10 year 10 on 8 October, the representative of the United States unilaterally announced an indefinite recess. Then, the United States put pressure on the military. 10 On June 4th, the United Nations, led by the United States, took Shangganling as the main attack target and launched the largest "golden offensive" (code name "decisive battle") in a year.
The attack target of "Jinhua offensive" is the main point of our central front: two highlands (597.9 highland and 537.7 highland). Because there is a small village called Shangganling underground, this battle of volunteers against the enemy is called "Shangganling Campaign".
The enemy's attack was personally planned and directed by Van Frith, commander of the Eighth Army of the United States. 10 from 10 12, the enemy first launched an air and artillery fire assault on wusheng mountain, shangganling, 597.9 highland and 537.7 highland Beishan for two consecutive days. From 3 o'clock on June 4, 65438, the enemy was ready to carry out heavy artillery fire for another two hours. At 5: 00 a.m., with the support of more than 300 guns, more than 30 tanks and more than 40 planes with the caliber of 105mm, 7 battalions of the 7th Division of the United States and 7 battalions of the 2nd Division of the Republic of Korea launched fierce attacks on the 597.9 highland and 537.7 highland defended by the 45th Division of 15 Army. At the same time, 4 battalions of the 7th Division of the US Army and 4 battalions of the 9th Division of North Korea launched diversionary attacks on the frontal positions of our 44th Division and 29th Division respectively.
Our Company 9 and Company 135 defended the two positions in Shangganling, with only 15 mountain, field and howitzer guns and 12 mortar support (the number of mountain, field and howitzer guns increased to 43 in the afternoon), and they mainly relied on infantry weapons, tunnels and field fortifications for tenacious fighting. By 13, almost all my field fortifications were destroyed, with heavy casualties. Most of the ground positions were occupied by the enemy, and our defenders turned to tunnels to fight. 19, I took advantage of the enemy's shaky footing and organized the fourth company to counterattack and resumed the superficial position. On that day, our army suffered nearly 2000 casualties.
Our 45th Division adjusted its deployment, and transferred two artillery battalions to Shangganling area. Two battalions of 134 regiment and one battalion of 133 regiment joined Beishan defense in 597.9 highland and 537.7 highland respectively, and moved the division to Deshan county to concentrate on crushing the enemy's attack on Shangganling area.
From 15 to 18, the enemy successively invested in two regiments and four battalions, and continued to storm our two highlands with fierce fire support. Our defenders fought against the enemy repeatedly, losing their positions during the day and recovering them at night. The fighting was extremely cruel and fierce. By 18, the surface positions of our two highlands were all occupied by the enemy.
/Kloc-On the evening of 0/9, our 45th Division, with three companies' troops and with the cooperation of the troops sticking to the tunnel, counterattacked the enemy who occupied two highland positions and regained their positions in one fell swoop. In the battle to attack the 597.9 highland, Huang Jiguang, correspondent of the 2nd Battalion of 135 Regiment, blocked the shooting hole of the enemy machine gun fortifications with his own body, opened the road of impact, covered the assault of the detachment, and ensured the victory of the battle.
On the 20th, the enemy attacked two highlands in turn with two battalions, 30 planes and a large number of artillery. Throughout the day, except for three positions in the northwest mountain leg of 597.9 highland, other water positions were occupied by the enemy one after another. Our defensive troops retreated to the tunnel again and persisted in fighting. The first stage of the campaign was over, and the second stage of hard fighting began. In the first stage, both sides invested a lot of effective forces in positions less than four square kilometers. The enemy invested in 7 regiments 17 infantry battalion, and I invested in 3 regiments 2 1 infantry company. According to incomplete statistics, our army annihilated more than 7,000 people, and I suffered more than 3,200 casualties.
After the battle entered the second stage, the enemy was unwilling to give up the attack despite heavy casualties. After10,21,the enemy besieged our tunnel troops by various means, and at the same time made arrangements to continue the attack, and dispatched the 9 th Division of South Korea as the campaign reserve.
At this time, the 45 th division of our company consumed a lot of materials and was temporarily unable to organize a big counterattack. In order to create conditions for further persistence and implementation of counter-offensive, the 45th Division was ordered to focus on tunnel operations, in order to gain time and prepare for the decisive counter-offensive to finally smash the enemy's attack and restore all positions.
In order to consolidate the occupied position, the enemy besieged our army by blocking, bombing, blasting, smoking, blocking the mouth of the tunnel or throwing poison gas bombs into the tunnel. I adhere to the revolutionary spirit of not being afraid of difficulties and being brave in sacrifice, unite as one and actively fight under extremely difficult conditions. During the battle, the personnel of 15 Army and 16 Company retreated to a tunnel after losing ground positions. The air in the cave is dirty and food and ammunition are scarce, especially water. When the organizational system was disrupted and the wounded were in the majority, the personnel in the cave organized temporary party branches and party groups, which overcame the unbearable difficulties of ordinary people until the final victory.
65438 10 to 265438 10 to 29 10, I insisted on the class and regiment forces organized by the tunnel troops, and attacked 158 times at night. Except for nine times, all the others succeeded, destroying more than 2,000 people and restoring seven positions. . At the same time, the tunnel troops also used sniper tactics to destroy the enemy in large numbers. During this period, in order to support the tunnel troops, our second-line troops, with the cooperation of artillery and tunnel garrison troops, counterattacked five companies with two classes, five times to the 597.9 highland and seven times to the 537.7 highland Beishan. At the same time, the 15 Army dispatched combat troops and personnel of various divisions and regiments to organize fire line transport vehicles, braving the blockade of artillery fire and providing supplies to the tunnels through dozens of mountain roads.
