On February 19, 1952, the soldiers were in a state of high tension in a volunteer position when an American plane flew overhead. Just as everyone was hiding to prevent the plane from spotting them, the plane suddenly turned into a fireball, and then it fell to the ground in smoke and caused a huge explosion. This made the volunteer soldiers very confused, thinking that the Americans were engaged in what kind of moths, how could the good plane suddenly explode? So what is the truth behind this?
Tragic captives
In war, it is inevitable that soldiers will be captured, and the disposal of these prisoners of war in various countries in the world is generally to keep them in prisoner-of-war camps, treat them like ordinary people, and after the end of the war, the warring sides will exchange prisoners with each other. Later, in order to better protect the captives, detailed provisions were made in the Geneva Conventions.
However, there are always some people in the world who do not follow the rules and do some unconscionable things. During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the United States did many inhumane things against prisoners of war. Throughout the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea, more than 20,000 volunteer soldiers were captured by the US military for various reasons. Instead of being treated like the treaty, the volunteer soldiers captured by the U.S. military went to hell and lived a life of darkness.
The Self-proclaimed "Human Rights Fighter" Americans can be said to have discredited the name of "human rights fighter" in their treatment of prisoners of war between China and the DPRK. Most of the volunteer soldiers captured during the war were imprisoned on Geoje Island, which can also be called hell on earth. The entire island is surrounded by towering prison walls and dense barbed wire, the walls are full of sentries, and the searchlights fill the entire camp, and at night, the searchlights illuminate the entire camp as bright as day.
The life of the prisoners of war was even more miserable, and whenever a prisoner of war was sent in, the American soldiers would loot all the things they had some value on them. In the cold winter, the prisoners of war had only a thin layer of single clothing, and often dozens of people slept in a small room. Moreover, the U.S. military often gives moldy grain to the prisoners of war, the prisoners of war only have one meal a day, and the sick and injured U.S. troops will not treat you, leaving you to fend for yourself.
For the disposal of prisoners of war, the US military has never fulfilled the provisions of the Geneva Convention, and many prisoners of war have been sent to the front line by the US military to force the US military to carry supplies. In addition, the U.S. military also acquiesced in allowing Kuomintang agents to enter the prisoner-of-war camp. The Kuomintang, which had been utterly defeated in the War of Liberation, was now playing a show of prestige, frantically torturing the volunteer soldiers and forcing them to sign a certificate of "refusal to repatriate" before forcibly sending them to Taiwan.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman at the time even claimed that they pointed a gun at the volunteers and asked the volunteers to go back, and the volunteers were unwilling to go back. But soon, someone came out and punched Truman in the face.
Forced to rebel
In the fifth battle, the situation of the war was crisis due to the defeat of our army's command, and the US army also took the opportunity to surround our army. Although our army fought a deadly battle with the enemy, most of the team managed to break out of the encirclement. However, there were still some troops who were not experienced enough in combat who did not rush out and were captured by the American army.
Zhang Wenrong of the 180th Division was unfortunately captured by the American army and escorted to Geoje Island. Because Zhang Wenrong was a graduate of the Whampoa Military Academy, Zhang Wenrong was not tortured by the Kuomintang in the prisoner of war camp. But it is precisely because of the status of a graduate of the Whampoa Military Academy that Zhang Wenrong was targeted by another group of people.
Zhang Wenrong was secretly taken away, and when he opened his eyes again, he found Li Da'an, the head of the Kuomintang's secret service, standing in front of him. It turned out that the United States and the Kuomintang wanted to train a group of spies to be put into the volunteer army, and Zhang Wenrong, who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy or majored in telegraphy, became a fragrant bun in their eyes.
Before Zhang Wenrong could react, Li Da'an's agents forced Zhang Wenrong to press his fingerprints on a prepared document. At this moment, Zhang Wenrong jumped into the Yellow River and could not wash it. In desperation, Zhang Wenrong had to "cooperate" with Li Daan. Subsequently, Zhang Wenrong was sent to Japan for secret service training. After a month of training, Li Daan thought that Zhang Wenrong was ready to be a spy, so he prepared to throw Zhang Wenrong into the position of the volunteer army.
Skydiving blaster
On February 18, 1952, after being heavily armed, Zhang Wenrong and four other agents boarded a U.S. transport plane to be dropped into the rear of the volunteer position. The Americans thought their plan was seamless, but the accident happened quietly.
When everyone let their guard down, Zhang Wenrong quietly hid a grenade inside his clothes. At that time, the pilot of the plane, Captain Harrison of the US Army, was still bragging to Zhang Wenrong that they had carried out such a task many times. There were also many of their spies within the Volunteers, but what he didn't know was that bad luck was about to befall him.
At two o'clock in the night, the plane arrived at the predetermined location. Zhang Wenrong was the first person to parachute, and at the moment when Zhang Wenrong was about to leave the plane, a scene that surprised everyone on the plane happened, Zhang Wenrong took out a grenade and threw it in. In this way, the entire plane turned into a fireball in an instant. Only Zhang Wenrong and the driver Harrison successfully parachuted, and the rest of the people died.
Zhang Wenrong and Harrison were also captured alive by volunteer fighters who had been waiting below for a long time. After hearing Zhang Wenrong's report, the leaders of the volunteer army did not believe it very much, after all, this kind of thing was too strange. But with Zhang Wenrong's report on the situation of the prisoner of war camp, the United States was disgraced internationally, and the volunteer army also found many spies lurking inside.
Unfortunately, Zhang Wenrong could not return to the army because of this incident, but his unit asked his superiors for credit for him.
In 1958, Zhang Wenrong was rewarded with 800 yuan for blowing up a U.S. military plane. However, the troops believed that Zhang Wenrong's behavior was a voluntary surrender, not an initiative to return to the unit, and he still could not return to the army, and could only return to his home to work as a farmer.
After that, Zhang Wenrong also suffered a lot in the special period because of this matter.
Regrettably, Zhang Wenrong died in 2000, and it was only three months after his death that he was rehabilitated and restored to all his previous glory.