At 2 p.m. sharp on January 21, 1968, 31 North Korean special forces, fully armed under the leadership of Captain Kim Chong-woong, set out from the 124 secret military base in the Yeonsan-group of Yeonsan-gyeong-ri in North Hwanghae Province in northern Korea, crossed the 38th parallel, and aimed directly at the then South Korean President Park Chung-hee, with the aim of secretly infiltrating the Blue House by force to assassinate President Park Chung-hee. You must know that the South Korean presidential palace, the Blue House, is also closely guarded.
North Korean special forces
According to the data, at least one heavy brigade is deployed near the Blue House, but it is not easy to carry out the beheading operation with 31 North Korean special forces, but it also shows that North Korea has great trust in its special forces, and has courage and resourcefulness. But here's a question, how did these 31 North Korean special forces cross the heavily defended 38th parallel, where even a bird could not fly?
Blue House
Artificial settings
On the night of August 9, 1945, the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Army, and U.S. Department of State were meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on how to obstruct the Soviet Union's expansion on the Korean Peninsula. In that case, why not pursue a more pragmatic plan to safeguard the national interests of the United States as much as possible? After he spoke, no one else spoke for a long time, at which point Marshall broke the deadlock and said, "This plan is up to you, but the time is urgent, half an hour to get it." Andy and his assistant were locked up in a room, in fact, he did not have any specific plans at that time, so at this time he became embarrassed, scratching his ears and cheeks, unable to understand, and finally the time was almost up, so he drew a line on the map of the Korean Peninsula, which happened to be drawn on the famous 38th parallel north, and since then the north and south of the Korean Peninsula have been separated by this line for more than 70 years.
Blue House
The 38th parallel may be a line on the map, but in fact, the 38th line is 250 kilometers long from east to west and 30-40 kilometers wide from north to south, and is a military buffer zone, with more than 80 rivers and streams cut off in the middle, hundreds of rural roads, 8 highways and 6 railways cut in two. What is even more unfortunate is that the people who have lived in the vicinity of the 38th parallel for generations, but at this time, can only be ruthlessly divided into two parts, and the people of the same village have lived in two worlds from then on. Later, after the outbreak of the Korean War, no one lived there anymore on the 38th parallel, because it was covered with barbed wire, anti-infantry mines, jumping mines, military dogs, weeds, wild boars, and roe deer. On the southern side, there are also U.S.-South Korean forces under constant surveillance and repeated patrols by South Korean troops.
38th line
So how did these 31 North Korean special forces cross the 38th parallel?
In fact, the North Korean special forces have prepared a rigorous and accurate action plan before the operation. They put on a white coat in advance at the North Korean 17th Command Post on the north side near the 38th parallel, because it was snowing heavily, so that from a distance it was impossible to distinguish whether it was people or snow, and it was night, in short, using the cold and snowy night of winter as cover, and they were stationed opposite the US Second Division, originally the morale of the US troops was low, and the defense was lax in peacetime, which the US military did not have so strict, so these 31 North Korean special forces used the cover of the river ice and the snowy night to not feel that they were on the opposite side of the 38th parallel.
38th line
Then, wearing the uniform of the ROK 26th Division, Captain Kim Chong-woong wore badges such as captain and the rest correspondingly lieutenant, second lieutenant rank, etc., disguised as members of the ROK counterintelligence team, swaggered from under the noses of the US troops to successfully reach South Korea.
38th line
summary
In fact, North Korea has many plans to secretly assassinate the South Korean president, in addition to this time, there is also the Moon Se-kwang incident, the assassination of Park Chung-hee failed, but finally his wife was forcibly killed, and Chun Doo-hwan was assassinated in Myanmar because of the traffic jam and escaped due to lateness. No matter which assassination, but the result ended in failure, why would it all fail, from the entire assassination operation, too superstitious special forces this single action force, without the formation of a system support, in the end are special forces alone, without backup, no agents into the opponent's interior, no reliable intelligence, no support from the air force or navy and other technical arms, North Korean special forces have staged human tragedies again and again, which may provide reference for other special operations.
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