In June 1950, the Korean War broke out, and ** and *** had already reserved elite troops in the Northeast for emergencies. However, when faced with candidates for the commander of the troops who may need to enter the Korean War, there are few senior generals to choose from, and the most powerful of them are none other than Lin , Su Yu and Chen Geng.
All six of them demonstrated outstanding operational command skills in the War of Liberation, and possessed rich combat experience and unique battlefield control capabilities. If China sends troops to Korea, it will mobilize a large number of troops, and combat units will be drawn from all parts of the country, and without a strong commander-in-chief, it will be extremely difficult to take the initiative in a war.
Therefore, when considering the candidates for the commander of the troops after entering the Korean War, ** and *** focused on these generals, why was the commander not taken into account?
**Busy in the important task of liberating the Great Southwest, this is also the main reason why ** and *** did not prioritize him when considering the commander of the troops. In 1950, when most of the country had been successfully liberated, the southwest was the last entrenchment of the Kuomintang on the mainland.
Chiang Kai-shek was unwilling to be defeated, leaving hundreds of thousands of Kuomintang troops and many spies in the southwest, in a vain attempt to take advantage of the favorable terrain and mountains and rivers of the southwest to make a final maneuver with the Communist Party of China, and even hoped to be able to hold the treasure land of the southwest and make a military forward position for the mainland in the future.
Therefore, in February 1950, ** appointed *** as the first of the Southwest Bureau of the Communist Party of China.
The first and third secretaries appointed *** as chairman of the Southwest Military and Political Committee, ** as commander of the Southwest Military Region, and ** as political commissar of the Southwest Military Region, forming a powerful iron triangle combination.
Mainly responsible for party affairs, mainly responsible for government affairs, and mainly responsible for military work. This iron triangle combination plays an important role in liberating the southwest and stabilizing the situation in the southwest.
**Shouldering the heavy responsibility, it is not only necessary to ensure the stability of the political situation in the southwest, but also to encircle and annihilate the Kuomintang army, reorganize the millions of surrendered troops, carry out land reform work, and deal with the ** problem.
Therefore, he was not taken into account when considering the commander who sent troops to North Korea. After the outbreak of the Korean War, a meeting of the Military Commission was convened to advocate making preparations for sending troops, but Lin Tong's proposal to lead the squadron was opposed.
Although he had rich experience in the defense of the northeast border, had contacts with the leaders of the DPRK, and the northeast region was liberated earlier and the region was relatively stable, the first meeting of the Military Commission ended in vain.
At the Korean War Response Strategy Conference, the chairman thought about Su Yu's command ability and firmly believed that he should be ready to support North Korea. Although Lin did not advocate sending troops, the chairman decided to make Su Yu the commander of the Northeast Frontier Army, and wait for the mobilization of various troops before making plans.
Su Yu commanded countless major battles during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and his command ability was highly recognized by the Military Commission and the Military Commission. After Lin proposed Su Yu's appointment, the chairman immediately agreed.
Due to the intervention of the United States, the plan to attack Taiwan was temporarily shelved, and Su Yu commanded a large army on the coast of Fujian, ready to enter Korea to fight at any time. However, due to his physical illness, Su Yu was recuperating in Qingdao and was unable to go to the Northeast to take up his post.
According to the deployment of the ** Military Commission, Su Yu will serve as the commander and political commissar, and Xiao Jinguang and Xiao Hua will be the deputy commander and deputy political commissar.
1.Xiao Jinguang once served as deputy commander-in-chief and chief of staff of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army, deputy commander of the Northeast Military Region, and has long been in military command in the northeast region. He is currently the commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, but due to his busy work, he was unable to arrive in time to serve as deputy commander of the Northeast Frontier Army.
2.Xiao Hua served as the political commissar of the First Corps of the Northeast Field Army and the commander of the special forces of the Northeast Field Army in the War of Liberation, and fought in the Northeast region for a long time.
He is currently the political commissar of the Air Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, but he was unable to arrive in time to serve as deputy political commissar of the Northeast Frontier Army due to his busy work. 3.Due to the above-mentioned reasons, the three main leaders of the newly established Northeast Frontier Army could not arrive in time.
At the same time, Su Yu's physical condition had not improved, and he felt very anxious when he learned that he had been appointed commander of the Northeast Frontier Army. At the beginning of August, he reported his physical condition to the ** Military Commission, and the chairman told him that the current war was not tense (the Korean People's Army was fighting smoothly), and asked him to treat his illness with peace of mind and wait until his body recovered before taking office.
However, Su Yu's illness reversed, and he was finally arranged by ** to the Soviet Union ** in December.
Su Yu's illness worsened, and the chairman summoned *** to Beijing to discuss the Korean War In September 1950, the United ** joined the fighting of South Korea, and the South Korean army quickly **, and the war spread to the border between China and North Korea.
China has repeatedly warned United States not to cross the 38th parallel, but United States has overestimated its own strength and ignored China's determination. On October 1, the North Korean envoy expressed to China that the war was on the brink of life and death, and that North Korea would be occupied by the United States if China did not send troops to help.
