The miracle war to resist US aggression and aid Korea flooded the US armyGod, Li Qiwei exclaimed.
We would like to pay our deepest tribute to those brave warriors who, with their sweat and blood, paved the way to prosperity for us and enabled our motherland to rise.
Their heroic sacrifices have brought us a better life today. Their dedication and dedication allow us to proudly tell the world that our motherland is no longer despised and that our nation is rising.
We must always remember them, it is their dedication that has made us prosperous and strong today.
The story of the red propaganda poster "defeating the strong with the weak", our country has rich experience. From the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, in the face of the powerful strength of the enemy army, the Chinese people used their flesh and blood to fight against the torrent of steel and created one war miracle after another.
Today, we are going to talk about a battle that the United States does not want to remember the most. A marine division with nearly 20,000 people, armed to the teeth, equipped with tanks, artillery and other ****, could not overcome the reservoir defended by a company of our volunteers.
Even the American five-star general recalls it with horror, saying that if he wants to defeat the volunteers, he will not go into battle unless God wears a steel helmet and goes into battle himself. Even Li Qiwei lamented that the battle could still be fought like this.
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In June 1950, when the Korean War broke out, the United States openly intervened under the slogan of world peace and spread the war to the Yalu River in China.
In order to defend the dignity of the country, the soldiers of our army crossed the Yalu River with great courage and courage on October 19 and rushed to the Korean battlefield to fight side by side with the Korean People's Army.
After fierce fighting, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea officially broke out on October 25. In this war, China's volunteers launched three successive campaigns, all of which achieved major results.
In particular, in the third battle, our army conquered Seoul and drove the joint ** led by the US army to the vicinity of the 37th parallel. However, the U.S. army was not willing to be defeated, and soon launched a fourth campaign against our army.
In the face of the enemy's fierce attack, our troops decided to go on the defensive and block the attack step by step. This was the Hwacheon Resistance Battle, in which our soldiers defended the dignity and territorial integrity of the country with their heroic and fearless fighting spirit.
MacArthur was full of confidence and claimed to defeat our army in three months and go home for Christmas, but he had lost his position. Now we are facing Matthew Bunker Ridgway, commander-in-chief of the US Eighth Army and commander of the United ** Army.
His style of combat is predominantly cautious and conservative, and he is very good at defensive warfare, especially his tactics on the Korean battlefield are so quick that people are amazed and often catch our troops off guard.
On January 25, 1951, Li Qiwei launched a large-scale attack on our army, trying to use mechanized troops to quickly intersperse and surround our army. However, our army relied on strategic depth and constantly resisted.
Mr. Peng, commander-in-chief of the Chinese Volunteers, immediately ordered our Volunteers to conduct defensive operations.
On February 17, 1951, the Volunteers and the Korean People's Army chose positions for defense. Mr. Peng ordered the establishment of three defense lines on the north bank of the Han River in the direction of the 38th parallel.
Wu Xinquan and his 39th Army were transferred to the second line of defense for deployment. Time passed slowly, and on March 7, 1951, the U.S. military gathered a large number of troops and implemented a wreaking plan, and Mr. Peng immediately ordered the troops to carry out mobile defense.
This time, the U.S. military was menacing, using large-scale mechanized interspersed tactics to surround the Volunteer Army.
On March 14, Mr. Peng commanded the Chinese volunteers to evacuate Seoul on their own initiative and began to fight and retreat, which lasted until April. At this time, our volunteers had been fighting continuously for more than 2 months, and their bodies were extremely tired.
Our leadership is deeply concerned about the hard work of the soldiers, but they cannot change their fate. Do you think the efforts of our volunteer soldiers are so desperate to help other countries?
The Chinese nation and the DPRK are a community with a shared future, and if the DPRK is breached, will the Western powers let go of the Yalu River, which is eager to try? In particular, the US bombers at that time wreaked havoc in the Yalu River area of our country, and even dropped bombs in the Andong area.
Enemy planes ruthlessly bombed the Andong region of our country, destroying countless houses and countless people, which is heartbreaking. Western countries, led by the United States, have always tried to suppress the development of our country and pull it back into that dark abyss.
There is such a sentence circulating on the Internet: The former powers have bullied the Qing Dynasty, and the current powers miss the Qing Dynasty.
The evil on the banks of the Yalu River is always spurring us on and reminding us of our unremitting self-improvement, how can the sons and daughters of China sit idly by and let the evil of the Yalu River continue to rage? We, the Chinese nation, will surely make them pay the price of blood.
Therefore, countless patriotic young people packed their bags, left their hometowns, and marched to the Yalu River to fight for the defense of the motherland. Later veterans recalled that they never imagined that the DPRK was so close to our country.
