During the Korean War, Admiral Douglas MacArthur, commander-in-chief of the United Nations Army, famously said, "That is, "The United Nations Army" was "United Nations Forces"
Cross the 38th line and drink the Yalu River
", mighty. But history tells us that the result of arrogance is a direct punch in the face, and the rapid entry of the powerful and invincible Chinese Volunteers into battle immediately turns MacArthur's famous words into a delusion that can never be achieved, and the legend of this sentence again and again is only constantly showing his ignorance and incompetence.
However, in the "History of the Korean War" published in the early 1970s, when describing the Battle of Unsan in the early days of the Korean War, it issued this exclamation: "Grief! The heroic soldiers who had washed their swords and guns on the banks of the Yalu River could not rush out of this fierce wind and vicious current in the end. ”
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Washed knives and guns on the banks of the Yalu River
”？ What's going on? Did the South Korean army go to the Yalu River and realize General MacArthur?"
Drinking horse Yalu River
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On October 15, 1950, then-U.S. President Harry W. Bush, jr. Mr. S. Truman, on a small island in the Pacific called Wake Island, met with Admiral Douglas MacArthur, commander-in-chief of the United Nations Army, and inquired about the situation in the Korean War. General MacArthur laughed proudly,
The American kids are coming home soon and we'll cross the 38th line,"
All the battles before Thanksgiving will be over.
On October 17, President Truman returned home with doubts and even inexplicable feelings.
The invincible General Douglas MacArthur looked at Truman's back with a smile and immediately gave the order to the "United Nations Army" troops fighting in Korea
Commander of the U.S. Eighth Army, Walton
Lieutenant General Walker
On the western front, he commanded the U.S. First Army to attack north along the Gyeongui Railway from Pyongyang, the Sareon-won area, the U.S. 24th Division along the Gyeongui Railway and Taizhou, Guicheng directly to Shuozhou, Changseong, the 1st Division of the ROK Army along the Gyeongui Railway and Unsan, The North Town to Bitong, the 2nd Army of the Republic of Korea (including three divisions) from Tsuhyeon, the Yangdee area through Sungcheon, Gacheon and Tokugawa, and the Heecheon to the north, of which the 6th Han Division pointed to Chusan, the 8th Han Division pointed to Jiangjie, the 7th Division of the ROK Army was the second echelon, the 1st Cavalry Division of the US 1st Army and the 187th Airborne Regiment were in Pyongyang. The Suchuan area served as a reserve at any time; it was also the commander of the US Tenth Army
Major General Edward Mallory Almond,
Han 1st Army
Commander of the Legion
Cui Dexin
Lieutenant General
On the eastern front, from the Yuanshan and Xianxing areas to the river boundary, Tumen River attacked, of which the 1st MARINE Division detoured to the river boundary via Xianxing, Wulaoli, and Changjin, and the US 7th Division went straight to Huishan Town via Xianxing and Fengshan.
In a hurry, hundreds of thousands of "United Nations troops" carrying The Dream of General MacArthur are advancing north at full speed on the east-west front, targeting the Yalu River on the border between China and North Korea! General MacArthur concluded by saying, "End the war as soon as possible, and I'm going to let my children go home for a merry Christmas!" ”
In fact, on this day, Chairman Mao was setting up a banquet at home to make a grand march for Peng Dehuai, and the next day, Commander Peng Dehuai rushed to the Korean battlefield.
On October 19, Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, was replaced by the Hobard Ahmed. R. Guy led the 1st Cavalry Division of the U.S. Cavalry to the fall, and it was also on this day that the heroic and fearless Chinese Volunteer Army began to cross the Yalu River.
Second, the first American to reach the Yalu River.
When the Chinese Volunteers entered Korea and prepared to gain a foothold according to the predetermined plan, and then ambushed and hit the "United Nations Army" by surprise, the soldiers of these "United Nations Army" marched too fast under the call of MacArthur to "go home at Christmas", and they almost ran all the way excitedly, rushing to the Yalu River, competing for the first color of the "Drinking Horse Yalu River", so that several armies of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army could not almost ambush according to the original plan, and had to change their tactics. Rearrange the battle plan.
