/kloc-in the winter of 0/950, the Korean peninsula ushered in a rare winter. Under the heavy snow, the temperature once dropped to MINUS 20 or 30 degrees. In this harsh environment, the two ace armies of China and the United States launched a fierce battle in the Changjin Lake area of North Korea, which is the famous Battle of Changjin Lake.
In this campaign, the US military dispatched the famous ace troops-Marine Corps 1 Division, also known as the 1st Marine Division, the 3rd and 7th Infantry Divisions, and the 1 Legion of South Korea, with about 65,438+10,000 people. Among the nine infantry divisions of the US Army in the Korean War, the Marine 1 Division was undoubtedly recognized as the first trump card. This unit has a long history. /kloc-invaded Beijing with Eight-Nation Alliance in 0/900, and fought with the Japanese army many times in the Pacific during World War II, without any defeat. It is a real lion who has fought many battles.
Volunteers, composed of the 9th Corps, 20th Corps, 26th Corps and 27th Corps, number nearly1.5000. The commander is Song, a general who participated in famous battles such as the Long March, the Anti-Japanese Riot and the Huaihai Campaign, and led his troops to liberate Shanghai. He is a capable general under San Ye. The Ninth Corps inherited more than half of Su Yu's fortune, and it can be said that it is an elite unit of the People's Liberation Army.
From the beginning, the whole campaign was extremely tragic. The Chinese and American armies fought to the death in the cold. Volunteers successfully surrounded the American army through circuitous infiltration. The 5th and 7th regiments of Marine 1 Division were surrounded by Liutan, the 7th regiment of Infantry Division was surrounded by the lower corner, and the 7th regiment of Infantry Division was surrounded by the emerging world. The American army is facing a major crisis of total annihilation!
After the battle, the famous "Polar Bear Corps" of the U.S. Army, the 3/KLOC-0 Corps of the 7th Division of the United States, was destroyed by the organizational system that night, symbolizing honor.
This flag was also captured by volunteers.
At this point, the U.S. military had to retreat to the ancient land from Liutanli, Li Xinxing and Xiajieyu to get rid of the encirclement of volunteers and gain a chance!
And if you want to retreat to the ancient soil, you must go through a throat artery-Watergate Bridge!
Shuimen Bridge is located 6 kilometers south of Gutturi, and the main bridge is erected between two mountains. The span of the whole bridge is about 8.8 meters, and the cliff is under the bridge. This is the only bridge that people and vehicles can cross and the only route for American troops to retreat.
Volunteers kept sniping at the retreating American troops all the way. Under the fierce sniper of the volunteers, the US military can only advance at a speed of 500 meters per hour. 1 The marine division called this retreat route "the devil's journey". At the same time, volunteers have long realized the importance of Watergate Bridge. The 60th Division of the 20th Army of the Volunteers was ordered to blow up all the bridges from Xiajie to Li Zhenxing, especially the most important throat-Watergate Bridge! The US military is also aware of the importance of Watergate Bridge. A tank battalion equipped with 40 tanks is guarding the Watergate Bridge day and night, and it is bound to hold the only way out.
65438+February 1, the combat detachment of the 60th Division sneaked into the vicinity of the Watergate Bridge and successfully blew it up. However, it didn't take long for the American army to come and it took two days to fix it.
On February 4, 65438, the combat detachment of the 60th Division destroyed the bridge erected by the American army again. This time, not only the wooden bridge was bombed, but also the materials used to build it. As a result, the U.S. military immediately repaired a steel structure bridge allowing tanks and vehicles to pass by using the stump base and the steel it carried, so that the traffic of the Watergate Bridge was restored.
On the evening of February 6, 65438, the volunteers realized the combat capability of American engineers, so hundreds of soldiers attacked the vicinity of Shuimen Bridge from many directions, and a large number of explosive charges exploded on the bridge one after another. We can't believe how the volunteers braved the attack of enemy tanks and heavy artillery to blow up the bridge and paid a heavy price.
Not only the bridge was bombed this time, but also the base of the whole bridge was bombed. At that time, the deputy commander of the 58th Division of the Volunteer Army took a telescope to observe the situation of the Watergate Bridge, and saw that the base of the Watergate Bridge was blown up, and the Watergate Bridge was blown out of a big gap of more than 8 meters. Later, he personally called Song to make a report. At that time, the volunteers thought that the US military could not repair it even for half a year.
Song breathed a sigh of relief after getting the news, but in view of the powerful strength of the US military, in order to prevent accidents, he deployed two companies in the 10 10.7 highland, 20 kilometers south of Shuimen Bridge, intending to ambush the enemy crossing the bridge!
3. Tianjiang Bridge
Volunteers completely blew up the Watergate Bridge three times at any cost, and the US Marine Corps 1 Division was really desperate.
The news came back to the United States, causing great shock. Anti-war sentiment in the United States is growing. Once the trump card of the First Marine Division was destroyed, the American authorities decided to keep it at all costs.
The US Army Logistics Department made an urgent decision to manufacture eight sets of standard steel bridge consumables to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan and transport them to the vicinity of Shuimen Bridge by transport plane the next morning. Twenty-four hours later, the US military built another new bridge.
1 On February 8th, 2008, more than ten thousand soldiers and tanks crossed the Watergate Bridge and fled to Nanxing Port with the help of the 3rd Division of the US Army.
Song ambushed two soldiers in advance without firing a shot. Later, it was found that the temperature plummeted at night, and the soldiers of two companies were frozen into ice sculptures overnight. They crawled on the cold snow, holding steel guns, motionless, and all the companies of more than 100 people froze to death in the highlands, becoming a monument of eternal solidification!
Subsequently, the commander of Song's Ninth Corps reported this situation to Xiang. The telegram wrote: "After the fighting started, no one in the company stood up. When cleaning the battlefield, I found that all the company cadres and soldiers were frozen to death in the battle formation, and the bodies were carefully examined without any scars and blood. "
In the battle of Changjin Lake, a martyr named Song Amao wrote such a suicide note: "I am a glorious volunteer soldier, ice and snow! I will never give in to you, even if I freeze to death, I will stand proudly in my position! "
At this point, the battle of Changjin Lake has come to an end!
In the Battle of Changjin Lake, the 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 at that time and had outstanding military achievements, creating a record of adowa of a US military regiment in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, forcing the US ace troops to experience the longest retreat in history. This campaign recovered the vast eastern area north of the 38th parallel, which turned the battlefield situation around in one fell swoop and became a turning point in the Korean War.
Many years later, looking back on the past history, we can't help feeling deeply. One generation has beaten five generations, and the life and youth exchanged by the ancestors with their heads and blood have been exchanged for today's peaceful era!
Remember history and pay tribute to countless ancestors!
Chinese people's Volunteer Army, immortal!