General Cui Jiangong once said,
He couldn't bear to watch the movie "Battle of Shangganling", because many soldiers in the army he led at that time fell on Shangganling forever.
What many people don't know is that in addition to the Battle of Shangganling, there is another battle that China does not want to recall, and this battle is famous
Battle of Chosin Lake
But do you know why this battle became a battle that neither China nor the United States wanted to mention?
Compared with China's reluctance to recall, the United States does not dare to recall
What really happened at that time?
November
On the evening of November 27, in order to inflict a large enough blow on the American army, a large number of volunteer soldiers were ambushed in the mountains and jungles of northern Korea early, of which the main combat task was the unit
20th Army
and
27th Army
, they take it separately
Two regiments of the 1st Marine Division
31st Regimental Combat Team of the 7th Division
The main target.
These enemies, as the elite of the US army, have performed well in World War II, if they can successfully annihilate these US elites,
At that time, the morale of the US military is bound to suffer a very serious blow
。 When night fell, the American army braved the cold wind and walked into the area where the volunteers were ambushed.
Suddenly, the volunteers are like"
tide
"Generally flock to the U.S. military.
Due to the suddenness of the incident, the US military could not react quickly at all, waiting until the morning of the 28th
The US 7th Division and the 1st Marine Division were divided into 5 parts by the Ninth Corps, and each part had to find a way to break through on its own.
The two sides remained in a stalemate for several days thereafter.
On November 30, the 31st Regiment of the 7th Division of the United States Army (famous
"Polar Bear Regiment"
Surrounded and annihilated by the combined forces of several large corps of our army,
In the end, it was completely annihilated by the units of our volunteer army
。 It was a very great victory, but at the same time the volunteers also paid considerable sacrifices.
December
On December 1, the U.S. 1st Marine Division, with its powerful weapons and equipment, tore a hole in the encirclement of the Volunteer 20th Army, after which the American unit began to retreat southward.
At that time, the 26th Army was also running day and night, preparing to completely kill the US 1st Marine Division in the Chosin Lake area, and the remnants of the 20th Army insisted on pursuing the battle in order to prevent the US 1st Marine Division from escaping.
Under the layers of interception and killing of the volunteers, the US 1st Marine Division could only walk 300 meters per hour on average
In this process, although the volunteer army caused very heavy casualties and indelible psychological shadows to the US army, due to the backwardness and lack of equipment and materials of the volunteer army, there were also many soldiers who froze to death and died in battle along the way.
On the 5th of the same month,
U.S. troops began to retreat to the Xianxing area
Before leaving, they burned a large number of supplies and supplies, in order to make the volunteers wearing only single clothes and shoes freeze to death more people, hoping to use the time of day to "crush" the volunteers.
The volunteers chose to blow up several times
Pratunam Bridge
In order to prevent the smooth withdrawal of the US troops, what our army did not expect was that the US military had a very strong logistics supply system, and they used this system to set up
A bridge with a load of 50 tons that can pass all vehicles of the retreating troops
He then retreated through the bridge to the Hamhung area, where he joined the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division.
In the process of advancing to the Hamhung area, the US 1st Marine Division, in order to find out whether there was an ambush ahead, also specially dispatched a team of American troops, who found live ammunition on a volunteer position
6th Company of 177th Regiment of 59th Division, 2nd Company of 180th Regiment of 60th Division, and 5th Company of 242nd Regiment of 80th Division of 27th Army
(except for one left behind warrior and one messenger) warrior.
At first, the U.S. military was very worried that this volunteer army unit would launch a fierce attack on itself, but as time went on, the U.S. army found that these volunteer soldiers were not quite right, and when they dared to go to check it out, they found out.
All the volunteer soldiers on this position had been frozen into ice sculptures
They could no longer pull the bolt of their rifle, dealing a fatal blow to the enemy.
It is precisely because of this, coupled with the fact that the 26th Army did not take advantage of the time and place, and finally failed to come in time to surround and annihilate the US 1st Marine Division, so its remnants were saved.
After the Battle of Chosin Lake
After the Battle of Chosin Lake, the volunteer superiors were very "annoyed", because if the companies of the 59th Army and the 27th Army could drag the US 1st Marine Division, then the 26th Army would not miss it with the US 1st Marine Division.
Just when the superior is ready for accountability,
"Ice Sculpture Company"
The matter came out, and the superior instantly burst into tears, he had never thought about it before,
This is the reason why the U.S. military has not been held back.
Throughout the Battle of Chosin Lake, it was known
"Undefeated" U.S. 1st Marine Division
More than 2,500 American troops were killed or missing, and 7,300 were reduced to frostbite.
Although our volunteer army won the final victory in the battle, the number of volunteers who suffered casualties in the battle was as high as 14,000, and the number of frostbite losses was as high as 30,000.
The United States considered the battle a disgrace to themselves, they never wanted to mention it, and the vast majority of American troops who had lived through it did not even dare to recall the scene at that time. China is reluctant to mention this battle, mainly because our army sacrificed a lot in the Battle of Chosin Lake, which is a deep wound in the hearts of many people, and once they remember it, they are painful, so they are not willing to recall it any more.
"Ice Sculpture Company" Shanghai soldier
Song Amao
There was a last letter:
"I love my relatives and my motherland, and I love my honor even more." I am a glorious volunteer soldier, ice and snow! I will never succumb to you. Even if I freeze to death, I will stand proudly on my position. ”
And a warrior like him who had the same idea, there were many, many more in this battle...