At this time, the 7th Regiment of the 6th Division of the Rok, which was led by the famous South Korean general Admiral Admiral Kim Jong-5, with a car loaded with infantry and a large number of heavy loads, strides through the Chu Mountains, which reached the border between China and North Korea, did not even encounter the 38th Army of the Volunteer Army, which was interspersed at the same time, and no one knew who it was, so it was missed, and even the Americans said after the war that this was really a miracle, "miraculously passing through the eye of the needle", if this had been discovered early by Liang Xingchu, commander of the 38th Army, it is estimated that there would have been absolutely no such regiment.
South Korean troops shelled our positions
However, the truth is so interesting, on the evening of October 25, 1950, when General Han Xianchu, the veteran commander of the Fortieth Army and deputy commander of the Volunteer Army, rushed to the Fortieth Army to directly command the Battle of Wenjing, the Han 7th Regiment, under the leadership of the regimental commander Colonel Lin Fuze, had already passed through the Hinoki Cave and reached the Guchang Cave further north of Wenjing, which was not far from the Border between China and North Korea, and rested happily for a night, and by the early morning of the 26th, when the Han 2 Regiment led by Colonel Ham Byung-sun had been destroyed The people of the Han 7 group were still dreaming beautiful dreams in their sleep.
On the morning of October 26, Colonel Lin Fuze woke up and sent a reconnaissance platoon to Chushan on the banks of the Yalu River to conduct reconnaissance, and the reconnaissance platoon came to Chushan, and found nothing but a large group of North Korean soldiers fleeing from the pontoon bridge of the Yalu River to China. When Colonel Lin Fuze, the commander of the Han 7th Regiment, heard the news, he and a few U.S. military advisers came to the Yalu River and laughed triumphantly.
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Fleming's U.S. Army Major Adviser was so excited that he and Lin Fuze strolled on the frozen surface of the Yalu River, stomped a few feet fiercely, and laughed at Lin Fuze and said, "Colonel, the 2nd regiment and the 7th regiment rushed to the Yalu River for the first to be the first, won the honorary jackpot, raced all the way, and did not give in to each other!" Now, the first troop to arrive at the Yalu River and witness the victory is you, and you can not only stay in the annals of history, but also ride a horse on the road. ”
Unguni artillery is firing
Lin Fuze smiled and said, "You are also the first American to cross the Yalu River!" Tomorrow, American newspapers will cover this great event at length, and your photographs will spread all over the world! ”
The two looked at each other and laughed, standing together on the ice of the Yalu River, greeting the South Korean generals to take photos. Subsequently, under their command, the Roks erected machine guns and artillery
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Duck green
river
Fierce fire on the chinese territory on the other side! A series of bullets were fired at Chinese territory, and a shell exploded inside China!
On the afternoon of October 26, 1950, the news of the arrival of South Korean troops on the Yalu River reached Japan, and the newspaper in Tokyo, Japan, immediately issued a trumpet - "United Nations Troops Conduct Artillery Test Firing in China".
Radio stations in Tokyo and Seoul are also boasting to the world: "
South Korean troops have reached the Chinese border on the Yalu River, and U.S. howitzer shells have landed
China on the other side of the river...
South Korean soldiers draw water from the Yalu River
Third, the volunteer army headquarters, General Peng roared angrily: "Shoot and kill! ”
The first battle of the Chinese Volunteer Army after entering the DPRK was fought by the 118th Division of the 40th Army of the Volunteer Army.
According to Commander Peng Dehuai's earliest plan, it was originally intended that the volunteer army could establish a defensive line in the area of Tokugawa Ningyuan north of the Cheongcheon River, resist first in a defensive manner, and then look for opportunities to break the enemy army
"United Nations forces"
The speed is too fast, you think, after the fight will go home for the New Year, who does not charge ah? There is no way, can only seize the time to see if you can surround, first fight and then say, want to stabilize the foot and then fight, it is impossible.
Therefore, Chairman Mao and General Peng rearrangement, with the 40th Army first taking Wenjing, the 39th Army taking Yunshan, and the 38th Army quickly interspersed from Xichuan to find ways to encircle and annihilate the main forces of the advancing HAN 1st, 6th, and 8th divisions, so as to achieve the goal of eliminating 2 or 3 ROK divisions in the first campaign of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and then lock the retreat route of the "United Nations Army" in Qingjiangchuan and strive to achieve the goal of completely annihilating the US army.
