Chapter 48 9. The U.S. landing plan was stillborn

By the end of April 1953, preparations for the anti-landing operations had been fully completed, waiting for the "United Nations Army" to throw itself into the trap. The massive anti-landing operations prepared by the Chinese and North Korean troops have attracted the attention of the US authorities. The U.S. intelligence agency analyzed: "There are currently about 19 Chinese troops and five North Korean army regiments deployed in North Korea. Each infantry division in these troops is equipped with artillery, rocket artillery and tank units. Among them, about 300,000 people were deployed in coastal areas where landing operations were likely to occur, and could be immediately engaged in coastal operations. Since 1951, the Communist Party has greatly strengthened their coastal and front-line defenses, and established a well-organized, well-equipped, deep A defense system that may reach 20 miles. Behind this, there must be a relatively weak second defense zone. There is also a third defense zone in the area across the Korean bee waist.... Along the current front to the east and west coasts, a large A deep and solid defense system has been formed. In the above-mentioned areas, the logistics reserve situation has been greatly improved.” The US Central Intelligence Agency believes that once the United Nations forces launch an offensive in North Korea as planned, “the Communist Party’s immediate response must be Carry out desperate resistance. The Chinese army will launch the maximum ground defense to resist the attack of the United Nations army, and implement a resolute counterattack."The Chinese Air Force will go all out to defend the Communist Party's airspace, and will launch an air attack on the landing forces of the United Nations Army. "We believe that the Communists will bear the loss of personnel and equipment suffered in counterattacks or against the offensive operations of the United Nations forces. At the same time, we cannot judge whether this level of loss will compel the Communists to seek an armistice."

The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff agree with this view.If a large-scale military operation is to be carried out in North Korea, the US military believes that even if preparations begin immediately, it will take at least a year.According to an analysis report drafted by the U.S. National Security Council Planning Agency, if a war broke out, it would take at least two years to prepare for the fight until 1955, and the combat cost is estimated to need an additional 7.0 to 7.7 billion U.S. dollars.If that were the case, Eisenhower's two main campaign promises to end the Korean War and reduce the budget deficit would come to naught.

Under such circumstances, the Eisenhower administration of the United States had to back down, and its large-scale military adventure plan had to be aborted, and turned to seek a negotiated solution to the problem. On April 20, the two sides in the war began to exchange sick and wounded prisoners of war. On the 26th, the truce negotiations, which had been interrupted for six months, resumed. The preparation for this anti-landing operation is large in scale and long in duration, exceeding the preparations for previous battles in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.It completely solved the worries of the Volunteer Army and the People's Army, thus enabling the Volunteer Army to fundamentally control the initiative of the entire battlefield.

Anti-landing preparations paved the way for the final victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.