Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

"After this retreat, how long do you think it will take for the US military to recover its strength and fight another large-scale battle of this scale?" Wei Hongjun and Deng Guo discussed.

Deng Guo thought for a moment and said, "It's unlikely to happen within a month or two. The US military suffered a crushing defeat this time, and its lackey troops performed poorly. The US military has undoubtedly lost confidence in them and will never trust them again. Because of this lesson, even if the US military uses lackey troops in the future, they will definitely strengthen their training. This is not something that can be accomplished in a month or two. Even if the US military wants to restore its own strength, it will not be accomplished in a month or two. Therefore, if the US military wants to engage us in a large-scale battle again, it will definitely not be accomplished in a short period of time."

Wei Hongjun nodded.

Wei Hongjun agreed with Deng Guo's judgment.

This defeat would undoubtedly be a significant blow to the US military. Without sufficient preparation, the US military would never launch such a large-scale operation again. However, after two consecutive defeats, the US military had lost entire units. Rebuilding the army was much more difficult than expected.

Moreover, without 200,000 troops, the US military would never dare to launch a battle of this scale again. "In other words, we have plenty of time."

"It should take at least three months." Deng Guo answered affirmatively.

Although the United States has launched a massive mobilization, too many units have been annihilated. Rebuilding these units requires a great deal of work. It would take months to get 20 troops into North Korea. Just look at what happened after Ridgway took office.

It took five months, and the US military only recovered five divisions.

Wei Hongjun looked at the map and said, "If the troops really advance to Wonju, that would mean they'll advance another 200 miles. This would put even greater pressure on our logistics. Gyeonggi Province has good transportation, but it also has a wide field of view, making it easy for the US Air Force to exploit it."

"Then we need to build more military stations and more warehouses." Deng Guo was already eager to try.

He said: "Old Wei, the situation of our troops now is different from when we first entered North Korea. At that time, our logistics troops had little experience and did not know much about the transportation conditions in North Korea. So in November last year, our logistics supply situation was very difficult. But it is different now. Although our logistics have been under great pressure in recent months, after several months of adjustments, the logistics work has been getting better and better. Although it is related to the support of the Soviet Air Force, it is also related to the greatly improved logistics transportation capabilities. The Soviet Air Force will not cross the 11th parallel, but even if they do, as long as we make all preparations, we can still guarantee the logistics of our troops."

Deng Guo is becoming more and more satisfied with the current logistics work.

To avoid US Air Force bombing, the logistics unit devised numerous strategies. Effectively, the current logistics and transportation performance was truly impressive. After all, much of this knowledge stemmed from the experience gained through the lives of the Volunteer Army throughout history, now being put to good use by Wei Hongjun. Deng Guo was confident that even if the troops advanced 200 miles, they would still be able to maintain their logistics.

Of course there are difficulties.

But they can all be overcome.

The current Korean War is indeed completely different. The Volunteer Army's weapons and equipment are much better than in history, and the Volunteer Army's logistical supply capabilities are much better than in history. They have also annihilated many more American troops. "What do you think, if we convert the tunnels we dug into large and small military depots, what will the effect be?"

"Of course it's good."

Deng Guo pointed to a map and said, "We're taking advantage of the opportunity to rest in the United States to build a large-scale storage facility for various supplies and ammunition in the area between the 200th parallel and the North Han River. This way, the logistical supplies needed by the frontline troops can be transported directly from here. It's less than miles from here to Wonju, and the transportation is very good. We can complete the transportation by taking advantage of the darkness."

Wei Hongjun was originally very worried about this year's severe floods in North Korea.

However, if sufficient logistical supplies could be transported and stored in the previously dug tunnels before the flood, these tunnels would become the best material transfer stations. The frontline troops should have no problem surviving for several months.

