Siheyuan: Back to 50 years ago, Shazhu joined the army

On the 14th of the same month, the US Joint Forces concentrated 300 artillery pieces of various calibers, more than 50 tanks of various types, and more than 60 fighter planes to launch a fierce attack on Wusheng Mountain and Xifang Mountain defended by the 38th Army.

The main attack focus of the 9th US Army is "Triangle Mountain" and "Sniper Ridge"

The fierce artillery fire made the fire coverage density in the area as high as five rounds per second. Such powerful firepower made the soldiers of the 38th Army hiding in the trenches feel like they were on a roller coaster, constantly bumping around.

Every artillery attack from the US Joint Forces caused a strong vibration on the high ground, making the volunteer soldiers hiding in the tunnels miserable.

You should know that in addition to the damage caused by fragments and high temperatures generated by the explosion, the most terrifying thing about artillery fire is the vibration caused by the explosion, which can shatter organs in the human body.

Many volunteer soldiers had their internal organs shattered by artillery shells and died from internal bleeding.

At this time, the temporary command post of the 38th Army was set up in Daode Cave, 20 kilometers north of Wusheng Mountain.

Because the U.S. artillery fire was too fierce, the temporarily laid telephone lines were blown off, causing the military command post and the various combat teams stationed in the area to lose contact.

You must know that the situation on the battlefield changes rapidly. If you don’t get first-hand information, it is easy to make wrong judgments and even miss the opportunity to fight.

Liang Xingchu ordered the communications company to find a way to repair the damage, and at the same time he sent an observation team directly to Wusheng Mountain to observe the battle situation ahead, reporting the specific situation to the army command post every 35 minutes. This was a last resort.

Based on the existing intelligence analysis, Liang Xingchu believes that the US 9th Army has only dispatched the US 7th Division and the South Korean 2nd Division. Relying solely on the strength of these two divisions, it is absolutely impossible to launch an attack on the entire Wusheng Mountain 38th Army Defense Zone at the same time.

Therefore, he believed that the other side would choose one place as the main attack area, and the others were just decoys. However, it was difficult to judge which place the US 9th Army was going to attack mainly.

Compared with the Five Sacred Mountains, which are easy to defend but difficult to attack, Liang Xingchu is more inclined to believe that the enemy will attack the Western Mountains.

As for the Shangganling under the Wusheng Mountain, its terrain is dangerous. It is located between the "Triangle Mountain" and the "Sniper Ridge", which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Directly in front of them are the Kimhwa County, Pyeonggang County, Huaiyang County and other areas controlled by the South Korean army.

At five o'clock in the morning, after an hour-long artillery baptism in the Wusheng Mountain area, the US 7th Army began to prepare to launch an attack on "Triangle Mountain" and "Sniper Ridge".

The 338st, 1th and 7th Companies of the 8th Regiment stationed in the area soon engaged in a firefight with the US Joint Forces.

Due to the excessive firepower of the US military and the support of the Air Force, as time went on, the 12 positions of "Triangle Mountain" were soon occupied by the US military one after another.

Only the most important No. 9 position, under the command of the 7th Company Commander Qin Wu, withstood the US offensive. After a morning of fierce fighting, the two battalions of the 31st Regiment of the 65th Division of the US Army responsible for attacking the area suffered casualties of up to %.

Such a high casualty rate forced the U.S. military to adopt a rotation warfare and urgently transferred the 32nd Regiment from the rear to continue the attack. Unfortunately, under the desperate resistance of the Volunteer Army soldiers, even at dusk, the U.S. military still failed to capture the "Triangle Mountain" high ground, and it was always firmly controlled by the 38th Army. However, the 338th and 7th Companies of the 8th Regiment stationed here were almost wiped out.

As for the "Sniper Ridge" on the other side, the situation was also very grim. The South Korean 2nd Division dispatched a battalion of troops and launched a fierce attack on the 9th Company guarding here in three directions.

After nine hours of fierce fighting, the South Korean army finally took over 9% of the "Sniper Ridge" area. The 9th Company, which originally had more than 120 people, was reduced to only three people, and was still struggling to hold on at position No. 8.

At dusk, Jiang Chao, commander of the 113th Division, learned that the "Sniper Ridge" guarded by the 338th Company of the 9th Regiment had lost most of its positions.

He immediately ordered the commander of the 338th Regiment, Zhu Yuehua, to organize his troops to launch a counterattack overnight and to recapture the high ground at all costs. That night, the 338nd and 2th companies of the 4th Regiment successfully recaptured the "Sniper Ridge" high ground.

On the 16th, the US Joint Forces continued to launch a fierce attack on these two areas. The division commander Jiang Chao immediately mobilized the artillery battalion and began saturation bombardment on "Triangle Mountain" and "Sniper Ridge" in an attempt to eliminate the US Joint Forces soldiers in the area.

On the 17th, four days after the war began, the battle for positions on "Triangle Mountain" and "Sniper Ridge" entered a white-hot stage.

The territory might be in the hands of the U.S. Joint Forces one minute and be taken back by the Volunteer Army the next minute, and this cycle kept repeating over and over again. Moreover, due to the limited space in the two areas, only three battalions of troops could be deployed at most, so both sides adopted the method of increasing troops in small batches and did not engage in large-scale battles.

On the evening of the 18th, the two high grounds, "Triangle Mountain" and "Sniper Ridge", fell into the hands of the US Joint Forces again, and the other side even attempted to build defensive fortifications on them.

On the morning of the 19th, the 38th Army concentrated 50 large-caliber artillery pieces and the Katyusha rocket artillery regiment borrowed from the big brother, and directly bombarded the two heights, covering the attacks of the 338th, 4th and 5th Companies of the 6th Regiment, and soon captured the two heights.

At noon on the 20th, the US Joint Forces, unwilling to accept defeat, directly sent out 40 sorties of B26 bombers to carry out carpet bombing on "Sniper Ridge", and ordered the "Hellfire" artillery regiment to carry out continuous artillery bombardment on the volunteers in the area, and then dispatched a large number of US infantry to cooperate with tanks to carry out successive assaults on the high ground.

The volunteer soldiers held their positions and refused to give up an inch of ground.

The fierce and continuous artillery fire illuminated the night sky around the entire Shangganling area.

As the troops suffered serious casualties, the guard company directly under the 113th Division was also ordered to take charge of the situation. The division commander Jiang Chao personally found He Yuzhu.

"He Yuzhu, the division headquarters is about to issue a very important combat order to your guard company."

When He Yuzhu heard what Jiang Chao said, he understood that he was preparing to send the guard company to the front line to provide support.

He knew that this time he would be in great danger of death. After all, the famous Battle of Shangganling was well-known in later generations. It was a well-known battlefield meat grinder that literally cost human lives.

People are selfish. He Yuzhu is a time traveler and has modern thoughts. He naturally does not want to sacrifice in vain, but as a volunteer soldier, he will never retreat in the face of battle and become a coward, let alone learn from Gu Zhongjiao to become a traitor.

Since we are on the battlefield, we have the thought and awareness of sacrificing our lives for our country at any time. At this critical juncture, we have no choice but to fight.