Author: Jia Yong
70 years ago, there was no "Double Eleven" online promotion, but a "shopping carnival" that could be recorded in history occurred - while the Volunteer Army was fighting bloody battles on the Korean battlefield, a patriotic action of donating aircraft cannons to the Volunteer Army was vigorously carried out across the country.
On November 11, 1950, the third day after the beginning of winter, the second battle had started for 5 days. Relying on the cover of fighter jets that covered the sky, the " United Nations Army " and the South Korean army attacked frantically towards the direction of Yalu River .
Previously, from October 25 to November 5, the Volunteer Army wiped out 15,000 enemies in the first battle lasting 11 days. The first cavalry division of the veteran American military brigade suffered 1,840 troops, and the "Founder Division" suffered its first defeat. One of the important reasons why MacArthur continues to invade the North even though the US military was severely damaged is that has more than 1,100 combat aircraft under his command, , from Taiwan Strait to the waters around the Korean Peninsula, deploying 19 aircraft carrier battle groups .
US military aircraft group bombed northern North Korea
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"The Chinese have no air force, and our air force already has a base on the Korean Peninsula. Once they try to enter Pingyang and other places, they will definitely suffer the worst casualties in human history!"
On November 7, MacArthur ordered the destruction of all bridges on the Yalu River to prevent China from increasing troops to North Korea and logistics support; while ordering the "United Nations Army" to advance northward across the line, attempting to occupy the entire territory of North Korea before the Yalu River is frozen.
The next day, 90 US military B-29 bombers bombed Yalu River Bridge ; a week later, the US military bombed the Yalu River Bridge for a second time, and three piers near North Korea were blown down, and the main artery connecting China and North Korea was in danger of paralysis.
Volunteer Army repaired the collapsed bridge
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The US fighter plane has become a haze shrouded over the heads of the volunteers. When I volunteered to enter North Korea, there were more than 1,300 cars, and more than 600 vehicles were lost in the initial 520 days. The food that can be transported to the front line is less than one-third of the total transportation volume. Li Hongyin, an old soldier of the Volunteer Army, recalled: "The Americans were so dark all day long. At that time, we were hoping that our motherland would be strong and that our planes and cannons would be like Americans. Needless to say, even if they were a little less or worse than them, the Americans were no problem at all." When he entered the North Korea war, Li Hongyin was 22 years old and was the head of the combat section of the 117th Division of the 39th Army.
The Volunteer Army Vehicles that were bombed
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111 On the morning of January 21, 1951, the Volunteer Army fighter jets took off for the first time. The captain Li Han led 6 MG-15 fighter jets , and started the first air battle with the US Air Force, which is known as the "air overlord". On this day, , it was only 1 year, 2 months and 10 days before the establishment of the People's Air Force. , the first-generation fighter of the new China , pilots had an average flight time of less than 20 hours on jet fighters. Most of their opponents had "old fried dough sticks" in the air who had thousands of hours of flight.
8 days later, US F-84 fighter jets hovered over Dingzhou and Anzhou, attempting to attack Anzhou Station and Qingchuan River Bridge. Li Han was ordered to lead two squadrons and eight fighter jets to take off to meet the enemy.
2, 4, 8, 10... When both sides approached, Li Han suddenly saw the number of enemy aircraft: good guy, there were 16 aircraft in total, all of which were F-84 fighter .
F-84, the first jet fighter that can carry tactical nuclear weapons produced by the United States after World War II . On the Korean battlefield, this evil fighter jet used bombs, rockets, and napalm to attack North Korea's railways and bridges, causing huge casualties to the volunteers.
16:8, I have many enemies, I have few, or not to fight? comrades were waiting for Li Han's decision.
The brave will win and fight! Li Han ordered decisively: "Put the secondary fuel tank right away! The second squadron is responsible for cover, and the first squadron attacks with all his strength!"
600 meters, 500 meters, 400 meters. Li Han pressed the cannon button suddenly, and more than 40 cannons whistled out, and a US aircraft dragged a long black smoke and planted it.
This is the first time that Chinese fighter jets shot down US fighter jets —In this air battle, the volunteers shot down and injured three US aircraft, and our side suffered no losses, 3:0.
The second day is the Little Year of the Lunar New Year, "Children's Chef, the flute and drum are noisy." The volunteer army's air battle results sounded a salute to welcome the New Year.
On June 1, 1951, the Chinese People's Association for Resisting U.S. Aggression and Aiding Korea issued the "Call on Implementing the Patriotic Convention, Donating Aircraft and Cannons, and Preferring Martyrs' Family Members" to all ethnic groups and sectors across the country, , known in history as the "June 1st Call".
That day was Children's Day. 6-year-old Chang Xiaoyu remembers that just after returning from school, he heard from his mother, Chang Xiangyu that a high ground of the Volunteer Army was bombarded by US planes, and all the soldiers in the company died. My mother wanted to donate a plane herself to support the front line.
The at that time, the price of the Soviet-made MiG 15 fighter was about 1.5 billion yuan in old coins, equivalent to 150,000 yuan in new coins. Back then, the monthly living expenses for a family of five were only 50 SGD. In the eyes of many people, donating planes is nothing different from a fantasy.
Chang Xiangyu and her husband Chen Xianzhang sold valuable things at home as travel expenses. Several children were sent to the nursery and embarked on the road of charity tours of raising funds to buy planes. That year, her youngest child was only 3 years old.