Therefore, Wei Hongjun said: "Control the central corridor and form a new defense line with Hongcheng, Wonju, and Andong. However, this is the absolute limit of our advancement. If we go any further, we will be completely exposed to the US Air Force. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for the troops to continue to advance south to attack Busan. However, the Korean comrades can send a large number of work teams south to learn from Comrade Fang Hushan to establish a regime in the south, carry out land reform, and mobilize the local people. Compete with Syngman Rhee for the support of the people and completely cut off Syngman Rhee's source of troops. No matter how powerful the US military is, if they want to fight a war on the Korean Peninsula, their troops are still insufficient. Therefore, they need Syngman Rhee's puppet army. But as long as Syngman Rhee's troops are cut off and Lee Jungman's puppet army cannot expand, the US military will no longer be able to launch a large-scale war. Instead, they will send troops to help the Syngman Rhee government fight for control of the south."

"Correct."

Deng Guo nodded.

Wei Hongjun said: "Then let's make a new plan based on this." "Okay."

On April 1951, 4, Wei Hongjun, Deng Guo, Jin Xiong, and Park Yiyu issued a combat order to the Chinese and North Korean armies in the name of the Chinese and North Korean Joint Command. Except for the troops still encircling and annihilating the US troops, the rest of the troops advanced southward according to the plan.

The troops were to control the central corridor.

In fact, it controls Hongseong in South Chungcheong Province, Wonju in Gangwon Province, and Andong in North Gyeongsang Province in the west.

Ridgway originally wanted to rest in the area around Hoengseong and Pyeongchang. However, after seeing the Chinese and North Korean troops moving south, he immediately abandoned his plan to rest and retreated. However, just as he was about to retreat, Ridgway received another piece of very bad news.

864 Temporary Armistice Agreement

As soon as General Ridgway and his troops crossed the Namhan River, he received news that made him furious.

Syngman Rhee left the puppet Third and Fourth Armies to deal with Fang Hushan's Fifth Corps, initially feeling confident. After all, the puppet Third and Fourth Armies combined numbered 70,000 to 80,000 troops, equipped by the US military and possessing exceptional weaponry. Tanks led the way, and trucks pulled artillery pieces. Chiang Kai-shek would have envied them.

In comparison, although the Fifth Corps had updated its weapons and equipment, it was no match for Syngman Rhee's puppet army.

Who could have imagined that these puppet troops, once farmers or even forced laborers captured by the Japanese, had only been in Syngman Rhee's puppet army for a few months, and under the influence of the inner circle, they had rapidly fallen into depravity, forgetting their origins. This was understandable, though. Ninety percent of the senior officers, starting with the division commanders of Syngman Rhee's puppet army, were former Japanese minions, most of them former puppet soldiers who had served as pawns for the Japanese. What good example could they set for the people below them?

They were eventually sent to destroy the Fifth Legion. However, after being released, they completely became bandits, wreaking havoc everywhere.

Perfectly took over the military discipline of Syngman Rhee's puppet army.

Syngman Rhee and Fang Hushan were both seeking support from the local government, primarily for recruits. Neither the current city government nor the Syngman Rhee regime was currently self-sustaining due to the economic collapse of the entire Korean Peninsula. Therefore, whether it was weapons and ammunition, or food, clothing, they needed support from the Soviet Union and the United States.

The only thing they can offer is manpower.

Develop the military using resources from the United States and the Soviet Union.

The US military's strength was always limited. To fight a war on the Korean Peninsula, the Syngman Rhee regime still needed to provide sufficient troops. The US military also needed some personnel from the Syngman Rhee regime to manage its logistics. Therefore, Syngman Rhee attached great importance to the manpower available to him.

The south was originally the source of troops for Syngman Rhee's regime. Initially, Rhee held an advantage, thanks to his mastery of propaganda, which portrayed the current regime as a formidable threat. However, after Bang Hushan crossed the Han River and advanced south, he dispatched various armed work teams to carry out land reform and establish grassroots democratic governments, quickly winning over many. Many of the policies implemented by the Workers' Party of Korea during this period quickly gained popular support. Bang Hushan was truly skilled in local land reform and the establishment of local democratic governments.

