On the Korean battlefield, the South Korean army has a skill that is unmatched by all armies. With this skill, they can be said to be like fish in water, endure the least hardship, and fight the most cowardly battle, which makes the US military half-extremely angry! And this skill is escape.
Korean army is famous for escaping. Of course, don’t think that the skill of escaping is simple. It is actually more difficult than climbing to the sky by volunteer army ’s powerful tactics. Many times, the US military can’t escape even if it wants to run away, but the South Korean army has its own escape skills, which makes UN Army out of reach.
In fact, as early as the outbreak of Korean War , the Korean army's escape skills began to be displayed, and this time, they showed the escape speed.
On June 25, 1950, the Korean War officially broke out. Faced with North Korea's unstoppable attack, the South Korean army under President Lee Seung-moon . At that time, there were only light weapons and light artillery, and they were not opponents at all.
But I have to say that Lee Seung-man still has some ideas. On June 27, the 7th Division and the 2nd Division of the South Korean Army assembled the only 90 American light artillery in the entire army, trying to block the North Korean Army in the capital Seoul .
But how could this pitifully little firepower be the opponent of the North Korean army? Its defense line was broken within four hours at 38 degrees north latitude, and its troops were pointed directly at Seoul.
According to statistics, the manpower and weapons of the Korean army at that time were 2 times and 6 times that of the Korean army, and its main force was also the Korean division of the Fourth Doges that participated in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and its combat power was strong.
It was at this time that the trend of escapeist thought began to prevail in the Korean army. In the early morning of June 28, in order to lead the troops to flee south, Lee Seung-man ordered the blow up of the Han River Bridge, , in order to lead the troops to flee south, calling it "stop large-scale pursuit of the Korean army."
As the Korean army was defeated, Lee Seung-man was becoming more and more anxious. If this continues, South Korea will only be flattened. So in the afternoon of that day, he urgently called US President Truman to request US military assistance.
After a night of discussion, the United States decided to help me. On July 7, the United States let famous general MacArthur command the battle in South Korea.
Two months later, the US military relied on its unexpected Incheon to log in to , turning the situation around in one fell swoop. Then, the US military bravely crossed the 38th parallel and marched towards North Korea, and even burned the war to the Yalu River .
For this reason, the volunteer army had to go to North Korea to participate in the war. On October 25, the 40th Army of the Volunteer Army gathered in Wenjingli area and set its sights on the right wing of the US military, the 2nd Army and the 6th Infantry Division of the South Korean Army.
Wenjing is located in the lower reaches of the Qingchuan River . It is one of the only passes to enter North Korea by the volunteers. However, MacArthur deployed the Korean army in this small valley.
Logically speaking, with the help of the US military and advanced American weapons and equipment, the South Korean army should not be too bad.
However, the performance of the Korean army was beyond everyone's expectations. In the afternoon of the same day, the 40th Army of the Volunteer Army launched a raid, breaking the 2nd Army and the 6th Infantry Division of the Han Army in Wenjingli area.
Among them, the 2nd Regiment of the South Korean Army suffered the first blow. The entire regiment was completely shocked by the will of the volunteer army. Within an hour of fighting, 2,700 people began to flee to Nan in a hurry.
Interestingly, on the way to flee south, the 2nd Korean Army Regiment also left behind two US military advisers, and these two became the first US troops to be captured by our army.
However, what the volunteers did not expect was that at this time the Korean army made another trick: the other main forces of the Korean army might have been scared and actually sat on the verge of watching friendly forces besieged, asking the volunteers not to attack themselves.
Seeing that the Korean army was so timid, the volunteer army could not continue to stay where they were. Late at night on the 28th, our army launched a cross-circling and detour, and once again defeated the Korean army defending the Wenjingli area with a divine weapon.
On the way to flee, the South Korean army commander even ordered the troops to constantly drop heavy equipment assisted by the US military in an attempt to hinder the Volunteer Army's offensive pace.
And the great retreat of the Korean 2nd army also affected friendly forces, completely exposing the right wing of the US military to the vision of the volunteers.
On November 1, the Volunteer Army launched a general attack on the 1st Ace Cavalry Division of the US Army, which is the famous Yunshan Battle . After three days of fierce fighting, most of the US Ace Cavalry Division was surrounded and annihilated, and the coalition forces could only retreat to the Qingchuan River.
At this point, the first battle of the volunteers entering North Korea was successfully concluded. Whether it was the US military that threatened to go home for Christmas or the Korean military that wanted to unify the north and south, they were slapped hard in the face.
And on the way to the United Nations Army's retreat, there is another amazing fact. Due to the lack of supplies for winter in the South Korean army and the excessive chaos in the escape south, more than 400,000 Korean troops died in this retreat!
It has to be said that the Korean army's escape skills are indeed unmatched. In addition to being particularly capable of running, there are also a large number of deaths during the escape, which is even greater than the deaths in battle. It is extremely rare in history. The fundamental reason for this catastrophe is the low combat power of the Korean army.