It was at that moment that they truly understood that the decision of our great man to resist US aggression and aid Korea was so correct. Defeating the wolf of American imperialist ambition has become the common belief of the fighters.
Let's get back to the point, the fourth campaign to resist US aggression and aid Korea is about to break out in full swing, and this time, the strongest opponent of the Volunteer Army has been changed from MacArthur to Matthew Bunker Ridgway.
After experiencing the baptism of the Battle of Changjin Lake, Li Qiwei knew that the combat strength of the Chinese volunteer soldiers was unmatched, and their will was as firm as steel, so he knew that in order to win this battle, it was necessary to formulate a more thorough battle plan.
General Ridgway was commanding on the other side of the battlefield at the moment, and the 39th Army, the most elite of the Volunteer Army, also received an important task: they had to resist the attack of the 3rd Marine Regiment of the US Army in the Hwacheon Plain.
The 1st Marine Division of the U.S. Marine Corps is the strongest ace of the U.S. military, and they have never tasted defeat in the 160 years since the founding of the country. They have the most advanced equipment in the world, and the soldiers are the best of the best.
However, in the Battle of Changjin Lake, they suffered defeat. If you are curious about their defeat in the Battle of Changjin Lake, you can leave a message in the comment area "Battle of Changjin Lake".
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The Battle of Changjin Lake was a war of historic significance, which was won by the heroic resistance of the 1st Division of the United States Marine Corps. Known as the "Sword of America", the division demonstrated outstanding combat effectiveness in the Battle of Kuah, Peleliu and Okinawa, and made great achievements for the myth of the invincibility of the United States Marine Corps.
Among all the marines in the United States, the 1st Marine Division is undoubtedly the most dazzling star, with the oldest qualifications, with a super-large army of nearly 20,000 people, equipped with the most advanced combat equipment in the United States at that time, including tanks, artillery, etc.
The 1st Marine Division is a truly elite and strong army that has made great contributions to the military strength of the United States.
Although the 39th Army, the ace of our army, has strong combat effectiveness, it is facing many difficulties on the Korean battlefield. The fighting continued, and the material transport vehicles were often bombed by the US army, leaving the soldiers of the 39th Army exhausted, underfed, and severely short of ammunition.
There is not enough ** ammunition on the battlefield, and the fighters are as dangerous as a live target. The fighters were physically and mentally exhausted and under tremendous pressure from the long battles.
Although the fighters of the 39th Army were physically and mentally exhausted, their ** equipment was relatively backward. Compared with the armored forces of the US army, the grenades in the hands of the volunteer soldiers are crude and limited, and may not even reach half the power of the other side.
Under such circumstances, it can be said that stopping the advance of the 1st Marine Division in the plains is an almost impossible task, and it is almost like a fantasy. However, unexpectedly, the 39th Army successfully completed this task.
So, how exactly do they do it? Let's move on.
After receiving the order, Commander Wu Xinquan immediately threw himself into the strategic deployment of the 39th Army to block the 1st Marine Division of the United States. To ensure the success of the mission, he repeatedly studied the map and sifted through various tactical strategies in his mind.
When he saw the Hwacheon Reservoir on the map, inspiration struck. He stared at the reservoir and remembered the story of Guan Yu's defeat of Cao Cao in the Battle of Xiangfan, a well-known historical story of the Chinese nation, which gave him a bold idea.
In 219 AD, Liu Bei of Shu wanted to seize Hanzhong, so he ordered Guan Yu to respond on the side. The heroic Guan Yu seized the opportunity of Cao Wei's defeat, stepped forward, and led his army north to conquer Jingzhou.
At this time, Cao Cao's forces in Jingzhou were few and could not withstand Guan Yu's onslaught. In order to support Cao Ren in Jingzhou City, Cao Cao dispatched the general Ban and led the army to help. Unexpectedly, Jingzhou was in the rainy season, and when the army marched to the Xiangyang area, it coincided with the tide, and the troops were in the lower reaches of the river.
Liu Bei once used this tactic to successfully capture Hanzhong, making Guan Yu famous in the Battle of Xiangfan. Later, this tactic was widely used in many battles, and was even used by Lao Chiang against our party, but it did not work in all cases, such as the "Huayuankou Duel" incident.
In order to successfully use this tactic, it requires the cooperation of time, place, and people, and it needs to be carefully deployed, just like the careful planning of Wu Xinquan, commander of the 39th Army, before implementing the plan.
