In this war, faced with the huge disparity in weapons and equipment between the two sides, China actually defeated the strong with the weak. Forcing the defeated "United Nations Army" to sign an armistice agreement.

Clark, then commander-in-chief of the United Nations Army, once said: "I became the first general in American history to sign an unsuccessful armistice agreement. This is the biggest shame in my military career. "

This war is the Korean War. China's victory in the Korean War made the United States from shock to silence, and Britain and France from ignoring to facing up. How did the rest of the world react? What's so special about the victory of China Volunteers in the Korean War?

1June, 950, the Korean War broke out. Despite our warnings, American troops crossed the 38th parallel many times. The war is about to spread to the northeast of China.

At this time, the new China has just been established, and the people are enjoying the hard-won environment in short peace. However, the Korean War posed a serious threat to the security of our people and territory.

In order to ensure the safety of northeast industrial base. But also to safeguard the security of the country and the people. Chairman Mao and other * * * decisively decided to form the Chinese people's Volunteer Army.

195010/9, Chinese people's Volunteer Army "crossed the Yalu River" and went to Korea to resist US aggression and aid Korea. This war is not only a war to aid Korea, but also a war to defend the country.

In this battle to defend our country, our volunteers cooperated with North Korean soldiers and fought side by side with the United Nations led by the United States and the South Korean camp.

The performance of China Volunteers in the battle shocked the world.

Van Frith, commander of the Eighth Army of the United States, once commented on China's Volunteers to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea: "They have no bulletproof vests, no helmets, and the grenades they carry are shoddy, eating coarse grains and ground rice." This evaluation pointed out the backwardness of China Volunteers' weapons and equipment. However, with such backward weapons and equipment, the China Volunteers actually defeated the strong with the weak. Defeated the "United Nations Army" led by the United States.

Vernon walters, director of the US CIA, has publicly stated: "The China Volunteers in the Korean War are the toughest opponents the US military has encountered since the two world wars." .

So what was the equipment of China Volunteers at that time? How did the China Volunteers defeat the strong with the weak?

When the Korean War broke out, our new China experienced the devastation of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and was finally established. But at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic, everything was in ruins. Our country not only has a slow economic development, but also has a weak industrial base. Weapons and equipment are also very backward, and they are in a situation of "the enemy has me without, the enemy is more and I am less, and the enemy is good and I am poor".

According to statistics, when China Volunteers entered the DPRK, the US military had invested 1200 planes, including bombers, fighter planes and planes specially responsible for rescue, command and transportation. There are more than 300 combat vessels ships, including cruisers, aircraft carriers, destroyers, landing ships and minesweepers.

The US military has 1000 tanks and more than 330 armored vehicles on the ground alone. Each division is also equipped with other types of vehicles. Coupled with aircraft and ships, the joint operations of the army, navy and air force have been successfully realized. On the other hand, the number of volunteers, tanks and armored vehicles in China is basically zero. Each army is only temporarily equipped with about 100 vehicles for material transportation.

In addition, there are 6,049 guns in the US ground forces. China Volunteer Army has only 522 guns. The total number of guns of the first batch of volunteers entering the DPRK was less than 3,000, accounting for only 45% of the total number of guns of the US military.

In addition, there is a big gap between the two armies in weapons and equipment, and there is also a world of difference in communication equipment.

A division of the US Army is equipped with 1400 wireless communication machine and 1 100 wired telephone. China Volunteer Army has only 69 wireless communicators and 357 wired telephones.

The military equipment of the two armies is quite different not only in quantity, but also in performance and quality. China's volunteers are relatively backward in artillery and guns, while the US military has modern and advanced weapons.

As can be seen from the above statistical results, our military's weapons and equipment are far from those of the US military. So how did the China Volunteers defeat the strong with the weak?

