Beginning on November 7, 1950, the Volunteers conducted a second counterattack against the enemy. In this process, in addition to the fierce battlefield duels, there are many interesting things between volunteers and American prisoners, and we will briefly talk about this article.
The 38th Army pursued the Americans at Longyuanli
Because the volunteer army detoured and interspersed with the US troops, chased and intercepted, and fought the enemy to flee in all directions, including many enemies who fell behind. Therefore, when the main battle is over, it becomes an important task to capture prisoners throughout the mountains. A platoon commander of the 338th Regiment of the 113th Division of the 38th Army searched the battlefield in the middle of the night by the burning fire of the car, and suddenly saw more than a dozen corpses lying on the road in front of him, he felt a little strange, so he slowly approached and carefully observed.
Looking at the light of the fire, these American dead bodies were too neatly arranged, and they seemed to be panting. So the platoon leader walked over and kicked at the corpse, and the American soldier immediately got up and surrendered with his hands raised. The platoon commander explained to him that the volunteers were lenient with prisoners, not killing or searching their pockets.
The American soldier understood what it meant, and happily immediately kicked the "dead body" next to him, and the dead body jumped up. One more kick, one more jump... It's like installing a spring, jumping up one by one, jumping up a dozen times in a row. The volunteer platoon leader did not expect to capture a group of American troops so easily.
There was also a group of fighters chasing the enemy in the middle of the night, running fast along the road. Suddenly, they heard a scream of "Ah", and everyone quickly stopped. At this moment, a black shadow bounced up from the ground, and when he looked closely, he found that it was a U.S. soldier, who was covering his nose with his hand, and his expression was painful. It turned out that when a volunteer soldier ran over, he kicked him in the nose...
The U.S. military is lying dead on the side of the road, and this situation is too much.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" > the U.S. troops who hid in Tibet, many of them took the initiative to be taken prisoner because of hunger. </h1>
Volunteers escort prisoners of war
Once, the doctors at the 38th Army Field Medical Center had just completed an operation and were exhausted and ready to go out for a rest. Walking to the door, I just opened the curtain and suddenly saw 5 American soldiers standing there, all holding guns. The doctors did not have any weapons in their hands at this time, and the scene was very tense. Unexpectedly, these AMERICAN troops directly handed over their weapons and stroked them with their hands, hoping to please a bite to eat.
On another occasion, the director of the medical team of the 38th Army, together with the supplies, went to set up a medical station in advance. I was a little tired halfway through the road, but I found that there was a small room in front of me, so I wanted to go in and rest. As soon as he pushed open the door, he found several American troops hiding inside, and had already raised their guns and pointed them at the two of them.
When the director saw this, he immediately pulled out his pistol. A few U.S. troops looked at it, wowed and said something, and threw away all the guns in their hands. The secretary general didn't know what a few U.S. troops were trying to do, so he watched them scream and point at him. He thought about it carefully before he understood that these American troops were estimated to be extremely hungry and looked at the dry food they were carrying. So he took out the steamed buns, and several American troops quickly took them, devoured them, and left with the chief secretary after eating.
Another time, the field hospital of the 114th Division came to a small village under the Gazhi Ridge. One morning, the wounded and sick had just finished breakfast, and the nurse Xiao Zhang came to the kitchen and saw a person squatting on the pot table, eating the leftovers in the pot. Xiao Zhang thought that he was a soldier wearing a US military uniform, so he said angrily: "You comrade is very unconscious, why don't you eat enough when you have dinner?" ”
Just after saying that, the man suddenly got up and ran outside, only to be too tall, and suddenly crashed into the low Door Frame of the North Korean House and fell to the ground. Xiao Zhang looked over, good guy, it's a US army! He got up and made a comparison with Xiao Zhang, who was older for a while before he understood that this American soldier had not eaten for three days and was about to starve to death.
Xiao Zhang saw that this guy was very pitiful, so he gave him half a pot of leftovers in his hand. The American soldier gave a thumbs up happily, then pulled Xiao Zhang out of the door and came to a wood outside. There were also two American soldiers here, hungry and cold, trembling. When they learned that there was food, they quickly stood up and happily followed Xiao Zhang back to eat.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="35" > keepers take captives and use half a flatbread as a weapon. </h1>
Volunteer soldiers rushed towards the enemy
Li Dawen, a breeder of the 38th Army, finished feeding the horses early in the morning and saw an American soldier on the mountain. Li Dawen guessed that this was a guy who was left behind, so he shouted: "Surrender the gun and don't kill!" When the American soldier heard this, he was so frightened that he quickly ran into the mountains with a carbine.
Li Dawen did not have any weapons on his body at this time, and it may be dangerous to catch up. But he did not want to miss the opportunity to capture the prisoners, so he did not hesitate to follow. Li Dawen picked up a wooden stick from the ground as he ran, and slammed it forward with all his might. Coincidentally, the stick hit the feet of the fleeing Americans, and he was tripped and fell to the ground, and then he got up and ran.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Dawen chased closer and closer. Without a weapon in hand, how to deal with this American soldier? Before Li Dawen could figure out a way, something hard suddenly fell out of his arms—it turned out to be half a flatbread. Without much thought, he immediately picked up the pie and smashed it at the American soldiers in front of him.
