How tragic was the Battle of Shangganling?

From1952,65438+ 10, 14 to 165438+ 10, on the 25th, China and the United States launched a 43-day offensive and defensive war in two highlands less than 4 square kilometers in Shangganling area.

The enemy has invested more than 60,000 people in the 7th Division of the United States and the 187 Airborne Regiment, the 2nd and 9th Divisions of South Korea, and the Ethiopian and Colombian battalions. At the same time, about 170 tanks were used, about 300 guns with a caliber of 105 mm, more than 3,000 planes were dispatched, about10.9 million shells were fired, and 5,000 bombs were dropped. It is rare in the history of world war to concentrate such intensive firepower in such a narrow area.

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195 1 June, after the Chinese and North Korean troops turned to strategic defense, under the guidance of the principle of continuous operation and active defense, the frontline troops of the Chinese and North Korean troops built a large number of tunnel fortifications and gradually formed a solid defensive position based on tunnels. Since the spring and summer of 1952, the Chinese and Korean armies have carried out a series of struggles to consolidate their positions and realized small-scale offensive and defensive operations relying on tunnels.

1in the autumn of 952, in order to gain the initiative, train troops and smash possible enemy attacks, the first-line troops of the Chinese and Korean armies began to launch tactical counterattacks to tactical points below the enemy camp on September 19. In order to regain the initiative in the battlefield, the US military launched the so-called "golden offensive" from mid-June+10 in 5438.

The goal of this offensive is to capture the 597 and 99 highlands and the 537 and 7highlands in front of Vu Thang Mountain, and then capture Wusheng Mountain, improve its defensive posture in Jinhua area, and create conditions for attacking Pingkang and Jincheng North. Because there is a small village called Shangganling near the battlefield, the battle of volunteers against enemy attacks is called Shangganling Campaign.

China Net-Battle of Shangganling (1952)