In 1951, 30 Katyusha of the Volunteer Army blew up 800 American soldiers, Li Qiwei: The Soviet Union entered the war? Do you think that the Korean War was just a military conflict without any gunpowder? Don't be stupid, this battle can be described as thrilling and jaw-dropping! On February 14, 1951, when the Volunteers received a mysterious rocket launcher "Katyusha" from the Soviet Union, the tide of the battle turned in an instant. This weapon, known as the "Iron Rain", which wreaked havoc on the German army during World War II, is now about to show its skills on the Korean battlefield. Do you want to know how it crushed the ace unit of the American army in one fell swoop and made the enemy feel uneasy?
On the Korean battlefield in those years, the gap between our army and the US army was huge. The US military was equipped with the most advanced weapons and equipment at that time, the infantry had Garand rifles, Thomson submachine guns, etc., and the air force had fighters and bombers, while our army generally only had some mountain artillery and field artillery, and its firepower was seriously insufficient. In order to turn the tide of the war, the mainland imported a large number of modern weapons from the Soviet Union, the most striking of which was the "Katyusha" rocket launcher.
This kind of rocket artillery, which has repeatedly performed miraculous feats in World War II, can fire 16 rockets at a time, and 30 salvos are an astonishing 480! At the beginning of 1951, after Katyusha arrived in Korea, the 143rd Division of the 48th Army of the Chinese Volunteers was reorganized into the 21st Rocket Artillery Division, and immediately entered the DPRK after 28 days of vigorous training, becoming the first modern rocket artillery unit of our army.
In October of the same year, the 202nd Regiment of the 21st Division made its first attack, and cooperated with the 47th Army to attack the 1st U.S. Cavalry Division and achieved amazing results in one fell swoop. The Katyusha rockets landed instantly, more than 800 American troops were killed on the spot, and more than half of the most elite troops of the US army were wiped out alive and dead! General Ridgway was shocked to see the tragic situation and wondered if the Soviet troops had also joined the war.
Since then, the 21st Artillery Division has repeatedly performed miraculous feats. In the Battle of Shangganling in 1952, they struck hard at the US 7th Division and the Korean puppet army; In 1953, more than 1,900 tons of artillery shells were fired, leveling all enemy fortifications! The captured Han Jun sighed: "Your artillery fire is too powerful, we are not opponents."
The power of the Katyusha rocket launcher is amazing! It can be described as sweeping thousands of armies on the Korean battlefield. But the reason why this heavy weapon can change the situation of the battle in a short period of time is that it took a lot of effort from our army behind it!
At the beginning, the Soviet Union did not take Katyusha seriously and directly ignored the demands of our army. After all, in Stalin's eyes, the PLA was still a "sesame mung bean" existence at that time, how could it be possible to manipulate such a high-tech weapon? But I didn't expect that after the efforts of the volunteers, they completely mastered the skills of using Katyusha in less than half a year.
At that time, the cultural level of the volunteers was so low that some people could not even write their own names, but in order to learn how to operate the Katyusha, they worked hard day and night, not only went to a crash course to learn theoretical knowledge, but even the "big bosses" worked hard to understand the topographic map and practice aiming and shooting. Such a strenuous teaching scene is enough to bring tears to your eyes!
In order to overcome this technical work, in addition to the hard work of the volunteers themselves, the support of Soviet experts is also indispensable. They personally instructed our army in all the techniques of operating artillery fire, from basic structure to accurate shooting, and taught them every step by hand.
Therefore, our army finally mastered the Katyusha and gained an advantage on the battlefield, completely in exchange for blood and sweat! Without the tenacious hard work of the volunteer army that "God does not pick up the slack", how could the miracle of turning the battlefield around today would have been? As the saying goes, "sharpening and being willing to help the rain, the harvest will eventually live up to the diligence".
Katyusha's outstanding performance in the Korean War also made Mao Zedong realize the importance of modern firepower. After the war, our army intensified the construction of rocket forces and artillery, constantly introduced new rocket weapons from the Soviet Union, and by the mid-1960s, it already had medium and long-range rocket technology. It can be said that Katyusha is the originator of the continental rocket force, and our army's modern rocket weapons have since kept up with the world's cutting-edge level.
The addition of Katyusha rocket artillery was an important factor in the successive victories of the Korean War. This advanced weapon from the Soviet Union, combined with the unremitting efforts of the volunteers, has created a powerful rocket artillery unit in just a few years, and has become a sharp weapon for stabilizing the battle line and crushing the enemy army.
In fact, the reason why Katyusha is so powerful is that, in addition to the lethality of the rocket itself, what is more important is that our army seized the opportunity and technology to quickly master and flexibly use this weapon. It is precisely this fighting spirit of never admitting defeat and being brave in innovation that has enabled China to grow from a backward peasant army to a modern army, and has also made its national strength and scientific and technological strength stronger day by day. Katyusha, recreating the extraordinary legend of an ordinary weapon#头条首发大赛! #