Welcome to The History Column No. 2421. The 9th Corps of Sanye was one of the strongest ace corps of our army at the end of the Liberation War, because they originally shouldered the major combat task of crossing the sea and attacking Taiwan, and the level of equipment and soldier training was the highest level. The commander of the corps, Song Shilun, has always been a fierce general in the three fields, and was later rated as the founding general, which should have good prospects for development.
However, the second half of Song Shilun's military and political career had some meaning of stopping the flag and was almost "abandoned". Although he became the president of the Academy of Military Sciences and held a not-so-low rank, as the main battle general of the former Sanye, he also participated in many major wars during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and it seems that such talents should not be separated from the front-line troops. In the two counterattacks against India and Vietnam, the name of the Song Shilun did not appear at all, why is this?
Song Shilun was a general who served as chief of staff during the Shandong Field Army and directly assisted General Manager Chen. After the merger of The Yamano and the Central China Field Army in early 47, he served as the commander of the Ten Columns, led the front-line troops, and was known for his tenacious resistance battles and outstanding achievements, and was called by the Kuomintang army as "the platoon of artillery does not move, it must be the tenth column". Moreover, Song Shilun's enterprising spirit is very strong, he is not willing to fight obstruction warfare, but likes to command offensive battles, especially envious of the first column, fourth column, sixth column, ninth column and other units in the East China Field Army, hoping to become the main force of Huaye's attack like them. However, under the yin and yang errors, the Ten Verticals rarely got such an opportunity.
In the later stages of the Liberation War, Song Shilun became the commander of the 9th Corps of Sanye because of his outstanding achievements, and had three armies under his jurisdiction, of which the 20th Army and the 27th Army were all veteran main forces and their strength was very strong. This corps was originally one of the backbone units of the Taiwan attack army under the command of Commander Su, and song shilun was expected to create great achievements in the southeast direction. However, due to the sudden change in the international situation, the 9th Corps changed its mission and became the main force in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. On the orders of the Central Military Commission, he went north to Shandong for rectification and preparation for the Korean battlefield.
Due to major changes in the direction of operations, the logistical readiness of the troops has not been optimal. Although the troops of the Song Dynasty were brave and brave, the southeast region was not cold in October and November, and it was a real problem to transfer them to the Korean battlefield, and the preparation of cotton clothes, cotton shoes, cotton hats, and logistical supplies was a real problem. However, with the rapid changes in the situation on the Korean battlefield, the orders of Shiji and the Central Military Commission came: the 9th Corps ended its rest and quickly moved north into Korea. Song Shilun received the order and decided to lead his troops to the front line at the first time without any delay.
When the train of the 9th Corps passed through northeast China, Li Jukui, the head of logistics in Shenyang, proposed: The Korean Peninsula is already very cold, the temperature may reach below -30 degrees, and the current equipment of the 9 Corps is not enough to cope with such harsh natural conditions. Song Shilun said: This is not a major matter, the military emergency cannot be delayed, and the troops will not stay in Shenyang. Li Jukui also persuaded: Wait a little longer, just wait a few days, you can let the soldiers put on new cotton clothes, or slow down. However, Song Shilun did not listen, insisted on the urgency of Shiji's orders, and quickly drove the Ninth Corps to the eastern battlefield around the Gaima Plateau.
The rest of the volunteers were still able to carry out sports operations, and the 9th Corps began to lurk for a long time when it arrived in Korea, in case it was found by the American reconnaissance, and the soldiers' frostbite and frostbite were more serious than other troops. In fact, during the second campaign that followed, the Song Shilun Corps froze to death and frostbitten more than 80 percent of the entire unit's battle loss rate, and more than 40,000 officers and men were lost for non-combat reasons, which greatly affected the strength of the corps.
In fact, the delay of fighters is still secondary, and the attrition of a large number of valuable veterans is the most heart-wrenching, and the chairman is also sad about this. He ordered the Song ShiLun Regiment to return home immediately, allowing the soldiers to recuperate and recover and save the wounded. However, Song Shilun knew that he had made a mistake and hoped to make meritorious contributions in Korea, so he repeatedly asked the Central Military Commission and Zhiji to insist on restoring the combat effectiveness of the troops in Korea. After recuperation, the corps caught up with the next few big battles, slightly alleviating the regrets of the previous battles. It should be said that General Song Shilun, as the commander of the corps, insisted on his own opinions and disregarded dissuasion, and lacked the necessary understanding of the climate conditions outside the country, resulting in a large-scale reduction of troops.
The reason why he was exempt from punishment, on the one hand, Song Shilun did carry out the order of Zhiji, rushed to the Korean battlefield with 150,000 troops at the first time, and replenished the living forces in the case of urgent war conditions, which is difficult to punish him from this point of view; on the other hand, the eastern battlefield has after all played an example of a whole regiment (polar bear regiment) of the US army, and at the same time, the deeds of the "Ice Sculpture Company" of the corps are also of great educational significance, showing the spirit of the commanders and fighters who are not afraid of sacrifice. At this time, treating the Song Shilun as a negative model is likely to have a bad impact on front-line operations and is inappropriate. Therefore, after the Reincarnated Kingdom in the Song Dynasty, it was not punished in any explicit way.
However, as a front-line commander who has experienced hundreds of battles, such a major mistake has caused such a serious loss of soldiers, and the responsibility cannot be shirked, which basically announces the end of his command career. A large corps, which has reduced its number by more than 50,000 people in just one battle, and more than 40,000 people have not been lost in direct combat, which is a unique thing in the history of our army. After that, Song Shilun was arranged to work in second-line posts for a long time, and although the position and treatment were very high, it was difficult to get the opportunity to unite the troops to fight. The Battle of Chosin Lake also became a knot in the heart of General Song Shilun that was difficult to unravel in his life.
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