National Defense University, Professor Xu Yan
For quite some time now, circulating on the Internet some aspects of our country's military history, inaccurate and false rumors. Internet posting of such articles, some of greed from those who invented the so-called "documentary", "Record" and "spread the book" came copied; some are made with ulterior motives who Hubian abuse; There are a number of which is about Anti-Japanese War History of Internet postings, which quotes extensively from the Kuomintang regime, and later that year the Taiwan authorities have exaggerated the boasts of the false information. These things flow of fabric wide, which caused many ordinary Internet users believed her, and produced some vague incorrect understanding. Of these false rumors and false information, must be clarified. The following are examples of some typical false rumors on the author to illustrate the available historical data, but also of history to its original feature.The KMT government had troops stationed in Tibet do?Some sites posted several times in recent years, entitled "Kuomintang troops stationed in Tibet," photos, some people hype this matter. In fact, this is wrongly tagged. Understand the history of Tibet people know that in 1911 the collapse of the Qing Dynasty, Tibet separatist forces in support of the British Indian authorities launched the riots, declared "independence" will be stationed in Tibet in 5000 the Qing government to disarm and Joseph were expelled back to the mainland through India . Established in 1912, the Republic of China has never admitted that its so-called "independent" and insisted that Tibet is a "republic of five nationalities" It was part of the embodiment of safeguarding the country's territorial integrity. However, both Yuan Shikai government, the Northern warlord government, or Chiang Kai-shek government, have never been deployed troops in Tibet. Dalai Lama in 1940 only 14 were selected as the soul boy of Qinghai to Tibet, the KMT government-designated Qinghai warlord Ma Bufang to send a battalion to escort them from Xining to Lhasa, but then returned. Web site photos are issued by Tibet as the background, dressed in military uniform, the Kuomintang troops stationed in western Sichuan (the year of Xikang) No. 24 Army of the Kuomintang Joseph Liu Wenhui Department, which has never been entered to send troops across the Jinsha River Tibet. After the founding of New China in 1950, the PLA began to snow-covered plateau into the next year to enter Lhasa, Tibet This is truly a great family to return to the embrace of the motherland more.
Sending troops to the Korean War affected the Taiwan issue addressed?In recent years, many web sites, articles in about 1950, China sent troops to the issue of the Korean War, that this "affects the settlement of the Taiwan issue." This is not a correct understanding of history is mainly the result did not understand at that time due to conditions, would not rule out that individuals deliberately confuse the public in an attempt to negate the correctness of our troops from this war.
A look at the historical process would know that in China, four months before sending troops to the Korean War, June 25, 1950 the Korean civil war broke out June 27 U.S. President Truman issued a statement would send troops to entry into the war and declared that sent the Seventh Fleet stationed in Taiwan, in order to "prevent an attack on Taiwan." The day begins with the Seventh Fleet warships into the Taiwan Strait, Japan, the U.S. 13th Air Force has also stationed in island base then the United States and the Far East Army Commander MacArthur also on July visit to Taiwan with Chiang Kai-shek reached between the so-called "joint defense" agreement. Later, MacArthur said in his memoirs, when he had been "praying to the Chinese army crossed the sea to attack Taiwan," so can be wiped out with the U.S. aircraft to those wooden warships.
At that time, our party and state leaders are very clear that the PLA can be used almost no air and sea combat force in the United States a strong Navy and Air Force stopped using a wooden block under the sea-crossing to attack Taiwan is simply impossible. Zhou Enlai was once explained that the United States in Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, China on three strategic directions pose a threat, we may choose to conduct a trial of strength of the three best interests of the battlefield, only North Korea, because in this most conducive to play the Chinese army The Marine advantages. October 19 the same year, the U.S. military have been approaching North Korea border, the new China's military on behalf of the Chinese People's Volunteers entry into the war, October 25 formally began the Korean War. Therefore, to understand the historical process of the people are well aware, not the Korean War "affect the Taiwan issue is resolved," it is precisely the United States prevent us from resolving the Taiwan issue and a serious threat to the safety of the new China, our Party and state leaders decided to send troops to the Korean War.
In 1983 the U.S. government to decrypt files on the history of the Korean War, the researchers can see the United States plans to send troops to Taiwan since 1949 already begin to discuss the U.S. Far East Command and the Pentagon actively advocate to intervene, while the State Department that this possible to the Chinese Communists into the side of the Soviet Union, Truman decided to take the case of hesitation, "when the dust settles," the wait and see. In February 1950, when Mao Zedong's visit, signed the "Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance," the U.S. military and political leaders that drive a wedge between the Soviet Union was not possible, in April between the State Department issued a secret document No. 68, it was determined to interfere in the Taiwan issue, the United States Far East Army troops to prepare active and just waiting for a pretext.
