Chapter 106 A unit reorganized from the former Kuomintang army beat the US army hard enough

During the Liaoshen Campaign in 1948, the 60th Army of the Kuomintang revolted on the front line of Changchun. After the uprising, this former Yunnan unit under Longyun was collectively reorganized into the 50th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.Except for a very small number of people such as political commissars sent by the People's Liberation Army, from the army commander to the soldiers, they are all composed of the original Kuomintang troops. The 50th Army trained in the Northeast for more than half a year, and then went south with the four fields. It has never fought any tough battles, and it has no special military exploits.

Zeng Zesheng, the army commander, is a soldier who can fight in the Kuomintang army.During the Anti-Japanese War, he commanded the troops to fight the Japanese devils bravely, and Taierzhuang and Yuwangshan left their blood and sweat. It is easy to deny others, but it is not easy to deny yourself, and it is even more difficult to deny the glory of the past.Although it was reorganized, this army is not convinced, thinking that I am also a person who has experienced thousands of mountains and rivers, and I am unambiguous in fighting the Japanese devils. Come on, give me a chance to try, I can still move the earth.

After all, Commander Zeng Zesheng is not an ordinary person. In his distress, he took a lot of Mao Zedong's writings and the policies of the Communist Party for research, and even went to the army, villages, and factories to learn about the situation.Once he understood this study, he found out that the Communist Party is indeed fighting the world for the common people. Don't think it's not very good, fighting wars is not just bragging!It is easier for the 50th Army to show its face among the Kuomintang, but to gain fame among the Communist Party's army, it really has to stare and clench its fists and use all its strength to suck it up!

On the Korean battlefield, Zeng Zesheng more deeply realized the power of the volunteer army led by the Communist Party of China.This army screams as soon as it enters the battlefield, and every one of them goes forward and takes death as home.It is by no means like the Kuomintang army, which only cares about itself on the battlefield and ignores others, and does not care about the head. It was seeing the combat spirit of the Volunteer Army with my own eyes that made the elders of the 50th Army raise their eyelids and raise their spirits, and said one after another: Look at my 50th Army, and I will fight to the death when I see the American devils!

At the beginning, the 50th Army fought against the British Army, completely annihilating the 1st Battalion of the Royal Oster Rifles of the 29th British Infantry Brigade and the heavy tank squadron directly under the 8th Cavalry Regiment.This was the heaviest blow suffered by the British army in the Korean War, and it was also the largest enemy tank unit annihilated by the Chinese army so far.Moreover, it was eliminated by infantry units with light firearms and explosive packs. In this defensive battle on both sides of the Han River, the 50th Army fought jointly with the 38th Army of the Long Live Army.Fighting such a head-to-head battle, the 50th Army is also unambiguous.This fight not only impressed Peng Dehuai, but also impressed the great commander Mao Zedong.

When the battle reached a fierce point, a group of American tanks suddenly rushed to the headquarters of the 149th Division, and the muzzle almost protruded into the yard.When Jin Zhenzhong, the political commissar and acting division commander of the division, got the news, he calmly mobilized troops on the phone to deploy a counterattack without any fear.It was precisely because of their calmness and calmness that they did not get confused when encountering a big enemy, so that the enemy did not even know that they had hit the division headquarters of the Volunteer Army. When the battle was at its most intense, one regiment could barely bear it.The head of the regiment asked the division commander whether the regiment headquarters could move back.The teacher replied coldly: "As you like, my position will not change anyway!" As a result, the regiment no longer mentioned the matter of retreating, and the regiment headquarters persisted in the front line until the end.

From February 1st to 3rd, Dai Ruji, the deputy battalion commander of a certain battalion, led the 8th company to defend the Baiyun Temple on the western flank of Baiyun Mountain.The battle was very fierce, and there were only more than 10 wounded and sick left on the battlefield, and they were about to be unable to hold on. The wounded Dai Ruji ran back and forth on the battlefield, commanding and encouraging the soldiers, blowing the horn, until the reinforcements arrived. Less than half a month into the battle, the 50th Army had suffered more than half its casualties, and the entire army was barely able to form an organization and go into battle with less than half a division left.The volunteer army resisted steadily and gradually abandoned the frontline positions. On February 7, in order to avoid the unfavorable situation of fighting against the water and being killed by the enemy's superior ground and air fire in narrow terrain, the main force of the 50th Army moved to the north bank of the Han River in accordance with the order of the headquarters.

Arriving at the north bank of the Han River, the soldiers of the 50th Army faced the American Ace Corps again. They persisted for more than a month, giving the 3rd Division of the US Infantry, the 25th Division of the US Infantry, the 1st Division of the Korean Army, and the 29th British Infantry Brigade of the US 1st Army. critical hit. In the 50-day brutal Han River blocking battle, the 50th Army killed, wounded, and captured more than 11,000 enemies, shot down and injured 15 enemy planes, and destroyed more than 70 enemy tanks and other vehicles.Such a record is commendable. Before the defensive operation was over, Commander Peng Dehuai rushed to the 50th Army to meet with Zeng Zesheng and the few remaining, disheveled troops.

When Peng Dehuai saw these tough guys with gauze on their heads, yellow and black faces, and missing arms and legs in the gunpowder smoke, he held Commander Zeng Zesheng tightly with his two big hands and expressed his condolences to them. On February 22, 1973, General Zeng Zesheng died at the age of 71. He's a tough guy, a tough guy, a tough guy with a bunch of tough guys! The 38th Army of the Long Live Army also played very well. Both the 50th Army and the 38th Army were praised by Peng Dehuai. The writer Wei Wei went to the front line for interviews. Seeing the scenes of the volunteers fighting bravely, he felt uneasy. He wrote another newsletter on the battlefield "Days and Nights on the South Bank of the Han River", which made people very excited after reading it.