On June 25, 1950, deafening gunfire rang out on the Korean Peninsula, and a local large-scale Korean War broke out.
Initially, the Korean War was just a national civil war on the Korean Peninsula, but the United States did not want to see its little brother South Korea being beaten by North Korea, so it organized a so-called "joint **" under the leadership of five-star General MacArthur to enter the Korean battlefield.
After the successful landing at Incheon, the joint ** carried out a large-scale **, which turned the situation on the Korean Peninsula around. The "United **" drove straight across the 38th parallel, and even ignored China's stern warnings, and burned the flames of war to the border areas between China and the DPRK, posing a great threat to the safety of the lives and property of our people.
At the request of the DPRK, China sent Chinese volunteers to cross the Yalu River and go to the DPRK with great courage and courage to fight to resist US aggression and aid Korea and defend the homeland and the country.
On the Korean battlefield, the Volunteers fought against the "United League" composed of 17 countries, including the powerful emerging hegemon the United States, the old powerhouse Britain, and the weak small country Luxembourg responsible for playing soy sauce.
Among these opponents of the Volunteer Army, the Australian battalion located in Oceania is definitely considered to be strong, and they have fought a brilliant record in white-knuckle warfare on the Korean battlefield, but they have encountered volunteers who are less afraid of death and can fight with bayonets than them.
As we all know, Australia was originally the place where the British exiled criminals, because the Americans who were originally exiled by the British won the Revolutionary War.
In 1606, the Dutch first discovered this land in Oceania, and the Dutch were not interested in this land, so they did not develop and build this barren land, but still named this land "New Netherland".
On April 29, 1770, the British landed at Botany Bay near Sydney and declared the eastern part of the Australian continent to belong to Great Britain.
On January 26, 1788, British Admiral Arthur Phillip led the first immigrants to Sydney, which became the new penal colony of Britain, and the day was also designated as a national day in Australia.
After that, although Australia also continued to resist, it still became a British colony, and it was tossed until 1931, because of the British power after World War I, which devolved part of its power. At that time, the United Kingdom enacted the Westminster Act, which gave Australia considerable autonomy, but still retained some legislative powers.
So after World War II, although Australia seemed to be an independent country, it was still regarded as a colonial country in the eyes of some major powers, a small follower of Britain.
At the Cairo Conference in 1943, Australia, which had also paid a great price during World War II, was excluded, which deeply pierced the hearts of Australians.
In World War II, Australia fought a lot of troops, from the European theater to the Pacific, and was brave and tenacious, and sacrificed more than 40,000 soldiers for the victory of World War II, but after the victory, it was excluded from such an important meeting.
Therefore, after World War II, Australia actively participated in all international affairs and made its presence as strong as possible, which is one of the reasons why Australia actively sent troops to Japan and entered the war in Korea.
Another reason is that after World War II, the strength of Australia's original suzerain, Britain, declined, and it needed to find another strong country to back, so it became "Uncle Sam".
After the United States proposed the formation of a "joint **", Australia immediately expressed its support and promised to join the "joint **", and subsequently sent its navy and air force and army to the war.
During the Korean War, Australia sent more than 17,000 troops, including land, sea and air forces, ranking fifth among the participating countries in terms of the number of troops. At that time, there were only more than 90,000 Australian regular troops, which shows how hard he worked to curry favor with the Americans.
In addition to sending its navy and air force to fight in North Korea, Australia also sent an army unit to the Korean battlefield3rd Battalion, Royal Australian RegimentIt was known as the "Australian Battalion", which had about 1,400 people.
In September 1950, after the Australian battalion successfully landed on the Korean Peninsula with the "United **", it was placed under the jurisdiction of the 27th Brigade of the British Commonwealth, becoming the strongest battalion of the brigade.
In October, the Australian battalion continued to advance north with the British 27th Army, and when receiving the US airborne troops, the vanguard of the Australian battalion found the 239th Regiment of the North Korean People's Army when passing by a large apple orchard.
When the Australian vanguard heard the order, they loaded their bayonets and rushed into the apple orchard, because the Australian soldiers were tall and well-trained, and because there were many new recruits in the Korean People's Army, and they had fought fiercely with the US airborne troops the night before, they were already exhausted at this time.