Because he had enough experience in this area when he was in the Northeast.

That is why the Chairman highly praised Fang Hushan's work.

Fang Hushan did a good job, and as a result, many students even supported him and rushed to join his Fifth Legion.

Fang Hushan's actions directly undermined Syngman Rhee's base, causing him to lose the support of the people in the south. This was why Syngman Rhee planned to annihilate Fang Hushan's Fifth Corps. However, Fang Hushan was clever. Although the Fifth Corps currently had over 20,000 troops, he dispersed these troops.

It follows the path of the military regions and field armies during the War of Liberation.

He himself led the elite of the Fifth Corps of about 5000 men as a field army, and the rest of the troops were dispersed to establish local armed forces everywhere. Fang Hushan still had talents in this area.

Many of Fang Hushan's troops had come to North Korea from China. While in Northeast China, they had participated in the formation of local governments and local armed struggles. Fang Hushan released these individuals to form local forces, achieving remarkable results. Despite a shortage of weapons and ammunition, the grassroots government was becoming increasingly stable.

Syngman Rhee's Third Army entered North Jeolla Province, and the Fourth Army entered South and North Chungcheong Provinces. The performance of both the Third and Fourth Armies was disappointing. After entering South and North Chungcheong Provinces, the Fourth Army appeared to be crushing the enemy, capturing cities and territories. However, any slackness led to attacks from local forces.

Chungcheongnam-do and Chungcheongbuk-do were home to numerous local forces. The puppet Fourth Army was completely powerless against them. Any attempt by the Fourth Army to plunder local areas would be annihilated by these forces. Consequently, the puppet Fourth Army troops could only hunker down in cities in Chungcheongnam-do and Chungcheongbuk-do, daring not to venture out.

The real big problem was with the Puppet Third Army. In the name of destroying the Fifth Corps, the Puppet Third Army began to arrest people indiscriminately in North Jeolla Province, of course mainly to steal things.

Because the western part of North Jeolla Province is a plain area, it is considered an important grain base on the Korean Peninsula.

That's how the troops are.

As long as discipline is lax and political education is inadequate, they are bandits. Hence the ancient Chinese saying, "Soldiers are like bandits; soldiers and bandits are one family." In reality, Fang Hushan's troops rarely operated in North Jeolla Province, at most sending work teams there. However, the puppet Third Army insisted that North Jeolla Province was Fang Hushan's stronghold, arresting many people, fabricating charges, and seizing their property. They brutally suppressed any rural area in North Jeolla Province that showed even the slightest sympathy with the Workers' Party of Korea. This, in turn, provoked a major uprising among North Jeolla farmers.

Fang Hushan, who had been operating in North and South Chungcheong Provinces, saw the opportunity and did not attack the puppet army in North and South Chungcheong Provinces. Instead, he led his 5000 troops to North Jeolla Province, leaving South and North Chungcheong Provinces to local forces.

Then they raided the pseudo Seventh Division of the pseudo Third Army.

Fang Hushan's troops were inferior in weaponry to the Puppet Seventh Division, and even faced logistical challenges as they were isolated. However, their combat effectiveness far surpassed that of the Puppet Seventh Division. The backbone of Fang Hushan's Fifth Corps were veterans of many years of combat, having even managed to survive behind enemy lines during the chaotic period following the UN landing at Incheon. They were capable, experienced, and unwavering in their fighting spirit.

In comparison, how long did the pseudo Seventh Division receive training?

Furthermore, the puppet 500th Division had never expected Fang Hushan to appear there. Fang Hushan only retained a mobile force of men, precisely to improve their mobility. As a result, Fang Hushan defeated the puppet th Division in just four hours. The puppet th Division had forgotten the superiority of their weapons and equipment, abandoning them in a desperate attempt to escape.

