Chapter 1: Grandpa Ma Youde
There is an old man in his 80s in the village, his name is Ma Youde, and he is a veteran who participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Normally, an eighty-year-old man should be on the verge of death, but this old man does not have the appearance of an eighty-year-old man as he imagined, making people look as if he is only about sixty years old, with a straight back, normal thinking, and not even a patch of age spots, which makes us all very strange, and some people have asked him why he looks so young.
Grandpa Ma smoked a dry tobacco pouch and looked into the distance and said: "My life was picked up on the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and I want to live well for my sacrificial comrades-in-arms." ”
A reporter once interviewed him and asked, "What is the secret of your longevity?" ”
Grandpa Ma said happily: "I'm only eighty years old, what kind of longevity is this, let's go, let's go, you shouldn't come to interview me." ”
Since I was a child, I have been very curious about Grandpa Ma, why does he not grow old after many years? In order to figure out this problem, I always go to Grandpa Ma's house to play, because I am a neighbor, and I am at Grandpa Ma's house as soon as I go out.
Grandpa Ma didn't have a temper, he always gave me delicious food at home, and told me stories about the Anti-Japanese War, I ate the candy given by Grandpa Ma, and listened to the stories of the soldiers who fought side by side with Grandpa Ma and died later.
Time flies, I gradually grow up, I have a job, and the time to return to the village is getting less and less, but every time I go back, I always bring something for Grandpa Ma, who has no children and no one to take care of.
He was married, but just after more than a year of marriage, his daughter-in-law died because of dystocia, and the child was not saved, since then, he has always lived alone, never thought about finding a wife, he always said: "I am this life, my comrades-in-arms sacrificed for me, even my own wife died..."
Every time I hear this, I always panic in my heart, I really want to comfort him, but I don't know what to say. Whenever I talk about this, I take out the wine and have a few drinks with Grandpa Ma.
When I went home for the Spring Festival, I went to see Grandpa Ma again, with two bottles of wine, I drank two glasses with him, and sat for a while, Grandpa Ma squatted the cup on the table, sighed and said: "Let me tell you a story, about why I am so slow, and why I survived, I haven't mentioned it for a long time, I have always dreamed of them recently, I dreamed that they came to me, Wang Liansheng, Li Shun, my company commander, they are smiling at me as if they are still alive, I want to hold their hands and say a few words to them, but before I can speak, And they turned away, and I chased after them, and I chased them..... I returned to the Korean battlefield and met the man named Weisan again.........."
On June 25, 1950, North Korea was supported by the Soviet Union to attack South Korea without declaring war, and the Korean War, which lasted for three years, broke out. In mid-July, the Korean People's Army drove South Korean troops to the Pusan area and captured 95 percent of South Korean territory.
On September 15, the United Nations J, led by the United States, landed at Incheon, directly intervening in the Korean War and expanding the war to the Yalu River in China.
From October 25 to November 6, 1950, the Chinese People's Volunteers covertly entered North Korea and started the first battle of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
This war was the order of Chairman Mao, for the tranquility of the border defense, for the mutual assistance of the neighbors, for the peace of the world, the volunteers did not hesitate to carry out the order, the Northeast Frontier Army was the first to take the train to North Korea after receiving the order. On the first day of entering the DPRK, the large army did not fully repair, and after receiving specific orders, they secretly rushed to the battlefield, and the first contact with the enemy was the 42nd Army, at that time, because the mechanized units of the US army were very mobile, so a vanguard of the US army was about 800 people, and this small force was completely eaten by the 42nd Army that had entered Korea covertly, and it was the first battle and the first victory of our army on the Korean battlefield.
(I don't know the background of the war, I'm not a military fan, I just want to write about the heroes who sacrificed, I write a novel, not history, if there is a military history god, please raise your hand, don't delve into it!) )
Entering North Korea for the first time, the lineup comparison between the two sides is that the Chinese side sent a total of:
Artillery Headquarters (1st, 2nd, 8th Artillery Divisions and 1st Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment)
Engineer Command Post (under the jurisdiction of the 4th and 6th Engineer Regiments)
Frontline Logistics Command (Division 1 & 2)
13th Corps
38th Army (112th, 113th, and 114th Divisions)
39th Army (115th, 116th, and 117th Divisions)
40th Army (118th, 119th, and 120th Divisions)
42nd Army (124th, 125th, and 126th Divisions)
50th Army (148th, 149th, and 150th Divisions)
66th Army (196th, 197th, 198th Divisions)
Ma Youde's company belonged to the 112th Division of the 38th Army
And their opponent is the United Nations, led by the United States:
United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, France, Turkey, Thailand, Philippines, Greece, Belgium, Colombia, Ethiopia, South Africa, Luxembourg, Kiribati, Vanuatu.
It can be seen from the lineup that the United Nations J is not only superior to China in terms of equipment, the countries behind them should be prioritized, the so-called coalition forces also represent the United Nations agreed to this joint military operation, it can be said that China not only supports North Korea, this time to send troops to North Korea, but also represents China on the United Nations conference table to slap a loud slap, telling them: "We Chinese are fearless!" ”
On October 19, 1950, the 42nd Army crossed the Yalu River, and on October 25, it arrived at Beizhen, first launched an attack on the enemy's vanguard, and the battle went very smoothly, and was caught off guard without receiving the Chinese army into Korea, and the enemy's vanguard was all killed by the 42nd Army.
In fact, the US Congress has been discussing whether China will participate in this war, and the opinion given by US five-star General MacArthur is: China will definitely not participate in this war!
As it turned out, he was wrong.
However, until the vanguard was eaten, they did not think that China had already sent troops to North Korea, and they thought that the North Korean army had fought an ambush and made them taste defeat.
On October 25, 1950, the Chinese People's Volunteers won the first battle, and this day is also known as the "Chinese People's Volunteers to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea Memorial Day".
At this time, the 112th Division of the 38th Army of Ma Youde's unit entered North Korea, and obtained the first combat mission, walking to the nearest town occupied by the American army, Sansho-ri.
However, before it could reach Sanshori, the 38th Army encountered a very "strong" team, the "black regiment" of the 24th Regiment of the 25th Division of the US Army.