The people here have experienced the devastation of the war and the ferocity of the Li Puppet Army and the US military, and are particularly affectionate towards the volunteers.
After the soldiers settled in, they felt as if they had returned to their own homes. The troops of the two countries were like long-separated relatives. Some hugged each other tightly and refused to let go, telling each other the joy of victory and the hardships.
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No one could suppress the excitement in their hearts.
Some cadres of this heroic unit of the Korean People's Army once supported the Chinese revolution and participated in China's War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation. Later, when Korea was in trouble, they returned to their homeland to continue the revolution.
China, to them, is like a second home.
Today we are fighting side by side again to fight against the common enemy, US imperialism. How can we not be excited?
Some North Korean comrades who returned from China said that they often missed their Chinese comrades behind enemy lines. They firmly believed that US imperialism would never win and the Chinese people would definitely come to help them!
They were looking forward to it and looking forward to it, and today it really came.
In victory, he joined forces with his Chinese comrades.
They warmly entertained the cadres of the 38th Army, held up large copper bowls filled with rice wine, and toasted one glass after another.
At the lively party, they talked about the battle on the Nakdong River and the persistence of guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines. They were so sad and angry. Our soldiers also told them about the first battle. They were careless and let many enemies go. They
I'm sorry to the North Korean people.
Fortunately, the second battle was a wonderful turnaround, with the puppet troops eliminated, tens of thousands of United Nations troops, and a large amount of weapons, equipment, and baggage seized.
The atmosphere was so intense that the director of the Political Department and the Chief of the Democracy Movement Section of the 335th Regiment could not resist their hospitality and actually got drunk.
The North Korean people are straightforward and will only be happy when their guests are drunk.
The troops of the 113th Division also received warm hospitality from the People's Army at the station. The division heard that a regiment (regiment headquarters) of the People's Army lived nearby, and specially sent the organizational section chief and secretary section chief to visit and express their gratitude.
Acknowledgments.
The regiment leader has the rank of colonel and speaks fluent Chinese. He participated in the Liberation War, served as a unit commander in a regiment of the 47th Army, and served as the regiment instructor after returning to China.
He had already fallen asleep at that time. When he heard that the volunteers were coming, he hurriedly put on his clothes, entertained them warmly, and accompanied him to meet with another political cadre.
Chairman Bin sat on the Kang and talked freely about the years of fighting together during the liberation of China, and recounted to each other the great victory of the Second Battle.
In order to cooperate with the frontal attack of the troops, they destroyed the enemy's important traffic arteries from behind, blew up all the bridges they knew, prevented the enemy from escaping with aid from the north and south, and blocked the US military and Li's puppet army. They fought many tough battles.
A lot of loot was seized.
Now that the volunteers are here, they have received orders to break through the 38th parallel with the volunteers.
Before leaving, the chief of the organization section and the chief of the secretary section expressed their gratitude again, saying that when the troops came here, they felt like they were back home, just because they had troubled the comrades of the People's Army.
The co-captain said humbly: "One family should not speak two different languages. This is what we should do."
At this time, after a short period of reorganization, the Korean People's Army had three legions that could participate in front-line operations.
There are 14 divisions of the First, Second and Fifth Corps, with more than 75,000 men.
In order to enable the Chinese and North Korean armies to effectively cooperate in combat operations, the joint headquarters of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army and the Korean People's Army was established in early December through an agreement between China and North Korea, and decided to unify "all activities within the operational scope and frontline"
Under the command of the 'Joint Division'.
The Chinese People's Volunteers recommended "Zhi Si" as the "Union Division", and the Korean People's Army recommended two comrades to serve as deputy division chiefs and deputy administrators of the "Union Division". From then on, the Chinese and North Korean people's armies fought side by side under unified command.
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The troops were getting further and further away from the Yalu River, and the transportation lines were extended, making it difficult to supply food and ammunition, especially food.
In order to solve the food problem and the shortage of transportation supplies, Shisi negotiated with the government and borrowed food on the spot with the assistance of the local government.
At that time, the Korean people suffered from the catastrophe of the war and it was very difficult to eat. In order for the Volunteer Army to win the war, they would rather not eat themselves, but also provide food support to the troops. They loved the Volunteer Army.
