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In June 1951, the first phase of the Korean War ended with our army's great victory. Deng Hua led the commanders of the 38th Army, the 39th Army, the 40th Army and the 42nd Army to Beijing to report.
After the group arrived in Beijing, Chairman Mao hosted a family dinner in honor of them.
When Deng Hua led Liang Xingchu, Wu Xinquan, Wen Yucheng and Wu Ruilin, Chairman Mao pulled Wu Xinquan over: "Sit next to me!"
Why is Chairman Mao so special to Wu Xinquan?
Wu Xinquan
has outstanding achievements
Chairman Mao once said that Wu Xinquan created 5 firsts in the 5 battles in the first stage. It can be said that Wu Xinquan contributed most to the victory in the first stage.
During the Yunshan Blockade, the 39th Army won the victory, wiping out two US military regiments and three South Korean regiments.
The key is that the two regiments of the U.S. Army are the 6th Regiment and the 8th Regiment belonging to the 1st Division of the U.S. Cavalry. The 1st Division was established during the Civil War.
They fought from the Civil War to World War and World War . For more than 100 years, they had never been defeated. On the Korean battlefield, they even attacked Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, in one go.
Hobart Gay, commander of the 1st U.S. Cavalry Division, was famous as early as World War II. He was General Patton's chief of staff at that time.
After the 39th Army entered North Korea, it quickly surrounded the South Korean First Division in Yunshan. The division commander Bai Shanye saw that the situation was not good and immediately requested the support of the US military.
Arrogant MacArthur asked Hobart Gay to lead two regiments of the 1st Division of the US Cavalry to reinforce. The 6th Regiment was responsible for responding to the South Korean 1st Division, and the 8th Regiment was responsible for attacking our 39th Army.
Hobart Guy led his troops to the north of Yunshan arrogantly and launched military operations as planned. Soon, Wu Xinquan beat him to the north.
Battle of Yunshan
After Wu Xinquan learned that two US military regiments had entered Yunshan, he came up with a clever way. He asked the soldiers of the 4th Company of the 116th Division to put on South Korean military uniforms.
asked Company Commander Sun to take this team, pretending to be the defeated South Korean troops, and go to receive their 3rd Battalion, 6th Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army.
Company Commander Sun drove a jeep and took our pretended South Korean soldiers directly to the 3rd Battalion of the US Army and greeted the battalion commander very calmly.
The battalion commander neither asked nor checked, and directly let the entire 4th company of our army enter their 3rd battalion.
After our soldiers entered the 3rd Battalion of the US Army, they quickly threw out the grenades they carried.
Fires suddenly broke out inside the 3rd Battalion of the US Army, and explosions continued. Before the US military understood what happened, they wounded and killed them.
Not long after, the U.S. 3rd Battalion had only about half of its strength. The battalion commander immediately reported to Hobart Guy and requested support from the 8th Regiment, but the 8th Regiment could not be contacted.
It turned out that Wu Xinquan led more than 20,000 people from the 39th Army and surrounded the 8th Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army.
Hobart Guy, who woke up from his dream, immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, and he immediately sent the remaining troops of the 6th Regiment to reinforce the 8th Regiment.
Scout immediately reported the military situation to Wu Xinquan, who ordered the 763rd Regiment to rush to the north of Yunshan to block the US 6th Regiment.
The mission of the 763rd Regiment was to stop the 6th U.S. Regiment before our army annihilated the 8th U.S. Regiment, but they were dumbfounded when they entered the north side of Yunshan.
The terrain on the north side of Yunshan is flat and open, without even a hill. Such terrain makes it impossible to conduct an ambush.
The 763rd Regiment of our army could only dig deep holes to build temporary defenses while the 6th US Regiment had not yet entered the position.
The US 6th Regiment entered the position during the daytime the next day. Without the cover of night, our 763rd Regiment was unable to conduct roundabout battles and carry out sneak attacks. This was a tough battle.
After the US military entered the position, they immediately used howitzers to bombard the 763rd regiment of our army indiscriminately. The number of casualties of our army increased sharply.
Faced with this situation, our army had to use the most sacrificial hand-to-hand combat method to confront the US military.
Whenever a round of bombing by the US military came to an end, the soldiers of our 763rd regiment came out in full force and charged directly into the 6th US regiment to fight with bayonets.
The American soldiers were very strong-willed at the beginning of the battle, and the casualties on both sides were huge.
As time went by, the US military was completely frightened by our army's life-threatening fighting style. Their will to fight began to be gradually disintegrated, and some soldiers began to surrender or escape.
Subsequently, our army, which had annihilated the 8th US Army Regiment, moved to the position again, and Hobart Guy was completely blindsided.
He neither knew how many troops our army had, nor how powerful our army was in combat. Hobart Guy did not dare to rashly increase the number of troops.
He was worried that continuing to increase the number of troops would result in Roubaozi going nowhere, and Hobart Guy could only watch his two ace regiments being annihilated by our 39th Army.
