A brief summary of the battle background in the previous chapter

In April 1951, after the 561st Regiment of the 187th Division of the 63rd Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army broke through the Linjin River, it completed the encirclement of the enemy's ace unit "Gloucester Camp" in the Snow Mary area with lightning speed, launching a special fighting.

Seomali is located 4 kilometers south of the Imjin River. It is protected by highlands 235 and 314 in the north and supported by highlands 414 and 675 in the south. The mountains are low in the north and high in the south. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is a strong point on the enemy's defense front in the south of the Yangtze River. . Defending the enemy is the "Gloucester Battalion", which is equipped with the 7th Company of the 45th British Artillery Regiment, the 8th Company of the Kazakh Cavalry, and a heavy tank company. It has a total of 42 battalion and attached artillery pieces. There are also two 105 howitzer battalions in depth to support it. fighting.

At dawn on the 24th, the battle to encircle and annihilate the enemy defenders in Xuemali began. The 2nd Battalion and the 9th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 560th Regiment of the 187th Division of the Volunteer Army, which was responsible for the main attack mission, braved the bombardment of enemy aircraft and intensive artillery fire to launch a sudden attack and captured the 314 Highlands in the northeast of Xuemali. At the same time, the 1st Battalion of the 560th Regiment of the Chinese People's Liberation Army launched an attack from the rear of the Snow Mali Regiment, while the 1st Battalion of the 561st Regiment plunged into the sand curtain and suddenly appeared behind the enemy in the Snow Mali, cutting off the snow in one fell swoop like a sharp knife. The retreat route of "Gloucester Camp" in Mali achieved the result of defeating an enemy battalion, capturing 130 enemy soldiers, and killing more than 50 enemy soldiers.

The Xuemali area covers a radius of hundreds of miles and has complex terrain. Liu Guangzi, a volunteer soldier from the 2nd Company who was the leader of the combat team at the time, led two recruits to a small high ground when he suddenly discovered that there was an artillery company from the "Gloucester Battalion" below the mountain ridge, preparing to escape. Liu Guangzi asked two soldiers who lacked combat experience to lie down behind a big rock and shoot for cover, while he rushed down the mountain with a PPS-43 submachine gun.

He quietly approached several enemies and suddenly shouted loudly. Dozens of enemies suddenly stood up behind a big rock. Several guns were pressed against his chest at the same time, and a pistol was pointed at his forehead. Liu Guangzi took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and decisively pulled the grenade's safety. The enemy in front of him was frightened. Just when the grenade was about to explode, Liu Guangzi shrank back, threw the grenade towards the enemy group, and rolled down the hillside. This kind of "anti-tank grenade" with explosives tied to the grenade is so powerful that it can blow up a bunch of enemies at once. Taking advantage of the thick smoke generated by the explosion, he fired while shouting: "1st Battalion to the left, 2nd Battalion to the right, charge me!"

When Liu Guangzi shouted "Hand down the gun and don't kill" in the English he learned before the war, the bewildered enemy officers and soldiers were at a loss and all raised their hands in surrender. In 1801, during the colonial war in Egypt, the regiment broke through the siege and turned defeat into victory, and was rewarded by the British King. From then on, the regimental soldiers' caps were adorned with the "Royal Army" badge on the front and back. After a lapse of 150 years, their prestige on the Korean battlefield was completely ruined.

When the prisoners crowded into lines, they suddenly realized: It turned out that the other party was a person! Then someone tried to pick up a gun and fight back. It was too late, but Liu Guangzi knocked down several people with a single bullet, and the rest no longer dared to resist. He single-handedly led this long team up the mountain. Unexpectedly, just after walking for a while, some people tried to escape. He threw a grenade and it blew up all of them. In this way, these prisoners were completely shocked by him.

Before the war, the 187th Division of the Volunteer Army once put forward a slogan: "Capture a prisoner and achieve a meritorious service." Although Liu Guangzi captured 63 prisoners at once, he was honest and shy and did not publicize the matter at the time. He went to the army to count the prisoners. Only then did he discover his feat.

In 1953, when Liu Guangzi went to the Soviet Union to participate in the World Youth Festival, Stalin met the legendary hero and asked Liu Guangzi with great interest: "How could you capture so many British soldiers at once?" Liu Guangzi said a little embarrassedly : "At that time, I was willing to risk everything!"