On October 19, 1950, Wen Yucheng, as the commander of the 40th Army of the Volunteer Army, crossed the Yalu River from Liaoning Andong into Korea, participated in the first battle, just entered Korea, just entered Korea, the vanguard of the United Nations Army, the unit of the Rok Army's First Division, the rookie of the ROK Army, the ROK First Division troops were taking advantage of the yu wei of defeating the North Korean troops, arrogantly rushing toward the Yalu River, without thinking that the Chinese People's Volunteer Army would send troops to fight. As soon as the hand was exchanged, the 40th Army led by Wen Yucheng was beaten to a terrible end, the entire unit structure was scattered, and the enemy army scattered into the forest to escape.
After the first battle, Wen Yucheng's troops of Wen Yucheng's 40th Army fought the best battle, and were commended and commended by the commander of the volunteer army, General Peng, the commander of the volunteer army.
In the second battle, the 40th Army and the 38th Army, the 39th Army attacked the US Second Division from the front, using roundabout tactics to penetrate into place, beating the American troops in a terrible position, losing their armor and armor, and then the troops of the 40th Army seized the dragon head on the west bank of the Cheongcheon River, and after defeating the first part of the 25th Division, they killed and captured more than 1,400 enemy personnel, captured 330 cars, five tanks, and more than 60 artillery pieces of various artillery, and chased all the way to Anju, and the 40th Army troops cooperated with the 39th Army to liberate Pyongyang, and then chased south to the 38th Line, but the casualties of our army were also large. There are a lot of attritions and it is waiting to be rested.
At this time, Ridgway, the newly appointed commander of the US Eighth Army, launched the "Ripper Operation", that is, what our army called the fourth campaign, in which in order to break the US offensive, the 40th Army did not even have time to rest, and was ordered to rush to the Eastern Front, together with the three fraternal armies of the 39th, 42nd, and 66th, to launch the Hengcheng Campaign, completely annihilating all the 8th Han Division and the 1st Battalion of the US 2nd Division, a total of more than 12,000 people.
In the middle of the battle, the battle situation in the front was fierce, Wen Yucheng was ready to go to the forward command post in front to check the battle situation, took 5 or 6 guard soldiers to set off, and when passing a hillside again, a shell from the US army came, and the guard Li Xiangyang heard that the cannon was not right, and immediately pushed the commander Wen Yucheng to the ground and pounced on him, the bomb exploded next to Wen Yucheng, and the air wave of the explosion pushed him and the guard Li Xiangyang to the side, Wen Yucheng got up and shook the dust, moved a little, his hands and feet were fine, and he was safe and sound.
However, his guard Xiao Li was seriously injured by the bomb in order to protect the chief, Wen Yucheng hurriedly used the radio carried by the guard to call the rear doctors to rush to the rescue, and after the ambulance team arrived, it immediately took emergency bandaging measures against Li Xiangyang and sent him to the rear hospital for treatment, and then because of his serious injuries, he was sent back to China for treatment.
When Commander Wen Yucheng saw that his guard Li Xiangyang had been blown up like this by the enemy's shells, he was furious and rushed to the headquarters of the 118th Division at the front, commanded his troops to launch a fierce attack on the enemy, and won a huge victory in the counterattack at Hengcheng.
In the later defensive operations of the four campaigns, the 40th Army gradually resisted the attack of the United Nations Army in the area south of Jinhua, and fought for forty-two days, fighting for 42 days in a row, fighting the US First Marine Division, the First Cavalry Division, the US 24th Division, the US 25th Division, and the Han Sixth Division, killing and wounding more than 5,000 enemy troops.
After the end of the fourth campaign, the volunteer army launched a fifth campaign, and then, the troops of the 40th Army did not have time to rest, and were ordered to penetrate south to the Gapyeong area and split the defense line of the United Nations Army.
