In the past three years, we have waged the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, which shattered the myth of the paper tiger of US imperialism, demonstrated the military and national prestige of New China, and brought us peace and prosperity in the following decades.
It can be said that the impact of this war is far-reaching, and it will be beneficial for the present and the future. In the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he was a very important figure, he was the chief of the General Staff of the People's Revolutionary Military Committee at that time, responsible for strategic and tactical decision-making.
He built a bridge of communication between the *** and the front-line generals, ensuring that the ** policy could be smoothly implemented on the Korean battlefield. However, when the situation of the Korean war stabilized, ** collapsed due to illness.
So, how do you get sick? What important contributions did he make to resist US aggression and aid Korea? Let's do it together.
Seriously ill, still sticking to his post One noon in the autumn of 1952, ** was buried in the office work. At that time, the autumn offensive of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was nearing its end, and the Battle of Shangganling was in full swing.
In the face of the indiscriminate bombardment of the United Nations, the Chinese People's Volunteers bravely resisted and showed no weakness. Judging from the battlefield situation, China has firmly grasped the initiative in the Korean war situation, and it is expected that it will soon be able to achieve a complete victory and drive the US troops out of the Korean Peninsula.
However, the combat progress of the Volunteer Army did not reduce the pressure on ***. The day before, he didn't even bother to eat dinner, only a few biscuits to satisfy his hunger, and then worked late into the night, sleeping less than three hours.
Therefore, *** looked a little tired on this day, but the tasks at hand were piled up, from the transportation of planes and artillery, to the supply of cotton clothes and fried rice, he needed to deal with it personally.
**, this great soldier who has gone through the Agrarian Revolution, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, has been repeating the same life almost every day since the beginning of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Although his body is strong, no matter how strong his body is, there are times when he falls. At noon that day, when the secretary was about to shout *** for lunch, he found that he was tired in his office.
The secretary immediately helped him up, told him to rest on the couch, and called a doctor. However, ** rejected the offer to inspect and just took a nap on the couch before continuing to work.
It wasn't until the evening that his family urged him to get checked, and it was discovered that he was suffering from multiple diseases. After learning of this, the leaders at all levels of ** were very concerned, and ** and *** also came to visit in person.
At a meeting of the Military Commission, ** even praised: "We won a war, but we were tired and collapsed, I want to say that he is the greatest hero on the Korean battlefield."
Since then, the story of his countless efforts for the Korean war has spread throughout the country, and his dedication has touched everyone. However, some friends may not know that in the early days of the Korean War, ** did not agree to form a volunteer army to directly confront the United States.
So, how did the concept of ** change from opposing sending troops to being tired in the office? Why did he oppose sending troops in the first place?
How to deal with a strong enemy? In June 1950, the Korean War began when the North Korean People's Army and South Korean troops confronted each other on the border. In the early days, the North Korean People's Army, which was loved by the people of the Korean Peninsula, reported frequent successes, while South Korea's Syngman Rhee's troops were defeated and retreated, and the capital Seoul also fell into the hands of the North Korean People's Army.
However, North Korea's victory was short-lived. On September 15, U.S. troops landed at Incheon, and the tide of the Korean war quickly turned around, forcing the North Korean People's Army to retreat and reclaiming previously occupied land by South Korea.
The Korean War was originally an internal affair in which no country should interfere, but the aggressive act of the United States has aroused strong criticism from the people of all countries in the world. What is even more intolerable is that as the war progressed, the flames of the US military burned to the Yalu River, posing a serious threat to China's country.
In the face of the provocation of the United States, how should China respond, this is a very headache for ***. At this critical moment, as the acting president, the opinion of ** is particularly important.
At the Politburo meeting urgently convened, he put forward his views: garrison troops in the northeast, defend the homeland and defend the country, and do not have a head-on conflict with the US army until the last resort.
In other words, ** does not advocate sending troops to aid North Korea. Given the domestic and international circumstances at the time, his concerns were justified. First of all, New China has just been founded, and everything is in need of reconstruction, and its industrial, military, and economic development is urgently needed, and if a war with the United States breaks out at this critical moment, it may affect the construction of New China.
In the context of the disparity in power between China and the United States, the concern of ** is not the fear of war, but the development of the country. In contrast, the strategic vision of the first is more long-term, he deeply understands that the provocative behavior of the US military will be disgusted by all countries, and the resistance to US aggression and aid Korea is not only to defend the country, but also to maintain peace in Asia and improve China's international image.
Therefore, we resolutely support the decision to resist US aggression and aid Korea.
Under the wise decision of ***, he resolutely put down many heavy responsibilities and devoted himself to the work of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea. Those three years were undoubtedly the busiest and most fulfilling period for ***.
