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"Mr. Peng, in the battle of the Han River, our 50th Army can finally raise our heads in front of the brothers."
This is the first sentence the 50th Army of the Volunteer Army in the Korean battlefield Han River defense line. After more than 50 days of persistence, the commander Zeng Zesheng said to General Peng. The 50th Army encountered difficulties in the Han River defense line exceeded everyone's expectations, including General Peng, of course.
Army 0 Zeng Zesheng's army commander
50 Army entered the Korean battlefield
The 50th Army had just completed the reorganization in 1950, and in late September, he received an order to participate in the Korean War . But initially, after the 50th Army arrived in the Northeast, they were ordered to rest in the Northeast, waiting for the Soviet equipment to arrive and replace the equipment. The entire army will be adapted into artillery and enter North Korea to fight, so after the 50th Army handed over the original weapons and equipment, they began to wait for the change of equipment. As a result, after waiting for a month, the frontline war became increasingly urgent, and the 50th Army was ordered to enter North Korea to fight immediately. So the unprepared 50th Army took back the equipment they originally carried and plunged into the Korean battlefield.
50 Army received the order to enter North Korea
For some time, when Zeng Zesheng entered the Korean battlefield, the 50th Army led by Zeng Zesheng performed poorly. was too hastily gone, and there was neither a map nor a translation in his hand, and there was not even a clothes to wear in winter. Therefore, in the first two battles, the 50th Army repeatedly missed opportunities for combat, and the morale of the entire army was also very low. therefore began to spread on the Korean battlefield. The 50th Army was a third-rate unit. The title of "Bear 60" in was also heard on the Korean battlefield. This title completely shamed every soldier of the 50th Army.
50 Army is in a hurry to operate equipment shortage
50 Army is called "Bear 60"
Why is the 50th Army called "Bear 60"? In fact, the 50th Army was adapted from the 60th Army of the National Revolutionary Army. It was revolted by the 60th Army of the Kuomintang in in the Liaoshen Campaign and was incorporated into our military system. The name of "Bear 60" was a title that the 60th Army had in the Kuomintang period, but the reason was not that the combat effectiveness of this unit was not good, but that but Chiang Kai-shek discriminated against this unit because this unit was a local unit.
National Revolutionary Army 60th Army
KMT 60th Army is adapted from Dian Army of Long Yun's Dian Army , so most of the team are from Yunnan, and Chiang Kai-shek has always disliked local troops, so there is the saying "Bear 60". , plus the performance of the 50th Army after entering the North Korea was not satisfactory, so this title was re-recommended by the old story, but this army made many military achievements in the War of Resistance Against Japan, and it was definitely not a third-rate army. So the soldiers of the 50th Army felt very cowardly, especially Zeng Zesheng. He knew very well that if he wanted to win back his face in front of his brothers, he had to fight a turnaround. and just at this moment, the best opportunity is approaching quietly.
Old photos of the Yunnan Army during the period
50 Army was ordered in the face of danger
At that time, General Peng was formulating a combat plan. He believed that the US military had huge advantages in military equipment and should concentrate its forces on the eastern front to attack the South Korean troops. As for the US military on the western front, it should find a powerful force to withstand the pressure and try its best to delay the battle for the Eastern front. At the combat meeting, Han Xianchu, , first proposed two troops, the 38th Army and the 39th Army, and , both troops are the ace troops of the Volunteer Army, and their combat effectiveness is naturally unexplained, but General Peng raised objections on the spot.
Volunteer Army 39th Army
General Peng suggested handing over the defensive tasks on the Western Front to the 38th Army and the 50th Army. This proposal surprised many commanders at that time. After all, the 50th Army's performance in the recent past is indeed very poor. If the defense on the Western Front is broken by the US military, the entire Korean battlefield will fall into a passive position. , so many people expressed opposition, but General Peng insisted on letting the 50th Army take on this task, because he believed that the 50th Army was still the unit that could win battles.
General Peng trusts the 50th Army very much
So at the insistence of General Peng, the 50th Army received the order to defend the Western Front. Zeng Zesheng, who received the order from , was in a mixed heart. On the one hand, he was grateful to Chairman Peng for his important tasks, and on the other hand, he was under pressure to defend the Western Front, the difficult task. and the most important thing is that Zeng Zesheng knew that the battle of will be a turnaround battle for the 50th Army, , so he must win this battle no matter what.
Zeng Zesheng is very grateful to President Peng
The Korean battlefield at this time was already very cold, but the 50th Army did not even have the most basic equipment to protect the cold. , and as the defensive party, building a defensive offensive in the snow is also the biggest problem facing the 50th Army. In contrast, the US military has deployed four divisions and a brigade of troops, wearing coats and holding guns, ready to attack our army's defensive positions on the western front at any time. It was in such a huge gap in strength that the 50th Army directly started fighting with the United Nations Army .
battlefield environment is very harsh
148 Division stationed at Haulushan
Zeng Zesheng deployed the 148th Division stationed at Haulushan, and the 149th Division stationed at Baiyun Mountain to form a ladder defense. The US military took the lead in launching an attack on Mao Luoshan, who was stationed by the 148th Division. In the face of the powerful US firepower, the 148th Division's position was quickly overwhelmed, so the 148th Division was hidden behind the position every time. When the US military bombing ended, it rushed to rob the position and robbed the position. In this way, it continued to rob the position with the US military, but it was not at a disadvantage under the bombing of the US military.
