The movie "Chosin Lake" has recently been a hit, and people are watching the movie while also paying attention to the story behind the movie. It was a tragic history, a tragic song composed by the great Chinese Volunteer Army with its blood. The Battle of Chosin Lake can be said to be the most tragic battle in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and of course it is the most tragic and magnificent battle; it is not worth the huge casualties of our army in the battle, but the non-combat attrition, which seriously exceeds the combat attrition.
During the Battle of Chosin Lake, the Ninth Corps of our volunteer army braved the cold of minus 30 to 40 degrees, did not have warm clothing in the alpine area, and was equivalent to wearing a single coat to fight with the American army armed to the teeth, and finally severely damaged the elite 1st Marine Division of the US army, and eliminated the US 31st Infantry Regiment, which is the heroic regiment of the US army, we call it the polar bear regiment, killed the regiment commander, and captured the regimental flag of the polar bear regiment.
At that time, the U.S. army participated in the war was the 1st Marine Division and the 3rd and 7th Infantry Divisions, as well as the South Korean 1st Army, about 100,000, after the war, according to the U.S. statistics data show that the U.S. army in the Chosin Lake Battle of the battle of more than 6,800 people, non-combat casualties of 13,000 people, of which the main marine 1st Division combat casualties of 4433 people, non-combat casualties of 7313 people, 7 infantry division combat casualties of 2200 people, non-combat casualties of more than 4000 people, the British army (participated in the battle?). There were about 500 casualties.
This was one of the biggest defeats of the U.S. army, and the unit that our army participated in was the Ninth Corps of the Volunteer Army, which had a total of three corps and 12 divisions, about 150,000 people. The Ninth Corps of the Volunteer Army was originally the Ninth Corps of Sanye, which was the main force that originally attacked Taiwan, and because of the tense situation in the Korean War, they were urgently transferred to the DPRK to take on the task of fighting on the Eastern Front.
The Ninth Corps set out from East China and entered the DPRK through the northeast, and if the war situation at that time was not so urgent, they could have switched to the winter load in the northeast and entered the DPRK to fight. But the fighters were fleeting, and there was little time left for the Ninth Corps to prepare their winter coats, and they had to set off at once.
The Ninth Corps entered Korea in November 1950, when the Ninth Corps was determined to adopt the tactics of "roundabout cut-off, encirclement and annihilation". In order to achieve the suddenness of the battle, the vast number of commanders and fighters of the Ninth Corps braved the freezing cold of minus tens of degrees, marched in the ice and snow, overcame unimaginable difficulties, and successfully cut the US 1st Marine Division and the 7th Infantry Division into 5 sections, forming a favorable situation of dividing and encircling and annihilating.
In the Battle of Chosin Lake, the weather was quite bad, for the volunteer army with backward equipment and logistical supplies, the cold was the biggest enemy, many soldiers of our army froze to death, and the famous ice sculpture company appeared in this battle, which cannot be described as tragic.
Nevertheless, our great volunteer army successfully completed its mission, but the Ninth Corps also paid a great price, and throughout the campaign more than 14,000 casualties, nearly 30,000 frostbite, frostbite reduced 32% of the total number of corps, and severe frostbite reached 22%. Among them, the 80th and 81st Divisions of the 27th Army that surrounded and annihilated the Polar Bear Regiment also paid a huge price, with casualties and non-combat attrition of up to 10,000 people, and the frostbite of the whole army was as high as 22%!
In the Battle of Chosin Lake, the biggest attrition of the volunteer army was not the battle, not in the battle casualties, but in the cold weather, we did not have enough winter clothes, many of our volunteer soldiers were frozen to frostbite, how can this not make people cry, so when the Ninth Corps returned home, the commander of the corps, Song Shilun, stopped by the Yalu River and looked in the direction of Chosin Lake in tears.
General Song Shilun was later awarded the rank of general, was the founding general, and was then the commander of the Ninth Corps of the Volunteer Army, at that time he could be said to be the highest direct commander of our army in the Battle of Chosin Lake, when he was the commander of the Ninth Corps, specifically commanding the battle. Therefore, some people said that in the Battle of Chosin Lake, our army suffered so many losses, as a commander, Song Shilun should bear great responsibility.
In fact, I don't know history at all, under the circumstances at that time, in exchange for any one person commanding, our army will have inevitable damage, especially frostbite, etc., after all, our conditions at that time were limited, if we had materials and equipment like the US army, I believe that the ice sculpture company in the Battle of Chosin Lake would never appear, and General Song Shilun should not be responsible for this matter.
As a famous general of Huaye (Sanye), General Song Shilun is also a famous general in Huaye, so in Huaye, where the generals are like clouds, what is the combat effectiveness of General Song Shilun?
In the first two years of the Liberation War, Huaye's record was the first in the entire People's Liberation Army, because Huaye appeared a god of war, Su Yu. Hua Ye is also rather special, the commander and political commissar is Chen Yi, the elder chen, but the military command belongs to the deputy commander Su Yu, which was pointed out by the great man himself, and the facts have proved that the great man is quite wise.
This special kind of tie-up is also unique in the entire People's Liberation Army, huaye under the seat of General Manager Chen, under the military command of Su Yu, has created many miracles, successively experienced the Battle of Laiwu, the Battle of Menglianggu, the Battle of Yudong, the Battle of Jinan, the Battle of Huaihai, the Battle of Crossing the River, the Battle of Shanghai and other great battles that shocked the world, becoming an invincible lion in a hundred battles.
