In the 50s of the last century, due to the United States sending a joint ** to interfere in the affairs of the Korean Peninsula, China's northeast region faced a serious security threat. At this critical moment, Marshal ** had the courage to take responsibility and actively asked Ying to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army to help the Korean people resist aggression.
However, ** resolutely rejected **Marshal's request, what is the meaning of this?
In the eyes of many people, North Korea seems to be a small country, but its significance to our national defense is incomparably significant. Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, after Korea was occupied, China's first imperial court has frequently fallen into wars, and even declined for a time.
This incident left behind the old saying that "the whole country fell to Seoul", which fully illustrates the importance of North Korea to our country. In the period of New China, the strategic position of the DPRK was even more crucial to our country.
Once North Korea is captured, the Northeast region will inevitably be involved in the war, and this potential danger is too much for us to bear. Therefore, in order to avoid such a situation, it is imperative that we support the DPRK and ensure victory in the war, so as to effectively defend against the invasion of the enemy.
Although the overall goal of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea had been determined, the chairman was under tremendous pressure at that time. The first problem is that the disparity in military power between China and the United States is too wide.
After all, the Japanese Navy, which ruled Asia back then, was completely defeated by the US military in just seven months. Japan has suffered such a blow, and the situation in Japan is naturally even more severe.
As a result, many military generals at the time were not optimistic about the prospects for the war.
At that time, the Kuomintang's ** mainland action was about to move; On the other hand, the attitude of the Soviet Union, as a powerful force in the socialist camp, was unclear. The Soviet Union took a cautious stance, did not immediately take a stand, and allowed the landing of American troops at Incheon, inflicting a heavy blow on the North Korean army.
During that stressful period, ** faced greater challenges than during the War of Liberation. Even so, as one of the top ten marshals, he still took the initiative to ask for war and was determined to lead the volunteers to North Korea and defeat the American ** team.
However, when Marshal ** made this request, it was denied by ***. What is the reason for this? Isn't there a more suitable candidate than the ** marshal?
According to historical records, our party screened out several generals during that period, among which ** was not the first general candidate to resist US aggression and aid Korea.
During the War of Liberation, Chiang Kai-shek was psychologically shadowed by the defeat of military gods such as Liao Yaoxiang, Du Yuming, Wei Lihuang, etc. Among them, Su Yu admired Chiang Kai-shek even more with his excellent tactical skills and accurate grasp of the enemy's weaknesses.
However, in the final war, why wasn't Su Yu the commander-in-chief?
After the outbreak of the Korean War, our party conducted in-depth discussions on the issue of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, and many generals were selected to lead the war. **In this case, he showed a strong desire to be able to take command in person.
However, when the strategic goal of "resisting US aggression and aiding Korea" was proposed, most of the generals held opposing views. They believe that China has just been established a new country, and it should focus more on domestic development rather than taking the risk of sending troops.
* Took the initiative to ask for help, expressing his willingness to go to the front line to fight, which is undoubtedly a great support for him. However, the selection of the commander-in-chief also needs to be carefully considered and many more factors need to be taken into account.
Once, the chairman considered sending our party's "victorious general" Su Yu to Korea, and his combat skills were beyond doubt. Especially when commanding the Huaye operation, Su Yu's military strategic level has been fully demonstrated, which has been recognized by the world.
* He was the commander of Huaye, he commanded Huaye and Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the **74th Division, in 1947, while Su Yu, as a senior military general of Huaye, worked under the leadership of **.
Although the record of ** commanding in the back has declined, Su Yu's military talent cannot be ignored.
Three months after the start of the war, Zhang Lingfu was like a bamboo, conquering Huai'an, Huaiyin and Lianshui successively, and successfully defeated Huaye's fierce general Wang Bicheng and forced Huaye to retreat to the Huai River.
Seeing that the 74th Division was about to achieve a complete victory, ** urgently adjusted its strategy and handed over the wartime command of Huaye to Su Yu. ** took on the role of coordinator and devoted himself to harmonizing Su Yu's relationship with other generals.
The end is a foregone conclusion, and history remembers this moment.
As a master of strategy and tactics in our party, Su Yu is undoubtedly the best candidate for the Korean battlefield. Sadly, however, he was plagued by injuries at the time. In his early years, he commanded operations in central and northern Jiangsu, pushing his body to the limit, so much so that in the later years, he even suffered from Meniere's syndrome and other strain diseases.
Although his physical condition is not optimistic, his military talents are still unmatched.
There were three pieces of shrapnel left in Su Yu's skull, and such injuries undoubtedly limited him from leading his troops into battle. Su Yu said that at that time, he had a headache almost every day, and as long as his eyes rolled, his head would be dizzy.
By the time the Korean War broke out, he was actually too sick to get out of bed. Such a situation prevented him from participating in this war. In desperation, ** can only find a commander who can also overcome all difficulties on the battlefield and strategize.
In the Korean War in the 50s of the last century, ** faced a difficult decision: which general should be sent to lead the team? **Took the initiative to fight, but ***Why didn't you agree in the end?
It turned out that ** originally liked General Su Yu, but due to injuries, he was unable to participate in the fighting on the Korean battlefield. In this case, the gaze of ** naturally turned to Marshal ***.
In fact, the record of the marshal was not inferior to that of the previous two generals.
**Marshal in the Yan'an period to 2With a force of 60,000 troops, Hu Zongnan's more than 500,000 men and horses were successfully contained, and during this period, he played a brilliant record of "three battles and three victories" in northern Shaanxi, giving full play to the tactical advantage of winning more with less.
In the major battles that followed, the first marshal often successfully suppressed the enemy army with a small number of troops, and he can be called an expert in economic warfare. It just so happened that the Korean War at that time was also an economic war, and our army used inferior equipment to resist the powerful firepower of the US army, so the first marshal to lead the troops was the most suitable candidate.
**The marshal took the initiative to ask Ying to go to fight in Korea and put forward a detailed plan. He was well versed in the mountainous terrain of northern Korea and advocated the adoption of mobile warfare to annihilate the US forces one by one by using the superior forces of our army.
This strategy gives full play to our army's experience and advantages in mountain warfare and movement warfare, and achieves the effect of exploiting its strong points and avoiding its weak points. Due to his long-term operations in the Northwest Region, the troops he led have rich experience in mountain warfare and movement warfare.
In mountain warfare, the 38th Army can be called the king, they can easily defeat the enemy in the forest, which allows the troops led by *** to implement environmental suppression on the American army.
Therefore, ** is the best candidate to go to North Korea. As he had predicted, the Volunteer Army's offensive left the U.S. forces in retreat, and they were eventually forced to sign an armistice south of the 38th parallel.
This war has given our country national prestige and made other countries dare not despise our country again.
* The command of the marshal was equally remarkable, as evidenced by the title of one of the ten marshals. In the famous Battle of Shanghai, he showed his unique tactics.
In order to protect the integrity of the city, while he achieved victory, he lured all the ** to the outer positions for annihilation, and then attacked the city with light **. The battle lasted only 15 days before the capture of Shanghai.
And according to post-war statistics, the ** of this battle was relatively small.
* The marshal advocated fine warfare in military strategy to protect the city from artillery fire. Therefore, from this point of view, the achievements of the marshal are not inferior to others.
As the saying goes, as a military general of the republic, everyone has their own unique contributions, but everyone's combat style is different.
A variety of tactical coordination has enabled us to improve our combat system, so that we can be invincible on the battlefield. This is the fundamental reason why our party can sit firmly in the country!