in battle of the ch'ongch'on river 38th corps and the 42nd corps poured through the broken south korean lines to eighth army’s east and threatening to envelop the entire force. the 38th corps overran rok 7th division on november 25-26, then turkish brigade on 26-29. its 113rd division covered 72.5 kilometers within 14 hours and reached samso-ri on november 28 7:00 to halt us 2nd infantry division from retreat. 38th corps was ultimately successful in setting up the "gauntlet" against the us 2nd infantry division at kunu-ri, and for its performance it received the title "ten thousand years army" (万岁军). it's estimated that chinese people's volunteer army inflicted 23,000 casualties on unc, among them, 7,485 killed or wounded and 3,616 captured (including 1,042 us soldiers) were inflicted by the 38th corps. us eightth army estimated it suffered 11,000 casualties, excluding south korean casualties.