September 15, 1950, U.S. ArmyIncheon landing, the Korean People's Army was routed and began a full-scale retreat.
The United States vainly attempted to occupy all of Korea and began frequent bombing of China's northeastern borderIn a short period of time, U.S. warplanes bombed Dandong 22 times and dropped 189 bombs, causing 672 heavy casualties.
On 30 September, ** delivered a speech telling the United States: The Chinese people will never tolerate foreign aggression!
In the early morning of October 3, ** urgently met with the Indian ambassador to China, and once again issued a solemn warning to the US authorities through India:If the United States crosses the 38th parallel, China will enter the war!
In the face of a strong enemy,** said:It should participate in the war, it must participate in the war, the benefits of participating in the war are great, and the losses of not participating in the war are great.
China is going to war?
Hearing this, the old intellectuals led by Zhang Dongsun, the old warlords who were reforming in the meritorious forest, Chiang Kai-shek, who lived in Taiwan Province, Stalin, who coveted the great port, and MacArthur, who had a corn pipe in his mouth, all laughed.
The whole world laughed.
In 1950, when the republic was only 1 year old, what was it like at that time?
* Before liberation, the Kuomintang still controlled this large number of latent forces, and the banditry was serious, and in 1950 alone, the bandits launched 816 armed uprisings. In the southwestern region, where banditry is most rampant, more than 100 county towns were attacked and captured by bandits, and nearly 40,000 cadres and people across the country were brutally killed by bandits.
The international situation is full of dangers, ** announced the abolition of the unequal treaties signed by the Kuomintang offended all the powers, when the founding of the People's Republic of China only 18 countries in the world recognized the nascent China, the Western world led by the United States completely blockaded China, and Stalin was ambitious and scoffed at China's demand for independence;
At that time, the economy took over a mess left by the Kuomintang, factories closed down, a large number of workers lost their jobs, inflation and prices soared, and the people's lives encountered great difficulties. In 1949, compared to the highest level in history, total industrial output was halved and food production fell by about a quarter. A large number of speculative businessmen are waiting for the opportunity to move and hoard, causing huge pressure on people's livelihood.
In this case, China said that it was going to war?
MacArthur smiled from ear to ear.
He remembered that only 6 years ago, the Japanese and German fascists were already at the end of their rope, the situation of the Allies was very good, and the United States was already preparing for the post-war order, but the Chinese front, which Roosevelt had high hopes for, the 1.3 million ** led by Chiang Kai-shek against the 400,000 Japanese army, was thereBattle of YuxiangguiIn eight months, China lost 4 provincial capitals, 146 cities, 7 air bases and 36 airfields, and lost more than 200,000 square kilometers of land and 60 million people.
One of the most outrageous is the battle of Yuzhong that lost 38 cities in 37 days!
With such strength, you said you were going to war?
On October 11, Stalin told *** that for the Korean War, the Soviet Union would not aid China** and would not provide air support.
Not only that, but he also suggested that Kim Il Sung go to China to organize exile**.
He looked at the map coldly with his pipe in his mouthThe future situation has been locked.
What Stalin wanted was to make China the front line of the struggle for hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union, and only in this way could the Soviet Union control the fate of China.
On the evening of October 19, ** led the Chinese People's Volunteers to cross the Yalu River and enter the northern region of Korea, reversing the global history of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea.
China will single-handedly fight against the world's strongest 16-nation coalition.
Twenty days later, MacArthur flew from Tokyo to the Korean front to personally command, and the United States, with 13 divisions of five armies and nearly 220,000 troops, divided into two all-out attacks on the east and west, launched a pincer offensive, in a vain attempt to smash the Chinese People's Volunteers in one fell swoop and end the Korean War.
MacArthur shouted: We will end the war in one month, and everyone will go home for Christmas!
Because of this, the offensive of the American army is also known as the Christmas Offensive.
The well-equipped US Air Force, Navy, and Air Force carried out a large-scale bombing of northern Korea, and the towns, villages, railways, and bridges north of the Cheongchon River were blown into ruins.
Returning home for Christmas has become a combat target for the U.S. military.
But what kind of nightmare did they suffer?
The headquarters of the Volunteer Army used the 38th Division of the 112th Army as a bait, retreated 30 to 50 kilometers while fighting, showed weakness to confuse the enemy, and lured the enemy to take the bait. The strength of the 42nd Army, the 38th Army and other six armies spread out in an inverted V-shape in the rear from east to west, opening a large pocket, waiting for the US troops to fall in.
