Chapter 36 worst loss

Just as the Chinese Thirty-eighth Army and Fiftieth Army on the western front blocked the UN army from counterattacking northward with their flesh and blood, the UN army on the eastern front marched northward to Hengcheng and Dapingli areas faster than the western front. Pushing forward all the way, it protruded from the entire front. This situation on the battlefield made Peng Dehuai, who was very worried about the situation on the battlefield, suddenly feel that there might be an opportunity to reverse the passive situation. Fighters on the battlefield are fleeting and must be seized and used decisively.

On February 5, Peng Dehuai ordered the 42nd Army and the 2nd and 5th Army Corps of the North Korean People's Army to stop the United Nations troops advancing northward on the east front, so as to reduce the pressure on the Chinese blocking troops on the west front.At the same time, the 39th, 40th, and 66th armies commanded by Deng Hua were ordered to move eastward, waiting to find fighter opportunities. Peng Dehuai had already sketched in his mind a preliminary idea of ​​counterattacking on the Eastern Front, but he hadn't fully grasped it yet.Stand firmly on the western front, quickly concentrate the large corps on the eastern front, and launch a large-scale counterattack against the relatively weak South Korean troops. If the counterattack is successful, it will greatly ease the current situation of the Chinese army retreating steadily , and perhaps stop the UN offensive.However, Peng Dehuai knew very well that to organize a counterattack on the Eastern Front, at least three conditions must be met: 1. The position of the United Nations Army on the Eastern Front to advance northward forms a forward posture; 2. The troops participating in the counterattack can reach the starting point of the battle in time; 3. This is also the most important thing. The Thirty-eighth Army and the Fiftieth Army that blocked the United Nations Army on the western front must be able to stop the fierce offensive of the U.S. Army near the Han River. If the blocking line of defense collapses, let alone counterattack, the entire front will face a complete collapse.

On February 9, the situation of the United Nations forces on the Eastern Front was as follows: the 23rd Regiment of the 2nd Division of the United States and a French Battalion were blocked by the 42nd Army of China in the north of Pishou; the 8th and 5th Divisions of South Korea entered To the north of Hengcheng, Fengshuiyuan, Shangcangfengli, Fudongli, and Umedianli line; further east, the South Korean Seventh Division, Ninth Division, and Capital Division dragged behind the Xiazhenfuli and Jiangling line.So far, the United Nations Army deployed on the front lines of Topingli and Hengcheng has protruded from the entire front.

At this time, the 38th Regiment and the Dutch Battalion of the 2nd U.S. Division, the Division Headquarters of the 2nd U.S. Division and its 9th Regiment were still in Wonju, and the 7th U.S. Division and the 187th Airborne Regiment were behind them. The prominent United Nations forces were relatively isolated. The Chinese Thirty-eighth Army and the Fiftieth Army, which were blocking on the western front, although the blocking line was retreating a little bit, they still largely delayed the northward advance of the US military. The armies on the Eastern Front commanded by Deng Hua have quickly reached the pre-battle position.

The war machine is ripe. However, Peng Dehuai still had an undecidable choice.The United Nations Army has two salient units on the toppingli and Hengcheng lines. Which one is more beneficial to fight first?Peng Dehuai thought twice before considering hitting Dipingli first.In his telegram to the armies on the 7th, he pointed out: "According to the situation at hand, it is advantageous to concentrate the main forces of the three armies to annihilate the enemies near Topingli first. Comrade Deng Hua is requested to move closer to the headquarters of the 42nd Army so that Get in touch with the armies and how to deploy, please tell Deng quickly." Soon after the telegram was sent, Peng Dehuai suddenly changed his decision, and he immediately sent another telegram to the armies: (1) It is known that the enemy in the Topingli area is The 2nd Division of the United States, part of each of the 24th Division, and the French Battalion make a total of eight to nine battalions. If we attack the enemy for a day and night and cannot resolve the battle, the British 27th Brigade in the Icheon area, the South Korean Sixth Division and Wonju The nearby 38th Regiment of the 2nd Division of the United States and the 7th Division of the United States can come to help, as well as the 5th and 8th Divisions of South Korea and the 187th Regiment of the US Airborne Forces. It is also possible to draw two to three divisions to the east. In this case, if there is no food and a war of attrition is fought, or even the road from Hongchuan to Gutouli is controlled by the enemy, I will be in an extremely disadvantageous situation. This step must be fully estimated.

