Chapter 73 Peng Dehuai's way of using troops: using key forces at key places

Dechuan City is located in the middle of the east and west coastlines of the Korean peninsula, in the middle of Mt. Miaoxiang in the north of North Korea, and is the joint point of the two troops of the United Nations Army on the east and west fronts. As a strategic junction, MacArthur, known as a military genius, would not fail to see that he sent a force there. It's a pity that although he sent troops, he only sent the most aggressive Korean troops to garrison. One of the most likely reasons for such a decision is that Commander MacArthur still underestimated the enemy, and he did not take the strategy and tactics of the Chinese generals or the Chinese army seriously.

On the evening of November 25, 1950, the second battle started. As far as the Volunteers are concerned, the success or failure of this battle on the western front depends on whether they can successfully occupy Tokugawa, so that the United Nations Army cannot look at the east and the west, and the Tokugawa will go directly south to the rear of the United Nations Army. A stab in the buttocks cut off the retreat of the United Nations Army on the Western Front. Then, pack the "dumplings" of the United Nations Army! Use a heavy hammer to sound the drum. When dispatching troops, Peng Dehuai handed over the task of attacking Tokugawa and interspersed with the United Nations army to close the door to the 38th Army and the 42nd Army who had been trained by him in the first battle.

In view of the importance of this interlude, when discussing sending troops, Peng Dehuai, as the commander, actually decided to go to the 38th Army headquarters in person to command this decisive battle on the front line. His decision was rejected by the Party Committee of the Volunteer Army Command. How can the marshal be a pioneer! The meeting finally decided that the deputy commander of the Volunteer Army, fierce general Han Xianchu, would be in charge of the front enemy headquarters, and he would command the 38th and 42nd armies on the left to block the enemy's retreat. Then cooperate with the four armies on the front to wipe out the United Nations army on the western front in one fell swoop!