The sudden entry of the Volunteer Army into North Korea was completely beyond MacArthur's expectation. Although he received corresponding intelligence as soon as the Volunteer Army entered North Korea, he was not willing to believe that the newly established New China would dare to confront the unrivaled U.S. military.
After Yunshan and Wenjing suffered setbacks, he woke up from the dream of destroying North Korea.
And immediately issued a series of measures against the volunteers.
He ordered Air Force Commander Stratmeyer to "annihilate the Chinese interference forces." MacArthur said viciously: "If necessary, combat aircrews must fly continuously as long as they have a breath... Destroy all enemy transportation and
All facilities, factories, cities and villages..."
MacAs wanted to use air superiority to destroy the volunteers.
Enemy planes began indiscriminate bombing on both sides of the Yalu River regardless of day or night. Especially the cities and villages in the north suffered unprecedented catastrophe and were turned into ruins.
The volunteer army's logistics supply also suffered serious damage. Many of the grain, canned food and ammunition transported from the motherland were blown up by enemy planes. A small amount of grain and ammunition were transported to the front, but due to the severe damage and interference of the road by enemy planes, they could not
Provide timely replenishment to the troops.
In addition, the troops were advancing in alternating battles at a high speed, which caused the chain of logistics supply to continue to widen. In addition, the U.S. Air Force began to increase its efforts to interfere with the logistics supplies of the volunteers, resulting in supply breaks and shortages.
The local people's ten houses and nine empty houses were plundered by the enemy. It was very difficult to raise money. Most of them lacked food. Being able to eat boiled corn kernels was considered very good.
Nowadays, many combat units have run out of food, and in this freezing cold North Korea, there are no wild vegetables to pick to satisfy hunger.
Some companies have already begun to pick weeds to satisfy their hunger. A small number of troops were able to seize a small amount of canned food from the US military and save enough to eat.
When the troops directly under the 113th Division were short of food, the saluting horse was killed by enemy planes. Someone wanted to cut the horse meat for eating. This was the horse raised by the breeder Zhang Da. The elderly Zhang Da was a member of the cooking class.
Like the old man Liu, he was also a demobilized member when he was demobilized.
But he would rather die than leave the army. Later, although he was approved to join the volunteer army, because he was too old to carry the drinking utensils, he was made a breeder.
After entering the DPRK, he led a horse and helped the frontline troops carry weapons, equipment and ammunition, and developed a relationship with the horse after his death.
When he was carrying a pack to salute, the horse was killed by an enemy plane. He cried heartbrokenly. At this time, some people came to cut the horse's flesh. He picked up a big stick to guard the dead horse and never left it.
"The army horse is a silent comrade. It accompanied the army in the north and south, and contributed to the establishment of New China. When it arrived in North Korea, it transported ammunition and food to everyone without complaining about suffering or tiredness. Now it has sacrificed, but you have to
Eat its flesh."
"I am here today. If I see who dares to cut off its flesh and eat it, I will fight with him!"
Everyone looked at Zhang Da's serious look and sympathized with him very much, so they had to go hungry and bury the horse reluctantly.
From then on, Zhang Da took on the burden of luggage again.
Looking at the vast North Korean landscape, MacAs habitually put his hands on his hips and held his cigarette holder in his mouth.
The recent situation in North Korea has made him increasingly uneasy. It is nothing more than that when General Walker moved forward bravely, he encountered a lot of troubles. General Walker wrote in his report:
"The Eighth Army divided its troops into multiple columns on a broad front to pursue the defeated North Korean army. The risks in logistical supply from Pyongyang were calculated, and supplies basically could only rely on airdrops."
"The available supplies can only sustain operations under conditions of light resistance and cannot accumulate strength to cope with higher-intensity resistance. The South Korean Second Army fell into chaos due to an enemy attack and stopped advancing. We have no intention of implementing it.
Fight defensively or stay on the defensive.”
"And all resources are directed toward maintaining a bridgehead of the necessary size so that the offensive can be resumed as soon as conditions permit."
"All units continue to conduct localized attacks."
"In order to deal with the new enemy of the organized CCP forces, we have formulated plans to resume the offensive. Once the time is right, we will implement these plans as soon as possible!"