(2) It is known that the enemy forces in the Neseong area are the 5th and 8th Divisions and the 187th Airborne Regiment of the US 7th Division. However, the 5th and 8th Divisions of South Korea are relatively weak. I can concentrate the 39th and 4th Divisions. The 10th, 42nd, 66th and the 2nd and 5th Army Corps of the People's Army are more sure of disrupting the enemy.If the estimation is successful, then expand the results to Yuanzhou and the south, which may disrupt the enemy's entire deployment, which will be beneficial to me in the future... The previous telegram proposed to attack Dipingli first, and this telegram decided to attack the enemy near Hengcheng first. If you have no opinion, please ask Deng Jinhan to deploy it according to the specific situation.

Peng Dehuai's concerns were obvious: no matter how superior the Chinese army was in terms of numbers, they were still not sure of defeating the powerful U.S. and French battalions. It would be better to challenge the weaker South Korean army to fight first. The Hengcheng counterattack began on the night of February 11, 1951. The Deng Hua Corps' first counterattack target was the South Korean Eighth Division in the northwest of Hengcheng, and they hoped to open a gap and attack the US defense line in Wonju.The specific deployment is: The 42nd Army (attached to the 117th Division of the 39th Army and the 1st Battalion of the 25th Artillery Regiment), with the 124th and 117th Divisions as the vanguard, marched toward Heguli, northwest of Hengcheng, and up and down. The line of defense cut off the retreat of the 8th Division of South Korea; the 125th Division went forward to the Jietianli and Huiyanfeng areas southwest of Hengcheng to block possible aid from the enemy's Yuanzhou direction, and to support the 66th Army in operations ; deploy the 126th Division in the area north of Topingli, and continue to contain the enemy in Topingli.The 40th Army (attached to the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the 29th Artillery Regiment) assaulted the 8th Division of South Korea facing the northwest of Hengcheng.The Sixty-sixth Army used the 196th and 197th Divisions to attack the southeast of Hengcheng to cut off the enemy's retreat.The 39th Army is a reserve force deployed in the southeast of Longtouli, approaching Toping-ri. If the enemy in Toping-ri flees south after the counterattack begins, it will resolutely pursue it.

On the afternoon of February 11, Peng Dehuai personally called the former commanders of the People's Army and the commanders of the various armies and reported to Kim Il Sung: "The volunteer army will fight from west to east with the main force of the four armies. In order to win this battle, the key lies in the people's Whether the Sixty-sixth Army and the Volunteer Army can complete the planned deployment. The victory in this battle is to consolidate the previous victories, expand the international influence of the anti-aggression war of the Chinese and North Korean armies, and buy time to train the troops. Otherwise, the enemy will destroy the Our army rests and reorganizes the plan. Therefore, this campaign is particularly important. I hope that comrades will tell cadres at all levels and all soldiers that everyone will work hard to show enthusiasm and overcome difficulties, and ask you to destroy the enemy bravely and tenaciously! I wish Mao Zedong and Kim Il Sung the leadership Long live the victory of the People's Army!"

Rustic can be drummed up. However, Peng Dehuai was still uneasy about whether the Hengcheng counterattack would be successful and achieve the expected results.After he sent telegrams to all armies, he sent a dense telegram to Mao Zedong as follows: Because the enemies in Toppingli counterattacked had considerable fortifications, it is estimated that the enemies in Toppingli would not be able to resolve the battle in a day or two, and now they will attack the areas around Hengcheng instead. The Fifth and Eighth Divisions of South Korea, the Seventeenth Regiment of the Seventh U.S. Division, and the 187th Airborne Regiment began at dusk on the 11th.If the five or six regiments can be wiped out, it is estimated that the front line may be temporarily stabilized for half a month. If the counterattack fails, the enemy will pursue frantically.It is difficult for our army to gain a firm foothold on the 38th parallel.At present, we can only resolutely fight back, strive for victory at all costs, gain time, and stabilize the situation, otherwise we will pay a higher price and experience more difficulties.

