Chapter 5: Repelling the U.S. Counterattack

At 3 p.m. on November 29, the first group of the composite detachment of the 20th Group Army and the 6th Company of the 177th Regiment of the 59th Division of the 20th Army of the Volunteer Army jointly destroyed the artillery position of the US army near Liutanli, and the firepower of the US army's counterattack and breakthrough was greatly weakened; In addition, at noon on the 29th, the US Navy and Air Force fighters temporarily stopped air support in and around Liutanli, and from 3 p.m., in addition to preventing the attack of the Volunteers on the three positions of 1286, 1346, and 1126, the direction of the breakthrough was changed to concentrate forces in the two directions of 1282 and 1402 to break through (in the morning, the US forces attacked four positions at the same time in an attempt to break through); Because the firepower superiority of US tanks, armored vehicles, and Liutanli artillery was still obvious, the battle was still very fierce and brutal......

"Judging from the current state of the war, we are divided into three more groups, each with two tanks and combat vehicles; The special operations detachment will not participate in the battle this time, and will stay to protect the air defense company and the support company. The U.S. forces are now attacking the 1282 position most violently, and I personally led the second group to support the defense of the 1282 position; The other two groups supported the defensive operation of the 1402 heights and the offensive operation of the 1286 position, and I will emphasize one more point, after we joined the volunteer army, we said that we were sent by the headquarters to support the operation at Changjin Lake, and I was the chief of staff of the guard regiment. Li Weiguo was once again assigned combat missions, "Yes!" Rest assured! The leaders of the three teams replied in unison. The three teams of the composite unit group set out for the mission area......

At 3 p.m. on November 29, two companies of the 3rd Battalion of the 5th Regiment of the 1st Marine Division of the US Army, supported by eight tanks and eight armored vehicles, launched a counterattack on the 1282 heights for the eighth time. Defending the 1282 heights was a reinforced company of the 2nd Battalion of the 177th Regiment of the 59th Division of the Volunteer Army, which repelled a total of seven American attacks from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.; It also destroyed a tank and an armored vehicle of the US army, and the reinforcement company paid great sacrifices due to the huge gap in firepower for most of the day's operation; By 3 p.m., only about 40 people remained in the reinforced company of 240 men. "Comrades, the enemy is attacking again, and the enemy will not want to rush until we are all killed! The demolition team is ready to blow up the enemy's front tank, one platoon covers the demolition team, and the second and third platoons attack the enemy infantry! Beat! "Reinforcement Company Commander Order." Da Da Da ...... The machine guns and rifles of the reinforced company of the "Boom ....... Boom ......." were fired at the position of the volunteers at the same time. The explosion of "boom, boom....., boom" American artillery shells sounded again on the 1282 heights, and six fighters on the position of the reinforced company died on the spot; Under the fire of the reinforced company, 8 American soldiers who were following the American tanks were also killed......

When the reinforcement company was fighting fiercely with the U.S. troops, Li Weiguo led the second group to the south side of the 1282 Heights, 2,000 meters away from the U.S. tanks and assault troops; "Attention to all vehicles, now the combat vehicle uses anti-tank missiles to knock out the four tanks that the US army rushed to the front, and the tank knocks out the two tanks at the back of the US army first!" Li Weiguo ordered. Two tanks and two tanks quickly turned their turrets to aim at the target, and after a few seconds the tank and the tank locked on to the first targets; "Launch! Fire! "Four white anti-tank missiles dragged white smoke towards the target, while the huge muzzles of the two tanks opened fire on the target......

Just as the reinforced company demomen were crawling forward under the cover of fire, preparing to finally rush up and blow up one of the four tanks that the American troops rushed to the front, the officers and men of the reinforced company saw four white objects suspected to be small rockets dragging white smoke and quickly rushed towards and accurately hit the American tank; "Boom, boom, boom......." Four huge explosions sounded, and the four tanks in front of the US army rushed into the sky, and almost at the same time, the two tanks behind the US army seemed to have been hit by shells and had a big explosion; Dozens of U.S. infantrymen who were next to the U.S. tank exploded and were killed on the spot. "Retreat, retreat......" The American captain who led the charge immediately ordered the American infantry to retreat, and the remaining two tanks and four armored vehicles of the American army were also ready to turn and retreat; "The two tanks of our army immediately adjusted their targets, and within ten seconds, they opened fire three times, destroying the remaining tanks and armored vehicles of the American army;...... "Da da da...... "The machine guns of our two combat vehicles and the accompanying machine guns fired accurately at the retreating American infantry...... "The enemy is retreating, fight!" The officers and men of the reinforced company, who soon recovered from the tremendous changes just now, fired fiercely at the retreating American troops...... Deprived of the cover and support of tanks and armored vehicles, the two companies of the American army paid the price of more than 200 casualties (of which more than 150 were killed) before finally escaping back to their positions.......

While the second group cooperated with the defensive operation of the 1282nd height, the first and third groups supporting the defensive operation of the 1402nd heights and the offensive operation of the 1286 position were also quickly put into operation. The first group supporting the defense of the 1402 Heights quickly eliminated 2 tanks and 4 armored vehicles of the US troops supporting the attack on the 1402 Heights, and cooperated with the defending forces to finally repel the counterattack of the US troops on the 1402 Heights. The 3rd Group, which cooperated with the Volunteer Army to attack the 1286 position, captured the 1286 position in less than half an hour, and the F Company of the 5th Regiment of the 1st Marine Division of the US Army, which defended the 1286 position, lost 2/3 and retreated to the 1468 heights to rebuild the fortifications.......

When the first group was destroying US tanks and armored vehicles, the captain of the US military team reported to Colonel Jamio, commander of the 5th Regiment of the 1st Marine Division, through a walkie-talkie, "The tanks and armored vehicles were attacked by anti-tank rockets and heavy tanks, and the tanks suffered heavy losses; Permission was requested to suspend the attack and withdraw to the position. "On the basis of this captain's report, which he reported to him at 2:30 p.m. in connection with the encounter with the naval and air force fighters in the morning, and the artillery position; Jamio ordered the 1282 heights and 1402 heights to immediately stop the attack (at this time, the US tanks and armored vehicles attacking on the two heights had been lost), and ordered the US troops defending the 1286 position to retreat to the 1486 heights to defend (at this time, the F Company of the 5th Regiment of the 1st Marine Division of the US Army had lost 2/3).......

Seeing that the attacking American troops were repulsed on all fronts, the volunteer officers and soldiers on the positions cheered almost in unison.......