However, the fifth battle of the Volunteer Army was not ideal, mainly due to insufficient logistical supplies, after the food and ammunition of the forward troops were exhausted, the troops of the United Nations Army took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, some troops fell behind the enemy, the 108th Division of the 60th Army of the Volunteer Army is an example, surrounded by the US army, the whole division structure was scattered, only a small number of people broke out, most of them were either sacrificed and missing, or captured, the 40th Army withdrew to the Jinhua area after the whole army, in the entire campaign, the 40th Army annihilated more than 2200 enemy troops, captured 100 tanks, There are 223 cars and more than 60 cannons.
After five battles, the 40th Army withdrew to the rear to rest, and in April 1952, the 40th Army once again entered the central front as a garrison, participating in cold guns, cold artillery movements, tunnel warfare, and tactical counterattack operations.
In December 1952, the 40th Army withdrew to carry out anti-landing missions on the West Coast.
The troops of the 40th Army participated in the entire process of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and in the three years of operation, a total of more than 43,300 UN troops were killed, wounded, and captured, and more than 20,000 casualties of the 40 Corps itself.
In July 1953, after the Armistice of Korea, Wen Yucheng led the 40th Army to return to China in victory, and after returning to China, Wen Yucheng served as the chief of staff and deputy commander of the Guangzhou Military Region.
One day, he was reviewing documents in his office when a phone call came from the gate of the military region and said, "Deputy Commander Wen, there is a disabled soldier outside looking for you." ”
The general asked, "Who is he?" Is there anything to do with me? ”
After a while, the sentry called again and said, "This man said that he once served as a guard for you on the Korean battlefield, named Li Xiangyang, to visit the old chief." ”
Wen Yucheng heard that Li Xiangyang, an old guard in the Korean battlefield, came to see him, hurriedly put down his work, and took three steps and made two steps to the gate.
Only to see a fellow with an empty sleeve on his right arm sitting in the watchtower, he looked up and shouted excitedly: "Xiao Li, how can it be you?" How did you find this? Come into the house with me. ”
After saying that, he helped Xiao Li carry his luggage back to his office, instructed the guards to pour water for Xiao Li's tea, and said to Xiao Li: "Xiao Li, tell me about your situation." ”
Xiao Li took a sip of sweet tea and described his situation to his old military commander;
The commander's guards were seriously wounded in the fourth battle of the Korean Battlefield to protect Commander Wen Yucheng and sent to the rear hospital, where they were carefully rescued by doctors and finally saved their lives, but their right arm was blown away by enemy shells and disabled.
Li Xiangyang returned to the countryside of Lingui County, Guilin City, Guangxi Province, with the disability allowance issued to him by the government, and because he was disabled, it was inconvenient to do farm work, and he had difficulties in finding work outside, he lived on the disability allowance issued by the government.
Wen Yucheng said to Li Xiangyang: "You should have come to me earlier to solve your life and work problems." When Wen Yucheng learned that Li Xiangyang had not yet found a job, he said to Xiao Li: "The head of the local garrison in Guilin City is my subordinate, I will write you a letter, you take the letter to him, let him arrange a job for you nearby, you are closer to home, relatives and friends are well taken care of, how about it?" ”
Li Xiangyang said gratefully, "Obey the chief's arrangement." ”
Wen Yucheng left Li Xiangyang to stay in Guangzhou for a few more days, on the day of leaving, he bought a return ticket for Li Xiangyang, and donated 500 yuan to supplement the family, Li Xiangyang resolutely did not accept, Wen Yucheng was angry: "Xiao Li, you and I are still outside." ”
Xiao Li had to accept it and returned to Guilin, Xiao Li took Wen Yucheng's letter to the local garrison, found the commander of the military sub-district, the commander arranged Xiao Li to work on the farm of the military sub-district, as a warehouse keeper, the work is still very relaxed, Xiao Li is very satisfied.
Decades later, after Xiao Li retired from his job, whenever he mentioned Wen Yucheng's care and help to him, he burst into tears and was full of gratitude. win 1