several attacks, but to no avail.
Turkish Army
subsequently
A company circled around the enemy's flank, forming a two-sided attack, and the small group of enemies on the mountain was completely eliminated.
In this battle, the volunteers completely annihilated 1 reinforced battalion and 1 combat reinforcement company of the Turkish brigade, about 300 or 400 people, of which more than 20 cars were captured, opening the passage for the follow-up main force to advance towards the price river.
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Later, the 114th Division of the 38th Army engaged in a fierce battle with the main force of the Turkish Brigade along the way, and in the course of the battle between the two sides, the main force of the Turkish Brigade was met by heroic volunteer soldiers
Knocked back 10 times in a row
After the end of the war, the Turkish brigade, casualties of 3514 people, of which 741 were killed, 2068 wounded, 163 missing, 244 captured, this loss can be described as a devastating blow, after that, in the Korean War, the Turkish government has never been able to enter the war as an organization, after the capture of Gazhiling, the main force of our 38th Army has advanced north and south, to the west.
At this point, the commander of the US Eighth Army, Lieutenant General Walker, was completely bankrupt in his attempt to restore the strategic concept, and the spirit of those lovely volunteer soldiers was immortal!