Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea: There are many generals who can be sent to north Korea, so why is it that only Peng can always fight like this?
Peng Dehuai and Mao Zedong
Before deciding to enter the war in Korea, Mao Zedong was under great pressure, there were very few people in the Politburo who supported the dispatch of troops, and everyone gave a sufficient reason not to participate in the war. Mao Zedong, who has always insisted that "the truth is in the hands of a few people," also made a mistake at this time.
However, at the most critical time, Peng Dehuai, who had returned from other places to attend the Politburo meeting, vigorously defied the public opinion and insisted on sending troops, giving Mao Zedong a reassuring pill. As a result, In Mao Zedong's mind, Peng Dehuai became the best candidate for the commander of the volunteer army.
In fact, at that time, there were many high-ranking generals in the army who could recruit good warriors, including Lin Biao and Su Yu, who commanded an army of more than a million, Liu Bocheng, who was resourceful, Chen Geng, who was knowledgeable, Xu Xiangqian, who used soldiers like gods, and even General Manager Chen, who was not known for his military skills, also took the initiative to ask for help and asked to join the DPRK to fight.
Purely from the perspective of command achievements and military art, Peng Dehuai was not the most suitable person, but why did Mao Zedong finally send him to lead an army across the Yalu River? And why is it that if it were not for Peng Dehuai, he would not have been able to fight such a battle result?
Zhou Enlai and Peng Dehuai
When deciding on the selection of the commander of the volunteer army, Mao Zedong had "happy troubles", because there were too many generals in the People's Liberation Army, and they had just undergone the baptism of the liberation war, and it was not easy to choose who not to send, and Mao Zedong also hesitated repeatedly for this reason.
It is naturally needless to say that a person like Chen Yi, who took the initiative to ask for help but was vetoed by Mao Zedong, after all, The main specialty of General Chen is to sit in the seat; there is no need to say that Chen Geng was a great general, who was engaged in assistance in Vietnam at that time, and could not come back for a while; just to say that several god of war-level figures in the army were all outstanding.
The first is Lin Biao, who is also Mao Zedong's highest priority. Lin Biao was like a divine help in the liberation war, commanding two of the three major strategic decisive battles, from the northeast to Hainan, liberating most of China. When it comes to commanding a large army to fight, I am afraid that no one is more suitable than him.
Peng Dehuai, Zhu De, Ye Jianying, Nie Rongzhen and Chen Yi
The second is Su Yu, as a god of war-level general juxtaposed with Lin Biao, Su Yu's merits in the liberation war are no worse than Lin Biao's, and the Huaihai Campaign created a record of 550,000 enemy annihilation in a war, which can be described as unprecedented, and it is estimated that there will be no comers. Lin Biao once said jealously, "Su Yu did his best to fight the Immortal Battle!" ”
Liu Bocheng became famous very early, from the head of the staff regiment of the Nanchang Uprising, to the chief of the general staff of the Red Army, from the commander of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army to the commander of the People's Liberation Army Nakano (Erye), his practical experience was extremely rich, and it was the ceiling of military theory, and no one in the army could match.
In addition, there is xu xiangqian, the red army god of war who led a large army to fight, and I personally think that his most divine lies in the liberation war, taking the impregnable Shanxi with only a few tens of thousands of militia armed forces, and incidentally eliminating Yan Xishan's 300,000 jin sui army with strong equipment, which is the skill!
Su Yu and Lin Biao
Although there were many gods of war who could be sent to Korea, Mao Zedong thought about them and found that all of them had a fatal problem: long-term fatigue caused serious problems in their bodies.
Liu Bocheng had lost one eye as early as the war years, and now the only eye left was too high to work properly; Xu Xiangqian fell ill during the Battle of Taiyuan, and severe migraines and pleurisy tormented the Shanxi marshal for several years; and Su Yu's body also had problems, and he could not eat without arranging the meal in a line.
If you can't do it physically, you can't work properly, let alone go to North Korea and wrench the wrists of the U.S. military armed to the teeth.
Peng Dehuai, Zhou Enlai and Zhu De
Thinking about it, the candidates for joining the DPRK were ruled out by Mao Zedong one by one, and just when he had a headache for this, Peng Dehuai seemed to fall from the sky, and Mao Zedong clapped and laughed: True heaven help me!
Mao Zedong used to be most optimistic about Lin Biao, but Lin Biao was not in good health, and since he was mistakenly injured by friendly forces during the War of Resistance, he had not been good at liso; more importantly, Lin Biao did not support entering the Korean War!
And Peng Dehuai not only surpassed Lin Biao in military positions and seniority, but more importantly, he supported Mao Zedong's idea of sending troops! What's more, Peng Dehuai's use of soldiers, like his temper, was fierce and fierce, and had the momentum of taking the first rank of general in a million troops. New China had just been founded, and it was about to use this style to become a national prestige, and Peng Dehuai became the best candidate for the commander of the volunteer army!
Peng Dehuai and Kim Il Sung
In fact, Lin Biao was too cautious and lacked courage in using soldiers, Su Yu was too humble and not tough enough, Liu Bocheng was already in a semi-retired state, and Xu Xiangqian's troops in his life basically did not exceed 100,000!
The final outcome of the war proved that Mao Zedong's vision was not wrong, and Peng Dehuai did not lose the wind in the process of dueling with the extremely powerful US army, and finally forced the US military to sign the armistice agreement - this is probably one of the few wars that the US military has not won.
Peng Dehuai created a "unique" in this battle: he is the only senior general in the army who has continuously fought against the world powers and has not fallen behind.
Peng Dehuai and Zhang Zongxun and other leaders of Nishino
So, what evidence do we have for saying that Non-Peng Dehuai could not fight such a victory?
If Lin Biao or Su Yu and others were sent to lead the volunteer army into the Korean War, the first three battles should not be much different, and the key was the fourth campaign.
At the end of the third campaign, the US army began to learn to retreat in an orderly manner, and as a result, the Soviet side and the DPRK side began to be blinded by the "victory" and demanded that the volunteer army take advantage of the victory to pursue and drive the US troops into the sea to feed the sharks, but Peng Dehuai withstood this pressure and returned to China to angrily break into Mao Zedong's bedroom and hurt the stakes, otherwise the volunteer army would not know how much more senseless losses they would have suffered -- if it were not for Peng Dehuai's courage to adhere to principles, things might have been much worse.
At the same time, if it were not for Peng Dehuai's outrage at the State Council working meeting to demand an improvement in the logistics of the volunteer army, North Korea's supply situation might still not have improved.
Peng Dehuai was on the upper floor of Tiananmen Square
We say that as the commander-in-chief of the three services, commanding combat is only one element, and the personal character of the commander may be more critical and decisive in some cases, and the more obvious this law is at a critical moment, Peng Dehuai is a typical example.
Fortunately, peng Dehuai was the commander of the DPRK, and his decisiveness, fortitude, and indomitable courage were also the courage of the volunteer army.
The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, as the most important world landmark event of the last century, has passed nearly 70 years, whether it is Mao Zedong or Peng Dehuai and other people have become ancient, today's China has proudly stood in the east of the world, if the old revolutionaries see today's China, the Nine Springs will be pleased, because this is the goal they have struggled for all their lives!
Peng Dehuai and Zhou Enlai