Chapter 61: Crossing the 38th Parallel

After the success of the Second Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Volunteer Army began to prepare for the third campaign before it had time to recuperate. Political considerations accounted for a large part of this campaign, and the 38th Parallel was mainly taken into account at that time, because at this time, at the end of the Second Battle of the Volunteer Army, the results ended in the north of the 38th Parallel. At that time, the leadership considered that if they did not continue to advance southward, it was very likely to create an illusion to the outside world, that is, the Chinese side recognized the "38th parallel", and the Chinese volunteers did not dare to cross the 38th parallel!

The 38th parallel has its own special political significance, because after the United States landed at Inchon and when the situation of the Korean war was reversed, the US military had to think about crossing the 38th parallel for many days, and then let the south Korean army pass over, and after the south Korean army passed, the US military only considered the 38th parallel, so the 38th parallel had its own special political considerations. At that time, when the high-level leaders of both China and the Soviet Union made decisions on this issue, they first considered that they must have crossed the 38th parallel, and absolutely could not recognize this 38th parallel militarily or politically.

Hit it!

If the restrictions of this 38th parallel are to be broken politically, then there will be no restrictions on the entire Korean battlefield, the Volunteer Army and the People's Army.

At this time, a communicator came to Commander Peng's command room, saluted Commander Peng, and said loudly: "Mr. Peng! The troops have all secretly entered the positions according to the plan. ”

Commander Peng only said three words: "Hit it!" ”

At 17 o'clock on December 31, 1950, the third campaign to resist US aggression and aid Korea kicked off. The next day was the New Year, and Mei Guo Lao never dreamed that the volunteers would attack tonight and give them such a New Year's gift!

In the direction of the main attack, the Volunteer Army invested more than 100 artillery pieces and fired a total of about 10,000 shells. Such a consumption of artillery shells may not be worth mentioning for the US military, but for the Volunteer Army, this is the first large-scale concentrated use of artillery for fire preparation in the entire War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Although only more than 10,000 shells were fired due to logistical supply difficulties, good results were achieved.

The 116th Division of the 39th Army of the Volunteer Army broke through the Imjin River defense line in only ten minutes, and in less than an hour, the 38th Army, the 39th Army and the 42nd Army broke through the 38th line of the "joint **" defense line, and by 22 o'clock that night, the Volunteer Army had made a breakthrough on the 200-kilometer front and advanced in depth. Due to the threat of the far-reaching detour of the right flank of the Volunteers, more than 100,000 "United **" in the Seoul area were in danger of being encircled north of the Han River, so Li Qiwei had to order to abandon Seoul and retreat on all fronts.

The 40th Army received an order from its superiors to immediately break through the Imjin River, penetrate directly into Dongdoucheon, and defeat the 17th Regiment of the US 24th Division and the 360th Regiment of the 120th Division in the area of Uijeong, Gyeonggi Province, and the 360th Regiment of the 120th Division pursued the enemy and crossed the "37th Parallel" and approached Seoul.

When the 118th Division broke through the Imjin River, the Imjin River had not yet been completely frozen, the waves in the center of the river were surging, the water was rolling rapidly, and the attached artillery regiment was attacked by enemy fighters on the way to cross the river, and only one company of an artillery regiment came up in the end, and the enemy in front of the 118th Division was the main force of the 6th Division of the South Korean Army, and the fortifications and firepower were very strong.

The 2nd Company of the 354th Battalion of the 354th Regiment, to which Shi Chen belonged, had not yet caught his breath as soon as he crossed the Imjin River, and the enemy's bullets were frantically strafing, and the fire was very fierce.

"Get down! Lie down! Li Lian Commander shouted.

After Shi Chen lay down, he immediately set up a machine qiang and began to launch a counterattack on the enemy's position, and the two sides began to shoot at each other.

