People who have seen Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao perform the sketch "Protagonist and Supporting Role" must still remember the funny clip of Chen Peisi insisting on being the protagonist, and in the Korean War, there was even this scene. In the Korean battlefield in 1951, Colonel Ogada of the Philippine battalion once called General MacArthur, the commander of the "United Nations Army" in Japan, insisting that he fight independently with the Chinese Volunteer Army, single out the volunteer army, and be the protagonist on the Korean battlefield, not run the dragon suit.
1. The Philippines, which actively participated in the war
Speaking of this child in the Philippines, he is actually a bitter birth and has been bullied by great powers in history.
In 1565, it was occupied by the Spaniards and became a colony for more than 300 years; in 1896, although the Philippines achieved certain results after a difficult anti-colonial struggle, the United States, which won the war with Spain, occupied the Philippines, so the Philippines became an American colony; in May 1942, Japan occupied the Philippines, drove out the Americans, and the Philippines became Japan's subjugated slaves; in 1945, Japan surrendered, and the United States resumed colonial rule over the Philippines. Even when the Philippines declared its independence in 1946, it did not break away from the control of the United States, and since then it has become servile, and everything depends on the face of the United States, and it has completely become a servile country.
Farewell filipino soldiers to the Korean battlefield
On June 25, 1950, the Korean War broke out. On the same day, under the manipulation of the United States, the Security Council adopted a series of resolutions on aggression against the Korean Peninsula, one of the contents of which was that member states must provide all forms of assistance to the United Nations on the Korean issue; on July 7, the United States manipulated the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution authorizing the United States to form a "United Nations Army" command, and MacArthur served as the commander-in-chief of the "United Nations Army", requiring member states to cooperate with the United States to invade Korea.
At this time, the president of the United Nations General Assembly was precisely the Philippine general Carlos Romulo, and it is conceivable that why the United States can easily control the United Nations, a servile country and his master together to manipulate the United Nations, what else can not be done? One eye can do it. In fact, the President of the Philippines met with U.S. President Harry W. Bush. At the same time that S. Truman ordered the U.S. naval, land, and air forces stationed in Japan to enter Korea to fight, he immediately announced the formation of a Philippine battalion to coordinate with the American soldiers in the battle on the Korean Peninsula, and announced that he would follow the United States in implementing a "blockade" and "embargo" on China; in August 1950, the Philippine army was completed and put into the Korean battlefield, becoming the first "United Nations Army" unit to arrive in the Korean battlefield besides the American and British troops. In Busan, South Korea, it was solemnly and warmly welcomed by General Walker, commander of the US 8th Army, and Syngman Rhee, the pseudo-president of South Korea, and since then, the 10th Philippine Battalion, commanded by Colonel Ajurin, has 3 infantry companies, 1 reconnaissance company, 1 tank company and 1 artillery company, with 64 officers and a total of 1196 soldiers officially embarking on the road of self-destruction in the Korean War.
Soldiers of the 10th Battalion of the Philippines left Manila aboard a U.S. Navy transport ship
On that day, when the Philippine troops were leaving Manila, then-Philippine President Emilio Aquinas specially held a farewell ceremony for the Filipino soldiers at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila, and he said passionately:
You are the first troops to go abroad with the flag of the country, to fight for freedom, and every peso spent on you is for permanent freedom and democracy."
。 Immediately afterward, General Carlos Romulo, president of the General Assembly, personally handed over the United Nations flag to Philippine Colonel Mariano Ajurin.
2. The Philippines, which has just entered the battlefield
Generally speaking, those so-called "United Nations troops" on the Korean battlefield, everyone knows that to come to the poor North Korea is to give President Truman and General MacArthur of the United States a scene, and there is nothing to lose, and if you win the war, you can earn some running expenses, and the rest is not to think, the dragon running set is it, and when the protagonist is counted. So
Wise Douglas. General MacArthur was also very aware of this, and did not care, after all, the strength of the American soldiers was there, and they wanted them, just because they were bitches, and they also had to find something to build a torii.
Therefore, not much attention was paid to these people, and most of them arranged to play the flank for the American soldiers.
Philippine army in the Korean battlefield
As the Philippine army under MacArthur's personal colonization, he gave more care, arranged the superior life of the Philippine army, arrested North Korean spies in the rear, and fought the guerrillas of the North Korean People's Army, which was not dangerous, but also made a lot of merit. Think about it, they are all jealous of filipinos, angry at MacArthur, who called people the pet dolls in the backyard of MacArthur's big boss?
Therefore, the Philippine 10th Battalion, which had just arrived in the Korean battlefield, was immediately assigned to the US 25th Infantry Division, equipped with the best weapons and equipment, first of course, it needed to be trained by American soldiers, and after the training, Major General Keane of the US 25th Infantry Division was sent to the Area of Moushan, Qunbei and Sacheon in Korea to carry out some sweeping work against the Korean People's Army guerrillas; and then it was sent to the vicinity of Daegu and Wuguan to block some remnants of the Korean People's Army that interfered with the US supply line. Fighting a few guerrillas is really a piece of cake for the 10th Battalion, which claims to be the most elite unit in the country, but even so, the Philippine battalion often can't get people' homes, and the American soldiers, even their own "Military History of the Korean War", said that they defeated the enemy, but because"
The enemy stubbornly resisted, so the Philippine battalion gave the combat mission to a battalion of the American army and turned it to the search mission
”。 Since the enemy has been defeated, why do you still say that people resist stubbornly, is this not punching yourself in the face? You can't lie.
The Philippine army roaming in the rear
Just a month after arriving on the Korean battlefield, a private in the Philippine province of Albay was shot dead by a sniper while on patrol, becoming the first Filipino soldier to die on the Korean battlefield.
