In July 1953, the last battle of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Battle of Jincheng, broke out. Some people say that this battle is a campaign in which the US military deliberately releases water, because the newly appointed Eisenhower is determined to stop the war and Rhee syngman is unwilling, so under the "hint" of the United States, the volunteer army launched a campaign with the ROK army as the main target, the purpose is to completely break their will and allow them to sit down and negotiate. In fact, this is a false rumor, Syngman Rhee has no right to speak in front of the United States, and he does not need his consent to sign or not. Judging from a small battle, the US military is also going all out, which is the Kongo River.
The Kumgang River is a river about 60 meters wide in Gangwon Province, located on the east side of the Jincheng Front, and is an important passage connecting the Jincheng Front and the Rear Transport Line of the Volunteer Army. There was originally an iron bridge and a pedestrian bridge on the Kongo River, but it had long been destroyed by the US military. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the Battle of Jincheng, zhang Zhenzhi, commander of the 9th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of The Volunteer Army Engineers, ordered zhang Zhenzhi: Give you 8 days to build a load bridge over the Kongo River that can cross cars.
Zhang Zhenzhi immediately led people to the scene to survey the terrain, the 60-meter river surface is turbulent, if there is no bridge, it is equivalent to cutting off the lifeline of the front-line troops. In such a short period of time, a bridge that could cross the car could only be built, and under the conditions of the time, only wood could be relied on.
The movie "Iron Blood Artery" based on this incident
However, what Zhang Zhenzhi thought of, the US military also thought of. In order to prevent the volunteers from logging nearby, the US military dispatched more than 300 fighters to indiscriminately bombard the nearby hills, and several hills were blown into a sea of fire. Many dense trees were blown down in pieces. Some people could not hold their breath, saying that the enemy had blown up all the trees, and we had no materials to build bridges, and suggested that they immediately brave the enemy's bombardment to grab the trees.
Zhang Zhenzhi was not in a hurry, he led the group to hide in the vicinity and carefully observed, and then said: "The enemy blew up the big tree, it was to help us, clean up the head and tail of the broken tree, and directly use it." Relying on this method, Zhang Zhenzhi and they quickly completed the collection of wood. They bundled the timber into wooden rows and used the cover of night to transport it from the waterway to the ferry, and in only 7 days, the 9th Company built a load-bearing bridge on the Kongo River.
But the day after the bridge was erected, the U.S. military found it. The U.S. military sent 24 P-61 "Black Widow" heavy fighters to bomb, and the engineer regiment had no air cover and could only rely on ground anti-aircraft fire to fight with the U.S. military. The P-61 bombed for two hours, dropping more than 700 bombs and breaking the bridge.
At this time, the enemy troops on the 883.7 high ground in front of them were fiercely counterattacking, and if the ammunition could not be sent up, let alone defend the high ground, it was impossible for people to withdraw. The commander of the engineer regiment was in a hurry, and he ordered Zhang Zhenzhi: I will give you 100 minutes, no matter what method you use, you must let the bridge open to traffic!
Without saying a word, Zhang Zhenzhi was the first to jump into the river and led the soldiers to begin to rebuild the bridge. At this time, the enemy planes were still circling overhead, and from time to time there were shells and bombs exploding around them, but no one cared about these. Zhang Zhenzhi's forehead was scratched by shrapnel, and blood flowed out, he wiped it casually, he wiped it with his hand, and then followed everyone to build the bridge.
The entire 9th Company burst out with amazing strength, and the continuous explosions inspired them like war drums. Usually, more than a dozen people can lift the material, and now five or six people lift up and fly away. Someone fell to the sound of an explosion, and immediately someone silently topped it. With the efforts of the whole company, they spent 85 minutes to build the bridge.
Zhang Zhenzhi, who stopped suddenly, was like a collapse, almost fainting. But seeing the steady stream of ammunition sent to the front line from the bridge, he was full of strength. In the days that followed, the bridge was blown up seven times by the U.S. military, and they repaired it by Zhang Zhenzhi. By the end of the Battle of Jincheng, the U.S. military had fired 2,500 shells and dropped more than 1,000 bombs on the bridge, but the bridge remained strong.
Such an attack intensity, will it be a battle to release water? Obviously not! The U.S. military was just making excuses for its inability to defeat the volunteers! The Battle of Jincheng was a complete victory, annihilating more than 53,000 enemy troops, and the commander of the coalition forces, Clark, was finally willing to sign the undefeated armistice. After the war, Zhang Zhenzhi was awarded the title of "Engineer Hero" by rongli and other meritorious service, and was awarded the title of "Engineer Hero".