This is mainly due to the effective tactics and fighting perseverance of the volunteers. After contact with the US military, the volunteers seized the tactical deficiencies of the US military. Decisively choose to use interspersed tactics to counterattack the US military. In the process of this successful counterattack. Our volunteers gradually built up their confidence. With flexible fighting skills and confidence to win, China Volunteers fully developed the revolutionary heroism spirit of "being especially hard-working and fighting". Finally, I succeeded in "turning over".

In this three-year campaign to resist US aggression and aid Korea, China Volunteers wiped out as many as 1 10,000 US and South Korean troops, including nearly 200,000 American casualties. The U.S. military suffered a terrible blow and was finally forced to send a representative of the "United Nations Army" to sign the Korean Armistice Agreement in Panmunjom, North Korea on July 27th, 1953.

Our volunteers won a great victory. When the news came out, it attracted the attention of the whole world.

After the victory of the volunteers, the United States was shocked at first, and then remained silent collectively. Why is this?

First, the United States cannot accept the reality of defeat.

At first, the United States did not care about the new China in its infancy. Think that with their own weapons and military strength, don't worry about China. However, our volunteers quickly pushed the US troops back to the vicinity of the 38th parallel in the battle. Even successfully occupied some battlefields of the other side. Eventually forced the us military to stop fighting. So the United States can't accept the fact that it lost to China.

Second, the desire of the United States to occupy Asia is shattered.

The reason why the United States has to intervene in this war on the Korean Peninsula is to control North Korea, and then control Northeast China. Achieve the goal of occupying Asia and eventually "dominate the world." But this dream was shattered after being defeated by China Volunteers and Korean soldiers and civilians.

Third, the United States is a victorious general, but once it fails.

Prior to this, the United States has always been a "winning general." On the European battlefield, the US military successfully defeated Nazi Germany. On the Pacific battlefield, Japan was crushed by powerful naval forces. In addition, the United States has an atomic bomb that can shock the world. Even if it is as powerful as the Soviet Union, we should be afraid of America. But the United States was defeated by China, which it "despised" in the Korean War. Naturally, it is very shocking and unacceptable.

Time magazine once wrote: "We suffered a failure, the most painful failure in American history."

After the shock, America was almost silent. Washington post once pointed out: "Washington greeted the news of the armistice in the Korean War with an indifferent and accomplished attitude, and was so calm that there was no joy." .

In addition to shock and silence, the United States also expressed great admiration for the China Volunteers. Former US President Hoover once said, "The United Nations Army was defeated by China in North Korea, and now no army in the world can defeat the people of China." .

After the Korean War, not only the United States changed from despising China to being shocked and silent. Britain and France also lost their contempt for China.

Since the Opium War, Britain bombed the Qing government with its powerful naval interests, which brought great suffering to the people of China. In the eyes of the British, the impression of China is still in the stage of decadent and cowardly Qing government.

However, after the Korean War was overwhelmed by the China Volunteers, the British government successfully changed this view. Even in public, he said, "The old China no longer exists, so we need to be careful about this new China in Ran Ran." .

For the French, the power of the new China has been recognized since then. 1964 65438+1On October 27th, France established diplomatic relations with China before the United States.

Of course, not only Britain and France, but also Japan's attitude towards China has changed greatly. Although Japan was defeated in World War II, it finally surrendered unconditionally. But in my heart, I always thought that I would lose the war because of the heavy blow of the US military. While ignoring the heroic resistance of China's soldiers and civilians.

Before the Korean War, the Japanese even thought that China was suicidal. But the final result still surprised the Japanese, and gradually they were full of awe for the fighting will of China soldiers. A Japanese scholar once said, "The performance of China Volunteers in the Korean War proves that China is no longer a closed country that can be trampled on at will, and this country has really awakened." . Later, insulting words were gradually deleted from various official documents, and were generally renamed as "China" and "China". Japanese society gradually changed its prejudice and faced China squarely.