Soon Fang Hushan continued his efforts.

A surprise attack was launched overnight, and two regiments of the puppet 8th Division were defeated.

Upon hearing the news, the puppet 9th Division immediately fled North Jeolla Province with its troops. However, the puppet 7th and 8th Divisions were not so lucky. They had committed too many atrocities in North Jeolla Province. After the puppet troops were defeated, how could the farmers in North Jeolla Province let those stragglers go?

Fang Hushan saw the hatred that the people of North Jeolla Province had for Syngman Rhee's troops. Therefore, he immediately began to spread propaganda there and then formed a force in North Jeolla Province. He easily expanded the army in North Jeolla Province to 10,000 people.

Furthermore, upon hearing about the actions of the puppet 7th and 8th Divisions in North Jeolla Province, many localities proactively contacted Fang Hushan. It can be said that the actions of the puppet three armies in North Jeolla Province had brought widespread notoriety to the Syngman Rhee regime. The Rhee regime, already composed of numerous and minor Japanese lackeys, had a poor reputation. Now that the puppet three armies had committed such egregious acts, they had lost even more support.

After the puppet Third Army evacuated from North Jeolla Province, the puppet Fourth Army could only evacuate from South Chungcheong Province and North Chungcheong Province. As a result, during the retreat, the puppet Tenth Division was attacked by Fanghu Mountain.

Fortunately, the puppet 10th Division had many cars, and the roads here were very good, so they tried their best to escape and actually managed to get halfway out.

But all the troops of the puppet Fourth Army were shocked.

Fang Hushan's troops were elusive. They had no choice but to hasten their evacuation. However, during the evacuation, they were attacked daily by local forces from South and North Chungcheong Provinces. They fought tooth and nail to reach South Gyeongsang Province. Of the 70,000 or 80,000 troops of the puppet Third and Fourth Armies, less than 30,000 returned. Their reputation was completely tarnished.

When Ridgway heard the news, he almost vomited blood.

The American military discipline is not necessarily that good. But what Syngman Rhee's troops did was really incomprehensible to Ridgway. The Syngman Rhee government currently controls limited territory, and the only area it can fully control is South Gyeongsang Province, so the manpower supply is already seriously insufficient. This time, the military expansion was only solved by capturing tens of thousands of people from Japan. But with his troops acting like this, how can he expand the army in the future? Where will he get so many manpower? After this battle, Ridgway has realized that there is no point in having too many messy troops. It is better to equip and train Syngman Rhee's puppet army. But with the current situation of the Syngman Rhee regime, where can they get the manpower to expand the army.

Li Qiwei wanted to vomit blood, but Jin Cheng was very proud now.

When the North Korean government was established, Jin Jin Cheng was not the most powerful faction. The Yan'an and Soviet factions were the most powerful, and they had the support of the Soviet Union and China. However, after the outbreak of the Korean War, Jin Jin Cheng took advantage of the conflict to launch propaganda throughout North Korea.

The main purpose was to publicize how Jin Jincheng led the Korean revolution. It was even said that Jin Jincheng had begun to lead troops in the Korean independence movement when he was a teenager. This kind of propaganda made Jin Jincheng's image in North Korea begin to become clear. Jin Jincheng used this propaganda to strengthen his influence among ordinary members of the Workers' Party and the people. Then, he took advantage of the victory of the volunteer army to recover the country one after another.

Taking back Pyongyang has made the political status of the city more and more stable. Now that Fang Hushan has advanced south, the influence of the Workers' Party is growing.

Therefore, Jinri Cheng ordered the First, Second, and Third Armies to continue their advance southwards and quickly control South Chungcheong Province and North Chungcheong Province.

At the same time, cadres were sent to take over the local democratic governments established by Fang Hushan in South Chungcheong Province and North Chungcheong Province.

It didn't matter if Wei Hongjun disagreed with continuing the southward advance. As long as the Chinese army annihilated the US army and weakened its strength, the Korean People's Army could accomplish the rest. Today's city was in high spirits, as the Korean People's Army already had over 20 troops.

