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Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

October 19, 2021, marks the 71st anniversary of the Chinese Volunteer Army's war to resist the United States and aid Korea.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

On October 19, 1950, the Chinese Volunteer Army crossed the Yalu River and rushed to the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

On October 19, 71 years later, on the 20th day of the release of "Changjin Lake", the cumulative box office officially exceeded the 5 billion mark, ranking fourth in the history of Chinese films and second in the world this year.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

On the evening of October 19, the news that "the box office of Chosin Lake rose to the second place in the world this year" landed on the second place in the Weibo hot search list.

Since the release of the National Day file for three weeks, the box office of "Changjin Lake" has been overwhelming, and as of the evening of the 18th, the box office has reached 4.944 billion yuan. The background of the story of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea is full of patriotic enthusiasm, and the heroic deeds of our heroic ancestors have made us born in the era of peace even more weep.

On the evening of the 19th, the official weibo of the movie Changjin Lake released the news that the box office officially exceeded 5 billion yuan.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

Netizen message: "We will not forget history, nor will we forget those lovely people." ”

"Hats off to the loveliest people! The motherland will not forget! ”

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

Behind the popularity of the film is the tragic history of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea 71 years ago.

In order to defend the country, 2.9 million volunteer soldiers have gone to Korea to participate in the war. Block the gun hole with your chest, use your body as a ladder, endure hunger and freezing without flinching, and burn your body without moving... They say that behind us is the motherland.

In extremely harsh circumstances, the volunteer soldiers fought bloody battles against the enemy to win the battle.

The documentary "The Great War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" is a complete version of all five episodes

A real Chosin Lake

The real Battle of Chosin Lake is even more tragic than depicted in the film.

In 1950, the Korean War broke out, the United States-led United Nations army brazenly crossed the "38th Line", in order to ensure homeland security, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to send Chinese Volunteer Army to fight in Korea.

At that time, the new China, which had been established for a year, could only start the "war to build a country" in the face of aggressive external forces.

The Battle of Chosin Lake was a key battle in the second campaign of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

After the first campaign, the Volunteers stabilized the situation in Korea, but the United Nations army still attempted to launch a general offensive, hoping to capture all of Korea with a "pincer offensive".

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

Stills poster for the movie "Chosin Lake"

At that time, the enemy commander-in-chief MacArthur once laughed and said, "If it is done well, you can let everyone return home before Christmas", so this battle is also called "Christmas Offensive".

In order to respond, the Volunteer Army adopted the policy of "luring the enemy to go deep and annihilating each other" to encircle and strike at the enemy army, and the Battle of Chosin Lake was part of the battlefield on the Eastern Front.

The horrors of the war are depicted in the film, and the historical figures are even more cold.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

Statistics given by the Communist Party History Publishing House "The First Battle of the Founding of the People's Republic of China" show that the volunteer army lost a total of 48,156 personnel in the Battle of Chosin Lake, including 19,202 casualties, 28,954 frostbite (more than 3,000 deaths), and more than 1,000 frozen deaths.

According to the data released by the United States after the war, the US First Marine Division lost 604 people, 114 were seriously wounded, 192 were missing, 3508 were wounded, the total number of combat casualties was 4418, and 7313 non-combat attritions were lost. In addition, the US 7th Division suffered about 2,200 casualties.

The Volunteer Army surrounded the U.S. First Marine Division with the strength of the entire corps, and the enemy, still relying on the cover of the fleet and the air force, completed the retreat in a structure, taking away the wounded and weapons, and transferring a large number of refugees.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

From the simple comparison of data, it can be seen that in order to achieve the strategic goal of forcing the enemy to retreat, the volunteer army paid several times the price of the enemy, and 60% of the attrition was due to the extreme weather of Chosin Lake.

Due to the backwardness in equipment, the volunteer soldiers could only use their flesh and blood to face the rain of bullets and bullets, and fought with faith in the cold and freezing.

It can be said that our army has achieved the strategic goal of completely withdrawing the UNITED Nations troops from Korea with the sacrifice of flesh and blood. The picture is tragic, but it is also worth pondering.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

Why is Lake Chosin so cold?

In the winter of 1950, Chosin Lake was particularly cold.

Located on the Gaima Plateau in northeastern North Korea, Lake Chosin is an artificial lake in the upper reaches of the Chosin River that stores water for power stations. Before the end of World War II, Korea was controlled by Japan, which was the base of war logistics for the Japanese.

