Under the sky, there is gunsmoke near the 37th line, just like the sea when a storm comes, and the waves are surging!

The 118th Division was the main attack on the left flank, and the 120th Division on the right flank skillfully captured Shengzhifeng and Limuting, and took the enemy's barrier.

The 118th Division on the left flank covered the 352nd Regiment with the 353rd Regiment and the 354th Regiment, and the 352nd Regiment penetrated directly into Guangtian with a sharp knife. The 353rd Regiment and the 354th Regiment launched an attack on the North Mountain and the West Mountain in the Jiwu Valley respectively, and quickly rushed towards the positions of the South Korean army. The 353 regiment on the left flank broke through the defensive positions of 2 companies of the South Korean Army in an hour. The 2nd Battalion of the 354th Regiment on the right flank captured the position in front of it in only half an hour and annihilated the 1st reinforced company of the 8th Division of the South Korean Army. In one fell swoop, it disrupted the deployment of the 8th Division of the South Korean Army and cut off the enemy's retreat, which played a key role in the victory of the battle. Overnight, the volunteers formed an encirclement of the enemy and launched an attack.

On February 7, the Volunteers of the Western Front blocked the "United **" in the areas of Neifei Mountain, Wenheng Mountain, Wujia Mountain, and Yangzi Mountain south of the Han River, causing it to advance only 18 kilometers in 14 days and nights, and paid a heavy price in casualties. At this time, the surface of the Han River had begun to thaw, and the combat area south of the Han River was getting narrower and narrower, so in order to avoid fighting on its back, the Han Group withdrew the main force of the 50th Army in the western section of the Han River to the north bank of the Han River on the evening of the 7th to organize defense, leaving a force to hold the bridgehead position on the south bank; The 38th Army, which was to be placed in the eastern section of the Han River, remained south of the Han River and held its original position and continued to contain the main offensive group of the "United **" to ensure the smooth progress of the counterattack operation on the Eastern Front. On the Korean side, the main force of the 1st KPA Army was also withdrawn to the north bank of the Han River for defense.

On 9 February, the South Korean Army and the 1st Division of the US Army had advanced to the front lines of Topyong-ri, Hoengseong, Ha Jin-buli, and Gangneung, and the 8th, 5th, and 3rd Divisions of the South Korean Army, which had advanced rapidly, had advanced to the north of Hoengseong. The enemy's offensive posture was prominent, and as Commander Peng expected, the enemy's flanks were exposed. The Chinese People's Volunteers and the People's Army seized the fighter planes and adopted the tactics of combining a two-flank assault and a frontal attack to carry out a counterattack in Hengcheng.

At this time, the "United **" on the Eastern Front was forced to withdraw to Wonju, Ningyue, Pyeongchang, Jingshan and other places, except for the troops stationed in Topyeong-ri. The Deng clique was determined to annihilate the enemy at Topyeong-ri and cooperated with a force that would go out of Wonju.

The KPA units continued to expand their gains in the direction of Pyeongchang and Jeongseon.

At this time, there were more than 6,000 people in the 23rd Regiment of the 2nd Division of the US Army, 1 French battalion, 1 artillery battalion, and 1 tank company, and built a relatively strong fortification.

At 16:30 on February 11, the sun set, and the most beautiful blitzkrieg on the Korean battlefield, the "Hengcheng Counterattack", began! At 17 o'clock, the 40th Army launched an assault from the front towards Gaojia and Singa-ri, and the 118th Division cut the defense line of the 8th Division of the South Korean Army and quickly advanced to the areas of Gwangjeon, Bihaksan and Hachowon-ri; The 120th Division captured Shengzhifeng, Limuting and other places, pinned down the enemy in front of them, and supported the 118th Division to develop in depth. As reinforcements from both flanks of the enemy arrived, the counterattack was stopped on the 15th and turned to the defensive. Since then, the Chinese People's Volunteers and the Korean People's Army have carried out a large-depth movement defense to resist the continuous offensive of the "United **".

On the night of 13 February, the Deng group attacked with the strength of six regiments. Due to the underestimation of its strength and fortifications, the haste into the battle, the large number of troops participating in the attack, the poor communication and communication, the poor coordination, the lack of artillery, and the lack of dan yao, the battle could not be resolved that night. After a day and two nights of fierce fighting, the Hengcheng counterattack was over, and the counterattack was fought very well. It annihilated three regiments of the 8th Division of the South Korean Army, one battalion of the 2nd US Division, four artillery battalions of the US Army and the South Korean Army, and one of the 3rd and 5th South Korean Divisions. More than 12,000 enemies were annihilated, and 7,500 South Korean troops and 500 U.S. troops were captured. It became the largest battle in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, in which the largest number of South Korean troops were captured.