It is impossible to know how Mao Zedong felt when he read this telegram. Mao Zedong asked Peng Dehuai to immediately launch the fourth battle and push the Chinese army's front southward to the 36th parallel. The current battlefield situation is that the Chinese army on the western front has to retreat north of the 38th parallel. On the evening of February 11, the four armies of the Chinese army began a large-scale counterattack to the Hengcheng area. The target of the Chinese Fortieth Army's frontal attack was the Eighth Division of the South Korean Army. The Fortieth Army Commander Wen Yucheng and Political Commissar Yuan Shengping put the 118th Division and the 120th Division in the first echelon position. The main assault force was the 118th Division commanded by the young division commander Deng Yue.Wen Yucheng not only allocated the army's main artillery force to this division, but also strengthened the 355th Regiment, the main regiment of the 119th Division as a reserve force, to Deng Yue.The task of the 120th Division is to first open the Shengzhi Peak and 800 Highlands that the 8th Division of South Korea is holding on to, so as to ensure the safety of the flanks on the attack route of the 118th Division.This deployment did not come as a surprise to the commanders of the divisions, because this is how previous battles were fought.

Among the soldiers of the Fortieth Army there is such a catchphrase: 118 dozen, 119 look, 120 circle around. Deng Yue's 118th Division once again proved the effectiveness of the Chinese army's bold and roundabout tactics of dividing and encircling. When Deng Yue was studying the map, he found that on the front of the main attack direction of the 118th Division, there was a "Y"-shaped intersection where two roads converged. This is obviously the only way for South Korean soldiers who are good at escaping once the attack starts. road.If you want to eliminate more enemies without defeating the battle, you must send troops in to block this "Y"-shaped intersection.To the surprise of the other officers of the 118th Division, Deng Yue went against the practice of interspersing with small units, and he wanted to send a whole regiment to intersect.It is 25 kilometers from the starting line of the attack to the "Y"-shaped intersection, and the interspersed troops must be in place before dawn and occupy the intersection in order to truly seal off the rear of the 21st Regiment of the 8th Division of South Korea. Many years later, Western military historians still praised the tactics of the young Chinese division commander Deng Yue: two regiments broke through from the front side by side, and one regiment interspersed from the middle to the rear. Dangerous chess!novel! The three regiments placed by Deng Yue on the front did not attack on the front line, but cooperated with each other to cover each other: the 353rd Regiment was on the left, and the 354th Regiment was on the right, so as to break through the defensive position of the 21st Regiment of the Eighth Division of South Korea side by side. The 352nd Regiment, which was in charge of interspersing, infiltrated from between the two regiments and went straight behind the enemy.This is done to speed up the roundabout development quickly.Deng Yue did not believe that a 21st regiment in South Korea could withstand the impact of the three regiments of the Chinese army! The 352nd Regiment is the main regiment in Deng Yue's hands, and has always been known for its daring to fight.The head of this regiment, Luo Shaofu, was an old Red Army soldier who had been Deng Yue's old squad leader. As soon as the counterattack began, the 118th Division quickly charged towards the positions of the South Korean army.The 353rd Regiment on the left wing broke through the defensive positions of two companies of the South Korean Army within an hour.The 2nd Battalion of the 354th Regiment on the right took only half an hour to capture the blocking position in front of them and wiped out a reinforced company of the South Korean Army.The 352nd Regiment took advantage of the fierce fighting between the two regiments, and quickly developed to the enemy's rear.They were not blocked at the front, but when passing through a place called Shangyudong, Chief of Staff Leng Lihua was killed by enemy blocking artillery fire.Leng Lihua joined the army in 1939, experienced hundreds of battles, and was elected as a combat model three times. His death made the soldiers grieve. The Seventh Company of the 352nd Regiment is an interspersed sharp knife company. They met a platoon of South Korean soldiers at the place where Leng Lihua died.The soldiers of the Seventh Company rushed up to fight fiercely, and no one survived in the entire South Korean search platoon.The 352nd Regiment gradually broke away from the front lines of the large forces and went deep into the enemy's rear alone.After entering a large mountain, the North Korean guide