In order to effectively complete the deployment and delay the enemy's attack, on November 4, the sniper battle at Feihushan began, and the 335th Regiment of the 112th Division of the 38th Army blocked a division of the ROK Army and a division of the US Army for five days and nights, successfully delaying the enemy's northward advance and winning time for the deployment of the six armies in the rear.
In this battle, the 335th Regiment successively repelled 57 attacks by troops above the United ** Company, killed, wounded and captured more than 1,800 people, and more than 700 of its own **, and successfully completed the task.
After the sniper battle, the 335th Regiment retreated 30 kilometers, and at the same time, the Volunteers successively abandoned the important positions previously occupied by Huangcaoling, Bochuan and Tokugawa, and successfully lured the United ** into the death trap.
On November 21, the U.S. Army's Western Front troops advanced to the line of Jiashan, Yongsandong to Tokugawa and Ninwon, and the 1st Marine Division, the main force of the Eastern Front, advanced to the Changjin Lake area.
The young republic began a shocking counterattack!
By November 26, the 38th Army had completed the Tokugawa Annihilation Battle, and the 42nd Army had completed the Ningyuan Annihilation Battle. The united ** who came to his senses realized that he had entered the pocket formation of the volunteer army and began to retreat south in a hurry.
Want to run?On the Western Front, on the evening of November 27, the 38th Division of the 113th Army advanced lightly, creating the ultimate and impossible miracle in the military history of mankind, and the young soldiers had just ended the warContinue to weave 72 hours in the snow for 14 hours5 km, and then built strong fortifications in Sanshori to block the enemy's escape to the south.
This was followed by the Battle of Songgu Peak, which went down in historyTens of thousands of U.S. troops who tried to retreat south and hoped to go north to aid frantically attacked, trying to break through Sansholi and Longyuanli, but the 113th Division fought tenaciously and was firmly nailed to the position like a steel nail, so that although the enemy fleeing south and north to aid was less than a kilometer apart, it was like a moat and could never meet.
At Songgu Peak, a key position in Sanshori, the 3rd Company of the 335th Regiment of the 112th Division was ordered to hold on to this place and cooperate with the brother troops to annihilate the enemy army. Company commander Dai Ruyi was shot and killed in a fierce battle, and deputy company commander Yang Wenhai was wounded three times but still insisted on commanding the battle. When the bullets are gone, they fight the enemy with bayonets. When instructor Yang Shaocheng was fighting hand-to-hand with the enemy, he pulled a grenade and died with the enemyThe wounded Zhang Xuerong picked up 4 grenades and rushed into the enemy group.
This war shook the past and the present, and Wei Wei wrote affectionately among the loveliest people:
The guns were completely shattered, and machine gun parts were thrown all over the mountain. The corpses of the martyrs remained in a variety of postures, some hugged the enemy's waist, some hugged the enemy's head, some grabbed the enemy's neck and pressed the enemy to the ground, and some fell and burned together with the enemy. There was also a soldier who was still holding a grenade in his hand, and the body of the bullet was covered with brains, and the American devils who died with him burst out with their brains and smeared the ground.
In the Battle of Songgu Peak, there were only 6 soldiers left in the third company, and the enemy died more than 600, and the ratio of enemy and friend losses was about 6 1!
On December 1, under the powerful blow of the Volunteer Army, the American Western Front was completely defeated, and on December 5, the Western Front Volunteer Army recaptured Pyongyang, and then advanced to the 38th parallel.
In this battle, the 38th Army was named a god in the first battle and was called the Long Live Army!
What about the Eastern Front of the US Army?
On November 26, the U.S. Eastern Front Corps, with the 1st Marine Division as the main force, marched to their hell - Changjin Lake!
Before them, the thinly dressed 9th Corps of the Volunteer Army, which had marched day and night, in strict camouflage, endured the bitter cold, hunger, and fatigue in the mountains and woods covered with thick snow, and with astonishing perseverance, overcame all odds and dangers, and quietly arrived and lurked in the snowfield.
On November 27, the 9th Corps pounced on the U.S. Army with lightning speed, and the Battle of Changjin Lake beganUnprepared, the U.S. military encountered an unexpected attack and was divided into five parts.
At the same time, our 27th Army launched a surprise attack on the enemy at Xinxingli and Liutanli, cutting off the enemy's rescue road to the north.
So far, our army has successfully cut off the 1st Marine Division and the 7th Infantry Division of the US Army into 5 sections, forming a favorable situation of separation, encirclement and annihilation.
On November 31, the 31st Regiment of the 7th Division of the US Army, with more than 200 men escaped, was completely annihilated in the Xinxingli area, and the commander Colonel McLean and his successor Colonel Feith were killed one after another.
