In early April 1951, two events occurred on the Korean battlefield, one big thing and one strange little thing.
The big thing is that the invincible MacArthur was helplessly dismissed from class on April 11, 1951!
Yes, it was helplessly "dismissed", not that he volunteered.
Whether it was U.S. President Truman, Secretary of Defense Marshall, or MacArthur's Commander of the 8th Army, Ridgway, couldn't stand the old man and had to let him go.
Because this person will shout that he wants to expand the war, and then he will say that the merits on the battlefield are all his good command, and he looks untamed and vain and exaggerated, which is really not liked by everyone.
Look closely at MacArthur's photos of that year, and the temperament is very similar to the proud eagle sauce in "That Year's Rabbit Those Things".
That strange little thing is that Guan Chonggui, the sharpshooter of the 42nd Army of the Volunteer Army, shot down the American plane, and he was ready to accept the punishment....
Next, we will talk about the strange things that Guan Chonggui did when he took down the plane, as well as some of the deeds that followed, and then talk about the impact of "being able to use light weapons to fight enemy aircraft" on the volunteer army.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >1, volunteer soldiers were blown up by American aircraft, "illegal" shooting down enemy aircraft</h1>
In the war seventy years ago, the volunteer army was really not easy.
At first, they had no planes, no tanks, no battleships, only simple army weapons.
However, the volunteer soldiers have a tenacious and indomitable strong will, and a great spirit of seeing death as a homecoming in the face of difficulties.
At that time, for the volunteers, the most hated thing was the US military plane.
The presence of those American aircraft forced the volunteers to travel day and night, otherwise they would be bombed.
In addition to the dilemma faced by combat fighters, the supply lines of the volunteer army were also at risk, and they were bombed by US aircraft, resulting in a serious threat to the supply of clothing, medicine and ammunition.
Whenever the US military plane appeared, it was like a group of "headless poisonous flies" hovering over their heads, making the volunteer soldiers annoyed but helpless.
If you can't help it, shoot at the enemy planes, don't say that it is not easy to hit, and soon there will be a big push of "poisonous flies" and collective bombing of the volunteers.
Is this scene familiar to everyone? Yes, in the movie "Chosin Lake", there is a show that watching the US military planes bomb indiscriminately, the soldiers can only endure, afraid of being found out.
There is an old Chinese saying called "small and unbearable chaos and big plots", worried that after the volunteers shoot the US aircraft, it will bring trouble to the large troops, so the volunteer army has an iron law in the early stage: it is not allowed to shoot enemy aircraft with light weapons.
Therefore, in the face of the attack of enemy aircraft, the warriors could only endure, even if they were bombarded and bombed, and so on.
It's so humiliating!
At the beginning of April 1951, the sharpshooter of the 42nd Army named Guan Chonggui really could not stand the enemy's ultra-low-altitude bombing, raised the machine gun, and fired three points, knocking down a US P-51 fighter, and after the pilot parachuted, he was extremely sad, and was stabbed to death by the stump he had broken before. (Forgive me for being so unkind)
Guan Chonggui was a little excited and a little worried about the plane, and what he was excited about was to kill an American plane and indirectly kill an American soldier; what he was worried about was to break the rules of the volunteer army.
Soon, Guan Chonggui also looked away, instead of being killed by the enemy, it was better to kill the enemy, even if he was punished, he also recognized.
He was ready to be punished, it was no big deal, and his head was a bowl-sized scar!
The matter may seem small, but how to deal with it?
Wu Ruilin, commander of the Fourth and Second Armies, and others felt a little tricky, and fed things back to the Volunteer Army Operations Department, and the chief of the Operations Department was embarrassed to find Peng Dehuai.
In this way, the ball was kicked to the commander of the volunteer army.
How should Peng Dehuai deal with it?
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >2, Peng Dehuai said: The real hero, promote the use of the third level! </h1>
In fact, before Guan Chonggui shot at the US military plane, Mr. Peng had considered this matter, and always let the US military plane bomb it, which was not a matter. When we first enter Korea, we must hide our strength and not let the enemy know the number of our army or the layout of our army, so we should try not to let the enemy discover us.
But after the first, second, third, and fourth battles, the situation has changed, the two sides have a general understanding of each other, we know the advanced weapons of the United States and multinational forces, and people know about the number of our combatants.
Guan Chonggui's success meant that light weapons could also shoot down aircraft.
This seems to be a "violation", but it is actually a breakthrough.
Therefore, Peng Dehuai frowned and said, "Rules are dead, while people are alive, and this warrior has made a great contribution." You can hit the plane later, but pay attention to tactics and location. ”
Upon hearing this, the director of the Operations Department quickly issued a notice that it was time to fight the plane, and awarded Guan Chonggui the title of "First Class Combat Hero."
Originally, I was worried about how I would be punished, but in the blink of an eye, I became a combat hero, and Guan Chonggui had mixed feelings, which was a roller coaster ride!
So, under what circumstances can you hit an airplane?
According to various data, there are several conditions.
