During the war years, the main body of the People's Army has been light infantry for a long time. In the cruel war, our army has developed a set of top-level light infantry tactics, especially known for its ability to intersperse roundabouts and close combat night combat.
This set of tactics not only played brilliantly in the previous wars before the founding of New China, but was also widely used in the subsequent war to resist US aggression and aggression against India and the self-defense counterattack against India, and classic battle cases were repeatedly played out.
In the self-defense counterattack against India in 1962, after our army won the first phase of combat, the Indian army was not reconciled to defeat, and continued to increase its troops and wanted to compete again on the front line. Our army then organized the second phase of operations, and strived to "fight hard and hurt" the Indian army. One of the focuses of the eastern front was the operation in the West Mountain Pass-Bandila area.
The Indian Army is its main force 62nd Brigade and Artillery Unit on the front line of Xishankou, with a total of more than 3,300 men; in the areas of Lomadong and Dejanzong, there are 2 battalions of the 65th brigade with about 1,500 men; and the 48th near Bundila The main force of the brigade is about 2,200; there are about 1,000 people from the Indian 4th Division Tactical Headquarters in Xindejang; and about 1,800 people from the 67th Brigade of the Indian Army are mobile units.
Marshal Liu Bocheng summed up the deployment of the Indian army as "bronze head, tin tail, tight back, loose belly". According to the terrain and the characteristics of the enemy's deployment, our army's tactics are simply summed up as "head, tail, cut, back, and laparotomy." Among them, the troops responsible for interleaving and tail docking are the main force of the 11th Division.
Beginning on the evening of November 10, the 11th Division troops interspersed and rushed for a week. With an average weight of 60 to 80 kilograms per capita, they climbed 12 mountains at an altitude of 4000 to 5000 meters. On the steep path that the Indian army thought was impassable for large troops, the 11th Division troops marched 250 kilometers long distance, fought 6 battles in a row, inserted into the throat position behind the enemy, and completed the battle encirclement mission.
Subsequently, the 11th Division attacked Bundila with 33 regiments and occupied the area, while the 33 regiment continued to attack south. Two battalions were separated and moved along the path and went straight into the Biri Pass to cooperate with the regiment’s main force. What we are talking about in this article is the Chaku battle of the 2nd Battalion in continued interspersed combat.
After the 2nd battalion continued its march along the path, on the evening of November 19, a Nepalese Indian chef was captured near the Biri Pass. The prisoner confessed: There was an Indian army in Chaku, 6 kilometers southeast of the Biri Pass. military depot.
According to the analysis of the battlefield situation, the 2nd Battalion is very likely to be not only a military station in Chaku, but also the Indian army that has retreated from the front line or a reinforcement of the Indian army. Therefore, the 2nd Battalion decided to make a surprise advance at night to kill the enemy of Chaku.
Well-trained or well-trained troops not only have an active fighting spirit, but they also have a very accurate judgment of the battlefield situation. And at the Chaku Depot that night, there was indeed an Indian army camping.
After the Indian army was in a state of emergency, the front-line troops were defeated, and the subsequent troops were reinforced, and the whole front was chaotic.
On November 19, when the main force of the 6th Battalion of the 8th Gurkhas of the 67th Brigade of the Indian Army entered Xinchuan to reinforce Bundila, news came that the 3rd Battalion of the Jammu Kashmir United had been defeated. Therefore, this unit also took the road and fled south. One of them was camped at the Chaku Barracks that night, preparing to continue fleeing south after dawn the next day.
Most of the soldiers of the Indian Gurkhas are from Nepal. They have always been known for their bravery and strong combat effectiveness. They also dare to fight hand-to-hand. They are the elite troops in the Indian army. However, it was a coincidence that the elite of the Indian army had a face-to-face encounter with our army, because our army was an elite.
According to general combat estimates, the Indian Army thinks that our army is not advancing so fast, but what they don’t know is that the light infantry of the People’s Liberation Army can quickly intersperse even in the high mountains. The terrain cannot stop the army’s pace, and the night cannot. .
