As the Korean battlefield progressed to the summer of 1951, the "United Nations Army" led by the United States had already fought five times with the "United Nations Army". The result was that the "United Nations Army" was not only driven south of the "38th Parallel" , and once lost Seoul . This also made the United States realize that it is no longer possible to rely on its current military strength to reach the Yalu River. Since the "United Nations Army" retreated to the south of the "38th Parallel", it is not that it has not tried to attack northward, but every step forward requires a large number of casualties, which is what the United States does not want to see.
Under this circumstance, the United States had to change its original plan and began to give up its attempt to occupy the entire territory of North Korea militarily, and instead sought to conduct armistice negotiations using the "38th Parallel" as the dividing line. However, during the armistice negotiations, the United States made many unreasonable demands in an attempt to obtain more benefits under the guise of negotiations, which was obviously impossible to be accepted by representatives of China and North Korea. For this reason, the United States suspended negotiations and threatened to use artillery to negotiate.
For the United States, although it has a strong tone, it still wants to negotiate rather than continue fighting. In order to achieve this goal, the "United Nations Army" has also changed its course of action. It no longer conducts large-scale military operations, but mainly focuses on local attacks, in an attempt to seize the initiative on the battlefield, while consuming the strength of the Volunteer Army and destroying possible launches by the Volunteer Army. attack in order to put pressure on the armistice negotiations. Therefore, at this stage, the strategy of the "United Nations Army" is to strengthen the position on the one hand to prevent the Volunteer Army from launching an attack, and on the other hand, start a local attack on the Volunteer Army.
Faced with the changes in the enemy, the Volunteer Army also began new deployments. The frontline troops no longer engaged in large-scale mobile warfare, but began to build solid defenses along the "38th Parallel" to prevent the enemy from continuing to attack northward and to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. The war thus entered the positional warfare stage. In September 1951, after the enemy's "Summer Offensive" failed, he once again launched the so-called "Autumn Offensive" in an attempt to change the situation on the battlefield in one fell swoop. For a while, the volunteers on the east and west fronts fought fiercely with the enemy on their positions.
On October 26, 1951, the 140th Division of the 47th Army of the Volunteer Army finally recaptured Yujili Nanshan again after repeated fierce battles with the enemy. Although the Yujili Nanshan position is not large, it is an important support point on the flanks of the entire 140th Division's front. Once the enemy occupies the position, they can directly attack the depth of the 140th Division's position, thereby breaking through the entire 140th Division's defense line in one fell swoop. Precisely because the strategic location here is extremely important, the 140th Division fought repeatedly with the enemy. After capturing the Yujili Nanshan position this time, Li Yuan, commander of the 140th Division, handed over the responsibility of guarding the position to the 7th Company of the 419th Regiment.
html The 17th Company is a very outstanding company. It has made many military exploits as early as the Liberation War. After arriving in North Korea, the 7th Company wiped out all the enemies in just 20 minutes in the famous Yeyue Mountain Counterattack, creating a brilliant victory. War example. However, the Yujili Nanshan position that the 7th Company was to defend this time could be said to be very disadvantageous to the defending side. The Yujili Nanshan position is not large, no larger than two football fields.
Due to the small area, the distance between the company command post and the forward platoon positions is less than 20 meters. The prominent position at the front of the entire front is even less than 40 meters away from the enemy's position, and the enemy's voice can be clearly heard. To make matters worse, the enemy's main position is higher than the Yujili Nanshan position, and the enemy can attack from a high position. In the previous battle, all the fortifications on the surface of the position were destroyed. Except for a big stone, not even a blade of grass could be found on the entire position. There was no place to hide at all.
In order to hold on to the position, after the 7th Company arrived at the Yujili Nanshan position, the first order issued by the company commander Fan Deyuan was that the troops use the darkness to step up the construction of defenses in order to prepare for tomorrow's battle. Suddenly, except for the security personnel, everyone in the entire 7th company was involved in emergency repair work. At about 5 o'clock the next morning, before the 7th company's fortifications were completely repaired, the enemy couldn't wait to launch an attack.Under the fierce enemy artillery fire, the fortifications built with great pains by the 7th Company were all destroyed in less than half an hour, and they could only rely on each squadron to desperately stop the enemy.
