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In other words, the Battle of Chosin Lake directly hit the super combat effectiveness of the Chinese nation and the fighting spirit of bearing hardships and standing hard work, which amazed the international community!
At that time, the two sides involved in the war were mainly China and the United States, and neither side wanted to recall this difficult history, so what kind of story happened behind this battle, and what kind of significance did the Battle of Chosin Lake mean for both China and the United States?
It should be said that our volunteer army did not only send a batch to fight in Korea, but entered the DPRK in different batches, and the Ninth Corps was a group of troops in the back. The preparations for the Ninth Corps to enter the DPRK were very hasty, and the time originally set for them was the spring of 1951, but the battlefield was rapidly changing and the front line was tight, so the Ninth Corps' entry into the DPRK was advanced.
Coupled with the urgency of this opening, the Ninth Corps was extremely short of preparation for various materials, and many soldiers set off only wearing thin cotton clothes and yellow rubber shoes in order not to delay the trip. They had thought of changing winter clothes in the northeast, but when they arrived in the northeast, they found that they could not find enough cotton clothes to change.
If the Ninth Corps could stay in the northeast for a long time at that time, perhaps cotton clothes and other things could get sufficient supplies, but because of the urgency of the front-line war, if they delayed in the northeast, it would delay the fighters on the front line, and there was no way for the Ninth Corps to resolutely decide to give up winter supplies and go directly to the Dprk.
At that time, North Korea was already a cold winter moon, and the temperature reached more than minus 40 degrees at its lowest, which was cruel to the soldiers in single clothes, many of whom were frostbitten on the march, and even two soldiers were frozen to death on the road.
But for the Ninth Corps, the cold was only one obstacle, and the food supply was the most difficult difficulty. Before the troops were dispatched, the Ninth Corps originally planned to distribute rations for several days to the soldiers, and then continue to supply them until the supply of grain troops followed up.
However, due to the harsh climate and the tight enemy blockade, the supplies in our rear could not be delivered to the front line of the Ninth Corps on time, and during the transportation, many grain trucks were bombed by enemy aircraft, which made our side even worse for the front-line food supply.
If we look at the United States at that time, its standard weapons were considered to be the world's first-class level, on the contrary, in our country, all the heavy weapons at that time could not be transported to the front line due to transportation restrictions, and there was no way for us to fight a tug-of-war with the Old United States that was not equal in strength.
At that time, the United States claimed to have the strongest army on the surface, and the weapons equipped by the infantry were extremely excellent, coupled with air power, making them seem invincible. Moreover, every time the Old Americans retreated, hundreds of trucks would be escorted by tanks on the periphery, which was an extremely sharp contrast with our army at that time.
In addition to the extremely large gap between China and the United States in terms of combat readiness and materials during front-line operations, our military and the United States cannot be compared in terms of logistical support.
When North Korea reached a time of severe cold, the preparation of the US military for the cold was extremely rich, not only equipped with a small stove of individual alcohol, but also each soldier could get several kinds of large cotton coats, and even in terms of food, they were also equipped with a variety of and nutritious war prepared food.
In fact, the soldiers of our volunteer army are also very sober, and there is indeed a huge gap in strength between our own side and lao Mei, which means that the enemy who wants to fight a stronger war must rely on more tenacious will and wisdom to fight, so that we can win victory.
The U.S. military has a very strong unit, known as the "Polar Bear Regiment", which has a good record in many battles in history, but when they encounter our volunteer army, even if they have a strong firepower advantage, they are completely powerless.
During their defeated retreat, they ran for nearly 60 hours on a 20-kilometer journey, during which time they suffered more than 1,500 casualties. The Polar Bear Regiment is a highly mechanized force with a large number of heavy weapons.
But even so, when they retreat, they can only travel at a speed of 500 meters per hour, which is really ridiculous under the fully mechanized level. Not only that, at that time, in order to cover the retreat of the "Polar Bear Regiment", Lao Mei also dispatched thousands of fighters to cover, but under the continuous blows of our army, their marching speed was still very slow.
If our army can blow it up, then it can successfully affect the strategic deployment of Lao-Us, but how easy is it to blow up the Pratunam Bridge? Our army has also blown it up many times, but the old American sappers are also very powerful, and they have repaired the bridge again and again with great speed.
For the Watergate Bridge, our army blew it up three times, but each time lao Mei repaired it again in only two days. From this point of view, we can clearly see that the gap between the two sides is really huge.
Speaking of this, it is worth mentioning that at that time, our army sent a company to monitor the progress of the bridge repair by Lao Mei, but after the company set out to carry out its mission, it lost contact with the rear headquarters, and after the war, it was only learned that they were frozen alive on the position, which was really sad.
In the Battle of Chosin Lake, our volunteer army paid a heavy price and sacrifice for victory. For Lao Mei, the volunteer army after this battle is like a "nightmare" engraved in them, and Lao Mei is unwilling to recall that painful history, because the great Chinese volunteer army has taught them a deep lesson!
References for this article: "Battle of Chosin Lake", "Veterans Dictate the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea", "Baidu Encyclopedia Related Terms - Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Polar Bear Regiment, Battle of Chosin Lake, Three Bombings of Shuimen Bridge, etc."