124th Army Unit III. [End]

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Of the thirty two [or is it thirty one North Koreans?] that attacked the "Blue House", allegedly only one survived. Wounded, but captured, was Kim Sin-jo.

[the jury is still out, and probably always will be, regarding the exact numbers involved in the attack on the "Blue House". Some say it was thirty one North Koreans, others say thirty. My recollection was that it was thirty two. Some say that one North Korean escaped in the aftermath of the abortive attack and managed to make it back to North Korea [now a high ranking General officer??!!] For the purposes of this blog entry, I will say that the "Blue House" attackers numbered thirty two [eight teams of four men each]]

Kim is still alive. Lives now in South Korea, is a free man, and a RESPECTED AND HIGHLY LIKE PROTESTANT MINISTER!! This man has had a change in his life if anyone ever has had!!

Kim, during his what was probably a prolonged and extensive interrogation and debriefing, WAS talkative.

Regarding the training for the "Blue House" raid, there is one particular anecdotal account of Kim's that stands out.

An anecdotal account that the average person just does not believe is possible. "This just cannot be, this is fantasy".

Kim described how his thirty two man cut-throat unit carried out, repeatedly, a penetration exercise.

A penetration exercise that had the goal of gaining entry to a building defended by a unit of conventional North Korean soldiers.

[the cut-throat special operations troop against the common soldier.]

During this series of exercises, neither the attacker or defender was allowed weapons of any type. Bare hands ONLY [feet with boots on them of course were included] was permissible for both sides. All and any martial arts techniques could be used by both sides, but NO weapons of any type.

[keep in mind that the troops of the 124th Army unit were highly trained in martial arts. NOT just tae kwon do, but a combination of judo, tae kwon do, wrestling, boxing, knife fighting. The South Korean has a military martial arts form taught to it's Special Operations troops called teukgong moosool. The North Koreans must have something similar.]

Common North Korean soldiers defending a building, the thirty two elites attempting to penetrate the building, the defenders trying to stop them. Both sides going at one another with fists and feet. But NOT an uncontrolled melee'. Soldiers on either side fighting as soldiers, as a team.

Here is where it gets unbelievable.

According to the account of Kim, ONLY WHEN THE DEFENDING UNIT OF COMMON NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED TROOPS WERE THEY ABLE TO STOP THE ATTACKING UNIT OF THIRTY TWO CUT-THROAT ELITES FROM GAINING ENTRY TO THE BUILDING BEING DEFENDED!!!

TO STOP THIRTY TWO MEN, FIVE HUNDRED WERE REQUIRED!!!???

[Kim related how during these series of exercises, participants on BOTH sides often required hospitalization for broken bones, concussions, etc.]

Does this sound believable?

Is this rational or reasonable?

Is this plausible or even remotely possible?

My response would be YES!!

The five hundred defenders DO NOT know the time and place where the attack is going to occur. They must guard all directions simultaneously. They must DISPERSE their force.

"a defensive weapon [five hundred common soldiers]- part of a passive system. Any defensive system involves . . . dispersal". [Suvorov]

"They [the thirty two cut-throats] are an offensive weapon and they have the initiative in battle". [Suvorov]

That thirty two man unit attacking the five hundred defenders is on the attack, the latter on the defensive. The attacker has the initiative, the defender, the lack thereof. The attacker chooses the time and place of the attack. Those thirty two cut-throats use CONCENTRATED FORCE FOCUSED ON ONE SPECIFIC SPOT. THEY ACHIEVE OVERWHELMING MASS AT A WEAK SPOT AND OVERPOWER THE DEFENDERS. The concentrated combat power of the attacker [bare hands only, but still potent], focused at one weak point in the defense, multiplied through surprise and team work of the cut-throats working together, allows for the defenders to be defeated.

Several of the basic principles of war are at work here. To include:

* Offensive.

* Mass.

* Surprise.

What Kim says occurred is totally reasonable, plausible, and probably did in fact happen exactly as he says it did.

This is not rocket science. Just a bunch of soldiers, highly trained, motivated, and dangerous, working as a team to achieve the object. NO trickery or gadgets required here.

Understandable? YES!

coolbert.