lost his way. Zhang Honglin, commander of the Seventh Company, relied on a compass to lead the soldiers tenaciously forward through the thick snow and maze-like ravines. They finally reached a high ground indicated on the map. .On the high ground, I saw smoking sparks on the hill directly in front of me.The South Korean soldiers on the hill never expected that 3,000 Chinese soldiers were quietly passing by under their noses, tens of kilometers away from the front where the battle was going on. As long as the enemy does not find out, the 352 regiment will run forward.On the highway, from time to time, they saw South Korean soldiers who had fled from the front lying on the side of the road. They watched this thousands-strong team marching in the dark. Take it for granted.Some South Korean soldiers felt that it was safe to flee with the large troops, so they stumbled into the ranks of the 352nd Regiment. The Chinese soldiers did not know it. They walked like this for a long time. It was not until the Chinese soldiers discovered that they had surrendered their guns. Since it was inconvenient to take the prisoners with them, the Chinese soldiers pushed the South Korean soldiers aside and continued on their way. Six hours later, the 352nd Regiment approached the "Y"-shaped intersection. Suddenly, the front lights came on, and an enemy convoy consisting of more than 100 vehicles came head-on. The 352 regiment rushed forward without hesitation. Clusters of grenades flew up, and the car burst into flames.After a while of confusion, several tanks rushed out and began to fight back. At this time, a soldier named Yu Shuilin rushed towards the tank. Yu Shuilin is tall and tall.Before the war, the class was assigned two anti-tank grenades, and he snatched them.This kind of grenade was too big to fit in the grenade bag, and it didn't feel right to run around his waist, so he put the grenade in his rice bag, with fried noodles at one end and these two big guys at the other end.When marching, I was afraid of losing the grenade, so I tied the mouth of the bag tightly.Now, when he rushed towards the tank, he couldn't untie the bag, and Yu Shuilin was so anxious that he lost his mind.The squad leader thought he was afraid, and shouted at him: "Yu Shuilin! Are you determined?" In desperation, he tore the cloth bag with all his strength.He picked up the anti-tank grenade, rushed to the front of the huge tank, and stuffed the grenade into the track of the tank. After a loud noise, the tank was blown up.Yu Shuilin blew up two tanks in a row, and then chased after the American soldiers who jumped out of the tanks.During the battle, his right arm was shot several times, and his uniform was stained red with blood. He held the grenade in his left hand and continued to chase the enemy. In this way, he captured eight American soldiers. Zhai Wenqing, the instructor of the third battalion, decided to give credit to Yu Shuilin at that time. Many years after the war, Zhai Wenqing, the instructor of the 3rd Battalion, has become the deputy commander of the 118th Division. He has not forgotten the comrades who fell beside him on the battlefield, including the big soldier Yu Shuilin who rushed towards the US tank with a grenade.Yu Shuilin was transferred to the rear to recuperate, and after that, he never had contact with the army again.The army files only record that Yu Shuilin is from Rehe.So Zhai Wenqing sent people to the Chengde area to look for him, but they couldn't find him after all the hard work.Not reconciled, Zhai Wenqing continued his search efforts for many years, until one day 10 years after the end of the Korean War, he finally found out that Yu Shuilin was from Meilihe Village, Meili Township, Chifeng County, Zhaowuda League, Inner Mongolia. Beautiful Township, what a beautiful name. Beautiful River Village is extremely poor. Yu Shuilin is the poorest person in this impoverished village.He has no parents, no siblings, and lives alone in the stable of the production team. His right arm has been amputated and he is unable to work. No one knew that this crippled man in ragged clothes had blown up two US tanks in a row and captured eight US soldiers with one arm.No one knew that this lonely crippled man was a hero who had won first-class military exploits in the battle to defend the new China. When Deputy Division Commander Zhai Wenqing traveled all the way to Meilihe Village and finally saw Yu Shuilin, he hugged his big soldier tightly and burst into tears. Knowing that Yu Shuilin was a great hero, the local government built him a house and found him a woman.When they got married, Zhai Wenqing specially sent someone to take Shuilin and his wife to the army, made a brand new set of bedding and pillows, and specially made a large hero plaque.Later, soldiers were sent to escort the plaque back to that remote and remote beautiful river village. Zhai Wenqing is a passionate and righteous Chinese