There are also many famous generals in Huaye, Chen Su and the two needless to say, there are also like Ye Fei, Xu Shiyou, Wang Bicheng as the founding general, the whole Huaye can be said to be brilliant, then the founding general Song Shilun at that time the east China field military strength of the generals, song Shilun in what position is in?
First of all, we affirm that General Song Shilun was not very prominent in the early days of the Liberation War. This general, who graduated from the Huangpu Fifth Term, joined the revolution very early, and served as a military-level cadre during the Red Army period, which was very compatible with his later rank of general. But at the beginning of the War of Liberation he did not stand out.
At that time, he was the chief of staff of the Shandong Field Army, the commander of the Shandong Field Army was Chen Yi, and at that time, Song Shilun was to assist Chen Laozong in combat, and was once called Chen Song, but we also know that the Shandong Field Army did not fight very well in several battles in the Liberation War, especially the Shandong Field Army and the Central China Field Army did not cooperate well, and the national army surprise attacked Huaiyin successfully, and the morale of the entire unit was affected.
As the commander of the mountain field, Mr. Chen took the initiative to take responsibility for the failure, and the great man once wanted Xu Xiangqian to go to Shandong to preside over military work. Song Shilun, who was the chief of staff of the Shandong Field Army, was dismissed from his post and demoted to deputy commander of the Bohai Naval Region and commander of the Seventh Division.
In January 1947, the Shandong Field Army and the Central China Field Army merged to form the East China Field Army (referred to as Huaye for short), and Song Shilun was appointed as the commander of the Tenth Column of Huaye, but this column only had 7 infantry regiments at that time, which was not the first echelon in Huaye, and did not perform very well in several battles in Huaye, such as in the Liangshan Blockade Battle, his misjudgment caused a lot of troop losses, and there were complaints from all over the column.
That is to say, until this time, Song Shilun and his ten columns were not at all huaye's elite, but gold would always shine, Song Shilun with the tenth column, the battle was better and better, in the Battle of Wandong, Chen Geng misjudged, Song Shilun responded flexibly on the battlefield, successfully captured the 58th Division of the Nationalist Army, becoming a highlight of the campaign.
In the subsequent Shangcai Blockade Battle, he led ten columns to successfully block Hu Lian's troops, and in the Taolingang blockade battle, he led ten columns to stubbornly block Qiu Qingquan's troops for seven days and seven nights, and Qiu Qingquan had to sigh: If the artillery does not move, it must be ten columns!
There is no doubt that both Hu Lian and Qiu Qingquan are fierce generals in the national army, but Song Shilun was able to lead his troops to successfully block them, which shows his ability. In the Battle of Xudong's Blockade, it was Song Shilun who led the Ten Columns, and took command of the other two columns, successfully blocking Huang Baitao's corps, once again showing his military ability.
At this time, Song Shilun had successfully ranked among the top generals of Huaye, especially in the blockade battle, Song Shilun was definitely the first general of Huaye, and was deeply valued by General Su Yu, so General Su Yu handed over the task of blocking to Song Shilun in important battles such as the Battle of Eastern Henan and the Battle of Huaihai, which was a great affirmation of his ability.
Therefore, when Huaye's troops were reorganized, Song Shilun served as the commander of the Ninth Corps, and at that time Huaye formed four corps, Wang Jian'an, commander of the Seventh Corps, Chen Shiyu, commander of the Eighth Corps, and Ye Fei, the commander of the Tenth Corps.
Moreover, the strength of the Ninth Corps was too strong, he included two elite columns of Huaye, the first column and the ninth column, that is, the 20th Army and the 27th Army, the former commanders of these two columns were Ye Fei and Xu Shiyou, which was HuaYe's well-deserved ace column was now under the command of Song Shilun.
It was not until 1979 that someone asked General Su Yu that the columns of Hua Ye at that time were the most powerful, and General Su Yu replied:
The 1st, 3rd, 4th, 8th, 9th, and 10th columns, of which the 10th column was slightly weaker, but could still be counted as the main force of the first class. The first five first-class main columns were on par with each other. The 1st and 4th columns fought well in the field, the 3rd, 8th, and 9th columns were good at attacking strong points, and the 10th columns were good at defending.
Among them, he also said that the 10th Column, although relatively weak, is the first-class main force, and is good at defense, which shows that General Su Yu still has a high evaluation of the 10th Column, and the commander of the Tenth Column at that time was Song Shilun, indicating that in Su Yu's heart, he was also regarded as the top battle future of Huaye.
In particular, after the reorganization of Huaye's troops, Song Shilun served as the commander of the Ninth Corps, which further highlighted his status as a famous general, so that later Song Shilun's troops were used as the main force to attack Taiwan, indicating that Song Shilun's status among Huaye (Sanye) generals was not low, ranking in the top few.
If we talk about defensive warfare alone, there are not many people in the Plaster who can be smarter than him. Therefore, at that time, the situation on the Korean battlefield was not good, and the great people urgently dispatched the Song Shilun Regiment into the Korean War, and it can be seen that the General of the Song Dynasty was indeed a general.