Chapter 7 5. Careful deployment

The 13th Corps of the Volunteer Army crossed the Yalu River from the mouth of the Changdian River on the evening of October 19 with the Vanguard Regiment of the 118th Division of the 40th Army. On the evening of October 21, the Corps Department received telegrams from Mao Zedong and Peng Dehuai about annihilating the enemy one by one during the campaign. According to Mao Zedong and Peng Dehuai's instructions to annihilate the enemy one by one during the campaign, Deng Hua, Hong Xuezhi, Han Xianchu, and Xie Fang changed their deployment at 21:00 on the same day, and decided to use part of their troops to clamp down on the enemy advancing in the direction of Changjin on the eastern front and possibly from Wonsan , Pyongyang reinforcements, concentrated three armies, and annihilated the 6th, 7th, and 8th Divisions of the South Korean Army in the Guseong, Taechon, Xichuan, Deokchon, and Ningwon areas.The specific campaign deployment is: the first step is to plan to use one division of the 42nd Army to attach an artillery regiment, stick to the Changjin area, and block the puppet capital division and the third division. The area south of the mountain advances.All of the 40th Army entered the Dechuan and Ningyuan areas, all of the 38th Army entered the Xichuan area, and all of the 39th Army entered the Taichuan and Guseong areas, and then wiped out the enemy one by one according to the enemy's advance situation.

On October 22, the 6th Division of South Korea was gathering between Suncheon-Sinchang-ri, preparing to enter Sinuiju; the 8th Division of South Korea was gathering between Gangdong-Sungcheon, preparing to enter Manpu Town.Judging from the above situation, the enemy has not yet discovered our army's advance. The South Korean 6th Division will pass through Sinanju to Bocheon and the area west of it, and the South Korean 8th Division will advance to Gunyu-ri and the area north of it.In order to annihilate the 6th and 8th divisions of South Korea, Mao Zedong sent a telegram to Peng Dehuai and Deng Hua:

Our army's marching route must avoid the line of Dingzhou, Bochuan, Junyuli and the area about 20 kilometers to the north, and take the route to the north. Otherwise, the enemy will find out prematurely, and the enemy will stop advancing, or Actually retracted.In this battle, it is most advantageous to wipe out the enemy around Bochuan, Junyuli and the area to the north.Please follow this intention to speed up the deployment. Mao Zedong also pointed out: If our army can encircle the two puppet sixty-eighth divisions at the same time, it will be the most beneficial to the battle situation.Our 40th Army should encircle a division, and the 39th Army should encircle a division.When the battle is urgent, in addition to the inevitable reinforcement of the Pseudo Seventh Division, I can continue to wipe out the enemy, and the Pyongyang First Puppet Division should also be expected to be reinforced, and you should also be prepared to deal with this division.

On the same day, Peng Dehuai called Deng Hua, Hong Xuezhi, Han Xianchu and reported to Mao Zedong and Gao Gang: It is impossible for our army to occupy Dechuan first, and we should quickly transport a division from the 39th Army or 40th Army to occupy Miaoxiang Mountain in the south of Xichuan - Xingchuan Cave Line construction works.When the puppet 6th, 7th, and 8th divisions attacked, we gathered the main forces of the 39th Army and the 40th Army to attack the enemy's back from the Onjing-Yunshan line eastward, the 38th Army attacked Yongbyon and Dechuan from Xingchuandong, and the 42nd Army still attacked. Changjin should be assembled quickly.

According to the spirit of Mao Zedong and Peng Dehuai's instructions, the 13th Corps immediately redeployed its troops and decided that the 39th Army would guard the Tieshan and Xuanchuan areas with one division, and the main force of the army would advance to Guicheng and the northwest of Taichuan, preparing to capture and annihilate the South Korean Army. The 6th Division; the main force of the 40th Army entered the Onjeong and Unsan areas, preparing to capture and annihilate the 8th Division of the South Korean Army; the 38th Army transported a regiment to control Miaoxiangshan and Xingchuandong, and the main force of the army quickly entered the Xichuan area. Block the enemy's northward advance, and at the same time prepare to cooperate with the 39th Army and the 40th Army to fight; the 42nd Army controls the key points in the Sobaeksan area with one division, and the main force of the army quickly advances to the Changjin-Jiujinli line to block the enemy on the eastern front.

At the same time, the Political Department of the 13th Corps issued a political mobilization order, calling on all commanders and fighters to carry forward the spirit of revolutionary heroism and brave and tenacious fighting spirit, not to be afraid of all sacrifices, to overcome all difficulties, to ensure victory in the first battle and to change the situation in Korea. After receiving the deployment telegram from Peng Dehuai and the 13th Corps, Mao Zedong called Peng Dehuai and Deng Hua at 7 o'clock on October 23 to agree to the deployment of the 13th Corps, and pointed out: "It is always beneficial to insert the main force into the enemy's back and sides, and the whole Annihilating the 68th Division is the principle."

At noon on October 23, Mao Zedong received a new report on the enemy's situation: the enemy's advance was very fast. The main force of the 6th Division of South Korea had arrived at Gecheon on the 22nd, and the small part had arrived at Yongbyon. A regiment of the 1st Division of South Korea had arrived. Junyuli.Mao Zedong estimated that the 6th and 1st divisions of South Korea could arrive at Ningbyon that day, so he immediately called Peng Dehuai and Deng Hua and told Gao Gang: Quickly ordered the main force of the 40th Army to gather in the Onjing area in secret, to control Xichuan with one part, and not to go to Yunshan and Yongbyon to contact the enemy too early.Even if the 39th Army gathers in the Guicheng area, it should not go to Taichuan.The reconnaissance troops of the two armies should not go to Dingzhou, Bochuan, Yongbyon, and the stadium. They should pay attention to avoid fighting the enemy. They must give up the area south of the Xichuan-Onjing-Gucheng line to the enemy and lure the enemy to go deep. Useful to annihilate the enemy.The 38th Army should advance quickly.

