Campaign background

On June 25, 1950, the North and the South of the Korean Peninsula caused a large-scale civil war due to differences in national reunification, and the then US government intervened in the Korean civil war under the pretext of armed intervention, and on June 27, 1950, the then US Seventh Fleet entered the Taiwan Strait to interfere in China's internal affairs...... Beginning in August 1950, the U.S. military continued to cross the Sino-North Korean border in the name of "accidental bombing" to bomb China's northeastern border towns and Chinese fishermen on the Yalu River. caused heavy casualties and property losses in our country...... In September 1950, U.S. troops landed at Incheon, North Korea...... After the U.S. military landed at Incheon, the U.S. government at that time ignored New China's repeated warnings to "don't cross the 38th parallel"; Crossing the 38th parallel, it continued to invade northward, burning the flames of war to the Yalu River...... In order to counter aggression, to safeguard the strategic interests of the motherland and the development interests of the Chinese nation, and to defend national dignity; Under extremely difficult and unfavorable circumstances, New China resolutely made the strategic decision of "resisting US aggression and aiding Korea and defending the homeland and the country." On October 19, 1950, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army crossed the Yalu River with great vigor and high spirits......

From October 25, 1950 to June 10, 1951, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army and the Korean People's Army cooperated with each other to conduct five large-scale offensive and defensive operations with the 16-nation coalition led by the United States, driving the 16-nation coalition led by the United States from the Yalu River to the 38th parallel, and stabilizing the front near the 38th parallel...... During the armistice negotiations, in the face of the unreasonable demands of the US side and the provocations and attacks of the US military on the battlefield, the Chinese People's Volunteers and the Korean People's Army resolutely counterattacked and defeated the US troops on the battlefield; The Chinese People's Volunteers, with the cooperation of the Korean People's Army, not only smashed the "strangulation war" of the US military to destroy the logistics of the volunteers; The Chinese People's Volunteers organized campaign-level counterattacks and offensive operations near the 38th parallel of the Korean People's Army on many occasions and seized a large number of positions controlled by the US Army, and the Chinese People's Volunteers in the Korean People's Army had almost completely grasped the initiative in positional warfare around the summer of 1952 (the counterattack operations of the Volunteers in September-October 1952 not only caused huge losses to the US troops, but also further occupied some strategic and tactical points)......

In order to save the fate of its defeat, the US military intends to launch a controllable offensive on a certain part of the battle line, breaking the partial balance of the battle line to achieve a "victory...... The U.S. military set its sights on the two highlands of Ganling on the front line of Wusheng Mountain......

Chapter 1: Blockade of the area through artillery fire

On the morning of October 13, 1952, a number of units of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army marched through the lofty mountains and mountains of North Korea, and many units marched to the designated place in companies and platoons..... The logistics units of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army and the People's Army, as well as the Korean masses who spontaneously participated in logistics and transportation, marched to different target areas according to their tasks...... Anti-aircraft posts at different points vigilantly watched the sky...... Among the many marching teams, a volunteer army of more than 50 people is advancing rapidly, and there is a young man who is not tall but full of energy, his name is Zhang Dongfang; He and more than 50 comrades-in-arms were ordered to reinforce the 597.9 high ground of Ganling on Wusheng Mountain, and the higher authorities demanded that they must rush to the 597.9 high ground of Ganling on Wusheng Mountain before the evening of October 13. Half an hour later, this unit will enter the US army's fire blockade area, and the deputy company commander will give everyone a five-minute rest and once again emphasize the essentials and significance of rushing through the fire blockade area.....

At this time, a female volunteer soldier carrying two on her back found this team, and the female soldier walked up to the deputy company commander and saluted a standard military salute: "Report chief, Zhang Lan, the patrol military doctor of the medical team of the 15th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteers, report to work, I request to complete the combat mission with you through the fire blockade area to the 597.9 height!" The deputy company commander who was speaking to the soldiers turned his head and looked at the female soldier who interrupted his speech, about 1.70 meters tall, a typical southern beauty; The eyebrows reveal a resolute, brave, and never admit defeat temperament and character. When the deputy company commander saw that she was carrying two mortar shells behind her, his face was shocked, and there was a trace of admiration between his eyebrows (back then, due to the almost saturated bombing of the US army, the non-combatants of the volunteer army on the front line often carried some ammunition supplies to the front line; At that time, male soldiers could generally carry two mortar shells per person, and female soldiers could generally carry one mortar shell to the front line). The deputy company commander nodded lightly and said, "It's no problem to cross the blockade line with us, but you little girl still carries two mortar shells It's too dangerous to cross the blockade line, and the mortar shells are handed over to the male soldiers." Also, I am not the chief, I am the deputy company commander of this group of soldiers. "What? I don't agree, you look down on lesbians, I have two mortar shells on my back and have passed three fire blockade lines safe and sound. Zhang Lan replied stubbornly. If I were a man, I would have gone directly to kill the enemy like you, my ancestor was an officer of the Taiping Army, who once killed the leader of the foreign rifle team in Shanghai; My father died in the Battle of Changsha...... Comrade Deputy Company Commander, this is not the first time that I have carried two mortar shells on my back to the front line, so don't worry, I will not hold back. Zhang Lan replied stubbornly again...... "Then let's share a shell for you, this fire blockade is too dangerous." Zhang Lin, you come over and carry a cannonball for Comrade Zhang Lan! "Yes!" A relatively tall soldier walked out of the team in response, and couldn't help but say that he carried a cannonball for Zhang Lan. "Alright, let's go!" The deputy company commander firmly gave the order. "Okay!" Zhang Lan reluctantly accepted the arrangement and set off with the team, and the team marched firmly and quickly towards the destination......

