's movie " Changjin Lake " brought the nation-building battle 70 years ago back on the big screen. The background is based on the bloody battle of the 9th Chinese Volunteer Corps against the 1st Marine Division of the US Army in the Changjin Lake area of North Korea during the second battle of . The 9th Corps here was a powerful mobile combat regiment that belonged to the 3rd field at that time. The 9th Corps was second only to the 13th Corps composed of the 4 field regiments among the 6 regiments that entered the Korean war in the battle to resist US aggression and aid Korea.
It can be said that the 9th Corps that came out of "Changjin Lake" is a true heroic force.
stills from the movie "Changjin Lake"
The "corps" this unit was not originally created by our army. During the war of liberation , the 3span was also built by the national army . Coincidentally, there was also a team in the national army called the 9th Corps, which was the famous "Liao Yaoxiang Corps" in the northeast. This Corps was surrounded and annihilated by our army during the Liaoxi Campaign , but it could not be annihilated. It is denied that among so many corps of the national army, the combat effectiveness of the 9th Corps has always been in the forefront, and its combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated.
So the question is, if we compare the two trump cards of our army and the national army, the "9 Corps", which one is stronger and weaker?
The 7th Company of the Ninth Corps on the battlefield (still photo)
The paper strength of the two regiments
Let me talk about the 9th Corps of the Volunteers first.
Before the start of , the 9th Corps belonged to the 3rd Field Army . As the front-line mobile combat corps of our army in the pass, it has been deployed in Fujian, preparing to recover the treasure island. Therefore, as a cutting-edge soldier, the 9th Corps has always been in a state of full and super-organized. At that time, the Corps had 3 armies (20th Army, 26th Army, 27th Army), but it was different from the other troops of the 3rd Field. There are 3 divisions under its jurisdiction, and each of the 9th Corps has 4 divisions. The number is about 50,000. After the three divisions attached to it were the 12th vertical (Lu to Hai), the 88th, 89th, and 90th divisions to which they belonged were reorganized under the 26th, 20th, and 27th Army, respectively.
Therefore, with the 3 main forces plus the special forces and command organizations of the Corps, the 9 Corps has more than 150,000 people.
The stunning ice sculpture company of the 9th Corps
The number of 9th Corps surpasses the general Corps of the domestic battlefield, and the 9th Corps has received a lot of strengthening in its firepower at the beginning of preparations for Strait operations. . At that time, the main forces of the 20th, 26th, and 27th Army were three-field, first-class and one-main force. In particular, the 20th and 27th Army have been used as two top sharp knives. Naturally, it won't be bad to be a trump card.
Ace 27th Army Jinan First Regiment
9 corps is powerful mainly in artillery.
At that time, although the 9th Corps did not have an artillery unit directly under it,But for these 3 infantry corps, each corps has an artillery regiment directly under it. They are the 11th Artillery Regiment (36 American 105mm howitzers) assigned to the 20th Army and the 14th Artillery Regiment of the 26th Army (36 Japanese-style 75mm field artillery). The 16th regiment of the 27th Army’s artillery (18 Japanese-made 75mm field guns, 9 American-made 105mm howitzers). A total of 3 heavy artillery regiments, so the 9th Corps directly under the large-mouth suppression artillery reached 99.
The 3 field artillery in the Huaihai Campaign
Of course, apart from the military artillery, the division artillery is also very powerful.
The artillery regiment of the 58th Division of the 20th Army has 16 mountain artillery , and the 27th Army’s divisional artillery has 100 artillery (92 infantry artillery, Japanese/American mountain artillery, over 100mm) Mortars mix and match), so the artillery regiments of the 9th Corps generally suppressed the 9-12 mountain artillery battalions and the 9-12 mortar battalions, and the 9th Corps 12 divisions had the number of mountain artillery. It should be between 110-140, and the number of heavy mortars is similar.
So the suppression artillery of the entire 9th Corps should be between 350. This level of firepower may be considered weaker than that of the US military, but compared to other national forces two years ago, it can be described as a crushing advantage.
The 3 field artillery that launched a general attack on Huang Wei (stills)
Let’s talk about Liao Yaoxiang ’s 9th corps.
in the corps formed during the National Liberation War,To say that the corps with the strongest equipment and paper strength is none other than Liao Yaoxiang's mobile 9th corps. The guarantee of its combat power is that the quality of its troops is extremely high, even the 2nd and 12th corps of Qiu Qingquan , which is known as the strongest in the pass, are slightly inferior to it. At its peak, the Liao Yaoxiang 9th Corps governed 6 armies, namely: new 1, 3, 7, 49th, 52nd and 71st army.
