There was a peculiar phenomenon in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, that is, there were many Chinese soldiers in the US army, who often pretended to be Chinese on the battlefield to confuse the volunteer soldiers, resulting in a large number of casualties.
As early as World War II, more than 12,000 Chinese soldiers in the United States arrived in the Eurasian battlefield, of which 20 percent of The Chinese soldiers died in overseas battlefields.
Chinese are also one of the races with the highest proportion of military participation in the U.S. military, and many Chinese in the military have died for the United States.
Similarly, on the Battlefield in China, many patriotic air forces of Chinese descent have returned to the motherland to contribute to the development of the Chinese Air Force.
However, there are also people who use their chinese identity to take advantage of our army's protective spirit for their compatriots to win the victory, and are called heroes by other countries and despised by their countrymen.
The first Chinese officer in the U.S. military was such a person.
His name is Lü Chaoran, who once participated in the Korean War, because of his status as a Chinese, let the volunteer army relax its vigilance, so as to lead the American troops to successfully break through, called a hero by the Americans, but brought huge casualties to the Chinese volunteer army, becoming a "traitor" that everyone in the country shouted and beat.
How did Lu Chaoran use his Chinese identity to be loyal to the Americans?
One
Before that, we must first talk about the impression of Chinese in the hearts of the Chinese people.
During the Republic of China period, many Chinese were forced to live overseas and could not return home due to continuous wars, but after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Chinese people from all over the world donated money and materials to the motherland.
During the period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, there were also countless Chinese people who took great risks to transport materials on the battlefield, some of them lost their own family wealth, and some even lost their lives for this.
Such Chinese people make us remember and be respected.
However, some Chinese people have chosen another path; instead of helping, they have chosen to defect to the enemy country and kill their compatriots at the expense of their own, so as to gain a firm foothold in the enemy country and use the blood of their compatriots to make meritorious contributions and gain fame.
Among them, Lu Chaoran is a very typical character.
In 1926, Lu Chaoran was born in San Francisco, the United States, the father is Cantonese, immigrated to the United States in 1920, mainly by selling food to restaurants, to support the family's expenses.
In 1925, his father returned to his homeland, and under the introduction of relatives and friends, he married a girl in Guangdong and later returned to the United States.
A year later, he gave birth to a son, named Lu Chaoran.
Because both parents are Chinese, Lu Chaoran has always received a traditional Chinese education in the United States, and his family has been telling him some principles of loyalty and patriotism, and many Chinese children have gone to Chinese schools to study.
Lü Chaoran also likes to read Chinese books, such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin", etc. The book is not left.
When he read famous books, he admired some military figures, so the idea of joining the army became more and more intense.
In 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and Lu Chaoran, who was still studying in high school, enlisted in the U.S. army.
At that time, the U.S. army was short of troops, but the fascist army was menacing, and in order to cope, the U.S. military almost did not refuse to apply for enlistment, as long as it was a man of the right age, they were conscripted into the army.
Lu Chaoran became a member of the Marine Corps, but in this team, the yellow race all did the lowest level of the military and were discriminated against.
American soldiers can even think of them as sandbags for their own martial arts training, and vent at will.
This phenomenon is not only in the military, but also in the work, the yellow race suffers from the white eyes of the Americans, and many Chinese veterans, because of the identity of the yellow race, have to go to the factory to work and engage in some dangerous low-wage industries.
Lü Chaoran was originally a yellow person, coupled with a height of 168cm, he was even more discriminated against, and many American soldiers laughed at him as a dwarf and did not deserve to come to the army!
But Lu Chaoran not only did not resent, but held his breath and wanted to become a combat hero of the US military, so that the Americans could look up to him.
Just when he was eager to be loyal to the U.S. army, he was assigned to the school to learn boring Japanese, which made him very disappointed.
After the end of World War II, many U.S. troops chose to retire from the army, and Lü Chaoran learned Japanese for a long time and lost his place.
Others chose to retire, but his desire to be respected by others became stronger and stronger, urging him to continue to study, and finally entered the advanced military academy in the United States with excellent results.
After graduation, because of his high education and seniority, he became a small leader of the Marine Corps, although he was still not reused, but he has been slowly settling down and quietly waiting for the opportunity.
Finally, he waited for this opportunity.
Two
After the outbreak of the Korean War, he took the initiative to go to the front line to fight and prove his ability.
After learning the news, his parents did not agree for the first time. In their view, if Lü Chaoran chooses to go to the front, it means that he wants to fight with his motherland, which is unjust. In the face of the great righteousness of the country, although I am far away and cannot help, I cannot help outsiders to beat my own people.
