In the TV series "Across the Yalu River", what plots are inconsistent with history?

As we all know, the recently popular TV series "Crossing the Yalu River" artistically reflects the process of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea. The author believes that this is a very excellent TV series that shows the spirit of the volunteers who are not afraid of sacrifice. . The author was very moved when watching the drama, especially the Cheorwon Blockade broadcast on Sunday, which made me very emotional.

The faults do not hide the faults. The author believes that the film adheres to the principle of not focusing on the big things and not on the small things, and 100% restores the historical facts of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. Some small historical details are still blurred and weakened, thus appearing Some historical facts are flawed.

First, regarding General Hong’s transfer to the Northeast Frontier Defense Force.

In the TV series, General Hong was originally on a business trip to Beijing on behalf of Ye Shuai. He met Deng Hua as soon as he got off the train. Deng Hua directly said that the Military Commission had an order to go to the Northeast together. Within a few minutes, he summoned General Hong. Got on the train.

According to the memoirs of General Hong, General Hong was originally sent to Beijing by Ye Shuai to ask for instructions on the merger of the 15th Corps and the Guangdong Military Region. After Admiral Hong got off the train, the first thing he saw was Deng Hua, which was also reflected in the TV series.

But it was not like what was said in the TV series. Deng Hua directly pulled him onto the train heading north to northeast. Deng Hua first pulled General Hong to General Lin's home, and General Lin announced to General Hong the Military Commission's order to send him to the Northeast, and asked General Hong to go to the Northeast after lunch that day. Before leaving, Mr. Lin asked General Hong to call Ye Shuai.

The author believes that the plot of General Hong’s memoirs is more reasonable. It is impossible for Deng Hua to directly announce the appointment on the train platform and drag General Hong to go to the Northeast. This is not in line with the organizational relationship of our army at that time, because Deng Hua had already transferred to the 13th Corps, while Hong Xuezhi remained in the 15th Corps. It would be more appropriate for Mr. Lin to announce the appointment. The TV series "Admiral Hong Xuezhi" filmed a few years ago reflected this detail.

2. The First Battle of Wenjing.

The Battle of Wenjing was the first battle to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, and was of great significance. It's a pity that the details were not perfectly restored in the TV series.

In the TV series, the story of the Wenjing battle is that the 118th Division of the 40th Army staged an ambush in Liangshuidong. It was said that an enemy regiment was wiped out, and a small number of enemies escaped into Wenjing. The battle was fierce. After being ambushed, the Korean army quickly fought back and even fought hand-to-hand with the charging Chinese army. The battle scene was filmed for several minutes.

In fact, the battle in Liangshuidong only took 20 minutes to end. Only the first five minutes were less than a fire attack. The Korean army panicked after being ambushed and did not organize resistance at all. Most of the soldiers Hiding under the car, after the volunteers charged, there was only one thing left - to pull the Korean soldiers out from under the car.

The result of the battle in Liangshuidong was not the annihilation of a regiment, but the annihilation of the third battalion of the second regiment of the Korean Sixth Division and the artillery unit of the second regiment. The second regiment learned that the third battalion had been wiped out and quickly hid in Wenjing City. Our army mobilized the 118th Division and the 120th Division to advance from the north to the south that night and completely annihilated the remaining two battalions of the Second Regiment.

The author believes that the performance of the 40th Army in a battle deserves more photos. With the power of one army, it annihilated 4 regiments of the Korean Army in one week. It used two ambushes, one to lure the enemy deep, and one to Encirclement and reinforcements are worthy of the reputation of the whirlwind column, but it is a pity that the TV series has too little focus on it.

3. Battle of Yunshan

The Battle of Yunshan was the first time our army fought with the US military. The 39th Army annihilated the US ace cavalry regiment 8 in more than ten hours. The most critical factor in winning a battle is to advance the attack time.

In the TV series, it was Army Commander Wu Xinquan’s suggestion to advance the attack time, and President Peng made the decision. But in fact, President Peng generally does not interfere with the specific tactics of his troops. It is impossible for an army to fight alone. Even the time of the general attack must be reported to President Peng for final decision. Mr. Peng is very liberal with his troops. He usually only assigns combat tasks, and the specific methods of fighting are decided by the column/army.

According to the military history of the 39th Army, it was Wang Yang, the commander of the 116th Division, the ace division of the 39th Army, who noticed signs of retreat of the US military and proposed an early attack. During the Yunshan battle, Wang Yang's 116th Division assumed the task of frontal attack, so Wang Yang was particularly sensitive to enemy movements inside and outside the city.

Wang Yang reported the enemy's movements and suggestions for an early attack to Wu Xinquan, commander of the 39th Army, who made the decision.

What is a pity is that the film includes regiment commander Wang Fuzhi, but there is no footage of division commander Wang Yang. In war history, the 116th Division can be said to be one of the divisions with the strongest record in the Volunteer Army. Yunshan served as the main attacker and fought in three battles. Break through the most dangerous beachhead of Imjin River. The first to invade Pyongyang and Seoul, serving as the garrison for the two capitals. This is inseparable from Commander Wang Yang’s excellent command.

The decision-making process of the fourth and fifth battles

In the film, the decision-making process of the five battles is as follows: Chief of Staff Jie briefly introduced the enemy's situation, and then suggested that the enemy should be sent to Jinhua , Tieyuan, General Peng quickly rejected this view, believing that the north of Jinhua and Tieyuan is the Pingkang Plain, and our army will be disadvantaged in fighting the enemy there. Then Deputy Commander Deng nodded in agreement. Deputy Commander Hong sighed, the logistics pressure has increased again.