Liao Yaoxiang Corps advancing westward during the Liaoshen Battle (still photo)
Among them, the new 1 and 6 are one of the five main forces of the national army. There are two of the five main forces in a corps, except for the first The 2 Corps is Liao Yaoxiang. In addition to the two trump cards, the 71st Army and the semi-American 52 Army are also very strong. The 52nd Army is known as the "sixth trump card" of the national army outside the five main forces. The remaining 49 and the New 3 Army can be regarded as flaky troops. Therefore, the real combat effectiveness of the 9th Corps is mainly concentrated on these 4 armies.
At the peak of the 9th Corps, there were 6 armies and 18 divisions of nearly 150,000, close to the number of our 9th Corps.
The mighty Liao Yaoxiang Corps (still photo)
So what about the equipment of this so-called ?
Let alone the light weapons thrown away, here we will focus on the heavy weapons (statistics include the 52 army that fled to Yingkou from the 9th Corps in the final stage of the Liaoshen Campaign). When the Liao Yaoxiang Corps was established, it was directly under the Artillery 12 and Artillery Regiments (two battalions each),Equipped with 24 American 155mm and Japanese 75mm wild cannons, 48 in total. Among the military artillery, there are 31 new 1st army mountain cannons, 12 howitzers, 3 new 6th army mountain cannons, 8 howitzers (just hit hard by our democratic coalition forces), new 3rd army mountain cannons 12, 3 howitzers, 52 military field There are 4 cannons, 11 mountain cannons, 5 71 army mountain cannons, and 5 howitzers. 49 army mountain artillery 20 and field artillery 9
Therefore, on the whole, there are 48 howitzers of the 9th Corps of the National Army, 27 wild artillery, 82 mountain artillery, a total of 157 suppressed artillery.
Garrison Artillery
Comparison of the paper strength of the two corps Where is the strength.
First of all, in terms of equipment hard power, The national army’s Liao Yaoxiang Corps had a maximum of 157 suppressing artillery pieces. At that time, the 9th Corps had 1.5 times as much suppressed artillery. 2 times. In the case of equal numbers and 150,000 people, this firepower gap cannot be made up. During the battle between the two armies, the artillery of the 9th Corps could completely paralyze the artillery of the national army before the war began. Therefore, the 9th Corps must stabilize the Liao Yaoxiang Corps in terms of equipment hard power.
Huaye Artillery during the Huaihai Campaign (still photo)
Secondly, in actual combat experience, I said before that the 9th Corps is a force composed of heroes. Basically, all the fierce and dangerous battles of Huaye (3rd) have experienced. The national army that fought with it was also , the fifth army , reorganization 7, The 25, 48, and 74 reorganization divisions are domestic front-line trump cards, so their grassroots commanders have a strong combat literacy. This can actually be reflected in the implementation of the operations of the 9th Corps in the interspersed Changjin Lake operations. Although the 9th Corps also has an army with strong combat literacy like the Indian Army, it also has a fish belly army like the New 3 and 49 Corps, and they tend to be exploited breaches. This shortcoming will be infinitely magnified. Therefore, our 9th Corps is even better at this point.
The 3 wild hero troops are awarding honors
Finally, the will to fight.
This is the most deadly soft power of the national army. Most of the Ninth Corps of our army are people’s soldiers. These teams came from the masses. They knew what they were fighting for. Therefore, they were the most motivated in combat. During the attack on Jinan, the 27th Army resolved the battle cleanly and fought in the fight against the US and aid Korea. In China, the 20th Army and the 26th Army remained unswervingly defending the battlefield, and they still completed their strikes against the US Army in Changjin Lake despite a reduction of nearly 50% of their personnel. The "Ice Sculpture Company" on the ground is just a microcosm of the tenacious combat of the 9th Corps.
The national army captured in the Liaoshen Campaign
In contrast, the national army, even the garrison in India and the 71st Army with high combat literacy and cultural qualities, are bureaucratic, often smuggling and reselling materials. , The combat team is not like a team. Especially in the Liaoxi Campaign , Liao Yaoxiang's "roller-style command" and a large number of captured personnel, as well as Dongye's easy and free pursuit of the land of Liaoxi, can be seen in the fighting will of this Liao Yaoxiang Corps.
The Liao Yaoxiang Corps, which was defeated thousands of miles in the decisive battle (still photo)
Mr. Yutian said
In fact, the comparison between the two 9th Corps is just the comparison of the two 9th Corps from the side of the Guan Gong war and Qin Qiong . The equipment of the United States is indeed second to none in the country, and it is such a trump card unit. In terms of equipment, it is not a bit different from the opposite U.S. Tenth Army. In the comparison of the weapons of both sides, in addition to the infantry weapons and artillery lagging behind, The U.S. military also has a large number of armored forces and air support in the sky.
Therefore, compared with the worry-free and well-equipped U.S. military, the 9th Corps had the disadvantage of lack of food, clothing, and equipment to complete the victory of Changjin Lake. It was a feat in itself...
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