In 1952, Peng Dehuai, who was on the North Korean front, received a domestic order to prepare to return to China. On the way to bid farewell to Peng Dehuai, Hong Xuezhi, as the deputy commander of the Volunteer Army, suddenly reminded General Peng: What we said at the beginning,

In 1952, Peng Dehuai, who was on the North Korean front, received a domestic order to prepare to return to China. On the way to bid farewell to Peng Dehuai, Hong Xuezhi, as the deputy commander of of Volunteer Army, suddenly reminded General Peng: What we said at the beginning, don’t forget after returning to China! What did Hong Xuezhi agree with Mr. Peng ? ?

Hong Xuezhi's call

In the winter of 1950, the volunteer army that had just entered North Korea won three large-scale battles in succession, which made people cheer. However, in this joyful atmosphere, the deputy commander of the Volunteer Army, Hong Xuezhi, was deeply anxious about , because of his experience of inspecting the Volunteer Army's logistics lines a few days ago.

That day, Hong Xuezhi and the guards personally inspected a hidden truck transportation road . As a result, when the convoy was driving near a bridge, they suddenly encountered an air strike by a US military aircraft. Two trucks exploded and caught fire on the spot, and one driver died.

This time the distress left a deep impression on Hong Xuezhi : Even in the rear hundreds of kilometers away from the front line, the US military can use aircraft to seriously threaten the Volunteer's logistics route! For the volunteer army, there is probably no difference between "front line" and "back".

Coincidentally, on the eve of the fifth battle to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, the most important Sandeng warehouse , the volunteer army was unfortunately exposed, and 120 precious materials from the car were bombed. It is also due to this incident that the front-line volunteer soldiers experienced a large-scale food shortage crisis. Hong Xuezhi realized that attaching importance to logistics must become the most important policy for the Volunteer Army at the moment.

For this reason, he stayed asleep day and night. Based on his experience of 's multiple inspections on logistics lines , he wrote a "Instructions on Supply Issues". Hong Xuezhi pointed out seriously that the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea was a modern standard war, a war to compete for manpower and material resources. If the logistics work is not in place, there is no way to talk about the victory of Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.

Service Commander-in-Chief

Volunteer Army Commander-in-Chief Peng Dehuai gave a high evaluation when he saw this manuscript by Hong Xuezhi. He was the first senior general to propose the importance of logistics.

Therefore, in April 1951, General Peng asked Hong Xuezhi to return to China and strive to solve some major logistical problems in under the central coordination. Leaders such as Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and others met with Hong Xuezhi, and adjusted the direction of domestic production based on Hong Xuezhi's report and increased their support for the Volunteer Army.

However, it is not enough to increase the efforts alone. We must find a way to establish an effective allocation of materials for the volunteer army command organization , enhance the supply efficiency of the logistics system, and deliver key materials to the troops that need supplies the most. Therefore, the Central Military Commission decided to add a service headquarters in the Volunteer Army to coordinate the allocation of all military supplies sent to the battlefield of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, including food, cotton, bullets, artillery shells, vehicles, etc.

In Peng Dehuai's view, the best leader of this service headquarters is Hong Xuezhi , but Hong Xuezhi is a little reluctant to serve.

Firstly, he was born into a political cadre, and this time he cared about logistics business was entirely out of his own consciousness, not his professional scope; secondly, the logistics work of the Volunteer Army is extremely difficult. In the absence of air defense means, American aircraft almost felt like they were in a no-man and could attack the logistics lines in the rear at will. Hong Xuezhi knew that the burden of the commander of the service department is too heavy .

But Mr. Peng obviously only trusted his ability. In desperation, Hong Xuezhi proposed two conditions for Mr. Peng : First, if he did not do the logistics work well, he would dismiss himself as soon as possible and let the capable comrades take the role; second, after returning from North Korea, he would still have to work in political work, and not let himself continue to do logistics in the future. After hearing Hong Xuezhi's request, President Peng laughed and agreed to these requests on the spot.

The hero behind the resistance to U.S. aggression and aid Korea

After Hong Xuezhi served as the commander of the service department, he solved many problems in the logistics of the Volunteer Army with a rigorous work attitude.In response to the difficulties in car transportation, Hong Xuezhi called on the Transportation Corps to exert the spirit of "carrying people on their shoulders". accumulates a lot of , and each soldier brings forty or fifty kilograms of grain to transport it scatteredly to prevent air strikes from US aircraft.

In addition, he surveyed the terrain on the spot and built hidden bunker on some important lines, greatly reducing the losses caused by the transportation convoy due to air strikes. In the second year of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the US military increased the frequency of aircraft dispatching, and the number of fighter aircraft attendance reached the initial seven times. However, Hong Xuezhi still overcomes various difficulties, increasing the logistics supply by 2 times, effectively alleviating the dilemma of food and ammunition in the Volunteer Army.

1952, Peng Dehuai was ordered to return to China. On the way to bid farewell to Mr. Peng, Hong Xuezhi suddenly reminded Mr. Peng: What we said at the beginning, don’t forget after returning to China!

Peng Dehuai was confused at first, but after being reminded, he suddenly realized it. He laughed and said: As a Communist Party member , shouldn’t the party do whatever the work assigned to? However, Hong Xuezhi also had a relationship with him when he was working in the logistics industry. He gave his old comrades a tight hug and sent Mr. Peng onto the plane back home.

Overall, the logistics of the volunteer army has been on a positive trend. With the secret entry of the Soviet Air Force into North Korea, a "-meter corridor " was established in northern North Korea, effectively intercepting the arrogant US aircraft. In addition, a large number of trucks produced in the Soviet Union were added to the logistics system, and enhanced the capacity of .

At the beginning of the entry of North Korea, the Volunteer Army had only more than 1,200 trucks, but in 1952, the number of trucks in the Volunteer Army had reached more than 20,000. After the logistics situation was improved , the soldiers not only had warm cotton coats, but also could eat fried dough sticks, soy milk, canned food, biscuits and other foods on the front line.

It can be said that from fried noodles to later soy milk fried dough sticks, this reflects Hong Xuezhi's logistical achievements in . He is the well-deserved hero behind the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.