"Kill!" Several companies of Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers shouted as they charged towards the British defensive positions.
Shouting "Kill!" and charging the enemy was a common practice among the Volunteer Army soldiers. According to veterans, this shouting boosted morale, strengthened the ranks, and intimidated the enemy. However, to foreigners who couldn't understand Chinese, it was interpreted differently.
In modern times, I read Ridgway's account of the Korean War, in which he described the Volunteer Army's shouts as "a unique noise of the Chinese army." Of course, I imagine this unique noise also included bugle calls and loudspeaker blasts.
In the trench, I stood ready, aiming my rifle at the school below the hill, my eyes fixed on the rows of school buildings through th