At an altitude of 1000-1500 meters (the highest peak reaches 2522 meters above sea level), the Gaima Plateau is the highest terrain area in the entire Korean Peninsula, so it is also known as the "Roof of Korea".

Although at a latitude comparable to northern China, temperatures on the Gaima Plateau are much lower than in Beijing at the same latitude due to the high altitude and unique land and sea location.

Similar to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Gaima Plateau has a weak heat storage capacity, coupled with the need to face the cold tide in the south in winter, often affected by the steam of The Japanese seawater, it is easy to form snowfall, which can be called a "bitter cold land".

The 3rd Corps of the 9th Corps, which fought the Battle of Chosin Lake, was originally repaired on the southeast coast to prepare for the liberation of Taiwan, and although they were all experienced in hundreds of battles, most of them were authentic southerners and lacked combat experience in ice and snow weather.

During the second campaign, the volunteer commander discovered the fighters encircling and annihilating the US army, and urgently transferred the 9th Corps from East China to the border to carry out operations into North Korea. Due to the hasty preparations, except for the last batch of the 26th Army, which rushed to the battlefield, most of the volunteer soldiers who participated in the Battle of Chosin Lake fought in the snow and ice in thin cotton clothes.

Moreover, the Chosin Lake that winter was particularly cold, which made the battle of the ancestors even more tragic.

According to the "History of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea", in late October 1950, snow began to fall in the Chosin Lake area, and the temperature dropped sharply. By late November, the temperature had dropped to around -27°C and there was snow everywhere.

A once-in-a-50-year winter

In the first week of entering North Korea, volunteer soldiers encountered a cold wave once in 50 years. This cold wave is associated with the "La Niña phenomenon" and polar vortexes.

Polar vortex (also known as "polar vortex") refers to the cold large and low vortex that exists in the middle and upper atmosphere near the poles all year round, and its intensity and position change have a greater impact on the middle and high latitude weather.

The center of the Polar Vortex of the Arctic often deviates from the Arctic or splits into 2 or 3 centers, and when it expands to the south, it will lead to the outbreak of cold waves, causing greater harm to human production and life.

The "La Niña phenomenon", also known as the "anti-El Niño phenomenon", refers to the equatorial Middle East Pacific Ocean affected by sea flooding and cold currents, and the sea surface temperature is abnormally low.

The La Niña phenomenon, which occurs every 3-5 years, is itself a small probability event, but in the winter of 1950, it happened precisely.

Beginning in the winter of 1949, the peruvian cold snap continued to grow until 1951, when the La Niña phenomenon was as strong as it was in southern China in 2008. Coupled with the influence of the polar vortex, the northeast of North Korea fell into extreme cold.

At the time of the battle, the lowest temperature in the Chosin Lake area was around minus 35°C. Unlike the U.S. army, the volunteers were ambushed on the ridge for a long time, with stronger winds and temperatures as low as minus 40 °C.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

Soldiers accustomed to the weather in the south are not adapted to the harsh cold conditions of the combat environment, and the cold wave that occurs once in 50 years has made the climatic conditions worse. In addition, the volunteer soldiers also had to face the enemy army whose logistics were far superior to their own, and the situation was of course extremely bad.

Flesh and blood are exchanged for victory

When the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, the supply lines of the Chinese Volunteer Army appeared "very primitive" in front of the enemy army.

Chosin Lake is located in a mountainous area, and it is no longer possible to transport a large amount of materials by water, and the volunteer army can only take the channel of "public railway and two transportation". Rail transport is large in volume, less affected by the weather, but less flexible and more expensive to lay. Road transport, on the other hand, is small and more suitable for short distances.

In contrast, the U.S. military has a strong industrial background. Taking advantage of the superiority of air superiority, the US military continued to carry out air transport and delivery, and constantly bombarded the supply lines of the volunteers during the day.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

Cotton leather hats of the US army captured by the volunteers (exhibited at the military museum)

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

U.S. Army Duck Down Sleeping Bags Captured by Volunteers (Exhibited at the Military Expo)

The Southern forces did not have sufficient cold equipment, and logistics were difficult to keep up with, and sometimes even salt could not be eaten. Therefore, there is also the scene in the movie - the Thanksgiving party of the US army is full of joy, and the volunteer army relies on the will in the cold.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

U.S. military boots captured by volunteers (exhibited at the military museum)

Lacking the necessary nutrition and salt supplies, the volunteers faced a severe physiological test, but in order to achieve their strategic goals, they had no choice but to persevere.

