I. Introduction to Changjin Lake:
? Changjin Lake is an artificial lake, located in the upper reaches of the Changjin River in the north of Korea, on the South Hamgyong Road. There is a gravity dam with a height of 55 meters and a top length of 700 meters. Changjin Lake is the second largest artificial lake in North Korea. Introduce the lake water of Surabaya into the tunnel, cross the Ling Zhan Mountains, flow southward into Chengchuan River, and then pour into Xianxing Bay.
Second, the battle of Changjin Lake:
? 1. The Battle of Changjin Lake was a battle in the Changjin Lake area in the second campaign to resist US aggression and aid Korea.
In the Battle of Changjin Lake, under difficult conditions, three armies of Chinese people's Volunteer Army's 9th Corps directly competed with the US military 10, which was world-class in weapons and equipment, in Changjin Lake area of North Korea from October 27th to February 24th, thus creating the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. This campaign recovered a vast area north of the 38th parallel. The volunteers won a great victory on the eastern and western fronts at the same time, which reversed the battlefield situation in one fell swoop and became a turning point in the Korean War, laying the foundation for the final armistice negotiations.
2, the basic process of the campaign:
? After the first campaign to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, the "United Nations Army" continued to invade the north in two ways after a slight adjustment, reaching the temporary seat of the North Korean government-Jiang Jie. In order to contain its offensive, the Central Committee of China Production Party Committee and Chinese people's Volunteer Army urgently transferred the 9th Corps to the DPRK to undertake the task of the Eastern Front.
? After the 9th Corps entered the DPRK at the beginning of 1950+0 1, it was decided to adopt the tactics of "circuitous cut-off, encirclement and annihilation". In order to achieve the suddenness of the battle, 65,438+10,000 volunteers climbed mountains and mountains to hide behind enemy lines. Volunteers wear thin clothes, don't sleep during the day, walk at night, disguise themselves, endure cold, hunger and fatigue, and March continuously in the thick snow-covered mountains and forests. With amazing perseverance, they overcame thousands of difficulties and dangers, quietly reached the preset battlefield, and successfully cut the US Army Marine Corps 1 Division and the 7 th Infantry Division into five sections through a wide range of circuitous circuitous circuitous circuitous, forming a favorable situation of dividing and encircling.
1From October 27th to February 24th, 1950, 165438+ China and the United States fought fiercely in the Changjin Lake area of North Korea. The U.S. military includes the Marine Corps 1 Division (referred to as the First Marine Division), the 3rd and 7th Infantry Divisions, and the 1 Corps of South Korea, with about 654.38+million people. The 9 th Corps of the Volunteers attacked this unit, which consisted of 20, 26 and 27 armies, with nearly 6.5438+0.5 million people. After 20 days of bitter fighting in the cold of MINUS 30-40 degrees Celsius, the remnants of the US military left the battlefield from the sea under the cover of seven aircraft carriers, which also meant that all the "United Nations troops" were expelled from the northeast of Korea. ?
? Due to the emergency entry into the DPRK from the southeast coast, no winter clothes were equipped. The 9th Corps of the Volunteers suffered casualties 19202, frostbite of 28954 and freezing to death of more than 4000 people. According to the instructor of the 27th Army at that time, he was the only one without frostbite in the whole battalion. The US Army's 1st Marine Division also frostbitten more than 7,000 people and froze to death hundreds of people.