Mao Zedong was still worried, so he generated electricity again on the same day, instructing Deng Hua, Hong Xuezhi, Han Xianchu and telling Peng Dehuai: The enemy's advance is very urgent, and the most important thing is to capture fighters.The enemy within two or three days may find out that it is our army and deal with it. At this time, if we have not unified the action of the whole army, we are about to lose our opportunity to fight.Therefore, you should quickly drive to Peng's place, meet Peng, decide the battle plan and command the battle under Peng's leadership. At noon on October 24, Deng Hua, Hong Xuezhi, and Han Xianchu arrived at Dayu Cave to join Peng Dehuai.It turned out that after the talks between Peng Dehuai and Kim Il Sung in Dadong, he led his command staff to transfer to Dayudong, which is only two kilometers away from Dadong.

Dayu Cave was originally a famous gold mine in North Korea.Located three kilometers northwest of Beizhen on Ping'an Road, surrounded by mountains, there is a ditch running from northeast to southwest.There are some gold mines scattered on the slopes on both sides of the ravine.The headquarters of the Volunteer Army is located in a wooden shed under the hillside. In the work shed, Peng Dehuai happily shook hands with Deng Hua, Hong Xuezhi and Han Xianchu one by one.Then he presided over a combat meeting. Peng Dehuai first introduced the talks with Kim Il Sung. He said: "The situation on the front line of North Korea is very chaotic. The People's Army troops retreating from Pyongyang have not communicated with Kim Il Sung's headquarters for many days. Now the DPRK has only three divisions, and it is no longer possible to Stop the enemy from advancing towards the border between China and North Korea."

Peng Dehuai went on to say: "Because the original positional combat is difficult to achieve, we decided to use the method of mobile warfare, adopt the tactics of division and encirclement to wipe out the enemy, and strive for the initial victory to stabilize the situation." The next day, the 13th Corps received a call from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the telegram instructed: (1) In order to meet the needs of the current great combat mission, the Thirteenth Corps Command, Political Department and other institutions should be reorganized into the People's Volunteer Army Command, Political Department and other institutions; (2) Comrade Peng Dehuai is the commander and Comrades Deng Hua, Pu Yiyu, Hong Xuezhi, and Han Xianchu are all deputy commanders, Comrades Deng Hua and Park Yiyu are both deputy political commissars (notified earlier), and Comrade Xie Fang is the chief of staff. Comrades in charge of the logistics department and other institutions are still in charge; (3) The party committee organization also added Comrade Peng Puer according to the original list, with Comrade Peng Dehuai as secretary and Deng Hua, Pu and Yiyu as deputy secretaries.

The "United Nations Army" did not encounter strong resistance during its northward march, and it had modern equipment and advanced very fast.From the 20th to the 24th, the "United Nations Army" has advanced more than 100 kilometers, and it is less than 100 kilometers away from the nearest border between North Korea and China. On October 24, MacArthur issued a new order, canceling the "September 27" directive of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff that "non-South Korean troops are not allowed to be used in the northeastern provinces bordering the Soviet Union or along the Manchurian border." Order all subordinate troops to "advance northward at full speed and with all strength" to the border between China and North Korea, first control the key points of the border, block the retreat route of the Korean People's Army, destroy the Korean People's Army, and destroy the Korean People's regime, in order to realize its goal of occupying the entire North Korea as soon as possible plan. At this time, since the volunteers could only operate on foot at night, they were constantly harassed by enemy planes on the way. On the way, they also encountered the Korean party, government, soldiers, civilians, personnel, vehicles and horses who were retreating to Jiangjie and Sinuiju. The roads are blocked, and the volunteers are advancing slowly.By the 24th, except for the first two divisions of the 40th Army, which were about to approach the enemy east of Beizhen and north of Yunshan, the other armies were still 20 to 50 kilometers away from the enemy.Based on this situation, Mao Zedong promptly telegraphed Peng Dehuai and Deng Hua and told Gao Gang: According to today's intelligence, the Pseudo Sixth Division attacked Chushan and Beizhen, the Puppet Eighth Division went to Xichuan via Ningyuan and then attacked Jiangjie, and the Puppet First Division (with a strong combat effectiveness) has already arrived at Ningbian and Guicheng.Please pay attention to luring the enemy deep into the mountains and then encircling and annihilating them. The enemy still doesn't know my situation. (Please pay attention to the commanding heights of Mount Paektu) Peng Dehuai, Deng Hua, Hong Xuezhi, Han Xianchu, and Xie Fang re-established their deployment and decided to gather the 40th Army in the area north of Onjeong and east of Bukjin, waiting to annihilate the 6th Division of South Korea in Onjeong and its troops. Northwest region; the 39th Army quickly assembled in the northwest region of Yunshan, preparing to mobilize the 1st Division of South Korea to help when the 40th Army encircled and wiped out the 6th Division of South Korea, and annihilated the 1st Division of South Korea near Yunshan; the 38th Army and the 125th Division of the 42nd Army, assembled in the Mingwendong and Cangdong areas north of Xichuan, preparing to annihilate the 8th Division of South Korea in Xichuan and the area to the north; the 124th and 126th Divisions of the 42nd Army on the Eastern Front South of Changjin, the Huangcaoling and Gozhanling areas blocked the enemy's northward advance, contained the enemy on the eastern front, and cooperated with the western front.At the same time, the main force of the 66th Army was ordered to cross the river from Andong and head towards Tieshan, preparing to block the British 27th Brigade.