In order to ensure the implementation of the tactics, Guan Yu ordered Wu Xinquan to lead the investigators and interpreters in the team to conduct on-the-spot investigations to find out the location and storage of all gates. After learning the details, he ordered all 12 sluice gates of the reservoir to be closed and the water level to be raised as much as possible so that the maximum volume of water could be reached after the sluice gates were opened, so as to be fully prepared for the follow-up operation.
At the same time, they reported the plan to the higher authorities and asked the surrounding residents to evacuate so as not to harm innocents.
Wu Xinquan not only ordered the 115th Division to leave one unit behind to defend against the American forces, ensuring that the reservoir had enough time to store water, but also allowed the rest of the troops to retreat behind the north bank of the Han River.
The high ground they held on to was about two kilometers north of Mt. Yeongbong, with the Hwacheon Lake Dam to the north, Hwacheon Lake to the east, and the Bukhan River to the west. Thus, this heights became the last line of defense of our troops against the enemy.
To the south, there is a road to the U.S. Army, on which the newly rested U.S. troops are advancing in an attempt to hold back our troops. Our army decided to destroy them here, but they did not know what would follow"Surprise"Wait for them.
The pace of the march of the American army on Yingfeng Mountain was relatively slow, and Li Qiwei, because of his cautious character, especially his understanding of the heroic performance of the Chinese volunteers in the Battle of Changjin Lake, had a deeper understanding of how powerful his enemy was, so he always warned himself that he must not relax in the slightest when fighting our army.
In order to guard against possible surprises, he deliberately slowed down several times throughout the march.
In the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, although our general Li Qiwei had no last resort, he did not expect that our army would use the reservoir to deal with them. When the campaign entered a critical stage, our generals proposed to blow up the dam directly to increase the water potential, so as to eliminate more American living forces.
However, this suggestion was rejected by General Wu Xinquan. He believes that the reservoir was built to generate electricity for the local people, and the construction process was full of hardships. If the reservoir is completely destroyed, it will be extremely difficult to repair it in the future.
Therefore, Wu Xinquan resolutely opposed the dam bombing and resolutely safeguarded the interests of the local people.
In the early morning of April 9, 1951, when the water in the Hwacheon Lake reservoir was almost overflowing, Ridgway arrived in the Hwacheon area with his group army, and everything was just right.
He believed that in the battle of Topingli, the US army had a certain advantage, and the volunteers should still be resting, so they would not set up an ambush here. As a result, the 1st Marine Division of the United States barely did any reconnaissance and went straight to the south bank of the Han River to prepare to cross the river.
However, Li Qiwei did not know that at this time, the 39th Army's plan to flood the US army had been launched, and the volunteer soldiers guarding the reservoir gate had already opened all 12 gates of the Huachuan Reservoir at the agreed time.
In an instant, the sluice gates of the reservoir opened, and the turbulent flood roared and rushed towards the 1st Marine Division that was crossing the river, like a beast baring its fangs. Before the U.S. military could react, the water level of the Han River was sharply ** in an hour, and the pontoon bridge they erected was washed away, and the cars and tanks that were crossing the bridge were also swept away by the floodwaters.
Then, the flood washed up the road again, and even the American troops on the shore were not spared.
In Hwacheon, the US military's modern equipment was seriously hampered by the collapse of the road and the collapse of the bridge, and he was trapped for six whole days, which greatly surprised Li Qiwei, an outstanding graduate of the West Point Military Academy, who never imagined that modern warfare could be carried out in this way.
After the flood receded, Li Qiwei did not stop there, he quickly adjusted his strategy, and ordered the soldiers to go all out to seize the high ground around the Hwacheon Reservoir and launch a counterattack against the volunteers.
Taking advantage of the terrain, the Hwacheon Reservoir was successfully seized and the sluice gates were closed. When Ridgway learned that only one company was stationed on the high ground, he immediately ordered the 1st Marine Division to attack the high ground as a company.
According to the attack method of the US troops, they will definitely blow up the high ground of less than 500 square meters into a sea of fire, rain all kinds of bombs, incendiary bombs, and napalm bombs, and uninterruptedly fall on the heads of the soldiers of a company.
Expecting the sea of fire, our soldiers have long been prepared. As early as the day the Hwacheon Dam was closed, the company had already begun to speculate about the US military's counterattack today. Therefore, during the impoundment of the reservoir, the fighters of the 1st company went all out and did only one thing: digging trench bunkers.
They worked 14 hours a day on civil engineering, digging day and night on the high ground, constructing nearly 1,800 meters of trenches and 400 meters of hidden trenches.
Each squad was equipped with two such trenches, fully taking into account the criteria for fighting a large battle.
In addition to the fortifications mentioned above, the position has more than 30 hidden bunkers, as well as about 250 firing fortifications. All bunkers and trenches were covered with a large number of logs and mounds of earth, and there were connected communication trenches between each platoon.