The Indian army believes that our army’s pursuit can only be carried out along the road, and it will not be possible to reach Chaku until noon on the 20th at the earliest. Therefore, they deployed 30 machine guns, 6 81mm mortars and 3 howitzers in the northeast. On the high ground, the defense is towards the Eagle's Nest Mountain, while the defense towards the Northwest Piri Pass is relatively loose.
The 2nd battalion, which crossed the mountains and ridges, came from the direction of Bili Pass.
Since the contact with the Indian army at Zela Pass on the 15th, the 2nd Battalion of the 33rd Regiment has been interspersed in the high mountains for a full 4 days as an avant-garde battalion. During these 4 days, the troops have fought 5 battles.
At that time, in addition to carrying their own weapons and ammunition, each soldier had to carry rations for 7 days. The average weight of each infantry was 60 jin, and the weight of the artillery was 80 jin. Interspersed with heavy loads in areas with extremely complex terrain, while forcibly marching and fighting, is a severe test of the limits of human body and will.
Due to tight time and heavy tasks, the troops of the 2nd Battalion only had a hot meal in Lahun during the attack, and the accumulated rest time was less than 10 hours. In most cases, they used fried noodles to satisfy their hunger and cold to quench their thirst. fatigue.
But when the task came, the spirit of all the cadres and soldiers was lifted up again, and they vowed to fight the Indian army to the end.
After a simple mobilization, the 2nd Battalion started in the early morning of the 20th in the order of 5th Company, Battalion Headquarters, 4th Company, Artillery Company, and 6th Company, and marched towards Chaku. Hu Chaoqin, Deputy Company Commander of 5th Company, led 9 capable fighters as a sharp knife squad. Make a way forward.
The straight-line distance from Bili Pass to Chaku is only 6 kilometers, but there are no roads here, only paths in the forest. Said it is a small road, in fact it is just barely passing, and the actual marching distance is far more than 6 kilometers.
Under such terrain conditions, the speed of marching in the dark is hard to get fast. The troops set off at 1 am on the 20th and marched for more than 4 hours. The sharp knife squad approached Chaku at 5:10 and contacted the Indian sentry.
Chaku is located at the saddle of a mountain beam, sloping from northeast to southwest, with steep valleys on both sides, and more than ten houses. Because it is a military station, there are a large number of Indian army vehicles gathered here. In addition to cars, there are heavy weapons such as tanks.
When the sharp knife squad arrived near Chaku, they found a sentry from the Indian army. He originally wanted to capture him alive. However, this sentry was very alert. When my leading soldier was a few meters away, he wanted to raise a gun and shoot at me. My leading enemy opened fire. Its shot to death. The other Indian troops at the guard post swarmed out, but were all killed by my sharp knife squad.
After the gunfire sounded, the Indian army's artillery and machine gun fire spots in the northeastern highlands began blindly firing, and other Indian soldiers camped out quickly got into the vehicle, eager to flee.
At that time, only 5 companies of our army arrived. The 1st platoon of company commander Ren Yukuan of the 5th company attacked from southwest to northeast. The deputy commander of the 5th company Hu Chaoqin led the 2nd platoon and firepower platoon to attack from south to north. Therefore, 7 squad leaders led 2 squads directly to the south of Chaku to block the retreat of the Indian Army.
The 7th squad leader led his department to insert from the right side to give the Indian army a center to blossom. The soldiers blasted the Indian army with submachine guns and grenades and deployed them to the chaos. Later, more than 10 soldiers seized the hill on the left side of the road and broke the car in front of the Indian army convoy.
Due to the narrow roads, dozens of Indian Army vehicles in the back were all blocked after the vehicles in front were damaged. The main force of the 5th Company occupied the hill on the right again, and the route of the Indian army's southward flight was blocked.
