During the Korean War, the volunteer army once swung across a bridge guarded by the US military, and some fighters even shook hands with the US army.
On October 25, 1950, the first campaign of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea officially broke out. At this time, the US military was not ready for our army to enter the KOREAN war on a large scale, and MacArthur firmly believed that there were only two regiments of volunteer troops in Korea at most, and the US military had always despised the Chinese army, believing that our army's equipment was far behind them and could not be their opponent at all. In the end, it paid a very high price.
In one campaign, the Volunteers and the so-called "United Nations Army" fought a fierce battle in Unsan. The Battle of Unsan was a battle between the Volunteers and the Americans. The soldiers of the Volunteer Army's 39th Army carried forward their consistent fighting style and made full use of flexible tactics to annihilate most of the First Cavalry Division of the American ace army near Unsan, and the arrogant American army was beaten and abandoned its armor and had to flee south in a hurry.
The 4th Company of the 236th Regiment of the 115th Division of the 39th Army of the Volunteer Army was blocked by a bridge near Yunshan when it pursued and defeated the retreating enemy. At that time, the bridge was guarded by the 3rd Battalion M Company of the 8th Regiment of the U.S. First Cavalry Division. In order to prevent the volunteers from crossing the bridge, they built a fortress at the head of the bridge, and the poorly equipped volunteers would pay a heavy price if they wanted to force the fortress.
Faced with this situation, the commander of the 4th Company thought of a good idea and ordered the soldiers to form a column and advance to the bridge in a strict and orderly manner. The U.S. military treated the volunteers who swung over as South Korean troops and chose to let them go. Some of the fighters even shook hands with them.
In this way, the soldiers of the 4th Company easily broke through the tightly guarded positions of the US army. After reaching the battalion headquarters of the 3rd Battalion of the United States Army, the troops began to attack the American troops. It was night, and many sleeping American soldiers never saw the sun the next day.
According to the aftermath of an American veteran who luckily escaped, the U.S. military garrison was pierced in a few moments, and the volunteer soldiers seemed to fall from the sky, shooting at people at sight and then mending them with bayonets.
Guy, the commander of the U.S. First Cavalry Division, knew that the battle situation was not favorable to his side, and in desperation, he ordered the wounded and heavy weapons to be discarded, and the defeated soldiers with the remnants of the army and then fled south.
During the entire Battle of Yunshan, the number of American casualties in the battle was about 1600, and the number of dead and wounded who were abandoned on the battlefield was even more numerous, which was a very important victory.