Chapter 91 The 27th Army created an example of annihilating a U.S. military regiment at a time

On November 30, Tao Yong, the deputy commander of the 9th Corps who was frostbitten, visited Xinxingli in person, commanded the main force of the 80th and 81st Divisions, and mobilized the artillery of the 27th Army to attack from the east, west, south, and north simultaneously. A fatal blow was launched to the U.S. military in Xinxingli. I saw the soldiers of the Volunteer Army launching waves of attacks on the US positions one after another like desperately.Chinese soldiers carrying "heavy weapon" grenades swarmed and shouted, and rushed towards the US tank defense circle. Due to the short distance, many US tank machine guns and howitzers lost their effectiveness, emptying the guns, emptying the guns, and even hitting other tanks.After the volunteers who charged in front were swept down in groups, the soldiers behind used the tank turret to turn to the other side, successfully approached the tank, rushed into the US defense circle, and started hand-to-hand combat with the US soldiers.At this time, the ace army of the U.S. Army also showed a fighting spirit that is not afraid of death, and fought back desperately.At dawn the next day, the U.S. military was compressed into a very small area.

At 13:00 on the 30th, the head of the 31st Regiment McLaughan saw that there were heavy casualties and there was no hope of waiting for help, so he used the radio to summon more than 40 aircraft to cover, and led by more than 10 tanks, broke out along the road to the south.The U.S. Air Force ground guides took armored vehicles, and while retreating with the brigade, guided the planes to use napalm bombs to blow up the vicinity of the road into a sea of ​​​​flames to prevent volunteers from swarming. The U.S. Air Force pilots are very skilled and drop bombs very accurately, forming a protective wall between the U.S. military and the volunteers.Some US military vehicles were even smoked.

Although the place close to the road was engulfed in flames, and it was difficult for the volunteers to approach, the volunteers a little further away continued to chase and beat the fast-retreating American ass.The 80th and 81st Divisions of the Volunteer Army suffered heavy casualties, and even when there were only a few dozen infantry regiments left, they continued to attack! Soon, soldiers from both sides fought together.At this time, all the troops on both sides had been disorganized, the commander could not convey orders, and the soldiers could not receive any instructions from their superiors.The battle turned into small groups of people fighting and shooting all over the mountains and plains.The U.S. aircraft that came to support could not tell whether the troops below were the United Nations Army or the Volunteer Army. The U.S. artillery could only intercept and shoot at the volunteer reinforcements in the distance.

Seeing this scene, the veterans of the 1st Marine Division, who had experienced the bloody battle on Guadalcanal, were stunned.Here, they learned the fighting spirit and combat quality of Chinese soldiers earlier than Commander MacArthur. During the melee, the soldiers of the 4th Company of the 239th Regiment quietly approached a big house, and slammed into the house with grenades and machine guns. The headquarters of the regiment took down the headquarters of the regiment, and even the head of the polar bear regiment, Colonel McLeon, was killed. In more than 20 hours of continuous fighting, the successor commander of the task force, Fein, was shot dead by the volunteers.

By December 1, the fighting in Xinxingli was over. In this battle, the volunteers wiped out a total of 3,191 enemies, and seized 137 cannons, 11 tanks, 184 cars, and 2,345 guns. The regiment flag of the Polar Bear Regiment was captured by the Volunteers and is still in the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution. Annihilating the Polar Bear Regiment, this is an example created by the 27th Army of the Volunteer Army to wipe out a U.S. military formation. The ace troops praised in movies such as "The General" were destroyed.Such a defeat is unique in the history of the US military.

On December 1, the U.S. troops in Chongjin, Hyesan Township and other places began to quickly retreat to the Hamhung area. The 5th and 7th Marine Regiments in Liudamli also rushed out of the encirclement with the support of aircraft and tanks, and rushed to the area. The Xiajieyuli area is close. At this time, non-combat attrition such as cold and hunger in the 9th Corps of the Volunteer Army has reached an astonishing level.That's it, the volunteers seem to still have endless energy, all of them are brave, tenacious, fearless, and the battle is extremely tragic and tragic. The 177th Regiment of the 59th Division, which was standing on the main peak of Dead Eagle Ridge 1519, had run out of ammunition, so they used the collected enemy grenades and threw them overwhelmingly at the attacking U.S. troops, defeating eight U.S. attacks.At the end of the battle, the snow melted by artillery fire on the position was blown by the cold wind, freezing the remaining more than 60 volunteer defenders in the mud and snow.When the US military's final breakout operation began, most of them had their legs frozen with the snow and could not move on the ground. They could only watch helplessly as the US military abandoned their heavy equipment and retreated eastward along the road below the Dead Eagle Ridge.

In the end, the regiment command post and medical staff rushed to pry open the ice and carried these heroic soldiers one by one, so that they could be rescued. In the early morning of December 6, the U.S. troops began to retreat. They first exploded with explosives, then crushed with bulldozers, and finally poured gasoline on the piles of food, clothes, and ammunition, and burned them down. That's it. In the mountains and forests on both sides of the road where the Marine Corps fled, bullets flew out almost everywhere, and soldiers from the Volunteer Army were stubbornly blocking them everywhere.

When it was dark, the 26th Army of Song Shilun's reserve team finally arrived, and a fierce battle began again.Lieutenant Colonel Zengtons, commander of the 57th Artillery Battalion of the United States, recalled: "The Marines have never seen so many Chinese swarming in. , but the Chinese are still swarming up. Their spirit of seeing death as home makes the Marine Corps awe-inspiring." It took the 1st U.S. Marine Division 38 hours to withdraw from Xiajieyuli to Gutuli, 18 kilometers away. This army, the most mechanized army in the world at that time, could only walk 500 meters per hour on average. One kilometer has to pay the price of 34 casualties.