<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > "majestic, exuberant, across the Yalu River</h1>."
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > to keep peace, for the motherland, is to protect the hometown."</h1>
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > this year, it was the Chinese People's Volunteer Army to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea</h1>
< H1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the 70th anniversary of going abroad to fight</h1>
70 years ago, they crossed the Yalu River...
Put on the uniform, they are warriors
Take off their uniforms, they are still heroes
Their dreams are pure
Wear the uniform again
One more military salute
They met and fell in love on the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
They walked together for 68 years
"I was 22 years old, she was 19, and almost 70 years have passed." On October 12, Wei Bin and Li Sen, who were at the Nanjing 14th Retired Cadres Recuperation Center of the Jiangsu Provincial Military Region, said.
In 1950, Wei Bin and Li Sen crossed the Yalu River as Chinese Volunteers to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. "A comrade-in-arms who was in the same room with me was obviously talking together 2 minutes ago, and as soon as he ran out of the house, the enemy's napalm suddenly came from the air, and he was still very young when he was killed." Li Sen said that napalm is a very cruel weapon, in the instant of detonation, like overturned molten steel splashed around, if there is a small drop sprayed on the skin, unless the knife cut off the piece of flesh or cut off the entire arm, it will burn all the way to the subcutaneous tissue.
"We were not allowed to fall in love on the battlefield, and we didn't have the heart to do it until before the armistice." Wei Bin told reporters that Li Sen was the only female comrade in the first batch of volunteers in the whole division to enter the DPRK, and although Li Sen was young, he had a high ideological consciousness and strong work ability, and was favored by many outstanding male comrades.
"After returning from Korea, on May 1, 1954, the year after the armistice, we and five other couples had a group wedding in the army and took this wedding photo in vintage military cotton jackets."
Rush to build a railway
The enemy exclaimed, "A train from outside the sky"
"I scrambled to sign up for the volunteer army, and my fiancée, who worked at the railway hospital, also signed up, but because of other heavy responsibilities, I couldn't get out and was not approved." At the 16th Dry Rest Center of the Jiangsu Provincial Military Region, Xu Junyan, a 96-year-old veteran soldier of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, said.
In the second half of 1952, the central authorities decided to increase the number of railway troops to participate in the war in Korea. Xu Junyan was ordered to lead more than 500 railway engineers and workers in Shanghai to report to the Liaison Department of the Shenyang Volunteer Army. After entering The DPRK, the first task his unit received was to rush to build the 129-kilometer-long railway between Guicheng and Yinshan. According to Chairman Mao's requirements, it entered the DPRK in January, started construction in February, and completed it in April.
The old man's memoirs read: "The project lasted only 60 days, and it had to cross four mountains. In order to buy time and avoid tunneling, it is necessary to dig three passes, four riverside cliffs, and three deep road grabens, most of which are solid stones, and also cross six major rivers, including the Datong River and the Qingchuan River. The construction conditions were extremely poor, the time requirements were urgent, and it must be completed before the enemy landed on the west coast. At that time, air supremacy was not in our hands, and it was extremely difficult to complete this task in April 1953. ”
However, with the bravery and wisdom of the warriors, a miracle was realized! It took only 3 days to erect 114 I-beams, 42 days ahead of schedule. Each day in advance, 30,000 tons of combat materiel or a division of troops can be sent to the front. At that time, the enemy felt this weight, and exclaimed on the radio: "The train flew from the sky, and the railway that could be repaired in two years was magically opened to traffic today!" ”
If you can't blow up, keep fighting
Fight to the end!
"Enemy fire blew up, right in the leg. I was carried out by my comrades-in-arms. But as long as you can't die, continue to fight and fight to the end! It was the closest to death, but also the burning passion.
The 88-year-old Wang Tingzhi was a signal soldier and participated in the Second Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Fifth Campaign, and the Battle of Jincheng Blockade. 70 years later, the battle scenes of that year are still vivid to him, just like yesterday.
"The battle was very hard, and even the pine tree hair was a fighting force." Wang Tingzhi recalled that at that time, the volunteer army did not have air superiority, logistics supplies could not be guaranteed, meals could not be delivered, even drinking water could not be guaranteed, many soldiers lacked vitamins, their eyes suffered from night blindness, and they could not see anything at night. The squads of fighters could only use backpack straps to tie each other up, and that was it, some fighters still fell down the ravine. Later, a soldier from his hometown of Heilongjiang said, "Pick pine tree hair and boil water to drink", each comrade-in-arms twice a day insisted on drinking bitter and astringent pine tree hair water, and insisted on drinking for half a month before regaining night vision.
Wang Tingzhi said that as a veteran soldier, he also wants to tell future generations: Today's happy life was bought with the blood and lives of the revolutionary predecessors, and we must not forget it and should cherish it even more.
Near Shangganling
The first artillery battle was fought
"I can't forget it for a lifetime, I can't forget it..." Wu Chaoyong, an 86-year-old veteran soldier of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, is most memorable in his first artillery battle in the DPRK.
