Chapter 98 Unexpected New Year's Eve

The last day of 1950. At 17:00 on December 31, suddenly, signal bombs rose one by one, and artillery roared. The Volunteer Army and the Korean People's Army launched a fierce attack on the 38th-line defensive position of the United Nations Army. MacArthur and Ridgway had thought of the Volunteer Army's offensive.But what they didn't expect was that the time interval between the Volunteer Army's second and third campaigns was so short. Only 5 days. The scale of the battle is so large and the time interval is so short, the Chinese soldiers are really powerful! This time, the Chinese soldiers once again put on the posture of a decisive battle of the whole army.

Originally, Li Qiwei also thought that the volunteers who attacked long-distance in the second battle were already extremely fatigued at this time, and launching an attack in a short period of time would lead to physical exhaustion; the logistics such as guns, ammunition, and food had also reached their limits, and they were unable to provide support at all. Therefore, in response to the sudden and violent attack, the UN army was in chaos. By January 2, 1951, the Volunteers had completely broken through the defensive positions of the United Nations Army, and some even attacked to the south of the 38th parallel, crossed the Linjin River, and penetrated into the United Nations Army positions to a depth of 40 kilometers.

Li Qiwei, who was good at retreating, saw that he could no longer defend, and immediately ordered: "Leave a small number of troops for cover, and the rest of the troops quickly retreat southward to preserve their vitality." What about Seoul, the capital of South Korea?The capital is Syngman Rhee's old face, and he can't lose face if he loses anything. Li Qiwei took a look at Li Chengwan, who was ashamed, and said a word coldly: "Throw away." If you lose land and keep people, everyone will gain; if you lose people and keep land, you will lose everything. Syngman Rhee couldn't understand Mao Zedong's military strategic thinking, but Li Qiwei, an American general who was a military strategist, understood it very well.

On January 3, the Chinese and North Korean troops launched a pursuit operation. On January 4, the 50th Army of the Volunteer Army, a part of the 39th Army and the 1st Army of the Korean People's Army entered Seoul. This is the first time that the Chinese army has invaded a foreign capital since modern times. In the past, the capital of China has always been invaded by others. The British and French allied forces invaded and burned the world-famous royal garden, the Old Summer Palace; The Eight-Power Allied Forces have invaded, and even rushed into the Forbidden City, smashing and looting in a mess;

The Japanese devils of the dog days even invaded. Not only Beijing, but also Nanjing were captured, and 300,000 of my compatriots were burned and killed.