When the Korean War broke out in 1950, the United States formed a "United Nations Army" in the name of the United Nations and went to the Korean battlefield, among which 16 countries with ghosts were following the old United States, all of which wanted to benefit from this war, including Turkey. Turkey also received a particularly interesting title in this war, "the most embarrassing belligerent country". So where is his embarrassment? Why did Turkey enter the Korean battlefield?
In order to join NATO, vote for its favor
Turkey and North Korea, and China simply have no conflict that cannot be resolved, to say why Turkey participated in the Korean War, to put it bluntly, like some countries, they want to hold the thighs of the old United States.
After World War II, Lao Mei made a fortune through war and became a world superpower alongside the Soviet Union, and Lao Mei, who was economically secured, also wanted to engage in military, so he established an international military organization "NATO" with itself as the core. At the beginning of the establishment of NATO, the old United States did not invite Turkey to participate, and the reason is very simple, Turkey is too weak to be worthy of NATO.
This can make Turkey anxious, at that time the old United States and the Soviet Union are superpowers, and Turkey and the Soviet Union have a deep blood feud, when the Soviet Union was still Tsarist Russia, it bullied Turkey every other day, and even plundered Turkish land, how can Turkey not hate?
Turkish army
Now that the old United States has established NATO, but Turkey has not been able to settle in, then what will Turkey rely on in the future, and what should the Soviet Union do when it comes to the door? Turkey hurried to the United States overnight with precious gifts to ask Washington, and Washington immediately refused when he heard Turkey's intentions, on the grounds that the place was too far away to protect. Turkey could only return in ashes, but Turkey did not die, he always observed the movements and preferences of Lao Mei, ready to curry favor with him at any time.
In 1950, when the Korean War broke out, Turkey seemed to hear the call of Lao Mei, and immediately expressed its loyalty to Lao Mei and was willing to send troops to the Korean battlefield.
In order to impress the old United States on the Korean battlefield, Baiyal, then the president of Turkey, immediately ordered Yazić to form a powerful army to enter the DPRK. Yazić once led an army to defeat the British army in 1916, so he was very famous in the Turkish military.
He then took all the best equipment in Turkey and formed a force of more than 5,400 people, claiming to be the "First Turkish Brigade", which has three infantry battalions, an artillery battalion, and is also equipped with air defense companies, truck companies, anti-tank platoons and other companies.
After entering the DPRK, the Turkish soldiers felt even better about themselves, and they hung around the camp every day with the equipment in their hands. The old American commander Walker felt that the wind could not rise, so he did not immediately assign a task to Turkey. Walker first arranged for them to retrain again according to the training methods of the US military, and then assigned some chores to clean up the battlefield.
Geography of Turkey
After training, the Turkish soldiers were significantly more restrained and were subsequently integrated into the US Ninth Army. Walker approached Yazić and told him that he was going to give him an important task, and Yaziqi was very excited, thinking that Laozi had been here for so long, and it was finally time for me to show my skills.
Who knows that Walker is asking Yazich to lead troops to cover the US troops who have just retreated from the battlefield, although Yazich feels that it is a little overkill to cover the US army, but he immediately took people to the front line to meet the US army, who knew that he did not see the shadow of the American soldiers when he looked for it on the battlefield, just when Yazich was a little impatient, suddenly a scout came to report that a team was found in the front, but the team did not look like the US army, more like the Chinese army.
After hearing this, Yaziqi became even more excited, immediately picked up the binoculars to look, and found that a group of black-haired, yellow-skinned soldiers walked ahead, and Yaziqi had confirmed in his heart that this was the Chinese army.
Yazić immediately ordered to launch a fierce attack while "our army" was unprepared, and beat "our army" to pieces, capturing not only more than 200 soldiers alive, but also killing more than 20 people. Yazić won the battle and laughed directly: "The Chinese volunteers are just that!" Little did Yazić know that what awaited him next was a stinky scolding from Commander-in-Chief Walker.
Turkish soldiers
Funny responsible, wrong to hit friendly troops
Yazić thought that he had won the battle, and excitedly reported to Walker, who was also very happy after listening to it, and praised Yazici as a wizard who led the battle. But just as the two were about to celebrate, soldiers suddenly came to report that the South Korean Seventh Division, which had just withdrawn from the front, had been ambushed, and it was the Turkish army led by Yazić who ambushed them.
It turned out that the prisoners captured by Yazić directly revealed the truth of the matter as soon as they arrived at the US military station, and Yazić realized that they were not fighting Chinese volunteers, but friendly troops standing on the same front. I have to say that Turkey really did a beautiful job this time!
After Walker learned the truth of the matter, he immediately scolded Yaziqi with a face. But Yazić was not at all convinced, saying that because the coalition did not equip Turkey with liaison officers and did not have translators, and Asians all looked similar, Yazić could not tell the difference, so Yazić believed that this matter was not his fault. Walker was also speechless about this, mistakes had been made, and it was useless to talk more, and then Walker ordered Yazich to rush to Gari Ridge to stop me from marching west.
