In May 1951, during the Fifth Campaign, the Thirty-fifth Division of the Volunteer Corps received orders from their superiors to seize mount Gary, which was held by the Americans, as soon as possible, and cover the advance of the brother troops to the south.
This is undoubtedly an extremely difficult task. It should be known that Mount Gary is not a place of idleness, it is a natural pass to defend Seoul, and the US military attaches great importance to it, sending elite troops and deploying powerful firepower to guard it.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the enemy defending the mountain is the elite unit of the enemy, because the Dutch battalion of the US Second Division, which was ordered to garrison The Hill, was hailed as the "strongest field force" at that time.
Relying on the steep hills of Mount Gary, this battalion set up large-caliber artillery on the mountain, built a number of bunkers, blocked the passage with light and heavy machine guns, and densely packed barbed wire under the mountain.
It can be said that the volunteer army faced many difficulties in capturing Mount Gary.
However, the opponent encountered by the US army is not small, he is Li Desheng, a famous general of the Volunteer Army and the commander of the Thirty-fifth Division.
After on-the-spot reconnaissance, Li Desheng found that although the enemy's fortifications and firepower configuration on the east, south, and west sides were very strong, the defensive forces deployed in the north were quite weak.
The reason is that they believe that the northern side of Mount Gary is the most difficult to break through, where many places are cliffs and cliffs, there is no easy way to go, it is simply the most vivid annotation of the "easy to defend and difficult to attack" terrain.
Under such circumstances, Li Desheng did not hesitate to choose the north as a breakthrough point for the troops.
Of course, he also knew that the US military was not a vegetarian, and a strong attack and a hard attack would definitely cause serious casualties to our army, and it must be taken wisely.
How do you outwit it? Li Desheng, who has been in the battlefield for a long time, thought about it and decided to pose a "ecstasy array".
First of all, he ordered the divisional artillery battalion to set up artillery positions south of Mount Gary and constantly harass them with artillery fire, so that the enemy mistakenly thought that our army's main offensive was in the south.
Secondly, he arranged troops on all roads leading to Calé, both to block the enemy's reinforcements and to cut off the enemy's escape routes, leaving the enemy in Mount Gary alone and with no way to retreat.
Moreover, he ordered a force to divide into two routes and launch a rapid attack on the hills on the eastern and western flanks of Gary, under the cover of our artillery fire.
The main attacking force lived up to its expectations, and in less than an hour it took less than an hour to seize the hills on the east and west sides of Mount Gary, and to form a position, setting up the 60 guns and mortars that had been brought up the mountain, and preparing to attack the main peak of Mount Gary.
At this point, the "Ecstasy Array" laid down by Li Desheng had basically taken shape, and just waiting for him to give an order, the main attacking force launched an attack on the north side of Mount Gary.
At dawn on May 17, the sky and the earth were shrouded in a thick morning fog, and the visibility of the Gary Mountain area was only a few meters, and Li Desheng was overjoyed: "It is really a beautiful day, and heaven helps me!" ”
He personally led the assault force, using the natural camouflage of thick fog, and quietly sneaked to the foot of the mountain north of Mount Gary.
Under the command of Li Desheng, the sharp knife squad moved very quickly, and a warrior as light as a swallow climbed up the cliff with a rope, and the people behind him dragged the rope to the mountain one by one.
When the whole class climbed the main peak, the officers and men of the Dutch Battalion of the American Second Division were still sleeping soundly. They could never have dreamed that the volunteer army would suddenly kill them like a heavenly divine soldier.
The sharp knife squad did not alarm the sleeping enemy, but only took a light and rapid action to solve the enemy's sentry, lurking on the top of the mountain, waiting for the division to give the order to attack the general attack.
At this time, the sky was already bright, the fog was gradually dissipating, and all the troops had reached the designated position according to the established plan, and Li Desheng resolutely issued an order and sent a signal for a general attack.
Immediately afterward, the volunteer units simultaneously launched an attack from the east, west, south and north sides of the main peak of Mount Gary!
Artillery fire roared from the south, drawing the large enemy troops on the hill to that side, waiting for the volunteers to attack. In effect, the troops to the south were just bluffing.
The 60 guns and mortars on the hills on the east and west sides also cheered in time, and the enemy was dizzy and went to the two wings to deploy.
The sharp knife squad, which had been lurking in the north for a long time, had already figured out the location of the enemy's headquarters, and when they heard the sound of cannons, they immediately slammed the Yellow Dragon with divine speed!
Since the Dutch battalion of the US Second Division entered the Korean battlefield, He had seen such a position!
In the face of the volunteer army attacking from all sides, they were completely confused, did not know how to deal with the situation in front of them, and became a pot of porridge, and could only rush like headless flies.
The battle was soon over, and none of the officers and men of the Dutch Battalion of the US Second Division escaped the net and were completely annihilated by the volunteers.
Although the Volunteers had the advantage in strength, they were able to capture mount Gary, which the U.S. army thought was foolproof and extremely dangerous, in such a clean and neat way, and completely annihilated the strongest field troops of the U.S. army, which really surprised the "United Nations Army."
The famous general Li Desheng put on a "ecstasy array" and commanded the troops to easily seize Mount Gary, which was not only fully affirmed by the chief of the volunteer army, but also won high praise from foreign military researchers, and even praised this battle as "a great masterpiece of modern military history."
In 1955, Li Desheng was awarded the rank of major general, and in 1988, he was awarded the rank of general.