Lesson 2: Resisting the U.S. and Supporting the People's Republic of China

Resisting the U.S. and supporting North Korea to protect our country

In June 1950, the Korean Civil War broke out. The U.S. sent troops to invade Korea. The so-called "United Nations Army", mainly American troops, crossed the "38th parallel" and fought all the way to the Yalu River on the Chinese border; American planes invaded Chinese airspace and bombed and strafed the border cities in northeastern China; the U.S. Seventh Fleet invaded the Taiwan Strait to prevent the People's Liberation Army The U.S. Seventh Fleet invaded China's Taiwan Strait to prevent the People's Liberation Army from liberating Taiwan. The aggressive activities of the United States seriously threatened the security of China.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea requested the Chinese government to send troops to assist it. In order to resist the U.S. and defend the country, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, with Peng Dehuai as its commander, went to the front line of Korea in October 1950 to fight against the U.S. invaders together with the Korean army and people.

The arrogant U.S. did not expect that China would dare to send troops to the war. MacArthur, the commander-in-chief of the "United Nations Army", threatened to end the Korean War in two weeks and go back to the United States for Christmas. The Chinese People's Volunteers fought side by side with the Korean people and launched five large-scale battles in succession, driving the American invasion forces back to the 38th parallel.

Combat heroes Huang Jiguang and Qiu Shaoyun

The Chinese People's Volunteer Army (CPVA) has produced numerous heroic figures in its battles with the enemy. Huang Jiguang and Qiu Shaoyun are the representatives of them.

In October 1952, the U.S. invasion forces launched the Battle of Shangganling. Shanganling was the main position of Wusheng Mountain, and its success or failure had a bearing on the safety and security of the entire central front. The battle lasted for more than 40 days, and the enemy invested more than 60,000 troops and poured nearly 2 million bombs and shells on our position of less than 4 square kilometers, turning Shanganling into a scorched earth and reducing the height of the hill by 2 meters. The volunteers held their position and repelled more than 900 enemy attacks and finally won the battle of Shanganling. Huang Jiguang was a combat hero in the Battle of Shanganling. In one battle, Huang Jiguang's battalion was ordered to seize a high ground occupied by the enemy. When the charging troops were blocked by enemy fire, Huang Jiguang, having been wounded and running out of grenades, defiantly rushed up and used his chest to block the enemy's machine gun muzzle, opening the way for his comrades to advance and dying bravely himself.

At the same time as the Battle of Shangganling, a regiment of the volunteer army was preparing to seize an enemy high ground. In order to shorten the distance of the attack and ensure the suddenness of the battle, Qiu Shaoyun's platoon was ordered to lurk at night at the foot of a hill only 60 meters away from the enemy, ready to cooperate with the attack of a large force the next night. Unexpectedly, the enemy's artillery fire ignited a blaze and burned Qiu Shaoyun. In order to ensure the victory of the battle and the safety of the infiltrating troops, Qiu Shaoyun kept the discipline of infiltration and did not move until he was engulfed by the fire and died a heroic death.

The Chinese People's Volunteers are known as the "loveliest people" for their high level of patriotism, revolutionary heroism and internationalism in the war against the United States and Korea. Because of their heroic fighting with the Korean soldiers and civilians, the United States was forced to sign the armistice agreement in July 1953, and the Chinese and Korean people won the war against aggression. After that, the Chinese People's Volunteers returned to China in batches. The victory of the war against the U.S. and North Korea won a relatively stable and peaceful environment for China's economic construction and greatly improved the international status of China.

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