The Korean War was a very special war, and the biggest special thing was that the two Koreas were only supporting players in the war as hosts, and the real protagonists were China and the United States, which were fighting overseas, that is to say, China and the United States, as the main forces of both sides, were not involved in the war, and this characteristic determined the direction of this war.
Many Chinese people are influenced by "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" or other ** or film and television dramas, thinking that the victory or defeat of the war mainly depends on the ingenuity of the commander or military division, but in fact, the most important factor that really determines the direction of the war has always been logistics.
When I was a kid, I loved playing StarCraft. In this game, you can rely on battlefield scheduling and subtle maneuvers to defeat each other, but that's not the best way to do it. The best way is to break down the opponent's economy, so that the opponent is in a state of lack of soldiers and major generals, and then you start a fight with him, even if he operates well, it will be difficult to beat you. Even if it does not bring down the other side's economy, it can achieve a similar effect by continuing to destroy the other party's economy. This real-time strategy game perfectly shows the characteristics of warfare, which mainly rely on logistics. In fact, most good strategy games place a lot of emphasis on logistics.
Whether it is the era of cold weapons or the era of hot weapons, logistics is the most important condition for winning a war. Without Xiao He, who was in Guanzhong, he continued to provide logistical supplies, and Han Xin and Liu Bang's army couldn't win a single battle. The nomads fought well in the Cold Weapon Age, not only because of the military superiority of the cavalry, but also because their logistical needs were lower than those of the farming peoples. In the era of hot weapons, the impact of logistics on the victory or defeat of a war still ranks first. In 1945, 16 of the 17 divisions of the Japanese devils were in the Pacific theater. As the most elite unit of the devil, it has no power to fight back in the face of the US army. It took more than 1 million devils to kill 100,000 U.S. troops. The main reason why the devils are so passive is that their supply lines in the Pacific Ocean have been cut off by the US military, and the devils who lack food and clothing do not have enough resources to launch an effective **, so they can only cower in the fortifications and be beaten, in this case, it is normal to play this kind of battle loss ratio.
The main force of the Devil Navy was eliminated by the US Navy in 1942, after which the US Navy gained sea and air supremacy in the Pacific theater. In this case, the materials that the devils can transport to the Pacific Theater are very few, so the devils in the Pacific Theater can basically only be supplied on the spot, which is why they have been in a half-blood state for a long time. Fighting a half-blooded devil will naturally not be too difficult. The Chinese Expeditionary Force also fought with the Devil Division in Burma, which was much easier to fight than on the battlefield in China. The Devil's logistical support capabilities in Myanmar are better than those in other Pacific theaters, but overall they are still not good.
Logistics is divided into two parts, the first is how many materials you have, or how many materials you are willing to take, to put it bluntly, you are willing to fight for this.
How many meters out of the war;The second is how much supplies you can send to the front. If you do both well, and the other party doesn't do well, then you will definitely win this war.
Finish. The second important thing is the level of equipment. However, unless there is a gap between the two belligerents in cold weapons and hot weapons, the level of equipment will definitely play a worse role in the victory of the war than logistics.
The third is the military literacy of soldiers. The quality of a soldier has both an innate component and a training component. For senior generals, the level of military training is more important than the level of battlefield command.
The fourth is troop strength. There's nothing to explain about this.
The fifth is basic morale. The basic morale of the same troops, when fighting wars of aggression and the Great Patriotic War, is different.
Sixth, the level of battlefield command of generals. The more grassroots the military operation, the more the level of the commander will be tested. For example, for skirmishes, victory or defeat may depend on the commander's presence;As for the victory or defeat of the battle, the general's ability to change on the battlefield may only account for 15%;And for the victory of a war, the commander-in-chief's ability to command on the spot may account for only 5%.
The seventh is the conspiracy of the commander or staff officer, the flash of inspiration of the commander or the military division or staff officer on the battlefield, a so-called intrigue and clever plan, this kind of thing.
The impact on the outcome of a war is small, and the impact on a campaign is not great, and the impact on the battle may be greater, but it is unlikely to exceed the role of the first two factors.
In the case of 1 4 close, 5 7 is useful, but if 1 4 has already split the winner and loser, 5 7 is basically useless. In the face of absolute strength, any commander, any intrigues, pales.
Why did Lao Jiang want to keep the rear?Isn't it just that you need a base that can provide logistical support? Without this premise, the basis for the War of Resistance would be gone. Logistics is the basis of war, and if there is a problem with logistics, the war will be lost.
China and the United States, as the main forces of both sides, have not been damaged or attacked on their own territory, and there are naturally no major problems in logistics. China sent a steady stream of supplies and troops from the Northeast to North Korea, while American supplies were produced in Japan and arrived by sea.
Korean battlefield. The reason for this situation is that the United States and the Soviet Union are deliberately controlling the scale of the war, after all, they do not want to fight the third world war. This is also where the differences between MacArthur and Truman lie: MacArthur believed that Chiang Lao should be allowed to land in China, restart the civil war, and escalate the Korean War from a local war to a full-scale war, so that the Korean War could be won and lost earlier. Truman, on the other hand, directly rejected MacArthur's plan, believing that such a move would likely lead to World War III. In the end, Truman replaced the disobedient MacArthur and replaced him with the more disciplined Ridgway. When both the United States and the Soviet Union wanted to control the scope of the war on the Korean Peninsula, the Korean War inevitably became a war of attrition in which it was difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser.
** and disappearances of China and the United States: China, 1.35 million people (basically all of them are land forces) participated in the war, 197653 (190,000) people died, and 25,621 (250,000) missing, 21,374 (210,000) were taken prisoner and 455199 (450,000) were hospitalized.
On the U.S. side, at its peak, the strength (land, sea and air plus one) was about 320,000, and 36,574 people were killed on the battlefield (360,000 people), more than 10,000 people died due to other causes (such as car accidents, suicides, illness, brawls, etc.) (the deaths of these people are not directly related to the Korean War, and even many people did not die in North Korea, such as the soldiers who returned to China for rest were hit by cars and died, which will also be counted);103284 (100,000) people were wounded, 8,075 were missing, and 4,714 were captured.
The U.S. military has a lot of rotational rest, so although the peak strength of the U.S. military is more than 300,000, there are actually more than one million U.S. troops who have been to the Korean battlefield, which is why more than 10,000 U.S. troops who participated in the Korean War will die unexpectedly during the Korean War, after all, the base is too large. **Magic Pen Plan