On the one hand, the Korean army itself was composed of the Japanese puppet army during the Second World War and the Korean police lackeys, with very weak quality and will. On the other hand, the South Korean army rarely undergoes formal training after it was formed, and the United States also restricts its development, so its combat power is naturally not high.
It’s no wonder that during the retreat, the Korean army suffered such huge casualties.
After that, MacArthur completely saw through the cowardly nature of the Korean army and did not dare to deploy it to important strategic locations, but instead broke them all over the place for use as a front division.
But the facts surprised MacArthur again.
In the Battle of Cheongcheon River from the end of November to the beginning of December, the US 8th Army, including the 1st US Army, the 9th US Army, and the 2nd Korean Army, completely defeated the Volunteer Army and was defeated on the whole line again.
And the fuse of this defeat was still the 2nd Army of Korea.
When the US army was still advancing north, the 2nd Army of South Korea not only could not capture the volunteer positions, but failed to defend the Tokugawa area. Finally, it left behind friendly forces and began to flee.
Like the last battle, the South Korean army left behind the supplies of US military assistance. Some of them were basically disintegrated on their way south, while the other part was relatively smart. They knew to lean against the US military and thought that this would survive.
The great retreat of the Korean 2nd Army once again implicated the US military and interrupted MacArthur's Christmas offensive. The US 1st Army and the US 9th Army had to defend the narrow line of Gujiang Cave, making it difficult to exert their firepower advantages.
1 On November 28, the US and the remaining South Korean troops could only retreat again in order to reorganize the defense line and then fight the decisive battle with the volunteers.
In the Battle of Qingchuan River, the 38th Army of the Volunteer Army cut off the U.S. military's retreat with long-distance interspersed and detour tactics.
Under the pursuit of the volunteer army, the US 1st Army and the US 9th Army had to give up their defense line and break out with the Korean Army, which had collapsed to the point where they could only be revoked.
Until this time, MacArthur did not blame the Korean army much, because their army was late, and their weapons and equipment were given by the US military after they arrived, so they could not count on how high the combat power was.
But the most outrageous thing is that they actually "annihilated" a famous US military general on the way to escape!
1950 On December 23, 1950, US Lieutenant General Walton Walker took a jeep and patrolled the defense line. After the Changjin Lake Battle ended, the Eighth Army led by him was forced to retreat 190 kilometers to the 38th parallel.
This time, "the longest retreat in American military history", naturally made Walker extremely dissatisfied. You should know that during World War II, he commanded his troops to advance rapidly and made the reputation of "Ghost Army".
As a result, due to the two defeats of the Korean army on the Korean battlefield, Walker became the target of ridicule of his colleagues, and he was determined to wash away the shame. He kept urging the driver to speed up, and fortunately, he inspected the defense line within one day.
However, Lieutenant General Walker underestimated the determination of the Korean army to escape. When the jeep drove to the southern suburbs of Seoul, it collided violently with the Korean military truck that was running fast to the south.
The result is naturally needless to say. The jeep was hit by a military truck and it was smashed. Lieutenant General Walker also became the highest-level general who died in the Korean battlefield.
And the source of all this is the friendly forces of the United States. What's more bizarre is that Lieutenant General Walker was hit and killed while the South Korean army fled south. A generation of famous generals died so sloppy, which is very sad. After Lieutenant General Walker was killed, the United States sent Li Qiwei to take over as commander of the US Eighth Army. This is also a famous American general. He is even more cruel than MacArthur when fighting, but even so, he still cannot save the Korean army.
In his post-war memoirs, the Korean army described it as follows: the Korean army suffered heavy losses under the attack of the volunteer army. In their hearts, the Chinese army was like a god descending to earth. Once they encountered the volunteer army, they fled back without looking back.
In fact, the performance of the South Korean army is indeed lacking in excellence in the entire Korean battlefield. They were either on the way to escape or planning to escape. As long as they were surrounded by volunteers or were broken through a line of defense, they would be defeated.
Not only that, while the Korean army was running away, they would drop a large amount of US aid supplies and increase the strength of the volunteer army, while they would become a collapsed state and run towards the US military, disrupting the formation of the US military many times.
It can be said that the Korean army was almost unmatched in the tactic of escaping, so Li Qiwei felt that he didn't understand and publicly mocked: the Korean army would know nothing but escape, and their defeat was like an avalanche, and its speed was even three times faster than when attacking!
According to the analysis of Alexander, a famous American military historian: The reason why the South Korean army is so afraid of the Chinese army is, on the one hand, because the long-distance raid tactics of the volunteers are too scary, and on the other hand, it may be historical reasons.
After the end of the Korean War, the label that the South Korean army could only escape was imprinted in the hearts of the US military and even the world's military.
