How did the China Volunteers defeat the 1st Division of the US Marine Corps?

1 950165438+10 On October 30th, Major General almond, commander of the 1st10 Army of the US Army, rushed to Chablant and called Major General Smith, commander of the 1st1Division of the Marine Corps, and Major General Barr, commander of the 7th Infantry Division, for an emergency meeting.

Armond repeated MacArthur's order: withdraw all troops from Changjin Lake area.

Smith's request to almond is: Please give me time and air support. Send as many planes, bombers, fighters and transport planes as possible, the more the better!

Almond promised that during the retreat of the Marine Corps, more than 300 fighter planes, carrier-based aircraft and bombers would cooperate with the troops every day.

After the emerging US 3 1 regiment was annihilated, the Marine Corps has been shaken across the board. Smith knew that if he didn't escape quickly, the fate of the 3rd1Infantry Regiment would fall on him. He urged the First Marine Division in Liutan to break through quickly and move closer to Brown Point.

65438+February 1, under the repeated urging of Mr. Smith, the airport runway at Lower Brown Point was finally completed. At that time, there were about 5000 wounded in Lower Brown. It is impossible to fight our way out with so many wounded people and evacuate to the seaside. What shall we do? Air transport!

At this time, a military doctor was surprised to find that there were 450 wounded people in his tent, but 94 1 person was transported that day. When he came back from the airport, he found 260 people in the tent! Smith was furious at this and immediately announced that the military doctor would identify who was qualified to board the plane! The transport plane of the Far East Air Force shuttled back and forth and soon transported 5,000 wounded people, including even more than 200 bodies. The baggage has finally been unloaded, and now Smith is running away!

However, the breakthrough of the US military was not smooth.

Lin Si Mondros, a historian of the United States Marine Corps, wrote: This is not a retreat, but a helpless peristalsis, let alone an attack in another direction. The mechanized equipment of Americans has become their burden. A few hours later, they sadly found themselves still circling in the old place.

On 65438+February 1 day, American troops entering Jinqing and Huishan towns began to retreat to Chengxing area. The 5 th and 7 th Marines in Liutan also rushed out of the encirclement with the support of a large number of planes and tanks and moved closer to Lower Brown Point.

At this point, I know that my soldiers have done their best. Most of the third-level cadres in the battalions of the 58 th and 59 th Divisions were frostbitten, and the soldiers starved to death, which has reached an alarming level.

However, the first division of the United States Marine Corps has a high level of air-ground coordination. Close air support planes also dared to attack napalm bombs within 50 meters of the two armies, causing heavy casualties to the sniper troops.

At 9: 00 on February 1 Sunday, at 65438, the 3rd Battalion of the 7th Regiment of the US Army Marine Corps split up in Liutanli. Company H attacked the east side of the highway 14 19 highland, while Company G, the main force of the US military battalion, attacked the west side of the highway 1542 highland, in order to seize the commanding heights overlooking the highway and cover the follow-up troops to advance along the highway.

On these two highlands, the 59 th Division of the 20 th Army of the Volunteers made tenacious resistance.

From 0900 to 15, the 3 rd battalion of the 7 th regiment of the US Army directly supported by aircraft and large-caliber artillery made no progress.

On the afternoon of February 65438+1, Colonel Lidberg, head of the 7th Marine Corps, ordered the 7th Marine Corps 1 Battalion to go into battle.

Under the suppression and killing of American planes, large-caliber howitzers and mortars, there were few soldiers left in 14 19 highland, and the American army finally launched an attack on the highland under the cover of overgrown hillside.

The volunteer soldiers on the position and the American troops who rushed up launched a life-and-death hand-to-hand combat until they all sacrificed their positions!

It's already 19: 30 at night 1! However, the battle around 14 19 highland is not over yet. That night, the 59th Division of the Volunteers deployed five platoons to attack again. After fierce fighting, the 14 19 highland was recaptured at 3: 00 on the 2nd.

Faced with the multi-layer solid sniper position of the volunteers, the US military decided to avoid the road at night and cross the defense line by cross-country maneuver.

To this end, the first battalion of the United States made full preparations. In addition to the prescribed ammunition, all personnel should bring an extra bullet bag, and each person should carry a duck down sleeping bag and four meals of battlefield rations.

2 1, the 1st 1 Battalion of the US Army set out from 14 19 highland, carrying heavy equipment, marching in knee-deep snow on a cold winter night at minus 30-40 degrees Celsius.

This kind of March is commonplace for the volunteers, but it is the first time for the US military.

It is also this kind of novelty that the volunteers did not expect that the American army, known as the young master soldier, would have such a move. Therefore, the first battalion of the US Army was not attacked during the March. Otherwise, the bad weather and dangerous terrain, coupled with the sniper of the volunteers, I am afraid that the first battalion is doomed.

By noon the next day, a battalion of the US Army finally broke through the interception of the volunteers and arrived in the East Gate of Germany, and rescued a US military reinforcement company, which enabled Liu Tan's main force of the 5 th and 7 th regiments of the Army War to retreat.

During the whole reinforcement operation, although there were few casualties in the first battalion of the US Army, two people were insane because of fear and cold, so they had to be forcibly tied to a stretcher to March with the troops, and all of them froze to death.

Exhausted American soldiers just arrived at their destination and heard the order to rest, regardless of the cold and flying bullets, they fell asleep in the snow.

