During the Korean War, this person interfered with Peng's commander-in-chief, was transferred back to China, and was removed from his post
January 4, 1951 was a day that the North Koreans will never forget, and the volunteers helped them liberate Seoul. This was the victory won by the Volunteers in the Third Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and the news spread to the country and also caused a sensation, and the people published news one after another to congratulate the "liberation of Seoul," which was also broadcast on the radio, and for a time became the focus of attention of the people of the whole country, and the celebratory processions that appeared in Beijing quickly spread to all parts of the country.
The commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army, who was on the front line in North Korea, heard the news of the celebration of victory at home from the radio, but he had trouble sleeping and had mixed joys and sorrows. The good news is that the people of the motherland are so happy with the victory of the volunteers, which is a great encouragement to the officers and men of the volunteers, and is also full of care and longing; What worries us is that the people of the motherland do not understand the situation on the battlefield and the difficulties of the volunteers, and they are overly optimistic.
In fact, in the third battle, the enemy army, which had the advantage of mechanization, did not love to fight, and retreated in great strides, and Seoul was abandoned by the American army on its own initiative. By the end of the campaign on January 8, the Chinese and North Korean forces had advanced to the 37th parallel, recovering all the towns and villages north of the 37th parallel. However, in this campaign, hundreds of thousands of troops were invested, and the number of enemies destroyed was only 190 thousand.
As Mr. Peng said, the Volunteer Army failed to annihilate a large number of the enemy's main forces during the offensive, the enemy's losses were not large, and the balance of forces between the enemy and us did not change much. In the more than two months since the Chinese People's Volunteers entered Korea, after three battles, they have become very tired, the number of wounded and sick has increased, and the troops urgently need to rest and recuperate.
Moreover, it was a cold winter, the cotton clothes had not yet been delivered, the US planes were bombing fiercely, the supply was difficult, the vast number of volunteer soldiers had thin clothes, and the supply of dry food fried noodles was in short supply, so they could only "have a handful of fried noodles and a handful of snow", and many people suffered from night blindness. Under these circumstances, General Peng ordered the pursuit of the enemy to be stopped on January 8, and all units were rested and ready to stand. In particular, the troops on the south bank of the Han River should strengthen their defense.
At that time, the Korean People's Army believed that it should continue to advance south in one fell swoop and drive the US troops into the sea. Kim Il Sung also specifically argued with Mr. Peng about this issue, and was finally persuaded by Mr. Peng. Some of the generals of the Volunteer Army also had the idea of a quick victory, and felt that they should fight a dozen further, but they soon realized that the decision of the headquarters was very correct.
However, under the influence of the idea of quick victory, several people on the Soviet side, led by the ambassador to North Korea, were very stubborn, repeatedly asked the volunteers to continue to pursue the enemy, and also had a dispute with President Peng.
The Soviet ambassador's name was Razuvaev, who participated in the Soviet army's attack on the Japanese Kwantung Army at the end of World War II, and was the commander of the Soviet army's group when it entered Korea, and later became the ambassador to Korea. After the outbreak of the Korean War, his other identity was the general adviser of the Korean People's Army.
The first three battles of the Volunteer Army were won one after another, reaching the 37th parallel and occupying Kaesong, Yan'an Peninsula, Wengjin Peninsula and other important areas, which made Razuvaev very excited. Yang Di, former deputy director of the Operations Department of the Volunteer Army Headquarters, recalled that Razuvaev was "carried away by the victory" and that after President Peng gave the order to stop the march, Razuvaev came with anger.
During the talks, Razuvaev proposed that the volunteers should continue to expand their gains and not give the enemy a chance to breathe and drive them out of Korea. He also rebuked Mr. Peng by name: "How can anyone win a battle but not pursue the enemy?" How can there be such a commander? "Razuvaev, who fought in World War II, considered himself a military strategist and had an arrogant attitude.
Apparently, Razuvaev has forgotten how the Korean People's Army fought to the Nakdong River and was defeated after the landing of American troops at Incheon. Mr. Peng has been a rare military strategist and strategist for half his life. He knew very well that the commander of the US army had also fought in World War II, not a rice bucket, in an attempt to lure our army deeper. And the U.S. military is still building up.
Our army was in great difficulty, the 9th Corps on the Eastern Front had already been wounded, and the 6 Corps on the Western Front were fighting continuously, and they were almost wounded, and they were not able to launch a major campaign for the time being. So Mr. Peng categorically rejected Razuvaev's request.
Mr. Peng said: "Our army is already very tired, and there is no air supremacy, so the rear cannot go up." The enemy is motorized, our army is two-legged, how can this catch up with the enemy? Moreover, if the enemy is compressed to the southeast corner of the Korean Peninsula, the enemy will be concentrated, and there will be the Nakdong River blocking it, which will not be conducive to our army's annihilation of the enemy. ”
Razuaev and others said: "We can't annihilate the enemy, and it's good for us to occupy more places." "Mr. Peng thinks that it is too risky to continue the offensive, and it is impossible to drive the enemy out of Korea with the current strength of our army. Razuvaev stubbornly believed that as long as our troops attacked, the enemy would definitely withdraw from Korea.
In the end, Mr. Peng said solemnly: "I completely disagree with your opinion. I am responsible to the people, and if I am wrong, I am fully responsible! ”
After Razuvaev and the others were rejected, they became angry and immediately sent a telegram to the Soviet leader, claiming that President Peng had delayed the fighter. Mr. Peng also reported the differences of opinion between the two sides to Beijing, and sent Mr. Peng's telegram to the Soviet leaders.
The Soviet leader quickly sent a telegram to Zuvaev, saying: "Comrade * is a contemporary military strategist, and all military combat operations on the Korean battlefield should be under the command of Comrade ***. Then Razulavaev was transferred back to the Soviet Union and removed from his post. After that, the Soviet representatives never interfered with the command of General Peng.
Having said that, in the first five battles of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Volunteer Army has not yet received the heavy ** equipment aided by the Soviet Union. If the volunteers had strong artillery fire at that time, most of them would have driven the American troops out of Korea.