In late September 1952, the 38th Army received orders from Shiji to conduct a tactical counterattack against the Han 9th Division, which was defending Hakuba Mountain, demanding that "more than 5,000 enemy casualties be killed and wounded in the counterattack, and then strive to occupy and consolidate it." Hakuba Mountain is located in the Yaoshan Cave area 10 kilometers northwest of Tieyuan and confronts the 38th Army's Xiangli Beishan position. To its east is the endless Cheongwon Plain, and to the south is the main military supply line of the "United Nations Army" to Seoul via Kodaisan Andeiling. If our army can capture this strategic point, it will be in an extremely advantageous position for both offensive and defensive.
However, The White Horse Mountain was not easy to fight, and the Han 9th Division built a dotted ming fort and a dark bunker on the mountain, and a large number of anti-infantry mines and several barbed wire fences were buried on the front of the position, and it was always supported by the fire of US aircraft, tanks and heavy artillery. Previously, the 42nd Army had counterattacked Baima Mountain twice, but both ended in failure, and the Korean army also called Baima Mountain a "steel position". At this time, Liang Xingchu had been transferred to the deputy commander of the West Coast Command, and the post of commander of the 38th Army was taken over by Deputy Jiang Yonghui.
In order to fight the first battle after taking office, Jiang Yonghui made full preparations and equipped the 114th Division with 182 guns, 27 tanks, 59 anti-aircraft guns, and 122 anti-aircraft machine guns. It can be said that in addition to the aircraft, there should be everything. In view of the dense fortifications built by the enemy at the front of the position, in order to avoid a hard fight with the enemy, the 114th Division decided to launch a surprise attack and catch the enemy by surprise. To this end, the whole division began training weeks in advance and focused on lurking.
After some hard training, the 114th Division was full of confidence in taking the White Horse Mountain. As the campaign drew nearer, the 340th Regiment, which was in charge of the main offensive, began to select assault companies. After careful consideration, the regimental leaders entrusted this heavy task to the 7th Company. Immediately, the 7th Company began to select sharp knife platoons, and the soldiers wrote petitions one after another, asking them to participate in the sharp knife platoon and kill the enemy for meritorious service. Tanaka Jiao, a cultural instructor of the 7th Company, wrote several petitions in succession, and his attitude was extremely resolute.
According to the past practice, cultural instructors generally do not participate in the commando team, which Tanaka knows very well. So why did he write a letter of invitation? It turned out that Tanaka Jiao was an opportunist, and the reason why he wanted to write a letter of request for war was to conclude that his superiors would not agree to his going to the front, so that he would not only leave a good impression on his superiors, but also not have to participate in the commando team to take risks, which could be described as killing two birds with one stone. Unexpectedly, this time, Tanaka Jiao miscalculated, and the regiment leader saw that he had such a resolute attitude, and in order not to discourage his enthusiasm, he agreed to his request.
The thought that after the battle began, the commando team would become the first unit to fight with the enemy, and this soft-boned guy was afraid, so four days before the Launch of the Battle of White Horse Mountain, The Valley Jiao defected to the enemy in the name of checking the terrain. At that time, this was a very serious matter, and Jiang Yonghui immediately reported the matter to Wang Jinshan, the acting commander of the Three Corps, and requested a change in the battle plan.
Wang Jinshan joined the Red Army as a teenager, and was known for his bravery in fighting, and was a famous general in our army. After receiving Jiang Yonghui's report, he believed that Yanzhong Jiao was only a small role and knew limited intelligence, so he did not pay attention to it, and asked the 38th Army to launch the Battle of Baima Mountain on time. Later, it was proved that Wang Jinshan had made a big mistake in this move, and although Tanaka Jiao was only a small role, he had mastered the specific time and the offensive route of the 340 regiment that our army launched the Battle of Baima Mountain.
After The Rebellion of Tanaka Jiao, in order to seek credit, he reported all of our army's offensive plans to the enemy. The ROK army immediately made targeted deployments, not only that, they were also supported by 9 artillery battalions and 44 tanks and hundreds of aircraft of the US army, and the defensive force was greatly enhanced. On October 6, 1952, the 38th Army launched the Battle of White Horse Mountain on time, and the surprise attack turned into a strong attack, and after nine days and nights of bloody battles, it failed to take the enemy's position and paid the cost of more than 6,700 casualties.
After the war, Wang Jinshan was annoyed that he had not paid attention to the rebellion of Yanzhong Jiao, and if he could agree to Jiang Yonghui's change of battle plan at that time, perhaps the Battle of White Horse Mountain would be a different ending. Finally, let's talk about the fate of the traitor Tanaka Jiao, after the Battle of Hakuba Mountain, Tanaka Jiao, who thought he had made a great contribution, applied to the Korean side, hoping to become a Korean. But the Korean side did not want to take him in at all, but sent him to Taiwan, and the Valley Jiao, who had lost his use value, was left uncared for and extremely depressed, and in 1973, the traitor died of illness in loneliness, ending his shameful life.
The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was a national war on the mainland, and this battle brought out military and national prestige, which made the whole world look at New China with astonishment. Written by the famous writer Li Feng
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