War is an evil that is difficult to expose in human civilization, but in the human world, war has certain positive effects that are undeniable.
The rise of a powerful country and the prosperity of a great nation are often inseparable from war.
People hate and fear war, but they actually enjoy the dividends brought by war.
Throughout the past and present, at home and abroad, there is no revolution without bloodshed, and no progress without sacrifice.
The Yellow Emperor fought against Chiyou in Zhuolu, and finally became the ancestor of China. Qin Shihuang swept across Liuhe, laying down millions of corpses, and laid the foundation of China's two thousand years of feudal dynasty.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu in the Battle of Mobei, seized the hegemony of the Asian continent and even the world, and became the well-deserved world's most powerful country. Countless people are still proud of the strong Han .
A great man once said: "If you hit with one punch, you will avoid hundreds of punches coming at ."
The truth only exists within the range of the cannon. Resisting US aggression and aiding Korea is the founding battle of New China.
Countless martyrs spilled their blood in foreign lands. According to incomplete statistics, there are about 20,000 Chinese volunteer soldiers captured by the US military, but in the end, only more than 7,000 of them returned home.
Where did the remaining 20,000 people go? Where are they?
Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, everything was in ruins, and the land of China was devastated.
Not only was it the eight-year War of Resistance and Liberation, China's development had long since stagnated in the late Qing Dynasty.
For nearly a century, the land of China has been shrouded in dark clouds of darkness and division at all times. Internal and external troubles have continued one after another, and there is simply no time and capital for construction and development.
Although it is already in the middle of the 20th century, compared with other European and American powers that have experienced the industrial revolution and even the two world wars baptism, the gap between is calculated in centuries.
Everything is difficult at the beginning. Although there is an unimaginable gap between us and the standard of a world power, our ancestors are not discouraged and are confident that our nation will never lose to anyone.
But just when we were preparing to take root and start construction, a war broke out in our neighbor not far away, the Korean Peninsula.
The United States did not take into account the feelings of New China at all. Forcibly organized the United Nations Army , commanded by MacArthur , and implemented the famous " Inchon landing ".
This strategy was a great success, and it can basically be said to have eliminated all the effective forces in North Korea. The balance of the war instantly tilted towards the Western powers led by the United States.
The Korean Peninsula is only a stone's throw away from the three eastern provinces of our country, separated only by a short Yalu River.
There is a saying from our ancestors, which is called "How can we allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the bed?"
Moreover, the intentions of Western capitalist countries such as the United States are also very obvious, just like "Xiang Zhuang dances with sword with the intention of Pei Gong" at the Hongmen Banquet.
New China is exactly this Peigong , but at that time the situation was stronger than the people.
As mentioned before, compared with the European and American powers, our strength is not the same in terms of weapons and equipment, logistics and comprehensive national strength.
At that time, the only country that could truly compete with the United States in terms of national strength and all aspects of strength was the Soviet Union, which was also a superpower.
However, the Soviet Union will not openly take action. The only one who can take action is New China, which has just been founded.
As a result, a generation of great men overcame all opinions and personally appointed Marshal Peng Dehuai as the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army, thus kicking off the heroic prelude to the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.
The cruelty of war is far beyond our imagination when we live in peaceful times.
Flesh and blood flying everywhere, stumps and broken arms scattered all over the wilderness are commonplace. The most terrifying thing is the stray bullet that comes from nowhere. In the moment you don't react at all, it will take away a fresh life.
Faced with the steel torrent of the US military, the volunteer soldiers only had Xiaomi and rifles in their hands.
A handful of fried noodles and a handful of snow, but the US military can sit in a warm tent and heat canned beef. With air superiority , they can even airdrop supplies to the soldiers in the trenches.
But the lack of material conditions did not defeat our people's army made of steel!
Prisoner Problem
After five battles, both sides were exhausted, and each had its own victory or defeat on the battlefield.
But to put it bluntly, war is just an extension of politics. If the United States cannot completely control the Korean Peninsula, then this war is basically lost.
China won, but it was a tragic victory, which just confirmed the saying: there are no winners in wars.
Among the various problems after the war, the handling of prisoners was also very troublesome.
Due to various reasons such as traditional culture, China has often not given equal respect and care to soldiers captured by the enemy since ancient times.
Chinese people pay great attention to the word integrity. The positive examples praised by history books are basically generals and civil servants who would rather die than surrender. These people are praised as national heroes.
such as Wen Tianxiang , Shi Kefa and so on.
One of the most famous examples is the general Li Ling during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
More than 5,000 of Li Ling's men were besieged by hundreds of thousands of Huns. Li Ling led his men to resist desperately, killing tens of thousands of Huns, and finally ran out of arrows and was forced to surrender.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty immediately ordered the genocide and beheading of Li Ling's family after hearing about it. Sima Qian just defended him and suffered corruption .
From this point alone, it is not difficult to see what kind of attitude the Chinese civilization will have towards war prisoners based on the traditional concepts passed down for thousands of years.
After the war, the two sides exchanged prisoners. According to incomplete statistics, more than 20,000 volunteers were captured by the Volunteer Army.
More than 7,000 of them returned to the mainland with the volunteer army after signing the contract after the war.
has gone through a series of reviews and screenings.
After the 1980s, the reputation of these veterans was slowly restored.
As for the remaining 20,000 people, they are mainly intimidated and coerced by the US intelligence agencies.
finally chose to go to Taiwan.
Chiang Kai-shek who was far away in Taiwan asked the US military headquarters to send these people to Taiwan.
The United States followed suit, and this group of people came to Taiwan to settle down.
Every soldier who goes to the battlefield and fights for the country and people should be given the highest courtesy and respect.
Not only do you think you are a hero if you die for your country, these soldiers who were captured because of the war cannot be deprived of the glory of having shed blood for their country just because they were captured.