In the face of an enemy whose weapons and equipment were far superior to their own, the volunteer soldiers of the "Millet Plus Rifle" did not retreat, and they fought for the motherland behind them with a fearless spirit of sacrifice in Korea at minus 40 ° C.

Dark red scars, festering skin, closed eyes, and resting in a foreign land.

That year, they were young, with relatives and families.

But in order to make up for the gap in conditions, in order to fight against the sinister natural conditions, they have no other choice but to die resolutely.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

This precisely reflects the greatness of the "Ice Sculpture Company" from the side, they fight against the torrent of steel, and they are not afraid of extreme weather.

The volunteer army's post-war report reads: "When the battlefield was finally cleaned up, it was found that all but one soldier who had fallen behind and one messenger, the remaining more than 200 cadres and fighters were in the form of a combat formation, all of them froze to death on the position, and the corpses were carefully examined, without any wounds or blood..."

In the thin clothes of the Shanghai soldier Song Amao, the comrades-in-arms found a thin note that read:

I love my loved ones and my country

Love my honor even more

I am an honorable volunteer soldier

Ice and snow! I will never succumb to you

Even if I freeze to death, I will be proud

Towering over my position!

No spring is late, but some people stay in the cold winter forever. Blood is hard to tell, and there is a kind of determination that the enemy will never understand.

The prototype of the hero in the movie is here

In the movie "Chosin Lake", the 7 companies led by Wu Qianli destroyed the regimental headquarters of the "Polar Bear Regiment" of the US army in one fell swoop.

And on the real battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, there was indeed such a heroic company.

In November 1950, the second battle of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea began, and the 4th Company of the 239th Regiment of the 80th Division of the 27th Army of the Volunteer Army braved the severe cold weather as a sharp knife company to cut all the way forward.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

On November 27, 1950, as night fell, the faint light coming through the distance attracted the attention of Li Changyan, the commander of the 4th Company.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

Li Changyan, then company commander

He led the warriors to sneak past after killing a small group of enemies,

Cold and hunger strike, and the warriors climb into their tents and begin to search for everything that can withstand the cold.

Instructor Zhuang Yuandong pulled off a colorful square "blanket" and draped it over his body.

Suddenly, gunshots came from outside the tent, and Zhuang Yuandong immediately threw away the blanket and led the warriors into the battle.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget
Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

The warriors of the 4th Company used the terrain to leap forward and encircle the enemy.

The U.S. army was caught off guard by this close-up tactic, and most of them were annihilated on the spot except for one that fled in a hurry.

At that time, the soldiers of the 4th Company did not know that their opponent was the 31st Regiment of the 7th Division of the US Army, known as the "Polar Bear Regiment", and they actually destroyed the command post of the "Polar Bear Regiment" regiment in one fell swoop.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

And the "blanket" that was once draped by the instructor was the flag of the "Polar Bear Regiment".

A cooking squad leader in the pre-war battalion headquarters entrusted the communication squad leader to find a steamed bun and accidentally found the flag. Later, the warriors learned that this cloth was originally the flag of the "Polar Bear Regiment".

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

Since then, the U.S. military has revoked the number of the 31st Regiment. The captured flag of the US "Polar Bear Regiment" is now on display in the Military Museum.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

Now, 71 years later, Li Changyan is 93 years old.

Recently, the reporter went to find this old man to recall the experience of the bloody struggle in the past, and the old company commander was still very tough.

Video source: CCTV News

And kong Qingsan, the prototype of "Lei Gong", used his body as a gun mount on the battlefield of Chosin Lake and died heroically in the artillery fire.

Kong Qingsan was born in 1926 to a poor peasant family in Wangshe Renzhuang, a suburb of Jinan City, Shandong Province. In 1948, Kong Qingsan joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army and served as a first gunner and squad leader of the 92nd Infantry Artillery Company of the 27th Army. Subsequently, he participated in the Battle of Jinan, the Battle of Huaihai, and the Battle of Crossing the River. In 1949, Kong Qingsan joined the Communist Party of China.

In November 1950, Kong Qingsan joined the Chinese Volunteer Army and served as the 5th Squad Leader of the 92nd Artillery Company of the 80th Division of the 27th Army. He participated in the Second Campaign of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and carried out the task of blocking the Eastern Front of the Korean Battlefield.