In addition to these countries, the Korean War also had a far-reaching impact on the Soviet Union. After the victory of the Korean War, the Northeast, which originally belonged to the Soviet sphere of influence, was peacefully handed over to China. Moreover, the victory of the Korean War deepened Stalin's confidence in China's ability.

Subsequently, the Soviet Union actively carried out friendly cooperation with China. Give China economic, military and technical assistance.

In short, Chinese people's Volunteer Army's performance in the Korean War made the world "sit up and take notice" and won the respect of the world.

Because of its far-reaching significance, the Korean War is also known as the "founding war". So what does it mean for the new China?

First of all, the Korean War helped people build up national self-confidence. In War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, although our soldiers and civilians fought actively and paid a great price, the final victory did have a lot to do with the United States and the Soviet Union, and we didn't do it alone.

But the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was China's first initiative after a century of humiliation. In the case of disparity in weapons and equipment, China Volunteers faced the powerful United States. With flexible tactics and brave soldiers, the situation of the "United Nations Army" led by the United States was reversed.

We should know that the "United Nations Army" drawn by the United States completely includes Britain, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Greece, Turkey and other countries 16.

China successfully defeated the United Nations Army in the Korean War. This not only completely changed the humiliating situation that China was unable to defend itself in the face of powerful ships and guns, but had to cede territory to pay compensation. Also completely removed the "sick man of East Asia" hat that was buckled on his head.

Second, the new China has brought a peaceful environment and abolished unequal treaties.

The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea has brought long-term stability to our country and provided a stable environment for our country's development.

In addition, the victory of the Korean War also promoted the abolition of the Yalta Agreement. The Yalta Agreement is a partition agreement signed by the Soviet Union, the United States and Britain in Crimea, which is actually an exchange of interests among major powers. Among them, "China Dalian Lushun was turned into a trading port, and the Lushun military port was leased to the Soviet Union. The right to use the Northeast Railway is under the joint jurisdiction of China and the Soviet Union, which is an unequal bullying to China.

Through the Korean War, China successfully demonstrated its potential and determination to the Soviet Union. Subsequently, China successfully recovered the right to use all railways in Lushun Port and China.

Third, the new China has gained vested interests and long-term interests.

In the process of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, we accepted the equipment of 120 all-Soviet division provided by the Soviet Union. Including 103 light mechanized division and 17 heavy mechanized division. Moreover, the Soviet Union also helped us train the first generation of air force pilots, which is conducive to improving the combat effectiveness of our air force.

Not only was it wartime aid, but after the war, the Soviet Union also provided as much as 156 major aid to New China. This assistance covers many aspects of industry. This provides a solid foundation for the new China to realize primary industrialization.

Fourth, the spirit of "resisting US aggression and aiding Korea" was formed and became the spiritual wealth of future generations.

In this extremely cruel war to resist US aggression and aid Korea, the vast number of China volunteers went through fire and water, risking their lives and forgetting their lives, and wrote a heroic victory song. It has created an excellent example of defeating the strong with the weak in the history of human war. It also formed a great "spirit of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea".

The basic connotation of "the spirit of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea" is divided into five aspects: "the patriotic spirit of putting the interests of the motherland and the people first and striving for the dignity of the motherland and the nation. Heroic and tenacious revolutionary heroism spirit of risking one's life and forgetting one's death. The revolutionary optimism spirit of not being afraid of difficulties and always maintaining high morale. In order to fulfill the mission entrusted by the motherland and the people, he generously devoted all his revolutionary loyalty. And the spirit of internationalism in the just cause.

This great and noble spirit will also inspire future generations to remember history and forge ahead. To sum up, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea is not only a battle to defend the country, but also a battle to defeat the strong with the weak, and it is also a battle to wash away the shame of the past and win the respect of the world.

Pay tribute to the predecessors and pay tribute to the motherland. We should regard the "spirit of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea" formed by China Volunteers in the Korean War as a kind of precious spiritual wealth, and inspire ourselves to work steadfastly for a stronger country and happier people.