At that time, in order to transport the remaining food to the front line, they preferred to chew tree bark themselves. When the soldiers heard the news, they burst into tears and refused to accept their food. If it were not ordered, they would rather go hungry.
After the U.S. and Li puppet troops launched the war of aggression against Korea, countless people peeled off the bark of the tree, soaked it in water, mashed it, and cooked it for food.
At that time, the comrades who participated in raising food were under great pressure. They saw the villages ravaged by the US military were riddled with bullets, piles of rubble, wives and children separated, and families destroyed. They thought to themselves, how could the Korean people survive after being treated like this by the invaders?
How much surplus grain has been lent to us?
But the facts exceeded everyone's expectations. The internationalist spirit of the Korean people is great and touching.
Comrades who went to Yichuan County to borrow food were very excited every time they thought of this past event.
The volunteer army and the local government cooperated in raising food. After the government representatives explained the intentions of the volunteer army comrades to the masses, the North Korean people, men, women, and children, rushed to say:
"No matter what, we can't let the volunteers go to war hungry."
They carried shovels, jars and bags of rice and ran up the mountain. Some were digging, some were digging, and they dug out all the hidden grains.
A North Korean comrade named Kim Ki-sun was the captain of the Self-Defense Forces. He worked harder than anyone else. His feet were broken and bleeding, but he was unambiguous when carrying food. He went back and forth, saying nothing.
Reluctant to sit down and rest.
Especially the local women, who carry their children on their backs and carry food on their heads, go up and down the mountain without feeling tired at all.
The elderly at home helped make the grain into cakes, baked them, packed them in bags, and transported them bag by bag to the front line.
The arduous task of raising food was completed in this way, which made all the comrades involved in the food raising feel incredible.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But they also understood that the North Korean people took out all the food, and they only left a little bit, and they were all "sold" by the North Korean people, but they also wanted to support the front line.
I was so moved that I couldn't sleep all night.
However, when they were preparing to say goodbye to the villagers the next day, they suddenly received an order from their superiors:
"Double the original amount of food!"
The troops will soon launch the third offensive. Each soldier must carry at least seven days of dry food. With more than 100,000 people on the front line, the amount of food required is astronomical.
Their superiors asked them to prepare it within three days, but they found it really difficult. The people had all taken out their rations, and all that was left was rice. They had to pound the rice into rice, but they couldn't prepare it within three days.
Things often develop in directions beyond their expectations. After discussing with the village cadres, they held a village meeting to explain to the masses their preparations to continue the war. Before they had time to mobilize, the fellow villagers expressed:
"In order to defeat the American invaders, we would rather not eat a grain of rice than let the People's Army and Volunteer Army have full stomachs!"
"Don't worry, we promise to collect the food on time. We have our own way."
An old lady surnamed Li said: "My family's food will only be left for a month. As I get older and have less to eat, the rest will be sent to you."
Liu Qun, the comrade in charge of raising food, saw the enthusiasm of the masses, but was still worried that the task could not be completed within three days because the village's labor force was limited.
At night, he couldn't sleep, so he went outside with the landlord's child to take a look.
The wind and snow were so thick that it was so chaotic that the outline of the Hantan River was indistinguishable.
The cold wind pricked his face like needles, and the pain made him cry. But when he took a few steps out, he heard people talking and laughing, and others humming songs in a low voice.
His heart was very hot. When he got closer, he saw that it was a group of fellow villagers pounding rice for the volunteers.
At that time, North Korean rural areas were still relatively poor and backward. Most people used wooden pestles to pound the rice into white rice in wooden pits made of big trees, or used stone hammers to pound the rice, which was a relatively primitive method of threshing.
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In a rice pounding room, eight or nine women stepped on heavy stone pestles, making a monotonous and heavy thumping sound amidst Lang Lang's laughter.
Seeing this scene, Liu Qun felt very hot in his heart, "Thank you for your hard work. It's us who are troubling you."
The women giggled and said, "No, it doesn't matter. Aren't you hungry and beating the American devils? It's nothing if we beat rice for two nights."
Liu Qun and the landlord's child walked around the village and saw the busy figures of Korean villagers everywhere. Some used stone hammers to pound rice, some used wooden pestles to pound rice...
The east is white, the wind is biting, and the cool morning breeze is still filled with women's chatter and laughter, their babbling singing, and the pounding of rice...