General Wen Yucheng
On October 24, 1950, under the leadership of Wen Yucheng, commander of the 40th Army, the 40th Army divided into two roads and arrived at the Wenjing area. Deng Yue, commander of the 118th Division, was ordered to rush to Dayudong, where Zhisi was stationed, to accept the task. General Peng said to him: "The vanguard of your 40th Army must take the lead. The first battle abroad must be fought beautifully, to show prestige, to smash the arrogance of the enemy, and to cover the assembly and development of the main force of our volunteer army. At present, it is also necessary to strive to rush to the predetermined area for defense according to the original plan. If the situation changes, you must act independently and decisively, using various means such as blockade, attack and ambush to annihilate the enemy without losing the opportunity. ”
General Deng Yue
General Deng Yue, who had experienced hundreds of battles, immediately made arrangements, and the troops of the 354th Regiment of the Vanguard led by Chu Chuanyu set out urgently, rested in the areas of Fengxiadong and Fuxingdong north of Wenjing, and occupied favorable terrain, built fortifications, and prepared to block the enemy's northern criminals, while the main force of the 118th Division was assembled in the Liangshuidong and Beizhen areas, and put into battle according to the situation, and if the enemy did not come, it would continue to advance tomorrow night.
At this time, the commander of the South Korean 6th Division, Kim Jong-woo, had actually received news that Chinese troops had appeared nearby, but this famous general was influenced by MacArthur and thought that only a small number of Chinese soldiers had entered Korea, so he ordered the 2nd Regiment and the 7th Regiment of the 6th Division to continue to rush in two directions, and the 7th Regiment ran very fast through Hinoki-dong and Guchang directly into Chushan on the yalu River, and missed it, while the 2nd Regiment went through Fengxia-dong, Liangshui-dong, and Beizhen to Bitong on the yalu River, just passing through the ambush site of the 354th Regiment.
General Chu Chuanyu
At about ten o'clock in the morning, a reinforced battalion of ROK troops drove along the road at the foot of the mountain, these ROK military cars dragged 12 105 howitzers in front of the road, the infantry followed behind the gun car, all the way giggling, did not feel the danger at all, this peculiar way of marching surprised General Chu Chuanyu's 354 regiment soldiers, the gun car actually walked in front of the infantry, this is really ridiculous, Chu Chuanyu looked at the Formation of the ROK army and his eyes widened in disbelief.
"These Koreans probably thought they had won, and now they are left to go to the front to receive the fruit." Chen Ye, the political commissar of the 354th Regiment, looked at the South Korean troops who had entered the ambush circle and shook his head in disbelief.
At the order of Chu Chuanyu, the light and heavy weapons of the whole regiment opened fire together, and the unsuspecting Rok army was knocked down on the spot, and the sharpshooter He Yiqing killed the ROK army's tail-crushing truck with a mortar shell, blocking the enemy's retreat.
The military trumpet sounded, the soldiers took up their bayonet rifles, shouted and rushed down the hillside, and in less than 20 minutes, the battle was basically over, and the reinforcement battalion of the Rok army was wrapped in dumplings by the 354 regiment.
In this battle, less than 390 men fled back to the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the Han 6th Division, and all the equipment was discarded. According to the statistics of the 118th Division, in the encounters that occurred in Liangshuidong, a total of 325 enemy troops were killed and wounded, 161 were captured, 38 cars, 12 howitzers, and 163 guns of various kinds were captured. This battle has become a model for our volunteers after they have gone abroad.
However, the 118th Division completely annihilated the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the 6th Division of the ROK in the areas of Liangshuidong and Fengxiadong, and won the first victory of the volunteer army in the Korean war, and before General Peng could be happy, he received a telegram from the northeast, which said that the 7th Regiment of the 6th Division of the ROK Army arrived at Chushan on the Yalu River on October 26, and these self-proclaimed "heroes who took the lead in unifying the peninsula" actually fired their guns at the north bank of the Yalu River and the northeast of China, and this kind of wanton shooting and firing at our territory. Undoubtedly the most serious provocation against my country.
General Peng Dehuai
General Peng was furious and issued an order to Deputy Commander Deng Hua and Deputy Commander Han Xianchu to completely annihilate the 7th Regiment of the 6th Division of the ROK Army.
