Students who like to watch Korean dramas probably know that in 2021, there is a realistic 6-episode Korean mini-series "D.P: Desertion Order" (D.P 개의 날), which tells the story of a Korean soldier who can't bear the bullying of veterans in the army, and finally slammed the door and ran out of the army, planning to find a retired veteran who bullied him in the past to seek revenge. The soldier's friend, Joon-ho, was forced to be recruited by his superiors to join the deserter hunting unit, and after some suspenseful pursuit, they finally caught the soldier and had to kill him.
Miniseries D.P: Deserter Pursuit Order
Once the drama was broadcast, it also caused a warm response in South Korea, because the bullying within the military mentioned in the drama is one of the stubborn diseases that have been deeply rooted within the South Korean military. Due to the complete acceptance of the social hierarchy of Japanese culture during the Japanese occupation period, coupled with the phenomenon of small groups inherent in Koreans, it is not uncommon for veterans in the Korean army to bully people and bully new recruits by various means.
At the end of the play, the deserter's good friend Xiao Fat was also recruited into the army, and was also bullied by the veteran during the service, and finally the intolerable Xiao Fat raised his automatic rifle and shot at the veterans in one shot, and the whole play ended. In fact, although the story in the film is purely fictional, the shooting incident at the end is traceable, and in the history of the Korean army, there have been many shooting casualties caused by bullying within the army, and continue to this day.
In the play, Xiao Fat shoots his comrades-in-arms
In this series of shootings, the most serious was the shooting of Cho Joon-hee, a second-class soldier of the 22nd Division of the ROK Army in 1984, which caused a total of 26 casualties, and more seriously, After that, Cho Joon-hee also crossed the 38th Line and defected to the People's Army.
Cho Joon-hee, a second-year architecture student at Chungbuk National University in South Korea, was conscripted into the Army and assigned to the 13th Squadron of the 4th Brigade of the 56th Wing of the 22nd Division of the Roks. The 22nd Division was formed in April 1953, before the end of the Korean War, so it did not fight with the Volunteer Army or the People's Army. The division's first division commander, Brigadier General Park Ki-byung, who led the division, belonged to the 8th Army, and was originally code-named Xunlei Unit, because the Korean "Xunlei" and "brain tumor" were consonant, which sounded not very auspicious, and after 2003 it was renamed "Sugu" Unit.
On the day of the establishment of the 22nd Division, the emblem of the division in the lower right corner
In 1975, the 22nd Division was renamed the 88th Infantry Brigade, and in 1982 it was reinstated as the 22nd Division, and in the 2020 ROK reform, the 8th Army was disbanded, and the three companies under the 22nd Division were upgraded to infantry brigades. Although since 2011, there have been many gossip that the division will be changed to the Coast Guard, but considering that the division is guarding the eastern coastal mountains at the northernmost tip of South Korean territory, the restructuring plan has not been implemented.
Between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on June 26, 1984, when Zhao Junxi's second-class soldiers were on duty, on the way to their post, he suddenly and without warning killed a platoon leader who was on duty in front of the barracks. Cho Then threw a grenade and blew it up in the empty part of the barracks, while he himself fell into the lawn with a gun, ready to kill the others when they stepped out. Two unrelated soldiers ran down from the sentry to see what was going on, only to be shot dead on the spot.
22nd Division Garrison (Yellow Circle)
Hearing the sound of shooting outside, the Rok soldiers in the barracks ran out one after another, only to be shot and killed by Cho Joon-hee, who was ambushed at the door. Zhao Junxi was extremely calm when shooting, as if he was shooting a target as usual, and quickly changed a magazine after the bullet was finished. After no one ran out again, Zhao Junxi walked into the barracks with a gun, and when he saw that the people who wanted to be killed had already fallen down, he calmly walked out of the barracks, threw out a grenade to explode the iron gate of the barracks, and Hanger Lang walked out locally.