Xiao Zhao in the squad lay on the ground and watched the battle situation in front of him, and there was an enemy pillbox made of reinforced concrete about 300 meters ahead. He picked up a bao po cylinder and shouted, "I'll serve him!" Then he crawled forward and crawled towards the enemy bunker. Guo Lin also crawled next to Shi Chen, ready to change the magazine for Shi Chen, ready to provide continuous firepower for Shi Chen. However, this still could not withstand the enemy's fire, and the enemy was hiding in a reinforced concrete bunker, and Shi Chen was always at a disadvantage in firing with him.

Bullets kept flying over the heads of the volunteer soldiers, and at this time, the enemy seemed to have spotted Xiao Zhao holding a bao po barrel, turned his mouth slightly, and fired at him frantically.

"Ahh With a bang, Xiao Zhao was shot in the shoulder, and blood continued to flow out of the wound on the injured shoulder.

"Xiao Zhao!" Cai Dong, who was shooting with a 38 cover next to Shi Chen, shouted.

"I'm going to serve him! Cai Dong came to change the magazine! After speaking, Guo Lin quickly crawled forward and crawled out. Just as he climbed out, Cai Dong immediately took Guo Lin's place. Guo Lin quickly climbed to Xiao Zhao's side, patted Xiao Zhao's back with his hand, and found that there was no response, and then Guo Lin pushed Xiao Zhao to turn over with his hand, and found that Xiao Zhao had lost his breath because of excessive blood loss. The youngest soldier in the machine qiang squad died heroically in this way.

"Xiao Zhao!" Guo Lin looked at the corpse that was still hot and shouted, but time was urgent. Guo Lin hurriedly took out the bao po cylinder that was tightly held in his hand from Xiao Zhao's hand. Immediately after crawling towards the enemy's bunker, Guo Lin looked at the pillbox that spewed out tongues of fire with resolute eyes.

"His grandmother's! I'm going to kill you today! Guo Lin gritted his teeth and crawled towards the enemy's position little by little.

At this time, the fourth squad leader was 100 meters to the right of Shi Chen, and also set up a machine qiang, forming a cross-fire with Shi Chen.

A bullet was fired into the pillbox, and the enemy's machine was dumb for a moment. This short meeting gave Guo Lin time, and he had the opportunity to climb to the side of the pillbox. He unplugged the safety of the bao po cylinder, sent it to the machine, and hurriedly lay on the ground and rolled not far away.

"Boom!" With a bang, black smoke rose from the enemy's bunker, and the machine became completely dumb!

In this way, the 118th Division relied on the infantry to use the weapons in their hands and zha yao bags and bao po barrels to compete with the enemy mountain by mountain and fort for a night, breaking through the enemy position of the "38th parallel" in one fell swoop, and the "joint **" fled in fear.

On the night of January 4, 1951, the 50th Army and the 39th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteers, together with the 1st Army of the Korean People's Army, entered Seoul.

On 7 January, the 50th Army occupied Suwon.

On 8 January, the KPA 1st Army Corps once again occupied Incheon.

After eight days and nights of heroic fighting, the Chinese and North Korean troops broke through the enemy's four lines of defense in succession, and the Chinese and North Korean troops have advanced to the vicinity of the 37th parallel. In the third battle, according to the statistics of the Chinese and North Korean sides, the Chinese and North Korean armies suffered only 8,500 casualties and killed a total of 19,000 enemies, of which a huge part was the South Korean army.

After the Third Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the impact on world politics was also relatively great, and the Volunteer Army was able to drive the US troops from the Yalu River all the way to the 38th Parallel, and then from the 38th Parallel to the 37th Parallel. The United States, as the world's largest power at that time, was driven away so far by the volunteer army with such poor weapons and equipment, which was a big loss of face in the world.

The famous photojournalist in the United States at that time, Dave? Douglas? During the retreat of the American troops, Duncan asked a soldier who was no longer visible: "If you are celebrating Christmas and I am God, what do you want?" ”

The American soldier pondered his words for a moment, then looked up at the gray sky and said, "Give me tomorrow!" Baidu will read the latest chapter of "Men's World Masterpiece Literature" for free for the first time.