Korean War: The Historical Truth of China Army's "Slaughtering" of American Prisoners of War
Western media flocked to1951114. Just as the Kaesong armistice talks reached a deadlock, James, director of the Military Law Division of the Eighth Army of the US Army, invaded North Korea. Colonel Hanley called a reporter in Busan and issued a sensational statement, saying that according to reliable information, the * * * army killed 5,500 American prisoners of war and 290 other allied prisoners of war in North Korea. The next afternoon, the American military radio station began to broadcast the so-called? The truth about the violence? . US President Truman also issued a statement on this incident, saying that the massacre of American prisoners of war reported by Hanley was the most barbaric incident in this century. ? The speech of the President of the United States has aroused great agitation. A large number of newspapers and radio stations in the western world are fanning the flames, adding fuel to the fire and immediately killing American prisoners of war in the East? Brutal violence? The rendering is lifelike. An Associated Press news also provides an interesting numerical comparison: on the Korean battlefield, the number of American officers and men fighting the * * * army is 6 194; As many as 6,270 American prisoners of war who laid down their weapons were killed by the * * * army! The most wonderful publicity lies in the intuitive historical comparison. They say that the cruelest way for the army to treat American prisoners of war is to repeat the mistakes of Japanese militarists? Forcing prisoners of war to do it? Death March? . At the moment, a lot of media are competing to describe it? Death March? The story came, and it made a lot of noise, which made readers and listeners dumbfounded and creepy. World War II? Death March? So-called? Death March? The Philippine Islands in the Pacific Battlefield of World War II. /kloc-in the summer of 0/942, the Japanese army stormed Bataan Peninsula and Korros Island one after another, and the US-Philippine Coalition forces were defeated. Mrs. MacArthur, commander of the American Far East Army, fled the battlefield by submarine. Major General Wye Neureiter, who took over the command of the war, obeyed the will of the White House, believing that persistent resistance would only cause unnecessary casualties and ordered all American and Filipino troops to surrender unconditionally. The Japanese sent someone to escort General Huai Neureiter to Shenyang, China, and put him in prison. At the same time, all American and Philippine prisoners of war were ordered to March on foot for a long distance, starting from Mariwells in Bataan Peninsula and heading for the prison camp in san fernando, with the journey exceeding 1000 km. At this time, it is in the heat, the epidemic is prevalent, and food is scarce. The Japanese army even killed prisoners of war. When they arrived at their destination, the number of casualties reached more than 25,000. A few months later, three American soldiers escaped from the Japanese prison camp and crossed the sea to Blistan, Australia. This time, they were uncovered? Death March? Secret. After learning the details, General MacArthur was furious and ordered all the details to be released to the press immediately. At that time, the highest authorities in Washington decided to ban the publication of detailed records of this atrocity in order to cover up the defeat in the Pacific battlefield. But in the United States, after all, there is no barrier to cover the eyes of journalists. Death March? The inside story gradually spread and became a household name. The development of the situation at that time proved that Washington's fears were superfluous. Open? Death March? The inside story not only did not affect the morale of the US military, but aroused the unity of American soldiers, the American people and even the people of the world. The U.S. military obviously wants to copy the past success, so it copied the Korean peninsula? Death March? This story. What did America say? Death March? , refers to Chinese people's Volunteer Army in the first and second battle transshipment of American prisoners of war. Difficult transfer of prisoners of war1950101From October 25th to February 24th, the volunteers who entered the DPRK launched two campaigns and annihilated them. United nations army? And 5 1800 south Korean troops completely smashed MacArthur's campaign? Christmas ended the general offensive of the Korean War? , initially reversed the Korean War. In these two campaigns, a * * * captured the enemy1421person, including 378 American troops1person and 47 British and French allied troops1person. In any war, it is basic military common sense to try to avoid placing enemy prisoners near the front line. A large number of western prisoners of war captured by volunteers can only be effectively managed if they are transferred to the prison camp in the northern part of Korea as soon as possible. Therefore, the problem of long-distance transfer of prisoners of war will inevitably arise. At that time, although the U.S. military was defeated on the ground battlefield, it had great advantages in sea and air. As many as 1600 combat aircraft blocked the transportation lines of the volunteers from the air and dropped tens of thousands of tons of bombs every day, regardless of military or non-military targets. This scorched earth is the reason? United nations army? The fundamental reason why the captured personnel cannot be safely and timely transported to the rear. Li Bingyun, a Korean translator of the Political Department of the Ninth Corps of Volunteers, described his difficult experience in transporting American prisoners of war in his early years? At the end of the second campaign, his regiment captured 1 14 American prisoners in the Xianxing area on the eastern front, and had to be sent to the Bitong prison camp by the Yalu River. The army specially organized a capable team, with a quartermaster of the regiment's political department as the captain, a cultural teacher who knows English as an English interpreter, a health worker to take care of the wounded prisoners of war, and Li Bingyun as a Korean interpreter. In addition, six guards were assigned to be responsible for the safety during transit. Before departure, the political commissar of the regiment called a meeting of ten cadres and soldiers of the detachment to explain the importance of this prisoner transfer work, and we must implement all policies to the letter, including the policy of lenient treatment for prisoners. Team members jointly wrote a letter of determination to the Communist Youth League Party Committee, promising to complete the task at the cost of their lives, just like participating in combat missions. 