soldier. Since then, Yu Shuilin will be invited back to the old army as a guest every year.Zhai Wenqing, who was later promoted to division commander, went to Meilihe Village many times to visit Lao Yu with one arm. When Yu Shuilin died of illness, Master Zhai Wenqing personally took care of all the funeral affairs of this veteran. When the battle Yu Shuilin participated in ended, the 352nd Regiment destroyed more than 140 American vehicles, more than 20 howitzers, and 10 anti-aircraft machine guns. The U.S. army that was annihilated by the 352nd Regiment was an armored battalion of the U.S. Second Division.This battalion was ordered to reinforce the 8th Division of South Korea, which was being defeated. The U.S. military did not expect to encounter a sudden attack by a large Chinese force at a place tens of miles away from the front line. The description of this battle in the military history of the US military is: the defeat of a regiment in South Korea once again led to a heavy casualty.At that time, an artillery company of the U.S. Army was heading north along a narrow road three miles northwest of Hengcheng under the cover of a convoy, apparently without any flank protection.The force was to support the ROK 8th Division a few miles to the north.At night, the Chinese troops counterattacked, the South Korean troops fled, and then the Chinese suddenly swarmed the American artillery.Only three of the more than five hundred people survived. It was the deadliest battle for U.S. troops in the entire war, with about 530 killed.The tragedy started with the rout of South Korean troops, combined with the tactical misuse of American troops. One of the survivors went to the soil. When he recalled the scene after the war, he said: "The Chinese rushed to us at two o'clock in the morning. There was a hail of bullets everywhere. The Chinese knocked down the driver of the front car, and the entire column The convoy came to a standstill. Everyone was in a hurry. As soon as a man fell, the Chinese came and took his weapon. Someone shouted: 'Here's one!' I opened fire, but it was just a tree .Somebody yelled again: 'Let's get out of here!' I was so dazed it felt like the whole world exploded under my feet. It was bloody. I knew I was finished then...they sent me and fourteen other infantry Protect the cannon. We helped get the cannon into the convoy, but only three of us made it back alive." In the Hengcheng counterattack, another Chinese division created a masterpiece-creating the record of the Chinese army in the Korean War that a division wiped out the most enemies and captured the most in one battle. This division is the 117th Division of the 39th Army, and the division commander Zhang Zhengcheng. In the Hengcheng counterattack, the task of the 39th Army was to contain the United Nations Army in the Topingli area.According to Peng Dehuai's instructions, in order to strengthen the assault force in the direction of Hengcheng, it was decided to assign the 117th Division of the 39th Army to the 42nd Army.The 117th Division received the same task as the 118th Division of the 40th Army: fighting and interspersing. The 117th Division had a bad start. After division commander Zhang wholeheartedly accepted the task, he immediately led the troops to advance to the counterattack launch line. Taking advantage of the moonlight, the whole division safely crossed the Han River, and after two consecutive nights of marching, they finally approached their destination, Longtouli.However, when approaching Longtouli, the U.S. military's night flight aircraft continued to bombard about 10 kilometers from the front, forming a tight blockade.Peng Jingao, the deputy commander of the division, was injured when he organized the troops to pass through the blockade. Just as Zhang Jiecheng arranged for someone to carry Peng Jingao down, more unfortunate news came: Wu Shu, director of the Political Department, was seriously injured.Zhang Jiecheng immediately organized people to carry Wu Shu past the enemy plane blockade area. In a private house, the doctors began to carry out intense rescue for him.Wu Shu's chest and head were hit by shrapnel, and the blood had already soaked the military uniform. His breathing was weak, and his face was pale. Suddenly, he stretched out his trembling hand to hold Zhang Jiecheng's hand, and called out: "Teacher... ..." After that, he closed his eyes. When we got to Longtouli, the party committee was opened, and two standing committee members were missing, and the atmosphere was extremely heavy. Zhang Jincheng once again resolutely reiterated the task of the whole division: on the night of the 11th, enter the battle from the gap between the enemy's junction in Shangwu'anli, along the line of Yaositian, Cangcunli, and Qinfali, to Xiari and Heguli in the west of Hengcheng. To implement interspersed detours, it is necessary to occupy the favorable terrain on the west side of Xiari