Fourth, the 7th Regiment of the 6th Division of the ROK Army, which is "fierce and not afraid of death"
On the evening of October 26, 1950, the headquarters of the 6th Division of South Korea sent a telegram to Colonel Lim Phu-taek, the commander of the 7th Regiment, saying, Run, the 2nd Regiment has been wiped out by the Chinese army, and the next estimate is you, hurry up and take advantage of the fact that the rear road has not been completely cut off, run away.
According to the reasoning, after receiving such a telegram, we should quickly retreat, but Colonel Lin Fuze may think that he is a victorious division and needs to go back with great might, so they returned a telegram to the division headquarters, telling the 6th Division headquarters that Lao Tzu's car ran out of gasoline, how to go? Hurry up and send some gasoline to Lao Tzu, juniper cave is 50 kilometers away from here, you tell us to walk ah, Lao Tzu does not dry, Lao Tzu has never had the habit of marching on mountain paths.
Obeyed, really obeyed, in this kind of small life that is about to perish, but also to play the score like this, it is really "fierce and not afraid of death" ah.
The Korean army has a colorful amateur life
Therefore, in this extremely urgent situation, these guys actually basked in the sun for a long time, and they basked in the sun for three days, from the 26th to the afternoon of the 28th, the 7th Regiment stayed in Chushan and Guchang without moving their nests. On the afternoon of the 28th, the oil finally airdropped, the car can also start, go, no, because you still have to pack, this whole wasted a whole night of time, until the early morning of the 29th, the 7 regiments in the chaos of the start.
Niu, in this situation, can remain so calm, Colonel Lin Fuze's psychological quality is really "impressive".
Heaven wants you to die, and it will first make you mad. The hilarious team will be the first and last South Korean troop to arrive at the Border between China and North Korea during the Korean War. Because, at this time, the Chinese Volunteer Army was not idle, just in the few days when Colonel Lin Fuze led his soldiers to bask in the sun, the volunteer army used them as bait to attract enemy reinforcements to besiege the city, and in three days, the 119th Division and the 120th Division of the 40th Army successively destroyed the two support troops of the 19th Regiment of the 7th Division of the Republic of Korea and the 10th Regiment of the 8th Division of the Republic of Korea.
while
Colonel Lim Phu-taek took the 7th Regiment of the Roon Army
along
When the road was lazily pulled out in the direction of Yonggudong, the 118th Division of the Volunteer Army had been waiting here for a long time.
After receiving the order from Deputy Commander Deng Hua to completely annihilate the 7th Regiment of the 6th Division of the Roks and thoroughly clear the enemy's threat to China's border areas, Deng Yue, commander of the 118th Division, immediately led his troops to the north in spite of fatigue and marched to the yalu River on the border of the motherland.
The volunteers rolled over the mountains in heavy snow
The first heavy snow of the Korean winter in 1950 came unexpectedly, covering the road of the volunteer army with a thick layer of snow, which added great difficulties to the volunteer soldiers who were crossing the Bacillin Mountain, coupled with the slippery mountain, the soldiers kept falling and climbing up, climbing up step by step, the cotton clothes were wet with sweat and wind and snow, plus the cold wind blew, the volunteer soldiers of the forced army involuntarily shivered, but even so, The heroic volunteer soldiers continued to advance at night with all their might, and with great indignation at the enemy's shelling of China, they swore to pay the enemy's blood debts.
Volunteer soldiers were overloaded over the mountains
What is the strength and faith that supports the volunteer soldiers to carry the weight forward in the harsh environment of dangerous mountains and high roads, wind and snow, and hunger and hunger? There is only one answer, that is, unlimited loyalty and love for the motherland, they do not allow the motherland to be violated even in the slightest.
The Heavenly Soldiers were furious and did not allow the enemy to touch the Yalu River! Cut off the claws of the US imperialists reaching for the borders of the motherland! Resolutely destroy the vanguard of the invading army!
According to the "History of the Korean War", a soldier who escaped from the Rok army recalled: "On the morning of the 29th, it was suddenly shot by the Chinese army, and the whole regiment fell into an encirclement, and the battle continued until noon. ”
Five
The fall of the 7th Regiment of the ROK Army.
