Shortly after the end of the third campaign, Ridgway took advantage of the fatigue of the volunteer army and the shortage of food, and commanded the troops to launch a crazy counterattack, in a vain attempt to first capture Hengcheng, and then use this as a springboard to attack Seoul, forcing the volunteer army back to the area north of the 38th Line. At this time, the gateway of Hengcheng, Wuyin Mountain, is particularly important, which is located 17 kilometers south of Hengcheng, only 12 kilometers north of Hongchuan, and the highest peak reaches 930 meters above sea level, which is the commanding height of this area, guarding the intersection of the two highways leading from Hengcheng to Hongchuan and Yangdeyuan, and its strategic position is very important.
Originally defending Gomonsan was the first unit of the Korean People's Army's 5th Army, but the unit suffered heavy losses in the third battle and was unable to resist the upcoming offensive launched by the US-ROK coalition, so it requested the volunteer army to send troops to take over the defense. At this time, the 6 corps of the Volunteer Army that had entered the DPRK earlier fought three consecutive battles and were already very tired, while the 9th Corps of the Song Dynasty Was still recuperating at this time because of the heavy losses suffered in the Battle of Chosin Lake. Before the second batch of troops entering the DPRK had arrived, a defensive unit must be sent to Wuyin Mountain to complete this blockade mission.
In the end, Shiji entrusted this difficult task to the 198th Division of the 66th Army, whose commander Song Yulin was known for his good fighting and resistance battles. During the Red Army period, he led his troops to block the enemy at Miao Jifeng and became famous in World War I; during the War of Resistance Against Japan, Song Yulin's men fought a nationally famous five heroes of Wolf's Tooth Mountain; in the War of Liberation, he led his troops to block the enemy in Baoding for 7 days and nights, crushing the enemy's attempt to sneak attack Yan'an. Having fought so many blocking battles and accomplished each mission well, Shiji gave him the task of defending Gonin Mountain.
On February 5, 1951, on the Chinese New Year's Eve of the lunar calendar, all the officers and men of the 198th Division were holding a military-civilian party with the local Korean masses. At this moment, the order from the superior arrived, and Song Yulin led the troops to immediately set off to Goyin Mountain to take over the defense of the Korean People's Army. After consultation with political commissar Huang Lianqiu, Song Yulin decided to first lead the combat and liaison staff to go to Goinsan To familiarize themselves with the terrain and make a handover with the Korean People's Army. Large troops were organized by deputy division commanders and chiefs of staff.
At about 11 o'clock that night, Song Yulin and her party braved heavy snow to come to a small mountain village not far from Wuyin Mountain, and due to the difficult roads and hunger, they decided to rest here and then move forward. After settling in, Song Yulin sent a liaison staff officer to Wuyin Mountain to contact friendly troops. Soon after, the staff officer returned to report that the Korean People's Army stationed at Wuyin Mountain had withdrawn, and now there was no one on the position! Song Yulin was shocked after hearing this, why didn't the friendly troops evacuate without informing themselves? Now there are only about 30 people around, do you want to stay and wait for the big troops or go to Wuyin Mountain overnight?
Just as they were considering, the division's guard squad caught several Plainclothes South Korean agents who were conducting reconnaissance in the village. Song Yulin immediately interrogated them and learned that the main forces of the US 2nd Division and the South Korean 8th Division had reached the foot of the mountain on the south side of Wuyin Mountain and were ready to attack at dawn tomorrow. The military situation was urgent, but Song Yulin had no soldiers to use around him, even if he ordered the troops to force the army, he would not be able to reach Wuyin Mountain until tomorrow morning at the earliest, when the position had already been lost! But at this time, there are only 30 people around him, what is the use of going up?
Time, now the most precious is time, so is there any way to buy time for the troops? Song Yulin suddenly thought of the empty city plan in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang used this plan to scare off Sima Yi's 100,000 troops, and now Wuyin Mountain is an "empty city", so can he also sing an empty city plan to scare the enemy? He pondered that in the past few days, heavy snow had fallen continuously, and the US military's aerial reconnaissance was not feasible. The agents thought that the people's army was still defending the mountain, and now that they saw the volunteer army, they were bound to think that the volunteer army was here for reinforcements, so they could use the enemy's illusion to sing a plan to empty the city.
When he spoke up about this idea, everyone agreed unanimously. Song Yulin then immediately made arrangements: quickly dispatched people to organize the local people, using the snowy night as a cover to disguise themselves as people's army troops; at the same time, let the guards lead some of the disguised people to march near the place where the secret agents were being held, and shouted the slogans of the people's army; and then ordered these people to rush to the important pass of Wuyin Mountain to lurk, creating the illusion that the main force of the volunteer army had reached support.
Finally, Song Yulin deliberately let the guards let down their guard in the early hours of the morning and let these agents go. On their way out, these agents saw many figures shaking at various important intersections of Wuyin Mountain, and mistakenly believed that the reinforcements of the volunteer army had arrived. After releasing the agents, Song Yulin immediately sent a messenger to inform the main force of the division to speed up the march and be sure to enter the position tomorrow morning. Song Yulin's elaborate plan for the empty city was not in vain, and the enemy was really deceived. On the day of the 6th, the Han 8th Division only sent a few tanks to fire a few cannons at Wuyin Mountain, and there was no more follow-up.
According to the ROK military history: "On February 3, the Army Headquarters issued Operational Order No. 263, planning a frontal attack with the 8th and 5th Divisions of the 10th Army, and the two wings of the 2nd and 7th Divisions of the US Army, to launch a surprise attack in the Hengcheng area in order to seize Goyin Mountain and push the front line from Hongcheon to the Han River. The attack was originally scheduled for February 5, but due to heavy snow at that time, the troops were unable to move, so the attack was postponed to 6. However, a large number of Chinese communist troops were later found in Wuyin Mountain, and it was judged that the Northern Communist Army had been strengthened. The 8th Division, which was acting as a frontal attack, changed the original raid attack encirclement operation to a mighty reconnaissance operation. ”
Song Yulin's empty city plan turned the Korean army around and won herself a whole day and a night. It was not until 7 February that the enemy realized that he had been deceived, and the embarrassed enemy, with the cooperation of aircraft and artillery, launched a fierce attack on the 198th Division. Song Yulin commanded the troops to fight the enemy bloodily on Wuyin Mountain for 5 days and nights, trying to ensure that the position was not lost. Valuable time was gained for the main force of the army to encircle the enemy. On 12 February, the 66th Army launched a full-scale counterattack against the enemy.
The war history of the ROK army records this as follows: "At dawn on the 12th, the Chinese Communist army launched a powerful attack, and the momentum was like a wild wave. Three divisions of the 66th Army of the Communist Party of China launched a wave attack 4 kilometers south of Hongchuan, and with the support of tanks and various artillery, they directly attacked our 21st Regiment along Route 5. The situation changed drastically, and the 8th Division fell into a heavy enemy siege and fought hard. "After a day of fierce fighting, our army severely damaged the Rok 8th Division and eliminated a part of the US 2nd Division, annihilating more than 12,000 enemy troops. Later, the song "The Mountain of Steel in the Hero's Position", composed for the battle of Wuyin Mountain, became a weekly song of the Central People's Radio and spread throughout the country.
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