Why is the Battle of Changjin Lake the most brutal battle on the Korean battlefield?

Mondo Movies Updated on 2024-01-30

On June 25, 1950, the Korean People's Army marched southward, and the "Korean War" officially broke outOn the 28th, the KPA captured Seoul, and the Korean ** team was unable to withstand the strong offensive of the KPA and retreated. Under such circumstances, the US authorities soon began to intervene in order to maintain their leadership and interests in Asia. On September 15 of the same year, the U.S. 10th Army landed at Incheon, and the Korean People's Army suffered heavy losses and had to temporarily retreat. On October 8, 1950, the DPRK** requested our country to send troops for assistance. In line with the core principle of "resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, defending the homeland and defending the country," China quickly organized the 'Chinese People's Volunteer Army' to fight in Korea. It is worth mentioning that only more than 10 days after entering the DPRK, the troops of our volunteers fought the first battle after garrisoning Korea and won the victory, destroying more than 15,000 enemies in total. This battle not only thwarted the plan of the "United **" to occupy the whole of Korea on November 23 and initially stabilized the war situation in Korea, but also established confidence in the victory of the Korean people.

However, after all, the war was cruel, and it was even more challenging for our volunteers to fight in Korea. During the Second Campaign, both the enemy and the enemy encountered a cold winter on the Korean Peninsula that had not been seen in 50 years, and the temperature was as low as minus 30 or 40 degrees. According to a later American military major medic named "Chester Leyson": "Everything was frozen, the plasma frozen, the bottle froze and cracked.......""You can see how low the temperature was at that time. Due to the cold weather, the US military had to shoot day and night to prevent ** from being frozen. If you're not going out on patrol and in special situations, get into your sleeping bag to keep warm. However, despite the layers of protection, more than 60 people in one battalion were unable to move due to frostbite in one day. However, in general, the logistics supply of the US military is still very good, and almost all the supplies of the US Far East Air Force have been put into the Changjin Lake area. No matter how cold the weather is, American soldiers still have hot coffee to drink and diesel stoves to roast.

What they don't know, however, is that their opponents, our volunteer warriors, have been in ambush in the snow for six days and nights, dressed in single clothes, eating fried noodles and snowing!Of course, they would not have imagined that with the sound of rapid military trumpets, thousands of volunteer warriors suddenly appeared in the wilderness after the heavy snowfall. This is the famous "Battle of Changjin Lake" on the Korean battlefield!To be honest, this battle was very tragic. Due to the lack of supply of logistics materials, in the severe cold of dozens of degrees below zero, many soldiers are still dressed in single clothes, although the battle was finally won, but in this battle, our army was more than 19,000 people because of the battle, and about 30,000 people were frostbitten, and more than 4,000 people froze to death. Of course, the life of the US military is not easy, and the number of American GIs who have frozen to death is as high as thousands.

What is sentimental is that in the Dead Eagle Ridge Heights, 125 officers and soldiers of the 6th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 117th Regiment of the 59th Division of the 20th Army of our Volunteer Army all froze to death on the ice and snow position. It was as if when the snow melted, they were going to break out of the trenches and attack the enemy......Later, it was verified that in the Changjin Lake area, there were three such "ice sculpture companies", they were: 6 companies of the 177th Regiment of the 59th Division of the 20th Army, 2 companies of the 180th Regiment of the 60th Division of the 20th Army, and 5 companies of the 242nd Regiment of the 80th Division of the 27th Army. In this battle, the "Polar Bear" regiment of the US army was completely annihilated by our volunteers, and their regimental flags also became the trophies of the volunteers in the Military Museum of the Chinese Revolution. At the end of the battle, the remnants of the US army, under the cover of seven aircraft carriers, were lucky enough to use the sea route to break away from the Changjin Lake battlefield. And the scene of our volunteers braving heavy snow and dense fire nets to stubbornly resist will forever become a lingering shadow on the US military. So much so that many years later, Bowser, chief of operations of the 1st Marine Division of the US Army, still had lingering palpitations about the scene of escaping from Changjin Lake, and he said: "I believe that the ice and snow of Changjin Lake and the ruthless attack of the squadron regardless of ** are a never-ending nightmare in the hearts of every marine." ”

The victory in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea not only safeguarded peace in Asia and the world, but also further consolidated China's nascent democratic regime, thus greatly enhancing New China's prestige in the international community. Of course, victory in this war belongs not only to the Chinese people and the Korean people, but also to the people of the world, because this is a just and excellent war, a war against aggression and a war for peace. Of course, from the beginning to the end of this war, it lasted three years and experienced a total of five major battles, and there are still many issues worth studying.

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