In 1950, volunteer soldiers stared at the "wreckage" of the Watergate Bridge, lest they be reborn. At this moment, someone suddenly exclaimed, "Look! A "bridge" fell from the sky.
By the end of November, temperatures in North Korea had dropped to more than minus 40 degrees, but U.S. Commander Smith was in a much colder mood than the weather.
A few days after the Battle of Chosin Lake, the Polar Bear Regiment was completely annihilated by the Volunteer Army, and the Ace First Marine Division of the United States Army suffered heavy casualties, and Smith was retreating south with the remnants of the First Marine Division.
Listening to the information from the military headquarters, his face became more and more solemn, the volunteer army had been ready to deploy, and once the First Marine Division was trapped, it immediately launched an attack, leaving this unit in the snow forever.
The situation became more and more tense, and Smith could not suppress his panic, constantly urging the front line: "The advance troops speed up the process, at all costs, we must save the Watergate Bridge!" ”
The Pratunam Bridge, although called the bridge, does not have a drop of water under the bridge, it is built on top of the hydropower station flood dam, but 8.8 meters wide, but under the bridge is the "abyss".
The reason why the US military wants to protect it is because this is the only way to escape from Chosin Lake, once it passes through the Watergate Bridge and over the Loess Ridge, the US army enters the plain, and the volunteer army surrounds and blocks the momentum without attacking and destroying itself.
If the US army wants to protect it, our army will destroy it; this is not a struggle for a bridge, this is a struggle for a victory, and the stake is the life of the entire army of the First Marine Division.
On the other side, operations staff officer Guo Rongxi led the volunteer army to brave the wind and snow and raced for several days to reach the Watergate Bridge one step ahead of the US army. As soon as he arrived at his destination, he couldn't rest and immediately rushed to the Watergate Bridge with explosives.
It was not until the bridge deck of the Watergate Bridge was destroyed that the Volunteers breathed a sigh of relief, and according to past experience, it would take at least a week to repair the Watergate Bridge.
However, on December 1, the vanguard of the US army arrived at the Watergate Bridge, along with a large number of steel machines that the volunteers had never seen before, and the bridge deck was repaired after only half a day of repairs.
Guo Rongxi sensed that the situation was not good, but no matter what, the Watergate Bridge must be blown up, and he gave an order: "Arrange the second blow-up of the bridge immediately, I will go personally." ”
Late on the night of December 4, Guo Rongxi led his troops, under the cover of night, crossed the enemy blockade area, sneaked under the Watergate Bridge, and installed the explosives as quickly as possible.
Pull the line, ignite, turn around, retreat!
The 30-second countdown ends, "Boom! A huge explosion sounded, and the aftermath "pushed" Guo Rongxi out fiercely, and a stone rushed out of the fire, hitting his left calf, the calf was fractured on the spot, and the left foot was also broken into 180 degrees.
The situation was urgent, and it was too late to think about it, Guo Rongxi directly straightened his broken left foot with his hand, and forced his trembling body forward, until he saw the comrades who received him, his eyes were black, and he fainted in pain.
At the same time, the wood used by the US military to repair the bridge was also disposed of by our army.
The second time the bridge was successfully bombed, I thought that this would at least delay the US army for a few days, but unexpectedly, they brought steel!
This time, the Watergate Bridge was not only repaired, it was stronger than before. To make matters worse, the remaining explosives of the volunteers were not enough to blow up the bridge for the third time.
On the one hand, there was "unheard of" high-end equipment, and on the other hand, the volunteer army that ran out of ammunition, and just when Smith thought that the Watergate Bridge had been taken steadily, one of our troops did not hesitate to stand up.
Jiang Qingyun, a company commander of the 7th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 240th Regiment of the 80th Division, led the 7th Company to rush to the Watergate Bridge for two days to take over the third mission of blowing up the bridge.
The third blow-up of the bridge is far more difficult than the previous two, the Watergate Bridge has been successfully blown up by the volunteer army twice, and the large troops of the First Marine Division are about to arrive, and the US army must strictly guard against it, and must not dare to let the volunteer army succeed again.
And the volunteers had the same firm goal: to blow up the Watergate Bridge.
When Jiang Qingyun led the company to the Watergate Bridge, it had not eaten for 2 days, but there was a shortage of materials and the situation was urgent, even if it was hungry and tired, it was impossible to rest.
On the night of the 6th, Jiang Qingyun and more than 20 comrades set off and embarked on a battle of life and death.
More than 100 meters away from the Watergate Bridge, 7 fighters fell, 3 dead and 4 wounded.
More than 30 meters away from the Watergate Bridge, Jiang Qingyun was shot twice in the arm, and in the last few minutes of his consciousness, he was still directing his comrades:"Keep going!" ”
The volunteers rushed to the Watergate Bridge, Jiang Qingyun fell, and then, the fire soared into the sky, and at that moment, the night was as bright as day, from the bridge deck to the foundation, the Watergate Bridge was destroyed for the third time.
The sky was dawning, and the volunteers were relieved to "look" at the "wreckage" of the Watergate Bridge. There are still 3 days before the arrival of the large US troops, and a bridge can be repaired in 3 days, but a bridge cannot be built from scratch.
However, the unexpected came again.
On the 9th, there was a roar over the Watergate Bridge, and the volunteers looked up vigilantly to observe that several Us aircraft were coming from a distance, and then one parachute after another flew out, and under the umbrella hung eight M-2 steel beams (parts of the assembly bridge).
It turned out that just when the U.S. military was also feeling desperate, Smith suddenly thought that he could use ready-made parts to directly airdrop to the Watergate Bridge and reassemble a bridge.
Immediately after, the Japanese Mitsubishi assisted the U.S. military in making the M-2 steel beam, airdropped to the Pratunam Bridge, and a steel bridge was built in one day.
At this time, the large troops of the US army arrived, and the volunteer army could not prevent the withdrawal of the US troops, and the mission failed.
The defeat in the Battle of The Watergate Bridge was lost in the weather, lost in the supplies, and was poorly lost in the backwardness. Although we have soldiers who are not afraid of death, we do not have powerful enough weapons and sufficient materials, even if Guo Rongxi can say: "Die for the country, die and die!" But the state cannot allow fighters to "die and die."
Even in the case of such a huge disparity between the forces of the enemy and ourselves and such a harsh fighting environment, after one arduous battle after another of the volunteer soldiers, the enemy was finally driven back to the 38th line.
For decades, China has been striving to catch up, why until now, China has been able to achieve great influence in the world, we still have to continue to develop, because the lessons of history have already told us: backwardness will be beaten!
