On June 23, 1953, the 20th Corps of the Volunteer Army held a combat meeting. The 21st Army Commander Wu Yongxiang, political commissar Xie Fulin, Sixty Army Commander Zhang Zuliang, political commissar Liu Xuan, and 67th Army Commander Qiu Wei attended the meeting. , Political commissar Kuang Fuzhao, 68th Army commander Song Yulin, political commissar Li Chengrui, 54th Army commander Ding Sheng, political commissar Xie Ming, etc. The main content of this meeting is to deploy the battle plan for the third phase of the Battle of Jincheng.
Volunteers attacked the enemy under the cover of tanks
Volunteer Army Commander-in-Chief Yang Yong’s operational deployment is: the 54th Army’s 135th Division, the 68th Army’s 202 Division, and the Sixty-seventh Army all form the Central Army and are responsible for destroying the eighth in South Korea. Division and the sixth division. The 130th Division of the Fifty-Fourth Army and the 68th Army formed the West Army. The front enemy was mainly the South Korean Capital Division. Commander Yang Yong asked Ding Sheng: Is there any problem with your 54th Army being responsible for attacking the elite South Korean Capital Division? Ding Sheng replied: "No problem." We must fight this battle well. "Z1z
Volunteer army commanders went to the front to inspect the terrain.
At 9 p.m. on July 13, the volunteers fired a thousand artillery and launched a fierce attack on the South Korean army’s defensive positions. It broke through the enemy’s forward positions in just one hour. For defense, the units of the 54th Army successfully completed the combat missions prescribed by the Corps. In addition to the 134th Division assembled in Sepo-ri as the Corps Reserve, the 130th Division was assigned to the 68th Corps to the enemy of Ishidong and Bukjeongling. Launched an attack. The 135th Division was accompanied by the 67th Corps to attack from Qingpo Mountain to the enemies of Lichuandong and Jinchengchuan. On the same day, the 130th Division captured 424.4 Highlands and 866 Highlands, and the 135th Division captured Lichuandong, Ludongli, etc. Under the violent attack of the volunteers, the South Korean Capital Division, the Sixth Division, and the Eighth Division were hit hard, annihilating more than 14,000 enemy people. The
Volunteer Katyusha rocket launcher was launching
until 5 pm on the 14th, the volunteers In view of the smooth development of the first step of the campaign, the chief is prepared to adopt the guidelines of steady and steady combat to consolidate the existing positions, and telegraph the 20th Corps to control the existing line of occupation with the main force, ready to welcome and crush the counterattack of the United Nations.
Volunteers to Jincheng The offensive to the south caused the United Nations Commander-in-Chief Clark to panic. He flew to the front line together with U.S. Eighth Army Commander Taylor, preparing to organize a counterattack in an attempt to regain the lost ground. South Korean Rhee Seung-man also personally supervised the battle and ordered the South With the strength of 3 regiments, the North Korean army conducts a fierce counterattack every day under the cover of more than 400 aircraft and more than 30 tanks.
Volunteer Army heavy machine gun position
On the 18th, the enemy's counterattack focus shifted to the 602.2 high ground and the north mountain position of Jurishi The 135th Division of the 54th Army of the Volunteer Army was responsible for defending the North Mountain position of Julishi. They repelled several fierce attacks by the South Korean Army in one day. The South Korean Army, unwilling to fail, organized two battalions of troops. Under the cover of the tanks, they attacked the positions of the 3rd and 7th companies of the Volunteer 404 Regiment in multiple ways. The fighting was extremely fierce. The third company commander and deputy company commander of the first battalion all died heroically, so the second platoon leader Ma Junkun shouted: "I Come to act as the company commander, everyone listen to my command and stand firm! "The enemy rushed up several times and was beaten down again. However, Ma Junkun was also seriously injured. His legs and right arm were broken, but he was still shooting with his left hand gun. In the end, the South Korean Army organized one by one. The company’s troops rushed to the position that Ma Junkun was holding and surrounded him. Ma Junkun watched the enemy approaching and swore to the death improperly as a prisoner. In the end, he fired a grenade and died with the enemy.
Volunteers used cover to attack the enemy. In the battle to hold the position, Wang Zhanshan, the third platoon leader of the third battalion, seven company and third platoon of offensive
, led the entire platoon of soldiers to repel the enemy's offensive more than 40 times and successfully completed the task of holding the position and blocking the enemy. On July 20, the battle came. At the most difficult moment, all the 54th Army Reserves went into battle. The 405th Regiment fought fiercely with the enemy in the northwest highland of Julishi. The two sides repeatedly fought for positions 25 times. Until the signing of the armistice agreement on July 27, the position was still firmly in control. In the hands of the volunteers.
Volunteer soldiers are celebrating their victory.
. In this battle, Ma Junkun and Wang Zhanshan were awarded the title of second-level combat hero. It is precisely because there are many volunteers who are as brave and fearless as they are, who dare to take responsibility and are not afraid of sacrifice. We defeat the strong by the weakThey were the loveliest people who won the final victory in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
