"Changjin Lake": Bloody battles and lurking in the ice and snow cold, the sound of the loud charge resounding in the sky, Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, and Lin Chaoxian have been preparing for seven years and striving to create an epic masterpiece.
Based on the Battle of Changjin Lake, the film vividly portrays the heroic image of the volunteer soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country and were brave and fearless, showing their noble qualities of leading by example and showing their swords to the enemy.
Now, let's dig deeper into the shocking and passionate history behind this film.
On June 25, 1950, North Korean Prime Minister Kim Il became the great cause of Korean reunification and launched an attack on South Korea. Just five years after the end of World War II, the world was once again plunged into war, and this time the war involved more than 20 countries, and the Korean Peninsula became the focus of the world.
At the beginning of the Korean War, the Korean People's Army quickly moved south, captured Seoul, the capital of South Korea, and continued to pursue the US-ROK coalition to the Pusan line. Kim Il Sung issued the order for a general offensive at this time, and it seemed that the Korean Peninsula was about to be reunified.
However, on the other side of the ocean, in order to maintain its influence in East Asia, the United States manipulated the United Nations to pass a resolution in the absence of the Soviet Union and New China, and decided to send troops to intervene in Korea and form a coalition led by the United States.
Under the leadership of US Army General MacArthur, the joint ** successfully launched the Inchon landing campaign, effectively blocking the retreat channel of the KPA. The front-line troops of the People's Army were faced with the situation of being attacked by the enemy on their backs, and their morale was seriously impacted, and they had no choice but to retreat in a hurry, suffering huge losses.
However, MacArthur did not stop the offensive because of this, but continued to command the joint ** to cross the "38th parallel" and launch an attack on Korea. The greatly weakened North Korean army retreated all the way to the Sino-North Korean border.
In the face of the joint attack, Kim Il Sung urgently asked for help from New China, hoping to send reinforcements to assist. Out of consideration for the overall international situation, the leaders of New China issued an ultimatum to the United States, demanding that the United States immediately stop its offensive and withdraw to the 38th parallel.
Ignoring the warnings of China, MacArthur continued to direct the northward march of the United States, and crossed the Sino-North Korean border to bomb the northeastern region of China, causing a large number of them.
Undaunted by difficulties, New China decided to form a volunteer army to send troops to Korea to counter MacArthur's provocations.
On the night of October 19, 1950, under the leadership of the commander-in-chief *** Marshal, the Chinese People's Volunteers resolutely crossed the Yalu River and launched an attack on the United **, regardless of the barrier of the national border.
Under the wise command of General Peng, the Volunteer Army launched five fierce battles, not only annihilating a large number of enemy troops, but also successfully pushing the battle line back to the 38th parallel.
In order to resist the absolute air supremacy of the United **, the volunteers had to act at night, avoid the air raids during the day, and could not take the main road, they could only climb over the mountains and mountains of North Korea, and in the face of the severe cold, they could only rely on their own feet to advance and race with the vehicles of the United **.
After the end of the first battle, the Volunteer Army finally gained a foothold in Korea, but MacArthur was still very arrogant, looked down on New China, and arbitrarily believed that the squadron that entered Korea was only tens of thousands of people.
He firmly believed that New China would not clash with the most powerful country in the world, the United States, so MacArthur continued to command the United ** team to continue to advance the offensive after the break.
In order to weaken the power of the United States and force the United States to make concessions, Mr. Peng once again sought emergency assistance from home. At Peng's appeal, a force that had been waiting on the border with North Korea crossed the border again and headed for Korea, this team was Song Shilun's Ninth Corps, including the 20th, 26th, and 27th Armies.
Their mission is to recover Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, which was occupied by the United States, and to help North Korea return to normal operations.
It was a force made up of southerners, many of whom had never seen snow. Their mission was to liberate Taiwan, so when ** issued an emergency order, these soldiers, who had lived in the temperate zone for many years, stepped on the train to the north wearing only single clothes.
However, when they arrived at the Sino-North Korean border, the deputy commander of the Northeast Military Region saw that they were only wearing single clothes and couldn't help but exclaim, "You have no idea how cold it is there!" ”
Although all the 50,000 pieces of Japanese cotton clothing in stock were distributed to the Corps, this was still a drop in the bucket for the three armies with 150,000 troops. However, after receiving the order to march into Korea, the soldiers of the Corps were not intimidated by the severe cold and resolutely embarked on the road to Korea, and what awaited them was the coldest winter on the Korean Peninsula in half a century.
As a result of MacArthur's Christmas Offensive order, the planes of the United ** became active, frequently bombing the routes into North Korea. In order to reduce losses, the volunteer army chose to march at night and rest during the day.
However, night temperatures in North Korea often range from minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius in winter, and can even drop to minus 40 degrees Celsius. At the same time, the mountainous and hilly terrain of the DPRK posed great danger to the night mountain march of the Volunteers.
Bitter cold, snowstorms, and hunger put the volunteer soldiers to the test, as they were constantly in danger of frostbite and lacked adequate warmth and adequate food supplies.
After the second battle, according to statistics, the living environment of the volunteer soldiers has reached the edge of human limits. Yet, they remain steadfast in defending our country and our people, and their resilience and bravery are admirable.
Their spirit will always be etched in our hearts.
The heroic volunteer soldiers resolutely advanced to the target point in the bitter cold and hungry environment, and successfully reached the predetermined battlefield within the specified time. Their goal was to deal a heavy blow to the arrogant MacArthur.
After the end of the first battle, in order to lure the United ** deep and avoid its attack, the 42nd Army was ordered to lure the enemy to the front line of Changjin Lake.
In the Christmas offensive, the United ** was well-equipped, pursued the volunteers who retreated north all the way, and successfully conquered Xinxingli and Liutanli. Almond, commander of the U.S. 10th Army, drew up a battle plan and decided to have the U.S. 1st Marine Division advance westward, the U.S. 7th Infantry Division to protect the right flank, and the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division to protect the left defensive line.
The united ** of the front line, under the command of Aldmund, quickly attacked Changjin Lake, however, they were greeted only by defeat and the fate of rout.
As early as November 17, the Ninth Corps set up an ambush in the Changjin Lake area, where they hid under several meters of snow and waited for the arrival of the enemy.
In the bitter cold snow, every soldier firmly held his position, waiting for the arrival of the joint **. Finally on November 27th, they waited for the swaggering joint ** in the tank, but these soldiers because of the cold, many soldiers' legs have been frozen stiff, and they can only attack the US army step by step, which makes the US army frightened, they don't know that ** has emerged so many volunteers.
Under the cover of tanks, aircraft, artillery, the American troops began to break through. When attacking Xinxingli, the US troops saw a scene that shocked them extremely much: 125 soldiers of the 2nd company of a certain company of our volunteers were all frozen to death on the position because of the severe cold, and before they died, each of them maintained an offensive posture.
Ice sculpture company"Every American soldier was shocked, and the front-line commander also took off his hat to pay his respects.