On November 27, the 9th Corps of the Volunteer Army launched a campaign to encircle and annihilate the invading American forces at Sungshin-ri, Chogjin County, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea. The third squad of Kong Qing was assigned to the 8th Company of sharp knife infantry of the main attack force, performing the task of covering the advance of the assault troops. The fighting was fierce. A U.S. military fire point spewed tongues of fire, and the 8th Company commando was blocked, forming a confrontation with the U.S. army.

Due to the small guard, the gun could not shoot directly. Kong Qingsan decisively pushed the infantry artillery with a killing radius of 25 meters to a small post only 20 meters away from the target, and immediately built a fortification on the ice. But the ridge was full of ice, light and hard, and it was impossible to build a position. At this time, the US troops fleeing from the ditch are running towards Xinxingli, and if the US troops are allowed to meet in Xinxingli, the consequences are very serious. The situation is urgent. Regardless of his body, Kong Qingsan resolutely pressed his shoulder against the right bracket of the cannon and resolutely ordered the cannon to be fired. With the fire of the shell explosion, the US military fire point was destroyed, more than 40 US troops were annihilated, and the road of the commando team was opened, but Kong Qingsan was hit by the recoil of the infantry artillery, and another shrapnel was hit in the abdomen, and he died heroically.

In recognition of Kong Kyung-san's heroic deeds, in 1952, the leading organ of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army posthumously awarded him the title of "First Class Combat Hero of the Chinese Volunteer Army", and engraved his name on the "Volunteer Army Martyrs Memorial Tower" on the shore of Chosin Lake in North Korea.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

Monument to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Photo / Public account @ Dandong released

In the Battle of Chosin Lake, there was also a Qingdao hero, who was the old man Zhou Maocai of the former Guanyintang Village in Licha Town. He fought in the Battle of Chosin Lake and received a second-class merit. In the early morning of October 10, this reporter and the staff of the Jiaozhou Municipal Veterans Affairs Bureau and the Licha Town Veterans Service Station came to the former Guanyintang Village in Licha Town, Jiaozhou City, to listen to Zhou Maocai, a 91-year-old veteran who participated in the Battle of Chosin Lake and won the second-class merit in the battle, and told him about the Battle of Chosin Lake that he personally experienced.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

Zhou Maocai told reporters that he joined the army at the age of 17 and participated in the Liberation War, and at the age of eighteen or nineteen, he participated in the Battle of Huaihai, the Battle of Crossing the River, and the Battle of Shanghai. In October 1950, he took a train from Shanghai to Tengxian County, Shandong Province, where he got a uniformly distributed cotton coat, crossed the Yalu River with his troops, and rushed to the Korean battlefield. That year, Zhou Maocai was 20 years old. He was the squad leader of the Ninth Regiment of the 26th Army, the 77th Division, the 229th Regiment, the First Battalion, the First Company, the Company, and the Ninth Platoon.

Zhou Maocai and his troops entered Korea from Jilin at night. Zhou Maocai said that at that time, the US soldiers were only 40 miles away from China.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

Zhou Maocai received a second-class meritorious service certificate in the Battle of Chosin Lake

"It's cold in North Korea, minus 40 degrees Celsius, and the wind is howling. When fighting, there was no house that could withstand the cold, it was all in the snow, and the snow was 60 centimeters deep. We understand that the enemy has aircraft, we do not, and must not be exposed. In the snow, the volunteers wearing yellow clothes were easily spotted by enemy planes, and the troops gave everyone a three-foot white cloth, and we draped the cloth on our bodies, and like snow, the planes could not be seen. "They relied on the three feet of white cloth on their bodies as cover, digging snow and drilling snow pits with their bare hands.

