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Chapter 149 Shangganling: Chinese and American armies head-to-head "arm wrestling"

Under the same rules, can the Chinese army win? It is generally believed that after the Opium War, the Chinese army could not fight, let alone the United States, the world leader.But the Chinese army crossed the border in a daze and went to North Korea to make a call. People also believe that the Chinese army fought when the U.S. army was caught off guard. It was a surprise attack, not the same rules, and information asymmetry. It's like a boxing ring, when someone throws a fist, you Chinese use acupuncture, which makes them lose their temper.All in all, not by strength. In Shangganling, the Chinese army corrected this customary view of the world.

In Shangganling, the armies of China and the United States lined up and fought a head-to-head boxing match under the same ground, the same rules, and the same goal. And, it was the U.S. Army that punched first. The result of the game: The American army was beaten to the ground and couldn't get up. Results of the competition: The Chinese army wobbled around, but did not get down. The flag floating on the Shangganling position is the referee. Since then, the U.S. military has never dared to fight a major offensive war. From then on, the Americans really wanted to stop the war. Since then, China's status as a military power has been basically established.

This war has always been the focus of military research in various countries after the war. The U.S. military used computers to simulate battlefield scenarios, and the result was: With such a powerful firepower of the U.S. military, the Chinese army could not bear it no matter what. Under such intensive artillery fire, the rocks in the position were smashed to the knees, and it was impossible for any living things to survive on Shangganling. General Van Fleet, the American commander who commanded the battle, also judged so. But the fact is that Chinese soldiers miraculously emerged from the underground tunnel and continued to fight.

American military researchers can't figure it out anyway: How can a small Shangganling, with 25,000 casualties and more than 1.9 million shells fired, be unable to take down?
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