After the 1st platoon of the 5th company commander Ren Yukuan wiped out the 3 firepower points of the Indian army, he led the team to the road. Because he rushed too fast, he suddenly encountered two Indian troops. The company commander Ren Yukuan shot and killed an Indian army with a pistol. The bayonet had already pierced into the chest when the two Indian troops were in force. At the last moment, company commander Ren pulled the trigger and killed the Indian army, but he died heroically.
After the company commander died, the first platoon, led by the instructor Cheng Lin, crossed the road and attacked the Indian artillery and machine gun positions on the northeast side. The second platoon of the 5th company and the firepower platoon, led by the deputy company commander Hu Chaoqin, also launched an impact on the northern slope.
After the 5th company disrupted the Indian army and jammed its south escape route, the battalion commanded the next 4th company to cut off the Indian army's escape route on the north side with a platoon, and the main force of the company went into Chaku.
The 4th company and 3rd platoon under the leadership of deputy company commander Xiao Shirong occupied the parking lot, cut off the Indian army’s northward escape road, and at the same time launched an attack on an Indian artillery position. Cao Huaiwen, the squad leader of the company's rocket launcher, fired 5 rockets continuously under the cover of firepower, destroying 5 firepower points. Taking advantage of the chaos of the Indian army, 3 platoons occupied the Indian artillery position.
After the main force of the 4th company entered Chaku, it encountered more than 100 infantrymen near the Indian camp area. The Indian army wanted to suppress the 4th company. But the 4th company commander Feng Yuanqing commanded each platoon to sweep the Indian army, and the anti-general suppressed the Indian army. When the 4th company attacked the high ground, the 5th company also attacked after destroying 17 firepower points in a row.
At this time, two Indian tanks started shooting, and most of the 5 rocket launch squad suffered casualties. Chen Xianxue, the squad leader of the 60 artillery squad, picked up the rocket launcher and reached 30 meters away from the enemy. He fired 2 rounds and destroyed the first tank and the second tank. The Indian army abandoned the car and fled.
The battle basically ended at 7 o'clock and took 1 hour and 50 minutes. Among them, the 4th and 5th companies mainly participated in the battle. The 6th company that arrived later was a reserve team and did not directly participate in the battle.
In this battle, the main force of the 2nd Battalion of the 33rd Regiment killed 157 Indian troops and captured 64 people, annihilating a total of 221 enemies. Since this is the location of the Indian army station, when the battle started, it coincided with the stationing of the Indian army reinforcements, so there were a lot of heavy supplies.
According to statistics, 1 Indian tank and 7 cars were destroyed in the battle, 1 tank, 76 cars, 14 various guns, 35 machine guns, 193 other guns, and more than 36,000 rounds of bullets were seized, except for weapons and ammunition. , And also seized a large amount of heavy supplies.
In this battle, my 2nd battalion also paid a certain price. 3 company platoon leaders and 9 soldiers died, 1 platoon leader and 14 soldiers were wounded, and a total of 27 casualties were lost. Our army lost the battle with the enemy. It is 1 to 8.
Of course, this is just a comparison of the number of casualties. In fact, the Indian army's losses counted by our army are absolute losses except for being killed or captured. If only the absolute loss is counted, the battle loss ratio will reach one to ten.
The Battle of Chakku was a typical melee and night battle to annihilate the enemy. It was a long-distance heavy-duty attack by our army against the enemy’s own military station and the enemy with heavy equipment attached. The result of the battle was that I was wiped out at a relatively small price. Large numbers of enemies, and seized a lot of heavy equipment.
After the battle, this battle was compiled into a typical battle case by the General Staff and issued to the whole army for study. At the same time, Chaku is also the farthest point our army has advanced in the counterattack, and an endless plain can already be seen here.
Now the level of mechanization and informatization of our army has been further enhanced. In the past, the assault that relied on two legs can now be quickly assaulted by helicopter landing and infantry combat vehicles/assault vehicles. At the same time, the new single-soldier combat system is constantly popularizing, and night combat capabilities have been further strengthened. In future wars, they will surely achieve greater results at a smaller cost.
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