What are our failures in modern Chinese history? We have a lot to say. However, if we have a lot to lose in failure, it is very few. There is something that must be said here, that is, from April 22 to June 10, 1951, in the fifth battle to resist US aggression and aid Korea, due to the enemy's intrigues and wrong command, the 180th Regiment was completely annihilated.
The Chinese 180th Army was established in 1947 and was led by **. This unit participated in battles such as the liberation of Taiyuan and Chengdu, and was an elite soldier in the War of Liberation. In February 1951, the 180th Division was reorganized into the 60th Army of the Chinese Third Army and renamed the 180th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army to fight in Korea. However, how could such a unit be given by the coalition forces during the Fifth World War"Dumplings were wrapped"？What's going on? **With such a big fire, you want to scold the division commander of the 60th Army for being bloody? This can be traced back to the context of the outbreak of the Korean War.
In April 1951, the Korean War reached a stalemate, and the coalition forces initially had great hopes for the Korean war, but because the coalition forces did not gain the upper hand in the first four battles, the coalition forces were divided between two factions.
At the same time, because the coalition forces are constantly making small moves in the confrontation between the two countries, they are determined to take advantage of the fact that the DPRK has not yet reached the rainy season to carry out another major movement, so as to speed up the negotiation process and enable the DPRK to gain more initiative in negotiations.
On April 22, the fifth battle began. According to the order above, the 181st Division was the main attacking force, and their task was to separate the 25th Division from the Turkish Division, with the 179th Division following and the 180th Division acting as a reserve.
At the beginning of the war, the 181st Division did not face much resistance from the coalition forces, and Li Qiwei had already figured out their tactics in the battle with the volunteers. So he chose to "give back to the other in the way of the other", and ordered his squad to retreat slowly, while the ** squad retreated at a faster speed, forming a "V" shaped defensive line.
However, at this time, the volunteers had not yet realized this, and waited until Li Qiwei felt them"Poke your head out"The time was almost up, and their range of activity was far beyond their supply capacity, so they ordered a division not far away to launch a fierce **. On the flanks of the coalition forces, there were 25 Turkish brigades, which cooperated with the coalition offensive and outflanked them.
Soon, when the volunteers realized that they were being attacked from both sides, they began to retreat. At that time, the enemy had not completely surrounded them, and the command ordered the 180 regiment to remain here as a base for the transfer of their wounded soldiers.
However, the enemy's firepower became more ferocious, and the coalition forces sent more than 600 artillery pieces and even fighter jets to attack the enemy's supply lines, trying to wipe out our troops. The troops around the 180th Division have all been evacuated, but the commander of the 60th Army Corps, Wei Jie, has never received the evacuation order from the command, so he stubbornly refuses to leave, and finally the coalition forces surrounded the 180th Division from the flank and launched a full-scale attack on the 180th Division.
Although the Volunteers built a defensive line in the Kimhwa area to stop the allied attack, the results of the battle showed that the Volunteers suffered 75,000 casualties, 17,000 prisoners, and 80,000 enemy casualties, most of which were decoys set by the South Koreans in the early stages of the battle. Therefore, this battle was fought badly, and the 180th Division was also the only division on the Korean battlefield that was eliminated by the enemy.
Now it seems that there were many reasons for the defeat of the 180 regiment, and not individually:
First: The purpose of this war is to deter the coalition forces and let the coalition forces achieve greater results in this war.
Second, in early May 1942, Li Qiwei's strategy of "luring the enemy, retreating slightly, and waiting for an opportunity to annihilate the enemy's living forces" was originally their strong point, but the 60 th Army insisted on going its own way and ignoring the enemy's abnormal behavior, which was the fault of their commander and the mistake of the entire army in despising the enemy.
Thirdly, despite the order of the higher authorities that the 180 regiment stood by and protected the wounded. However, the tide of the war has changed dramatically. As the commander of the 60th Army, he was still standing still knowing that the whole army might be wiped out, which shows that his leadership ability in the war was not strong enough.
Either way, it's happened. The fifth battle really boosted the morale of the enemy and freed them from the shadow of four consecutive defeats. But even so, the Volunteer Army still relied on a strong team and a strong fighting spirit to disintegrate the enemy's fierce attacks several times in the Battle of Jinhua Resistance, and finally slapped the coalition army in a resounding slap. The coalition believed that the morale of this army was quite tenacious, and after the fifth battle, the coalition forces did not dare to attack again, and it remained in a stalemate.