The Korean War, which has passed 70 years ago, still has a profound impact on the entire world. The bravery of our volunteers led to the first time that the U.S. military signed a non-victory clause, and the United States bowed his "noble head" before us.
As we all know, although the US military is the absolute main force on the Korean battlefield, the countries led by the British Commonwealth and Turkey have contributed a lot to it. Britain and the United States wear the same pair of pants, which is something we have long known, especially after World War II, the sun does not set gradually, and britain in the land of Europe is forced to transfer a lot of rights to the United States under various pressures, and it is also natural to send troops to North Korea to help the United States. However, Turkey, a Turkic light cavalry that has not been able to urinate with the traditional powers of Europe and the United States, sent 5,000 elite troops to form a Turkish brigade during the Korean War, under the command of the US army.
Everything has a cause and effect, and Turkey's platform for Europe and the United States is certainly not a causeless effect. The so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend, Turkey joined the United States to avenge its own feud - the Soviet Union, the two sides fought for centuries from the era of their respective empires to the Czarist Russia into the Soviet Union, it can be said that they have already formed a deep hatred. Turkey watched the Soviet Union become stronger after the victory in World War II, and then looked at its own shrinking territory, and understood that if it did not find a backer, it would be difficult to say whether there would be a Turkish state in the future. Therefore, Turkey, anxious to hold its thighs, in order to show loyalty, immediately organized an army to send to North Korea to add bricks and tiles to the American father.
MacArthur's "let the children go home before Christmas" has become a laughing stock, and in order to let the enemy thoroughly understand our strength and reduce the pressure behind us, the commanders and fighters of our army have realized: Can we hurt the US side by killing one or two US military divisions and reverse the early judgment of the US top level on the Korean War; and the key to successfully destroying the US army lies in whether the Thirty-eighth Army can take the key gap in a short period of time and insert it in place.
The task of the 114th Division of the Thirty-eighth Army was to take Gazhiling. Gari Ridge is a natural barrier from the Tokugawa River, with only an opening more than 10 meters wide, and it is the only way to complete the interspersed task and smoothly advance in the direction of Kunumuri.
This kind of battle must have been noticed by the famous American general Walker, who had ordered the Turkish brigade to send mobile troops from the Price River to the Gazhi Ridge. The coalition forces, which have sufficient logistical support, can arrive in less than two hours by car, and are destined to occupy important places one step ahead of us.
However, Walker's step is a bit rash, even if there are not many troops in hand, do not want to increase the casualties of the US army, can not violate the taboo of the soldiers, let a unit that is not familiar with the battlefield at all, only a few days to undertake such a big task. No wonder Walker later described this dispatch by American military historians as "plugging the mouth of a beer barrel with the cork of an aspirin bottle."
The Turkish brigade, which did not have sufficient battlefield intelligence and not even a single adviser to the U.S. military, began to fight after seeing a group of East Asian faces appear in front of it. Soon, the Turkish soldiers, who were not weak in combat, repelled what they considered the "enemy" and took hundreds of prisoners. After reporting to the US division headquarters, the US side was very happy, and immediately sent people to interrogate the prisoners, but without asking a few questions, it was understood that the Turks were fighting a group of troops of the defeated South Korean Seventh Division, who had fled from the front battlefield and accidentally fled into the Turks' positions.
Just when Turkey was in trouble, the main force of our 114th Division had also reached The Gazhi Ridge, but the enemy was in the open and in the dark, and a strong attack was definitely not possible, and it could only be attacked at night. The Turkish army that had just arrived at the Korean battlefield had no idea how terrible our army's night raid was, and it was said above that the US army did not provide them with relevant information, and the naïve Turkish soldiers roasted fire on the position to resist the cold of Korea, and dozens of bushes of flames were the guiding light for our volunteer army. Our soldiers were divided into small groups, one group to deal with a pile of enemies by the fire.
After the continuous advance, the volunteer soldiers opened fire, and in the explosion of the grenade, the Turkish soldiers were unprepared and had to rush to the battle, fighting and retreating, climbing into the car in a panic, and rushing down the mountain. The mountain road was dangerous, the mobility of the car was greatly limited, the volunteer army was bent on intercepting the enemy, directly cut the path and jumped straight down the mountain, and finally blocked the fleeing enemy at the lower end of the mountain road.
If the battle had been fought for this part, if it had been the US army, it would have surrendered in batches. But the Turkish soldiers have their own battlefield spirit, even after falling alone, they will not surrender, let our volunteers shout and persuade. As a result, only a few Turkish soldiers were captured under the siege of Chinese soldiers, and some Turkish soldiers broke through the siege under the cover of their teammates. After the war, Cao Yuhai, commander of the first battalion of the 342nd Regiment of the 114th Division, and the volunteers who participated in the battle felt that the combat style of the Turkish brigade was more flexible and tenacious than that of the American, British and South Korean troops, and the combat effectiveness was the strongest. Although Walker's decision caused heavy losses to the Turkish brigade, its good combat effectiveness covered the retreat of large American troops.