But in fact, the decision-making for the fifth battle went through a fierce debate.

According to General Peng’s autobiography and General Hong’s memoirs, it was General Hong who first suggested putting the enemy into the north of Jinhua and Cheorwon. After Admiral Hong proposed it, Deng, Jie and Du all agreed. However, General Peng believed that: 1. There are plains to the north of Jinhua and Cheorwon, which are suitable for the enemy's mechanized troops to deploy; 2. A large amount of supplies for the volunteers are stored in Wukaili near Cheorwon. It would be difficult to transport the materials if the enemy is brought in to fight. 3. The enemy attempts to land from the side and rear, and an attack must be launched to disrupt the enemy's deployment.

General Hong believes: 1. The Third Corps and the Nineteenth Corps have just entered the DPRK and are not familiar with the terrain. If the enemy is brought in to fight, our army will have more time to prepare. 2. If we attack south of Jinhua and Cheorwon, there are 200 kilometers of grain-free areas south of Cheorwon and Cheorwon, which will increase the logistical pressure on our army.

Admiral Hong made three suggestions, but General Peng still insisted on taking the initiative to attack south of Jinhua and Cheorwon.

After the end of the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, General Peng made a summary and admitted that Admiral Hong's opinion was correct. When writing recollections in his later years, he also specifically mentioned Admiral Hong's three proposals before the five battles.

The fifth one is the military flaw.

First let’s talk about equipment.

In the film, Lu Chengfeng always holds a sniper rifle with a scope. This is actually a common problem in domestic war films in recent years. He is holding an M1941 semi-automatic rifle, which is the favorite gun used by the protagonists of domestic anti-war films. However, the shooting accuracy of this semi-automatic rifle is actually not high, and it does not have the conditions to install an optical sight and a silencer. But in the play, not only did a scope be added, but the scope was also mounted a few centimeters above the gun body. After watching it, the author wondered: How to aim this gun.

Secondly, there is a relatively minor flaw. In the Cheorwon Blockade, perhaps the director wanted to show our army using inferior equipment to resist the crazy attack of the US military, which was armed to the teeth. The weapons of the volunteers in the film are still small weapons such as Czech light machine guns and 38-type rifles.

In fact, the 19th Corps and the 3rd Corps had already changed their equipment before entering the DPRK. In the spring of 1951, the 19th Corps and the 3rd Corps received 18 divisions of Soviet weapons and light weapons and were fully equipped with them. And carry more than a base number of ammunition before entering North Korea to fight.

With powerful weapons such as Bobosha, Shui Lianzhu, and 107mm mortars, the 63rd Army can fight against the US 1st Cavalry Division and the US Cavalry Division in an area 25 kilometers wide and 20 kilometers deep when the enemy is outnumbered. The US 25th Division, the British 28th Brigade, and the British 29th Brigade fought fiercely for 13 days with more than 50,000 people.

Next, let’s talk about tactics.

The author feels that it is a pity that the offensive or defensive tactics of the Volunteer Army are not shown in the film, especially the two blocking battles filmed - the Blocking Battle on the South Bank of the Han River and the Cheolwon Blocking Battle, both of which were intensively deployed by the Volunteer Army. In the defensive trench, they were first bombed by U.S. aircraft and artillery, and then stretched out to fight the U.S. troops. When the US military rushed up, the commanders raised their light machine guns and shouted to charge, which is not a common problem in domestic war movies.

In fact, as the most defensive unit of the national army, the former 60th Army and now the 50th Army of the Chinese Volunteer Army are very good at defending. It should be filmed like a TV series. The 50th Army does not say it lasts for a month, but it lasts for a few days. It was blown up by US aircraft, artillery and tanks.

Take the Baiyun Mountain Regiment, the only regiment-level honorary unit of the Volunteer Army, the 447th Regiment of the 149th Division of the 50th Army, as an example. This regiment defends Baiyun Mountain, Guangjiao Mountain, and Brother Peak.

Before the war, the regiment predicted in advance that it would be bombarded by the US military, and took many measures to avoid the artillery fire: the telephone lines were all concealed and set up as two-way lines, so that the regiment headquarters could control the situation in real time. Company defense situation; 22 covered heavy machine gun firing points, 47 light machine gun firing points, 22 mortar firing positions, 360 combat team shooting bunkers with shelters, and more than 50 personnel shelters were urgently built. Bunkers and shelters can resist not only ground enemy guns and artillery, but also air enemy aircraft strafing and gasoline bomb burning. Multiple preliminary positions and preliminary fortifications were built, and machine gun and mortar positions were quickly moved after they were established.

During the enemy's artillery fire, except for a small number of troops to monitor, I hid in the shelter. When the enemy's artillery fire shifted and the infantry was about to charge, I entered the shooting position and suddenly opened fire. It can repeatedly defeat enemy attacks and minimize casualties.

During the battle, the US military did not just charge head-on in groups like in the movie. That was a tactic used only by the Chinese army. When attacking, the US military generally likes to use fierce artillery fire to cover a frontal attack by a small team with 3-5 tanks, to test and attract our army's firepower points. One force detoured back to the side of our army's position and carried out a pincer attack. However, this tactic failed when encountering the Yunnan Army's crossfire net that combined side and direct fire.