However, Lu Chaoran still insisted on his own ideas.
When the request was submitted to his superiors, his superiors also rejected his ideas, not because they were worried that Lü Chaoran would fight with his motherland, but because they were afraid that he had two hearts.
Judging from Lü Chaoran's various behaviors in the back, this superior obviously thought too much, because Lü Chaoran was more American than American!
After Lü Chaoran's request was rejected, he immediately found his disapproving superior: "Why don't you agree to let me go to the front battlefield?" ”
"You are Chinese, if you are fighting with Chinese soldiers, how can you concentrate on fighting?"
"Please give me this chance!"
Later, Lü Chaoran submitted three requests to his superiors, indicating his position and asking his superiors to agree to his going to the battlefield.
In the end, he finally got permission from his superiors to become a small platoon leader in the U.S. Marine Corps.
However, his subordinates still had doubts about Lü Chaoran, after all, this was a Chinese, if the two armies were at war, would Lü Chaoran really shoot and shoot at his compatriots?
Facing the AMERICAN soldiers, Lu Chaoran said sternly: "I have no intention of returning alive, on the battlefield, I will be absolutely loyal to the United States, and I am ready to die at any time!" ”
Later, he went out on a campaign, but on the battlefield, he was greedy for life and afraid of death, and he used his identity as a yellow race to confuse our army and bring heavy losses to our army.
Even more, with the sacrifice of our army, he stood firm in the US army and became a hero of the Americans.
As everyone knows, this is just a clown jumping beam, stepping on the white bones of his own compatriots in exchange for the glory and wealth of other countries, and even more pretending to be passionate, which is really shameless and pathetic.
In November 1950, at the Battle of Chosin Lake, the Chinese Volunteer Army insisted on fighting the United States in an environment of minus thirty degrees.
As early as October 26, Lü Chaoran's troops landed on Chosin Lake. Unexpectedly, a unit discovered their whereabouts and attacked them in time with artillery fire.
Lü Chaoran was caught off guard, and in the smoke of the gunfire, he heard the shouts of the opposing army: "Shoot!" Over there is the U.S. Army! ”
It was a familiar Chinese, and Lü Chaoran immediately judged that they were not confronted with the Korean army, but the volunteer army sent by China.
He fled with his troops while taking cover, avoiding the fire of the Chinese volunteers and successfully reaching the American camp.
A few days later, in the village of Tongli on Chosin Lake, he and the volunteers had their first head-to-head confrontation.
Taking advantage of the fact that the US army was not prepared, the mainland volunteer army successfully infiltrated the US army camp, picked up the white blade, and fought with the enemy in hand-to-hand combat.
But at this time, a heavy fog suddenly fell from the sky, so that both the volunteer army and the American army were disoriented and could not see the exact position of the enemy.
Lu Chaoran once recalled: "The situation at that time was very urgent, the distance between the two sides was very close, as long as there was a slight noise, the location would be exposed. Whoever can hide the position well can win the war. ”
At this time, Lu Chaoran thought that he had finally waited for the opportunity to be a hero, and he quietly distanced himself from his troops, volunteered, and rushed forward.
From time to time, he fired, misleading the volunteers into thinking that the Americans were marching forward.
The volunteers held their breath as the gunshots drew nearer.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and the gunshots were getting louder and louder, and the well-judged volunteers immediately shot at Him as soon as Lu Chaoran entered range.
As soon as the gunshots rang out, the position of the volunteers was exposed.
The corners of Lu Chaoran's mouth rose slightly, and he was overjoyed that his trick had succeeded. In order to survive the guns of the volunteers, he said slyly: "I am Chinese!" Don't shoot! ”
The weather conditions at that time were very bad, although Lü Chaoran was wearing American clothes, but he had yellow skin and black eyes, and the mainland volunteers saw Chinese, and out of trust and protection, they immediately stopped shooting.
Seeing that the volunteers on the mainland hesitated, Lü Chaoran immediately seized the opportunity and threw two grenades at our army's position, disrupting the formation of our army, and took the submachine gun in his hand and frantically strafed at our army's position.
After the position of the volunteer army was exposed, the US army immediately rushed over and concentrated its firepower to attack the volunteer army, resulting in a large number of volunteer casualties, and Lü Chaoran relied on the identity of the Chinese to let the US army successfully break through and win a complete victory.
After that, Lü Chaoran repeated the trick, and as a result, he was hammered by the volunteer army, seriously injured, and sent back to the United States for treatment.
