From October 4, 1952 to October 25, 1952, China and the United States launched a 43-day battle for attack and defense on two highlands less than 4 square kilometers in Shangganling area.

the enemy invested more than 61,111 men in the 7th Division of the United States and the 187th Airborne Regiment, the 2nd and 9th Divisions of South Korea, and the Ethiopian and Colombian battalions. At the same time, about 171 tanks were used, about 311 guns with a caliber of over 115 mm were used, more than 3,111 planes were dispatched, about 1.9 million shells were fired and 5,111 aerial bombs were dropped. It is rare to concentrate such intensive firepower in such a narrow area in the history of world war.

Extended information:

In June, 1951, after the Chinese and North Korean troops turned to strategic defense, under the guidance of the principle of sustained fighting and active defense, the front-line troops of the Chinese and North Korean troops built a large number of tunnel fortifications, and gradually formed a solid defensive position based on tunnels. Since the spring and summer of 1952, the Chinese and North Korean troops have carried out a series of defense positions.

in the autumn of p>1952, in order to gain the initiative, train the troops and smash the possible enemy attacks, the front-line troops of the Chinese and Korean armies began to launch a tactical counterattack to the tactical points below the enemy camp on September 9. In order to regain the initiative of the battlefield, the US military launched the so-called "Golden Offensive" from mid-October.

The goal of the US military's offensive is to capture the 597, 9 highlands and the 537, 7 highlands in front of Wusheng Mountain, and then capture the main Wusheng Mountain, improve the defensive posture of its Jinhua area, and create conditions for later attacks on the areas north of Pingkang and Jincheng. Because there is a small village called Shangganling near the battlefield, the battle of the volunteers against the enemy attack was called Shangganling Campaign.

China Net-Battle of Shangganling (1952)