The glory of Jiangxi in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
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The real Battle of Chosin Lake is far more tragic than the movie
His name is Cai Weixing, 87 years old, and he is a veteran of the 9th Corps of the Chinese Volunteer Army.
In the Shangyingfang community in Donghu District, Nanchang City, we met the elderly Cai Weixing. In his old age, his hearing was weakening, but his voice was full of breath, and his loud voice spoke of the war 71 years ago. In his heart, the Battle of Chosin Lake was the most memorable battle, and it was in this battle that he lost his feet forever.
The Battle of Chosin Lake was a bloody battle fought between the 9th Corps of the Chinese Volunteer Army and the U.S. Army in a situation of vastly different equipment. In this campaign, the Chinese Volunteer Army turned the tide of the war in one fell swoop and set a record for the total annihilation of a whole regiment of the US army in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
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The box was filled with medals large and small
"This is the Huaihai Campaign Medal, this is the Crossing River Campaign Medal, this is the Order for Resisting US Aggression and Aiding Korea, and this is the August 1st Commemorative Medal..." Cai Wen, Cai Weixing's daughter, showed reporters a red box containing medals large and small. These medals he had stored haphazardly before, or did we grow up and understand their significance before we collected them well. ”
The elderly Cai Weixing was born in Siyang County, Jiangsu Province in 1934 and began to join the army at the age of 13.
"It is unimaginable that when my father was 13 years old, he was not tall enough to carry a gun to the battlefield." Cai Wen recalled the war story that her father told her when she was a child, and she couldn't help but choke back tears. She said that when she was a child, she heard some fear, because of the cruelty of the war, her father was reluctant to mention it. When I grew up, I deeply understood the history, and I learned that my father had experienced nine deaths, so I admired my father even more.
Elder Cai recalled the battles he had participated in before
Every time and place
Not bad at all
These have long been burned in his heart
The Battle of Chosin Lake coincided with Cai Weixing's entry into the Dynasty
The worst battle ever fought
Tragic
Watched as his comrades froze to death
Speaking of the Battle of Chosin Lake 71 years ago, "cold", "tragic" and "cruel" are words that Cai Lao repeatedly mentioned. When two films about the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, "King Kong Chuan" and "Chosin Lake", were released, Cai Lao also walked into the cinema accompanied by his family.
"The real war scenes are much more tragic than the movies!" According to Cai Wen's recollection, after the movie, his father slowly walked out of the theater and walked for more than ten minutes.
In the movie, the scene of the soldiers freezing to death on the position is moving, and the rows of volunteer soldiers lie prone to the position at minus 40 ° C, holding steel guns and grenades, motionless in the direction of the charge, like ice sculptures, but the next second it seems to jump up and rush to the enemy position.
At that time, Cai Weixing was 16 years old and served as the head of the guard squad for the division commander Wu Dalin at the headquarters of the 88th Division. Ice sculpture Lian, this extremely shocking name, Cai Weixing will never forget.
"The combat conditions were particularly harsh, January was the coldest time, we were wearing a 1.5 kg heavy cotton suit, very thin, it was really cold at that time." Elder Cai recalled that Chosin Lake has always been a bitter cold place, and that year's Chosin Lake area coincided with an extreme cold that had not been encountered in 50 years, and the 9th Corps frostbitten more than 800 people on the first day of entering the DPRK.
"Watch them freeze to death." Elder Cai said that on the way to the pursuit, he saw the comrades of the Ice Sculpture Company, who were holding grenades in one hand and guns in the other, and the grenades were frozen to death before they could be thrown out. "There are only more than 60 people left in a single company of more than 160 people."
"I was sad to see that scene of sacrifice. My brothers will remain in the ice and snow of North Korea forever and will never be able to return home! Elder Cai said.
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Wounded, starved and frozen, he recovered a life
In the Battle of Chosin Lake, the 1st Marine Division of the U.S. Marine Corps retreated, the volunteers chased and fought, and the U.S. Army dispatched air force cover. Cai Lao said that the volunteer army was bombed, and almost all the reconnaissance platoons of his division headquarters were killed. "One second they were talking to their comrades, the next they were falling next to me." Recalling the scene at that time, Elder Cai couldn't help but feel sad.
In this bombardment, Cai Weixing was seriously injured. "My legs and feet were blown up, I was lying in a small room, it was so cold, my bones and flesh were frozen." Cai Weixing said that he was rescued three days later when the troops searched for the wounded. Cai Weixing, who had been starving and frozen for three days and injured his feet, was able to recover his life.
On December 14, the reporter saw Cai Lao's amputated feet, only to see that the front soles of his feet had been directly cut off, and the heel bones were gone. Cai Wen told reporters that his father walked with an unstable center of gravity, "Last year he fell and sewed a needle." ”
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Today's happy life is not easy to come by
According to Cai Weixing's son Cai Lun, when he was ready to take his father to see the movie "Chosin Lake", his father suddenly refused. Elder Cai's reason was that he had fought this battle himself and did not want to see another cruel war scene. But after repeated persuasion from his son, he finally agreed to go to the cinema.
Elder Cai said that the film basically restores the real scene, and also mentions that in the face of the sophisticated equipment of the US army, our volunteer army is not afraid of sacrifice, and we have won the US army by relying on the will of steel. "I was lucky enough to survive and witness the prosperity and strength of my motherland."
After such an arduous battle, Elder Cai hoped that the young people would do a good job, not forget the blood and sacrifice of their ancestors, and today's happy life was not easy to come by.
Cai Wen told reporters that when the reporter and his party left, his father listened to the "Battle Song of the Chinese Volunteer Army" for one afternoon. "Majestic, angry, across the Yalu River..." Cai Weixing sang along while listening.
This article was first published in Jiangnan Metropolis Daily
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Wen | Zou Xinghuan Xu Jiahui, a full-media reporter of Jiangnan Metropolis Daily
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