and Heguli Highway before 7:00 am on the 12th, completely cut off the enemy's retreat, and cooperate with the frontal attack troops to annihilate Anxing's 8th Korean Division and the 1st Division of the US 2nd Division. department.Its deployment is: use the 351st Regiment as the vanguard to capture the Xiari Highway, the Wang 49th Regiment is responsible for capturing Heguli, and the 3504th is the reserve team of the division. On the 11th, the Chinese soldiers slept all day, ate dinner in advance, carried five days of dry food, and provided enough ammunition. Each of them tied a white towel on their left arm. At 16:40, they entered the interspersed The starting point is a small village called Erchaili.The snow was so vast that even Zhang Zhengcheng, who personally brought the combat section chief here for reconnaissance, could not tell where the road was.The group engineering department recruited two North Korean guides, one was assigned to the vanguard regiment, and the other was left at the division headquarters. At 17:00, the sound of counterattack artillery sounded, and the frontal attack troops began to move.According to the instructions of the Forty-Second Army Command, the 117th Division's operations started at the same time as the frontal attack troops, so Zhang wholeheartedly ordered: "Avanguard regiment, set off!" The 117th Division, with a team of 7,000 people, began a large-scale penetration behind enemy lines in accordance with the sequence of the 351st Regiment, Division Command Post, 349th Regiment, 350th Regiment, agencies, and logistics units. Residential houses on both sides of the road were burning under the bombing of enemy planes, and the smell of napalm was suffocating.The 117th Division advanced along the road, as if walking through a sea of ​​fire.Half an hour later, the whole division entered the dark valley. They quietly passed through the left flank of the 16th Regiment of the 8th Division of the South Korean Army. Fighting, the whole division has been advancing towards Xia Ri without stopping. In the middle of the night, Zhang Jincheng suddenly received a report: The Three Five One Regiment had gone the wrong way.After verification, Zhang dedicated to immediately adjust the deployment.At this time, a telegram from the 351 Regiment came. They already knew they had made a mistake and decided to go over the mountain to summer. Deng Hua's command received a call: The frontal attack force has broken into the enemy's position, and the enemy has begun to rout in the direction of Hengcheng. It is hoped that the interspersed force will arrive at the blocking location within the stipulated time. The division reconnaissance team was ordered to catch a prisoner and inquire about the situation. The division reconnaissance team searched on the rugged mountain road, but there was no one in sight. I was in a hurry, and found an American military telephone line in the snow. I walked along the line and saw a small village near a house. I heard voices, which were Americans.Platoon leader Wu Yongzhang waved his hand, and the scouts rushed forward.The battle ended quickly, and more than 30 American soldiers were captured, all of whom were black. When asked, it was a black platoon from the 9th Regiment of the 2nd Division of the United States. They served as the rear guard of the 8th Division of South Korea. The soldiers of the 349th Regiment who followed brought some captives. They were South Korean soldiers. They all had a red cloth pocket on their bodies, which was the sign of recruits. All the captives stood on the snow in a daze. They couldn't figure out where these Chinese soldiers came from, and how they were captured behind the front line. The troops moved on.After crossing a snow-covered mountain, the soldiers were exhausted by the time they reached the top.The sky began to light up, and when I looked down the mountain, I saw a road extending from it, which is Crane Valley.There was silence on the road, and the Chinese soldiers knew that they were running ahead of the wheels of the enemy's cars. The 351 regiment, which was originally an avant-garde group, went the wrong way.Realizing this mistake, a group of stragglers rushed into their ranks, a group of retreating South Korean soldiers.After a short fight, the prisoner said that there was a shortcut to Xia Ri, so he let the prisoner lead the way.This is really a shortcut. It can be said that there is no road at all. The Chinese soldiers followed the South Korean prisoners, stumbling forward on the snow, and almost rolled down when they went down the mountain.The South Korean captives really brought the 351 regiment into the summer.As soon as I got there, I saw the cars on the road lined up endlessly.The reconnaissance team captured another prisoner. After interrogation, they learned that this was the troops of the 9th Regiment of the 2nd Division of the United States, as well as some personnel who had