Three
The ROK army attacked Huangcao Ridge for a long time, but to no avail, the US First Marine Division was responsible for replacing it, and the US army, armed to the teeth, quickly captured Yantai Peak and other positions.
However, in the evening, it was retaken by the volunteers.
In this battle for positions, Lü Chaoran once again used his identity as a Chinese to confuse the volunteers.
Lü Chaoran was a Guangdong native, mandarin was not popular at that time, he spoke basically Cantonese, but the volunteer army that fought with him was the 42nd Army, and everyone familiar with it knew that the 42nd Army belonged to the Northeast Field Army, and the source of the soldiers originated from the northeast, in that era, you said Cantonese to a group of northeasterners: "Don't fire, I am Chinese." ”
Who can understand? Moreover, it is not impossible for a situation similar to Lü Chaoran, eating a long and wise, during the critical period, the volunteer army will not stop fighting because the enemy says "I am Chinese", which is unrealistic.
Lü Chaoran took a platoon of his own, wanted to be opportunistic, falsely claimed to be a Chinese, but was attacked by the volunteer army, according to the staff officer of the B Company of the 7th Regiment, Vicker recalled: "The attack of the volunteer army was very fierce, and did not stop the attack, and one of the platoons arranged by the B Company lost its position and fled, and was almost completely annihilated. ”
Lü Chaoran's repeated use of this trick did not work, but instead fled into the wilderness, was seriously injured by the volunteer army, and was directly carried to the hospital for treatment.
After recovering from his injuries, Lü Chaoran, the heart of revenge did not die, once again participated in the attack on Huangcaoling, the result was attacked by the volunteer army, directly shot, this time not lucky last time, only injured hands and feet last time, and this shot hit the chest, rescued in the hospital for a long time, before returning from the ghost gate.
Maybe he knows that his tricks are useless, the donkey skills are exhausted, and Lu Chaoran will no longer play after he recovers from injury again, which may also be due to physical reasons.
Although Lu Chaoran's behavior has become a laughing stock on the Chinese side, it has been encouraged by the Americans.
In 1968, Lu Chaoran chose to retire.
In the United States, he received the highly honorable Naval Cross, which is generally only given to white Americans, and this exception was made in recognition of his "meritorious service." A few years later, he became a lieutenant colonel and was the first Chinese Marine Officer in the U.S. Army.
Americans consider him a hero.
The New York Times praised Lu Chaoran as "a Chinese combat hero who led the U.S. military in battle with China."
He gained the trust of the Americans and fulfilled his dream of becoming a hero in the U.S. military.
The incident was recorded by the American media in the form of a documentary.
In this interview, Lü Chaoran exaggerated his "battle results", said nothing about his being seriously injured, and only said that he used his "Chinese" identity to kill many volunteers.
The original text is as follows:
...... In a hurry, Lu Chaoran rushed out and shouted in Chinese: "Don't shoot, I am Chinese." The volunteers stopped shooting and popped their heads out, and Lü Chaoran and his subordinates took advantage of this opportunity to launch a fierce counterattack, killing and wounding many volunteers.
In the interview with Lu Chaoran, he replied: "I was hoping to use my Chinese identity to gain the trust of the Chinese volunteers, and after causing casualties of the Chinese volunteers, I would be able to lead my troops to break through." ”
It is undeniable that Lu Chaoran was born in the United States, and he has not lived in China, and he is an American.
However, what is repugnant is that as a Chinese, he takes his own identity, ignorant of his conscience, uses Chinese shouts, deceives the trust of his fellow ethnic groups, and helps foreign tribes, which is really unkind and unjust.
To a certain extent, the war has a position and a nationality, if Lu Chaoran is not because "I am a Chinese", he may have died at the gunpoint of the volunteer army.
If he is upright and does not take advantage of his "Chinese", even if he dies on the battlefield for the US army, he will never be scolded.
However, on the one hand, he served the United States, but he took his original identity as a shield, greedy for life and afraid of death, and used the military to protect the mood of his fellow tribesmen.
He fulfilled his heroic dream and became one of the few Chinese officers.
He received one of the most prestigious naval medals in the United States and held many honors that only American servicemen can receive.
Lu Chaoran recalled in his later years: "Although he suffered discrimination, he won the respect and recognition of everyone with his own practical actions. ”
But in my opinion, it is not a family, not a door. In the eyes of Americans, no matter how meritorious Chinese, they will never be their own people, and these honors and fame and fortune will eventually be a cover.
Wandering in a foreign country, but also helping foreign races, killing compatriots, is really shameful.
It's like a play, on the stage, fratricidal, become the laughing stock of outsiders.
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