Suwon, located 44 kilometers south of Seoul.
On the night of January 25, 1951, the brave men of the Volunteer Army decided to launch a night attack battle on Suwon Castle.
The day before they decided to launch a night attack on Suwon Castle, the ninth squad of the eighth company was ordered to go into the city for reconnaissance, and the city turned out to be empty, but the warehouses inside the city were full of combat supplies, everything, a lot of white flour? The canned goods can not be put in the warehouse, piled up in the warehouse outside under the eaves, just simply back a little food back.
Soon, the eight connected to the regiment's notice, told the companies to prepare for the next day to send people into the city to carry some of the spoils of war back.
At this time, it is close to the Spring Festival, our army supply has not yet kept up, food is scarce, this foreign wealth, is the U.S. army in our army under the third battle blow, left behind when the hasty rout, do not pick up white not pick up.
January 8, the third battle is over, the main force of the volunteer army into rest and recuperation, ready to launch a spring offensive in two months.
The 50th Volunteer Army stopped pursuing the attack and withdrew all the troops that had advanced to the 37th Parallel to the mountains north of Suwon for defense. The mobilization order of the troops was: we are in the front of the top, cover the main force refurbishment, ready to fight a big battle!
According to the army's defense deployment, the 147th Regiment of the 149th Division was ordered to hold on to the region of Baekun Mountain north of Suwon City.
After dawn on January 25, the eighth company was preparing to take people down the mountain to get some white noodles? canned food back, seven or eight o'clock, a large number of U.S. aircraft suddenly came to the air, a burst of indiscriminate bombardment, the other side of the tanks to guide the infantry launched a fierce attack on my front guard position.
At 12 noon, the other side advanced to the front of the volunteer positions, but the other side's offensive was then stopped.
At 1700 hours, the UN forces attacking from the front withdrew from the battle and retreated back to Suwon Castle to hold their position.
Originally, after the third battle, the newly appointed commander of the U.S. Eighth Army, Li Qiwei, found that the Volunteer Army's cycle of the three battles was one week, apparently, this is the Volunteer Army in the absence of air power? logistical supplies difficult to pick up the conditions, the infantry carrying capacity can only support the duration of the battle.
After discovering the objective weaknesses of the Volunteer Army, the U.S. Army quickly mobilized troops from Japan? Europe and its home garrison to mobilize a large number of veterans to replenish the troops, the U.S. Tenth Army, which had been stationed in Pusan, was transferred to the vicinity of the 37th Parallel.
That day, the U.S. Army concentrated five armies***16 divisions?3 brigades? an airborne regiment, amounting to more than 230,000 ground troops, and with all the Far East's aviation? Under the cover of the Far East's entire air force and armor, they were divided into two fronts, east and west. West two lines, from west to east to the Volunteer Army to launch a large-scale attack on all fronts.
The counterattack, the main force of the U.S. Army concentrated on the western front, focusing on the front of about 30 kilometers from Nomok-ri to Gimryangjang-ri to carry out a major assault along the Gyeongbu National Highway in the direction of Seoul.
The 50th Volunteer Army was the first to bear the brunt of the defense in the 40-kilometer zone from Nomuri to Angyeongchon, north of Suwon Castle. Baekwun Mountain, which is a strategic location for the two sides, is the choke point of the Gyeongbu National Highway.
In the face of the other side's sudden counterattack, in order to find out their situation and disrupt the other side's offensive deployment, on the night of January 25th, the 50th Army 149th Division, 447th Regiment, 3rd Battalion, Deputy Commander of the Dai Ru Ji was instructed to lead the battalion's 8th Company and the Division Reconnaissance Company? Regimental reconnaissance platoon of more than 200 people night attack Suwon Castle.
Dai Ruji's mission was to lead his troops into the heart of the other side and turn Suwon City upside down, kill their spirit, and then take a prisoner to ask the Yankees, who have been in a state of collapse for two months, what the hell they are up to.
