When you understand the volunteer army from the enemy's point of view, you will find that this group of Americans 70 years ago was so desperate in the face of Chinese soldiers.
This is a panoramic history of the Korean War written by Americans, and it is not surprising that the words are all kinds of anti-racist white values and anti-communist thinking, but it is such a book from the perspective of the enemy and in the Western context, which is still full of awe and admiration for the behavior of the volunteers.
Detail 1: Shells landed in the line, and they were still advancing
The pilot of the American reconnaissance plane recalled: "This is the strangest situation I have ever seen, there are two long columns of infantry that are advancing southeast along the path, and our shells are falling directly into their ranks, but they are still advancing."
This was the first description of the Chinese army on the battlefield by the U.S. military at the end of October 1950, and at this time, despite the defeat of the South Korean army, the qi brush began to charge in the opposite direction, and claimed that the opponent they encountered was not the previous North Korean troops, the Americans still refused to admit that China had the courage to intervene in the Korean war on a large scale, and collins, who claimed to be Chinese, directly asserted that Chinese would not let a large number of troops cross the river to risk.
As the science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem" says, weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, only arrogance.
In the ensuing Battle of Unsan, the Americans paid a terrible price for their arrogance, and the Volunteer 39th Army severely damaged the 1st Cavalry Division and annihilated most of the 15th Regiment of the 1st South Korean 1st Division.
The first contest between China and the United States on the Korean battlefield began with the heavy losses suffered by the Ace Army of the US Army.
Shells fell in the ranks, the volunteer army is still unstoppable, this is the most intimidating place of an army, iron discipline, embodied in almost every example of war, whether it is the hidden march of the whole army in the early stage of the war, or the Ninth Army breaking through the human limit of the speed of the three houses, with this terrible discipline is not a certain person, a certain unit, but the characteristics of a whole volunteer army.
Detail 2: Chinese offensive, always accompanied by disturbing sounds
At about four o'clock in the afternoon, a large number of Chinese moved in the northern part of YunShan, and when they began to attack, the oversized bronze trumpet would blow out a disturbing and terrible sound, accompanied by a sharp and piercing whistle.
In the various memoirs of American soldiers, the most disturbing thing about the Chinese army is the sound of the charge, because once this sound is heard, no matter how far away, whether it is snow or deep in the dense forest, countless volunteer soldiers will be killed in the most unexpected places.
The U.S. military also liked to mention the famous trophy of the Korean battlefield, stormtrooper stress disorder syndrome.
Unjunct Commander-in-Chief Ridgway said, "Many Americans hear the whistle of a Chinese military trumpet for the first time, and this brass trumpet looks like ... The foul-blown horn, whose rough tone mixed with the frantic whistling, seems to be informing the beginning of a new phase of combat... It is like an African witch, able to emit harsh music Once it is blown, all the Chinese soldiers rush to our army as if they are dead."
The sound of the charge trumpet represents the outbreak of the strongest will, and the main responsibility of the volunteer commanders has two points, one is to transmit information by playing the trumpet, and the other is to use the trumpet to boost morale and unite people's hearts in battle. In combat, there are 26 kinds of instructions that can be conveyed by the charge through different blowing methods, including: forward, stop, charge, scatter, air defense, anti-nuclear bombs, release bacteria, ask for reinforcements, etc., and the only possibility that it is not included is the retreat number.
American soldiers privately called the Volunteer Charge a Sonata of Hell.
The Korean War, as a battle for the founding of the country, we fought to the death with the most powerful countries and armies in the world, and won a huge victory, and the results brought about by it deeply affected the development of China in the past 70 years. And this "Unexplored Truth" is a comprehensive and wonderful study of the Korean War, douban rating reached 7.7 points, the author made full use of the official archives declassified by the United States, collected a lot of original data, interviewed a number of insiders, and then worked hard to complete. Through a different historical perspective, the book describes a large number of shocking details on the Korean battlefield.
There's a lot more to this book, and if you want a panoramic view of what's really going on in North Korea, read The Untold Truth.
The book not only has the Chinese volunteer army from the perspective of the United States, but the author also finds the volunteer army's evaluation of the combat effectiveness of the American army in the American war archives.
A pamphlet distributed by the 66th Army of the Volunteer Army, entitled "Basic Summary of the Experience of the Battle of Yunshan Mountain", described the American Eighth Cavalry Regiment as follows: Once the American soldiers were cut off from the back road, they would throw away all their heavy weapons everywhere, and they would pretend to die, and their infantry was timid and afraid of death, and did not have the courage to attack and defend. They relied heavily on planes, tanks and artillery, but they were also afraid of our firepower, and they cowered when they heard gunshots as they advanced. They are afraid of advancing too far, they are only good at fighting during the day, and if the war is unfavorable, they will collapse.
Detail 3: Chinese's plan is to attack from behind
Field commanders of U.S. forces reported that the Chinese military was far more astute and sophisticated than the "rabble-rousers of Asia" that MacArthur had mocked. The Chinese infantry were not equipped with any heavy weapons other than mortars, but they played an excellent level of firepower when attacking the strong positions of the U.S. and South Korean troops, especially at night. Chinese reconnaissance teams were very efficient in searching For American positions, and their offensive plan was to attack from behind, cut off retreat and supply lines, and then launch a frontal offensive, and their basic tactics were a V-shaped offensive formation. Chinese to have the enemy move in this formation, and then it will encircle the edge of V; at the same time, another unit moves to the opening of V to stop any attempt to escape and block reinforcements.
The Americans said such a twist, in fact, friends who are familiar with the volunteer army's combat have long heard it, this is not what we often say about the roundabout interspersed dumplings, yes, it is the exclusive secret of the people's army to fight invincible hands all over the world in the early days, large-scale and in-depth interspersed tactics.
Interspersed in the context of the general army refers to the tactical interlude of several people and dozens of people, while the volunteer army implements a large-scale strategic interspersing of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people, and the normal situation of the US army and the Chinese army is that after fighting, how can the defense line suddenly appear after tens of thousands of troops? How to fight this battle, not to mention the two-dimensional circular defense line, even the 3D spherical defense line can not withstand such an opponent.
The key to the deep and deep detour is concealment, to make the other side unconsciously surrounded by the bag, and in order to do this, the ice sculpture company of rows of volunteers lies on the position of minus 40 degrees, maintaining a neat battle formation and combat posture, and is frozen to death by the formation... Qiu Shaoyun lay motionless in the grass next to the ditch and was burned alive...
This desperate battlefield execution shocked the US military!
Chinese repeated their mode of attack again and again: through the seemingly impassable mountainous areas, where neither Americans nor South Korean troops were stationed, suddenly appeared at night, brave and strong in individual combat, able to appear unexpectedly behind enemy troops.
As the unwinnable side, American society has not been confident from the beginning to be on the side of justice to affirm the war, and Washington has been constantly asking whether it really should wade through the muddy waters, both during and after the war, and Bridley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that it was "a wrong war at the wrong time, in the wrong place, with the wrong enemy."
The number of Chinese soldiers who died in this war is 197653, its counting unit is people, and what is even more regrettable is that 99% of them have no descendants, and what they would rather give their lives in exchange for is the peace that belongs to you in front of the screen.
They stepped through the black water of the White Mountains, placed themselves under the cover of Van Vliet's artillery fire, thirsty to drink the water at the bottom of the pit, hungry to swallow the fried noodles in the cloth bag, the charge horn suddenly sounded, and they did not hesitate to use their flesh and blood to give the Chinese nation the courage to put it to death and live later.
More than seventy years ago, they tried their best for you now.