I saw on News Inquiry that an old Chinese man was slowly searching for his passport at Seoul Customs. The female Korean customs police officer became impatient and asked: "Is this your first time here

I saw on News Inquiry that an old Chinese man was slowly searching for his passport at Seoul Customs. The female Korean customs police officer became impatient and asked: "Is this your first time here?"

This is well-founded. During the Korean War, the Chinese army invaded Seoul.

At 17:00 on December 31, 1950, the Chinese People’s Volunteers and the Korean People’s Army launched an offensive across the board. The right column of the Volunteer Army, with the cooperation of the 1st Corps of the People's Army, quickly broke through the defensive positions of the South Korean Army.

The 38th and 40th armies pursued them to the Suluoshan area southeast of Uijeongbu and defeated the 19th Regiment of the US 24th Division. The main force of the 42nd Army of the left column and one division of the 66th Army crossed the Bukhan River from Gapyeong and Chuncheon respectively to pursue Hongcheon.

The 2nd and 5th Corps of the People's Army continued to intercept the South Korean Army in the Hongchuan and Hengcheng areas. The "United Nations Army" was forced to begin evacuating Seoul at 15:00 on the 3rd. On the 4th, one unit each of the 39th and 50th armies and the 1st Army Corps of the People's Army entered Seoul.

Extended information:

The fighting lasted until January 8, 1951. The Volunteer Army and the People's Army had expelled the "United Nations Army" and the South Korean Army to Pyeongtaek, near the 37° north latitude line. Anseong, Jecheon, Samcheok and one line.

In view of the fact that our army failed to annihilate a large number of the enemy's effective forces during the offensive, and the enemy's retreat seemed to be planned, we tried to induce the Chinese and North Korean people's troops to carry out counterattacks after going deep, and also to avoid advancing too far and being in a disadvantageous position. , Peng Dehuai decisively decided to stop the pursuit, and the battle ended.

In this battle, the Chinese People's Volunteers fought side by side with the Korean People's Army. After seven days and nights of offensive, they broke through the established positions and in-depth defenses of the "38th Line" of the "United Nations Army" and advanced 80 to 100 kilometers. 110 kilometers, smashing his attempt to buy time to reorganize the army and fight again, killing and wounding more than 19,000 enemy soldiers, occupying Seoul, and advancing the front to the area near the 37th parallel.

During the battle, our army suffered more than 8,500 casualties (including more than 2,700 Korean People's Army personnel), and the ratio of casualties between the enemy and ourselves was 1:0.43.

China Military Network - The Third Battle