retreated from the 8th Division of South Korea. They already knew that the Chinese army had arrived here and was occupying the side of the road. the highlands. The first to arrive was the Second Battalion of the 351st Regiment.The Second Battalion did not hesitate and immediately launched an attack.Although the number of enemies in front of us is at least twice the strength of the second battalion. The Chinese soldiers left fatigue and hunger behind and rushed over fiercely!The U.S. soldiers and South Korean soldiers barely resisted, allowing Chinese soldiers to capture and kill more than 200 people. Chinese soldiers quickly occupied the high ground on both sides of the road. The dispersed American soldiers and South Korean soldiers all hid in a ravine near the road. It was already daylight, and Peng Zhongtao, a political commissar of the 351st Regiment who followed up, saw a few Chinese soldiers holding guns, their necks shrank from the cold, guarding more than 200 American prisoners squatting on the side of the road. The staff officer brought a squad and a machine gun to strengthen the custody of the prisoners. The 117th Division accurately arrived at the interspersed destination half an hour earlier, thus blocking the enemy's way of fleeing south from Hengcheng. Xue Fuli, the head of the 349th Regiment, occupied all the important places for the deployment of troops. He was running among the hills when he heard someone shouting at him. When he looked back, he saw eight South Korean soldiers sitting near the fire!These South Korean soldiers all had recruits' red cloth strips tied on their left arms.They took Xue Fuli, who was wearing a U.S. military officer's cap and a South Korean officer's woolen coat, as their chief.Xue Fuli walked over, drew his pistol and fired. The two shots in a row failed to fire, and the third shot fired. The South Korean soldiers ran away early. Zhang Zecheng called Xue Fuli and said: "I saw enemy tanks running around, I want to organize a tank attack! Block the road!" A squad leader named Zhao Hongji and several soldiers got under a small bridge and attacked the tanks. The two tanks that were blown up in succession blocked the road. At this time, the enemy fleeing south began to break through. The 117th Division began a tenacious blocking battle. The Three Five One Regiment is at the forefront.The Ninth Regiment of the Second U.S. Division attacked the Second Battalion with all their strength, and the Fourth Company was at the forefront. They stuck on the road and fired at every car that tried to protrude.The U.S. troops attacked the fourth company's position continuously, and the second platoon suffered huge casualties. Only the deputy platoon leader and two soldiers remained on the position. They wrestled with the U.S. soldiers who rushed up again until they died one by one.The culture teacher and cook of the fourth company. The buglemen and correspondents were all organized and stubbornly stood on the main position of the company. After the company commander, instructor and all company-level cadres of the fifth company died, the bugleman Ma Deqi took the place of command and remained on the ground.After all the ammunition of the third company was exhausted, the soldiers used stones and bayonets to counterattack the US attack. The US military never broke through the blocking position of the 351st Regiment. More and more enemies were retreating from the north. Cars and tanks crowded the miles-long road. When it was getting dark, three signal flares rose in the sky, and the Chinese army's general offensive began. On the road, amidst the continuous sound of guns and artillery, the sharp sound of bugles made the officers and soldiers of the US Second Division and the South Korean Eighth Division feel the fear of the end of the world.The U.S. planes were circling, and the flares dropped turned the battlefield into daylight.Cars and tanks were on fire everywhere, and Chinese soldiers rushed onto the road, fighting with United Nations soldiers. At midnight, the battle was over. The 117th Division wiped out 3,350 enemies, destroyed and seized more than 200 cars and tanks, and more than 100 artillery pieces of various types. The Hengcheng counterattack launched by the Chinese army forced the South Korean 3rd, 5th, and 8th divisions, as well as a part of the US 2nd division and the 187th Airborne Regiment to retreat. The pressure on the battlefield. Under the blow of the counterattack launched by the Chinese army, the United Nations forces on the eastern front showed signs of being shaken across the board.However, when the various units of the United Nations Army began to retreat to varying degrees, there was one point on the front that remained in place. Outpost: Topping Lane. Topping Lane - a place where the American army, the French army and the Chinese army have left deep memories - these memories are composed of a series of cruel and bloody scenes.