Chapter 11 How Mao Zedong "named" the expeditionary army

Mao Zedong had a broad international political vision. He realized that the 16-nation army headed by the United States is called the "United Nations Army" and is more active in strategy, so we must confront each other.He gave the expedition army a name called "Chinese People's Volunteers".As soon as the name was called, the war was so fierce that tens of thousands of people died, but the United States could not find any reason to declare war with China. Although President Truman is unreasonable, he is a master of naming.He gave a well-known name to the participating troops of the United States and its 15 vassal countries in North Korea-"United Nations Army".

Playing the banner of the United Nations is a good name. This name can be described as unprecedented. It is the first and only one called "United Nations Army" in human history. Do you think that the United Nations Army was called casually? In fact, the so-called United Nations Army is just a banner.Other countries outside the United States are mostly "going to the market" to join in the fun, and there are also people who lick the American ass. They sent very few troops.The closest partner, the United Kingdom, sent the most troops, but only two brigades; France, etc., only sent a symbolic battalion; like Luxembourg, it sent only one platoon.

It's not as good as the number of people who went to North Korea in my village back then! However, whether it is going to the market to join in the fun, or licking the American ass, in the name of the "United Nations Army", it is well-known. It was time to send troops to North Korea. Mao Zedong realized that if others are famous, China should also be famous.The Chinese People's Liberation Army can't be called anymore, because the People's Liberation Army can liberate its own land and go to the Yalu River, but it cannot cross the border and "liberate" to North Korea!It doesn't make sense!

So Mao Zedong thought of a name - "Support Army".When soliciting opinions from the democratic parties, Mr. Huang Yanpei, the leader of the Democratic National Construction Association, was deeply inspired and stood up and said: "It is not appropriate to call it a support army." Mao Zedong asked: "Why?" Huang Yanpei replied: "The support army, the support army, is still sent to support, who sent it? Isn't it the country! Are we going to declare war with the United States?" Mao Zedong said: "It makes sense. Is there a better name for that?"

Huang Yanpei replied: "It is better to call it a volunteer army. Because of volunteering, it is not the government sending troops, but the nature of the people and voluntary nature." Premier Zhou Enlai immediately explained: "It is called the Volunteer Army, and there are international precedents. During the Spanish Civil War, during the famous Madrid Defense War, volunteers from various countries formed a volunteer army and voluntarily went to Spain to fight." "Okay, that's a good name." Therefore, the name of the Volunteer Army was accepted by Mao Zedong, who had been admonishing him like a stream.

On October 8, Mao Zedong issued an order to form the Chinese People's Volunteers. Since then, in addition to the Red Army, the Eighth Route Army, and the People's Liberation Army, the Communist Party of China has added a well-known name "Chinese People's Volunteers." The four names of the Red Army, the Eighth Route Army, the People's Liberation Army, and the Chinese People's Volunteers are powerful in China and are world-renowned. They have become the names of the Chinese military with global influence. According to the memoirs of Hong Xuezhi, deputy commander of the Volunteer Army, when Peng Dehuai arrived at the headquarters of the Northeast Frontier Defense Army in mid-October 1950, he jokingly said: "What volunteer army! I am not a volunteer. I was sent by my superiors!"

Hong Xuezhi also joked: "I didn't volunteer, I was arrested by Deng Hua when I went to Beijing for a meeting!" Originally, the Americans had a lot of small calculations. They thought that as long as they manipulated the United Nations, passed a resolution, and went to North Korea under the banner of the "United Nations Army", they would gain the strategic initiative. No matter how much you make trouble with the Chinese and North Korean troops, no matter how much you justify, you will be listed in the dock and become an aggressor opposed by the United Nations. What people didn't expect was that Mao Zedong actually gave his army such a name.Volunteer army, that is not appointed by the government, not the national army, but non-government, spontaneous, it is you who bully people in the United States, the common people can't stand it, and voluntarily organize to beat you.

Although the name of the United Nations Army is very large, it only shows that there are a large number of participating countries and does not have moral power; Volunteer army, however, is a commendatory term, which is just and has the moral power to reflect the support of the people. It can be seen that the name "Volunteer Army" is indeed higher than the name "United Nations Army". Because of this, in such a big war, the warring parties have never declared war. Americans can't find an excuse!If it declares war, it is tantamount to admitting that it is an aggressor.