"Blind! Those people were blind! ”
In October 1950, MacArthur burst into a scolding room in the war room.
"Calm, commander. The president must have his reasons for doing so. ”
"What's the point? It's us on the battlefield, not them! They're just talking on paper and pointing fingers! MacArthur was particularly angry, having been on the battlefield for more than a decade, and he could not understand why the war was controlled by politics.
"The way to stop the Chinese army is to blow up the Yalu River Bridge, and I don't care what the people in Washington are going to do, as long as they don't blow up the Yalu River Bridge, it will give the Chinese army and North Korea a chance." MacArthur continued, his eyes full of determination.
After the end of the Second World War, the Korean Peninsula was divided into two, North Korea and South Korea are adjacent to each other, border problems have been emerging in an endless stream, wars of all sizes have occurred thousands of times, an average of two wars per day, the situation can be imagined. Moreover, because North Korea pays more attention to industry and South Korea pays more attention to grain production, the resources of the two have been distributed very unevenly since the Korean Peninsula was divided in two, which has had a great impact on the development of both sides, so the leaders of both sides hope to dominate each other's countries in order to prosper themselves.
On June 25, 1950, the Korean War broke out. This war was the first time that North Korea launched an offensive against South Korea in a vain attempt to rule South Korea and unite the Korean Peninsula into one and strengthen North Korea.
The outbreak of the Korean War, whose main leader Kim Il Sung only asked for the consent of Stalin, a member of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union, while the neighboring China and the Us-controlled South Korea did not know until after the outbreak of the war, which was a completely undeclared war, which caused dissatisfaction in our country and the United States.
On June 28, 1950, North Korea attacked seoul, the capital of South Korea, and this sudden attack caught South Korea off guard, and finally was unable to resist, and Seoul was lost. Later, north Korea captured Daejeon and other regions in the same year, and several important South Korean cities were captured by North Korea. Until the South Korean army was forced into Busan.
Thus, the Battle of Busan ringed out. The battle lasted more than a month. However, is South Korea, which is controlled by the United States, really so passively accepting the War in Korea?
Obviously, North Korea's approach has completely threatened the interests of the United States, and in order to ensure the control of the United States over South Korea, the United States has to send troops to support South Korea to protect its own interests in South Korea. In addition, the United States is also a belligerent country, and they are very excited in the face of the battle.
On September 15, 1950, the American general MacArthur landed in South Korea to command the battle against North Korea, and the Battle of Busan finally ended under The strong command of MacArthur.
The U.S. military helped South Korea regain lost ground along the way, and on September 27, it drove North Korean troops back to the North Korean region and successfully recaptured Seoul, the capital of South Korea. After the reconquest of Seoul, the United States did not give up, as a warlike country, is there any reason to fight a war halfway? Take advantage of the good situation to attack enthusiastically. So MacArthur asked Truman directly to cross the border to wage war against Korea.
After getting the consent, MacArthur marched into North Korea, as a world power, the United States, not only economic ability but also military capabilities, deserved to be the forefront of the world, and North Korea appeared slightly weak, therefore, in the face of the all-out attack of the US army, the North Korean army was invincible, and soon was beaten back one after another, and the war spread all the way to the vicinity of the Yalu River.
You know, across the Yalu River is China, and after China received the news of MacArthur's landing in South Korea, it stationed hundreds of thousands of troops on the border between China and North Korea to prepare for the US military to raid Our country.
In mid-October, the US military bombed the Dandong region of China. As the war continues to approach, it has threatened china's complete territorial rights, and the United States has repeatedly violated our country on the grounds that "bombing the Dandong area is only to attack Korea." In such a situation, if our army does not send troops, the US military will "kick its nose in the face."
However, there was a controversy over whether to send troops to support Korea in our country, when New China had just been founded for three years, because the war of the previous decade or so had made my people unhappy, and its economic strength had not been restored, and the country had just gained a breather.
However, Chairman Mao firmly believed that troops must be sent, saying: This battle must be fought, and once the US army wins, our country will be adjacent to the US army, and with the virtue of the US military, it will certainly carry out many wars on our borders, posing a great threat to our territory, not to mention the development in the future.
On October 19, 1950, the Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea began.
Chinese Volunteers fought all the way up the Yalu River Bridge to fight the U.S. army, and quickly arrived at the battlefield to help North Korea fight the U.S. and Roksar troops, which made MacArthur very angry. At that time, the army passing through the Yalu River Bridge was the logistics unit of our army, providing grain and other resources for the volunteer troops of our army fighting in Korea to ensure that the resources on the front line were sufficient.