This time, the Turkish troops were going to encounter real volunteers on the battlefield, and this battle for Gari Ridge let Turkey know the strength of our army and feel the cruelty of war.
Gari Ridge is notoriously easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Turkish soldiers fought friendly forces in the last battle, but they were always victorious, so morale has remained high. Now that he has occupied the Gari Ridge Heights, waiting for our army to come, with such a big advantage, Yazich feels that this victory is in his hands.
Turkish soldiers
At that time, the temperature on the Korean Peninsula was very low, especially at night, and people shivered, and they waited left and right on the mountain without waiting for the arrival of our troops. Some Turkish soldiers were impatient, and because the weather was too cold, they lit a bonfire on the ground, singing and dancing around the bonfire to warm up.
Seeing this, other Turkish soldiers also joined their carnival camp, and the entire mountain of Gari Ridge was brightly lit, and the soldiers were singing loudly and dancing cheerfully, without any intention of fighting an ambush battle.
When the officers and men of the 3rd Battalion of the 114th Division of the 38th Army rushed to Gariling in the dark, they found that the lights on the top of the mountain were bright, and from time to time there were bursts of joy and laughter.
Although the enemy had relaxed his vigilance, our troops still marched carefully, and in order not to make a loud noise on the snow, our soldiers took off their shoes and stepped on the snow, which was in stark contrast to the Turkish pleasure-seeking behavior.
When our soldiers reached a position only 20 meters from the enemy, the Turkish soldiers were still immersed in song and dance, not noticing the arrival of our troops. Our army took the opportunity to surround the entire Turkish First Brigade and immediately launched a fierce attack. The Turkish soldiers, who were not prepared at all, immediately made a mess, and some were even looking for weapons in a daze.
As a result, the frontal troops of the Turkish First Brigade were quickly defeated by the volunteers, and they quickly drove away, but the mountain road was difficult, and they tossed and turned and could not exit the Gari Ridge. The Turkish soldiers were also a little bloody, they saw that they could not escape, so they got off the car to fight our army, and twenty minutes later, the Turkish soldiers were dead and wounded, and they were no longer able to fight, and some soldiers saw that the situation was not good, and immediately raised their hands and surrendered to our army.
Next, our commander drove straight into the station to fight the remaining Turkish soldiers, this time still in full swing, and the battle ended in only two hours. Our army killed and captured more than 3,500 Turkish soldiers, captured countless guns and ammunition, and had one or twenty cars.
Turkey left only more than 1,000 people in the first battle with our army on the Korean battlefield, and fled in ashes. In fact, the Turkish army is well equipped, and the soldiers are tall and powerful, where exactly do they lose?
Post-war analysis, joining NATO
The battle between the Turkish First Brigade and our 38th Army was later likened by the image of American five-star general Marshall: "Use the cork of an aspirin bottle to plug the mouth of a beer barrel." "In fact, the strength of our army is one thing, but the reason for Turkey's failure lies more in themselves.
Turkish soldiers
Objectively speaking, the combat effectiveness of this Turkish brigade led by Yazić is still okay, and after he did the strange thing of attacking friendly forces, Walker also specially equipped him with advisers and liaisons. However, communication between Turkey and other coalition forces remains difficult. Yazici's understanding of English is also difficult to say, let alone other Turkish soldiers. Walker's order, Yazich could not understand correctly, but he was very arrogant, thinking that his understanding was correct.
For example, our army immediately went to Pingchuan after capturing Gari Ridge, but Yazich thought that our army was still ready to stay in Gari Ridge to clear the remnants, so he did not withdraw the 1st battalion on the mountain in time, and the soldiers of the first battalion were still waiting to fight our army in Gari Ridge.
To talk about Turkish veterans in World War I, the marksmanship is extremely accurate, basically a dozen headshots. However, in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the veterans in the Turkish army have been replaced by recruits, and these recruits have never participated in the war, and coming to the Korean battlefield is the first time to go abroad, and only caring about pleasure is a taboo in the army, and they have encountered battle-hardened Chinese volunteer soldiers, and defeat is doomed.
When analyzing the reasons for the defeat, Yazich still attributed the reason to the lack of liaison and advisers, and Walker jumped up and pointed at Yazich when he heard the board: "After you fought South Korea, you were equipped with advisers and liaisons, are your eyes used for eating?" Walker's words made Yaziqi stunned, and he didn't know how to quibble for a while.
Turkish soldiers
During the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, there were sixteen countries that shared the same hatred as the old United States, and Turkey was full of momentum at the beginning and sent more than 5,000 troops, although it was not much, but compared with the 70 people sent by India and the 44 people sent by Luxembourg, Turkey has already laid down its blood.
Although there were a lot of jokes on the battlefield, Lao Mei still had a conscience, and soon after the war, NATO officially invited Turkey, and Turkey got the result it finally wanted.
Today, as a member of NATO, after more than 70 years of hard work, Turkey has become the strongest country in NATO except for the old United States, which is no longer the same as at that time.
China has always loved peace and does not like to bully other countries, and certainly does not tolerate bullying by other countries. Even if the enemy is strong, I am not afraid of Greater China, "Whoever violates my China will be condemned from afar!" ”