Today, Cheng believes that even without the Chinese army, it is completely different from a few months ago.

At that time, Jin Gu Cheng could only retreat because he had no army. But now it was different. Jin Gu Cheng began to take the initiative on the battlefield. As the three corps of the Korean People's Army advanced south, South Chungcheong Province, North Chungcheong Province, and North Jeolla Province all came under the control of the Korean People's Army.

The situation on the Korean Peninsula took a sharp turn for the worse, putting the US government in a difficult position. Truman was now very anxious.

It's fair to say that the entire United States was anxious. Truman couldn't understand why the US military was suffering repeated, and often such severe, defeats against the Chinese. MacArthur in Japan, upon hearing of Ridgway's defeat, once again called for the use of the atomic bomb. Only the atomic bomb could now stop the Chinese army.

Truman was also worried.

If the Chinese army continued its reckless advance southward, he wasn't sure whether Busan could be held. If things got to that point, what would happen? Would the Korean Peninsula really have to be abandoned? That was something Truman couldn't accept.

The United States could not accept the Korean Peninsula becoming Soviet territory.

Losing the Korean Peninsula wouldn't be a problem, but losing it would be a serious problem. Would they really have to use atomic bombs to stop the Chinese army? But using atomic bombs would draw the Soviet Union into the conflict. The United States wasn't prepared for World War III.

Just look at the current situation of the U.S. military.

Therefore, Truman wanted to negotiate a truce with China. This time, it wasn't an excuse; Truman truly wanted a truce. Two defeats, both so severe, had already begun to make Truman lose faith in resolving the Korean Peninsula issue through force.

American generals used to say that the Chinese army was nothing but peasants armed with primitive weapons.

Even after the defeat of the first battle, American generals continued to claim that the defeat was entirely due to MacArthur, not the strength of the Chinese army. Truman listened, and he was unwilling to accept this, so he wanted to have another serious confrontation with the Chinese army.

But what about this time?

Why was we defeated again this time?

Considering the current situation on the Korean Peninsula, Truman understood that negotiations were necessary. He couldn't allow the Chinese army to actually reach Busan. Therefore, the US government removed MacArthur from his post without informing him. This was because MacArthur, a defeated general, was not staying put in Japan, but instead was actively active, recently even clamoring for the use of atomic bombs against the Chinese and North Korean forces.

This was in stark contradiction to Truman's pursuit of negotiations with China and North Korea.

After MacArthur was removed, the US government actively prepared to negotiate with the Chinese and North Korean armies, but there was no channel.

At such a critical moment, the lack of a direct communication channel was indeed very troublesome. So Truman immediately notified the Soviet ambassador to the United States, asking the Soviet Union to help inform China and North Korea that the United States wanted to negotiate a ceasefire with them. The Soviet Union conveyed the US proposal to China and North Korea.

At the same time, the Soviet Union expressed its hope that China and North Korea would accept negotiations. The Soviet Union also feared the United States would actually use atomic bombs on the Korean Peninsula. The Soviet Union believed that if the Chinese and North Korean armies truly attempted to push the US military into the sea, the United States might actually use atomic bombs. This was not what the Soviet Union wanted.

What would the Soviet Union do if the United States actually used the atomic bomb?

The United States wasn't ready for World War III, and neither was the Soviet Union. Perhaps it was simply that the Soviet Union didn't want to fight a war itself. That's why the Soviet Union expressed its hope that China and North Korea would carefully consider armistice negotiations. China and North Korea hadn't responded yet, so on April 1951, 4, General Ridgway publicly addressed reporters, inviting both sides to join in armistice negotiations. At this point, Ridgway was still on his retreat.

Soon the Chairman sent a telegram to Wei Hongjun, asking for his opinion.

Wei Hongjun and Deng Guo believed that negotiations were possible.