This was not a good luck, did not hit the American soldier, but flew directly in front of him. The American soldier saw something flying from behind, thought it was a grenade, and subconsciously fell to the ground. When he took a closer look, he found that it was a large cake, so he happily got up, threw the gun away, picked up the big cake and nibbled it.
Li Dawen caught up with him and picked up the gun, breathlessly shouting, "Don't move!" The American soldier nibbled on the cake and said, "OK! OK！ In this way, the breeder Li Dawen used half a piece of pie to capture an American soldier.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="36" > American watch, Turkish chicken. </h1>
Volunteer prisoner-of-war camp
Managing prisoners of war is an important matter, and "accidents" are often encountered. On one occasion, Dai Jingshan, a cultural instructor at the 113th Division, was in charge of guarding 12 U.S. officers. The transfer was arranged in the evening, after a short walk of temporary rest, Dai Jingshan was watching the distant sky of gunfire. Suddenly, an American captain leaned over and shoved a cold object into Dai Jingshan's hand.
Dai Jingshan reacted and quickly withdrew his hand, and a watch landed at his feet. Dai Jingshan knew some English, so he asked the American captain, "What do you want to do?" The U.S. captain picked up the watch and whispered, "There is no second Chinese here." ”
Dai Jingshan understood that the captain of the US army wanted to bribe with his watch, and he immediately refused solemnly: "I remind you to pay attention, we are not interested in this set here!" When the captain of the US army listened, his face showed an unbelievable expression, and he whispered: "Even if you are already the sixth Chinese don't want this watch of mine, it's strange!" Dai Jingshan replied, "The seventh person will not want it..."
Americans can't understand why the volunteers don't make "war money.".
Let's talk about the fun of "eating chicken". The team that managed the captives once bought some chickens and distributed one per shift, which was considered to be an improvement in food for the captives. The American soldiers were very excited, and they devoured a chicken, but they did not feel that it was too much fun, so they secretly stole the chicken captured by the Turks.
When the Turkish captives wanted to eat, the chickens were gone! The Turks got angry and ran to argue with the American captives: "In the past, you bullied people, you were all prisoners here, it's time to put down the stinky shelf!" "The volunteer soldiers saw that they were quarreling, afraid of real fighting, and hurried over to separate them. Later, the American prisoners of war were criticized, and a chicken was given to the Turkish prisoners of war to calm the contradictions.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="37" >in fact, the captives captured by the volunteers were treated really well. </h1>
Prisoners in a Volunteer prisoner-of-war camp
A U.S. prisoner named Otto Bell said in a letter to his wife: "Before I was captured, I was told that if I was captured, Chinese and the North Koreans would kill me... I was cold and hungry, and Chinese took me to a warm house for dinner with beef and potatoes... I have been a prisoner of the Chinese for more than ten months now, and I have never been hurt in any way. ”
Sometimes, however, American captives remain unsympathetic. At that time, because of the bombing of US aircraft, it was difficult to transport all kinds of food to the front line, and the volunteer soldiers often did not have enough to eat. At that time, it was stipulated that the volunteers should eat whatever they wanted, but the officers among the captives were treated slightly better and could eat rice and canned food.
This is not an easy task, because it is too difficult to constantly transfer and bomb enemy aircraft to ensure that every meal is eaten well. For a time, the American officers among the captives felt that the level of food had declined, and they even stopped eating en masse, expressing their protest. This was an infuriating thing, but Su Zhang, the head of the captive brigade, calmly took the group of officers and prisoners to visit the food of the volunteer soldiers.
When they saw the soldiers and cadres of the volunteer army eating worse than them, they were very confused, why was the food of the volunteer army so poor? Su Zhang explained to them that it was because the US military had the air superiority and indiscriminately bombarded the supply lines of the volunteer army, and it was difficult to transport grain.
Relatively speaking, the captives had eaten well, and many of the soldiers fighting on the front line had been hungry! This group of American prisoners, who witnessed their food level, never complained again.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="39" > eat well and ensure safety, and U.S. prisoners are at ease. </h1>
The vast majority of U.S. prisoners were honest and honest, and rarely escaped in the chaos. Why? They also know in their hearts that even if they can escape, the north Korean people will not let them go. Sometimes they were transferred to North Korean villages, and when the roll call came, many North Korean women and children came to watch and stoned the American prisoners. Some old people encountered American prisoners and directly beat them with sticks. The American prisoners were so frightened that they did not dare to act alone, and sometimes they dragged volunteer soldiers with them when they went to the toilet.
Chinese is reasonable, we are not murderous and belligerent armies, and we do not mistreat prisoners. However, if you encounter an aggressor on the battlefield, Chinese will never spare your subordinates.