Half an hour later, the team came to the vicinity of the fire blockade; "Stop!" The deputy company commander called a halt to the team. "Comrades, ahead is a blockade area of enemy fire, and there is a pause of about 15 seconds after the pause of the enemy's artillery sound; We must rush to the front crater in about 10-15 seconds, and wait for the next shelling pause for the enemy to move on to the next crater; After passing through 6 shell craters, we quickly passed through the last 80 meters of open land during the next timeout of the enemy's artillery fire, and passed through the fire blockade. I would like to emphasize three points: first, we are divided into five groups to pass successively, with few people and small goals, and each group is led by a squad leader; The second is to count each person when passing, and run forward quickly and calmly, while paying attention to the distribution of physical strength; The third is if someone is injured or ...... The others should not stop to save people and not grieve, but should quickly rush to the crater, and the wounded will be picked up by the comrades behind. Got it? "Understood!" Everyone answered. "Okay, let's go!" With the order of the deputy company commander, Zhang Lin, the squad leader of a certain squad, led the first group into the smoke of gunpowder as soon as the sound of the US artillery stopped......

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...... each soldier was reading the number, and when everyone read 10, they suddenly heard the sound of cannons; "Everyone hide and lie down!" The deputy company commander urgently shouted and gave the order! "Comrades, lie down and hide!" Zhang Lin, who was in the smoke of gunfire, gave an urgent order to his comrades who were about to arrive at the shell crater, and at the same time, Zhang Lin put down the mortar shells on his body and pushed them to a safe area with all his strength; "Comrades, the shells are fine! The enemy's shelling was suspended for ...... "one shell after another landed, and the huge explosions and billowing smoke engulfed Comrade Zhang Lin...... "Zhang Lin...... The squad leader ...... "The deputy company commander and the 40 people who had not yet passed through the fire blockade area and the 9 people who were in the fire blockade area issued a heart-rending cry almost simultaneously (in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, because the US army had front-line air supremacy and the US army also had a relatively large advantage in ground firepower, the US army's fire blockade area brought a lot of trouble to the logistics and troop reinforcement and advance of the Chinese People's Volunteers, and the Chinese People's Volunteers paid relatively large sacrifices in the early stage of the war; improved a lot in the later stages of the war, but casualties still could not be avoided completely). "It seems that the time for the suspension of the enemy's shelling has been shortened, Comrade Zhang Lan handed over your shell to Xiao Shandong (a 17-year-old soldier from Shandong, everyone affectionately calls him Xiao Shandong, he is very flexible and runs fast) to carry it, and the shell in the blockade area to me; Each group tried to reach the shell crater in 10 seconds, and when the enemy shelling stopped, the second group set off with me; Comrade Zhang Lan and the second group acted together, Zhang Dongfang, you are responsible for protecting the safety of Comrade Zhang Lan; The big man (the fastest and most physical fighter in the whole regiment) and the fifth group passed, and at the same time brought the possible wounded through the fire blockade. As soon as the second group stopped firing, they set off with me! "The deputy company commander added the order to ......

Whenever the sound of American artillery stopped, the second and third groups ...... The fifth group resolutely and courageously rushed into the smoke of gunfire, and the officers and men of the Chinese People's Volunteers braved the enemy's artillery fire without hesitation! ...... An hour later, the deputy company commander gathered the cadres and fighters who rushed through the fire blockade zone; This time, 3 people (including squad leader Zhang Lin) were killed in the enemy's fire blockade area, 7 people were slightly injured, and 1 person was seriously injured. After the assembly, the deputy company commander issued a new order again: "Now there are still about 3 hours before the evening, and the big man Lu is responsible for taking the seriously wounded back to the station, handing over the seriously wounded to the station, and then returning to join us at the 597.9 height, and the remaining 45 comrades and I will rush to the 597.9 high ground for reinforcement within 3 hours." The deputy company commander called the big man Lu to the front: "The seriously wounded are handed over to you, you must return to the 597.9 heights alive." The two comrades-in-arms who shared life and death hugged each other, and the big man Lu picked up the seriously wounded and walked firmly towards the artillery blockade area again, and the seriously wounded turned around and saluted the deputy company commander with a standard military salute (the seriously wounded returned to the front line after recovering from injuries and died in the Jincheng counterattack...... After the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he returned to his hometown to devote himself to socialist construction, and after the reform and opening up, he retired honorably as secretary of a district party committee in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, and the veteran of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea died in 2019...... ）..... The deputy company commander led 45 cadres and fighters who safely passed through the fire blockade area and resolutely and quickly reinforced the 597.9 heights......