Veteran never die

Chapter 212 Forgetting history is equal to betrayal

0212 Forgetting history is equal to betrayal

Arthur MacArthur III, MacArthur's only son.

"Come, let us pray together."

"Thank God."

After the prayers, the family began to enjoy a festive dinner.

After the meal, MacArthur, who never drank alcohol, made an exception and poured himself a glass of champagne. Holding the glass, he stood in front of the window and looked into the distance.

The radio in the room was playing the Thanksgiving menu for front-line American soldiers, which was very rich.

"Boys, this war is about to end, and you can return to the United States before Christmas." MacArthur muttered to himself.

The next day, MacArthur's special plane landed at Qingchuanjiang Airport in North Korea.

The military arranged a lot of ostentation and arranged for many reporters.

MacArthur patted the shoulder of the commander of the 24th Division, and said: "I have already guaranteed tickets to the wives and mothers of the boys. The boys will return to China on Christmas. Don't let me be a liar. The volunteers Hurry to the side of the Yalu River, everything will be fine, and you can go back to your country."

"Yes, General!" The commander of the 24th Division quickly agreed, although he knew that the commander-in-chief's words were for the reporter.

As soon as this remark came out, it naturally aroused the questioning of many reporters.

This is a breaking news, it will definitely hit the headlines.

"General, do you mean that the war on the Korean peninsula can end before Christmas?"

"Is it the 8th Group that carried out this mission? Hit the Yalu River, isn't this the border between China and North Korea?"

MacArthur smiled proudly: "Let's put it this way, the powerful offensive of my troops on the left will be unstoppable, and any resistance will be weak and hopeless. With the cooperation of my powerful navy and air force, my troops on the right will be in a very favorable position at that time." position."

"Friends from the press, the rendezvous of the troops on the left and right wings at the same time on the Yalu River is, in a sense, the end of the war, isn't it?" Finally, MacArthur asked rhetorically.

The reporter asked: "General, how many Chinese troops do you think are in North Korea? It is said that they have sent hundreds of thousands of troops."

MacArthur: "[-] regular troops and [-] volunteers."

Reporter: "General, what is the plan after the victory of the troops? What are the arrangements?"

MacArthur: "The Eighth Army is going back to Japan, and two divisions are going to Europe... Oh, and the children will be home by Christmas."

Afterwards, MacArthur and Mai took the plane and circled over the Yalu River in high spirits.

On the plane, MacArthur said to the accompanying reporters: "Friends, did you see it? Below is the Yalu River. In a few days, I ordered the Eighth Army to advance here. There is no force that can stop this attack. The war is coming to an end, take it easy."

[General MacArthur pledges to end war by Christmas]

【Christmas soldiers can go home】

【Victory is in sight-is Christmas not far away? 】

[This will be another brilliant achievement of General MacArthur]

【The war is about to end】

After laying the groundwork for so long, Wang Liang was finally able to talk about what happened on Christmas Eve: "At that time, news reports were overwhelming, and everyone felt that the United Nations Army led by MacArthur had already won. At the same time, on the eve of Christmas Eve, our volunteers"

MacArthur was not an idiot, but he still fell into the trap Mr. Peng carefully designed for him.

From the end of the first battle, according to various sources of information, MacArthur judged that the total strength of the Chinese army entering North Korea was no more than 4, which was only symbolic in strategy and limited in tactics such as protecting the Fengman Hydropower Station.

The so-called Christmas general offensive is that the US 8th Army is in the west and the 10th Army is in the east. It launches a pincer offensive and advances across the Yalu River, trying to wipe out all the Volunteers and People's Army in North Korea in one fell swoop, and strive to end it before Christmas. Korean War.

In fact, quite different from what MacArthur estimated, the volunteer troops who entered the DPRK early included six infantry armies, a total of eighteen divisions, three artillery divisions and one regiment, with a total of about 23 people.

The second-line troops are also following up intensively.

"Rush, it's too hasty. The three armies that were planning to attack Taiwan Province were all over the quota, and each regiment was a four-four or even five-five reinforced battalion. Due to the emergency of the Korean war, the soldiers from the south were too late to follow. During the training, they were not prepared to fight in the extremely cold place at all, and they even wore single clothes. After receiving the order to fight in the DPRK, they quickly set off." Wang Liang recalled.

He is not making up, but telling history, the unknown history.

It is always said how the Volunteer Army won the battle and how the United Nations Army was vulnerable. Is this really the case?

How many volunteer soldiers died there?

Can't count.

Wang Liang said: "In order to avoid the reconnaissance of the U.S. air force and achieve the purpose of secretly entering the DPRK, the troops have to travel day and night. In 1950, it was Christmas, the coldest winter in North Korea since it entered the [-]th century. There were more than ten people in each squad. , There are only two quilts. At night, the soldiers spread out the quilts on the snow, and a dozen people huddled on the quilts and hugged each other to keep warm to resist the severe cold of minus [-] degrees."

"Woke up early the next morning, and many soldiers were frozen to death and frostbitten. They didn't even see the enemy, and they sacrificed before firing a shot. They froze to death alive."

Why did Wang Liang react so strongly when he saw someone asking for a Christmas hat or shouting Merry Christmas.

is christmas really merry?
Happy fart!

On Christmas 67 years ago, countless volunteers froze to death.

People should live in the moment, which is a lot.

But to forget history is to betray!

If 67 years ago there were no soldiers who could not even name them, they walked through the mountains and forests covered with thick snow at minus [-] degrees Celsius in single clothes.

"Eat Ping An fruit on Christmas Eve, and eat turkey like others in the West. On Christmas Eve in 1950, I remember how we ate like this"

Wang Liang is like a angry youth, expressing his dissatisfaction.

I can't get used to it, I really can't get used to it.

"Exchanging some potatoes with the common people in North Korea, the troops didn't dare to get angry when they marched, so they boiled the potatoes in exchange at the common people's homes. By the time they were delivered to the soldiers, they had already been frozen into ice lumps. I hadn't eaten them for two or three days. We’re hungry, we can’t bite, so we can only put the potatoes under our armpits to keep warm, melt one layer after another, chew on one layer, then melt, chew again, it’s really delicious.”

Just as Wang Liang was about to continue talking, the phone rang, and it was Yangshi's deputy editor-in-chief Zhu Peng calling.

In fact, Zhu Peng had already sent several messages before making the call.

It could be seen that there was something urgent, so Wang Liang hurriedly ended the live broadcast.

There is ample time.

(End of this chapter)