1 14 American prisoners of war gathered sporadically while cleaning the battlefield. They all survived from hunger and cold. Most of them have suffered from different degrees of diseases and injuries, and their mood is particularly low. Some of them are on the verge of mental breakdown. In order to avoid the bombing, the transshipment team started at five o'clock in the evening, stopped for 13 hours, and only moved 24 kilometers north, but the price it could pay was amazing: a guard fell off the cliff to find the two American prisoners left behind; Three seriously injured prisoners of war died because of bumps and injuries during air defense; Six prisoners of war are still missing, which is a deliberate escape. They changed it to daytime, and the speed increased. However, in an air raid, four Mustang fighters flew by, killing seven prisoners of war and seriously injuring four others. Among the team members, the military doctor was shot and killed, and the purser and a guard soldier were slightly injured. Among countless difficulties, the most difficult is the lack of food. Hundreds of kilograms of fried noodles, as a superior ration, are only enough to be mixed into paste for sick prisoners of war? A nutritious meal? There's not much left. Li Bingyun is exhausted in raising food. Every time I go to the campsite, others can sit down and rest. Besides building houses everywhere, he has to find food. Embarrassed, the villagers can distribute live food to the volunteers equally, but insist on not giving American prisoners. Faced with the harsh reality, many prisoners of war are increasingly desperate. One night, in a small mountain village, the plane that was attacked by air at night just flew away. Suddenly, an American staff sergeant, who is usually taciturn, pounced on the guard soldier with his left arm injured and took the carbine. Strangely, instead of shooting at the volunteers, he shot at the prisoners. While filming, I shouted:? In the name of God, I saved you, set you free, killed five American prisoners and injured seventeen others. One of my guards was seriously injured and died half an hour later. The quartermaster is bleeding from a forehead injury. The quartermaster quickly arranged for several people to dress the wounded prisoners of war, ordered all prisoners of war to sit down on the spot, and arranged for people to bury the dead. In addition, send someone to report the situation to the superior and ask for support. The next morning, all the prisoners of war gathered in the dense forest behind the village and held a meeting while defending the air. The quartermaster with a bandage on his forehead has a thin face and his cotton uniform is dirty and torn. He is almost 40 years old, and he is honest. He usually doesn't like to talk much, but this time he talked to American prisoners of war. All this way, everyone is suffering. I understand that his eyes suddenly turned red. More than two years ago, I was a sergeant monitor of the * * * Army. I was liberated by the * * * army on the battlefield, that is, I became a prisoner. I was scared to death at first, but I soon believed it? * * * The army respects prisoners and is lenient, treating them as adults and as liberated brothers. The teacher's English level is not high, and the more he struggles, the more he will cry. Just then, one of the prisoners of war, the captain, stood up and gave a serious military salute to the quartermaster. I know Chinese, please allow me to translate for you. ? The captain turned to face the prisoners of war and translated the quartermaster's words into English fluently. There was silence and the prisoners listened attentively. Several prisoners of war raised several questions loudly: whether to send us to the rear to kill us slowly or to do coolies. Is that so? Alas, what a thing! ? The quartermaster sighed. There are thousands of people imprisoned with me. There were a lot of rumors at first, and everyone was worried. Later, many people took the toll and went home. I volunteered to stay and became a cadre. I don't usually like telling others about this experience, but I'm telling you because I take you seriously, too? Emancipate the brothers? I ask you to believe in the captive policy of the volunteers. The immediate leisure difficulties are caused by the air blockade of the US military. As long as we cooperate well, I believe we can overcome these difficulties. ? After translating the quartermaster's words, the captain told the prisoners that he had spent a long time in China during the Second World War and believed in the moral standards of the people of China. I hope everyone will have confidence, observe discipline and stop doing stupid things. The culture teacher also translated. After the meeting, the prisoners of war unanimously elected the captain as the liaison representative of the prisoners of war to work with the team. The captain also talked to the quartermaster alone to convey the feelings of many prisoners of war, who were willing to deeply reflect on the unfortunate events that happened one after another? One door closes and the other opens. The next night, the rear leaders received a report and sent a truck to the mountain village with two bags of rice, a bag of salted fish and many canned foods. After midnight, the truck picked up more than 20 seriously injured prisoners of war and went straight to the prisoner of war reception station. A week later, the rest of the prisoners of war reached their destination relatively smoothly. This prisoner-of-war transshipment March, compared to from? 38th parallel? A journey of a thousand miles may not be the most typical. I heard that a prisoner of war transfer team met a B-29 heavy bomber? Grab a lot? Bombing, dropping more than ten tons of bombs at the same time, constitutes? Carpet? The explosion effect made a group of dozens of prisoners of war, together with the escort of volunteers, disappear instantly. If there are really prisoners of war on the Korean peninsula? Death March? In other words, it was the American general who commanded the war that caused the death of western prisoners of war. Honest western journalists should thank those honest western journalists and those who dare to tell the truth. Did they uncover it with their conscience? Korean peninsula? Death March? Mystery. The first to attack American officials were the American liberal newspaper * * and the conservative publication Night Star, which published editorials or signed articles and expressed doubts about the figures provided by Colonel Hanley. Then, The Times Herald published an express from Tokyo on the front page, and the editor's note said: An authoritative person in the Pentagon asserted that the Army Command had no definite evidence to prove that China committed the massacre of prisoners of war or other barbaric acts in the Korean War. ? When Hanley was cornered by the media, he showed his savior: Of course, I made a speech with the approval of senior officials. ? What materials did he use? Is it sent by the General Office of the General Staff through normal channels? ,? I didn't publish these figures until I got permission from the press office at headquarters. ? And his boss, the United Nations Army? Commander-in-Chief General Li Qiwei certainly can't put the blame on his boss? President of the United States, so Li Qiwei is full of embarrassment. First of all, he issued a statement saying that he had talked with Hanley? Nothing? Where were we? Send someone to investigate this matter? And Hanley? You published it? Talk show? I'm very sorry, okay? And say? So far, only 365 people can be proved dead? . But the number itself is still false. General Li Qiwei's breaking his word naturally made him laugh. Since then, no one has paid attention? On the Korean peninsula? Death March? Say it.