First, the sharpshooters of each unit can shoot aircraft on key occasions, pay attention, it is best to be a sharpshooter, the general warrior is a waste of bullets, in "Chosin Lake", Duan Yihong plays the role of tanzi as the sharpshooter who shoots the aircraft;
Second, when everyone is in hiding, there is no need to attack the aircraft, we must endure, the enemy did not find the ambush army, but only tried to bomb randomly;
Third, the team has been exposed, the enemy aircraft are bombarding and bombing in a targeted manner, and the enemy's aircraft must be shot;
Fourth, small teams can fire at aircraft, such as in the aftermath, such as on a mission alone.
Back to Guan Chonggui, after being awarded the "first-class combat hero", Xiao Guan's attack on the aircraft was more powerful, and since the leaders said yes, it would give the American devils in the sky a good look!
Soon, when Guan Chonggui led a squad to cover the retreat of the large troops, he encountered a big problem: this group of pursuing British troops, like wolf dogs, persevered and pursued fiercely, the soldiers did not flinch, and in the end, only Guan Chonggui was left.
Sharpshooters of the 42nd Army, fighting alone on the front line, running out of bullets, picked up enemy guns on the ground and continued the fight.
It's like a martial arts hero who kills one enemy after another between tossing and turning and moving between transpositions.
In this way, a lonely and brave warrior, relying on accurate archery, spent three days and two nights with the enemy in the mountains and forests, while hundreds of attacking British troops fell under the muzzle of his gun.
The enemy did not know how many people were left in our cover troops, and the American planes in the sky bombed hundreds of times, but Guan Chonggui was still alive, but there was no food in his stomach, and his energy was increasingly unable to support his body.
Wu Ruilin, commander of the 42nd Army, heard the continuous gunfire in the rear and sent two battalions back to take a look. This time back to support, Guan Chonggui was saved, and the pursuing enemy retreated.
However, when the supporting warriors saw Guan Chonggui's appearance, they couldn't help but shed tears.
The moment Guan Chonggui was rescued, the whole person suddenly softened and could not stand up, and the thirty or so guns picked up around him seemed to tell a story of three days and two nights.
The warriors sighed: This is a real steel fighter, this is a model of fearless warriors!
The deeds were fed back to Peng Dehuai again, and the old marshal was excited: Real heroes, promote the third level of use!
In this way, Guan Chonggui was promoted to deputy company commander.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >3, Guan Chonggui's deeds of "shooting down the plane" opened the prelude to the small arms attack on enemy aircraft</h1>
"You can hit enemy planes, you can hit enemy planes!"
"Guan Chonggui of the 42nd Army was awarded the First Class Combat Hero for knocking down the plane! Mr. Peng personally approved! ”
For a time, there was a heated discussion in the volunteer army about "attacking US aircraft," and there was an upsurge of organized attacks on enemy planes in various units of the army.
In fact, in the first three battles, some people had also shot down the plane in desperation, but according to the regulations, they did not say it to the outside world, nor did they dare to say it to the outside world.
The units privately treated the parties as "offsetting merits and demerits".
Now, President Peng has agreed, and those sharpshooters seem to have suddenly been loosened, exchanging experience in fighting enemy aircraft in their own ranks, and on the right occasions, they are not soft and frequently attack the US aircraft.
The US military pilots were also confused, and the volunteers were very fat, daring to hit the plane with light weapons! However, in the confusion, the ultra-low-altitude bombing of the US military has decreased, after all, the risk is too great.
The U.S. aircraft bombed at less ultra-low altitude, and the accuracy was reduced.
Guan Chonggui was the first hero to stand out to fight enemy planes, and then a series of miracles appeared.
Heavy machine gunner Yang Degui, ten bullets shot down a medium bomber, making a name for himself inside the Volunteer Army.
And Qu Xiushan, this anti-aircraft machine gunner, also used three rounds, only three rounds, the enemy plane lost control, and fell to the ground, and suddenly fell into many pieces.
This scene made Qu Xiushan look at him in a daze, how could the enemy plane be so vulnerable? Why didn't you see the pilot skydive?
Presumably, Xiao Qu killed the pilot.
Although the attack on enemy aircraft by light weapons began with the 42nd Army, it was not the 42nd Army that could hit the enemy aircraft the most, but the 15th Army, which only came to the Korean Peninsula in March 1951.
The 15th Army was the 15th Army that produced many heroes later, Huang Jiguang and Qiu Shaoyun were all from this unit, and in the Battle of Shangganling, the 15th Army was the absolute main force.
In terms of fighting aircraft, the 133rd Regiment of the 15th Army had shot down five enemy aircraft in two days and 11 aircraft in four days.
A terrifying statistic: after the 15th Army returned home, they shot down and injured a total of 882 U.S. aircraft during the Korean battlefield.
This is an incredible achievement, the 15th Army is worthy of the title of Iron Army!
Decades have passed since the Korean War, 70 years have passed since Guan Chonggui shot down the plane, and 47 years have passed away, but Mr. Peng's two sentences still seem to echo in the air for a long time:
"The rules are dead, but the people are alive, and this warrior has made a great contribution, and can hit the plane later..."..."
"What a real hero! Promote the use of three levels! ”
Reference book: The Decisive Battle of Korea
The Korean War through the Eyes of Chinese
The Korean War: The Inside Story of Sixty Years