In June 1953, the smoke of gunfire that had filled the Korean Peninsula for nearly three years gradually dissipated, from the unilateral suppression of the United Nations army to the efforts of our People's Volunteer Army to turn the tide after the war, the originally unstoppable US military also lost its will to fight, and the return of the Korean Peninsula to stability and peace was the general trend.
But at this time, South Korean leader Syngman Rhee was trying to provoke war in Jiangxi again, facing his last madness before dawn, what awaited him?
In the middle of 1953, the originally invincible United Nations army had paid a terrible price for its arrogance, and the rhetoric of driving North Korea to the Yalu River had become a mirror, and the heroic battle of the People's Volunteer Army completely crushed the ambitions of US imperialism and gave the whole of South Korea a blow.
Since July 1951, the two sides have been fighting and talking, but the Us side often unilaterally terminates the agreement in a domineering posture and provokes a new round of war.
After Eisenhower took over as US President Harry S. Truman, the North Korean issue became his first problem to be solved, whether it was the condemnation of international public opinion or the anti-war sentiment of the domestic people, which made him anxious, which also made him realize that the United States should indeed bow its head high and have a good formal peace talks.
Coupled with the sincerity of the Chinese representatives, the two sides agreed to sign an armistice on June 25, 1953, which was also the third anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War.
However, Rhee, the leader of South Korea at the time, was unwilling and determined to be a spoiler, and he regarded the prisoner of war clause in the armistice agreement as nothing, not only released the prisoners of war without permission, but also incorporated some prisoners of war into the army, and even included volunteer soldiers, which aroused great anger in our country and questioned the sincerity of the US side.
So, why did Li Cheng'er, near the end of the war, not measure up to provoke trouble?
The first is that Rhee's ambitions were unsatisfied, and the feats of unifying the Korean Peninsula were too tempting for a 70-year-old politician to make him famous once the war was over.
In addition, he still blindly trusted the powerful firepower of the US military, not realizing that military strength was no longer the key to victory.
Finally, he feared that after the end of the war, South Korea would become an outcast of the United States in Asia, because at that time, the main focus of The United States support was on Japan, and the seizure of the Korean Peninsula was an important weight for American support.
It is precisely because of this psychology of competing for favors that Syngman Rhee has become so crazy.
Not only that, but before the release of the prisoners of war, Syngman Rhee even threatened Eisenhower in a cryptic way, intending to tie South Korea and the United States together to form a community of destiny and ensure that U.S. military support would not be interrupted with the end of the war.
Threatened: If the United States does not agree to mediation, then the South Korean army will continue to fight.
The United States really had a headache at this time, and military assistance also aided a white-eyed wolf, and it was not good for him to turn his face with the other side, and he could only negotiate while appeasing.
Originally, Peng Dehuai flew to Pyongyang, North Korea, to sign on behalf of the volunteer army, but this time it was good, simply do not do two or two, after landing on the ground to understand whether the firepower that our army can put in can launch another attack, quickly call Chairman Mao.
Chairman Mao's reply was also very quick, and his attitude was clear: "The signing of the armistice must be postponed, and when it is appropriate to postpone it can only be decided according to the development of the situation, and it is extremely necessary to annihilate more than 10,000 puppet troops." ”
To put it simply, that is: since you are not convinced, it will hit you until you are convinced, and the North Korean side also deeply agrees with this.
On July 13, the Korean Peninsula, which had been silent for a long time, sounded rumbling artillery fire, and the three assault groups of the 20th Corps of the Eastern Group of the Volunteer Army and the 9th Corps of the 24th Army lined up 1100 artillery pieces and a 25-kilometer front in front of the positions south of the capital of South Korea, with an average of 45 guns per kilometer, which was also the first time that our volunteer army suppressed the opponent in firepower.
In just half an hour, more than 1,900 tons of artillery shells rained down on the enemy's positions, and fortifications, pillboxes, and fire points were shattered under the invasion of artillery fire.
Within an hour, the defensive positions of the four South Korean divisions and regiments were declared to have changed hands, and with this gap south of Jincheng, the volunteer army drove straight in, and by about 6 p.m. the next day, our army had advanced vertically for 9.5 kilometers, annihilating 14,000 enemy troops.
Syngman Rhee did not expect that the elite of the US training he relied on was so vulnerable that it was too late to be heartbroken, and the insults of the United States and the accusations of the international community followed, but the US military scolded in its mouth, and in action, it still sent troops to launch a counterattack.
Since July 18, the U.S.-Rok coalition has launched two crazy counterattacks in 10 consecutive days, but they have not been able to contain the ferocious attack of the volunteers, and at this point, the Jincheng blockade battle, which began with artillery, has come to an end.
The results of the volunteer army were gratifying, a total of 53,000 enemy casualties, more than 160 square kilometers of positions were recovered, the Battle of Jincheng completely shattered Syngman Rhee's dream, and the United States could only sit at the negotiating table again to discuss the armistice.
The representatives of our army, who have just won a great victory, firmly occupy the initiative in the negotiations, while the US side can only whisper its breath and promise that the ROK army will not attack again, and the US side will no longer give military support to syngman Rhee's government.
On July 27, the representatives of all parties at the negotiating table solemnly signed the agreement, and the exuberant joy of the Representatives of China and the DPRK reflected the unspeakable decadence of the United States and South Korea, and announced the end of this great anti-imperialist and anti-aggression war.
It is precisely because of the selfless dedication of the most beloved people that this hard-won peace is the one who pays tribute to every soldier of the People's Volunteer Army.