Chapter 86 Section 12

What was the real process of the Korean War?The U.S. military ignited the war on the 38th parallel.However, I made a wrong estimate at the beginning, probably because I overestimated the strength of the South Korean army and underestimated the strength of the North Korean army.The United States must have thought that even if the South Korean army was attacked, it would be able to withstand it for at least two months.However, as soon as they did it, they were immediately defeated by the North Korean army and fled.If it had known the strength of the South Korean army earlier, the U.S. military would have been ready to land in North Korea and start taking combat actions earlier.

At the beginning, the idea of ​​the United States was probably like this: when the North Korean army invaded and fought with the South Korean army, the United States accused the North Korean army of being an "aggressive army" at the United Nations, and immediately formed a United Nations army with the US army as the center to send troops, and it may estimate This period is at least one month or one and a half months. However, the development of the situation was contrary to expectations. The South Korean army was defeated too quickly, and South Korea immediately fell into crisis.In fact, it was precisely because of the wrong calculation that the U.S. military arrived in North Korea too late.The situation where almost all the U.S. troops stationed in Japan have been dimmed is also caused by the miscalculation of this combat plan.

Once in battle, the U.S. military itself was beaten to the ground by North Korean troops.As already pointed out, neither the fighters nor the bombers played a role.Tanks also failed to exert their power due to geographical conditions.And it has to constantly struggle with the guerrilla warfare of the North Korean army.The North Korean army is good at guerrilla warfare, which is known as the "Tiger of Changbai Mountain" Kim Il Sung's forte.Attacking with weapons taken from the enemy is their proudest skill. The U.S. Army was surrounded, and there was only a place to stand in a corner of South Korea. With great difficulty, it turned to the offensive by virtue of the Incheon landing.MacArthur originally planned to take advantage of the momentum to advance, break through the 38th parallel, and chase the North Korean army to the Yalu River.He believed that the wounds of the Soviet Union after the war had not been healed, and there was no combat effectiveness at all; he also estimated that China had just succeeded in the revolution and had no time to deal with foreign enemies.But China sent troops, and they came in the form of volunteers-this was something he hadn't even thought about beforehand.

According to MacArthur's thinking, even if Northeast China is occupied, the Soviet Union will not send troops.In fact, the U.S. bombed the Shuifeng Power Plant on the Yalu River.As long as this power plant is blown up, heavy industrial facilities in Northeast China will be deprived of power, and production will immediately stop.The U.S. military bombed the Suifeng Power Plant.However, the Soviet Union never sent troops. For the US military, destroying this power plant may also be a risky attempt.Perhaps they thought this way: the Soviet Union would not intervene, and the United States could fight the Chinese army; it could also use Taiwan's Kuomintang troops to fulfill Chiang Kai-shek's long-cherished wish to counterattack the mainland, regain the lost China, and still use it as a way to encircle the Soviet Union. ring.

But this adventurous policy frightened Britain, France and other countries, and the "indecisive" Truman also came forward to stop it.In this sense, it cannot but be said that China is wise.It does not fall into the trap of the United States and does not send regular troops, but instead throws a large number of guerrillas it calls the People's Volunteers into North Korea. The actual situation at that time was roughly like this: the Soviet Union’s stockpile of atomic bombs was far less than that of the United States, and the production of military supplies had not returned to the original level. As MacArthur predicted, it was impossible to intervene in the Korean War.

This is the reason why the United States called the Soviet Foreign Minister Malik's truce plan "begging for peace". As the United States has repeatedly declared, Japan is a solid link surrounding the Soviet Union and China together with Okinawa, Taiwan, and the Philippines, and Japan is the central link.In the Korean War, Japan played a bigger role in the munitions industry than the United States originally expected.To make the Japanese feel constantly threatened by the communist country, Korea must be permanently divided into two parts, and Japan must not recognize China. The fact that China and Japan are not on good terms plays a role in keeping the Japanese constantly tense about the international situation.The Self-Defense Force itself's task of defending Japan has been delayed, and it has become the auxiliary combat force of the United States in the Far East.The new Japan-U.S. "Security Treaty" played the role of this "iron principle".In order to maintain this situation, the United States must continue to instill in the Japanese people the idea of ​​fear of communism.

Just as all kinds of things that happened during the US occupation of Japan in the past focused on this focus, in the future (in essence, Japan is still under US occupation) the United States will probably still try to continue this type of conspiracy. General Van Fleet, commander of the U.S. military on the Korean front, once said: "The Korean War is a blessed event. What happens in North Korea, if not here, must happen elsewhere in the world." E. V. Stone said that the key to the secret history of the Korean War lies in this plain confession.There is no doubt that in the future when the United States discovers a "second North Korea" somewhere in the Far East, Japan must be the first to encounter the crisis of extinction.