In this battle, Wu Xinquan led the 39th Army to annihilate 3 regiments of the South Korean 1st Division and 2 regiments of the 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army in one fell swoop.
This first victory was not only a victory in the first battle, but also an important blow to the enemy's arrogance. He defeated the 1st Cavalry Division, which had been undefeated for more than 100 years, which greatly boosted the morale of our army.
On November 7, the Korean War entered its second battle. The famous " Battle of Changjin Lake" was during this period.
The 39th Army led by Wu Xinquan did not participate in the Battle of Changjin Lake, but participated in the encirclement and annihilation campaign in the Qingchuan River area on the western front. It was this battle that lured the enemy deep into the enemy's territory that shattered MacArthur's general offensive.
The 39th Army led by Wu Xinquan took advantage of the victory in this battle and invaded Pyongyang in one fell swoop.
This is the first unit of our army to invade Pyongyang. This is what Chairman Mao said was the second first created by Wu Xinquan.
It was during this battle that the 39th Army made a black engineer company of the US Army surrender.
This was the first member of the US military's organic company captured by our army during the Korean War. This forced the United States to later revoke the regiment's designation and also change the US military's staffing system.
This company belonged to the 24th Infantry Regiment of the US Army. It was stationed in the Chongchuan River area and attacked this village. The 347th Regiment of the 116th Division of the 39th Army surrounded them.
After our army shouted for them to surrender, two black soldiers holding white flags came over. Just as our army was preparing to accept their surrender, the soldiers behind them killed four of our soldiers.
The furious soldiers of our army immediately fought back violently. After the second round of shooting stopped, our army once again shouted for them to surrender.
I saw a black soldier who looked like an officer walking over, holding a piece of white paper high. On the white paper was a picture of a surrendered black soldier, with 148 written next to it.
This black soldier who looked like an officer was named Stanley. He was the commander of this company. After the surrender, he said that the white men in the company who had just killed our soldiers were the ones who threatened them.
They now had the white soldier under their control, and he surrendered with his entire company of 148 black soldiers.
At the end of 1950, the 116th Division of the 39th Army created the fourth first miracle mentioned by Chairman Mao.
The attack on Seoul was just the result. What was really amazing was that the division ended the battle in only 11 minutes when there was no chance of winning. This was the Battle of Imjin River.
At that time, the temperature was more than 20 degrees below zero, and the permafrost layer of about 70 cm was covered with about 30 cm of snow. It is very difficult to build fortifications and transport materials on a position like
.
The Imjin River stationed there is the 1st Division of the Korean Army. They block the river with artillery fire 24 hours a day to prevent our troops from crossing the river.
The South Korean army is still laying dense mines along both sides of the river, and American aviation forces come out every day to carry out indiscriminate bombing of key military points as a precaution.
Not only that, in order to prevent sneak attacks by our army, searchlights are constantly strafing after 18:00 every day, and night flights are also dispatched from time to time to drop lighting mines and flares.
The actual situation of our army is that in the first two battles of the 116th Division, not only the soldiers were exhausted, but also the number of troops was reduced by about 30%.
After receiving the order from Han Xianchu , Wu Xinquan immediately held a military meeting to resolve all difficulties one by one.
First of all, half of the troops of the 116th Division were deployed to build fortifications. Secondly, lard was applied on the hands and straw ropes were tied to the soles of the shoes to fight against the ice and snow.
Faced with the enemy's tight defense, a strong attack would definitely not win. Wang Yang, commander of the 116th Division, proposed a combat plan of attacking from the west and attacking the east.
When Li Qiwei took the opportunity to inspect the north bank of the Imjin River and thought it was safe and sound, a full-scale battle commanded by Liu Bocheng was about to begin.
On the afternoon of December 31, considering that night was not conducive to our army's operations, Wang Yang advanced the general attack time by 20 minutes.
The first round of artillery fire destroyed the 1st Division of the Korean Army, and the second round of artillery fire destroyed the barbed wire fence and minefields south of the Imjin River.
Under the cover of the third round of artillery fire, our army successfully crossed the river. The battle ended 11 minutes later, with a total of more than 10,000 enemies wiped out.
The 116th Division pursued the victory and planted the flag of the 39th Army on the soil of Seoul. Chen Geng, then deputy commander-in-chief of the
Volunteer Army, used the words "three dangers and three surprises" to evaluate this battle.
Chen Geng
Wu Xinquan The real finale was the fifth first mentioned by Chairman Mao. This time the 39th Army annihilated more than 3,000 coalition forces.
also captured more than 800 American soldiers, which was the highest number of captured American soldiers in the Korean War.
In February 1961, Deng Hua handed over the main offensive task of the Eastern Front War to Wu Xinquan. At this time, the Beihan River had thawed, and large troops crossing the river became a roadblock blocking our army.
Wu Xinquan's task is to cover our army's crossing of the river, and then prevent the enemy's crossing of the river.
It is not difficult to cover our army's crossing of the river, but it is not easy to prevent the enemy's crossing. This time, the 7th Marine Division of the US Army is fighting, and they have been elusive.
