The 113th Division of the 38th Army of the Volunteer Army slammed into the three stations and resolutely blocked the enemy's retreat. It was a time-grabbing battle, and if it weren't for the division chief making two important decisions, the battle would have been lost. The war correspondent Li Feng's book "The Decisive Battle of Korea" describes these two important decisions.
The first decision: Mercy is not in charge!
The 113th Division was remaining radio silent, and even the 38th Army did not know where they were. At this time, the troops were very tired, the soldiers had not eaten for a long time, and the division Ofjiang Chao was lying on a stretcher because of illness.
There was a dispute within the division over how to move forward. Some people think that it is still early, and we should take care of the warriors and rest well to win the battle. Not to mention that it is daytime, and the ghost planes flying around can easily cause casualties.
However, Liu Haiqing, deputy commander of the 113th Division, expressed his firm opposition: We must not stop for a second, and the 113th Division must quickly rush to sansho and build fortifications, only in this way can the casualties of the soldiers be reduced. To say that taking care of the warriors is to be responsible for the lives of the warriors!
At the crucial moment, Yu Jingshan, political commissar of the 113th Division, sided with Deputy Division Commander Liu: We must rush to the three institutes at once and grasp it a little earlier. Division Yangtze River Chao made a decision: It was so fixed, and the troops immediately set off.
What is Ci Bu Zhi Bing? This is the mercy of the soldiers, and the next facts will prove how important this decision is. Without this decision, the 113th Division would not have been able to block the enemy's inescapable retreat, and the 38th Army would not have become the Banzai Army.
The second decision: divide the troops into Dragon Source.
When the 113th Division received orders from the military headquarters, everyone thought it was very strange, and the telegram asked them to divide their troops into Longquanli. Longquanli was north of Sansho-ri, and it was obvious that the enemy could not go north and burrow into the pockets of the main force.
The generals of the 113th Division had a high sense of responsibility and a sense of active battle, and they were able to flexibly judge and think about the entire war situation. Before leaving, Liang Xingchu repeatedly stressed that he must be careful of Longyuanli on the west side of Sanshouli, and if Sanshouli was blocked, they were likely to flee from Longyuanli.
But what was the order to ask the 113th Division to divide its troops into Longquanli now? After judging, the chiefs thought that this must be a mistake by the telegrapher. The military order must have been to divide the troops into Longyuanli and block the enemy there to death.
So the 113th Division quickly began to deploy, ordering the third battalion of the 338th Regiment to stay in Sanshou to block the attack, and the first and second battalions to pursue and annihilate the fleeing enemy. The 337th Regiment quickly marched toward Longyuanli and resolutely blocked the mouth there, while the 3rd Battalion of the 339th Regiment moved toward Anju and Suzhou to destroy roads and bridges.
In "Decisive Battle of Korea", it is said that from the 25th to the 28th, the commanders and fighters of the 113th Division have not slept for three days and three nights. The soldiers were able to take a nap, but the commanders had to study the deployment of their troops as soon as they stopped, a second important decision made by the 113th Division.
After a few hours have passed, the second decision is also seen as a very timely, very important, very correct decision. This is our main force, this is the 113th Division after countless battles, which can still accurately judge the enemy situation even when there is a problem with the military orders.
I recommend that you take a good look at Li Feng's "Decisive Battle of Korea", and the soldiers of the next 113th Division will drag their tired bodies to meet a steel-armored force, thus fighting the battle of the 38th Army.
"Decisive Battle of Korea" by war correspondent Li Feng is the only brilliant tome in China that reflects the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea in a panoramic manner. The People's Daily published an article supporting it, and Peking University Affiliated High School listed it as a recommended book. Military expert Qiao Liang wang Xianghui jointly recommended it. This set of books has 600,000 words in two volumes, and can be purchased by clicking on the link below.
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