In the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Volunteer Army's blockade battles in Longyuanli and Sansholi turned the so-called "general offensive" launched by the United Nations army on the western front only six days ago into a "general retreat." In one fell swoop, the entire Korean war situation was reversed, creating a miracle in the history of the volunteer infantry attack, even Mr. Peng shouted it as "Long Live the Army" Today Xiaobian took everyone into the PLA ace 38th Army, interested friends don't forget to like and pay attention to Oh!
In these battles, MacArthur's so-called plan to sweep across the entire northern part of Korea, unify and liberate all of Korea, eventually became a self-talking delusion. In this battle, the Volunteers annihilated 3 divisions of the South Korean Army on the Western Front, severely damaged the US 2nd Division, and dealt a heavy blow to the 25th Division, the 1st Cavalry Division, and the Turkish Brigade. As a result, about 11,000 people were killed, wounded, or captured in two days. Among them, the damage of the US Second Division was particularly severe.
On the battlefield, our volunteer army is facing the 2nd Division of the ARMY, an elite unit of the US Army, which is also an older unit, which can be said to be a unit that has been in the battlefield of Europe for a long time, and is very strong in terms of combat effectiveness, firepower, and command and communication capabilities, but it is in this way that the troops have been dealt a crushing blow by our army in the course of the battle.
On November 7, 1950, the Second Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea began. On November 25, the 38th Army cut off the southward escape of the South Korean 7th Division, and the passage to the west, annihilating nearly 3,000 enemy troops, capturing 156 artillery pieces, 218 cars, and capturing 7 American advisers in just one day and night. Subsequently, the 113th Division of the 38th Army began to attack Sansoli to cut off the retreat of the US Ninth Army to the south. From the moment the 113th Division of the 38th Army was inserted into Sansholi and Longyuanli, the enemy army was trapped in a three-sided encirclement of man and us.
In the face of such a difficult situation of the enemy army, despite the response of the US First Cavalry Division, under the enemy's several breakthroughs, it still did not achieve significant results. How could the 113th Division of our 38th Army obediently let them break through? At the moment when they were inserted into the Three Institutes and Longyuan, they immediately launched a full-line attack on several armies under the orders of the commander-in-chief, and instantly formed a closed encirclement posture.
As a result, the US 2nd Division fell into a very embarrassing situation for a while, with our side chasing and fighting behind it, and the main force of the 38th Army on the flank, including at Songkuo Peak, was firmly held like a nail, and it was useless to let the US troops break through. After several days of fighting, the US 2nd Division suffered heavy losses, and had no choice but to continue to retreat westward, along the coastal road with the US First Army toward the south of Pyongyang County.
In such a process, our volunteer army repeatedly pursued and blocked, although it escaped the fate of being surrounded and annihilated by the whole system, but it also almost beat the US 2nd Division completely out of structure, and suffered a devastating blow, and it was difficult to enter the next stage of operations without long-term repairs. It was precisely because in the second campaign, the 38th Army had such a classic battle, that it was later given the title of "Long Live the Army".
On December 1, 1950, Peng Dehuai, commander-in-chief of the Chinese Volunteer Army, personally drafted a commendation telegram and gave great praise to the 38th Army. At the end of the original manuscript of this commendation telegram, there is a line that looks very special compared to other words, according to the recollections of the people present at the time, this line was originally not on the telegram, but just when the staff officer walked out of the command room with the written telegram, he was suddenly stopped by Mr. Peng.
At this time, Mr. Peng added such a line to the telegram: "Long live the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, long live the 38th Army." No one expected that the 38th Army would be able to receive such high praise from President Peng. You must know that calling an army "long live" is the first time in the history of our army. Liang Xingchu, commander of the 38th Army, who received praise from Mr. Peng on the front line, shed tears of excitement. This is the recognition of the bravery and tenacious fighting of his subordinates.
Speaking of the 38th Army, in fact, Mr. Peng can be regarded as the founding father of this unit, and the victory of this battle can also be regarded as a shame for the 38th Army in the eyes of the editor. Because in the previous campaign, the 38th Army was severely criticized by General Peng after the war because of its slow action, because it was a unit brought out by itself, so in The view of General Manager Peng, he was more qualified to educate this unit, what is difficult to hear, in order to let you remember for a long time, the so-called "deep love, responsibility."
In the second battle, Kung Fu paid off and achieved such a high honor, and the 38th Army also truly laid the strength of the "Long Live Army" with its own battle record. The Banzai Army is not only the glory of the 38th Army but also the glory of the entire Volunteer Army, and this sentence of President Peng has forever remained in the military history of the mainland. At the end of this issue, do you think that the 38th Army deserves the honor of "Long Live the Army"?
