In the clear water on the banks of the Songhua River, the figures of the volunteers to resist US aggression and aid Korea are reflected.
The biting north wind on the 38th parallel washed away the traces of non-stop artillery fire in the war.
"The floating boat is in the sea, and Kunlun is immediately. ”
The majesty of New China is inseparable from the heroic fire that burst out to resist US aggression and aid Korea.
Although the battle is stopped, the spirit is inexhaustible.
From October 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, it took two years and nine months of bloody fighting, and tens of thousands of "loveliest people".
For the peace and security of the motherland, he threw his head and shed his blood.
In the end, we have fought for a peaceful new China with stable development and today's take-off.
It was precisely because of this great victory at Changjin Lake that the myth of "the total annihilation of an entire regiment of the US army" was created for the first time in our army.
However, the victory in the Battle of Changjin Lake was also due to the Soviet Union's military assistance.
So why did Stalin change his mind?
And how did you assist our country in resisting US aggression and aiding Korea?
After the end of World War II, countries around the world were in ruins.
June 25, 1950, North Korea**.
Trending towards international ** and North-South conflicts, a mighty civil war broke out in Korea.
After the outbreak of the war, the "United Forces" led by the United States carried out military operations against the DPRK.
This seemingly righteous action seriously violates the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the DPRK.
Not only that, the US Air Force has repeatedly violated China's airspace and provoked the territorial security of China's northeastern border.
At that time, the capitalist world and the socialist world were increasingly divided, and the Cold War trend was obvious.
Suppose the United States succeeds in encroaching on North Korean land.
Then for the entire socialist world, there will be all kinds of harm but no benefit.
Moreover, the territory of the DPRK borders our country.
If the Korean War is lost, Japan will have one more enemy adjacent to its territory, which will adversely affect Japan's development.
After much consideration, our great leader called the leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin, to discuss with him the matter of defending against the enemy.
At this time, China and the Soviet Union were in a period of strategic alliance.
In order to ensure the safe and stable development of New China.
With its big brother on its back, China survived the relatively comfortable early years of statehood.
In 1950, the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance between the two sides showed that China was in the role of "protector" in this relationship.
Adhering to the Marxist-Leninist creed of "the strong help the weak".
The Soviet Union, under the condition of ensuring its own strategic needs, will provide assistance to China, including military affairs.
Therefore, when China put forward the proposal to resist US aggression and aid Korea, Stalin promised China that he would give the Chinese air force cover and supplies.
At this time, the Soviet Union also experienced the cruel baptism of World War II.
The society is in dire need of recuperation.
Therefore, Stalin, who is also a socialist country, did not support our country's decision to resist US aggression and aid Korea at the first time, and he provided our army ** as promised.
However, the air force support was delayed in reaching the battlefield.
In the early days of the war, the U.S. military adopted the strategy of dividing its troops into two routes, bypassing the defense line in the eastern part of the North Korean army and pinning the North Korean army.
However, our army saw through the opponent's tricks, and with unexpected speed, the opponent lost several battles in succession.
In October 1950, our army fired the first shot of the attack on the US Army.
The quick-ending battle was won, but it also provoked a counterattack by the American army.
The U.S. military was not rushed to the 38th parallel in one fell swoop.
Our army missed the best fighters.
After that, MacArthur, a five-star general in the United States, announced that he would take fire to bomb our troops.
The world-renowned air force of the United States carried out brutal air strikes against our volunteers.
Under the circumstance that the army was extremely heavy, our army made a decision to use the rugged and mountainous terrain of the Changjin Lake area as a cover to evade the detection and bombing of the air force.
The 9th Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army against the 10th Army of the United States.
At the beginning of November 1950, the Ninth Army Corps decided to take"Roundabout cut-off, encirclement and annihilation".The way of playing.
The aim is to cut off the support of the US military so that it has no way to retreat.
Until the end of the battle, the commander of the 1st Division of the US Army still bluntly called it "impossible."
