On May 22, 1951, the American troops, which had been continuously attacked by the volunteers, took advantage of the fact that the volunteers had begun to move north on May 21, and suddenly gathered heavy troops, intending to cut the back road of our army.
Why is it said to be a heavy army? Because the vanguard of the US army alone is as many as 7 main divisions, and it is equipped with powerful tank groups and rapidly maneuvering motorized equipment.
At that time, the first task of the volunteer army was to withdraw north in batches, using the opportunity of short rest to replenish ammunition, food and soldiers, with no intention of entanglement with the American army.
Naturally, this made the US military more and more rampant, and in just two or three days it pushed the front to the north by more than 100 miles.
The commander of the volunteer army categorically ordered that the troops responsible for the rear should be strictly positioned to block the pursuing enemy layer by layer, so as to buy time for the large army to retreat north.
In this context, Park Dafeng, 60 miles southwest of Kim Hoa in North Korea, began to fight a multi-day blockade battle from May 30, which is the Park Dafeng blockade battle of Biao Bing's military history.
The commander who ordered the troops to block the enemy's northern prisoners at Pu Dafeng was General Cui Jiangong, commander of the Forty-fifth Division of the 15th Army, who later became famous in the Battle of Shangganling.
The unit ordered to hold on to Pu Dafeng was the third battalion of the 134th Regiment of the division. The commanders and fighters of the whole battalion fought bloodily, so that the AMERICAN troops attacked for five days and were still helpless.
However, on the sixth day, the three battalions were seriously depleted, and the weapons and ammunition could not be replenished in time, and the position was finally lost.
Once the large us troops are allowed to cross over Park Dafeng and drive straight north, the consequences will be unimaginable!
At this critical moment, Cui Jiangong immediately drew some troops from his guard company to rush forward to reinforcements, and asked them: "At all costs, we must also retake park dafeng's position within an hour!" ”
The one who accepted this arduous task and finally turned the tide was Chai Yunzhen, a squad leader from Yuechi, Sichuan, who had made many military achievements.
The situation in front of Chai Yunzhen was extremely grim: the strength of the troops was only one squad led by him, the time was limited to one hour, and there was no artillery cover and no heavy weapons available.
But Chai Yunzhen had no fear, did not have half a sentence of excuse, and led the warriors to Rush to Park Dafeng without hesitation.
He divided the class into two groups, using ingenious roundabout tactics to unexpectedly take down the hills on either side of the main peak.
Of course, the American troops stationed on the main peak were not willing to lose their positions, and immediately aimed their artillery fire at the two hills and launched a fierce bombardment.
After some indiscriminate bombardment, several volunteer soldiers died heroically, leaving only Chai Yunzhen and three other soldiers.
Chai Yunzhen realized that it was necessary to take out the enemy's artillery command post on the main peak as soon as possible, otherwise not only would it be impossible to retake Pu Dafeng, but it would also make it impossible for our army to form an effective counterattack against the enemy, and even cause heavy casualties!
The more difficult problem is that the time is extremely tight and we must act as soon as possible!
He summoned three comrades-in-arms over, but alone took on the most difficult task: "You are responsible for pretending to attack, containing the enemy, buying a little time, I will take down the enemy's command post!" ”
Yes, he decided to brave the tiger's den alone and turn the tide - the most difficult thing, how can he do without taking the lead?
The so-called brave have no fear, not to mention that Chai Yunzhen is not brave and brave, he is a very tactical veteran.
The feint of the three comrades attracted the attention of the enemy, and Chai Yunzhen seized the opportunity to quietly touch the main peak of Park Dafeng with his agile skills and clever positioning.
When he approached the enemy artillery command post, he pulled out all the grenades inserted in his waist to uncover the lid, and then smashed his face at the command post with great speed.
When the grenade exploded the enemy and launched a scream, Chai Yunzhen raised the submachine gun in his hand and aimed it at the enemy who had not been killed by the explosion!
At this time, Chai Yunzhen, like the god of war descending into the world, brought the volunteer army's individual combat ability to the extreme.
No one could make up all the details of Chai Yunzhen's series of actions, but incredibly, he single-handedly destroyed the US artillery command post in one fell swoop.
When the three comrades rushed to the main peak to eliminate the remnants of the enemy, they found that the squad leader, who had run out of ammunition, had fallen into a pool of blood.
Fortunately, Chai Yunzhen was finally freed from the danger of life after emergency treatment. However, he left 27 large and small wounds on his body, and the index finger of his right hand was also bitten off during close combat with the enemy.
When he woke up from his coma and learned that the Position of Park Dafeng had returned to the hands of our army, he showed a satisfied smile.
According to statistics, Chai Yunzhen led the whole class to retake Park Dafeng, and actually annihilated more than 200 enemy people, while Chai Yunzhen's single soldiers annihilated more than 100 enemies.
The most crucial thing is that the recapture of Park Dafeng will prevent the enemy from committing a northward attack, and will also save the living forces of the whole army.
In view of Chai Yunzhen's heroic performance in conquering the US positions and like the incarnation of the god of war, the volunteer army headquarters honored him with special merit and awarded him the title of "first-class combat hero".
On the right is Chai Yunzhen in his later years
The hero's legend did not end with his return to his country to heal his wounds, and he wrote another wonderful story with noble character.
After recovering from his wounds, Chai Yunzhen quietly left the army, returned to his hometown in Sichuan, became a farmer in obscurity, and for decades afterwards, he hid his name and never mentioned his meritorious service in the Korean battlefield.
It was not until September 1984, after General Qin (Jiwei), then minister of national defense and veteran commander of the 15th Army, personally ordered the whole army to search for people, that Chai Yunzhen, a special meritorious hero of the Volunteer Army who had been hidden for 33 years, was found.
At this time, Chai Yunzhen was 58 years old, and in the face of countless flowers, smiling faces and praise, he just responded indifferently: "Honor belongs to the motherland and the people, don't count it all on my personal head." ”
In the Korean battlefield, he once turned the tide with his heroic performance, but after he became famous, he hid his name and hid his name to be poor, no wonder this legendary hero with high merit and virtue was praised by the people as "a generation of gods of war".