After the founding of New China, not all problems have been solved. For example, a new war was born on the Korean Peninsula, and the full-scale outbreak of the Korean War meant that the situation in the vicinity of our country had once again become insecure. And with the rapid intervention of the United States-led coalition ** into the war, the North Korean army was about to collapse at the touch of a button, and was even pushed all the way to the Yalu River. At this time, the United States-led coalition has seriously threatened the security of China's northeast region, so under such a realistic situation, the Military Commission finally made a decision to dispatch the army as a Chinese volunteer army to join the Korean battlefield and resist the US-led coalition with the North Korean comrades.
After the volunteers entered the Korean battlefield, they quickly regained their disadvantage, Mr. Peng led the volunteers and a part of the remnants of the North Korean troops, launched a fierce counterattack against the United States-led joint **, after three battles, the battle line has basically been pushed to the south of the 38th parallel. And in the third battle, the battle line was successfully pushed to the 37th parallel, at this time, the United States-led coalition had no way to occupy the strategic advantage on the Korean battlefield, and the two sides also entered the stage of strategic stalemate, but this does not mean that the volunteers and the Korean army have won the war.
The operational situation at this time was very difficult for the volunteers. Because of the previous battles, the volunteers themselves suffered very heavy losses, and because it was winter, the supplies from the rear could not be delivered to the front-line troops in time, and the United States basically occupied the air supremacy of the front. This directly led to a serious shortage of logistical supplies and soldier supplies for the Volunteer Army, and the soldiers of the Volunteer Army were very tired after a long campaign. Moreover, after hitting the 37th parallel, the two sides entered a basic strategic stalemate stage, and the volunteer army had to hold a nearly 200-kilometer-long defensive line, at which time the volunteer army had basically lost its offensive ability.
Therefore, Marshal ***, as the commander of the Volunteer Army, sent a telegram to the Military Commission, hoping to temporarily give up part of the land and consolidate the position near the 38th parallel for the later stage. The Military Commission also believed that Marshal was very correct in command, but Kim Il Sung, who was the commander-in-chief of the North Korean Army, and the Soviet ambassador at that time expressed dissatisfaction with this. Because they believe that the current volunteer army and the Korean coalition army themselves occupy a certain strategic advantage, they should be able to launch an offensive and completely drive the US-led coalition out of the Korean Peninsula. The Soviet ambassador was not aware of the current strategic situation between the two sides, and was in a phase of trade-off, and a rash attack would even lead to the loss of a series of previous gains.
Therefore, although the ambassador chose to return to the Soviet Union to report the matter to Stalin after a quarrel with Mr. Peng, Stalin finally thought that Marshal ***'s approach was very correct. The Soviet leader had an in-depth understanding of the current war situation on the Korean Peninsula, and he knew that the current Volunteer Army was seriously short of supplies and had no way to launch an offensive. The marshal led a unit with a huge gap in equipment and could win battles, and he himself was already a heroic commander worthy of respect, so Stalin highly praised him and criticized the Soviet ambassador.
But Kim Il Sung once again approached Marshal ***, hoping to draw out part of the troops and launch a limited offensive to seize some land. However, Marshal *** righteously refused, and took out the reply of the Military Commission to Kim Il Sung, which clearly wrote that if the North Korean army is willing to initiate, he can organize it on his own. And the Volunteer Army will organize a defensive line in the area of the 38th parallel, and history has also proved that the operational command of Marshal *** is very correct and effective.