The surprise attack of the Australian battalion caught the Korean People's Army by surprise, and the 239th Regiment of the Korean People's Army was routed with a single charge. After fierce fighting, the Australian troops stabbed 150 Korean KPA to death with bayonets and captured more than 200 people at the cost of only 7 wounded.
The Australian battalion was demoralized by a resounding victory, and they arrogantly believed that they were an invincible army, and no one paid attention to it except the United States, which he was talking about, and even thought that "we can challenge the world".
After Australia became famous in World War I, many troops of the "United **" treated him with courtesy, which made him begin to float.
At that time, the Australian battalion thought that there was no difference between the squadron and the Korean People's Army, with yellow **, black hair, short stature, and backward equipment, and always wanted to compete with the volunteers.
In November 1950, the 117th Division of the 39th Army of the Volunteer Army launched an attack on the Bochuan area where the British 27th Brigade was stationed.
The 350th Regiment of the vanguard of the Volunteer Army still encountered a howitzer battalion of the US Army on the bank of the Daning River, and after a fierce battle, 12 howitzers were captured and one enemy was annihilated. But the 350th regiment was also very large, so it was decided to leave 1 company to cover the retreat of the rest of the troops.
After the retreat of the large army, the 1st Company was bitten by the enemy and could not escape. Later, under the frenzied bombardment of the aircraft and artillery of the "United **", the British army concentrated its forces and launched an attack on the 1st Company to hold its position. However, due to the heroic and tenacious repulsion of the enemy's attacks by the volunteer soldiers, the British army did not take the position.
At this time, the commander of the British 27th Brigade was very anxious, he yelled at other officers in the headquarters, and then he gave an order to the Australian battalion to take the position of the volunteers at all costs.
And after a cruel battle in the morning, there were only more than 30 people left in the 1st Company of the 350th Regiment of the Volunteer Army.
It didn't take long for the volunteer soldiers to run out of bullets, and at this time the soldiers still had a "glorious bullet" on their bodies, so the soldiers put on their bayonets and prepared to fight to the death with the enemy.
The Australian battalion saw that the volunteer soldiers were out of bullets, which was exactly what they wanted, so they also threw their bayonets on the volunteer soldiers, thinking that a single charge would defeat the volunteers like the Korean People's Army before.
However, the volunteer soldiers taught the Australian battalion a lesson with facts, and the volunteer soldiers were not afraid in the face of the swarming Australian troops, and these more than 30 volunteer soldiers quickly formed an offensive formation and relied on the favorable terrain to fight the enemy.
Although the equipment of the Volunteer Army is backward from that of the "United", when it comes to fighting bayonets, our army is much stronger than the Australian battalion in this regard.
The formation of the volunteer soldiers was not comparable to that of the Australian battalion soldiers fighting alone, and after a brutal and tragic struggle, the ground was covered with the wounded and corpses of the Australian soldiers who were wailing all over the field.
After this round of white-knuckle fighting, the volunteer soldiers thwarted an attack of the Australian battalion with bayonets in their hands, stabbing 12 Australian soldiers to death and seriously wounding 64 Australian soldiers.
Just as the 1st Company of the 350th Regiment was preparing to die with the enemy, the other two of the 350th Regiment arrived in time, and the remaining 20 fighters of the 1st Company, with the assistance of their comrades, successfully escaped from the enemy's encirclement.
After this battle, the Australian battalion no longer dared to engage in white-knives combat with the volunteers, and the image of the volunteers fighting bayonets without fear of death made the Australians and the "United **" fully realize: on the battlefield, don't fight bayonets with the Chinese!
Conclusion:
Achieving final victory on the battlefield does not necessarily mean that the side with a huge advantage, and it can also be said that victory is not determined by military equipment and logistical supply. It can only be said that the best equipment and good logistics support can provide a strong guarantee for winning the war.
At that time, when China formed the Volunteer Army, the problems of outdated equipment were still very serious, and with the economic strength at that time, the backwardness in logistics support made the volunteer soldiers suffer a lot.
From the point of view of first-class equipment and logistical support, there are almost no volunteers who want to achieve the final victory, but the volunteer soldiers have achieved a victory that has attracted the attention of the world by virtue of the spirit of daring to fight with the enemy to the end.