**Urgently convened** and discussed, but no agreement was reached due to non-merger. On the same day, the Chinese Communists communicated with the Soviet Union and received suggestions from the Soviet Union to provide equipment and China to send troops.
On October 2, an enlarged meeting of the Politburo was held to discuss sending troops to North Korea, and although there were still objections, *** resolutely expressed his position and decided to transfer him to Beijing and appoint him as commander.
**, Chairman of the Northwest Military and Political Committee of the Communist Party of China, Commander and Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Military Region, is busy in Xi'an. On October 4, he urgently went to Beijing to attend a meeting of the Central Military Commission and expressed his views to the leadership: The United States has invaded at our doorstep, and we cannot sit idly by.
Even if we will face some difficulties, we must resolutely fight back, at most it will be post-war reconstruction, and a later liberation will not have much impact. * He was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and has rich command experience and the ability to control large corps.
On October 8, ** issued an order to formally form the Chinese People's Volunteer Army and appointed *** as commander-in-chief and political commissar. As a result, the choice of commander-in-chief to fight in Korea was finally settled.
** is an urgent son, after handing over the work with his superiors, he immediately rushed to the northeast and prepared to join the battlefield. On October 16, he convened a meeting of cadres at and above the division level of the Volunteer Army in Dandong, announced the resolution on sending troops to North Korea, and mobilized them.
The next day, he followed the first group of volunteers across the Yalu River and into Korea. On October 21, he met with North Korean leader Kim Il-sung to learn about the battlefield and discuss a specific counterattack plan.
On October 25, ** resolutely decided to send troops to North Korea, firing the first shot to resist US aggression and aid Korea. After two weeks of fierce fighting, we successfully annihilated tens of thousands of enemies and pushed back the joint ** to the other side of the Qingchuan River.
On November 25, we launched the second campaign, which lasted one month, destroyed more than 30,000 enemy troops, regained Pyongyang, and forced the United ** to retreat to the south of the 38th parallel, successfully stabilizing the situation of the confrontation between the north and the south of Korea.
On December 31, we launched our third campaign, destroying nearly 20,000 enemies in less than 10 days and successfully capturing Seoul, the capital of South Korea. According to the instructions of ***, we launched the fourth campaign on January 27, and after more than 90 days of hard fighting, we eliminated nearly 80,000 enemy troops, but also paid a heavy price.
In the case of an extreme shortage of materials and equipment, we fought and retreated, and returned to the north of the 38th parallel. In the 50 days from April 22 to June 10, we successfully annihilated more than 80,000 enemies, completely controlled the battlefield situation, and forced the United ** to negotiate peace talks.
After June 10, 1951, the Korean War entered a stalemate stage, which lasted for two years, and finally on July 27, 1953, the three sides signed an armistice agreement, and the Korean War came to an end.
Although the war is over, we will never forget those heroic volunteers who paid with their lives for the motherland and the people.
** The Chinese People's Volunteer Army led by the People's Volunteers stabilized the overall situation of the Korean battlefield in just eight months, demonstrating the tenacity and inviolability of the Chinese.
Although the cost of sending troops to Korea was enormous, it won honor and prestige for the nascent republic. This is a war that must be fought, and if it is not fought, it will bring huge losses, and if it is fought, it will bring huge benefits.
** The decision of the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army was wise and correct. In the early days of the Korean War, what were ** and Chen Geng doing? **One of the top ten marshals of our army, he has excellent military command talents, but due to his poor physical condition, he often needs to accept **.
During the War of Liberation, he commanded many major battles in North China, but due to overwork, his body was seriously overdrawn, so he was allowed to go to Qingdao for recuperation in order to recover his health with peace of mind.
** Due to physical reasons, Chen Geng was unable to return to China due to his outstanding performance in the Vietnam battlefield, and these two generals failed to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Chen Geng won a great victory in the northern border battle of Vietnam, so *** transferred him back to China. In November 1950, Chen Geng was assigned to the Korean battlefield, where he returned to Beijing after a circle.
In June 1951, he was appointed deputy commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army, and at the same time served as commander and political commissar of the Third Corps. From March to May 1952, he temporarily replaced the returning *** as the acting commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army for three months, and then was recalled to China and ordered to establish the Harbin Military Engineering Institute.
Chen Geng performed well in the War of Liberation, annihilating the ace army of the Kuomintang Hu Zong in the south in the Battle of Linfu, encircling and annihilating the Kuomintang Huang Wei Army in the Huaihai Campaign, and then participated in the Battle of Crossing the River to liberate Nanchang, the Guangdong Campaign, the Guangxi Campaign, and also annihilated Bai Chongxi's troops in Guangxi, making great achievements for the Liberation War.
Judging from the decision to send him to the Korean battlefield, Chen Geng should be a more ideal candidate for commander-in-chief, but unfortunately he was in Vietnam at the time.