Obviously, the problems suffered by the Eighth Group were more serious than he imagined.
As for the 'plan to resume the offensive' mentioned in General Walker's report, it seems irrelevant at this moment.
The most disturbing thing is that the enemy also has three new divisions entering the battle. They are obviously composed of Chinese soldiers. There is no doubt about this.
The North Korean army has been defeated like a lost dog, and there are very few effective attacks that can be stopped.
The three new divisions had a fierce combat style and strong combat capabilities. As soon as they entered the battlefield, they destroyed the pincer offensive formed by the attacking Eighth Army and the North Korean Second Army.
MacArthur wore sunglasses in an attempt to hide the solemnity in his eyes. His body lacked a bit of the high-spiritedness he had when the Inchon landing was successful.
The following obvious questions become more important:
China dispatched reconnaissance troops across the Yalu River to spy on the Eighth Army's strategic intentions. Is this behavior for defensive purposes? This is a new force from North Korea organized, trained and equipped by China's Northeast China, but there are only a small number of Chinese 'volunteers' mixed in it.
Just like the few ace divisions that Kim wanted to come over when the Korean War just broke out, except for a few commanders and fighters who were Chinese, most of the others were North Koreans.
Maybe this is just a red bluff? Or is it a show of force against the United Nations forces before China launches a full-scale attack?
MacArthur thought of the rhetoric prepared by the Red Army in response to the current situation, which declared to the world that the Chinese in North Korea were just individual volunteers who came to support North Korean comrades.
He certainly would not believe this rhetoric and reported directly to Washington: "Based on the information recently obtained from the Chinese soldiers captured during interrogations, as well as the increasingly strong resistance encountered by the United Nations forces, the intervention of the Red Army
It’s no longer a talk on paper, but an imminent threat!”
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Standing on the deck of the Valley Forge, staring at the long and endless coastline in the distance, MacAs's mind was racing.
He had felt that it was increasingly possible that the Reds were determined to participate in the war in some form, but with the evidence at hand, MacArthur was still unable to conclude whether the Reds had decided to move towards a full-scale war.
The intelligence related to red decision-making comes from Washington, not from the Korean front.
The reconnaissance aircraft dispatched so far have not observed the appearance of more red troops on the territory of the Korean Peninsula.
According to the information currently available, only three new divisions have joined the battle, with a strength of approximately 50,000 to 60,000 people.
If it were just these, there would be nothing to fear.
The United Nations troops and firepower can easily crush them. The current offensive situation is blocked entirely because they are unprepared and are caught off guard by the sudden appearance of the three divisions.
Little did he know that he was facing not just three divisions, but three armies.
The 38th Army, the 39th Army and the 40th Army.
As soon as the volunteers entered North Korea, they adopted a night attack posture, so that the United Nations soldiers misjudged the sudden appearance of enemy forces.
The reason for the misjudgment was actually the opponent's lack of firepower.
When the volunteers entered North Korea to fight, most of the weapons and equipment they used were IWC brands, with very little heavy firepower. The combat of an army was actually equivalent to that of a division.
As an American five-star general with decades of combat experience, and with his keen sense of smell, he had the illusion that a storm was coming. However, with the entire situation at hand, he could not yet determine whether the current war was over.
Enter total war.
It's just that the United States is currently unable to provide MacArthur with more evidence to prove that the current war has entered a full-scale war.
All of MacArthur's worries seemed to be abandoned in an empty no-man's land. No matter how heart-wrenching he shouted, he could not get a response.
On November 3, MacArthur provided Washington with a Red Order of Battle, listing the specific numbers and garrison locations of the 56 regular divisions in the Red Northeast.
These 56 regular divisions were organized into 16 corps, with a total of 498,000 troops. In addition, there were 370,000 local troops, bringing the total strength to 868,000.
However, he received the following order: "When encountering large-scale open or covert combat units anywhere on the Korean Peninsula, without receiving advance notice, you should make your own assessment and continue the current operation if there is a considerable chance of victory."
The waves of the sea crashed against the rocks on the shore, making a deafening roar, as loud as thunder.