During the Battle of Chosin Lake, it was the coldest time, and the troops marched at night. Although Zhou Maocai and his comrades-in-arms were wearing cotton jackets, ordinary cotton jackets could not withstand the extremely cold weather of more than minus 40 degrees Celsius. The American soldiers wore goose feather clothes, used goose feather quilts, and even blankets were goose feathers. When the troops were in Shanghai, they were given a pair of rubber shoes, and it didn't matter if they walked in rubber shoes, but as soon as they stopped, they couldn't resist the cold at all, and many soldiers' feet froze, and as soon as they took off their shoes, their toes fell into the shoes.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

Zhou Maocai said that in the battle of Changjin Lake, some divisions did not have many people left in the end, and in addition to those who died in battle, many people died of frostbite and frostbite on the battlefield. At that time, many soldiers were severely frostbitten, some were forced to amputate their limbs, some had to cut their feet, and some soldiers had their arms frozen. "There was a lack of medicines, no medicines, no factories, where did the drugs come from?" Zhou Maocai said that his most memorable thing was that in order to successfully complete the task, he and the soldiers lay in the snow for ten days and ten nights, many of them froze to death and frostbite, and he also suffered from leg diseases at that time, and he could no longer move freely. "Compared to the comrades who died, this bit of pain I suffered is nothing at all!" Zhou Maocai said.

Chosin Lake is a military fortress in northeastern Korea, with its peaks and dense jungles. In this battle, the enemy sent elite troops, and they were well equipped, with a large number of tanks, artillery and other advanced equipment, and held air supremacy. The volunteer army's weapons and equipment are backward, and the number of equipment is also very limited. "At that time, China was very poor, there were very few factories, only people and guns, and there were not enough bullets, and it was necessary to fight the enemy and snatch it from the enemy."

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

"At that time, we dug trenches in the mountains and slept directly in the trenches except for fighting. When the enemy came, when they were farther away, we ignored them first, and when they were close to us, the comrades-in-arms shot together. At that time, they had aircraft tanks and all kinds of advanced machine guns, and we only had grenades and machine guns, but we were not afraid of sacrifice, and when the enemy approached, we directly used grenades and machine guns to attack and repulse the enemy. Then we take the enemy we kill, find guns and ammunition and take them to our positions, and use the enemy's guns to hit the enemy. In this way, the enemy attack was repelled many times. Zhou Maocai said.

During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Zhou Maocai had shot holes on his body and injuries on his legs and the bridge of his nose. Zhou Maocai said: The volunteer army is not afraid of sacrifice, is not afraid of hardship, and must fight to the death. "Speaking from the bottom of my heart, you can't be afraid," Zhou Maocai said, "after I joined the party, I knew that if I went to this place, I would die, and I would also go." Party members must do this! ”

The Battle of Chosin Lake was too cruel, "that bitterness can't be said, I don't dare to mention, a mention of old tears," recalled, Zhou Maocai suddenly choked up.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

In the early morning of the Battle of Chosin Lake, when Zhou Maocai and his comrade-in-arms Shan Jikun went out on a mission to rest, they fell asleep due to overwork, "Whoops, whoops..." The two were awakened by an intermittent sound coming from afar. Zhou Maocai said that at that time, in a grass stack in front of him, two enemies were slowly walking over, he quickly woke up Shan Jikun, the two of them each holding a grenade, quietly went around behind them, after seeing Zhou Maocai and Shan Jikun, the two enemies were scared, surrendered on the spot. Zhou Maocai said that two U.S. soldiers with white faces and yellow hair, eighteen or nineteen years old, two U.S. soldiers did not know grenades and had no combat effectiveness. Zhou Maocai told reporters that at that time, he and Shan Jikun had discussed that if the enemy did not surrender, they would die together, and perhaps this was the reason why the enemy was afraid. The reporter learned that in the Battle of Chosin Lake, Zhou Maocai and Shan Jikun were awarded second-class merit because they captured two American soldiers.

On the east hill of Chosin Lake, once the US army attacked upwards, and Zhou Maocai's company fought down, and the US troops could not withstand the volunteer grenades and fled one after another. Zhou Maocai said that the grenades used by the volunteers at that time were still very powerful, and at a distance of thirty or forty meters, they dragged the grenades and exploded with a snap, and the US soldiers did not use grenades, but used carbines. Although the enemy is well-equipped, the desperate spirit of the volunteers who are not afraid of death in close combat makes the enemy very afraid.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

The footage of the volunteers nibbling on frozen potatoes in the movie "Chosin Lake" touched many viewers. Zhou Maocai told reporters that he had not yet watched the movie "Chosin Lake", when there were many troops, the troops ate potatoes, rice, and fried noodles, and during the Battle of Chosin Lake, his troops ate fried noodles. Wheat and beans are mixed, sautéed in a pot, and ground into noodles, called fried noodles. There is no rice, no steamed buns, and the reason why I eat fried noodles is because there is not much to eat. It takes two steamed buns, and a little fried noodles is enough.