65438+February 1 day, following the breakthrough of the US military in Liutanli, the South Korean Army Capital Division stationed in Jinqing and the 2nd1Regiment of the US Seventh Division stationed in Huishan Town also began to retreat to Xianxing. Starting from the 2nd, the 7th Regiment of the 3rd Division of the US Army in the social warehouse also began to retreat to the south.

In view of the obvious signs of the withdrawal of American troops on the Eastern Front, the Central Military Commission telegraphed the Volunteers and the Command of the Ninth Corps with 13 on February 2, saying that it was most beneficial to basically solve the first division of the Marine Corps surrounded by our troops tonight and tomorrow. Before the battle is resolved, we hope to pay practical attention to strengthening the resistance between the north and the south of Huangcaoling to prevent the enemy from breaking through.

According to the instructions of the Central Military Commission and the headquarters of the Volunteers, the Ninth Corps decided to go all out and organize all forces to encircle the American troops in the Changjin Lake area.

In the lower right corner, when American troops are ready to retreat, Song is always typing, no matter how difficult the situation is.

Once again, he adjusted his deployment according to the battlefield situation: the main force of the 26 th Army surrounded the US military in the lower corner, and then went south to win; The 27th Army rested for two days after fighting in Liu Tanli. The main force attacked Xianxing through Shecang and Heishui, and the other regiment captured Wuli, cooperating with the 26 th and 20 th armies to face the panic in the US military. The twentieth army continued to besiege the ancient land with one unit, and the main force entered Huangcaoling area to stop American aid. After the battle in Lower Brown Corner, the 26th Army attacked the ancient land with all its strength, and sent another 89th Division into the upper and lower Tongli areas to close the retreat of American troops in Changjin Lake area.

This plan was reported and approved by the Central Military Commission and the headquarters of the Volunteers.

However, the 26th Army once again let Song down. Due to the knee-deep snow, the long journey and the influence of large-scale air strikes by the US military, it was difficult for the troops to move until the evening of 65438+February 6. But Smith fled to the ancient land with all his belongings early in the morning!

65438+At 4: 30 on February 6th, the Marine 1 Division began to break through. The seventh regiment of the Army War gradually advanced to the ancient land, and the fifth regiment of the Army War captured Dongshan after fierce fighting. As soon as Smith saw that it was going well, he got on the helicopter and flew to the ancient soil for remote control.

But until sunset, the Seventh Regiment of Volunteers only advanced 7 kilometers, just over one third of the whole journey.

As the sky grew dark, the resistance of the volunteers gradually became fierce. As soon as it got dark, the volunteers launched a large-scale counterattack against Dongshan. The vanguard of the 26th Army overcame many difficulties and finally caught the tail of the American army.

Under the cover of mortars and light and heavy machine guns, the 26th Army stormed Dongshan. At this time, half of the American troops were on the highway and half were in the village of Chabraun Point. As long as Dongshan is controlled, we can cut off the connection between the 7 th Army Corps on the highway and the 5 th Army Corps in the village, creating conditions for the next division and annihilation.

The gain and loss of Dongshan is directly related to the life and death of the American troops in Lower Brown Point, and the American troops are well aware of this. After Dongshan was captured in the afternoon, various firearms, including tanks, mortars, recoilless gun and rocket launchers, were quickly deployed there, forming a dense crossfire network. After dark, the 26th Army defeated Dongshan for the first time.

The 26th Army quickly adjusted its deployment. At 2 o'clock midnight, it launched a more violent general attack on all fronts, not only in Dongshan, but also from the east, south, west and north. The 7th Army Corps on the highway almost stagnated with the efforts of the 26th Army.

The volunteers bravely charged against the bullets of the American army, rushed to a distance of 20 meters, threw grenades and shouted into the position. American soldiers later described the battle as follows: Never before have so many soldiers from China flocked to attack again and again. The night sky is sometimes interwoven with tracer bullets into a dazzling battle, and sometimes illuminated by flares, and the figure of China soldiers charging is exposed to the light.

They fell in front of the tanks, cannons, mortars and machine guns of the Marine Corps, and their brave spirit of dying made the Marine Corps respect!

To the west of Dongshan, the U.S. military sent the 2nd Battalion of the 5th Regiment of the Army War, which has experienced many battles. The position of American company D was once breached, and the 5th Corps immediately put into reserve company, and fought back to the death, and finally recovered the position.

On the south side of Dongshan Mountain, the American army suffered heavy casualties under the strong pressure of volunteers, and was forced to abandon its outpost and shrink its troops to ensure its core position. Only in the northwest of Dongshan, because of the direct support of three tanks and strong firepower, the US military barely held its position.

On the highway, Army Battalion 7 1 Battalion fought again at night, and captured 1 182 highland under the cover of tanks, making way for Battalion 2 on the highway. The second battalion then used bulldozers to clear the roadblocks blocked by volunteers on the road, and engineers repaired the bridge, so that they fought and marched all the way.

The speed is also extremely slow, and some troops advance less than 1 km every day.

Volunteers bombed the Watergate Bridge, the last exit of the US military, in the hope of finally stopping the US military. However, the US military airlifted bridge-building equipment from Japan and built a simple military bridge overnight.

On the afternoon of the 7th 18, more than 1000 cars and tanks all passed the bridge that fell from the sky.

When the First Marine Division of the US Army boarded the warship and retreated to Xianxing, Mr. Smith painfully found that the division had more than 4,400 operational staff officers and more than 7,300 non-operational staff officers, which was the heaviest blow to this ace unit.

The battle of Changjin Lake became the most difficult ordeal in the history of the Marine Corps.