This regiment also has a name, called the Polar Bear Regiment.
The demise of the Polar Bear Regiment completely shook the morale of the American army, and it no longer had the intention of fighting, and then issued the famous military order:
1st Marine Division, attack south!
Their thousand-mile escape began.
In the cold of minus 40 degrees, the U.S. military retreated with great difficulty, and was intercepted by the volunteers all the way, with an average of 300 meters in 1 hour, of which there were more than 1,500 people on the road of only 22 kilometers retreating in Xiajieyu.
Every step forward for the U.S. military comes at a huge cost.
On the road from Liutanli to Dedongling, on the road of the retreat of the 1st Marine Division, there were volunteer soldiers stationed on almost every high ground on both sides of the road, and in order to cover the retreat of the US troops, the US fighters were almost close to the heads of the soldiers to cover their retreat inch by inch.
In the battle of sniping the US army, the hero Yang Gensi led three platoons to repel eight attacks by the US army in the battle of holding the small high ridge on the south side of Changjin Lake, and when he was left alone in the end, he resolutely picked up the explosive bag and rushed to the enemy group, and died with the enemy at the age of 28.
And in the harsh environment, our soldiers paid great sacrifices, and the American soldiers wrote in the record: The Chinese are huge in ground battles, air raids, and severe cold weather. Due to the lack of proper warm clothing, the combat effectiveness of the volunteers was severely weakened by the fact that a large number of soldiers were frozen to death and frostbitten. Most of the volunteers used up the ammunition they had brought with them when crossing the river, and they didn't have enough food.
Yes, they only have frozen potatoes.
As long as our soldiers can have a mouthful of hot food, none of the 1st Marine Division of the US Army can escape.
On December 12, the U.S. breakout force fled south to Wulaoli with the 3rd Division. The Volunteer Army pursued the enemy with the 26th and 27th armies, and occupied Hamhung on the 17th.
In the process of pursuing the US troops, in the severe cold of sub-zero degrees, in order to complete the sniping of the US troops, the 6th Company of the 177th Regiment of the 59th Division of the 20th Army and the 2nd Company of the 180th Regiment of the 60th Division were frozen to death on the position.
They are known as the Ice Sculpture Company.
Behind them is home, they have no choice, they have no way back, because if they don't fight this battle, they need the next generation to fight.
At this time, the United States is in full swing, with steel production 144 times that of China, 86 times the power generation of China, and 1,300 times that of China, making it the only super-industrial power in the world.
We don't have any of these, the soldiers lurk in the ice and snow, when they are thirsty, they hold the snow on the ground and send it to their mouths, and when they are hungry, they take out the potatoes and take two bites, minus 40 degrees, the potatoes have already frozen harder than stones, and when they bite into a mouthful of ice cubes, they can only lick two mouthfuls to relieve their hunger, and they are considered to be full.
We don't have steel, but what we do have is the heroic and righteous spirit of the Chinese nation and the firm belief in defending the homeland and defending the country
On December 24, with the help of nearly 300 sea ships and aircraft carriers, the 1st Marine Division, which had more than 15,000 men and was on the verge of collapse, finally ended its most difficult retreat and withdrew from the port of Hungnam to Busan by sea.
At this point, the Second Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea ended!
This was the most strategically significant victory in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid KoreaThe Volunteers regained Pyongyang and Wonsan, and the U.S. troops began to retreat in full force, all the way to the area south of the 38th parallel.
On December 24, 1950, on this day, the Chinese People's Volunteers completely smashed the "Christmas Offensive" launched by the United ** and turned the tide of the war.
For the first time, the world has finally truly realized: the Chinese people have stood up!
This day is the day of victory of the great People's Republic of China.
Since then, every day in this land has been a Christmas night
Ten years later, the United States launched a war against Vietnam, telling the United States: If it crosses the 17th parallel, China will enter the war!
Because of this sentence, the United States wallowed in the quagmire of Vietnam for 15 years, until the economy collapsed, domestic anti-war movements rose one after another, France and other countries took the lead in running on the United States, and the Brinton Woods system collapsed, but from beginning to end, the United States never dared to cross the 17th parallel!
Salute to the great heroes of the Chinese nation.
More than 70 years have passed, and today's China is the world's only industrial hegemon, with an industrial output value exceeding that of the United States, Japan and Germany combined, and steel production accounting for more than half of the world's
The blood of heroes will never be shed in vain!
Yesterday, December 24, was the day of the victory of the Republic!
*: A bad potato.