Episode 21

Because the firepower of the No. 3 position was too fierce, platoon leader Chang Dayou died heroically to cover everyone. Feng Baisheng endured his grief and continued to charge.Duan Xianfeng, who was also on the front line, called for artillery fire support while leading young soldiers to fight in roundabout ways. During this period, he was almost attacked by the enemy. In order to save Duan Xianfeng, soldier Sun Yaozu would rather give up his own life and shoot the enemy behind Duan Xianfeng.

In the end, the loss of position No. 3 shocked the enemy, who then launched a fierce counterattack.Fortunately, the volunteers were united and not only defended their position, but also captured position 7 of the enemy's command center.In this counterattack, the enemy only had positions No. 2, No. 8 and No. 11 left. Li Desheng was greatly shocked and lamented that the 15th Army was really good at being able to make a comeback against the wind in five hours.

Beginning on October 30, the Battle of Shangganling shifted to the third stage of implementing a decisive counterattack, crushing the enemy's attack, and fully restoring all positions except Position 11, laying a solid foundation for the later counterattack at Highland 537.7.On the evening of November 1, the 91st Corps of the Twelfth Army joined the battle at Highland 597.9, and the Twelfth Army began to gradually take over the battle from the Fifteenth Army.

After today's battle, Qin Jiwei judged that the enemy may have three situations. One is to withdraw its troops due to excessive casualties, and there is no longer a second echelon;The Ninth Division and the Second South Division cannot seize the position; so in the end, it is possible that the US Seventh Division will increase its investment and join the battle at Highland 597.9. No matter which of the above situations, it is estimated that it will be confirmed within two days.

News of the victory spread from the battlefield to the rear. Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai were also paying close attention. They believed that the battle near the Five Sacred Mountains had developed into a battle scale. The Fifteenth Army's combat deployment was very correct. It must be based on the Central Military Commission's instructions.To honor the 15th Army in name and encourage it to continue fighting and achieve overall victory.Shiji sent a commendation order to the 15th Army, which greatly excited the commanders and soldiers.Because of this, the U.S. and South Korean armies had no troops available, and Van Fleet could only mobilize one more battalion.

Qin Jiwei, Zhang Yunyu and the cooking team made dumplings together to welcome the victorious Eighth Company soldiers. Unexpectedly, only Feng Baisheng, Shuangxi, Duan Xianfeng and others returned.A battle lasted from dusk to dawn. Originally, the Eighth Company had a total of 138 men, and 335 additional troops were added. In the end, only eight men left the position, which is enough to show the brutality of the battle.

When Qin Jiwei was serving dumplings to the soldiers, he felt very sad when he thought of so many people who had sacrificed their lives.Everyone ate dumplings and recalled Hu Mancang with tears in their eyes. Fan Yuanbao and others even started crying.But Qin Jiwei told everyone to eat more, eat well, and eat it all for those comrades who died.

Then the Eighth Company and the soldiers of the Twelfth Army exchanged defenses. Duan Xianfeng and others took the Eighth Company's flag back to the tunnel, because it was not only a red flag, but also the soul of the Eighth Company. It was the more than four hundred comrades who sacrificed here.Forged with blood and life, take it home no matter what.

After the Twelfth Army took full defense, the U.S. Army and the South Korean Army launched a counterattack. The soldiers of the Twelfth Army resolutely attacked the invading enemy.Cai Xinghai, deputy squad leader of the 8th Company of the 91st Regiment, used flexible tactics and grenade tactics to annihilate a large number of enemies in a situation where the enemy was strong and we were weak.

However, the enemy's offensive became more and more fierce, especially the scattered operations, coupled with the US rear bombing.So Cai Xinghai led everyone to evacuate quickly and hid in the fortifications. He thought of countermeasures as quickly as possible and decided to gather them all together and then carry out an encirclement attack.