The three days were up, and all the food was collected. When the food team was about to leave, the village committee, the primary school and the villagers jointly held a farewell party, singing and dancing, and the soldiers and civilians were immersed in laughter.
Chairman Li made a speech: "When the enemy came, we hid the food. The American soldiers and Li Puppet Army put bayonets on our foreheads, and we did not take a grain of food to them. Who is willing to give good food to them?"
Feed it to the bandits! Today the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army and the Korean People’s Army will severely attack these bandits who murder and set fire. We support you, but who will support you!?”
These words deeply moved our comrades who participated in the food collection.
In order to resist the grain requisition and the robbery by the US military and Lee's puppet troops, the North Korean people had their whole families and even entire villages brutally murdered. The cruelty of the puppet security teams was even worse than that of the "Returning Corps" on Chinese soil.
People who opposed the invasion were shot, buried alive, and burned, which was a cruel and cruel act.
Every grain of food was protected by them with their lives and blood.
Thinking of this, the comrades of the food preparation team said excitedly: "Please rest assured! We will definitely drive the enemy back to the 38th parallel!"
On the day they returned, the whole village came out to see them off. The old people held the comrades of the food-raising team, the children held their clothes, and the women secretly wiped away the tears of their loved ones.
Once they leave, they may never come back.
People's hearts are made of flesh, and they are using their lives to help themselves fight.
An old man named Jin said excitedly: "Although I am old, I must live. I hope to see you drive away the American bandits with my own eyes!"
The 38th Army raised more than 500,000 kilograms of grain in this area, which not only met the needs of its own army, but also supported fraternal forces.
The Army Propaganda Department publicized to all units what the comrades in the food raising group experienced and what the Korean people expected, inspiring all officers and men to have the courage to continue fighting and the determination to kill the enemy.
In the severe cold, the soldiers marched quickly through the ice and snow. On December 25, they gradually arrived near the Hantan River in a concealed manner and assembled.
There are many ravines in this area, the terrain is complex, and there are caves, which are convenient for the troops to hide. After the troops settled in, they went into intense preparations for making dry food.
Xia Yuan led the Third Company and quickly caught up with the 112th Division, arrived at the rear division command, and met Yang Dayi.
Yang Dayi said: "You are such a young soldier, taking on such a big responsibility at such a young age. When I was your age, I followed the army and traveled across mountains and rivers."
Yang Dayi looked at the young Xia Yuan and thought of the time when he joined the army.
He was a member of the Red Army at that time. He was young and there were many child soldiers at that time. The old comrades of the Red Army took a gun and marked the height of the gun on the tree trunk, and asked them to line up one by one.
to compare.
If you're not as tall as a gun, don't take it.
He was thin at the time and was no taller than a gun. The Red Army did not want him, so he followed the Red Army. Wherever the Red Army went, he followed.
It was only after he followed him away from his hometown that the Red Army discovered him and reluctantly accepted him.
Xia Yuan said: "Master, you are joking. On the battlefield, we never rely on strength, but more on luck."
Yang Dayi said: "Luck is also a part of strength. Okay, I won't let you eat at the division headquarters. Don't waste your time."
He just wanted to meet this young warrior.
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Xia Yuan knew that the war was about to begin and he could not stay here longer. He had to rush to the front line without stopping.
The 335th Regiment was right in front of the 112th Division. It took less than half a day to reach the regiment headquarters. Fan Tianen was very happy to see Xia Yuan arriving:
"Now I will assign a task to your third company. Our army needs to understand the enemy's defense situation. You and your people should go to the area north of Yongping and capture some tongues."
Xia Yuan is a first-rate expert at catching tongues. At the beginning of the second phase of the battle, he did a lot of catching tongues and provided our army with quite sufficient information on the enemy. No one can compare with Xia Yuan in terms of catching tongues.
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"I will ask the regiment's reconnaissance company to cooperate with your actions. They have a better understanding of the enemy's situation in the past two days."
Fan Tianen called over the comrades from the regiment's reconnaissance company, a dozen comrades of short stature, but they exuded a fierce energy from the inside out, and they were the kind that were very well trained.
The eyes of these little warriors became hot when they looked at Xia Yuan.
They heard that Xia Yuan caught a lot of people's tongues during the second battle and was the envy and admiration of everyone in the regiment's reconnaissance company.