On November 1, 1950, the 114th Division, which was tasked as the rear guard of the 38th Army of the Chinese Volunteer Army, entered the Yanchuan River and then marched south of Tanfeng, marching in a tense and orderly manner in the dark night when five fingers were out of sight. To the surprise of the officers and men of the 114th Division of the Volunteer Army, they could even encounter the enemy when they were on the task of rear guard, and it was first discovered by a volunteer cook.
The volunteers were marching
At dawn on 2 November, the 342nd Regiment of the 114th Division took up residence in a house in a ravine, and what they did not know was that the 19th Wing of the 6th Division of the South Korean Army had also chosen to camp here, and because it was dark at night, no one could find anyone. The artillery company of the 342nd Regiment had not yet arrived at the camp because of the slow march, so they sent some soldiers and cooks to the camp in advance, set up camp near the ditch to cook, and waited for the artillery company to arrive when everything was ready.
The Volunteers used light machine guns to fire heavily at the enemy
In the night, a group of soldiers ran over to uncover the pot to serve rice, and they also rushed to make a mess, and the cook was a little unhappy when he saw it, and shouted at them: "The big troops have not yet arrived, what kind of food." But the soldiers only cared about grabbing food and eating, and none of them paid attention to the reprimand of the cook. The cooker was in a hurry and rushed to them to stop them, he grabbed one of the soldiers from behind, and both sides were dumbfounded at the sight of it, it turned out to be Li Pseudo-Jun. When the volunteer cooker saw that something was wrong, he quickly ran away, and he found a trumpeter and asked him to sound the charge horn to warn the large troops nearby. Sun Hongdao, the regimental commander of the 342 regiment, and Wang Pili, the political commissar, who were preparing to sleep, suddenly heard the emergency charge horn, followed by the sound of gunfire, and they immediately realized that they must have exchanged fire with the enemy.
The volunteers shot at the enemy
The South Korean army first seized the favorable terrain on the mountain, and then surrounded the 342nd Regiment of the Volunteer Army, at this time the situation was very unfavorable to the 342nd Regimental Headquarters, because the Regimental Headquarters had only one guard company around, and the nearest battalion was separated by a mountain beam, and it was impossible to rush to break the siege immediately. Regiment commander Sun Hongdao, worthy of a tiger general who had experienced hundreds of battles, he was not in danger, commanded the guard company to organize a defensive line to resist the enemy's onslaught as quickly as possible, and the political commissar Wang Pili immediately sent a capable soldier to a battalion to convey orders, this soldier had courage and strategy, in order to save time and reach the first battalion station as quickly as possible, he used the night cover to directly penetrate from the chaotic enemy position, and quickly found a battalion. At this time, the first battalion had been assembled, and it turned out that after they heard the sound of gunfire, they also realized that things were not good, and immediately ordered the troops to stop camping and make preparations for battle, considering that there was a regimental commander Sun Hongdao in the front who personally commanded it, and the enemy could not win quickly, and Fang Xin, an instructor of the first battalion, picked up a submachine gun and took a battalion to encircle the enemy's rear road.
The volunteers interspersed the rear of the enemy at night
The artillery company of the 342nd Regiment also stepped up its marching speed after hearing the gunshots in the front, and immediately entered the battle after arriving, engaging in fierce battles with the enemy, and the pressure on the regimental commander Sun Hongdao was immediately reduced a lot. A battalion, under the leadership of instructor Fang Xin, quickly reached the rear of the enemy, Fang Xin took the lead, took the lead in charging at the enemy with a submachine gun, and the soldiers of the first battalion followed closely behind and killed the enemy group, and the enemy fell into chaos after being caught between the front and back, and was defeated after a morning of melee with the volunteers. No one could have imagined that the first battle of the 342nd Regiment of the Volunteer Army to enter Korea would happen in such an unexpected way. In this encounter, a battalion of the South Korean Army was annihilated, and the volunteers captured a large number of guns and ammunition and captured hundreds of prisoners, including 5 American military advisers.
The volunteers captured a large number of prisoners
After the battle, the volunteer soldiers who had won a big victory were not the slightest bit happy, because the 23 comrades of the first battalion, including the commander of the three companies, died in the battle, the battle was cruel, Fang Xin saw that the soldiers were very depressed, so he gathered the whole battalion to give a brief memorial service to the comrades who died, and the soldiers of the whole battalion took off their hats to pay tribute to the sacrificed comrades in the cold wind. At this time, an earth-shattering roar suddenly sounded in the mountains and forests: "Avenge your comrades-in-arms, avenge the Korean people!" The battalion's strong fighting morale was mobilized again, and after dark the soldiers set out for the next battlefield.