On October 14, 1952, the " United Nations Forces" led by the United States launched the long-planned "Golden Offensive". They concentrated more than 60,000 troops and a large number of aircraft, tanks, and artillery to attack A fierce attack was launched in the Shangganling area, thus kicking off the prelude to the Shangganling battle.
The unit originally guarding the Shangganling area was the 45th Division of the 15th Volunteer Army. However, due to the extremely fierce enemy offensive, the 45th Division was severely attrited and could no longer launch a counterattack and could only hold on to the tunnels. Faced with this situation, the 31st Division of the 12th Army was also urgently transferred to the Shangganling area to participate in the battle against the enemy. On November 14, the 5th Company of the 93rd Regiment of the 31st Division was ordered to defend positions 4, 5, and 6 on Highland 537.7. Among them, Position 6 was handed over to Squad 8.
html Position No. 16 is the easternmost hilltop of the northeastern ridge of the North Mountain Position of 537.7 Highland. It is connected to positions No. 4 and 5 to the west. There is a relatively wide valley on the left. The rear left is protected by the enemy's attack from the south mountain of Zhuzi Cave. Fire swept, and to the right rear was a single tunnel. As the enemy and we fought for many days here, most of the fortifications on the surface of the position were destroyed. Under the blockade of enemy artillery fire, it was very difficult to get to Position 6.
Late at night on November 14, Squad 8 quietly set out from Highland 448, took advantage of the darkness to cross the enemy's artillery blockade of more than 1,500 meters, and arrived at Position 6. After arriving at the position, Class 8 did not bother to rest and immediately began to seize the time to repair the defensive fortifications. After nearly five hours of fighting, Squad 8 repaired many defenses. Squad leader Song Wenxing took advantage of the faint morning light before dawn to once again observe the surrounding terrain, and then ordered the whole squad to prepare for battle.
Just after dawn, the enemy concentrated about two platoons of troops. Under the cover of artillery fire, the troops divided into multiple directions and rushed towards No. 6 position. After half an hour of fierce fighting, Squad 8 successfully repelled the enemy's attack. However, due to unfamiliarity with the situation on the battlefield, Squad 8 also paid a heavy price. The deputy squad leader died and two other soldiers were also seriously injured. Song Wenxing knew that it would not be possible to continue fighting like this, so he took advantage of the break in the battle to summarize some of the mistakes made in the first confrontation with the soldiers, and then divided the remaining seven people into two groups. The veteran soldier Zhang Guanhe acted as deputy squad leader and was responsible for leading a group. The team entered the forward bunker to block the enemy, while the others stayed behind and were on standby. Song Wenxing himself was responsible for observation and command on the main peak.
html As soon as the deployment of squad 18 was completed, the enemy launched another attack. This time the enemy dispatched about 1 platoon of troops, and the troops were divided into two groups and launched an attack on Position 6 from the left and right wings. When the enemy reached a position about 25 meters from the front of the position, Zhang Guanhe and three other people immediately opened fire and used grenade to beat the enemy back. After the two attacks failed, the enemy once again dispatched more than 40 people to launch an attack under the cover of artillery. Zhang Guanhe and soldier Peng Huaqing attacked the enemy from the left and right directions respectively, driving all the enemies to the center, and then threw the blasting tube into the enemy group, wiping out more than half of the enemies.
Subsequently, Class 8 repelled 4 consecutive enemy attacks. It was already 9 o'clock in the morning, and the enemy concentrated their artillery for bombing again. This time, the enemy also fired several rounds of smoke bombs and , causing the position to be plunged into a sea of smoke and fire. Song Wenxing was keenly aware that the enemy was probably about to launch an attack. As soon as the enemy's artillery fire began to extend back, he immediately sent his soldiers into position to prepare for another enemy attack.
Just when Song Wenxing was about to enter the position and start taking action, he suddenly discovered a strange phenomenon. The enemies below kept shouting, but no one came up. This made him feel that something was wrong: "Why don't they come up? What do they want to do to make such a big noise?" Song Wenxing realized that the enemy might have a conspiracy, and quickly shouted: "Everyone, don't enter the position first, hurry up Go back to the bomb-proof cave." Although the others didn't understand, they still followed the squad leader's words and retreated to the bomb-proof cave.
Not long after everyone entered the artillery cave, the enemy's artillery fire fell again. If it were still on the position, the consequences would be disastrous. Thanks to Song Wenxing's timely discovery of the enemy's conspiracy, the enemy's conspiracy was not allowed to succeed. After the enemy's shelling ended, he probably thought that there were no volunteers on the position, so he once again dispatched a company to attack. The battle this time was particularly fierce. Soldier Tu Wanzhu was injured in the head and his left leg and right arm during the fierce battle. Song Wenxing had to temporarily place him in a trench to hide. Unexpectedly, as soon as Tu Wanzhu woke up, he asked to go to the battlefield again, picked up a grenade, and crawled directly to the most intense battle. Under his influence, the whole class once again fought hard to repel the enemy.
After several failed attacks, the enemy probably realized that it was difficult to capture Position 6 with a direct attack, so they began to send small groups of troops to continuously carry out harassing attacks in an attempt to consume the physical strength of Squad 8. Song Wenxing also realized this. He simply left only one soldier on the position to deal with the enemy, destroying the enemy's conspiracy. At 14:00 in the afternoon, Song Wenxing suddenly found more than 10 armored transport vehicles driving on the road down the mountain. He immediately realized that this was because the enemy had been unable to attack for a long time and wanted to make another desperate struggle.
After such a long battle, there were only 5 soldiers on the position at this time, and there were 3 more soldiers who were added later. Song Wenxing knew that it would be difficult for just a few of them to stop the enemy, so while reporting to the training command post and requesting artillery support, he gathered the remaining soldiers, reorganized them into teams, and then separately stepped up the construction of fortifications.
At 16:00 in the afternoon, the enemy launched another attack. This time, the enemy dispatched more than 200 people. Under the cover of artillery fire, they rushed towards No. 6 position in an attempt to seize the position with a human sea tactic. Coincidentally, when the enemy attacked, two soldiers happened to bring ammunition. When they saw this, they also took the initiative to ask to join the battle. Under the command of Song Wenxing, the seven soldiers quickly entered the position and relied on the fortifications to launch a head-on attack on the enemy.
At the same time, artillery fire from the rear also arrived as scheduled, and together with Squad 8, they violently attacked the enemy. After a fierce battle, the enemy suffered heavy casualties and had to stop the attack in embarrassment. As the sky gradually darkened, the enemy's offensive for the day finally stopped. Due to too many casualties from Squad 8, Position 6 was replaced by Squad 4. During this day, Squad 8 fought fiercely with the enemy for 12 hours. At the cost of 4 sacrifices and 7 injuries, more than 200 enemies were eliminated and the position was successfully defended.