Another formation of fighter jets returned in the sky and headed towards the deck of the aircraft carrier.
The wind suddenly became stronger, and huge waves hit the hull, causing the huge hull to rock.
The secretary beside him reminded: "General, it's time for you to go back."
MacArthur turned his head and took off his sunglasses: "I should go back and remind them that China is no longer the China it was more than ten years ago. It has begun to slowly show its fangs. We should be careful and treat it with caution."
Back in the room, MacArthur wrote a letter, "The Chinese are coming with force, and their activities in North Korea are by no means defensive, but offensive. To understand the great changes in mainland China today, you must understand the character and culture of the Chinese
, changes in the past fifty years.”
"Fifty years ago, China was completely fragmented and divided into multiple power groups that were independent of each other. There was almost no tendency to start a war because they still followed the Confucian dogma of peace as the most important thing."
"By the turn of the century, during the reign of Chang Tso-lin, the drive for further unification gave rise to the need for nationalism."
"This was further and more successfully developed under Chiang, but it is under the current regime that it has become truly province-wide, so that it has become a national consensus that is increasingly dominant and friendly.
war-oriented nationalism.”
"Thus, over the past fifty years, the Chinese have become increasingly militarized in their ideas and ideals, they are now first-rate soldiers, and they are producing highly qualified staff officers and officers, which has resulted in a new generation in Asia.
Dominant power."
MacArthur knew China very well, and it was obvious that beneath his arrogant appearance, there was a delicate mind hidden.
His arrogance stemmed from the powerful and unrivaled U.S. military, as well as Incheon, which was disliked by the whole world. He carried out the Incheon landing and reversed the situation on the Korean Peninsula.
"During those dark years in Bataan, Quezon once said to me: 'I am not afraid that we will eventually be unable to fight the Japanese, nor that we will eventually be defeated by their government. My greatest fear is the Chinese. As the military state
China is going to be a big threat in Asia with the rise of ism and the growth of aggression. They don't have a real ideology, and when their military potential is stretched to the extreme, I really can't believe what's going to happen.'"
MacArthur's idea of destroying the red did not come out of nowhere.
As a five-star general and the mastermind behind the transformation of Japan, he knew the importance of ideology to the nation. In the past few days, MacArthur had been struggling with how to transform Japan, which had been brainwashed by militarism.
At present, the establishment of New China is entirely based on war, and there are quite a few signs of the Japanese devils.
MacArthur's determination to destroy the Red Army, in addition to the two-level struggle for hegemony, was also directly related to the resurgence of militarism.
At this time, news reports about the situation on the Korean Peninsula in the United States made the public panic and uneasy. MacArthur felt that it was necessary to give a clear explanation to the American people and the people of the United Nations member states about the upcoming situation.
The United States is already a modern country, and the news media are constantly exaggerating the facts. Many journalists use sporadic information from the front line and combine it with their own inferences to report. Such reports are not true and even cause unnecessary controversy.
panic.
No one knew better than MacArthur what they were facing at this moment.
On November 6, just before the Battle of Unsan ended, the U.S. Ace Cavalry Division was surrounded and the South Korean Second Army fell into chaos.
Under such circumstances, MacArthur issued a special communiqué.
"With the occupation of the eastern coastal areas and the encirclement of enemy forces north of Pyongyang, the Korean War has effectively ended, with the following results: the number of enemy prisoners of war exceeded 135,000, and together with 200,000 other casualties, the loss of personnel exceeded 335,000.
More than 10,000, which is basically equivalent to the estimated total military strength of North Korea."
"At this point, there is no doubt about North Korea's defeat and the destruction of its army."
MacArthur wrote the communiqué seriously, with a dazed look on his face, as if this scene happened yesterday, but there were too many sudden events on the Korean battlefield in the past few days.
The defeat of the Second Army of the South Korean Army, the failure of the Battle of Unsan, the 1st Cavalry Division being surrounded by the enemy, etc., seemed like a dream, so unreal.
Apparently a week ago, their troops were still advancing towards the Yalu River.
He paused and continued writing:
"But while the United Nations forces were winning, China went to war without declaring it!"