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In the fifth battle to resist U. S. Aggression and aid Korea, the 180th Division of the Volunteer Army fell into heavy siege, suffered heavy casualties, and thousands of soldiers were captured. The division commander Zheng Qigui became the first defeated general of the Volunteer Army. Peng Dehuai claimed that he would be shot; Mao Zedong also personally intervened in the matter. This unit suffered an extremely tragic defeat and even became a famous failure case in the history of the People's Liberation Army's combat. "The entire division was destroyed", "the military flag was surrendered", "the division commander was shot"... There are constant rumors and a lot of fog. What is the truth? Through interviews with living veterans of the 180th Division, this book comprehensively displays the tragic actual battle conditions of the 180th Division of the Volunteer Army in the Fifth Battle, explores the real reasons for the defeat of the 180th Division, subverts the long-standing popular false rumors about the 180th Division and the traditional narrative of the war against the United States and aid Korea, and takes people into the most realistic Korean battlefield. For those veterans who shed blood for their faith and nation, even if they suffered defeat, it still does not prevent us from paying deep respect to them.