Ridgway wrote of this battle in his memoirs: "Around the time of Lincoln's birth, Zhong Gong's army launched a fourth offensive in an attempt to drive us into the sea as their radio broadcast every day. We were forced to abandon a number of more areas, and in the face of the attack of the Zhong Gong army, the US 2nd Division, once again, bore the brunt of heavy losses, especially from artillery. These losses were mainly due to the hasty retreat of the 8th Division of the South Korean Army. The division completely collapsed in the face of an enemy night attack, leaving the flanks of the US 2nd Division exposed. The South Korean army suffered heavy losses under the blows of the squadron. They are often very afraid of Zhong Gong soldiers, and almost regard these people as heavenly soldiers. As a result, it took a long time for the South Korean army to gain confidence in resisting the enemy's night attack. If Zhong Gong soldiers in rubber-soled shoes suddenly appeared on the positions of the South Korean troops, many South Korean soldiers were so frightened that they fled for their lives without looking back. ”

Faced with the fiasco, Li Qiwei quickly formulated a combat policy to deal with the sudden attack of the Chinese and North Korean forces, that is, to secure the South Korean First Army on the east coast of Korea, the defensive area and Topyeong-ri. The Chinese and North Korean armies were restricted from attacking from the front, and the intention was to wait for the offensive of the volunteers to weaken before turning to a counterattack.

On 14 February, the Deng group adjusted its deployment and attacked Toping-ri again with six regiments, although the "United **" was compressed in a narrow area of less than 2 square kilometers, but its modern combat superiority was brilliantly reflected, the enemy's firepower was very fierce, and the volunteers were never able to annihilate it.

In the battle of Topingli, the number of casualties of the squadron was staggering, and among the 8 regiments of the squadron that participated in the attack, only the 3 regiments of the 119th Division of the 40th Army participated in the attack suffered more than 1,830 casualties; Almost all the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Battalion of the 359th Regiment were killed, and Niu Zhenhou, the commander of the 3rd Battalion, said that he would not leave the position covered with the corpses of his soldiers when he retreated, and was finally dragged down; When Meng Zhuohua, the commander of the 357th Regiment, reported the casualties of the soldiers to his superiors, he was so painful that he couldn't cry.

The Volunteer Army's attack on Topingli was a failure, and after the war, Deng Hua, deputy commander of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, made a special review of this.

On February 15, reinforcements from the "United **" arrived, and the enemy in the Wonju area was concentrated. In view of the fact that the opportunity to annihilate the enemy had been lost, the Deng group stopped the offensive that night and gradually moved northward.

After the KPA counterattack in Hoengseong, it immediately developed an offensive in the southeast direction, regained Pyeongchang, approached Jeongseon, and effectively cooperated with the frontal operation. After the battle at Toheong-ri, the KPA also gradually moved north.

When carrying out counterattack operations on the Eastern Front, the 38th Army and the 1st Regiment of the 50th Army of the Volunteer Army on the Western Front always stuck to the south of the Han River, resisting the continuous offensive of the "United **" under very difficult conditions, and effectively cooperated with the counterattack operations on the Eastern Front. After the battle of Topyeong-ri, the troops of the two armies moved to the north bank of the Han River.

The Chinese and North Korean people's armies began to defend themselves with movement to stop the "United **" near the "38th parallel".

On February 17, 1951, the Chinese and North Korean People's Armies decided to switch to movement defense on all fronts, preparing to use two months to gather troops, replenish troops, improve transportation, hoard war materials, and then counterattack after the "joint **" went deeper.

The defensive deployment is:

The first echelon from west to east is the main force of the 1st Army Corps of the People's Army, the 50th, 38th, 42nd, and 66th Armies of the Volunteer Army and the 5th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st Army Corps of the People's Army, a total of 8 corps {corps}, starting from the mouth of the Han River in the west, along the north bank of the Han River through Yangping, Zhongyuanshan, Hengcheng, Fengshan, Jiufeng to Xiazhenfuli, and requires to resist for 1 month in a defensive area with a depth of 25~30 kilometers.

The second echelon is 1 division of the 1st Army Corps of the People's Army and 3 armies and 1 division of the 26th, 40th, and 39th armies of the Volunteer Army. Baidu takes a look at the latest chapter of "Men's World Masterpiece Literature" to read for free for the first time.