After the Military Commission issued the "Decision on Defending the Northeast Frontier", as the acting commander-in-chief, he took the initiative to take on the important task of implementing the decision. He quickly transferred the elite troops of the Central and Southern Military Region to form the 13th Corps of the Volunteer Army, which was under the jurisdiction of the 38th, 39th, and 40th armies, which later shone on the Korean battlefield, all of which displayed outstanding combat effectiveness.
All this is thanks to his unique vision, he delivered important strategic forces to the Korean battlefield. When the U.S. military insisted on crossing the 38th parallel despite our country's warning, ** quickly reported the situation to ***.
After the chairman of *** saw that the United States had no intention of withdrawing troops, he decided to determine the time for the volunteers to send troops. So, on October 19, under the leadership of Commander ***, hundreds of thousands of volunteers crossed the Yalu River with high morale, and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea officially broke out.
As mentioned above, it can be seen that in the preparatory stage of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, although he was opposed to sending troops at first, he still strictly implemented the chairman's orders, adjusted his views according to the changes in the situation, and made full preparations for the dispatch of troops by the Volunteer Army.
In this process, ** has made great efforts, and when the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea really broke out, his energy and wisdom were poured into it.
**Although he did not go to the front line, the work he was responsible for was no less important and arduous. Under the direct leadership of the Military Commission, he undertook the organization and training of the Volunteer Army, the transportation of front-line materials, the placement of wounded soldiers, and the condolences of their families.
Just like the soldiers on the front line charging and killing the enemy, ** also fought in the Zhongnanhai office, starting a war without gunpowder. His combat mission was no easier than that of any fighter.
In his revolutionary career for many years, he developed the habit of working at night and resting during the day, so he often went to ***'s office in the middle of the night to discuss the military situation on the front line with him.
Together, they discussed the deployment of troops, tactical arrangements, and even the question of seeking material assistance from the Soviet Union.
The careful planning and continuous deduction of ** and *** made every step of the Korean War advance in the direction of victory. However, ** is often so busy that he can't rest all night, and the next day he needs to discuss related matters with ***.
Although the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was the first large-scale war in New China, and its intensity and material consumption were unprecedentedly huge, he still insisted on working day and night.
During the second battle in 1951, North Korea was experiencing a once-in-a-decade cold. Volunteers dressed in straw sandals and armed with rifles, engaged in fierce battles with the well-armed combined**, which lasted a month and a half.
In this battle, the volunteers destroyed a total of 3 enemiesMore than 50,000 people, but at the same time, they also paid a heavy price, reducing more than 30,000 people, 510,000 people suffered from frostbite. After the war, ** sent telegrams to superiors, only in telegrams"Hungry and unfed, cold and unclothed"Six words, but *** was stunned when he saw this short telegram, and his eyes were a little red.
He realized that the front-line soldiers held their positions in extremely harsh conditions, and that he, as the acting commander-in-chief, failed to solve the problem of food and clothing for the soldiers.
** Deeply remorseful for the problem of insufficient supplies for the Volunteer Army, he actively took action to solve the problem. First of all, he organized and mobilized the masses to fry rice in the northeast and north China and delivered basic rations to the front.
Then, he rushed to Nanjing, Changsha, Wuhan and other large cities to collect military supplies and send them to the Korean battlefield through the northeast transportation line as quickly as possible.
In addition, he was committed to solving the fundamental logistical problems, presided over the construction of several large military airfields, and raised a large number of armored vehicles to open up logistics routes.
In the early days of the scarcity of supplies, he even used thousands of military horses to transport a large amount of supplies by unique means.
With the unremitting efforts of the People's Republic of China, the shortage of troops and food for the Volunteer Army has been improved, the situation in the Korean War has been initially stabilized, and the logistics routes have begun to be unimpeded. He insisted that "the lights in the office should not be extinguished, and the materials on the transportation line should not stop", and the physical load continued to increase, and the sleep time continued to decrease.
His family feared that he would not be able to hold out, but in the autumn of 1952, he continued to work during the Battle of Shangganling. Doctors strongly recommended that he stay on bed rest, but he still cared about the front line, and even though he was bedridden, he was reviewing documents.
It was not until November 25, when the Battle of Shangganling was successfully ended, that he had a rare night's sleep. Subsequently, he actively participated in the armistice negotiations, reporting the negotiations to *** while conveying the requirements of ** to the front.
Under his coordination, the volunteers talked while fighting and firmly grasping the initiative. Finally, on July 27, 1953, the United States signed the Korean Armistice Agreement at Panmunjom, and the three-year War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was won.
Conclusion: "Lifelong admiration of kind-hearted people, a marshal of the millennium-old hero", and the word "kindness" are the praise of the chairman of the world. It is true that from the initial opposition to the active participation after the outbreak of the war, ** made an indispensable contribution to the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea with his kind personality and proper handling style.
Therefore, in 1955, he was awarded the rank of founding marshal without any suspense, and his experience of exhaustion in the office made him win the admiration and love of the people of the whole country.