Chapter 763: This is a miracle forged with passion.
Li Yi stared intently at the sight of the veteran crying on the big screen in the screening room at home, and his eyes were already red.
The veteran wiped his tears and continued to talk.
This is a documentary, not a movie, so there aren't that many twists and turns in the plot.
Some are just the history that happened in the past, and some are just old photos that have turned yellow.
Without enough food, in the most unfavorable environment, facing the M Army with better equipment than ours, we can win because of the unyielding will of our soldiers!
"Without potatoes, the 173rd Regiment still defeated the M Army task force and reoccupied the small high ground.
We have participated in many battles, but the only one who truly knelt down and surrendered to us was this M Army.
After being surrounded for several days, they (M Army) finally decided to give up heading north and retreat to the rear.
The key point is to protect the 1st Marine Division of M Army.
At this time, the mission of the 9th Corps of the Volunteer Army is to prevent the scattered 1st Marine Division of Army M from converging."
The veteran continued.
But her eyes were filled with tears again.
"We originally arranged a company at Dead Eagle Ridge to conduct sniper attacks on Army M.
But when they passed, the company did not launch an attack.
When the chief of staff arrived at the sniper position, he was shocked by what he saw - half of the soldiers in the company were in shooting positions.
Looking ahead, he was frozen on the ground."
"Some people's fingers were frozen off, and some people's arms were frozen off. They were like ice sculptures, standing up as monuments.
It became the most heroic sacrifice in the "Battle of Changjin Lake".
One of the soldiers wrote this in his suicide note: "Ice and snow, I will never succumb to you. Even if I freeze to death, I will stand proudly on my position."
Looking at the soldier's suicide note, which has been blurred and cannot be read clearly, no Chinese person can help but be moved by it. What kind of will, what kind of pride and unyielding is that!
Li Yi remembered the dialogue of the rabbit in "That Year of the Rabbit": "Dear, you can't cry, your tears will freeze!"
I burst into tears immediately!
Keep reading.
Changjin Lake not only has biting ice, but also burning blood, in addition to the "ice sculptures" frozen between heaven and earth.
There are also countless heroic feats of sacrificing one's life for righteousness.
The veteran mentioned: "In the early stages of the siege, both armies were eyeing a piece of high ground - Xiaogaoling. It was a battleground for both sides."
"The road under Xiaogaoling is the only way for the First Marine Division of the M Army to open up connections."
The veteran's eyes suddenly became sharp, as if he had returned to the icy and snowy battlefield where the war was raging.
"Their artillery fire was so fierce that it almost turned the snow-covered mountain top into a piece of scorched earth. At that time, Company Commander Yang led more than 30 soldiers to defend Xiaogaoling!"
"He said: "As long as we are here, Xiaogaoling is ours!"
"Today, we can't imagine what kind of expression Company Commander Yang had on the small high mountain with biting cold wind, facing the enemies who rushed to the position again and again. We only know that he used his own life and the lives of all the soldiers in the company to defend the enemy.
Defend the position at your feet!"
"There are more than thirty people. They repelled eight attacks by the 1st Marine Division of the M Army. However, there are only five or six soldiers who originally stood on the high ground.
Company Commander Yang couldn't bear to lose his entire company, so he ordered other soldiers to withdraw from the high ground with heavy machine guns.
He defended Xiaogaoling alone. He lay in ambush in the biting cold wind, waiting for the enemy to approach, and then picked up a 10-kilogram explosive bag and died with the enemy. That year, Company Commander Yang was 28 years old."
In the later stages of the Bao Wei War, the 9th Corps of the Volunteer Army adjusted its combat strategy: concentrate its forces and defeat the surrounded enemies one by one.
Let’s start from Xinxingli and destroy the surrounded M Army.
It was only later that I learned that the M Army in Xinxingli was the "Polar Bear Regiment", an elite force known as the invincible.
Seeing this, Li Yi couldn't help but feel excited, and a strong sense of pride arose spontaneously. This is our army. In the most difficult environment, under the most unfavorable conditions, it still defeated the enemy who was said to be invincible.
elite troops!
A smile also appeared on the veteran's face. It was pride, it was pride, it was the pride and proud smile of being a Chinese soldier.
"After the capture of Xingxing-ri, the soldiers decided to steam some steamed buns to improve their food, but found that there was no drawer cloth. They could only look for it from things seized on the battlefield, and found a piece of cloth with exquisite prints - it was the "Polar Bear Regiment" of the M Army.
"The regimental flag.
This is the only time in this war that our army completely wiped out the regiment-formed M Corps."
As the battle progressed, the veteran talked about the famous battle in the Battle of Changjin Lake, the three bombings of Shuimen Bridge!
"They have a tank battalion with forty tanks lined up there. Then our task is to take down this bridge!"
"The Watergate Bridge was blown up twice and repaired twice.
Its existence gave the 1st Marine Division of the M Army a glimmer of hope.
Therefore, in order to ensure the success of the third bridge bombing.
We formed a suicide squad of 20 people. During the assault, 7 people were knocked down by the enemy, 3 died, and 4 were injured. The remaining people continued to rush forward.
The death squads all wore cotton-padded jackets with their backs turned upside down, so that the white lining could serve as a protective color in the snow, allowing them to escape into the heavy snow.
Charge while hiding.
Each soldier carries several kilograms of explosives on his back.
On the evening of December 6, the death squads broke through the enemy's heavy defense lines.
Use your flesh and blood to blow up all the new foundations of the Watergate Bridge."
After the enemy's division commander heard the news, he immediately realized that their first division was in dire straits. He knew that our army did not just want to defeat them and prevent them from advancing northward. He knew that our army's goal was to completely annihilate the first division!
The general offensive began on November 27 and lasted until December 12.
The enemy's remaining 1st Marine Division withdrew from the Changjin Lake area in embarrassment, avoiding being completely wiped out.
The nearly half-month-long Battle of Changjin Lake was described by the enemy as a "journey to hell."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! It was also the most tragic defeat in the history of the M Army.
After the Battle of Changjin Lake, the enemy had to abandon Pyongyang, retreat to the area south of the 38th Parallel, and switch to a defensive state.
The 9th Corps of our army put up a desperate resistance in the Changjin Lake area.
In one fell swoop, the situation on the entire battlefield was reversed, laying the foundation for victory in this war.
In this battle of great disparity, the enemy is well-equipped with aircraft and tanks. They have warm clothes, supplies of meat and vegetables, and complete logistical support. Their engineers can widen a road for tanks in three days.
A temporary airport can be built in more than ten days.
What about our army? The 9th Corps is short of supplies and food supply is also very difficult. Not only that, after crossing the Yalu River, each soldier was only given four days of rations, and the remaining supplies had to be raised locally.
We can only rely on human power or animal power to transport materials, and the gap between the two can be said to be worlds apart.
But it was under such extremely unfavorable conditions.
The 9th Corps of our army created a miracle in the history of human war.
This is a miracle forged with blood.
The enemy's 1st Marine Division suffered casualties of up to 100,000 people. This was an unprecedented loss for the enemy's ace unit.
But the price our army paid was also extremely heavy.
The number of casualties in the battle reached many, and many were lost to frostbite.
Non-combat attrition is twice as high as combat attrition!
If there is no biting cold wind, if there are supplies from the rear.
As long as there is a little compensation, it is possible to significantly reduce the number of attrition.
But this is not a crime of war. It is not an advantage in all aspects.
The Battle of Changjin Lake not only safeguarded the dignity of the Chinese (Harmony) soldiers, but also protected the safety of the mountains and rivers.
The biting cold and biting wind have become footnotes in the great history of the People's Volunteer Army.
