Seventy-three years ago today, on October 14, 1952 (August 26, 1952), the Battle of Shangganling on the Korean battlefield began. Volunteer soldiers at the Shangganling position launched a counterattack based on the resistance fortifications. In July 1952, in order to seek a solution to the issue of prisoners of war in the Korean War, the Chinese negotiators proposed to the US the principle of the repatriation of all the armed personnel captured by the two sides. The US side still insisted on "voluntary repatriation", and on October 8, it arbitrarily and unilaterally announced an indefinite adjournment of the armistice negotiations. Then, on October 14, it launched an attack on the positions of the two companies of the Shangganling Volunteer Army. The US side named it the "Jinhua Offensive". Shangganling is located at the southern foot of Wusheng Mountain, the strategic point of the central front of our army, and its position is prominent, directly threatening the other side's Jinhua defense line. In order to exert military pressure on our army, in order to create a favorable position at the negotiating table, and to improve its defense posture in the Jinhua area, the other side launched a very rampant attack on our army, which was the largest military offensive in a year, in an attempt to force our army to make concessions. The enemy mobilized more than 60,000 troops, more than 300 artillery pieces, more than 170 tanks, more than 3,000 aircraft sorties, and poured more than 1.9 million shells and more than 5,000 bombs on the positions of two companies of the Volunteer Army about 3.7 square kilometers. The intensity of the battle was rare before, especially the artillery firepower density, which has exceeded the level of World War II. The hills of our positions were cut down by two meters, the earth and rocks on the highlands were blown loose by 1-2 meters, which became a scorched earth, and many tunnels were shortened by five or six meters. Although the enemy used the most concentrated artillery in the history of world warfare, they could not break through the steel defense line of the Volunteer Army. There are more than 40,000 volunteers participating in the war. Relying on the solid defensive positions with tunnels as the backbone, they fought bravely and tenaciously against the attacking enemy. Every surface position was repeatedly contested several times, and the battle situation was unprecedented and intense. In the battle, there emerged a special hero and special hero Huang Jiguang who blocked the eye of the enemy's machine gun with his body and opened the way for the impact troops; a special hero and platoon leader Sun Zhanyuan who insisted on commanding the battle after his legs were broken and pulled the last grenade in his last breath to roll towards the enemy group and perish with the enemy; a new soldier Hu Xiudao, in the case of casualties of his comrades in the class, one person insisted on fighting in the position, bravely and tactfully repelled the enemy for more than 40 times, killing and injuring more than 280 enemies, holding the position, making special contributions and winning the title of first-class combat hero. There is a communication hero, Niu Baocai, who was seriously injured in the battle. At the last breath of his life, he used his body to connect the interrupted line to ensure the smooth command and communication. He made special merits and won the title of second-level combat hero. There are also many heroes, heroic deeds that can be sung to tears. The world-famous Battle of Shangganling lasted for 43 days. The enemy and we repeatedly competed for positions 59 times. Our army repelled the enemy's more than 900 charges, annihilated more than 25,000 enemy troops, shot down and injured more than 270 enemy aircraft, 14 tanks, and more than 60 cannons. Smashed the offensive commanded by the commander of the 8th Army of the US Army, Van Fritt, held the position, and created an example of holding on to defensive warfare. " The United Nations Army "launched the offensive in an attempt to reverse the passive situation on the battlefield, but the result was the opposite. The Associated Press reported at the time:" This gold campaign has now reached an unprecedented level of intensity in the Korean War. In terms of casualties and large amounts of materials used, it is unprecedented except for the Allied defeat in North Korea in 1950. "Yi Caixue, a soldier of the Seventh Company of the Volunteer Army in the corner of the Shangganling position of the new soldier Hu Xiudao, under the cover of the platoon leader Sun Zhanyuan, blasted the American firepower point. One of the British officers and soldiers captured by the Volunteer Army in the battle of Malangshan