The 353rd Regiment of the 118th Division of the Volunteer Army, under the leadership of regimental commander Huang Demao, after three days of forced marching, finally arrived at the Yonggudong area before the enemy and blocked the enemy's retreat.
The volunteers were firing fiercely at the enemy
At dawn on October 29, the car of the 7th Regiment of the 6th Division of the ROK Army drove along the road in the direction of the volunteer position, and without the slightest awareness of the impending danger, it swung into the range of volunteer fire.
Huang Demao
At the sound of the order, the volunteers immediately fired in unison and fired fiercely at the Convoy of the South Korean Army, and the South Korean Army that was suddenly attacked was suddenly in a mess, and a large number of enemies were shot and killed before they could get out of the car to hide, and in just a few minutes, the South Korean Army suffered heavy casualties, and the remaining enemies were also suppressed by the Volunteer Army in the ravine next to the road.
Colonel Lim Bhu-taek was squeezed in a ravine and asked the U.S. Air Force for support, and soon dozens of U.S. aircraft flew over the volunteer positions, constantly dropping bombs and strafing, and the howitzer artillery of the ROK 7th Regiment also seized the position and began to fire back, under the cover of the aircraft artillery, the ROK infantry began to launch a fierce charge against the 353rd Regiment of the Volunteer Army in an attempt to break through.
Volunteers perform rapid interspersed missions in the snow
However, the volunteer soldiers, relying on the favorable position of the condescending position, repelled the enemy's charge again and again, and the front of the position was full of enemy corpses, and the position was firmly in the hands of the volunteer army, and the enemy could not take a step, so he had to hold on to help again.
On the evening of the 29th, Deng Yue, who was sitting in the division's command post, agreed to the night attack battle plan of Commander Huang Demao, and the 353rd Regiment took advantage of the night to break through the enemy's defensive positions, and at the same time ordered the 352nd Regiment to detour from the left wing, and the 354th Regiment to intersperse along the right flank and attack in a separate and combined attack, completely annihilating the 7th Regiment of the enemy's pseudo-6th Division.
The volunteers were rapidly pursuing the fleeing enemy
At this time, the troops of the 7th Regiment of south Korea had no strength to fight back, and the volunteer soldiers were like entering no man's land, beating the enemy and fleeing in all directions. However, the South Korean soldiers, who were good at escaping, abandoned their vehicles and artillery, climbed the mountains and mountains to disperse the breakthrough, and even escaped the encirclement of the volunteer army and flew to Songshuidong.
Commander Deng Yue immediately ordered the 352nd Regiment to cut a short road to pursue the fleeing enemy, and the volunteer soldiers of the 352nd Regiment crossed five lofty mountains and mountains in a row, and finally reached Songshuidong, the only way for the remnants of the enemy to escape south, at 8 a.m. on the 30th, and in the face of the volunteers' re-charge again, the ROK 7th Regiment completely lost its will to fight and became prisoners of the volunteer army in a hurry.
The captured Rokjun seemed very happy
In this battle, only more than 800 of the 3552 officers and men of the 7th Regiment of the ROK Army escaped alive to the military corner, and the other 2700 were either killed or captured. Three of the regiment's four U.S. advisers were killed, the only surviving major Fleming, who was touted to colonel Hayashi, was wounded 15 times, became prisoners of war, and was later released back home at the end of the war in 1953.
At this point, the 7th Regiment of the 6th Division of the South Korean Army, the "pioneer" who had hit Chinese territory with shells, was punished most severely by the volunteer army at the beginning of the war, and almost all of them were annihilated on the banks of the Yalu River. The History of the Korean War, recounting the battle, lamented:
Grief! The brave soldiers who washed their swords and guns on the banks of the Yalu River finally failed to rush out of this fierce wind and vicious current, and in order to destroy the enemy, they preferred to die unyieldingly and heroically sacrificed their lives.
On October 25, 1950, the first battle was fought after the Entry of the Chinese Army into North Korea, which brought out the prestige of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, and also the momentum, and the arrogance of the enemy was destroyed, and it was written in the Korean War: The Undisclosed Truth: "By October 29, the advance of the South Korean army had stopped, and the entire South Korean Army was forced to retreat 40 miles to Cheonggangcheon. ”