On the morning of February 15, 1951, under the cover of more than 40 tanks and more than 200 sorties of aircraft, a battalion of the US 1st Mounted Division reinforced from Ripuri to Pingli in an attempt to relieve the enemy's siege.
Founded in 1921, the U.S. 1st Mounted Division made great achievements in World War II and was the leading "ace unit" of the U.S. Army.
On the Korean battlefield, they had a strong superiority in weapons and logistics, which was far beyond the reach of the poorly armed, backwardly equipped, and difficult to supply volunteer troops.
What's more, the volunteer army did not occupy an absolute superiority in terms of troop strength, so this was destined to be an extremely difficult and cruel battle in the history of our army, and even many people now mentioned the three words "Pingli" and their mood immediately became heavy.
Since weapons, equipment, and logistical supplies are at an absolute disadvantage, and the strength of the troops does not occupy an absolute superiority, what will the volunteer army do to fight to the death against the mechanized and modernIZED US army?
There is no doubt that it is the fighting spirit and confidence to face any difficulties and dare to defeat all enemies!
It was precisely the soaring fighting spirit and firm confidence that made the volunteer soldiers fight in the pingli of the military history, so that this "ace unit" of the US army also paid a heavy price!
After the curtain was drawn, two regiments of the 126th Division of the 42nd Army of the Volunteer Army and the 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army engaged in a fierce anti-tank battle, of which the 377th Regiment fought particularly fiercely.
In the face of the raging tanks, the soldiers of the 377th Regiment grabbed the explosive packs and bravely rushed towards the enemy tanks.
Zhu Yongshan (Colonel in 1955), the commander of the 377th Regiment, was observing at the command post, and the chief of staff, Liu Shengyun (colonel in 1955, promoted to colonel in 1964), suddenly shouted: "Commander you see! ”
Zhu Yongshan looked in the direction of Liu Shengyun's finger, only to see that in a deep pit not far ahead, there were three people shaking their heads.
They were creeping toward the enemy's vanguard tanks, their surroundings constantly spattered with enemy bullets, and shells constantly exploding around them.
In the smoke, the three figures would jump up, one would lie down, and gradually approach the tank with the tongue of fire.
When there were still more than ten meters away from the tank, the first soldier jumped out of the crater, slammed forward a few steps, and fell to the ground without moving.
Immediately after, the second fighter jumped out of the crater and rushed toward the enemy tank, where he was knocked down by bullets.
Zhu Yongshan and Liu Shengyun's hearts raised their throats, looking at the tanks emitting black smoke, their hearts burning.
"The third!" The messenger beside Zhu Yongshan shouted again.
In the smoke, they saw a warrior leaping low down the grassy rice field, jumping up like a mountain leopard, rushing forward like an arrow, and then lying down again, jumping again...
"Good agile warrior!" Zhu Yongshan couldn't help but marvel.
I saw this soldier roll over a few times on the spot, and then crawl forward, quickly approaching the enemy tank.
At this moment, a cloud of black smoke suddenly rose around the warrior, followed by a cloud of fire.
"Oops!" Zhu Yongshan and Liu Shengyun looked at the blazing fire and were very distressed about this brave soldier, but unfortunately they almost blew up the enemy's tank.
At this critical moment, a strange fire suddenly rolled rapidly on the battlefield towards the enemy position!
Zhu Yongshan and Liu Shengyun saw it very clearly,
There was a vague figure in this strange fire! This is the third warrior who has just fallen, and his whole body is burning and burning at the moment!
With amazing perseverance, he endured the severe pain of the charred flesh on his body, and with the blazing fire, he was rapidly rolling towards the enemy tank!
Almost at the moment when the fire group approached the enemy tank, the enemy tank emitted a white light, "boom" a loud noise, the tank burned up, igniting the trees next to it.
The tank in the back saw the situation and hurriedly retreated. The volunteer troops immediately rushed towards the enemy tank group ...
Zhu Yongshan and Liu Shengyun ran to the place where the warrior had fallen, not far from the bombed tank, where the warrior lay, his clothes burned to black ash, his face charred, and one arm extended forward, as if to motivate his comrades to continue to rush toward the enemy.
Zhu Yongshan and Liu Shengyun suppressed the excitement in their hearts, looking back at the scene when the warrior blew up the tank just now, his heroic feats——
When the chemical mortar shell exploded beside him, he lay nimbly on the barren grass, but was knocked unconscious by blowing off one leg;
When he was awakened by the fire, the rumbling of the tank next to him made him realize that the enemy tank had not yet blown up, so he endured great pain, and rolled towards the tank with full of flames.
He had only one anti-tank grenade in his hand, and he was afraid that he would not be able to throw it on the enemy tank, so he climbed all the way to the tank and threw the grenade with all his strength.
Having lost one leg and being badly burned, he was no longer able to dodge the grenade explosion, and he was wiped out with the enemy tanks.
This battle is in the history of the army, and the three brave warriors who sacrificed their lives to blow up the tanks, the comrades can not find out their names from them.
In particular, the third soldier, all his papers or cloth documents were scorched by the enemy's chemical incendiary bombs, and even his face could not be recognized.
The comrades-in-arms properly disposed of the remains of the three unknown martyrs and searched in many ways, but they have not been able to find out.
They didn't even leave their names, so they died heroically. And such volunteer soldiers, in the battle of Pingli and even on the entire Korean battlefield, there were many...
This is The place where the blood of heroes stained the hills, and the blood of thousands of volunteer commanders and fighters splashed in Pingli. That singable and weeping curtain hero feat, with the sun and the moon shining!