In the bloody massacre of these minutes, a total of 12 Rok-roon soldiers were killed by Cho Joon-hee, and 11 others were injured, and only one platoon leader hiding in the bathroom and two other junior officers who slept in separate single rooms dodged Cho's bullets. After the sound of gunfire and explosions subsided, the 13th Squadron urgently activated the emergency mechanism and sent a reconnaissance detachment out to pursue, only to step on the mines planted by Zhao Junxi at the gate, and 3 more people were killed on the spot.
The 22nd Division's battered barracks in Gangwon Province
In this way, according to post-event statistics, the worst internal shooting in the history of the Rok military caused a total of 15 deaths and 11 injuries. When the then South Korean president Chun Doo-hwan heard the news, he was furious and ordered that the division commander of the division, Jang Ki-ho, the wing commander, and the brigade commander, all be dismissed and forcibly retired. Of course, for Zhang Jihe, a member of the Yixin Society, even if he is not the commander of any division, he can have a very moist life, and he was quickly rehired as the president of Qingbao Food Company after he was dismissed.
After this incident, various accidents occurred in the 22nd Division, and only those known so far are:
In 1988, soldier Li Yi threw a grenade, killing 2 people;
In 2005, 700 rounds of live ammunition were stolen, which were used by the stolen to rob banks;
In 2009, civilian Sergeant Jiang Donglin crossed the border and defected to the north;
In the 2012 shooting of Sergeant Lin Bingzhang, 5 people were killed and 7 wounded;
The ROK army searched for Sergeant Lin
In 2017, second-class soldier Gao Bizhu was bullied and committed suicide;
The 2020 incident in which a northern refugee crossed the border into South Korea;
In 2021, a defector crosses the border line again to return to the north;
Therefore, the division is also jokingly called the "grave of the stars" in the Roksar Army, which means that the generals in the division will be forcibly retired because of various moldy things, it is difficult to be promoted normally, and the 22nd Division is therefore called the three troublesome divisions of the ROK army together with the 28th Division and the 2nd Marine Division.
In the 2011 Marine Corps 2nd Division incident, 4 people died
Under the influence of the Military Secrecy Act, the cause of death of the victims in this incident was classified as a general military accident, and their families did not receive adequate compensation. It was not until 2006 that south Korea decided to reopen the investigation into the matter, but not much progress was made. On the other hand, after Cho Joon-hee defected to the north, he often appeared on radio broadcasts and propaganda leaflets to the south, and it was not until South Korean President Kim Dae-jung implemented the "sunshine policy" on the north in early 2000 that Cho Jun-hee disappeared.
South Korean media, which are keen to spread rumors, use this as a basis for saying that Cho Joon-hee, who has lost his use value, has been executed later, which is mostly a guess. Kang Tae-musa and Cousin Wuyuan, commanders of the 8th Rok Army's Wing who defected to the north during the Korean War, have been reported by the South Korean media many times that they have been purged, and as a result, the news came in 2007, and the two died in that year, at the age of 87, so the author speculates that Cho Joon-hee's fading may be related to the adjustment of the north's policy toward the South.
As for the reason why Cho Joon-hee shot his comrades and defected, it is rumored in South Korea that he broke up with his girlfriend because he was forced into the army, but in Cho Joon-hee's broadcast to the south, it was claimed that he was often beaten by veterans in the army. It should be said that Zhao Junxi's own statement has a certain basis, during the Chun Doo-hwan administration, in order to combat the student movement, he would often force many disobedient college students to enlist in the army and repair them well during their service, for which many people were even forced to commit suicide during their service.
Veterans in the play abuse recruits
Here we have to click on the question again, "D.P: Desertion Pursuit Order D.P" Final ending, Xiao Fat shot madly at his comrades, which can be regarded as an innuendo to the real event, but what happened to Xiao Fat after that? Did you take your weapons and go north? The director does not dare to continue filming, and can only leave the audience with an imaginable open-ended ending, after all, it is ok to talk about bullying, and the propaganda Of South Korean soldiers defected to the north? That is a violation of the relevant laws of the country, and the director and screenwriter will definitely eat the lawsuit.