At the turn of the spring and summer of 1953, when the new US President Eisenhower could no longer take any advantage of the Korean War, he had to order the US representatives to invite the Representatives of the Chinese and North Korean Sides as soon as possible to resume the Armistice Negotiations at Panmunjom in an attempt to end the Korean War with dignity and escape the US troops from the crisis of the Korean War.
At this time, however, Syngman Rhee publicly announced to the world that he refused to accept the terms of the armistice, and he shouted in the media: "According to the current terms, an armistice means death for the Republic of Korea, and our country should demand that the volunteers be driven out of our territory, even if we have to fight alone." Immediately afterward, in Seoul and Busan, South Korea, there were large-scale "mass demonstrations" against the armistice instigated by the government, and the National Assembly of South Korea also voted at this time: "Unanimously oppose the terms of the armistice." During the Panmunjom negotiations, South Korean government negotiators withdrew from the negotiations alone in protest.
Syngman Rhee
To that end, U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower had to urgently call Syngman Rhee, asking him to "immediately and unequivocally accept unambiguous command of the UN forces to deal with and end the current hostilities." However, the Syngman Rhee clique ignored Eisenhower's telegram and was determined to take the plunge, and late on the night of June 17, the South Korean authorities coerced more than 27,000 KPA captives to leave the camp and escort them to the South Korean Army Training Center in the name of "release on the spot."
When the news reached Beijing, Chairman Mao said that Syngman Rhee was now very disappointed, and he had originally wanted to use the united States to annex North Korea and realize the "national reunification" of the so-called "Republic of Korea." Now, the US master is about to slip away, and he is ashamed and angry, and he wants to do it alone. Since he didn't want to, let's fight, didn't he rely on his capital ace division? Then get rid of him, there is no capital, and it is honest.
On June 20, 1953, Peng Dehuai discussed with Li Kenong, chief negotiator of the Chinese side, Deng Hua, acting commander of the Hinokura Volunteer Army Headquarters, and Yang Dezhi, deputy commander of the Hinokura Volunteer Army Headquarters, and with the consent of the central authorities, decided to fight another major campaign, this time against Syngman Rhee, and demanded the annihilation of at least 15,000 South Korean troops, including the ace capital division.
The so-called ace unit of South Korea, which allowed the Chinese Volunteer Corps to specially formulate a combat plan for annihilation, the "Capital Division" is one of the four main divisions of South Korea, and its division emblem, the White Tiger Regiment flag, is a white tiger head with bloody fangs, it is said that it has never been defeated in the previous Korean War, and it is called "Korea's First Honorary Division" by senior GENERALs of the US Army, and enjoys the reputation of "invincible tiger" in South Korea. The first regiment of its "Capital Division", which enjoys the reputation of "the main force of the National Defense Forces", is the "ace regiment" of the "Capital Division", the trump card in the trump card, once became famous in the Xiangyang garrison battle north of the "38th Line", and was personally awarded the "Tiger Head Banner" by South Korean President Syngman Rhee, and has since been named "White Tiger Regiment".
Arrogant capital division
On July 13, the Battle of Jincheng began, and the Chinese Volunteer Army launched the largest shelling in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, more than 1,000 artillery pieces, which suddenly broke out in the silent night, and the shells rained down on the enemy positions. In less than half an hour, the Volunteers poured 1,900 tons of shells into the positions of the South Korean Capital Division, the Third Division, the Sixth Division, and the Eighth Division. Subsequently, under the fierce impact of the Chinese Volunteer Army soldiers, the Positions of the South Korean Army were scattered, the front line was completely broken, and the entire battlefield was completely dominated by the Volunteer Army in less than 1 hour. According to the United States:
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An incredible amount of artillery fire whistled overhead, and in the midst of the roar, they attacked the Korean defense line in the area. Under the onslaught of the Chinese army, the outpost positions were crushed one by one.
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South Korea's ace capital division bore the brunt of it, the White Tiger Regiment was swept by the thunderous and destructive roar of the volunteer army at the beginning, and the regimental commander Choi Hee-in urgently ordered reinforcements to be overwhelmed by volunteer artillery fire before they could set out, and all communication networks were destroyed. The funniest thing is that the 9th Company of the White Tiger Regiment was half destroyed by the volunteer artillery fire on the way, the company commander was also shot and wounded, the whole company tree fell and scattered, scrambling to escape, who knew that on the way to escape, it was mistaken by the US army for the volunteer army, a burst of random gunfire swept away, after half a day, only to learn that it was the flood that washed the Dragon King Temple.