hat falls to block the battle
And in the 148th Division, a combat hero also appeared, this person was the machine gunner of the 148th Division Tian Wenfu . Tian Wenfu used cotton coats to disguise himself as a comrade in the position many times, and then when the US soldiers attacked the fake position, they kept shooting the US troops in the surrounding trenches, killing the US troops like headless flies. In the end, in this battle, he killed more than 50 US soldiers alone, until he died bravely. Later, when cleaning the battlefield, his comrades found that there were 53 bullet holes in his coat and military cap.
combat hero Tian Wenfu
In the guard battle where the hat fell, there were countless combat heroes like Tian Wenfu in the 148th Division. The ammunition in their hands was not as good as that of the US military, and they often disappeared after fighting. They even wore cloth shoes, and it was difficult to stand in the snow. But under such conditions, the 148th Division annihilated more than 1,500 US troops in the Battle of the Fall and won a complete victory.
149 Division is stationed in Baiyun Mountain and
. The 149 Division, which is responsible for defending Baiyun Mountain, faces no less than the 148th Division. Baiyun Mountain is a must-pass place for the US military on the south bank of the Han River, so the 149th Division must arrive before the US military arrives and arrange fortifications in advance. However, the climate in Baiyun Mountain was very harsh at this time, with snow flying all over the sky. The 447th Regiment of the 149th Division stationed in Baiyun Mountain, which was responsible for garrisoning Baiyun Mountain, rushed to the position without stopping by such wind and snow.
Baiyun Mountain Position
After reaching the Baiyun Mountain Position, everyone knew that what they were going to face next must be a fierce battle, so they did not have any rest time and immediately began to build fortifications. The US military did not give us too long. When the sky just lighted up on January 27, the US military began to launch fierce artillery bombardment on the Baiyun Mountain position. The artillery fire broke out in the battlefield in , among which the artillery fire at the Brother Peak position stationed by the 6th Company of the 447th Regiment was the most fierce.
bloody battle with Baiyun Mountain
However, the soldiers of the 6th Company have been holding their positions and even made a fierce counterattack. may be because the US military saw that the Brothers Peak position could not be captured for a long time, so they were furious and shamelessly mobilized the plane and dropped a large number of gasoline bombs at the Brothers Peak position, causing the Brothers Peak position to ignite a raging fire. After the gasoline bomb exploded on the position, it splashed on the soldiers and could not be extinguished at all, but all the soldiers ignored the pain on their bodies. As long as the US military seized the position, the soldiers of the 6th Company immediately rushed up and snatched the position back. In the end, the position was defended by the soldiers of the 6th Company.
US military gasoline bomb
"Hero of Dongyuanli" title
On the other side, the US military saw that the main position of Baiyunshan could not be captured, so she wanted to sneak up to the Baiyunshan position from Dongyuanli. And this small place in Dongyuanli is indeed an area where our army has relatively weak defense, because Zeng Zesheng only sent seven soldiers to defend here. However, these seven soldiers fought until only one person was left, and did not allow the US military to pass through the Dongyuanli position, and killed forty-two U.S. troops. In the end, the US military was scared by these seven people. Although they knew that there was only one person left on the position, they never dared to charge towards Dongyuanli again. Later, these seven people were awarded the title of "Hero of Dongyuanli".
Dongyuanli position
In this way, no matter which battlefield it is on, the 149th Division did not lose any position in Baiyun Mountain, and the bodies of the volunteers all over the mountains could only be temporarily buried with white snow. Finally, the 149th Division stationed in Baiyun Mountain for 11 days and nights, gaining a lot of time for the volunteer army's eastern front troops, and successfully completing the tasks assigned by General Peng.
50 Army successfully completed the task
50 Army suffered heavy losses
Although the 50th Army finally completed the task, the losses were also very heavy. When just entered the Korean battlefield, the 50th Army had more than 60,000 people, but now there are only about 10,000 people left. This is also why President Peng asked Zeng Zesheng how the 50th Army could persevere. Perhaps for everyone, the 50th Army's record is incredible, but only all the officers and soldiers of the 50th Army know that and they finally fought a beautiful turnaround with this seemingly incomplete victory.
50 Army suffered heavy losses
Although General Peng is proud of the 50th Army, he can no longer bear to let the 50th Army conquer. Therefore, the 50th Army returned to China for rest on March 15, 1951, not only to make up for the source of troops, but also to replace the latest equipment. After the rest and recuperation, the 50th Army rushed to the Korean battlefield again in July of the same year. However, this time, the 50th Army was already a veritable main force and was no longer the "60 Bear".
50 Army distributed the latest equipment
During the second battle in North Korea, the 50th Army completed its mission many times until it evacuated North Korea in 1955 and returned to its motherland. In fact, the 50th Army has always been a combat-capable force and bloody army from the Yunnan Army to the Kuomintang Army, and finally revolt and joined our army. The reason why it has never been taken seriously is that it has not met superiors who appreciate it. The brilliant achievements of the 50th Army in the Korean battlefield not only prove the strong combat effectiveness of this army, but also allows us to see the firm will of all volunteers. gives us praise to the heroic volunteer soldiers and the glory created by the 50th Army in the Korean battlefield.
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