Chapter 27 MacArthur: The Chinese are masters at war

Mania, mania, madness must be accompanied by mania. In the face of Incheon's victory, Lao Mai's offense became impatient. When advancing to the 38th parallel, Mai Shuai proposed a plan to advance to the Yalu River on Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of every November. We were about to reach the Yalu River, but we encountered a sudden and powerful attack. After being beaten in a daze, he turned around twice, regained his energy, and proposed to launch a general offensive to end the war and let the children go home for Christmas (December 25). Whether it's Thanksgiving or Christmas, the kids have to celebrate anyway.

As a result, Christmas has become a day for the Chinese army to attack on a large scale. During the Christmas offensive, MacArthur attacked quickly and escaped quickly, almost to the point of panic, and fled all the way to the 38th parallel. That is to say, the United Nations army retreated 250 kilometers within a week. In fact, there was no need to flee so far at all, because the attack capability of the volunteer army was too weak. Only relying on the two legs of the volunteers, can you catch up with the wheels of your car by carrying the load on your shoulders? However, in the face of the overwhelming offensive of the volunteer army, Mai Shuai really panicked this time.

At that time, American newspapers published a joke, saying that the fall of Pyongyang was imminent, and Mai Shuai asked the staff to draw up a plan to retreat 50 kilometers.As a result, the staff officer took the small-scale map as a large-scale map, and drew it to the 38th parallel.Mai Shuai was also in a hurry, so where is the painting?In this way, he ran to the 38th parallel. One defeat is all over the place, one defeat is all over the place. In the case of a defeat that wiped the ground, Commander MacArthur of the Wise I was dismissed. Once he was dismissed, he became a little sober.

He said earnestly to his student, General Ridgway, who succeeded him as commander: "You must be very careful when dealing with the Chinese, and you must not be careless. They are masters in war." In this way, the victorious general MacArthur, at the age of 71, was finally planted in the Korean battlefield, in the hands of Chinese general Peng Dehuai.