Qin Jiwei fought in Zhipuli, and Peng Dehuai sent a telegram after the war: "Qin Jiwei, I am very grateful to you!" "What the hell is going on? Let Mr. Peng send this very emotional telegram.
After the Fifteenth Army entered Korea, the first battle was the fifth battle of the arduous and unusual. Both sides in this campaign had their own victories and losses in the confrontation, and in the first stage of the campaign our army inflicted heavy losses on the United Nations army. The first battle of the Fifteenth Army severely damaged the US Second Division. But in the second stage, the fight was extremely hard.
The fighting began on the evening of May 16, and after six days of continuous fighting, the troops were almost exhausted with food and ammunition, but because of the logistical blockade of the Us army, the supplies could not keep up. The troops were no longer able to launch an offensive, and Peng Dehuai decided that the second phase of the Fifth Campaign would end on May 21. The Fifteenth Army was ordered to move north.
Suddenly under the order to retreat, the troops switched from attack to retreat, the structure was very poor and chaotic, and years of conquest let Qin Jiwei know. Once the chaos is over, these tens of thousands of people and horses will not have to think about it to know. Just like the flood that broke down, it was really called every day to ignore, and the earth should not be ignored.
Qin Jiwei deeply felt that the situation was grim, and communications must be kept open so that the troops could not be chaotic. He ordered all the army's telephones to be turned on, and ordered them to go directly down to the regiment, and the regimental commanders personally explained themselves. Due to the full preparations, the fifteenth army remained intact during the transfer process and basically did not suffer losses.
Through four contests on the "United Nations Army" side, Ridgway has initially grasped the law of volunteer army combat. Because there was no air superiority, the logistical support of the volunteer army was extremely difficult, and each combat material could only be carried by the body, so it could only be maintained for about a week. Ridgway called it the "worship offensive."
In the second stage of the Fifth Campaign, Ridgway ate the weakness of the quasi-volunteer army, and our army attacked him and retreated, but maintained certain contact with our army. They are trying to take advantage of our army's longer and longer supply lines to consume our army's food and ammunition. Then a large-scale counterattack was carried out to cut off the passage for the retreat of the main force on our eastern front.
The form of the battlefield was instantaneously changed from attack to defense, and our army changed from pursuit to retreat, and from attack to defense. What is particularly serious is that there are still a large number of troops on our eastern front that have not yet been adjusted and deployed, and if the enemy forces occupy the Tieyuan and Jinhua fronts and cut off our army's retreat route, it will be difficult for the troops on the eastern front to retreat. Hundreds of thousands of people together, no rear, no supply, the consequences are unimaginable.
At this moment, Qin Jiwei, who was on his way to the north, suddenly received an urgent order from the volunteer army headquarters:
The Fifteenth Army was required to quickly occupy the key points in the area of Shibapuri south of Jinhua, organize defenses, resolutely block the enemy's action by delaying the enemy's action, and cover the retreat of the main corps of our eastern front. After the formal order was issued, Peng Zong was still not at ease, and personally called Qin Jiwei and asked them to overcome all difficulties and persist for seven to ten days.
Qin Jiwei resolutely said: "Please rest assured commander, we will take all measures to resist for at least ten days!"
Although the determination was crisp, Qin Jiwei knew in his heart that the enemy's large troops were pressing the territory, and I was retreating on all fronts, and the entire front was supported by the Fifteenth Army, and it was easy to insist on it for several days! Moreover, in the fifth campaign, the Fifteenth Army was reduced by one-third, the loss of weapons and ammunition was very large, there was no food, the troops were extremely tired, and the enemy's situation was unknown and the terrain was unfamiliar.
Qin Jiwei briefly exchanged views with several military leaders, and an iron-fisted determination was formed:
At all costs, not afraid of any sacrifice, in order to complete the cover mission, the Fifteenth Army is ready to shoot out the last soldier.
A bloody battle was fought in the Shibaurai area. The enemy's offensive became more and more fierce each time, with artillery fire bombarding in turn, tanks taking turns to charge, planes bombing indiscriminately, and our positions changed hands several times, and lost and regained several times. The troops repelled the enemy's crazy attacks again and again, and almost all the positions were finally turned into white-knife battles.
From May 26 to June 7, the XV Corps fought in the Shibaura area for ten days and nights. It crushed the enemy's attempt to cut off the retreat of the main regiment of our volunteer army on the eastern front, and successfully completed the mission.
Mr. Peng sent an emotional telegram to Qin Jiwei in excitement: "Qin Jiwei: I thank you very much! Peng Dehuai. ”
