However, the South Korean and American sides did not accept this proposal, and they actually demanded that the ceasefire demarcation line be placed in the area controlled by the DPRK and China.

So what is the, the first negotiations broke down directly.

The two sides then went on to work.

However, this fight is different from the previous fight.

The United Nations forces are now soberly aware that China will not be able to gnaw.

In addition, China's fighting spirit also made the Soviet Russian forces look at it, and Soviet Russia itself was ready to move.

Therefore, the purpose of their war is no longer to destroy Korea and bulldoze China and the Soviet Union, but to gain an advantage in the negotiations that will begin soon.

This is simply a gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain.

You guys have put all the artillery on the border again, can the Chinese not fight?

Obviously, since you hit the 38th parallel, the Chinese side has repeatedly warned you not to cross the line and not to target China.

In other words, China has been fighting for peace since the beginning of the war.

The gap between the two sides can be seen from this.

In this regard, Han Huaiyi said in an interview with Radio Television Hong Kong: "Sooner or later, we have to talk about it, and there is no point in fighting again." ”

Then he added, "I want to go to MacArthur's house for a bowl of soup this Christmas." ”

It is rare that the words of this stinky rascal did not cause fluctuations, because at this moment the focus of the world is on the Korean Peninsula.

Then, in order to obtain favorable conditions for armistice negotiations, the "United Nations Army" and the ROK Army launched the summer offensive and autumn offensive from August 18 to September 18 and September 29 to October 22, 1951, respectively, attacking the western and eastern fronts of the DPRK and China.

And these two offensives are the famous battles of Bloody Ridge and Shangganling.

First of all, there is the Battle of Bloody Ridge.

During the summer offensive from August 18 to September 18, 1951, in order to ensure a more favorable positional line after the truce.

Since August 18, U.S. and South Korean forces have simultaneously launched attacks on the area of Bloody Ridge and the east bank of the Soyang River.

But a stick is always a stick.

When the Korean army, a vassal army of the U.S. army, attacked the 983 and 773 heights southwest of Biyari, they were beaten by the North Korean general Fang Hushan.

In the beginning, the sticks were very scrappy because they were well equipped.

But after a bloody battle between the two sides, a few days later, when the entire summit was stained red with blood, the sticks were intimidated.

On August 27, the sticks retreated and stopped fighting, because if they continued to fight, they would be too painful!

Kent, a U.S. military reporter who watched the battle, was a young man.

He didn't make it to World War II, he came to North Korea just a year ago after graduating from journalism school, when the U.S. military was in full swing, and the North Korean troops under heavy firepower were crawling and crawling, and there was almost no tragic battlefield left.

This time was different.

In terms of intensity, it is actually far less than the previous indiscriminate bombing by the US military.

But visually, the battlefield created by the infantry tearing each other apart on both sides was shocking, and Kent couldn't help but shout the name "Bloody Ridge" when he saw this miserable battle situation.

The name then spread around the world as it was reported.

Han Huaiyi didn't care, the other battle he cared about, but it hadn't started yet.

Immediately after that, the "United Nations Army" was replaced by the 9th Regiment of the 2nd Division of the US Army and the 36th Regiment of the South Korean Army to attack the Bloody Ridge.

The regiment attacked from the front on 31 August and 1 September, but the stubborn resistance of the North Korean forces left them unsuccessful.

These North Korean troops hid in the tunnel of the anti-slope plane that the Chinese had taught them to dig, and when the American troops were about to advance to the hilltop position, they suddenly fired heavily from behind, and the American troops immediately suffered heavy losses.

The strange thing is that this kind of thing still happens repeatedly.

In the end, the Americans were in a hurry, and incendiary bombs, gasoline bombs were gathered.

It was not until September 5 that the Bloody Ridge was finally captured by the United States and South Korea.

But the rest of the Battle of Bloody Ridge continued.

The U.S. 10th Army then turned back and attempted to capture the 851-931-894 Heights Complex directly north of Bloody Ridge.

This is the famous Sad Ridge outside of Bloody Ridge. (Not Shangganling)

But the North Korean forces were prepared, and the assault company of the 23rd Regiment of the U.S. Army came under machine-gun crossfire and grenade fire, as well as concentrated artillery and mortar fire.

In the end, this assault company of the 23rd Regiment had no other way but to retreat into the valley of Sad Ridge to avoid direct fire and dig trenches for self-defense.

After gnawing for two weeks, he still couldn't take the position.

On September 16, James J. Bush of the 23rd Regiment of the U.S. Army Commander Y. Adams had to send in reserves to attack from both flanks at the same time to relieve the pressure on the frontal troops, but this attack was actually blocked by the North Korean army on the head, and no progress was made.

On September 20, the new commander of the 2nd Division, Robert J. Major General N. Younger ordered the 9th Regiment, which had participated in the Bloody Ridge operation, to seize the two heights of 1024 and 867 on either side of Sad Ridge.

The 1024 heights were captured, but because they were 7 kilometers away from the Sadness Ridge, the suppression effect on the trench tactics of the North Korean army's anticline was not great, and the newly replaced 15th Regiment of the North Korean army stubbornly held the 867 heights...

The battle has reached this point, and the morale of the US and South Korean troops has been low.

But the battle that made them even more desperate was yet to come.

As a result of all indications, it is becoming more and more obvious that China has seized the initiative in ground operations.

The commander of the United Nations forces in Korea, James Alward Van Vliet, suggested adopting a plan developed by the 9th Army Corps, codenamed "Operation Showdown".

He believed that would improve the situation of the defensive line north of Jinhua.

Less than 3 miles north of what he said was Jinhua, both the 9th Army and the Chinese army were fortified, separated by only 200 yards.

About a mile northeast of Heights 598 and the 598 Heights is the Sniper Ridge Mountains (known as 537.7 Hills in Chinese) that stretch from northwest to southeast, and the Chinese troops there are stuck in the choke points of the American troops.

Assuming that the enemy could be driven out of these hills, the Chinese would have to retreat to another defensive position 1,250 yards away.

The command took his suggestion, taking into account the maximum firepower that the current ammunition stockpile could provide, as well as the maximum melee support from air power.

The General Staff also believes that if everything goes according to plan, only two battalions of the 7th US Division and the 2nd ROK Division will be able to successfully complete this mission.

The guys estimate that the operation will take place for 6 days and will cause 200 casualties.

This was due to the fact that they were supported by 280 artillery pieces and more than 200 fighter and bomber sorties from up to 16 artillery battalions, so it was not possible to estimate that the infantry would not encounter great obstacles.

As a result, the "showdown plan" of the US military began to be implemented.

But the "showdown" operation went out of shape from the start.

Before the war, a staff officer of the 2nd Korean Division actually defected to the Volunteer Army with a battle plan.

And because of the needs of other battles, artillery support had to be interrupted, and the prepared 5-day air attack had to be reduced to 2 days.

The U.S. military can only go into battle, while the Chinese army has long been ready for battle.

So the Battle of Shangganling began...