195165438+1On October 25th, under the unified command of Li Qiwei, commander of the 8th Army of the US Army, the "United Nations Army" began to launch a large-scale attack in Seoul (now Seoul). Chinese people's Volunteer Army and the Korean People's Army are determined to stick to the western defense with one force, contain the main attack group of the "United Nations Army", concentrate on the eastern front, lure the enemy in first, and then carry out the counterattack. Deng Hua, deputy commander of the Volunteer Army, commanded the 39 th, 40 th, 42 nd and 66 th Army (referred to as Deng Group) to counterattack in the direction of Hengcheng and Yuanzhou; The commander of the People's Army Front Command commanded the Second, Third and Fifth Legions (hereinafter referred to as the Jin Regiment) to counterattack on the left wing of the Deng Regiment in the southeast of Hengcheng City.
On June 365438+1October 3 1 day, the "United Nations Army" on the eastern front began to attack in the direction of Hengcheng and Dipingli. Deng Tuan blocked the enemy with the 42 nd Army and the 66 th Army 198 Division and lured the enemy deeper. On February 9th, the 8th and 5th divisions of the South Korean Army and the 2nd division of the US Army advanced to the north of Hengcheng, with their flanks exposed, showing a prominent situation. Deng Group is determined to concentrate its forces and adopt the tactics of combining two-wing assault with frontal attack. First annihilate the 8th Division of the South Korean Army and the 2nd Division of the US Army, and then develop the attack in the direction of Yuanzhou and Muxidong. ?
1 1, 17, after a short fire attack, Deng Group suddenly launched an attack. After the 42nd Army (subordinate to126th Division, with117th Division) broke through,124th Division quickly captured Wu Shang 'anli, 726.6, 53 1 highland, and at 6: 00 on12nd. 1 17 division attacked from top to bottom and arrived in the valley and summer area at 6: 30, cutting off the retreat of the 8 th division of the South Korean Army; 125th division joined the battle at dawn on12nd. 10, enter Tian Jie and Huiyan Peak in the southwest of Hengcheng, and intercept a south Korean army from Hengcheng.
At this point, the 42nd Army cut off the connection between the main force of the 8th Division of the South Korean Army and the command post of Hengcheng Division, and occupied the west and south of the Limuting-Guling Highway.
After the 40th Army broke through from the front and was attacked by Xia Gaokui and Xin Laili, the Left Wing 1 18 Division quickly wedged into the depth of the South Korean Army, disrupting the battle formation of the 8th Division of the South Korean Army. After the right wing 120 Division broke through, 12 captured the Victory Peak, Limu Pavilion and 784 Highland at 4 o'clock, and contained the South Korean army face to face, which strongly supported the development of 1 18 Division.
At this point, the 40th Army completely occupied the Hengcheng-Longtouli Highway and the area north of Guangtian, and basically eliminated the 10 regiment and the 2 1 regiment of the 8th Division of the South Korean Army in this area. After the 66th Army Right Wing198th Division broke through Wuyin Mountain, it occupied Cangfengli at 6 o'clock on12nd, and immediately attacked the Caotang. Left-wing 196 and 197 divisions broke through, and occupied Yang Di village and Xincun at 6 o'clock on 12, and once occupied Taohongshan.
After a night of fighting, the Deng clique divided and surrounded the shallow part of the eighth division of the South Korean Army and destroyed one of the divisions. At 8 o'clock on June 5438+02, the 8th Division of the South Korean Army and the 9th Division of the 2nd Division of the US Army fled in the direction of Hengcheng under the cover of aviation. With the cooperation of the 1 17 division, the Volunteer Army 1 18 division repelled the enemy who aided the north, stopped the enemy who tried to break through in the valley and summer, and annihilated it.
The 3rd and 5th Legions of the People's Army launched a counterattack from the northeast of Hengcheng. On June 38+03, he entered the valley, Wuyuan and Xia 'anxingli areas in the southeast of Hengcheng, annihilated the 3rd and 5th divisions of the South Korean Army, and effectively cooperated with Deng Group's counterattack.
On the morning of February 13, the counter-offensive in Hengcheng area ended successfully. After 35 hours of fierce fighting, the Volunteer Deng Tuan and the 3rd and 5th Corps of the People's Army wiped out all the 3rd Corps of the 8th Division of the South Korean Army and the 3rd, 5th and 2nd Divisions of the US Army each 1 regiment. * * *1.20,000 people, including more than 7800 captured enemies, dealt a heavy blow to the "United Nations Army" and forced it to retreat 26 kilometers, which played an important role in completing the campaign defense tasks for the Volunteers and People's Army. ?
