In June 1953, the Korean War was coming to an end, and the soldiers of the Chinese Volunteers won successive victories in the battle to resist US aggression and aid Korea, which made the United States realize that it was impossible for them to win the war, and they could only hope for the negotiating table.
At the critical moment of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, the chairman issued an urgent order to send 240,000 elite soldiers to North Korea. Although many generals, including the commander-in-chief, expressed doubts about this, in the end people recognized the foresight of the chairman.
This increase made the Battle of Jincheng, which broke out on July 13, 1953, the "perfect battle" to resist US aggression and aid Korea, however, this battle could have been avoided in practice.
The U.S. forces tried to launch another large-scale offensive in April 1953, but the plan failed to materialize due to the full preparation of the volunteers. Since it was impossible to defeat the volunteer army on the battlefield, the American authorities pinned their hopes on the negotiating table.
As a result, armistice negotiations, which had been suspended for half a year, were resumed on 26 April.
After the lessons of the previous failures, the volunteers have a new coping strategy -"Talk while fighting"，"To fight to promote talks"。On May 13, the Volunteer Army began"Summer Strike Back", the first phase of the operation, which ended on May 25, was destroyed"Joint**"20 positions, destroying more than 4,000 enemy troops.
This gave the US side a deeper understanding of the battlefield situation, and in the negotiations on the 25th, they accepted the reasonableness put forward by the Chinese and North Korean sides"Prisoner repatriation programme"。
The United States unilaterally made the decision to negotiate an armistice without prior consultation with the Syngman Rhee clique, so Syngman Rhee knew nothing about it. However, the Syngman Rhee clique was ambitious and did not want to see a truce.
This is only the will of the US side, in fact, the Syngman Rhee group has other plans.
An hour before the start of the negotiating session, Syngman Rhee learned from Clark that the United States had decided to negotiate an armistice. This sudden news made Rhee extremely angry, and he instructed the South Korean delegation to withdraw from the meeting as a sign of **.
"We are firmly opposed to any international agreement that does not include the reunification of the country, and we cannot accept the new plan of unity," Rhee said. ”
** After assessing the situation, the Chairman issued an urgent order. This order called for the fastest possible gathering of 240,000 elite volunteers to go to North Korea as soon as possible.
It is worth mentioning that after the withdrawal from the meeting, no representative of the South Korean Army appeared at the negotiation meeting until the Korean armistice. This order, with the participation of the victorious volunteers, became an important turning point in China's War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Although many unknown generals at that time did not understand the chairman's decision, in the end, history proved that the chairman made a wise decision.
The leadership did not understand the decision to increase the troops, because the initiative on the battlefield was in our hands, and the so-called "joint **" could not resist at all. **'s wisdom lies in his big-picture vision and foresight, and the decision to increase the number of troops later proved to be correct.
The Korean War can be divided into two theaters, one is a real military conflict, and the other is a struggle at the negotiating table.
In military operations and diplomatic negotiations, our main adversary is the United States. Therefore, the core goal of the "Summer Counterattack" is to completely defeat the American ** team, and the focus of the attack is on their positions.
In view of this, although the plan proposed by China and North Korea to repatriate the prisoners was accepted by the United States, Syngman Rhee's attitude was completely different.
For the Syngman Rhee group to squeeze, they must feel the pressure. The Volunteers changed their tactics and shifted their main point of attack to the South Korean Army. On May 27, the second phase of the campaign counterattack began, the main purpose of which was to strike at the positions of the South Korean army.
In more than half a month of fighting, the Volunteer Army successfully launched 65 attacks and annihilated the enemy army 4More than 10,000 people. In the course of the fighting, representatives of the negotiators signed an "agreement on the repatriation of prisoners of war" on June 8.
In the following period, the signing of the relevant agreements went smoothly, and by June 15, all agreements were basically completed, and only the "Korean Armistice Agreement" remained to be signed.
On the evening of June 17, the Syngman Rhee clique illegally detained more than 27,000 Korean People's Army soldiers out of malice, deceiving themselves by calling it "immediate release."
This unreasonable behavior has caused outrage and condemnation across the globe, including countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and France.
Rhee's fame plummeted around the world, and even American journalists could not resist condemning it. In response, Kim Il Sung and *** sent letters to Clark putting pressure on the American and South Korean sides.
Both China and North Korea understand that the Syngman Rhee clique will not be able to see the reality through verbal pressure alone, and that they must be made to pay the price. After careful consideration, the following instructions were given: "We must postpone the signing of the armistice, and the exact timing will need to be decided according to the development of events."
At the same time, we need to defeat more than 10,000 puppet troops, which is extremely important. ”
The Battle of Jincheng, the perfect curtain call for the summer counterattack. On the evening of July 12, 1953, all armies of our army completed their combat preparations, and at 9 o'clock in the evening of July 13, thousands of artillery pieces were ready to be fired.
Under the cloudy sky, the battle of the Battle of Jincheng began, which was the decisive battle of the summer counterattack and the hearty finale of the Battle of Jincheng.