On the evening of September 30, I watched the movie "Chosin Lake", and a battle between volunteers sent by new China and the United Nations army led by the US army fought on the icy Korean battlefield. On the battlefield of blood and fire, the officers and men of our army fought with the enemy armed to the teeth, and beat the invincible American troops to the point of losing their armor and fleeing south in a hurry. If our army had half the firepower of the US army at that time, it is estimated that the possibility of the enemy's total annihilation was very high.
In the past two days, I have also watched a lot of film reviews of the movie "Chosin Lake". The ancestors who fought bloody battles on the battlefield exchanged their blood and lives for the happy and peaceful life we have today, and many people took this opportunity to pay tribute to the soldiers of the great Chinese Volunteer Army.
Our victory in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was the result of the showdown between the national teams of the two big countries in China and the United States. Today, let's take a brief look at why we were able to win:
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > first, the showdown of national power</h1>
Friends who know a little about history know that when the Korean War broke out, New China had just celebrated the first anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Agriculture is backward, and industry is basically equal to zero. Moreover, in the international arena, there are only a few socialist countries in our circle of friends, and no socialist country has dared to provide us with military assistance in an open and upright manner; it was only in the later stages of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea that the former Soviet Union under Stalin quietly provided us with some combat aircraft, artillery, and other military equipment.
U.S. aircraft manufacturing in the 1950s
At that time, the United Nations army that entered the war gathered the elite of sixteen countries, led by the United States, which was the world's largest economic and military power. In terms of war potential, the United States is many times stronger than we are. In today's parlance, it's perfectly okay to hang us. In terms of agricultural products, it can be seen from the ice-skinned potatoes eaten by our army and the hot ham bread eaten by the US army. In terms of industrial manufacturing, the production of aircraft, artillery, warships and tanks of the US military can be described as unceasing. Fortunately, thanks to the strong military strength of the United States, if it were not for the Battle of Chosin Lake, the American First Marine Division would not have been able to escape the sky, and the American generals would not have been able to create the famous "Van Vleet Ammunition Quantity" in the Battle of Shangganling.
In the showdown of national power, we are clearly at a disadvantage.
But we have defeated an invincible enemy with wisdom and flesh and blood.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" > second, the artistic level of national leaders commanding war</h1>
Chairman Mao Zedong
On our side is the command of the high-level leaders headed by Chairman Mao Zedong to win the decisive victory. During the Period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, although Chairman Mao Zedong never set foot in the Korean battlefield, he made strategic plans and gave extremely crucial strategic guidance to the Volunteer Command from the strategic level, which was the key point to ensure our sustained victory.
In contrast, in the United States, U.S. President Harry Truman at the time was largely unable to control MacArthur, a five-star general who boasted of being the emperor of Japan. Even when Lao Mai was replaced by General Ridgway and Clark in the later period, the White House basically did not have much strategic guidance for the Korean battlefield. I think they may also want to command, but after all, they don't have much battlefield experience, so they have to give full authority to the FRONT-line US generals to command, which loses a point in the overall strategic situation.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="26" > a contest between third and senior commanders</h1>
Peng Dehuai
The commanders of the Chinese side were mainly Peng Dehuai, who had experienced hundreds of battles, and later Chen Geng, Deng Hua, Yang Dezhi, Yang Yong and others successively served as the commander-in-chief of the volunteer army. Of course, because Of course, Because Ofe peng was in charge of the command for a long time, everyone basically thought that Mr. Peng had always been the commander-in-chief during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Mr. Peng fought very beautifully in the first and second battles, and repeatedly defeated the strong with the weak, which greatly dealt a blow to the arrogance of the United Nations army led by the United States. In the subsequent battles, although we had some minor tactical mistakes, and because the AMERICAN generals made corresponding tactical adjustments according to the offensive and defensive characteristics of our army, which led to some setbacks in our army, in the following battles and in the military struggle during the armistice negotiations later, we basically grasped the initiative, and indeed it was inseparable from the correct command of the senior commander.
MacArthur
The commanders of the US side are also star-studded, including MacArthur, Ridgway, and Clark, all of whom are well-known, and they are all highly qualified students of the US Military Academy and have commanded many wars. None of these U.S. generals were good stubble, but in the confrontation with the Chinese generals, MacArthur was clearly at a disadvantage, Ridgwei was scheming and played a draw with us, and Clark led the late armistice agreement, becoming the first U.S. military commander in the history of the U.S. military not to sign the victorious armistice.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="27" > a showdown between the fourth and first-line commanders and fighters</h1>
If we talk about the purpose of the war, the Chinese commanders and fighters are to resist the United States and aid Korea and defend the country; the United Nations army headed by the United States is to aid South Korea, and there is no such will to die to defend the country. China can fight hard, is it necessary for the UN forces to fight hard?
Chinese People's Volunteer Army
The Chinese commanders and fighters are fully armed with willpower, but the weapons in their hands are much worse than those of the United Nations army, facing an enemy that is really armed to the teeth. In particular, many units of the United Nations Army have fought in World War II and have extremely rich combat experience, and even Stalin did not dare to easily send troops to confront them. At that time, the Us military could easily crush the Japanese army of the Asian brother on the battlefield, and when they faced the Chinese army, which was much inferior to the military quality of the Japanese army, they initially looked at the Chinese volunteer army with contempt. If it were not for the poor weapons and equipment of the volunteers, more American soldiers would have been put into body bags and transported back to the United States.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="28" > the above four points, we win 3:1. </h1>
The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea has enabled the world to re-understand our Chinese, and has also fulfilled the words of Chairman Mao Zedong's old man: Fight with one punch, so as not to have a hundred punches come.
After 72 years of development, the true colors of the people's army under the leadership of our party have not changed, and they are still bursting with willpower and combat effectiveness, and they are still the people's children and soldiers who sacrifice their lives for death and dare to sacrifice. The difference is that the embarrassment of backward weapons and equipment in those years has become a thing of the past, and whether it is the army, navy, air force, rocket force or strategic support force, it has been greatly developed. The suppression of enemy fire that our forefathers dreamed of on the battlefield has become a reality. If there is a war scene similar to Chosin Lake, the enemy can come, but it is not so easy to leave.
In the process of watching the movie "Chosin Lake", Zhu Yawen, who played the instructor of the Seventh Company, said a very touching sentence to the company commander Wu Qianli: My daughter asked me why I had to go to war. If we don't fight this battle, our next generation will fight it. We are born and die so that they will not fight.
Here, I would like to say to the martyrs, Guotai and the people are safe, the mountains and rivers are unharmed, and this prosperous world is as you wish.