This is definitely the last piece of history the U.S. military wants to mention.
It was at the end of the Korean War, and the defeated U.S. army, in order to increase the chips at the negotiating table, would order Lieutenant Clemens to attack a worthless 255 height, which was later known as the small hill of Pig Chop Mountain. Even if the American soldiers were reluctant to resist fearlessly, they were overwhelmed by a military order as heavy as an iron mountain. In the end, Lieutenant Clemens, who was determined and confused, raised his troops and launched an attack.
On the Korean battlefield in July 1953, hundreds of bloodless soldiers were seen holding steel guns, and the eyes of nothingness were left and right, with no intention of fighting. There was even a guy who was afraid of death who deliberately wrestled, but this kind of pediatrics deceived the superiors who had been in the battlefield for too long, and he was quickly discovered by the passing commanders.
"Get up, what's your name?" I said what's your name? ”
"My name is Fan Keling, sir."
"Well, get up right away and follow me."
However, as they moved closer to the mountain, the higher the hearts of the people were half-hung. Until the volunteer positions halfway up the mountain, there was still no reaction at all. So the American commander ordered the troops to stop, because he found a barbed wire fence not far away. But just as he began to think about how to destroy the barbed wire and not be discovered by the other side, gunshots suddenly came from the trenches not far away.
The frightened American officers and men had to take cover on the spot, because they were in an awkward position halfway up the mountain, and if they wanted to lie on the ground and counterattack, they would only be passively beaten. Coupled with the fact that the barbed wire in front of me was two meters high, countless soldiers died here.
It turned out that they wanted to use the bodies of their comrades to form a ladder and pave the way for the comrades behind them little by little. Although this method may not seem very clever, it is the most direct and effective way on the battlefield.
However, just as the U.S. troops were about to break through the defensive line, suddenly several powerful searchlights illuminated the area where their company was located as bright as day. At this time, the American commander shouted: "Lie down, lie down!" ”
As soon as the words fell, the volunteers on the mountain also took advantage of this heavenly opportunity to attack wildly. Although the lights were quickly extinguished, the naked American troops were dead and wounded. When the commander dialed the radio, he found that the light was coming from a friendly base behind them. It turned out to be the pot of his own observers, because he happened to see a group of unidentified personnel crawling towards the mountain, and originally thought that he was a soldier of the Chinese Volunteer Army, so he caused this oolong incident.
In fact, in real history, friendly troops in the rear of the U.S. army not only turned on strong searchlights, but even informed the artillery team to throw a lot of shells at them. According to an American journalist who watched the battle with the army, on the first day of the counterattack on Pig Row Mountain alone, the 9 artillery battalions of the US 2nd Division and the US 7th Division fired 37,655 shells, and another 77,349 rounds the next day. It's really hard to believe
The U.S. military commander who was sitting at the time felt how uncomfortable it was.
It was not until dawn that the remaining remnants of the American army crossed the barbed wire with difficulty. However, when they hurried to the trenches, they found that there was no one there, and they did not know that all this had been arranged by the volunteers.
The volunteers deliberately gave way to the first trench, but their retreat was only to make room for the stupid Americans to desperately drill into their pockets. Then let the volunteer army on the flank or rear detour to encircle, so as to achieve the purpose of annihilating the enemy.
Sure enough, before the American troops on this side could breathe, the commander learned from the intelligence officers that friendly forces in their east had been attacked on a large scale. No one knew what was going on, but suddenly there were countless volunteers there. Seeing that the situation was becoming more and more dangerous, the commander had to draw a squad from the few companies and bring two heavy machine guns to support the friendly forces on the east side.
But what no one expected was that the trenches on the eastern side were empty, not only did they not see the troops of the brother company, but also not even a living Chinese soldier. In fact, this was also a deliberate concession of the position by the volunteers, after all, there were 11 trenches on the entire small hill. Although they effortlessly took the trench, the keen commander found that they had not seen the volunteers for ten minutes, and was the other side plotting any new tactics?
This could confuse everyone, but just when they were at a loss, several figures suddenly appeared on the edge of the barbed wire behind them.
Everyone fixed their eyes on it, and it turned out to be the team of the flanking brothers, and the commander hurriedly took down the steel helmet and waved it. At this point they finally had reinforcements, but the commander of the brother company told them that the volunteers were so strong that they could not see anyone on this small hillside. His company was lucky, with a total of 12 soldiers successfully escaping. At this point, the commander's mood, which was still planning to scold, suddenly collapsed
However, what happened next made the US troops on the position doubt life.
They saw one shell after another fall on the American position, but they could not imagine that this shelling was not a volunteer action, but a friendly army from the rear. Although the commander hurriedly beckoned everyone to disperse, the large number of soldiers in the trenches had no time to dodge, and after a series of screams, all that was left was devastation and pungent blood. After all, everyone knows that countries are negotiating a peace armistice, and maybe they can go home tomorrow after fighting today. But now they have to be besieged by two groups of people, that is, as much grievance as they have to be wronged.
But the commander reassured them that it had indeed come from the volunteers. Although everyone knew in their hearts that he was deceiving everyone, this was the only way to appease everyone.
But in the next few hours, another ridiculous scene occurred in the cute American troops. Since the two companies that broke through were not manpowered, and the trenches now occupied needed to be guarded by troops, the commander found that his soldiers were simply not enough to organize the next charge. Just when the commander began to ask the camp for reinforcements, because the explosions on the battlefield were too loud, only one sentence was heard: We have occupied the high ground!
However, this is not the case.
They had been stuck in the first line of defense for a day and a night, looking at their teammates who had been killed, the commander felt that he had finally received long-awaited reinforcements, but these people were not to support the troops, but to clean up the logistics of the battlefield.
And they didn't bring any supplies, because when the communication equipment was blown up, the camp only heard the news of their occupation of the high ground, and did not hear the request for support behind. At this time, the faces of the people who heard the news were like ashes, and there were only 35 people left in the company that was still 135 people. Although they all had the idea of retreating in their hearts, the military order above was pressed everyone's chest and it was difficult to breathe.
In the early morning of April 18, although the volunteer defense force suffered heavy casualties in the two-day battle, it also achieved the goal of killing and wounding a large number of American troops. In the third Battle of Kitasan, Which lasted for two days and one night, the volunteers killed and wounded more than 1,000 UN troops, firmly and powerfully declaring sovereignty to the US army.
The film "Pork Chop Mountain" was released in 1956, when many people said that the film was "Shangganling" made by Americans. In fact, this is not the case, because the Shangganling that the Chinese side referred to in the Korean battlefield that year was actually called the Triangle Mountain by the US military. The pork chop mountain in the mouth of the US military is the north mountain of ShiDandong in the mouth of the volunteer army, so the pork chop mountain and the Shangganling are completely two different places.
Although this battle was not necessary in the eyes of the US military, they underestimated the belief of the Chinese. Even if it is a worthless hill, my Chinese sons and daughters will never give up half a point!