Because to achieve the encirclement of the US military,Tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers need to travel dozens of kilometers a day and climb many snow-capped mountains to reach the rear of the US military.
This miracle was finally realized by the Chinese ** people.
For this, the volunteers also paid a painful sacrifice.
On November 27, the unexpected happened.
Heavy snowfall in North Korea caused many casualties in the low temperature of minus 40 degrees Celsius, and the freezing death rate of the army was as high as 35%.
Zou Shiyong, deputy instructor of the 3rd Company of the 235th Regiment of the 79th Division of the 27th Army of the Ninth Corps, recalled with tears:
"Our shoes are still rubber shoes, so when it was more than ten degrees below zero, our feet were frozen, and each of us only had a small thin quilt ......It was so cold, and wherever they boiled (the potatoes) and sent them to them, they were all lumps of ice and could not eat, but the soldiers were hungry, what to do? Hard gnawing, sandwiched under the armpit, a layer of gnawing a little, then melting, and then gnawing. ”Not only that, but the soldiers also faced difficulties such as food shortages, lack of ammunition, and insufficient firepower.
A class, a dozen people, only one or two quilts.
At night with dozens of degrees below zero, more than a dozen fighters hugged each other to keep warm.
In the first month or so of fighting in Korea, 9 million catties of grain were normally needed, but less than half of them were actually received.
It's still the U.S. military, and I don't want to even look at the fried noodles and potatoes.
And yet in such difficult conditions.
Our ** people still carried the Great Wall against the US Army units with their flesh and blood.
On 30 November, after a long march and days of ambushes, the time was ripe.
The 9th Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteers launched a siege on the 1st Marine Division of the United States.
The American GIs, who were well fed and well-fed, were frightened by the "ice giants" in front of them, and in the encirclement, the proud air force cover of the United States also lost its effect.
Eventually,The most difficult battle of Changjin Lake ended in the victory of annihilating the US ** regiment.
It also became a turning point in the resurrection of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
On December 24, 1950, the U.S. military was completely unable to resist the attack of the Chinese and had to return home in a great defeat in Xinnangang.
The news of China's victory spread all over the world.
All countries are amazed by the strength of the fighting power of the Chinese people, and also admire China's willingness to help countries that have been bullied internationally in the early days of its establishment.
This battle can be said to have played the bloody nature of the Chinese people, and also played the military prestige of the Chinese nation.
Even Stalin could not believe that the Chinese volunteers could end the battle at Changjin Lake within a month and defeat the most advanced GIs.
Especially, after hearing the news that the ** person froze to death in the ice and snow and also maintained the charging posture.
Stalin burst into tears.
He highly praised the strict discipline of the Chinese people and the lofty will of thought.
Then the promise of the treaty was traveled.
As many as 36 divisions of equipment were sent, plus 3,500 trucks.
With the assistance of the Soviet Union, the U.S. army was defeated, and could only watch as its army was defeated back to the 38th Realm.
On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the defeat of the United States.
It is worth mentioning that after the end of the war, China and the Soviet Union still maintained good exchanges and became closer.
The Ninth Corps, non-combat attrition, reached a staggering 20,000 men!
The flame of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea,It is not only to remember that the people are united in defending against the enemy, but also to remind the people of the world that peace is not easy to come by.
At the moment when the country was reborn and everything was in ruins, more than 2.9 million volunteers shouldered the burden of defending the country and went to the battlefield.
"Heaven and earth are heroic, and the autumn is still awe-inspiring. ”
The fire in their hands and hearts shines in the hearts of every countryman.
It illuminates the darkness of war, but also illuminates the dawn of the motherland, and always guides us to unite as one.
With their strength, the volunteers proved to the world the indestructibility of the Chinese people.
It proves the inviolability of China's territory and the inviolability of China's dignity.
The new youth of the times must take over the torch of their predecessors, let the spark ignite the prairies, and make the flame of China brighter and more dazzling in the new era.