On September 15, 1950, the U.S. 10th Army successfully landed at Inchon. Under the attack of the multinational force from north to south, the main force of the Korean People's Army around Busan was annihilated. On October 20, Pyongyang was invaded by multinational forces. Douglas MacArthur, commander-in-chief of the U.N. Multinational Force, arrogantly believed that the Korean War would end before Christmas.
At this time, the Chinese Volunteer Army had secretly entered Korea, and on October 24, the 42nd Army of the Volunteer Army, which had entered Korea from the Eastern Front, entered the Wongcho Ridge and went to the Battle Ridge area to engage the 3rd Division of the South Korean Army advancing north. Immediately after, the Ninth Corps of the Volunteer Army arrived, and the 42nd Army of the Volunteer Army was ordered to retreat north, luring the United Nations troops to Chosin Lake.
On the night of November 27, the 20th and 27th Armies of the 9th Corps of the Volunteer Army launched several attacks and ambushed along the road from Chosin Lake to Guturi. At Liutan, the 5th, 7th and 11th Marine Regiments of the United Nations Army were surrounded and attacked by the 59th, 79th and 89th Divisions of the Volunteer Army. Similarly, the U.S. 31st Regimental Combat Team was divided and ambushed by the Volunteer 80th and 81st Divisions in Xinxingli. Finally, the 60th PVA Division encircled some units of the 1st Marine Regiment in Guturi from the north. By November 28, the multinational force was unexpectedly divided into Liutanli, Xinxingli, Shimogaru-ri, and Gutuli.
During the battle of Hagaru-ri, the 4th Company and 5th Company of the 2nd Battalion, 173rd Regiment, 58th Division, 20th Army of the Volunteer Army formed a commando team and were ordered to seize a small height next to the airport. Before the attack was launched, the regimental commander Li Bin (a native of Jinzhai, Anhui, who was awarded the rank of colonel by the founding of the country) had just finished mobilizing, and the soldiers made demands. Just listen to a veteran soldier say, Commander, please rest assured, this hill is no problem. We are not afraid of death, nor are we afraid of the cold, the only requirement is to ask the regimental commander to send a potato to each of us, we can't attack the mountain with an empty stomach..."
As soon as the veteran's voice fell, the soldiers all picked up the stubble with their tongues, but The commander of Li Bin crouched on the ground and wiped his tears, and the soldiers did not squeak when they saw it. Seeing that the soldiers were quiet, Commander Li Bin suddenly stood up, wiped his tears, and said loudly: "Comrades, to tell the truth, there is not even a potato now." As you can see, the U.S. military blockades the Yalu River and the transportation line, and our supplies cannot come..."
The soldiers heard the words, stopped speaking, silently took up their weapons, turned and went to the battlefield, and soon a platoon of American troops stationed on the small high ground was wiped out, and the small highland fell into the hands of the volunteers, and a lot of supplies were captured, including the food that the volunteers urgently needed. But the soldiers who attacked the small heights did not eat themselves first, but instead sent their comrades who were not wounded to rush the food to the rear, because there were a large number of wounded and sick people in the rear. And they themselves, who had just been attacked, were exhausted and already hungry and dizzy, but the first thing they thought of was not themselves, where in the world could a warrior have such a consciousness and a mind? Can there be such a realm and dignity?