The counterattack of Hengcheng is a serious and difficult condition for the volunteers to have no rest and supplement for three consecutive battles. The main force has just begun to rest, and it has turned to combat preparation urgently, and it is a long-distance battle. The victory of this campaign has the following characteristics in operational guidance:
Volunteers chose their goals appropriately. After the main force of the volunteers was dispatched from the rest area, there was a favorable opportunity to annihilate the enemy of Hengcheng and Dianping, but the enemy of Dianping was mainly American, with concentrated forces and strong combat effectiveness. If the volunteers can't solve the battle in two days and two nights, the American and South Korean troops in the east, south and west can reinforce, which will put the volunteers in a very unfavorable position. The enemy of Hengcheng is mainly the South Korean army, and its fighting capacity is weak. Volunteers once surrounded and annihilated its 1 division. Therefore, after consulting Deng Hua and Han Xianchu, two front commanders, and the opinions of the whole army, Peng, after careful consideration, established his determination to fight the enemy of Hengcheng first, and the battle result successfully achieved his predetermined determination to wipe out the enemy. ?
Concentrated the absolute superiority of troops and as much firepower as possible. Although only the South Korean Army/KOOC-0/division and the US Army/KOOC-0/regiment are scheduled to annihilate the enemy, the Volunteers have concentrated four divisions (/KOOC-0//KOOC-0/regiment), with a total strength of about/KOOC-0/25,000, serving as nine divisions of the attacking force. The enemy troops in Hengcheng area are South Korean Army 1 Division and 1 Regiment, and American Army 1 Regiment, with about 20,000 people. Volunteers have more than four times the strength advantage. On the other hand, in the northwest of Hengcheng, the main assault section, six divisions were concentrated, occupying more than seven times the strength advantage. Volunteers have 679 artillery pieces (including mortars), 285 rockets, 555 enemy artillery pieces, 930 anti-tank weapons and dozens of tanks. Although the volunteers did not have an advantage in firepower, they did their best and achieved the goal of annihilating the enemy with greater confidence.
People realized the suddenness of the attack. After Li Qiwei launched a full-scale counter-offensive, it concentrated the main forces of American and British troops on the western front to attack Seoul. Accompanied by volunteers, the 50 th Army and the 38 th Army stubbornly defended the south bank of the Han River in the western line, which contained the main forces of the US and British troops. The "United Nations Army" thought that the main force of the volunteers was in the direction of Seoul, and only the People's Army was in the Shouhengcheng area, so the troops under the command of the US 10 Army dared to boldly advance northward on the eastern front. After the main force of the volunteers was dispatched from the rest area, they sneaked in and deployed as they entered. It took only 5 ~ 17 hours to reach the starting point of the attack, and they launched the attack, completely reaching the surprise. ?
Fourthly, the tactics of multi-layer circuitous encirclement and tactical division encirclement are adopted; In terms of deployment, the 42nd Army/KOOC-0/25th Division and the 66th Army/KOOC-0/96th Division form an outer circuitous encirclement, the 42nd Army/KOOC-0/24th Division and the 40th Army form an inner encirclement, and the 39th Army/KOOC-0//KOOC-0/7th Division implements campaign division. In the battle, divisions not only completed division and encirclement, but also adopted tactical division and encirclement, dividing the besieged enemy into several small pieces and destroying them, and paying attention to destroying enemy artillery positions, so that their infantry lost fire support, thus achieving satisfactory results in the battle.
In his memoirs, Li Qiwei also described the Battle of Hengcheng. He said: "We were forced to give up some areas again. Facing the attack of China's army, the 2nd Division of the United States once again bore the brunt, and suffered heavy losses, especially the loss of artillery. These losses were mainly caused by the hasty retreat of the 8th Division of South Korea. In the face of the enemy's attack at night, this division completely collapsed, exposing the flank of the 2 nd American Division.
South Korean troops suffered heavy losses under the attack of China's army, and they often had great fear of China soldiers. They almost regard these people as generals in the sky. If China soldiers suddenly appear in the positions of the South Korean army, many South Korean soldiers are always scared to flee for their lives without looking back. "?