God of War at Shangganling: Hu Xiudao

[War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea + Hu Xiudao + one-man army + the legend of Shangganling + one man holds off an entire division]

In 1952, at Shangganling on the Korean Peninsula, 21-year-old Hu Xiudao, a new recruit from Sichuan, faced a life-or-death trial on his very first day on the battlefield.

As his comrades fell one after another and the position neared collapse, waves of enemy troops surged toward him. He hefted a Bangalore torpedo and stood alone atop the mountain, forging an impassable line of defense.

That day, he repelled 41 enemy assaults and killed more than 280 soldiers, creating a miracle in the history of warfare.

He wasn’t a super soldier, just a Sichuan boy who wanted to go home and protect the country behind him.

But from then on, his name struck fear into the enemy, becoming synonymous with the “God of War of China.”