Wu Xinquan's top priority was to determine where the US military would cross the river. He stood in front of the combat map with a frown on his face, his eyes moving back and forth along the Bukhan River.
Wu Xinquan's eyes searched back and forth along the Bukhan River many times before stopping at the Hwacheon area, which is an open area connected to the Bukhan River and the terrain is very flat.
The US military mainly relies on heavy weapons and complete logistical support for operations. No other place can accommodate so much military equipment at once. The Hwachuan area is the only most suitable place.
Wu Xinquan decided to choose the blocking location here. He reported his idea to Deng Hua. After hearing this, Deng Hua also searched the coast of Beihan River several times.
But Wu Xinquan still had no idea. What if the US military did not cross the river from the Hwachuan area?
Wu Xinquan told Deng Hua his worries, and Deng Hua laughed loudly: "I trust your judgment, and I will deploy according to your ideas. If something goes wrong, I will still be responsible for it!"
Deng Hua's words gave Wu Xinquan endless courage, but Wu Xinquan believed that this was not a question of who was responsible, but a big issue that affected the outcome of the battle, and he was still not at ease.
Later, Wu Xinquan received a report from the scouts and found traces of US military operations in the Huachuan area. The stone hanging in Wu Xinquan's heart fell to the ground. His judgment was correct.
Deng Hua
Wu Xinquan decisively ordered the 39th Army to rush to the Huachuan area. When the 39th Army arrived in the Huachuan area in a mighty manner, Wu Xinquan frowned again.
On the same day, the 7th U.S. Marine Division, led by the South Korean 1st Division, 2nd Division and 7th Division, also arrived in the Hwacheon area at the same time, which meant that our army did not have time to build defenses.
Fighting head-on is still a way of playing, but the enemy has more than 30 tanks, more than 100 aircraft, countless howitzers and heavy weapons.
might be able to win Xiaoxing in a head-on fight, but the casualties would be very heavy, and they might not be able to win. Wu Xinquan turned his attention to the battle map again.
Wu Xinquan couldn't seem to find a good solution. He could only order the 39th Army to build some fortifications first. Some were better than none at all.
By February 16, it was pouring rain, and Wu Xinquan still had not come up with a better solution. He walked back and forth in front of the combat map.
Shen Qixian suddenly broke into the command post. As soon as he came in, he patted the rainwater on his body and complained: "What the hell is this weather? It rains constantly in February, and the Han River has swollen!"
Wu Xinquan turned around sharply: "The water has swollen? Yes! flooded the Seventh Army! Why didn't I think of that? "
Wu Xinquan gave three orders to the 39th Army: All the troops should seize the time to build fortifications. In such rainy and snowy weather, the enemy would not be able to organize a crossing for a while.
The second group of troops went to the Hwachuan Reservoir, closed the 12 gates there, and patrolled 24 hours a day to prevent the enemy from causing sabotage.
The third group is responsible for laying landmines on the only roads that the US military must pass through, and destroying sections with smooth traffic.
In addition, from now on, the entire army will not fire a single shot at the enemy before launching a general offensive, so as to give the enemy the illusion that our army has been defeated.
It has been raining heavily for six days, and the 7th Marine Division of the US Army has completed building a pontoon bridge on the Bukhan River.
Waiting for dawn the next day, the 7th Marine Division of the US Army crossed the river. However, what made its commander feel very strange was why it was so smooth and peaceful this time?
He did not think about it carefully and took it for granted that our army had lost its combat effectiveness. At 1 o'clock in the morning on February 22, he organized the 7th Division to cross the river as planned.
When all the thousands of men and horses of the 7th Division stepped onto the pontoon bridge, and most of the equipment was also moved onto the pontoon bridge, Wu Xinquan gave an order, and all 12 gates of the Huachuan Reservoir were opened in unison.
Before the soldiers of the 7th Marine Division understood what was going on, they were all plunged into the ocean.
Countless pontoons and equipment, as well as more than 2,000 soldiers, were washed away without a trace by the flood. The remaining soldiers surrendered and fled.
The 7th Marine Division kept requesting support from Van Fleet, commander of the US Eighth Army. Together with Ridgway, he quickly mobilized more than 200 aircraft to cover.
The two men also decided at the same time that the 7th Marine Division would not cross the river and retreat. They reluctantly took a plane to the scene to check.
The 39th Army was highly motivated at this time and planned to pursue the victory, but Wu Xinquan ordered the gold to retreat and stopped fighting.
The soldiers had some complaints about such an order, thinking that it was a waste of a great opportunity.
Wu Xinquan told everyone that all large units of our army have successfully crossed the river.
Although it is an opportunity now, the equipment between the enemy and ourselves is quite different, and the follow-up troops will arrive soon, so we cannot make unnecessary sacrifices. Moreover, our army will also need to rest for a period of time to prepare for the next stage of battle.
The soldiers returned triumphantly and became more and more courageous in the following battles. With their fearless spirit, they brought the coalition forces to the negotiating table and laid the foundation for the final victory of the Korean War.
