The U.S. 11th Airborne Division has arrived in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, and is preparing for joint military Xi with the Mongolian army, according to **. This news has aroused the attention of many netizens. Some people believe that the U.S. military has expanded the encirclement to Mongolia and encircled our country on all sides. In addition, questions were raised about the manner in which the US military arrived in Ulaanbaatar. It is reported that the 11th Airborne Division of the US Army arrived by going to a training ground 65 kilometers from Ulaanbaatar. However, this is not new news for those who are skeptical. In fact, the military exchanges between the United States and Mongolia have been going on for more than 20 years.
As early as 2000, Mongolia sent diplomatic and military personnel to participate in the US-led "Concentration 2000" joint military exercise Xi. At that time, the United States was anxious to promote its own military strategy in Asia, and of course welcomed Mongolia's positive overtures. The following year, the United States invited Mongolia to participate in the "Cobra Gold 2001" joint military Xi exercise in Singapore. Since then, military visits between the two countries have become the norm. In the same year, the U.S. and Mongolian militaries also conducted a joint military rescue Xi exercise called "Balance Magic" in which only the U.S. and Mongolian militaries participated.
Two years later, the exercise was officially renamed the "Khan Exploration" joint military exercise Xi Xi, and became one of the regular joint military exercise Xi the United States and Mongolia. By this year, this Xi has been successfully held for 18 sessions. In the early days, only the Mongolian and American armies participated in the exercise Xi But since 2006, Khan Quest has Xi turned into a multinational joint military exercise Xi. Japan also joined the Xi exercise in 2014, and more than 30 countries have participated in the Xi exercise each time. Since our country also participated in this Xi exercise, there is an answer to the question of how the US military got to Ulaanbaatar.
Some people think that Mongolia is one of the safest countries in the world because it is completely sandwiched between two large countries and is a landlocked country. Therefore, if you want to go to Mongolia, you must pass through these two countries. As long as these two countries don't agree, you can't get to Mongolia. When the news of the arrival of the 11th Airborne Division in Mongolia broke, the question of how it entered the territory was closely discussed. In fact, the personnel of the 11th Airborne Division of the US Army departed from ** and entered the country through international public routes, so it was impossible to pass through Russia. Mongolia is located between the two great powers, China and Russia, and any sensible person knows what to choose, and it is impossible to betray these two powers and pander to the United States.
For this "Khan Quest" exercise, it is more symbolic than the number of participants in the real sense, so we don't need to over-interpret it, let alone make a fuss. The purpose of our participation in the exercise is simply to see if these countries will play any tricks behind their backs. Although most Chinese audiences are most familiar with the 101st Airborne Division in the American drama "Band of Brothers", in fact, during World War II, the U.S. military formed a total of five airborne divisions, namely the 1st and 101st. During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the 11th Airborne Regiment of the 187th Airborne Division of the US Army participated in the war, but suffered repeated defeats.
Whether it is the icy Changjin Lake or the flesh-and-blood Shangganling, they have left a record of defeat of the 187th Airborne Regiment. In the end, they had to retreat to Japan overnight to recuperate, and they never dared to cause trouble again. Therefore, it can be said that the 11th Airborne Division is our defeated men. Although the U.S. Army later restored the 101st Division and transformed it into an air assault division, the 11th Infantry Division has been reduced to an insignificant existence. At present, the units under the jurisdiction of the 18th Airborne Army of the US Army include the 82nd Airborne Division, the 101st Air Assault Division, the 10th Mountain Division, the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, and the 24th Infantry Division.
It is worth mentioning that the 18th Airborne Corps of the U.S. Army recently issued a document commemorating the Battle of Changjin Lake, saying that there was a monster-like enemy there, which also made us more aware of this tragic battle. The 18th US Airborne Army posted a message on its official account to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the Battle of Changjin Lake. The message mentions the horror of the enemy at the time, describing it as a "monster-like enemy". Isn't this description a true portrayal of the psychological shadow experienced by the ancestors of the Volunteer Army?