In October 1962, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) received an order to strike back against India, a move that immediately became the focus of global attention. At that time, MacArthur, a famous general of the US military, was well aware of the strength of the squadron and had personally confronted it. In an interview with American journalists, MacArthur did not hesitate to say that Nehru, who dared to go to war with China, must have gone crazy and that something must have gone wrong with his mind. MacArthur was outspoken and extremely pessimistic about the operational prospects of the Indian army.
The remarks, directed at Nehru, angered the Indian military, who dismissed MacArthur's remarks as "unreasonable" and "disrespectful." * I also sighed back then: "I thought about it for ten days and ten nights, but I couldn't figure out why the Indian army would use force." "Although the positions are different, from a military point of view, there is a convergence of MacArthur's views. China and India had maintained friendly relations and were therefore perplexed by the injustice of the Indian army.
However, the remarks of ** also imply Nehru's inadequacy. There are three main reasons for India's invasion and occupation of Chinese territory: First, it believes that its military strength has increased and it can compete with a powerful China;Second, the self-esteem is a big country in Asia, and the leaders are ambitious and eager to enter the international arena, which is the result of excessive national pride;Third, India has an objective analysis of the situation, believing that it is difficult for China to send troops to intervene in southern Tibet and cannot provide timely support.
On top of that, China was going through the "Great Leap Forward" and three years of natural disasters, and its national strength was in the stage of adjustment and recovery, which made Nehru think that the time was ripe. However, in MacArthur's view, Nehru's ideas were too naïve and even crazy. More than ten years ago, MacArthur experienced first-hand the strength of Marshal and the Volunteer Army on the Korean battlefield, but finally suffered defeat and was dismissed. Had it not been for his involvement in the Korean War, MacArthur's military career might have been even more brilliant.
Although the Korean War was not his personal "Waterloo", MacArthur deeply appreciated the fighting power of the squadron. At that time, the strength of the US army was far ahead of the Indian army in 62, whether in terms of strategy and tactics, organizational discipline, experience or flexibility. Therefore, MacArthur was convinced that the Indian army was far from being the opponent of the squadron, and there was no suspense about the outcome of the war. This proud American ** man was openly optimistic about the squadron, highlighting the huge gap in the strength of the Chinese and Indian armies at that time.
The facts later proved MacArthur's point: in the counterattack against India, the PLA exchanged more than 2,000 ** for more than 8,000 enemy ** prisoners, such an exchange ratio has been rare since World War II. After the war, China also dealt with it generously and returned the most captured equipment and more than 3,000 prisoners of the Indian army. Nehru was so devastated by this disparity that he had to give up his "dream of great power" and died in depression in May 1964.
As a result, the border between China and India has remained peaceful for decades, with few large-scale battles.