Editor-in-Chief: Cui Xiaohan Chief Writer: Xu Yan Adviser: Mao Xinyu In October 1950, when the U.S. imperialists burned the flames of war to the Yalu River, China finally sent hundreds of thousands of soldiers to the war. Why do you ask the People's Republic of Korea troops to "use the name of the Volunteer Army" instead of the name of the "People's Liberation Army"? Striving for the localization of the Korean War, not sending troops to the CCP in the name of the country's regular army, and using the name of the "volunteer army" when sending troops to Korea to participate in the war are out of consideration for the overall international strategic situation. China's determination to wage the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was a choice of last resort in the face of US armed aggression, and it only wanted to achieve its limited goal of stopping aggression and did not want to expand the scale of the war. The Chinese Communists, headed by the Chinese Communist Party, have made up their minds not to hesitate to rebuild and rebuild at the same time, based on the most difficult situation, and at the same time strive to localize the "Korean War" so that it will not become an all-out war between China and the United States and even the world. The most important condition for preventing the US aggressors from expanding the war to Chinese mainland is to strengthen their own strength and make the enemy fearful. At the same time, the CCP also adheres to the principle of "reasonableness, advantage, and moderation", and takes into account international law and universally recognized international practices, and strives to exercise restraint in the scope and name of military operations, so as to reduce the aggressor's pretext for declaring war on China. 
It really takes a lot of effort to put the main force of New China into fighting against the US ** team, and to prevent China and the United States from entering a state of war in the sense of international law. If the name of the Chinese People's Liberation Army continues to be used, it will be equivalent to the official war between China's ** army and the United States, Britain, France and other "united**" member states. As far as international law is concerned, not only is China going to war with the United States, Britain, France, and other countries, but the Soviet Union, as an ally of China, must provide assistance to the best of its ability in accordance with the treaty. Then this war could expand into a world war. Since the formation of the Northeast Frontier Army, the CCP has been considering what name it should adopt once it sends troops into the DPRK. At the beginning of August, he proposed to use the name of the "Volunteer Army" to support the DPRK. The Soviet side also agreed with this. On October 2, in a telegram to Stalin drafted for the Chinese Communists, he also said: "We have decided to send a part of our troops to the territory of Korea in the name of volunteers to fight the troops of the United States and its lackey Syngman Rhee to assist the Korean comrades." "When drafting the order to dispatch troops on October 8, the original word "support army" was changed to "volunteer army", and the name "Chinese People's Volunteer Army" was officially determined. On October 16, when he spoke to the cadres at and above the division level of the troops preparing to enter the DPRK at the headquarters of the Northeast Military Region in Shenyang, he also explained the name and reason for sending troops, and pointed out: "We are not afraid of fighting at present. However, we do not want to fight at the moment, nor do we want to declare war on the United States, but only support the Korean Revolutionary War in the name of the People's Volunteers. "In the name of the volunteers, according to the definition of international law, it is only the armed entry of Chinese non-governmental volunteer organizations into the DPRK, and they are helping the North Korean side to fight as a facilitator, and China and the United States can still not be in a state of war. In this way, it is possible for China to continue to maintain a peaceful environment at home, and at the same time contribute to the maintenance of world peace. In the modern history of the world, there is no shortage of precedents for sending national regular troops to assist other countries in the name of volunteers. In the 18th century, when the United States carried out the war of independence against British colonial rule, France and some European countries sent ** troops to the United States to fight against Britain in the name of volunteers. When the United States invaded Korea in the 20th century, it was severely attacked by volunteers of the same nature, which is really a historical irony. In 1972, when Nixon visited China for the first time, he talked to the prime minister about the French team's participation in the American Revolutionary War. According to Nixon, in his memoir "The Leaders," he immediately referred to the 18th-century French troops that aided the United States as "volunteers," and Nixon immediately stated that these troops were in fact the country's regular army. After many years, the head of the United States is still so sensitive to the term "volunteer army"! 
According to Hong Xuezhi's memoirs, when he arrived at the headquarters of the Northeast Frontier Army in mid-October 1950, he specifically explained why he changed the name of the troops going abroad to "volunteers", and asked everyone in a joking tone whether they were "volunteers". Later, ** himself also said to everyone in a joking tone, "What volunteers!" I didn't volunteer, I was sent by my superiors! "When China sent troops into Korea for the first campaign, in order to achieve the suddenness of the battle, it adopted the method of concealing its identity and not publicizing it publicly. It was not until the end of this campaign that it was reported internationally that China had sent troops, and the People's ** on November 7, 1950, for the first time stated that "Chinese volunteers" had participated in the battle. After the US ** team was severely attacked by the ** squadron in Korea, its military and political leaders shouted one after another that what they encountered was the "regular army of the Chinese communists" and not a "volunteer army" at all. However, due to the fear of expanding the war, they also recognized the name of the "Volunteer Army" in their actions and later negotiations, and did not formally enter a state of war with China. Britain, France and other countries even claimed that they were against it and did not go to war with New China. Facts have proved that the decision of the Chinese communists to participate in the war in the name of the volunteer army is not only beneficial to limiting the scale of the war, but also has achieved a very favorable position in the diplomatic struggle. Although the United States has angered the Chinese people, and resisting the United States is indeed a military and civilian volunteer "volunteer army," judging from the sentiment of the Chinese people after the US armed invasion of Korea and Taiwan, sending troops to resist US aggression and aid Korea does represent the "voluntary" demand of the broad masses of the people. At that time, the mobilization to resist American aggression at home had a deep mass base, because the US policy towards China after World War II had angered the masses at all levels of Chinese society. Surveys in the People's Liberation Army show that although most of the commanders and fighters have never seen Americans, almost everyone has seen the Kuomintang army use the United States to fight a civil war, and many still have scars from American bullets and shrapnel. Once the CCP issued a call to resist US aggression and aid Korea, almost everyone in the army signed up to voluntarily go to Korea to participate in the war. At that time, tens of millions of young people in China also volunteered to become volunteers. In this sense, the troops entering the DPRK are indeed a veritable volunteer army. During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) usually named the units that fought in Korea and were under the command of the Volunteer Army Headquarters. Strictly speaking, this concept is not very accurate; for example, the logistics department of the Northeast Military Region was responsible for the logistical support of the volunteers during the movement war after entering the DPRK, and the logistics department of the Northeast Military Region did not belong to the volunteer army structure, but many of its subordinate units and personnel entered the front of the Korean branch, and when they were later awarded, they regretted that they could not be called volunteers. 
Broadly speaking, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea has become the number one task in the domestic army, and all troops who have entered the DPRK or have not yet joined the DPRK have worked hard for this glorious task. Although the decision to send troops to resist US aggression and aid Korea was finally made, it represents the aspirations of the people of the whole country, and it is indeed the will of hundreds of millions of soldiers and civilians to fight US aggression. Regardless of whether they crossed the Yalu River or not, those who fought for this war were all volunteer participants in the great War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.