Every time you go to a place, Chang Xiangyu will perform her gold medal drama "Mulan". The heroines who fought for the country made the audience excited. During the Guangzhou charity performance, an overseas Chinese named Liang Huizhen came to the stage and said that as a Chinese, she wanted to express her feelings, and then took off the gold watch on her hand. The Spring Festival is approaching. Chang Xiangyu took the "Xiangyu Opera Club" to half of China, performing 178 shows, and donating 1.52 billion yuan of old coins, just enough to buy a MiG 15 fighter jet.
On New Year's Eve, Chang Xiangyu locked herself in the house and cried. The old man recalled before his life: "My hand grabbed the door of the room where I lived, lay on it, and cried happily. My husband was tired, the oily and clothes on his body were so bad that he didn't even bother to buy a pair of shoes. His clothes were torn, and his pants were all dressed, so he didn't know how to change it." The plane
was named "Xiangyu Opera Club". After was retired, it was displayed in the Aviation Museum in the northern suburbs of Beijing.
One year and two months later, Chang Xiangyu went to the battlefield to perform condolences with the second North Korea condolence group. At this time, above their heads, fighter jets donated by ordinary workers from all walks of life were soaring proudly in the North Korean sky.
air combat hero Han Decai is the American "double ace" pilot Hadro Edward Fessil who was flying the war eagle donated by the people of the motherland. After being captured, Fessil asked to see the volunteer pilot who shot down him.
Fisher participated in WWII and had shot 10 planes at that time. Han Decai, who was 89 years old, remembered: "I heard that I was only 19 years old, and he was surprised. Americans fought for money, and We drove the plane donated by the motherland to the battlefield , fighting for the country. Naturally, it is difficult for Americans to understand."
The grand occasion of the whole nation's "flashing the plane"
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31 On May 31, 952, the national donation campaign was announced to end, with the total donation of reaching 5565.06 billion yuan of old coins, and is equivalent to 43,710 fighter jets. On this long donation list, there are Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang , writer Ding Ling , Zhou Libo ... More of ordinary workers, farmers, students, and staff, who are not left with their names.
In the Hunan Provincial Party History Exhibition Hall, there is a photo of Mr. Tan Chuyun depositing the money for carrying water into the " Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea Production Donation Collecting Gold Bucket". Tan Chuyun was 76 years old at that time and only earned 8 yuan a month. He used a bamboo tube to make a deposit bottle. He spent his spare time every day to carry water, put the money from selling water into the bamboo tube, saved money little by little, and purchased weapons for the volunteers.
Old man Tan Chuyun deposited the money for selling water
in the "Golden tube of production donation for resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea"
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There is also an old man who did not leave his name. His son died on the battlefield and could not be transported back to his country for burial. The old man carried the coffin prepared for his son to the market in the town, and wrote a note on it: I sold the cannons.
The mayor shed tears and said, "You can't sell, the person who sent the dead is gone, we will send the dead for you." The old man said, I have to sell it, even if I change a few bullets, I will be worthy of my son. The mayor opened the lid of the coffin and threw all the money on his body in. As the people gathered, they were crying and throwing money in their bodies and valuable things in them.
A bucket of water, a love; one copper plate , a love. The word "motherland" makes the people who are the masters excited; at the front line, everyone is united and gathers into an unstoppable and powerful force.
partial donation receipts for that year
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1, 1952, commander of the Eighth Army of the United States Van Ferritt admitted at a press conference that although the US military tried all its strength to block the supply of the Communist Party, the Communist Party still sent supplies to the frontline incredibly, creating an amazing miracle.
Perhaps, this US lieutenant general did not know that , who once used a small car to push the wheel of victory on the battlefield of the Liberation War, pushed the wheel of victory to North Korea's three thousand miles.
On the afternoon of November 18, 1951, more than 60 F-84 bombers rushed towards the Cheongcheon River Bridge - it was a railway hub in northern North Korea, and Wang Hai led 6 fighter jets to meet the enemy. The result was: shot down 5 enemy planes, but no losses were made. U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Admiral Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg said in surprise: " China has become a world air force power almost overnight. "
That month, Wang Hai had just turned 26 years old. The "Wang Hai Brigade" led by him has fought fiercely with the US Air Force more than 80 times, shooting down and injured 29 enemy planes.
Wanghai Brigade
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Resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, the volunteer army shot down 330 enemy planes and injured 95 enemy planes.
In July 1984, Wang Hai, then deputy commander of the Air Force, visited the United States with a military delegation led by Secretary of Defense Zhang Aiping, and met with Charles Gabriel, then Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force. Gabriel is also a super pilot who has performed 100 combat missions on the Korean battlefield in F-51 fighter and F-86 fighter . Gabriel pointed at Wang Hai and said, "We have fought." I was beaten down by him. Wang Hai laughed: "If you invade me again, I will defeat you."
The right way in the world is moving forward in a vast way. In today's China, dreams have become glorious, and the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process.
Zhuhai, Guangdong, the People's Air Force's 50 main combat weapons and equipment are unveiled at the 14th China Air Show: J-16, J-20, Y-20, oil transport-20, Air Guard-500, H-6K, Red-9B, Attack-2 drone... On the 18th of this month, it was the day when the air combat hero Wang Hai shot down the US fighter jet for the first time.
