Battle of shangganling

During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Chinese people's Volunteer Army's defensive position in Shangganling area of Korea shattered the "golden offensive" of the "United Nations Army" led by the United States. 1952, 10 On June 8, the United States unilaterally suspended the armistice negotiations and launched the "Jinhua offensive" in June 14, in an attempt to capture two highlands in Shangganling area in the northeast of Jinhua, and then captured Wusheng Mountain and changed its defensive posture. The "United Nations Army" successively used 1 1 infantry regiment with more than 60,000 troops, more than 300 cannons, nearly 200 tanks and more than 3,000 sorties to launch continuous attacks on two highlands.

More than 5,000 artillery shells were thrown at positions of only 3.7 square kilometers, such as two highlands, and 1.9 million artillery shells were fired, which lowered the top of the mountain by more than 1 meter. Volunteers have invested more than 40,000 troops from more than three divisions, 130 ground guns and 47 guns, and fought tenaciously with the "United Nations Army" relying on the defensive positions with tunnels as the backbone. The war lasted 43 days to165438+125 October, and the volunteers wiped out more than 25,000 people, completely smashing the "golden offensive" and creating an example of persisting in defensive operations.