On June 25, 1950, the Korean War was detonated. Two days later, the United States, regardless of the forces of all sides, actually wanted to attack North Korea. The United States has played a good game, and it wants to take advantage of the chaos to get a piece of the pie. At that time, the Korean people once forced the American and South Korean Japanese troops to retreat to the Busan area.
Later, the COMMANDER of the US side, Lieutenant General Walker, was killed in a car accident, and Ridgway took over the command. Before retreating, Ridgway nailed his pajamas to the wall and wrote a sentence, "The commander of the Eighth Army greets the commander of the Chinese army!" When the North Korean army tried to pursue, Mr. Peng found a clue: "Stop the pursuit!" ”
1. Attack North Korea
On September 15, 1950, U.S.-based United Nations forces landed at Inchon. At this time, the situation on the Korean Peninsula changed instantaneously. At that time, our army had already predicted the landing site of the United States in advance. However, the DPRK side did not attach importance to our military's judgment.
When MacArthur led the Un army to capture Seoul, it advanced towards northern Korea. At that time, our army was paying close attention to the changes in the situation on the Korean battlefield. In order to defend the northeast border defense, our army has deployed more than 250,000 people.
October 1, 1950, coincided with the first anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. On the same day, MacArthur led the Un army across the 38th Parallel and issued an ultimatum to the North Korean government, "Lay down your arms and stop fighting!" ”
It was also on the same day that our army received a telegram from Stalin asking for our army to send troops to support. At the same time, Kim Il Sung also sent a distress telegram. The great man immediately presided over an emergency meeting to discuss whether to send troops to Korea.
At that time, most of the high-level participants did not agree to send troops to North Korea. Later, Premier Zhou was ordered to rush to Xi'an and invited Mr. Peng, the first secretary of the Northwest Bureau, to return to Beijing to attend the meeting. At that time, the wave of opposition to the heat wave was uneven and the wave was rising again, and the reasons were quite good.
On the morning of October 5, After careful consideration, Mr. Peng expressed his position to the chairman and agreed to send troops to Korea. At first, Mr. Peng did not know that he was in danger. It wasn't until the great man spoke that he realized that he was responsible for this great task.
Until November 5, the Volunteer Army won the first battle to resist the United States and aid Korea. It is reported that the volunteer army annihilated more than 15,000 enemy personnel. Then, a second battle began. Who would have expected that when the second battle was coming to an end, the Commander of the Us Army, Walker, was actually killed in a car accident.
2. Ridgway takes over the command
Soon, the third campaign to resist US aggression and aid Korea began. Our volunteer army and the Korean People's Army can be said to be more and more courageous in the Vietnam War, and the United Nations army led by the United States has been driven out of Seoul. Even if it was retreating, Ridgway did not seem to be in a hurry.
Later, he also recalled scenes from the retreat in his memoirs. "On the frozen river, there are refugees everywhere. Men, women and children, healthy and disabled, all running with large bags and small bags." Not only that, But Ridgway did not hesitate to put away the family portrait on the table.
Then he did something unbelievable. Ridgway picked up his pajamas and nailed them to the wall. Then he wrote another sentence on the wall and led the Un troops away.
Later, some scouts entered the room where Li Qiwei lived, and found a strange string of characters on the wall, and the investigators reported what they saw and heard to Mr. Peng. After Thinking about it, Mr. Peng immediately ordered, "Rectify and rest in the same place!" ”
At that time, the Soviet ambassador to North Korea was quite puzzled by Mr. Peng's approach. He really couldn't understand that in the face of the enemy's hasty retreat, wasn't the plan for the present day to take advantage of the victory and pursue? Where there is a commander like Mr. Peng, the ducks in hand have flown away.
Mr. Peng did not care, in his opinion, do not care about the voices of other people's doubts. Now what I have to do is to let the warriors adjust and rest. Then, do the next deployment. To everyone's surprise, Mr. Peng actually expected things like gods!
It turned out that Mr. Peng heard the reconnaissance team members describe the scene when Ridgway retreated, and found clues. According to ordinary people's thinking, if you flee in a hurry in an emergency. Then, not only will the house be chaotic, but even if it is retreating, some information will be left behind.
But Ridgway's retreat was too strange. What puzzled Mr. Peng the most was that Ridgway actually had time to write on the wall. Later, the translation meant "The commander of the Eighth Army greeted the commander of the Chinese army!" ”
This is too strange, in Peng Zong's view, Ridgway's behavior is not at all like a person who retreats and escapes. On the contrary, it is like the work of a person who leaves clues and constantly provokes others. What Li Qiwei did not expect was that Mr. Peng actually guessed his intentions.
It turned out that Ridgway, who had taken office as a new official, had already discovered the pattern from the past battles of the volunteer army. The offensive of our volunteer army is generally about seven days, and after seven days, the volunteer army will rest and replenish food. Ridgway was also waiting for the tired moment of the volunteer army, he left a message, waiting for the volunteer army to cast a net.
Unexpectedly, his plan was recognized by Mr. Peng. Mr. Peng withstood the pressure and did not venture forward, but adopted the method of "quick battle and quick decision". Now, the whole army has been rested, and some people who do not understand General Peng's approach have finally been silenced.
Third, dare to shine the sword
On December 17, 1950, the great man secretly instructed Mr. Peng, so that Mr. Peng's heart gradually had a bottom. Subsequently, Mr. Peng called Yang Dezhi and Li Zhimin and asked them to stick to Tieyuan. Subsequently, the officers and men of the Sixty-third Army launched the most tragic blockade battle in a foreign country.
Our volunteer army adopted a combination of frontal blockade and flank counterattack. In order to disrupt the enemy's deployment, the soldiers of the Sixty-third Army also sent small detachments to raid the United Nations army at night.
After that, the battle began completely from Ryokawa to Cheorwon. Ridgway concentrated his firepower even more and counterattacked our army. It is reported that within 1 hour, Ridgway fired up to 4,500 tons of artillery shells at our army. A short time later, the line from Lianchuan to Tieyuan was covered with smoke everywhere.
The soldiers of our volunteer army used their flesh and blood to deal with the enemy's steel dragon. Subsequently, Cai Changyuan led the 189th Division to skillfully deal with the American army, relying on the hillside as a shelter to dig tunnels to cope with the impact of enemy tank fire.
Cai Changyuan even divided his entire division into 200 groups, each of which guarded a stronghold. As a result, more than 200 sites were laid. Even if the enemy fire is fierce, it cannot repel 200 fire points at once.
Subsequently, the US military fell into a passive situation. Gradually, they slowed down their attack. Other divisions followed suit, and in this way our positions were scattered in a net. It didn't take long for the U.S. offensive to stop.
Summary;
In the end, under the command of General Peng, our volunteer army did not fall into the trap of the enemy's defense, but also blocked the enemy's advance offensive. The Sixty-third Army, which was in danger, even more stubbornly guarded the way of the United Nations army.