The night attack on Suwon City is a difficult task, Suwon City is seven or eight kilometers away from my front, and the wind and snow night, the terrain is not familiar, the enemy is strong and I am weak, the Volunteer Army's only advantage is a dare word, dare to melee night battle, dare to bayonet see red!
Dai Ruji is a Changchun uprising of the former Kuomintang captain officer, his hometown in Yunnan Lijiang.
Lijiang Naxi people's loyalty and courage is famous, two Yunnan King Tang Jiyao? Long Yun recruited to protect the soldiers of the guards of the army, more than the children raised in Lijiang Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.
Dai Ruji's loyalty and courage in the old army was rushed to cultivate their own officers. After the Changchun Uprising, he became a loyal and courageous follower of the Chinese ****production party after a political reorganization that took the form of a tearful and bloodthirsty indictment.
Faced with numerous difficulties, Dai Ruji, when he received the mission, only mentioned a request that he had not been able to fulfill for nearly two years: if I die, please recognize me as a member of the ****anufacturing party!
According to the coordinated plan for the night attack on Suwon Castle, the regiment's reconnaissance platoon is a feint detachment, attacking the other side with fire at 5 kilometers outside the south gate of Suwon Castle to attract the other side's attention; the division's reconnaissance company is a cover detachment, occupying the Da Nang Mountain heights to the northeast of Suwon Castle outside the north gate of the city, and is responsible for the cover and reception; the rate of Dai Ruji's eighth company is a breakout detachment, which will be inserted into Suwon Castle from the north gate.
After nightfall, Dai Ruji led the night assault detachment to set off.
The pointman of the night assault detachment consisted of three men led by Lee, the commander of the seventh squad of the eighth company. I don't know if it's because they got lost, but it didn't take them long to get on the road before they lost contact with the Night Raiders' own team. Luckily, the road was silent and deserted, and the night attack detachment successfully touched the north gate of Suwon City. The assault detachment and cover detachment then moved in.
There is a small bridge outside the north gate of Suwon Castle, and the first guard post of the other side is located nearby.
As soon as the assault detachment approached, they heard a hallo sound and were spotted by the opposing sentry. The machine gunner Ni Yucheng was about to shoot, was Dai Ruji pressed, do not care about him, seize the time to insert! The opposing sentry saw our soldiers strutting around and thought they were his own people, so he stopped shouting.
Soon, the assault detachment advanced to the bottom of Suwon Castle. At 50 meters from the city wall, the assault detachment was again spotted by the guards on the wall. Dai Ruji, who was at the front of the assault unit, continued to lead the assault unit to the city and plunged into the city. Seeing that they could not answer the slogan, the other side of the light and heavy machine guns fired together. The main force of the assault detachment is dead in a line of small cottage outside the city.
At this time, the platoon leader Wu Liang with a few people were also pressed by the other side of the fire in the ditch next to the highway.
In the nick of time, Dai Ruji decisively ordered the 8th Company to switch from a sneak attack to a strong attack: Chen Youzhi, quickly drive out the opposing machine gun fire points!
Chen Youzhi pulled out two hand grenades, jumped across the highway, only to see a flash of red light, the other side of the machine gun with two loud bangs mute.
Comrades, charge with me! Dai Ruji with people just rushed into the street, suddenly behind the gunfire, the surrounding searchlights also turned on one after another.
He looked back, more than 10 tongues of fire to the night attack detachment cut off, the main force by the other side of the fierce fire dead outside the city, into the city, but also in the other side of the fire net.
The narrow road is the courage to win, Dai Ruji decisively ordered the soldiers around: follow me into the fight! The first step is to make sure that you have a good understanding of what you are doing and how you are doing it.
Rushing into the city, Wu Liang with a few warriors of his platoon, as soon as he entered the north gate, he rushed up to the city wall and drove the other side down the wall.
Hearing the sound of a ticking telegraph coming from a house below the city wall, Wu Liang led another charge into the other side's transmitter room. But it was long empty, so they used the butt of their rifles to beat the other side's transmitter to death.
Taking advantage of the fighting gap, Wu Liang counted the number of people, the result counting himself total **** only 8 people.
