preface
In the early days of the Korean War, South Korea was not a rival to North Korea at all, but since South Korea asked the United States for help, the United States used its appeal to form a team
"United Nations Army"
After supporting Korea,
North Korea has been defeated repeatedly.
In the end, north Korea quickly turned to China and the Soviet Union, when New China was officially established, but because China did not have a perfect industrial system to support the war, so
Our country hopes that the Soviet Union can provide weapons and equipment to the Chinese volunteer army,
The country can send troops to the aid of North Korea.
After several negotiations, the Soviet Union promised our country that it would send weapons and equipment. It was only because the Soviet Union did not seem to have any "confidence" in the volunteer army in the early stage, which led to the delay in waiting for the weapons and equipment provided by the Soviet Union.
Seeing that the situation in North Korea was getting worse and worse, our country resolutely decided to first let the volunteer troops go to Korea, and then talk with the Soviet Union about weapons and equipment.
After entering Korea, because our country fought several beautiful victories, the Soviet side also began to send weapons and equipment to the volunteer army as agreed.
After several years of hard work,
The volunteer army finally won the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
。 For this victory, our country also sacrificed many excellent volunteer soldiers. But you know that on the Korean battlefield,
Who are the top generals of our country and the United States who sacrificed?
China's top general sacrificed on the Korean battlefield
In 1950, after many measurements, China decided to launch the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea to avoid the United States from invading China's airspace again and posing a threat to China's border security.
In the army of volunteers who were on their way to Korea at the time, a determined-eyed general looked back at China on the other side of the Yalu River, and then marched with the army in great strides.
His name was
Li Xiang
, as a volunteer army
Commander of the Sixty-seventh Army
When the United States ignored China's warnings and infringed on China's rights and interests several times, he was eager to take up arms and personally fight against the US military. Just at this time, Li Xiang received instructions from the central army, promising that his wife and daughter would soon return, and then quickly led the troops to set off.
Immediately after entering Korea, Li Xiang and the political commissar
Omens
Go to the Volunteer Command for instructions and ask the friendly forces about the current situation on the battlefield. Li Xiang, who was fully prepared, engaged the American troops in a head-on confrontation 25 kilometers south of Jincheng, and in this battle,
With his excellent command ability and keen ability to predict, Li Xiang caused great casualties to the US military.
At that time, the US military wanted to
"Autumn Offensive"
The fortitude of the Sixty-seventh Army was a headache for the Americans, and in order to weaken the combat effectiveness of the Sixty-seventh Army as much as possible, the American Army used the Sixty-seventh Army
chemical weapon
。 This weapon will invade the human body from the wound, directly destroying human functions and infecting people with acute terminal illness.
And Li Xiang was in the work of inspecting the front line
Accidentally came into contact with chemical weapons dropped by the enemy
This caused Li Xiang to quickly develop a serious illness and eventually became bedridden. When the generals saw the situation, they all advised Li Xiang to rush to the rear hospital for treatment, but due to the increasing intensity of the US offensive, Li Xiang refused to leave.
Later, because Li Xiang's condition worsened, coupled with the fact that the headquarters learned of this matter, it demanded that Li Xiang immediately return to the rear to recuperate, and Li Xiang left the front line position.
However, unfortunately, at that time, Li Xiang's condition was transformed into sepsis and meningitis due to bacterial infection, and the doctors tried their best to snatch Li Xiang back from the hands of the God of Death. 1
At 13:00 on July 8, 952, Li Xiangjun died at the age of 38.
The United States sacrificed its supreme general on the Korean battlefield
As for the top general in the United States at that time, it was Patton who relied heavily
Walton Harris Walker
。
Shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War, Walker was given command of the South Korean Army and has been active on the front lines. It is understood that Walker is one of the best generals in the US Army, in order to let the South Korean army, which was already demoralized and lacking heavy weapons, fight a spiritual battle, the United States chose to let this general with excellent resume command the South Korean army.
For Walker, this was undoubtedly a huge challenge, because the area he was in charge of at the time was under great pressure from North Korea. But I have to admit that Walker is indeed because of a very good commander,
He led a not-so-strong force, but he was able to defeat the North Korean army.
Later, due to MacArthur's command errors, the South Korean army led by Walker was hit hard by the volunteer forces. Seeing that the Rok army was really unsustainable, Walker ordered the ROK army to retreat quickly.
On December 23, 1950, Walker appeared near the 38° north latitude line, and he decided to build a new defensive line. However, no one expected that Walker would
He died suddenly in a jeep accident
Walker was on his way to the government in his own jeep, and because the driver was driving too fast, Walker's jeep crashed directly into a South Korean military truck that suddenly appeared.
The jeep fell directly under the embankment because of the huge impulse, and walker's head was just crushed by the jeep handrail in the process of rolling, and one of the best American generals died in a car accident.
When the news of his death reached the United States, the people were very surprised, and Truman deliberately posthumously honored him
Four-star admiral.
But I have to say that Walker's death method is really a bit humiliating.
supplement
Finally, there is a little bit of content about Li Xiang's military commander, after the death of Li Xiang, the headquarters temporarily concealed the news of Li Xiang's death in order to avoid the floating of the sixty-seventh army.
The officers and men of the Sixty-seventh Army did not know the news that the commander had unfortunately died until after the end of the stage battle. This made the soldiers of the Sixty-seventh Army grief-stricken, they did not expect that that separation would turn into a farewell...