In 1840, the British sent troops to launch the Opium War under the pretext of Lin Zexuhumen selling cigarettes. In this war, the Qing army invested a total of 200,000 troops, and the British army only had 19,000 people. Although the strength of the army was more than ten times that of the enemy, due to the corruption and incompetence of the Qing government, we finally lost the war and were forced to pay compensation; in 1856, the British, who had tasted the sweetness, launched the Second Opium War with France, and the Qing government was defeated again in the case of absolute superiority in troops.
In 1900, Britain united 7 other countries, including the United States, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan, to form an eight-power alliance, invaded China again, and forced the Qing government to sign the "Xinugu Treaty" that was even more humiliating, and China was completely reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. In these three wars of aggression against China, Britain played an important role and obtained huge profits, with more than 80 million taels of silver looted from China alone, and the precious cultural relics snatched from the Yuanmingyuan are even more innumerable.
After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China was established, but due to years of warlord wars and Japanese invasions of China, China still failed to become strong. The British people's impression of China also remained in the Qing Dynasty, believing that China was still a poor and weak country, and this situation was not changed until the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. The first large-scale confrontation between the Volunteer Army and the British Army took place in the third battle, in which the two ace units of the British Army, the Royal Heavy Tank Battalion and the Royal Rifle Regiment, were annihilated by Zeng Zesheng's 50th Army.
However, the first blow of the 50th Army did not sober up the British, who never believed that the Chinese army would have such a strong fighting force, so they stubbornly believed that the reason why the volunteer army could eliminate their two ace troops was pure luck. But the Battle of Shermari, which broke out shortly thereafter, completely changed the British's impression of the Chinese army. In late April 1951, the Fifth Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, and the 63rd Army, under the leadership of Fu Chongbi, broke through the enemy's Linjin River defense line in only ten minutes, and then penetrated deeper, continuously defeating the Turkish Brigade and the Philippine Battalion, and directly attacking the enemy US 3rd Division.
Fearing that his retreat would be cut off, Thor, commander of the U.S. 3rd Division, hastily led his troops to retreat and left the British 29th Brigade behind for cover. Brigadi, the commander of the 29th Brigade, saw the fierce offensive of the volunteer army, and although he was afraid of being encircled, he was not willing to retreat like this. Eventually, he left the most effective Battalion of Gloucester in the Shermari area and told the battalion commander, Kahn, to "teach Chinese a lesson." With a history of more than 150 years, the Gloucester Battalion has participated in many important battles and battles, and is also known as the Double Emblem Battalion because of its repeated military achievements and is chartered to wear two hat badges.
At that time, the Gloucester Battalion had a total of 7 companies, including four infantry companies, two fire support companies, and a heavy tank company, with a total strength of 741 men. The firepower was fierce, and the soldiers were veterans of World War II, so the battalion commander of the Gloucester battalion, Kahn, was very arrogant and directly ordered his troops to charge back at the 560th Regiment of volunteers attacking Shemari. As a result, in less than two hours, the Gloucester battalion lost two companies. At this time, Kahn could no longer get mad, and hurriedly led the remnants to retreat to the main peak, and asked the brigade commander Brody for urgent help.
His own ace double emblem battalion was in danger, which greatly surprised Brody: when did Chinese become so capable of fighting? Only now did he believe that the destruction of the Royal Rifle Regiment and the Royal Heavy Tank Battalion was no accident. In order to rescue the double emblem battalion, Brody immediately sent a 10th battalion-level task force, and as a result, as a result, the reinforcements of the British army had just entered the Shermari Valley, and they were blocked by the reinforcements of the 560th Regiment, and after the leading tanks were destroyed, the remaining British troops scattered, and the rescue operation failed.
Brody had no choice but to order Kahn to break through. Kahn, however, said it was impossible to move because the troops were already surrounded by volunteers. At about 8:00 a.m. on April 25, the 560th Regiment launched a general offensive against the besieged British troops, and after nearly four hours of fierce fighting, 129 enemy were killed, 459 were captured, and 63 prisoners were captured by 1 soldier Liu Guangzi. Liu Guangzi is a native of Inner Mongolia and joined the People's Liberation Army in 1946. After the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he followed the 63rd Army into Korea and became a squad leader in the 2nd Company of the 2nd Battalion, 560 regiment of the 187th Division.
After the defeat of the Shuanghui battalion in The Shemari, Liu Guangzi followed his comrades to pursue and annihilate the enemy, and found a large group of Fleeing British troops under a mountain beam, he immediately threw an anti-tank grenade to blow up a large piece of the enemy, and then shouted in English, "Surrender the gun and do not kill." Looking at Liu Guangzi, who was like a god under the gods, the frightened British obediently raised their hands, liu Guangzi captured 63 British soldiers in this way, and after the war, he said bluntly: The British ace is better than a pig! On the Korean battlefield, the British were completely subdued by the volunteers and spoke highly of the volunteers, saying that the tactics of the volunteers were "unparalleled in the world and unique in the history of world warfare." ”
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