On November 27, 1950, the famous Battle of Chosin Lake broke out. At that time, the commander of the 9th Corps, Song Shilun, was deployed as follows: the 27th Army besieged the Polar Bear Regiment belonging to the US 7th Division, the 20th Army besieged the 5th and 7th Regiments of the US 1st Marine Division, and the 26th Army was the reserve of the corps. Since he had never fought with the US army before, Song Shilun underestimated the combat effectiveness of the US army, believing that even if the enemy's firepower was fierce, our army would still be sure to hit the enemy with one army and two regiments.
However, after the campaign was launched, Song Shilun found that the firepower of the US army was far beyond his imagination. At the beginning, the 27th Army sent 3 regiments to besiege the Polar Bear Regiment, which was holding Xinxingli, with three times the strength of the enemy, and deputy commander Zhan Danan did not think it was a problem to eat the enemy. Unexpectedly, the enemy's fire was too fierce, and shells of various calibers kept falling like raindrops on the road of our army's charge. Enemy tanks also bullied our army into lacking anti-tank weapons and rampaged in front of the position.
The warriors fought hard for three days, not only failing to destroy the enemy, but also paying a considerable price of casualties. Zhan Danan promptly dispatched two regiments to come to assist in the battle, and finally after 5 days and nights of fierce fighting, the 27th Army finally completely annihilated the Polar Bear Regiment, which was also the only time in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea that our army completely annihilated a regiment of the US army. The destruction of the Polar Bear Regiment caused a great shock to Smith, commander of the First Marine Division, and he hurriedly ordered the 5th and 7th Regiments, which were surrounded by the 20th Army, to break through.
Relying on their strong firepower and maneuverability, the two regiments of the US army finally broke through the encirclement of the 20th Army and fled down to the corner. Song Shilun ordered the 20th Army to pursue it on the one hand, and on the other hand ordered the 26th Army, which was serving as a reserve, to immediately go south and seize Xiayuli before the enemy, completely blocking the retreat of the First Marine Division. Zhang Renchu, commander of the 26th Army, gave the task of serving as an avant-garde to Wu Dalin's 88th Division. Wu Dalin, a native of southern Sichuan, joined the Red Army in 1932, experienced the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and accumulated military merits and was promoted to division commander.
When the 88th Division received the order from the military headquarters, it was already early in the morning of December 3, and the military department asked them to insert themselves into the duxiu peak line south of Xiaquanyuli in the early morning of the 4th, build a position, cooperate with the brother troops to attack Xiaxuli, and cut off the escape route of the US First Marine Division. At that time, it was snowing heavily, the wind and snow were thick, the temperature was extremely low, and the soldiers had already camped early. Therefore, Wu Dalin, who loved soldiers like sons, did not have the heart to let the warriors set off overnight in the snow.
After dawn, Wu Dalin asked the regiments to make preparations, which delayed a lot of time, and the 88th Division did not set off until about 3 p.m., a full 15 hours later than the time requested by the superiors, which seriously delayed the fighters. More seriously, due to the daytime march, the whereabouts of the troops were discovered by enemy aircraft, followed by intensive bombing, with heavy losses, Wu Dalin's jeep was also overturned, the driver was killed on the spot, and he himself was slightly injured.
As a result, the 88th Division was ultimately unable to reach Duxiu Peak on time, and the First Marine Division also escaped from the lower yuli. Wu Dalin's move was in stark contrast to the 113th Division of the 38th Army. Also in the second campaign, the 113th Division was ordered to penetrate sansho and cut off the enemy's retreat. At that time, the 113th Division had been fighting continuously for several days and nights, and the soldiers were already exhausted, and many of them fell asleep as they walked. Some battalion and regiment-level cadres were very intolerant of seeing the situation, and suggested that the division Yangtze River Tide let the soldiers rest for a while before setting off, but Jiang Chao not only did not agree, but also urged to speed up the march.
Under jiang chao's strict orders of "unkindness", the 113th Division relied on tenacious perseverance to force 145 miles of troops day and night, arrived at Sansholi on time, and only 5 minutes later, the AMERICAN army was defeated and retreated. If Jiang Chao had softened his heart a little and let the warriors rest, there would have been no victory in the later three-so-ri and Longyuan-li resistance battles, and this was the reason why Ci did not control the soldiers. If he set out on time on the night of the 3rd, the troops would not only avoid being bombed by enemy aircraft, but also might arrive at Duxiu Peak on time to block the retreat of the First Marine Division, and the results of the Battle of Chosin Lake would be much greater.
After the war, Wu Dalin was dismissed from his post due to missing fighters, and soon after returned to China, successively serving as deputy director of the Liaoning Provincial Military Service Bureau, deputy division commander and chief of staff of the 148th Division, and commander of the Jinzhou Military Sub-district, and was awarded the rank of colonel in 1955, and died of illness in 1991 at the age of 80.
The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was a national war for our country, and this battle brought out military and national prestige, and made the whole world look at New China with astonishment. Written by the famous writer Li Feng
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