At the end of July 1953, with the signing of the armistice agreement, Korean War declared the end. In order to consolidate North Korea's defense line and resume construction and production, it was not until 1958 that the country decided to withdraw the volunteer army soldiers back to the motherland. However, how to resettle the 1.3 million troops after returning to China has become a difficult problem. , who was the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army at that time, proposed a plan. After the organization held a meeting to study, it felt that this plan was feasible.
Yang Yong's original name is Yang Shijun. He is from Liuyang, Hunan. He was born in 1913 in a local poor family. Due to family poverty, the family was always bullied by local landlords and bullies. In addition to social turmoil, Yang Yong had a desire for revolution when he was young.
17 years old, his father fell ill and his family lost his financial resources. Yang Yong had to drop out of school and go home. However, this dropout provided Yang Yong with an opportunity to work in a revolution. Because of his outstanding performance in work, Yang Yong was sent to the Red Army School for study at the organization and joined Communist in the same year.
In just three years, Yang Yong was promoted to the political commissar of the 10th Regiment of the 4th Division of the Red Army. From the first anti-encirclement and suppression of to the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression of , Yang Yong participated in the war and achieved outstanding results.
In order to better command the team to fight, Yang Yong took the initiative to apply to study in military academies when he was in Yan'an. Later, he went to the Central Party School to continue his studies. He dropped out of school for some reason in his early years, so Yang Yong cherished all kinds of learning opportunities.
After returning to the battlefield, Yang Yong combined the knowledge learned in the school with practical experience and planned several sets of combat plans of different styles. Yang Yong used these combat plans to always win surprises on the battlefield and defeat the enemy.
At the beginning of 1953, Yang Yong was ordered to go to North Korea to aid the war. Under Yang Yong's command, the Volunteer Army fought a beautiful counterattack, which greatly shocked the US and South Korea's coalition forces and was promoted to commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army the following year. In July 1953, the two sides entered the armistice negotiation stage. At the end of July, the two sides signed an armistice agreement. The battle, which took nearly three years, finally ended. Although signed an armistice agreement, no one can determine whether the war will break out again. UN forces will not withdraw for a day, and the battle may start again at any time.
After the war, North Korea was full of evil and in a mess. In order to stabilize the situation, consolidate border defense, and to help North Korea restore national construction, our country decided not to withdraw its volunteer army for the time being. After the victory of the war, the volunteer army was arranged to engage in border guarding and restoring production and construction work in North Korea. From land reclamation and farming to water conservancy construction, to urban infrastructure construction, , the volunteer army can be seen everywhere.
As North Korea's urban construction gradually improved, in 1958, the return of the volunteer army was also put on the agenda. Since we are going to return to China, the arrangements of the volunteer soldiers after returning to China must be considered in advance. Back then, with the development of the situation on the Korean battlefield, our country was also continuously sending more volunteer troops to the Korean battlefield. By the time the armistice agreement was signed, the number of Chinese volunteer troops on the Korean Peninsula had reached 1.3 million.
In addition to the arrangements of issues after the volunteers returned to China, there is another issue that cannot be ignored, namely: whether the evacuation of the volunteers will allow the US military to take advantage of the loopholes to launch a surprise attack again. Faced with these two problems, Yang Yong, who was the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army at the time, thought about it and came up with a solution.
Yang Yong suggested that the "batch system" be implemented for the evacuation of the volunteer army. Divide the volunteer army into three echelons, first withdraw the volunteer soldiers stationed on the front line, withdraw them to the northeastern border defense area of our country, and then wait for an opportunity to observe the United Nations army's dynamics. If the other side takes the opportunity to make small moves, the volunteer army that has not yet withdrawn can respond at any time, and the volunteer army stationed in the northeast can also support and go out to fight as soon as possible; if the other side does not take other actions, they can continue to withdraw the troops next.
After the second echelon of volunteers withdrew, the third echelon stayed behind to observe the opponent's dynamics, remained vigilant at all times, and was ready to fight at any time. The second batch of volunteer troops withdrawn can be allocated to the Jinan Military Region with fewer troops to enhance the combat power of the Jinan Military Region. After the second batch of returning volunteers are arranged, the third batch of volunteers will be withdrawn. The third batch of volunteers can be dismantled and distributed to major inland military regions to expand and enhance the military strength in the inland areas.
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Not long after, General Peng organized and presided over a seminar on the details of the return of the volunteer army to the country. At the meeting, Su Yu also put forward some suggestions. First of all, he agrees with Yang Yong's proposal of batch retreat. batch retreat can not only observe the other party's dynamics well, ensure that our side does not lose opportunities, but also leave enough time for proper resettlement in the country.
Secondly, the second and third batches of volunteer troops can be placed in multiple directions and the average placement of each region to achieve a balanced state of north and south, which is more conducive to the unified development of national military forces.
Finally, after organizational research and decision, the plan proposed by Yang Yong and Su Yu was combined, and the volunteer army was dispatched and resettled as much as possible, and the first echelon stationed in the Northeast remained unchanged.
Soon, the news of the withdrawal reached the camp of the Korean Peninsula Volunteers. Everyone hugged each other excitedly. The country did not forget them, nor would it forget them. The children who traveled far away would eventually return to the embrace of their motherland!
