Source: People's Daily
The movie "Chosin Lake" is being screened
Those under the snow and ice
Volunteer soldiers frozen into "ice sculptures"
Let many people can not let go for a long time
And the real battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
Far more painful than a movie scene
Stills from the movie "Lake Chosin"
During the Battle of Chosin Lake
Due to the haste of entering the DPRK
The troops did not receive food for 3 days
Ammunition cannot be supplied in a timely manner
Winter supplies cannot be replenished in time
A large number of fighters froze to death and suffered frostbite
Only two of the three ice sculptures survived
How cold was Lake Chosin at that time?
Zhou Quandi, a veteran soldier who participated in this battle
As a survivor, he remembered:
"You can't solve the small hands."
Only untie yourself in your pants..."
"If you're hungry
Hold a bunch of snow to eat..."
"The legs can't move
All frozen and numb
I don't know if it hurts with a needle."
nevertheless
In the extremely cold and severe winter of minus 40 ° C
The volunteer soldiers remained in combat
I lay in the snow for three days and three nights
It was not until the fourth day that the order to fight was received
But there were many warriors at the time
Has frozen to death on the position
Became the "Ice Sculpture Company"
Brother Zhou was severely frostbitten
A charge horn was heard
No matter how he struggled, he couldn't move
"I can't climb up..."
He suffered severe frostbite on his hands and feet
He was sent back to the rear for emergency surgery
In his coma with a high fever
The health care worker puts his hands on his forearms,
The legs are amputated from the base of the thighs
"The surgery was not done with anesthesia
It is made with snow wrapping
I'm unconscious..."
Zhou Quandi said
At that time, the doctor also wanted to keep his right hand for him
Bandaged the next day after
Found that the right hand was rotten
"Even the bones 'hang' up
The doctor said there was no way
I had to cut it off with scissors..."
That year
Zhou Quandi is not yet 16 years old
November 1950
Zhou Quandi secretly entered the DPRK with his troops
Depart from Dandong and cross the Yalu River
30 miles out of the border
Only officially announced is this trip
"ResistING US Aggression and Aiding Korea, Defending the Family and Defending the Country"
Brother Zhou quan and his comrades-in-arms
Write down the letter of guarantee
Go to war with the determination to die
Until now
Zhou Quandi still has regrets:
"Didn't get the job done
Sorry party
Sorry motherland
Sorry people
It was something I will never forget."
The moment you go to war you're a hero
Hats off to Brother Zhou!
Source: Beijing Daily (ID: Beijing_Daily), Comprehensive: Chengdu Release, First Military Television, CCTV Military, Xinhua Net, CCTV Network, National Defense Times