In order to directly cooperate with the tunnel operation and prepare for the counterattack, the 15 Army attacked 38 1 Highland and 39 1 Highland in Wanyuanli area west of Shangganling with 29 divisions and 44 divisions, killing more than 3,000 enemy troops.
While insisting on tunnel operations, our army is nervously preparing for a decisive counterattack against the enemy. 1October 20th, 12, the 3rd Corps decided to transfer 12, which had been withdrawn from the first-line position and was ready to rest, to Wusheng Mountain as a campaign reserve, and at the same time, the 29th Division of 15 Army took over all the defenses of the 45th Division except the 597.9 highland and 537.7 highland, so that the 45th Division could fully engage in the battle in Shangganling. In addition, one battalion of the 7th Artillery Division, four companies of the 2nd Artillery Division and one regiment of anti-aircraft guns were strengthened to 15 Army. At the same time, the 45th Division added 1200 recruits.
10 year10.29, our army prepared for a decisive counterattack and made two days of advance fire preparation, which basically destroyed the fortifications occupied by the enemy on the water.
The campaign of 65438+1October 30th finally entered the third stage. At 2 1 00 on that day, the 15 army, with 5 companies from 45 divisions and 2 companies from 29 divisions, cooperated with the troops guarding the tunnel, and with the support of 50 mountain guns, field guns, howitzers, 24 rockets and 30 mortars, began to counterattack the enemy in the 597.9 highland. Three companies guarding the tunnel attacked the enemy first, and then seven companies outside the tunnel entered the battle and attacked the enemy on both sides. After five hours of fierce fighting, four enemy companies were wiped out and a battalion was repelled many times. By the night of 3 1, except for the 1 position, all the 597.9 highlands were recovered for me.
1 65438+1October1day, the enemy dispatched six battalions to attack my 597.9 highland 14 times. With the support of deep artillery fire, I held on to my troops and repelled the enemy, killing 1500 people. In the evening, our reserve team 12 Army 3 1 Division 9 1 Regiment went into battle, and nine additional artillery companies participated in the war (supporting guns reached 2 1 Company 73, and rockets 6 doors and 24 doors). From 2nd to 5th, the enemy concentrated in the 7th Division of the United States, 1 airborne regiment of 187, the 9th Division of South Korea and the Colombian battalion, and attacked 1 regiment continuously every day. On the 5th, the 1st Battalion of the 93rd Regiment of 12 Army went into battle. Together with the 9 1 regiment, it finally smashed the enemy's attack and consolidated the position of the 597.9 highland. In this battle, our army wiped out more than 6000 people.
After recovering the 597.9 highland, our army is ready to counterattack the enemy of Beishan in the 537.7 highland. By June165438+1October 10, the enemy occupied all the water positions in the highlands, and the defending enemy was a battalion of the 2nd North Korean Division.
165438+1October1,16: 25, 3 1 The two companies of the 92nd Division were directly supported by 70 mountain guns, 20 mortars and 24 rockets. When the fierce battle reached 17, the position of Beishan in 537.7 highland was recaptured, and the enemy army was completely annihilated. At the same time, the 93rd Regiment recaptured the position of a class in the 597.9 highland that I had given up with one force.
12, the enemy launched a counterattack against Beishan, the 537.7 highland, with the strength of a regiment. Our army is engaged in a fierce battle for positions with the enemy, and dozens of attacks are repelled every day. 14, the main force of the 93rd regiment participated in the war. 18, 34th Division 106 Regiment participated in the war. After a fierce battle until the 25th, the enemy's crazy counterattack was finally repelled and Beishan's position in the 537.7 highland was consolidated. At this time, due to heavy casualties, the enemy was forced to remove the 2nd Division of South Korea from the 7th Division of the United States, and the 2nd Division was replaced by the 9th Division of South Korea and the 25th Division of the United States. Immediately, the enemy's attack basically stopped. The Battle of Shangganling ended in the complete victory of our army.
The battle of Shangganling lasted for 43 days. In a narrow area of less than 4 square kilometers, both sides invested a lot of troops and firepower and fought repeatedly for a long time. The intensity of the fighting is unprecedented.
The enemy forces that have successively launched attacks are: the 7th Division of the US Army, the Airborne 1 87th Regiment of the US Army (owing to 1 battalion), the 2nd Division of the DPRK (owing to 4 regiments1battalion), the 9th Division of the DPRK, the Ethiopian Battalion, the Colombian Battalion, * * *1/KLOC.
Our troops deployed in the campaign: 15, 45th division, 29th division, 12, 3rd division, 34th division 1 regiment, 2nd and 7th divisions of howitzers, 209th regiment of rockets, 60th regiment of army artillery and 6065433 regiment of anti-aircraft guns.
During the campaign, the enemy * * * fired 654.38+09,000 rounds of artillery shells and threw more than 5,000 bombs, and the earth and rock in our two highlands were blown up by one to two meters. We fired more than 400,000 shells, which is unprecedented. The artillery density of this campaign has exceeded that of World War II.
In the battle, our army killed or injured more than 25,000 enemy prisoners, and our army killed or injured more than 65,438 people +0. 1.5 million, with a casualty ratio of 2.2 1: 1. Our army shot down and injured more than 270 enemy planes, destroyed and injured 6 1 door and 4 tanks1door. According to the enemy, the material loss in the campaign is second only to the annual consumption 1950.
The American press commented: "This battle actually became the' Verdun' in the Korean War." "Even if there is an atomic bomb field, it is impossible to wipe out all the troops that attacked Ling (537.7 highland Beishan) and Baba Mountain (Wusheng Mountain)."