Introduction to the work "The Iron-Blooded Journey: Documentary of the War to Resist U. S. Aggression and Aid Korea"
In the winter of 1950, with the cold wind blowing by the Yalu River, hundreds of thousands of volunteer soldiers crossed the frozen river and rushed to the Korean battlefield. This was not a distant war, but an epic of family and country written with the blood of countless young lives.
From the forced crossing of the Imjin River in the Fifth Battle, to the life-and-death defense in the Shangganling Tunnel; from the day and night vigilance at the Suwon Reservoir to prevent the US military from bombing the dam, to the precise sniping of sharpshooters in the "Cold Gun Campaign"; from the arguments at the Panmunjom negotiation table, to the final blow against the South Korean Army in the Battle of Jincheng... With 140 chapters of delicate writing, this book connects the true context of the key battles in the War to Resist U. S. Aggression and Aid Korea, and restores the headquarters of the Volunteer Army. Grand narratives such as the strategic deployment of "multiple breakthroughs", the intelligent construction of the "Underground Great Wall" of tunnel fortifications, and the arduous support of "night transportation" of logistics troops also focus on the individual stories of ordinary soldiers: Zhou Weiguo charged with explosive packs in the Battle of Imjin River, Huang Jiguang blocked the bunker's nozzle with his body, and Zhao Jianjun gave the enamel jar to the old Korean man during the retreat... Behind each name is a memory about courage, faith and protection.
There are no deliberately exaggerated war spectacles, only a true restoration of historical details: letters from home in fried noodles bags, cotton shoes frozen hard in the snow, half a piece of compressed cake shared in the tunnel, silence on the battlefield at the moment of ceasefire... These details piece together the most vivid battlefield group portrait, allowing readers to see behind the victory the Great Wall built by countless people with their youth and lives.
