The Second Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, which began on November 25 and ended on December 24, 1950, can be described as a major war that turned the tide of the Korean War. In this battle, the Chinese People's Volunteers annihilated more than 36,000 "United Nations troops", including more than 24,000 US troops, and recaptured Pyongyang, the capital of the DPRK, in one fell swoop, which boiled over China and the DPRK and shocked the world.
Since it was a complete victory and the captured military materials were naturally rich in battle results, the 119th Division of the 40th Army alone captured 303 US cars, more than 70 artillery pieces, and five tanks. For the volunteer army, the urgently needed military supplies, such as tents, military blankets, duck down quilts, military uniforms, military boots, towels and other materials are considerable, with these cold materials, greatly alleviating the pressure of logistics transportation of the volunteer army.
In addition to a large number of weapons, equipment, clothing, and vehicles, the most rewarding and more exciting for the volunteer soldiers was the accumulation of military food reserves, especially the variety of colorful and nutritious field rations. All kinds of compressed biscuits, canned meat, canned vegetables and fruits, canned peanuts and beans, candy coffee cola powder, and even alcohol and cigarettes, these massive supplies make the soldiers feel as if they have returned to the era of fighting local tycoons.
In the second half of December of that year, in the case of the 38th Army, known as the "Long Live Army", boxes of canned beef, pork or lunch meat were distributed in rows, and as soon as the meal was served, the soldiers could be seen listening to the scene of the canned meat. At the reception party of the 38th Army Headquarters, the table was almost a water of American food, including not only American lunch meat, but also corned beef, egg yolk ham, canned fruit, and even whiskey, champagne, and Coca-Cola. Wu Xinquan, commander of the 39th Army, who was present at the same time, quipped: "The first time I ate such a sumptuous American wine banquet, I sincerely thankEd MacArthur!" ”
A bunch of dazzling foreign falls, so that the volunteer soldiers' eyes opened at the same time, but also made a lot of jokes, such as cleaning the battlefield, some soldiers found some iron cans filled with yellow powder, because they could not understand what egg powder English, but also thought it was sulfur and other things, but also did not care to kick a bucket of egg powder to the ground, and then after the prisoner demonstration, only to know that this powder after hot water brewing, can become a good and nutritious egg paste.