The story behind Changjin Lake 1

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199665438+In February, General Chi Haotian, Minister of National Defense, led a delegation to visit the United States. General Charles Crolla, commander of the US Marine Corps who received him, was in awe of this old soldier from China who had participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. It turned out that Crolla's father, Victor Crolla, was the deputy commander of the First Division of the US Marine Corps during the Battle of Changjin Lake, and Chi Haotian was a member of the Volunteers in the bloody battle of Changjin Lake. At that time, he was a battalion commander of the 9 th Corps, the 27 th Army, the 79 th Division and the 235 th Regiment.

In order to annihilate the "United Nations Army" in Xinxing Cave, the 40th Army of the Volunteers approached its flank.

The eastern front battlefield of the second campaign to resist US aggression and aid Korea is located in the Changjin Lake area in the north of Korea, where the terrain is dangerous, the climate is cold and the combat environment is extremely bad. 1950165438+1On October 27th, the 9th Corps of the Volunteers launched a fierce counterattack against the US troops in the Changjin Lake area, dividing the enemy around Li Xinxing, Liutanli, Dead Eagle Ridge, Lower Bound Valley and Gutuli, giving them a devastating blow. Under the conditions of hunger and cold, sharp increase in non-combat attrition and poor equipment, the Ninth Corps completed arduous combat tasks. ? Xinhua News Agency (Photo courtesy of the Memorial Hall to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea)

In the battle of Changjin Lake, the First Marine Division, known as the "trump card in the trump card" of the US military, paid a heavy price for the total reduction of staff 1 173 1 person. Another veteran American military force, the 3rd1Regiment of the 7th Division, was annihilated. Colonel McClane died after being wounded and captured. He was awarded the "Polar Bear Union Flag" for invading Siberia, Russia in World War I, and it also became the trophy of the volunteers. Many years later, Bao Ze, director of the Operations Division of the First Marine Division, still has a lingering fear about the scene of fleeing from Changjin Lake hastily: "I believe that the ice and snow of Changjin Lake and the deadly attack of China's army regardless of casualties are nightmares that haunt every marine."

The battle of Changjin Lake was part of the second battle. When the battle started, the Ninth Corps of Volunteers led by Song had been lying in ambush in Changjin Lake on the Gaoma Plateau in northeast Korea for six days and six nights. Their opponents are the 1 Marine Division of the US Army, the 3rd and 7th Infantry Divisions and the 1 Legion of the Korean Army.

? Soldiers of the 9 th Corps of the Volunteers blocked the reinforced "United Nations Army" from Xianxing to Changjin Lake.

The eastern front battlefield of the second campaign to resist US aggression and aid Korea is located in the Changjin Lake area in the north of Korea, where the terrain is dangerous, the climate is cold and the combat environment is extremely bad. 1950165438+1On October 27th, the 9th Corps of the Volunteers launched a fierce counterattack against the US troops in the Changjin Lake area, dividing the enemy around Li Xinxing, Liutanli, Dead Eagle Ridge, Lower Bound Valley and Gutuli, giving them a devastating blow. Under the conditions of hunger and cold, sharp increase in non-combat attrition and poor equipment, the Ninth Corps completed arduous combat tasks. Xinhua News Agency (Photo courtesy of the Memorial Hall to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea)

Telescope used by Song, commander of the ninth army of the Volunteers.

The eastern front battlefield of the second campaign to resist US aggression and aid Korea is located in the Changjin Lake area in the north of Korea, where the terrain is dangerous, the climate is cold and the combat environment is extremely bad. 1950165438+1On October 27th, the 9th Corps of the Volunteers launched a fierce counterattack against the US troops in the Changjin Lake area, dividing the enemy around Li Xinxing, Liutanli, Dead Eagle Ridge, Lower Bound Valley and Gutuli, giving them a devastating blow. Under the conditions of hunger and cold, sharp increase in non-combat attrition and poor equipment, the Ninth Corps completed arduous combat tasks. Xinhua News Agency (Photo courtesy of the Memorial Hall to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea)

Many officers and men rushed from East China to the 9 th Corps in the Korean battlefield, still wearing light clothes, and their food was frozen potatoes. On the other hand, American soldiers on the same battlefield live in warm tents with diesel stoves and wear thick duck down clothes. Each person can get three canned meats and three canned biscuits with a net weight of 227 grams per day. The former is mainly meat, including meat and vegetables. The latter is mainly biscuits, including candy and coffee, cocoa powder or lemon powder.

John toland, an American writer, wrote in his book The Long Battle: Korean War in the Eyes of the Americans with Apparel, "The only anti-freezing measure for China soldiers is to paste their feet with lard and suet to prevent frostbite, but they have shown the most incredible courage and willpower in the history of human war. Hundreds of thousands of officers and men trudged in the snowy glaciers and crossed the barrage fire in the cold of MINUS 20 degrees Celsius. "

In the second battle, the volunteers fought fiercely with the "United Nations Army" in the ice and snow for 47 days, annihilating more than 36,000 people, including 24,000 American troops. Seized and destroyed 1000 guns, more than 3,000 cars, more than 200 tanks and armored vehicles, seized 6 planes, and recovered Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, which was occupied for 43 days ... and turned the situation around in one fell swoop.

1950 12. Chinese people's Volunteer Army cooperated with the Korean People's Army to attack the American aggressor troops and the South Korean army, and blocked the American troops on the Eastern Front in the area south of Huangcaoling, forcing the enemy to retreat to the south of Qingchuan River. The picture shows the U.S. howitzer captured by the bank of Changjin Lake on the East Line. Information of Press and Photography Bureau Cai Shangxiong Ge Liqun photo

After the battle, the day before Christmas in the West, the famous American photographer david duncan asked an American soldier: If I were God, what would you want? The soldier bowed his head and pondered for a while, then said with difficulty, "Tomorrow."

Many American soldiers will never see tomorrow again, including Lieutenant General Walker, commander of the Eighth Army of the United States. Walker, nicknamed "Bulldog", died in a car accident on his way back, just before Christmas.

The "Christmas offensive" boasted by MacArthur, commander-in-chief of the "United Nations Army", has completely vanished, but the nightmare of death has become a "Christmas" gift for American soldiers.

1950165438+1On October 25th, the American aggressor troops assembled more than 200,000 troops in Korea and launched the so-called "general offensive to end the Korean War". However, the Chinese and Korean People's Army quickly launched a counterattack, causing huge losses to the enemy. Illustration: After destroying the enemy from Changjin Lake to Yuanshan Mountain, the Chinese and Korean People's Army joined forces on the east coast. Zhang Chongxi

Chinese people's Volunteer Army's bravery, tenacity and perseverance left a deep impression on the American troops participating in the war. Old Crolla Dick, deputy commander of the first division of the Marine Corps, left such an impression on his son Crolla Dick Jr., that is, Admiral Charles Crolla Dick, commander of the US Marine Corps in the 1990s.

1996 During General Chi Haotian's visit to the United States, the United States also invited a military delegation from China to visit the latest MlA2 tank at Fort Hood. Fort Hood base, named after john hood, an important general during the American Civil War, is also the permanent training base of the 1st American Cavalry Division. In the first war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, when the U.S. army and the volunteers fought for the first time, they were hit hard by the First Riding Division, with casualties 1840. It was also the first defeat of the first jockey, known as the "teacher of the founding father" of the United States.

Chi Haotian once recalled that after the American personnel introduced the performance and electronic system of the tank, they suggested that I test-fire a gun. I'll fight when I say so. I have never been afraid on the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea. What happened? As a result, I fired at the target and hit it with one shot. The intercom reported, "Target distance1500m, one hit!"

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