June 25, 1950 the North with the South Korean outbreak of civil war, the U.S. military immediately take advantage of this had nothing to do with Taiwan to send troops across the Taiwan Strait. Some people think that the Korean War (not the Korean War) broke out to make Taiwan "needed it", although the surface is the case, but if it is able to read the declassified U.S. file was found, the Sino-Soviet alliance regardless of whether the North Korea after the outbreak of civil war, the attitude of the U.S. military to stop the PLA attack on Taiwan has been finalized. The formation of a strategic pattern of the Cold War era, especially in the new China U.S. hostility and interference, is caused by separation of Taiwan from the motherland root causes.
Sino-Indian border to counter China's armed forces in wartime is entered in India?In recent years, some talk about back in 1962, Sino-Indian border war of online article on the use of counter-battle victory a lot of exaggerated descriptions, even said that when the Chinese army has gone deep inside each other's deep, close to a principal cities. In fact, if look at the domestic issue of Sino-Indian border war of the history of war and counter-maps, take a look at the foreign-related books will know that the Chinese army's counter-warfare carried out in two things, only the removal of the Indian Army to counter the western section cross-border establishment of 43 positions, although the eastern section of the counter-attack across the original "line of actual control" of about 100 km forward, but it did not cross the map of China marked the boundary line that "the traditional line."
Sino-Indian border in self-defense is very limited size of the Chinese army troops to use only four divisions 40000 people (according to the logistical ability and the border at that time adverse natural conditions, nor can a large number of troop movements), destroy the enemy can not million people, to India in order to lesson, so that it was not dare to invade. This will achieve the strategic objectives. In the counter-attack during World War, the Chinese army did not in-depth Indian territory, but after the success of follow up a victory that is received back, and soon withdrew to the 1959, within the line of actual control. As for the eastern section of the main battlefield of fighting back from New Delhi, 1,000 km away, there is not a strategic direction.
Xisha war over whether to assist Chiang Kai-shek to mainland China?From the last century, 90 years later, some domestic tabloid and so-called "documentary literature", in the narrative back in January 1974 Xisha war, there is no justified in stating that Chiang Kai-shek was informed that vessels through the Taiwan Strait when the People's Liberation Army had to be to "help", ordered the "release." Some articles online this year, not only continue to refer to these rumors, but also for the beautification of Chiang Kai-shek more to write more mysterious, and even to "escort", "supply" and "open the beacon lights" and other bizarre details. In fact, "open the beacon light" a fundamental breach of maritime common sense. Understanding of the Taiwan Strait geography knows that the width of narrowest point the Strait is also 130 kilometers, and is not a narrow waterway, the channel in such a wide open shore, "beacon light", the boat people who can see? "Escort", "supply" and so to say, is purely fictional.
The historical fact is that the PLA Navy in 1974, took place with the South Vietnamese Navy Xisha time of war, lack of strength due to the South China Sea Fleet, transfer of ships from the East China Sea Fleet ships through the Taiwan Strait south, the way is not blocked by the Kuomintang army. But this is not the Taiwan authorities have deliberately "release", but in 1965, "86" naval battle and Chongwu in the East China Sea after the war, Taiwan's navy because it was dealt a heavy blow to the People's Liberation Army naval vessels is no longer active attacks, the PLA does not take proactive action against each other. Mainland vessels in the Taiwan Strait has become a multi-practice activities are not blocked.
The fact is that back in January 1974 Xisha war, the Taiwan authorities are still with the violation of China's Chiang Kai-shek Xisha the side of the South Vietnamese regime. South Vietnamese authorities from 1956 onwards began to invade China Xisha and Nansha islands. From the late 50s, the Taiwan authorities with the United States, South Korea along with assistance in the South Vietnamese regime and the early 60s to 70 years the Taiwan authorities have been sent a large military advisory group to the Sai Kung and the war of air staff, from Chiang Kai-shek's generals to enjoy long-Lian Hu years, the "Ambassador" status where the host, and south to the newspaper that the so-called "Communist suppression" experience. The spring of 1973, the United States withdraw its troops from South Vietnam, Taiwan's military advisory group remained in Saigon, the following two years to continue to provide military assistance. In April 1975 the South Vietnamese regime collapsed, the Taiwan military advisory team before the final evacuation of Saigon, the last "President" Nguyen Van Thieu hate the U.S. "abandoned", chose Taipei as a shelter after fleeing to.
China in the Korean War and the war in southern Xinjiang to counter the number of female prisoners?Some sites in recent years, the article describes in vivid and 1979, the Korean War fighting in southern Xinjiang, China's number of "female prisoners," and at great length to describe the so-called "tragic" details. The truth of history is that we have volunteers in the Korean War there was only one female soldier captured, that is, the fifth in 1951 captured during the Battle of the first 180 nurses, YANG Yu-hua division. Military due to a single Chinese women prisoners of war held the inconvenience, they put their women prisoners of war sent to the Korean People's Army prisoner of war camp. After the 1953 armistice, YANG Yu-hua be repatriated at Panmunjom exchange site demonstrated his POW camp in the flag sewn by volunteers Du Ping, director of the Political Department of the cordial sympathy.
Counterattack in southern Xinjiang in 1979, the Chinese military does not have any female prisoners, captured 240 men, the whole system. Killed in that battle, only one female soldier in the military, the Department was shot in an ambush in the car expense.