At this point, they lost contact with Dai Ruji, the deputy battalion commander who had broken into the city first in front of them, and the raiding detachment behind them did not follow.
What should we do? Everyone had ideas and thought of ways. Some soldiers panicked and even advocated retreating outside the city.
Wu Liang categorically refused, saying: No. Our mission is to break through the north gate! Our mission is to break in from the north gate and attack the other side at night. The deputy battalion commander has already entered the city, we must rush in to find the deputy battalion commander.
Then, he sent the battalion's dropped correspondent out of the city, requesting the company commander to quickly send a platoon to come and control the north gate of the city.
Then Wu Liang led the rest of the men down the street to the south.
About a few hundred meters down the street, the other side's reinforcements drove head-on in a big truck, and Wu Liang was about to ambush them when the other side's truck turned left and drove to another block. So Wu Liang led the men onward to the south.
After traveling some more, Wu Liang and his men happened to meet up with Dai Ruji and others.
Originally, when Dai Ruji and others inserted into the center of the street in one breath, in the right side of the intersection found a large foreign building, the building is surrounded by dark bushes and barbed wire around, the yard parked a tank and seven jeeps, bright lights, the noise of the people, a few jeeps started, the other side panicked into a group.
It was clear that this place was a command organ of the other side.
Dai Ruji and Wu Liang and other convergence, a headcount, counting their own total **** 18 people. He asked Wu Liang: Do you have grenades?
Brought. Wu Liang replied to.
Dai Ruji quickly made a battle deployment: Ni Yucheng, you take a group blockade street; Liao Zhongliang, block the courtyard door; Wang Hongxun cut the telephone lines around the building; the rest of the personnel followed me to the pounding!
When the words fell, grenades? The grenades, submachine guns, and light machine guns came out of nowhere. Light machine guns like a sudden storm rolled toward the Dayang Building.
Chen Youzhi, the commander of the third platoon, who rushed into the yard, first used his submachine gun to seal the door of the building, and Li Chuncheng nimbly jumped up and threw two grenades inside.
The moment the grenades exploded, another soldier took the opportunity to rush toward the door of the building. Unexpectedly, he was hit by a staircase? hit by a bullet fired from a window.
After the first wave of the charge was thwarted, Wu Liang and first platoon leader Wang Hongxun? Li Yingzhao, commander of the sixth squad, and four others rushed into the Dayang Building again. Wu Liang had just charged into the building when he was blown out by an opposing grenade.
Dai Ruji saw Wu Liang holding his right hand, blood flowing down his sleeve, and asked with concern: Wu Liang, can you do it?
With the help of the Chinese government, Wu Liang has been able to get his hands on a lot of money! Wu Liang gritted his teeth and rushed in again without saying a word.
In a few moments, a U.S. prisoner with a carbine around his neck was dragged out of the building.
By the other side of the searchlight, Dai Ruji found that the prisoner's arm with MP armband, happy to shout up: comrades, we caught the other side of the military police. This is the other side of the command post, to charge ah!
18 Warriors as sharp as a sharp knife, ruthlessly stabbed into the ocean building, the other side of the internal organs stirred up a seven and a half, hit the daytime condescending U.S. soldiers howling, holding their heads and rats, and even the tanks also fled without a trace.
After capturing the Taiyo building, Dai Ruji picked up a pair of long woolen socks and put them on, then ordered all the cars and military supplies that couldn't be taken away to be burned, escorted the prisoners, and quickly evacuated the battlefield from the east gate.
18 Warriors night attack on Suwon City, wiped out an entire platoon of the U.S. 25th Division's direct military police company, killed more than 60 enemies, captured one of the other party's military police, burned more than 10 U.S. Army cars with supplies, captured an automatic rifle ? 4 carbines, 1 light machine gun 1 light machine gun, 1 radio station, and disorganized the enemy. A radio station, disrupting the opponent's offensive deployment.
On March 31, 1951, the People's Daily reported in the Korean newsletter column on the glorious achievements of the 18 warriors in the night attack on Suwon Castle.
From then on, Dai Ruji became a hero who made his hometown people feel proud.