In 1950, at the age of 16, Wu Chaoyong signed up for the Volunteer Army and was incorporated into the artillery regiment. "After entering Korea, I had been hoping to fire the first shell earlier, and in April 1951, the day finally arrived. The battle took place near Shangganling. Wu Chaoyong said that at that time, it was the eve of the fierce battle of the fifth battle, the battle was extremely fierce and cruel, and the artillery regiment was put into battle at this time, which was of great significance.
At that time, he and his comrades-in-arms built anti-aircraft and artillery fortifications overnight, and he and his comrades-in-arms had blood bubbles on their hands. When resting for 10 minutes, everyone fell asleep with a shovel and a pickaxe against the tree. After the fortifications were dug, all the personnel and artillery entered the position, the artillery was camouflaged like the surrounding pine forest, and the personnel entered the bunkers and fortifications.
In the subsequent battles, he and his comrades won one victory after another, and also encountered unimaginable hard and cruel battles, but what impressed him most was the first artillery battle in Korea. Although he had entered his twilight years from the youthful youth of that year, his memory of this battle became clearer and clearer, and he was more and more moved.
It was across the Yalu River that year
Didn't think about when to come back
"I joined the army in November 1947 and joined the party in August 1949. He entered Korea at the end of March 1951. Didn't tell home at first. Knowing that they will be worried, writing to tell them that it is a business trip, where to go do not know, when to come back do not know, anyway a few do not know, just go. Sun Cai, a 90-year-old veteran, said.
"This is the only photograph I have from that year." Sun Cai, a 90-year-old veteran soldier, found a preserved photograph he had brought back from the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea — a group photo with three young North Korean girls. Sun Cai also remembers that the photo was taken shortly before the armistice, when the dawn of peace had already been seen. In March 1951, when he crossed the Yalu River with his unit, he wrote a farewell letter to his family saying that he was on a business trip, "We are defending our family and defending the country, and we may die at any time." ”
In the Korean battlefield, Sun Cai experienced the thrilling Battle of Ma LiangShan, and his tank regiment destroyed the enemy's fortified bunker with accurate shooting technology, successfully completed the task, and achieved brilliant results with the infantry.
A lifetime of hard work
We are a steel transport line that can't be beaten!
"I am honored to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and Defend my Homeland." Looking back at the years of personal experience of blood and fire, the history of veteran warriors is still fresh in my memory and full of emotions.
In 1952, Shi Nai's 24th Army was ordered to enter the front line of Shangganling, "At the end of May 1953, the troops were going to fight a big battle in Shangganling, and the army ordered 50 vehicles to rush to the front to carry grain and ammunition. When the convoy set off, he drove his American jeep in front, and the director Su Hongyuan drove the Su jeep in the middle and rear.
Unexpectedly, due to the large number of targets in the vehicle, it was exposed after continuous firing of enemy flares. At this critical juncture, Shi Nai immediately issued an order to disperse and hide, and through liaison officers and road guards, rushed to repair the road, and at the same time rushed to repair vehicles and resettle casualties. In less than an hour, the convoy drove to the front of the Five Holy Mountains, and finally delivered all the food ammunition. Kang Lin, commander of the 72nd Division, and Li Huaide, political commissar, both praised him: "You are heroes, you are a steel transportation line that really cannot be broken, thousands of lines, and the first line of transportation!" ”
To Shi Nai's happiness, during the Spring Festival of 1955, he and his wife Zhang Yu held a special wedding in North Korea. "The two of us are really a pair of revolutionary partners, resolutely resisting the United States and aiding Korea, not afraid of sacrifice, encouraging each other, and helping each other." He and his wife had known each other before they went to the DPRK, had a good feeling for each other, and supported the DPRK together, and the two of them had no complaints or regrets. After Shi Nai left for retirement, he once wrote a poem to encourage himself: "A lifetime of hard work and strong rewards, the years are about to leave the work; even if I am now crippled and old, the old should be strong and hard to make a boat." ”
October 1950
After the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea began
The people of Nanjing mobilized
Support the front line in various forms
Hu Zhuoran, a nanjing historian and a member of the Jiangsu Provincial Party History Society, recently found that in that year, Medical workers in Nanjing once formed a volunteer medical group to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and a total of 761 Nanjing medical personnel rushed to the front line. According to the "Summary of The Health Work of Nanjing Municipality to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" on February 19, 1954, the Nanjing Volunteer Medical Group for Resisting US Aggression and Aiding Korea treated 33,000 wounded and sick people and performed more than 15,000 large and small surgeries during the three years. The blood bank team has collected applied blood and treated more than 3,000 seriously injured people. The medical workers in Nanjing and the volunteer soldiers formed a deep fighting friendship.
The world of veterans is pure
Their hearts are all about the country and the people
Hail to veterans and don't forget the heroes!
Source: CCTV News, Nanjing Daily, Purple Mountain News
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