The most advanced troops in the Yujili Nanshan position were the 3rd Platoon and the 11th Squadron. They repelled 4 consecutive enemy attacks and eliminated many enemies. However, Class 11 itself also suffered heavy casualties. The squad leader unfortunately died, and even Fan Deyuan was unfortunately injured while commanding the battle on the Class 11 position. Instructor Chang Weixiang knew that the 11th Squadron suffered heavy casualties and it would be difficult to continue to block the enemy, so he asked the 2nd Platoon and the 6th Squadron to take over the position of the 11th Squadron.
Since the defense fortifications on the position were basically destroyed by enemy artillery fire, after entering the position, Class 6 immediately seized the short time before the enemy launched an attack and began to repair the fortifications to prepare to block the enemy. Unexpectedly, as soon as the fortifications of Class 6 were repaired, the enemy concentrated a dozen aircraft and dozens of cannons to carry out an indiscriminate bombardment. In just half an hour, the fortifications that Class 6 had just repaired were blown beyond recognition, and almost all of them were unusable. In desperation, the soldiers of Squad 6 had to take advantage of the enemy's artillery fire to repair the fortifications again.
After a while, enemy artillery fire came again, and the newly repaired fortifications were destroyed again. In this way, the enemy's artillery fire continued to bombard the fortifications on the position, and the 6th squadron could only continue to repair the fortifications. After just a few rounds, the warriors' physical strength was greatly exhausted. Zhang Chuanguo, squad leader of the 6th Squadron, saw this and was anxious in his heart. It was definitely not an option to continue like this. Under the attack of enemy artillery fire, not only would the fortifications not be repairable, but the soldiers would also consume a lot of energy. They had to find a way to avoid this problem. OK.
Thinking about it, Zhang Chuanguo suddenly had an idea in his mind: "There is no way we can compete with the enemy's cannons in speed. We might as well stop repairing now and save our energy. When the enemy's artillery fire starts to extend backwards, then Hurry up and repair the fortifications. This will not only avoid the enemy's artillery bombardment, but also ensure that everyone's physical strength is not consumed too much." Thinking of this, he immediately issued an order: "Everyone should not repair the fortifications now, and hurry up and repair the anti-cannons. When the enemy's artillery fire came over, everyone took shelter in the artillery cave. After the enemy's artillery fire began to spread, they then entered the position and quickly built fortifications. "
In this way, Class 6 followed Zhang Chuanguo's method and successfully avoided the enemy's artillery fire. , conserved physical strength. After a while, the enemy's artillery fire finally began to extend back, and the infantry was about to charge. The soldiers of Class 6 quickly entered the position and seized this rare opportunity to repair simple fortifications. With these simple fortifications in place, Squad 6 relied on the fortifications to repel enemy attacks many times. Once, the enemy had already rushed to the position. The deputy squad leader of the 6th squad jumped out of the fortification at Bingren and soldier Yang Chun and threw 4 grenades in a row. There was only a loud noise, and the grenade exploded among the enemies, knocking down a large area of them. When Zhang Chuanguo saw the enemy throwing a grenade, he quickly grabbed it and threw it towards the enemy. The enemy was frightened by his actions and couldn't react for a moment. In an instant, the grenade exploded, knocking down several more enemies.
Under the leadership of Zhang Chuanguo, Class 6 continued to repel the enemy's attacks. In the entire Yujili Nanshan position, the battle was the most intense here in Class 6. As the enemy continued to charge, Squad 6 suffered heavy casualties. At the critical moment, soldiers from other squads requested to go to the positions of Squad 6 to attack the enemy. Wave after wave of enemy offensives cost a lot of casualties, and the battle on the 6th squadron's position became more and more intense. In order to be able to hold the position, 24 soldiers from the 7th company volunteered to fight on the 6th squadron's position.
Soon, the enemy launched the eighth attack. This time the enemy dispatched a company and two platoons. They were divided into several groups and continuously attacked the 6th squadron position. After continuous fierce fighting, more than half of Squad 6 had been killed or injured, but the remaining soldiers, led by Zhang Chuanguo, still fought hard to fight back against the enemy. This time, they eliminated a total of 11 enemies and pushed them back again. At dusk, the fighting finally stopped, and Squadron 6 successfully held their position.During this day, the enemy launched more than 20 attacks on Yujili Nanshan, most of which were on the positions of Squadron 6. In the end, more than 430 enemy soldiers were killed, and they had to stop the attack in embarrassment.
