Chapter 127: The Source of Victory (25)
After the launch of the Second Campaign, the East China Corps launched a surprise attack on the US 10th Army on the Eastern Front in the Changjin Lake area, and thanks to the adequate supplies in Shencheng and Antong, the officers and men of the East China Corps wore thick cotton clothes, carried convenient and swift logistics equipment on their backs, and held guns with sufficient ammunition, and launched round after round of offensives against the US troops. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Because the troubled factor of the severe cold was minimized, the commanders and fighters of the East China Corps could devote themselves to the attack with all their might, and the troops were already at a disadvantage, and in addition, they were suddenly attacked, and the US 10th Army suffered heavy losses in a hurry, and had to be forced to retreat.
Relying on the continuous bombardment of aircraft and artillery, and after paying heavy casualties, the 10th Army finally broke through the layers of encirclement of the East China Corps, and it seemed that it would be able to retreat by ship by sea, but they did not expect that on their road after all, a reinforced company of the East China Corps had been waiting for them here for a long time.
Bitterly cold, long nights, dry fried noodles and icy snow, it was in such a harsh environment that this reinforced company quietly climbed on the position for a day or two nights, and many soldiers had long frost on their eyebrows; The bolts of some rifles were so cold that they could not be pulled; Because they couldn't move, many of the fighters' hands and feet were frozen.
Fortunately, they were covered with cotton clothes and quilts quickly rationed by Shen Cheng and Antong, so that they could maintain the lowest physiological temperature in the severe cold of more than 30 degrees below zero, until the defeat of the enemy's army appeared in front of them......
So they launched a long-awaited offensive against the enemy;
So they focused the last of their blood on the scorching chamber of the gun;
When the trigger is pulled, when the bullet is discharged, the flames of war fulfill their oath, and the fearless courage once again proves the countless cries:
The first battle is with me, and I will win!
In the end, this reinforced company was almost completely wiped out under the large-caliber naval guns of the US coastal waters, the overwhelming number of combat aircraft, countless ground artillery, and the reckless attack of the US 10th Army, but they used their own flesh and blood to complete the task taught to them by their superiors, blocking the enemy on the nameless high ground for 6 hours.
If it were not for the US fleet on the sea desperately bombarding the follow-up echelon of the East China Corps, if it were not for the support of the US emergency airborne combat units, and if it were not for the heavy casualties and fatigue of our East China Corps due to continuous operations.
It is very likely that the US 10th Army will be completely wiped out in northern Korea, but even if the US 10th Army finally escapes, its losses will be quite huge, not to mention that all the South Korean troops attached to it will be annihilated, and the US 7th Division will be directly defeated, and less than half of the personnel will be withdrawn.
As for the 1st Marine Division, which can be called the trump card, it was even more miserable, because its deployment position was in the offensive front of the East China Corps, so it was surrounded several times, and the 8th Marine Regiment under its jurisdiction was annihilated by the formation on the third day of the war, and the regimental flag, which represented the highest honor of the regiment, was captured.
Seeing this, the other Marine Corps immediately took out their regimental flags and burned them all, jokes, being defeated is a trivial matter, if even the regimental flag is captured, it means that the regiment is completely finished, the American GIs are a little lacking in courage, but the final honor is still there, in order to maintain the last bit of glory of the Marine Corps, it can be said that there is no pressure to burn the flag.
However, in this way, no matter how many great results the East China Corps achieved during the offensive, it did not capture a marker representing the entire structure of the US army, and it was precisely because of this that after the war, the unprofessional American "mouth artillery" unscrupulously attacked the report of the results of the Changjin Lake Battle of the Volunteer Army.
Except for the 8th Regiment of the Marine Corps, all the other units were evacuated, although the casualties were large, but the formation was guaranteed, and it was not at all like what the Chinese army said, annihilating nearly two-thirds of the strength of the 1st Marine Division, if this is the case, then why did the Chinese army not come up with evidence? So China's report on the record is fake, fake, fake......
In this regard, the volunteers naturally did not do it, how could the major results of the war be fake, so the two sides came and went, and fought countless battles of words, but it is a pity that China had just been founded at that time, and the power of public opinion and propaganda was still very weak, and it was impossible to fight against the United States' "mouth artillery" at all, so the battle damage of the two sides of Changjin Lake became a headless public case that was justified by the public and the mother-in-law was justified.
Until a few decades later, as long as the researchers and scholars of the two sides met, they would inevitably quarrel, but no matter how public the case was, no matter what kind of artillery, the victory of the East China Corps was undoubted, for which the volunteers and the Central Military Commission ordered the whole army to commend it, but the leaders of the East China Corps gave up half of the merits of this battle to the logistics supply depots of Shencheng and Antong in a callback.
In the original words of the leaders of the East China Corps: "Without the cotton clothes, quilts, guns and ammunition in these two places, our East China Corps would not have been able to achieve such a brilliant victory, so these two places are the first merit of this battle!" ”
It was only at this time that many leaders realized the key node in this, but if there was no advance preparation and rapid supply from Shencheng and Antong, the children of the East China Corps would wear single clothes, brave the severe cold of more than minus 30 degrees, and fight with the well-equipped American army;
Without their supplies, the reinforced company responsible for blocking the attack for six hours may be frozen to death in the scorching cold in the lurking for one day and two nights, if this is the case, the losses of the US 10th Army will be greatly reduced, and the casualties of our army will be immeasurable.
Jiang Zhenhai was awarded second-class merit because of his resolute decision-making and urgent preparation, and his post was also adjusted from the regimental level to the deputy division level.
Chen Yaoyang was awarded the second-class merit for actively assisting in the logistics supply work, and was awarded the title of model before logistics.
As for Bai Yi, who was the first to propose the preparation of winter uniforms, it was naturally the focus of the commendation, because it was precisely because of his correct opinion that the East China Corps had achieved a brilliant record no less than that of the Western Front, so at the request of the Volunteer Army Headquarters and the decision of the Central Military Commission, Bai Yi was awarded a first-class meritorious service, and his post was promoted from the deputy battalion level to the deputy regiment level, and he was selected as a model representative of the Volunteer Army, and was received by party and state leaders at the end of the year.
At the same time, the North Korean government also awarded Pak Yi the honorary title of "Hero of the Democratic Republic of Korea", the Gold Star Medal, and the Order of the National Flag of the First Class, making Pak Yi a well-known hero in the country.
But this is all a later story, since the arrangement of the winter uniforms, Bai Yi and Chen Yaoyang returned to Baiyun Factory, and because of this, Bai Yi's mood became more and more nervous, because the Volunteer Army is about to collide with the United Nations head-on, whether the series of weapons and equipment he developed can achieve due results in actual combat, Bai Yi is like a middle school student waiting for the results of the college entrance examination, nervous and uneasy......