The front-line volunteers were encircling and annihilating Rhee's South Korean army, and in the rear, 12 outstanding scouts led by Yang Yucai, deputy platoon commander of the reconnaissance platoon of the volunteer army, formed a crack reconnaissance detachment, and staged the classic play of "Surprise Attack on the White Tiger Regiment" in the midst of thunder and heavy rain. Capturing the victorious tiger head flag personally issued by Syngman Rhee to the White Tiger Regiment, Lin Yiol, deputy commander of the South Korean Capital Division who had made meritorious achievements in the battle of Baima Mountain and Shangganling, was thus captured alive by the volunteers, he was the highest officer of the "United Nations Army" captured alive by the Chinese Volunteer Army on the Korean battlefield, choi Hee-in, the leader of the White Tiger Regiment, was killed, the battle ended in only 13 minutes, and the 12 scouts led by Yang Yucai killed and captured 223 people in just over an hour, and only one of them was slightly injured. Created a miracle in the history of war.
Surprise Attack White Tiger Troupe Stills
The Twenty-sixth Regiment on the left wing of the White Tiger Regiment was also on the verge of collapse. As soon as the regiment's tank platoon arrived at the position, it was hit by rain-like shells, and the leading tank immediately caught fire, and the remaining two turned around and ran, and the front-line defensive position collapsed in an instant. At midnight, the volunteer troops captured all the surface positions of the Twenty-sixth Regiment, and the South Korean soldiers died and scattered, and one of them retreated into the bunker tunnel to hold on, and was blown down by the volunteer army with explosive packs and explosive canisters, and the recalcitrant South Korean army was killed in the bunker and tunnel.
Choi Chang-yan, commander of the ace Capital Division, ordered the Mech Regiment to quickly reinforce the White Tiger Regiment and the Twenty-sixth Regiment, and the leader of the Mech Regiment, Lu Gen-so, personally led the team to go, but unexpectedly, he entered the ambush circle of the volunteer army and was killed on the spot.
Another position of the Capital Division, the Position of the Artillery Group in Yuefengli, was also smashed by 1,000 shells dropped by the Volunteer Army in an instant, and there were the wreckage of artillery vehicles and fragmented limbs everywhere.
Captured South Korean troops
From July 17 to 27, four divisions of the South Korean Army were completely crippled, more than 53,000 people were annihilated, and more than 160 square kilometers of positions were recovered, plus Clarke, commander-in-chief of the "United Nations Army", and Taylor, commander of the US Eighth Army who succeeded VanVleet, organized a counteroffensive against the Chinese Volunteers
, a total of 78,000 enemy,
More than 192 square kilometers of positions were recovered.
The rapid and rapid attack of the volunteer army not only led to the complete rout of the South Korean army, so that Syngman Rhee no longer had the capital to boast, but also caused the contradictions between the Americans and Rhee to increase sharply, the Americans scolded Rhee for being incompetent, And Rhee scolded the US army for not being saved in the face of death, and finally had to honestly return to the negotiating table and make a promise of an armistice to China and the DPRK. Lieutenant General Harrison, chief negotiator of the "United Nations Army," has become much more honest, no longer has the arrogance and arrogance of the previous negotiations when he stomped on Erlang's legs or whistled, and he sat there solemnly, having to listen carefully and seriously answer a series of questions from the Chinese representatives.
July 27, and Douglas. MacArthur was on his toes when the USS Missouri signed the Japanese surrender ceremony, and clark, the commander of the "United Nations Army", did not say a word, and even signed his name with some frustration, after signing, Clark helplessly told reporters: "The place where we failed was that we did not defeat the enemy, and the enemy was even stronger and more threatening than before." ”
At 9:30 a.m. the next day, Peng Dehuai used a brush to write the three words "Peng Dehuai" on the text of the armistice agreement, Peng Dehuai signed it, and a congratulatory voice sounded in the room, and General Peng Dehuai announced: "All hostile acts in Korea have ceased, and the truce that the people of the whole world long for has been realized!" ”