After the end of World War II, the world pattern underwent tremendous changes, forming a capitalist camp led by the United States and a socialist camp headed by the Soviet Union, and the Korean War was a hot war in the Cold War between the two camps, and tens of thousands of people and soldiers became innocent victims of the war.
He was ordered to enter the Dynasty
In order to preserve its interests in the Far East and create tension on the Korean Peninsula, Kim Il-sung went to the Soviet Union and China to meet Stalin and Chairman Mao, and Stalin's wrong decisions and acquiescence to the Korean War led to the outbreak of the Korean Civil War.
The outbreak of the Korean Civil War and the landing of the US troops led to the civil war becoming an international war, the DPRK army was gradually defeated, the US military pressed the 38th line step by step, provoking the bottom line of the Chinese government, and the DPRK government repeatedly requested China to send troops to assist.
Four months later, China sent troops to support North Korea in the name of the "Volunteer Army," starting a three-year Korean War that ultimately safeguarded Our security and territorial sovereignty.
Harsh environment
In September 1950, Chen Yi suddenly received an order to enter Beijing, and under the instructions of the central authorities, asked the troops to leave Shandong at any time and be ready to enter the battle at any time, the specific time was not informed.
In November, the 27th Army was ordered to go to the northeast to take charge of the eastern front, and halfway to the road, they were instructed to divert Andong to take charge of the western front, and all the preparations made before were disrupted, the clothes worn by the soldiers were barely enough in the northeast, the war was tense, and there was no time to prepare thick cotton clothes and embarked on the journey to Anton.
The plan could not keep up with the changes, and the 20th Army was ordered to enter North Korea from the northeast and not stop in between, which meant that the fighters had to wear rubber-soled shoes to North Korea.
After arriving in Korea, the US military tried to hinder the support of the volunteer army, there were constantly reconnaissance planes circling and bombing, in order not to attract attention, during the day they lay in the snow to hide, at night over the mountains and mountains on foot, some of the soldiers buried in the snow never stood up, on the way to the march, there were constantly frostbite, walking around the people are gone, it is frozen alive.
After crossing the blockade line, the American reconnaissance planes disappeared, and the volunteer soldiers could finally sleep peacefully. At night, they were in groups of 2, digging a hole in the snow, covering the cover roll, and then covering the quilt after the people lay down, and the shoes did not dare to take off, so they snuggled up to each other and slept, and the next day they did not know how much road to go.
The potatoes they carried with them were also frozen so hard that they couldn't bite at all, and some warriors knocked their teeth off before they barely took a small bite, and they were miserable.
The volunteer army entered the DPRK at its coldest time, the minimum temperature reached minus 40 degrees, everywhere was covered with snow, people walking in the snow, only the upper body could be seen, they had been marching in such an environment all day, and there was no cotton coat to wear, the difficulty was unimaginable. Later, some veterans recalled that many people's feet were frozen in their shoes.
In this extremely cold environment, the heavily armed American troops were all frostbitten, and the soldiers of our volunteer army all came to the end with amazing willpower.
Bloody battle at Chosin Lake
The Battle of Chosin Lake was a hard battle in the Chosin Lake area between the Chinese Ninth Corps and the U.S. "Polar Bear Regiment", two ace units, the "Polar Bear Regiment" was the most elite unit of the U.S. Army, and it had never been defeated in the history of the war, and its battle achievements were outstanding, and this name was also awarded by the President of the United States personally.
In the face of such a tough opponent, China and the United States must engage in a direct contest, the international community is paying attention to this war, if the elite of the US military can be repelled, the enemy's morale will certainly be hit hard, chosin Lake will become a key situation to reverse the situation in North Korea.
On the evening of November 27, 1950, goose feathers of snow drifted rapidly to the northwest, and 150,000 people of the 20th Army, 26th Army and 27th Army of the Chinese Volunteer Army were ambushed in the snow early to wait for the arrival of the American troops.
In the extreme weather environment, the soldiers who were blowing the wind could not open their eyes, and their bodies were frozen and trembling, and they did not dare to move their bodies, for fear that a small move would expose the whole army, so the US army entered the encirclement under the attention of the US army.
The charge horn sounded, volunteer soldiers from all directions rushed down, the U.S. army did not have time to react, it was attacked, the war continued until the next morning, the mighty "Polar Bear Regiment" was split into 5 parts by the 20th Army and the 27th Army, one by one.
The chaotic US troops spent all day on the 28th trying to gather the truncated camp, because the US troops, which were automatically equipped and fully armed, could not abandon their sophisticated weapons and were trapped in the encirclement circle of our army and could not come out.
In this way, from night to day, and from day to night, I can't remember the first few rounds, during the break between the war, many American soldiers have been desperate, just hope that they can see the sun tomorrow, the invincible American "polar bear regiment" can say such words, you can see how fierce the war situation was at that time.
The fighting continued until the morning of December 1, when a small group of American troops finally broke through the siege and retreated south, before being completely annihilated under siege by the 20th and 26th Armies.
This battle created the miracle of our army's total annihilation of a US army, made the name of a volunteer army in the world, recovered the north of the 38th Line, and reversed the situation in the Korean War.
But our army also paid a heavy price, but the volunteer army, with its iron will, overcame the extremely harsh environment and completed a huge strategic victory.
A nightmare for the U.S. military
In the confusion, the American army looked for a breakthrough like a headless fly, and when they reached the Watergate Bridge, the scouts saw a team ambushed in the distance, and they were so frightened that they crawled to the commander with a rolling belt to report the situation.
When they looked closer, they were shocked by the sight in front of them, and the entire company of soldiers was frozen to death, but they still maintained a fighting posture and lay in the snow, some hand-held grenades, some clutching submachine guns, ready to launch a general attack at any time.
However, they did not wait until the last moment, but they were frozen to death in Korea, which went down in history in this way, which is the "ice sculpture company" of the 58th Division.
This hard battle, everyone is going out with pain, more or less have sequelae, young people rely on medicine to survive, old age is plagued by illness, asthma, arthritis, rheumatism, emphysema and so on perennially accompanied them, so far the US army and volunteer army veterans are reluctant to recall.
Those who walk out of Chosin Lake are all flukes, and the soul that is not afraid of death is too terrible, this is what an American veteran said.
This battle brought out the momentum and prestige of the Chinese soldiers, and China won the respect of people all over the world, but the price paid was tragic, many people died in the cold, and the surviving veterans did not even want to recall the past.