At that time, the volunteer army was difficult to transport, lack of food, most of the roads in North Korea were blown up by the US army, the car could not go, there was no car that could transport food, each person could only carry a bag of fried noodles, and the food was only fried noodles.

After the Battle of Changjin Lake, Zhou Maocai's troops returned to Changchun to recuperate, and mobilized troops from other corps to the front. Zhou Maocai said that the first batch of fighters who entered the KOREAN War, including his unit, suffered the most. "In the extremely cold weather, the volunteer army is more determined, and there is no other way but not to be afraid of sacrifice and hardship." Zhou Maocai said.

Zhou Maocai said that the war between them and the US military must end quickly, and many times the battle must be resolved in one day and one night, because the climate is not suitable. The gun and the iron were glued to pieces, and the gun did not dare to take it, and it was glued. Minus 40 degrees Celsius, iron sticky, heavy machine gun iron and iron stuck to pieces. "The volunteer grenade works, the grenade is not sticky, its handle is made of wood, a drag, a snap, the gun is not as good as the grenade," Zhou Maocai said.

Zhou Maocai said that the casualties in the Battle of Chosin Lake were very serious, with thirty or forty people left in one company and two companies in one battalion. None of Zhou Maocai's comrades in the company who participated in the Battle of Chosin Lake were alive.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

In Zhou Maocai's home, there are two "evidences" of the cruelty of the Battle of Chosin Lake, one is a meritorious certificate, Zhou Maocai won the second class merit in the Battle of Chosin Lake, and the other is a piece of cloth, and the bullet hit the cloth leaving a hole. Zhou Maocai is now used to wrap meritorious deeds and medals. In the past 70 years, many things have been lost, and these two "evidences" Zhou Maocai have been well preserved. Asked about the origin of this piece of cloth with a large shell hole, Zhou Maocai told reporters, "This hole was let by shells, and this piece of cloth was ripped from the clothes on the body, which is evidence." Zhou Maocai rolled up his trouser legs to let the reporter see the wounds on his legs, and he could clearly see the scars left by the shells hitting his legs.

We will not forget

In the process of growing up, we studied countless songs, movies and texts on the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

"Majestic, angry, across the Yalu River!" To safeguard peace and defend the motherland is to protect the hometown! Good sons and daughters of China, unite together, resist the United States and aid Korea, and defeat the wolf of THE AMBITIONs of US imperialism! "The stirring melody always evokes patriotic feelings.

Today, October 20, marks the 69th anniversary of Huang Jiguang's sacrifice.

He joined the Chinese Volunteer Army in March 1951. On October 20, 1952, in the Battle of Shangganling, he used his chest to block the muzzle of the enemy's gun that was spraying tongues of fire with his chest when he ran out of ammunition in many wounds, and died heroically at the age of 21. The hygienist sorted out Huang Jiguang's body and found that his blood was dry, and he was wet with warm water to remove the cloth from the muzzle of the gun.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

Poster of "Shangganling"

The image of Huang Jiguang in the movie "Shangganling" is impressive, and a song "My Motherland" has also been sung to this day.

The heroic image created by "Heroes and Children" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and to this day, "For the sake of victory, shoot at me!" This mighty call still shakes the hearts of generations of Chinese audiences.

Just last year, a "King Kong Chuan" was released, which once again made us born in the era of peace feel the arduous journey of the bloody struggle of our predecessors and lament that today's life is not easy to come by.

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

Screen of the movie "King Kong River"

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

As netizens left a message:

"History is often more brutal than movie plots"

"Without you persevering with your lives, there would be no our present"

Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget
Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget
Peninsula Focus | On this anniversary, "Chosin Lake" broke 5 billion at the box office and ranked second in the world this year! Netizen: The motherland will not forget

71 years ago

Chinese Volunteers charged ahead

Flesh and blood on The Border of China

Erect a great wall of steel

With the iron bones of Zhengzheng, the mountains and rivers of the motherland were illuminated

71 years later

The mountains and rivers are unharmed, and the people are healthy

The cutest people in that group

The motherland will not forget!

Tribute to the heroes

People's heroes, immortal!

Peninsula News Comprehensive Collation Material Source: CCTV News People's Daily Chinese People's Revolution Military Museum China News Network Guangdong Communist Youth League Peninsula All-Media Reporters Zhang Changwei and Zhu Jiaxin

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