The combined use of these defenses constitutes a formidable defensive position. After completing these fortifications, the soldiers also built some firing points and bunkers at the front of the position, and destroyed the road in front of the position, so that the entire road fell under the control of a company.
In order to stop the movement of enemy tanks, they dug several sections of ditches more than 800 meters long, and any possible landing on Hwacheon Lake was destroyed by the fighters of the first company.
Under heavy artillery fire, there was still nowhere to escape from the shelter. On April 16, the seventh day after the flooding of the U.S. Army, Li Qiwei finally succeeded in seizing the Hwacheon Reservoir, but by this time the reservoir was empty, and the soldiers of the 39th Army had already evacuated and disappeared without a trace.
The defeat in this battle completely hit Ridgway's self-confidence, and he had never seen such a formidable opponent as the Volunteer Army. Li Qiwei realized that the U.S. army was no match for the volunteers, and there was no point in continuing the pursuit, and his plan to go north was completely shattered. ”
On April 21, 1951, the Chinese People's Volunteers won the Fourth War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. The story of Wu Xinquan's flooding of the U.S. army quickly spread among the volunteers, and all of this was inseparable from this group of heroic soldiers.
They have proved the great strength of our army in the confrontation with imperialism with victory after victory, they are the pinnacle of light infantry, they are the symbol of the incomparably huge potential of the Chinese nation, and they are the loveliest and most respectable people in the world.
When recalling the battle scene with our army, an American five-star general still said with trepidation: "If you want to defeat the volunteers, you can't go into battle unless God himself puts on armor." ”
On that day, the 1st Marine Division of the United States made six attacks on our positions, but the result was no surprise, all of them ended in failure, and in the end they could only stay on the south bank of the Han River.
On the south bank of the Han River, in the face of the stubborn resistance of the US ** team, our soldiers did not have the slightest fear. Among them, Wang Wenhai, a soldier of the first company, charged bravely, and even if he was hit by several bullets, he still couldn't hold on until the last drop of blood was drained.
After he fell, more warriors rushed into battle as bravely as he did, defending the position with their lives. These volunteer soldiers were ready to sacrifice their lives for their country, and no matter how fierce the attack of the American army was, they held their positions and did not retreat an inch.
The U.S. military launched a new offensive on the heights of the second company, intending to bypass the position of the first company with amphibious vehicles, so as to achieve a pincer encirclement of the first company and force it to withdraw from its position. Despite holding on to the retreat, the U.S. forces did not give up and launched a fierce attack again.
This surprise attack by the US military was completely unexpected by our army. When the strength of an American battalion quietly approached the position of the second company, the soldiers of the second company happened to be resting at the changing of the guard, so that the American army almost succeeded.
However, the command post of the 344th regiment reacted immediately, successfully defusing the crisis and preserving the position. In the end, a company of the 39th Army, with the assistance of brother troops, held its position for four days and four nights.
America's ace troops attacked more than a dozen times, but they were all completely crushed by our stubborn fighters at the cost of blood. In this battle, a total of 482 US soldiers were killed in the first company, which was another important victory after the Battle of Changjin Lake in the century.
In the face of the flexible tactics of the volunteer soldiers, the US army appeared restless, and even the ace elite troops could not resist. Li Qiwei even lamented after the end of the Korean War that the tactics of our ** team are too weird, the sea of fire tactics, magnetic tactics, the center of the flowering, go hand in hand, so that the enemy is unable to defend against it.
This is precisely the essence of our country's tactics, which emphasizes "flexible tactics", that is, anything can become the best of our army.
The ancestors in the troubled times had no choice, and there were only two paths in front of them: either they became displaced people and were displaced; Either dedicate oneself to the revolution and fight for the liberation of the nation and the people.
Although their lives are short, they believe that this life is meaningful because they have made some small contributions to the country and the people, even if these contributions are insignificant, but they will forever be recorded in history and will never be forgotten. ”
Before dawn, it was the sacrifices of the revolutionary forefathers and the volunteer soldiers who paved the way. Some people say that true national heroes are buried underground, but I think they are all heroes because their beliefs are so strong.
Our motherland is growing stronger and thriving thanks to the warriors who fought so hard. They have built bridges with their bodies, paved roads with thorns, and created a bright future for us.
Their heroic sacrifice yesterday brought us a better life today. Here, we would like to express our deepest gratitude to the martyrs in the Martyrs' Cemetery, who have allowed us to have our current country, let us walk on the vast land, and let them love our motherland deeply.
Let us tell these warriors that without them we would not be able to live happily ever after today. They are true heroes and their spirit will always inspire us to move forward.
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