Chapter 46 The reason for losing the battle: to solidify the inherent knowledge

On October 31, the vanguard of the US 1st Cavalry Division, the 8th Cavalry Regiment, entered Yunshan. The main force of the division also entered Longshan Cave, south of Yunshan Mountain. At this time, in the Unsan area, in addition to the main force of the US 1st Cavalry Division, there were also the 15th Regiment and part of the 12th Regiment belonging to the 1st Division of the Korean Army. Entering Yunshan City, before the buttocks of Palmer, the commander of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, touched the surface of the chair, a Korean officer ran in crookedly: "Report, report, sir, our troops have encountered a surprise attack from the Chinese army. Due to their lack of defense, the troops have been defeated by them."

After hearing this, Commander Palmer squinted at the Korean officer, which meant: Who made your Han army so unrestrained! "Sir, what we encountered this time was the Chinese army. They fought desperately and hit us with a surprise attack." "Chinese? It's you people of the yellow race! They can also fight?" Commander Palmer smiled slightly. "Sir, you can be sure that there are already Chinese troops around Yunshan, and they are very capable of fighting!" the Korean officer summoned up his courage to argue. "Got it, go down." Commander Palmer waved his hand impatiently.He thought to himself, after losing a battle and still making excuses, it is no wonder that such an army is undefeated!

A staff officer came over and suggested that this new situation should be reported to the division headquarters. Upon hearing this, Commander Palmer immediately opened his bell eyes, and shouted solemnly: "Before the gunshots, report first. This is not the style of my 1st Cavalry Division!" At this time, in Commander Palmer's thinking habits, the Chinese army, like the Korean army, was nothing more than a group of medieval infantry with no modern combat experience and combat capabilities, a group of rabble who would fight and run. He never believed that the Chinese army had the courage and ability to challenge the 1st US Cavalry Division.

Taking a ten thousand step back, the Chinese dare to compete. As long as the U.S. military lights up the guy, pulls the formation, the heavy artillery slams, the tank rumbles, and the plane bombards, then these Chinese troops will not be beaten. ! Not only Commander Palmer thinks so, but Commander Gay of the 1st Division thinks so, and Commander MacArthur also thinks so. If a public opinion survey was conducted in Western countries, or even the whole world, I am afraid that more than 99% of people would think so. Habits, inherent habitual knowledge, are hard to change once formed; and once solidified, it is even more difficult to change.In the case of changes in the opponent's strength, if you use this understanding to guide operations, you will have to stumble.

There is a price to be paid for the change of inherent understanding, sometimes even the price of blood. The U.S. military changed its inherent understanding of the Chinese military and the Chinese only after paying the price of thousands of lives. At this time, the sound of guns and guns rang out all over the mountains and plains, and the inherent understanding of American soldiers towards Chinese soldiers for hundreds of years is about to change!