When MacArthur discovered that our army had all been transferred from the Yalu River Bridge to the Korean battlefield, an idea came to his mind: Blowing up the Yalu River Bridge would cut off the Chinese army's road to Korea. In this way, the Chinese army can be stopped, as long as the Chinese army's front-line resources are insufficient, it is bound to be powerless under the attack of the US army.
Therefore, MacArthur ordered the US bombers to hover over the Yalu River Bridge, but it was not China that clashed with South Korea, at the same time, China was good friends with the Soviet Union, and in order to take care of the face of the Soviet Union, it was necessary to ask for instructions first, as long as it was asked for instructions, the bombing opportunity hovering on the Yalu River Bridge immediately dropped bombs.
Although MacArthur did not understand politics at all, he also knew that China was different from North Korea, but a new battlefield.
At first, MacArthur thought his plan was a matter of ironclad, but President Truman ordered him not to act rashly, and everything was instructed by Washington.
"Are those people in Washington blind?" Must Chinese soldiers come to the aid of North Korea? Blind, blind! MacArthur was very angry, he did not understand President Truman's resolution at all, as a military general, he may not understand politics, nor do he understand, since he is on the battlefield, he should follow the way the army does.
So, what are the internal causes of this war on politics?
First of all, once the Yalu River Bridge is blown up, the war against the DPRK may cross a new height and reach a new category, thus attracting the attention of the world; second, the US military has made an agreement with the Soviet Union: the two sides cannot attack one side of the Yalu River, as long as they violate the regulations, the other side can send troops; then, the United States and the Soviet Union are the two major powers in the world, the Soviet Union's military strength is particularly advanced, and the United States does not dare to confront it with a hard face; finally, the collision between the two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union will certainly lose both sides and lose more than they lose.
To this end, President Truman considered many factors and finally decided that the Yalu River Bridge could not be blown up.
However, when MacArthur saw that our army was constantly crossing the Yalu River Bridge, sending resources to our army fighting in Korea, and strengthening the strength of the front-line army, would he really stop there? The answer is clearly no.
American bombers were already circling over the Yalu River Bridge, and MacArthur was clearly not going to let go of the opportunity. So MacArthur called Washington several times, pleading for permission to blow up the Yalu Bridge, or the war would be harder to fight. Moreover, as long as North Korea is successfully occupied, and North Korea is adjacent to China, it will be logical that the subsequent harassment of China's border will be a step closer to the hegemonic rule of the United States.
At MacArthur's request, the leaders in Washington finally agreed to MacArthur's request, however, provided that the bombing could only be fragmentary, and as long as the bridge was not completely sunk, the rest was left to MacArthur.
As a result, the Yalu River Bridge was bombed several times. In this regard, our army must ensure the supply of resources for the front-line troops, and even if the Yalu River Bridge is destroyed, the material troops will still have to advance. The Yalu River Bridge was blown up, so what if our army built a bridge overnight and blew it up again? Later, our army simply built a detachable bridge, which was laid out when used and put away when not in use.
After MacArthur knew, he directly asked the US bombers to take turns hovering on the top of the Yalu River Bridge, dropping bombs as soon as they saw our soldiers building the bridge, but nevertheless, our soldiers would not give up.
The bridge that has just been built was destroyed by the bomb, and the efforts of countless people were destroyed, and anger was born from the heart, however, our army continued to build the bridge, and once it was blown up, it was built again, and as long as there were people, the bridge was always there. No matter how fierce the enemy's artillery fire was, the soldiers of our army still bravely marched forward and built bridges again and again with their own flesh and blood.
The front line is fighting, and the rear must not drag its feet, so the front line and the logistics troops are combined to show the spirit of never giving up and persevering, even if there is a vast ocean of blood in front, but no one is afraid, they have been moving forward, breaking through the barrier, rushing to the light.
Chinese MacArthur could blow up the Yalu River Bridge, but it could not destroy the determination of our soldiers to defend their homeland and the cohesion of the Chinese nation.
It was not until 1953 that the three-year-long Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea finally came to an end, and our army could finally return to the land of the motherland. The road to success in this campaign was a heavy loss, but it was also a new high in the history of our country, which solved the problem of our border with North Korea and laid the foundation for the development of our country later.
References: "Transnational Yalu River", "From Yalu River to Panmunjom: The Great War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea", etc