To this end, the Philippine Government President Emilio Aquinas gave this soldier a high honor, saying that he was the first soldier to die for the democracy and freedom of another country since the independence of the Republic of the Philippines.
3. The Philippines in the Korean Theater
Since the death of the soldier in the Philippine battalion, the Philippine army has begun a continuous death path, and by September 1951, 43 people had died in the fighting, 9 were missing, and 58 were captured.
Although they always followed behind the ass of the US troops, the US troops fled first, the US troops charged, they watched from behind, basically could not contact the volunteers, but the city gate was on fire, and it could also affect the pond fish, either they were defeated by the guerrillas of the North Korean People's Army, or they ran too slowly when they fled, and they were caught by the volunteers and beaten violently. To this end, his commander, Colonel Ajurin, was furious with Walker, commander of the US 8th Army, saying that it was precisely because the winter on the Korean battlefield was too cold and lacked sufficient winter clothes to keep the Filipino soldiers from running, so they were caught and killed by the volunteers. The throwing pot was thrown at the commander of the United States, which was really foolish, and as a result of the matter, the colonel was dismissed and the Philippine battalion was dispersed into 5 parts to belong to the American army.
American-made M24 Xiafei light tank of the Philippine Battalion Tank Company
Even so, because of the offense against General Walker, the soldiers in the Philippine battalion never received winter clothes from the Americans, and later the Philippine government launched a donation campaign at home, and it was only after the Philippine government that they delivered the clothes to the soldiers on the Korean battlefield.
In April 1951, the 58th Division of the 20th Army of the Chinese Volunteer Army in the mobile defense battle of Plo Dong, successively crushed the U.S. 65th Infantry Regiment and its flank guarded Puerto Rican battalion and Turkish brigade, and the Philippine battalion, which had not yet reacted to fleeing, encountered volunteer soldiers, according to the Philippine "Military History of the Korean War", at this critical moment, The Captain of the Philippine Tank Company, Conrado Yapu, planned a counterattack for the Philippine battalion to escape the encirclement. As a result, Yapu and one of his junior officers and dozens of Filipino soldiers were killed in battle, and Yapu was awarded the Philippine Medal of Valor, the highest honor that the Philippine state can award, in fact, these guys ran slowly when they ran, were killed by the volunteers, and blew like something. Then, on 26 April, the 58th PVA Division captured another 40 filipino platoons in another attack.
So, at this time, the new commander of the Philippines, Colonel Ogada, was unwilling, why is it always us who are injured? Because those American soldiers in the front, what stupid Turks and the like, are all nesters, and if they can't beat others, they will run, causing us to always suffer losses. We don't want to be in the back, they all say that the Chinese People's Volunteer Army is powerful, I don't believe in that evil, I have to fight with them, become famous in the First World War, show the prestige of the Philippine army, and fulfill the oath of Philippine President Milio Aquinas. So, this Colonel Ogada left aside General Walker, the commander of the 8th Army, and called MacArthur directly in Japan, insisting that he be the protagonist, not to run the dragon suit, to fight independently with the Chinese Volunteer Army, to make a single challenge.
Captured United Nations troops
Well, let's pick it out once! On July 14, 1951, in the battle of the Sand Curtain, the Philippine battalion went deep alone, was ambushed by 3 platoons of the 124th Division of the 42nd Army of the Volunteer Army, killed and wounded 49 Filipinos on the spot, captured 12 people, and trembled with fear when there was bloodshed and sacrifice.
It can't be fought, it can't be fought anymore, the cowhide can't be blown, and since then, the Philippine army has changed its strategy, hidden behind the Americans, and no longer dares to be strong.
Without looking at the Chinese records, or looking at the "Military History of the Korean War" compiled by themselves, in the entire Korean battlefield, in the Battle of Fuluodong, the Battle of The Iron Plains and the Battle of the Sand Curtain, the Philippine army killed 112 people, and 356 wounded, sick, missing, and captured, a total of 468 people.
4. Shameless Philippines
In the Korean battlefield of the Philippine army, incompetence is notorious, even the North Korean guerrillas can not fight, but although it has been hiding behind the American soldiers, do not fight, for the sake of the American masters, the Filipinos have been in order to support the face of the Americans and do their best, the entire Korean War, the Philippines has sent 3 combat battalions of about 1500 people, replaced in shifts to support the U.S. government, five times a total of 7420 people, equipped to the U.S. 25th Infantry Division, the 3rd Infantry Division, 45th Infantry Division and 1st Cavalry Division. At that time, the total domestic strength of the Philippines was only 34,000 people.
Fidel Valdez Ramos, who graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1950 and later became the 12th president of the Philippines, participated in the Korean War, and in July 1987, Ramos gave a speech about him about his participation in the Korean War, in which he said that he was the second batch of Filipino soldiers to arrive in the Korean battlefield, as a lieutenant reconnaissance platoon leader, he once went deep into the front line where no one was, did reconnaissance work...
Philippine President 12th President Ramos and former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda at the Boao Forum
And the predecessor of the current President Duterte of the Philippines, the 15th President of the Philippines, Aquino III, who was smiling badly until his death? His father, Beniño Aquino II of the Philippines, was also stationed in North Korea by the Manila Times, and at the age of 17 he became the youngest journalist to report for the Korean War that year.
Although the Filipinos stubbornly followed behind his old owner MacArthur and followed behind the Americans, they did not feel the pain of being beaten to pieces, on the contrary, the Philippine media often proudly declared that on the Korean battlefield, who dared to fight with the Chinese Volunteer Army, it was only us, as a member of the "United Nations Army" at that time, we were the only Asian countries except Thailand to send troops to the Korean Peninsula.