At that time, the number of radio stations in the volunteer army was generally more than 30 stations, and most of the radio communications could only be connected to the regimental combat units.
The practical difficulties at the time
In the upper part of the film "Chosin Lake", there was a bridge section of 7 companies escorting the rear radio to Shiji, which was enough to show that our army's wireless communication capabilities were weak at that time.
7 companies were attacked while escorting the radio
In the second part of the film, "Watergate Bridge", when my volunteer soldiers captured the US military airfield in Hagaru-ri, the radio station left behind by the US military mentioned the casualties caused by its air force to our blocking troops, and the instructor Mei Sheng shot and destroyed the US military radio station in anger.
U.S. military radio calls in clear code
Many netizens asked why they should break the radio station, and wouldn't it be better to seize it and use it to spy on the US troops?
Combined with the narrative plot of the film, the overall feeling is that the composition of the artistic processing of this bridge section is still greater. The main purpose is to set off the resentment and helplessness of the vast number of volunteer army commanders and fighters in the face of the powerful armament of the US army.
In fact, in actual combat, it is rare to find the enemy's complete radio.
Physical objects of US military radio captured by the volunteers (Source: North China Military Region Martyrs' Cemetery)
Although the earliest radio communications unit of our army was started by capturing half of the radio stations of the Kuomintang army during the anti-"encirclement and suppression" period of the Red Army, it was captured after all under the circumstances of ambushes and annihilation battles. In a rout such as the Shimogaru-ri airfield, it is difficult to capture the entire radio station and hear the contents of the US military communications directly.
The reason why it is half of the radio station is mainly because the device is damaged and can only be received and cannot be sent
First, with the degree of mechanization of the US military at that time, it would definitely take away valuable materials such as radio stations when it retreated, and even if the time was short, it would also destroy the electronic equipment that could not be taken away, and there would never be a situation where the complete radio station was left behind and ran away on its own.
Mechanized runway no one can out of the United States its right
Second, in the actual use of military radios, such as the front-line large and medium-sized base stations in the film, most of the communication process also uses code language, and open language calls are mostly seen between companies and squads. The film "Armageddon" has a description of the relevant scene. Therefore, even if the full radio station is captured, there will generally be no explicit calls in the film.
Whether it is a TV series version or a movie version of "Armageddon", Liao Yaoxiang's code call is mentioned
So what if the complete radio station missed by the enemy was really found in actual combat?
To be honest, that's a treasure! Meritorious service awards are not a problem.
On the one hand, through the replacement of radio components (increasing and changing the radio frequency), we can realize that the enemy station is used by us. On the other hand, such complete radio stations can also monitor the enemy's communication frequency when the communication distance is permitted, so as to achieve the purpose of intelligence gathering.
Volunteer Signal Corps and Radio
Therefore, putting aside the elements of artistic processing, if the enemy radio is found and captured in actual combat, our well-trained army will certainly feel like a treasure, and the act of deliberate sabotage is absolutely impossible to happen on the battlefield.
In the era of peace, looking back at the great war, the heroic volunteer soldiers played the spirit of new China, so that New China raised its proud head in the new world pattern changes, just as Wu Wanli said in the film, "There is still one person left in the seventh company, but we have lost the soul of the US army." We deeply remember the great volunteer soldiers, long live the heroic volunteer soldiers!