After the end of the Liberation War, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) provided military assistance to the Vietnamese people in their fight against the French invaders, adhering to its internationalist obligations and responding to Ho Chi Minh's call. In the process, some eye-catching episodes emerged, such as the selection of the head of the military advisory group to resist France and aid Vietnam. The Vietnamese side initially proposed Chen Geng as a candidate, because Ho Chi Minh and Chen Geng had a deep friendship during the Great Revolution, and there is no doubt about the tacit cooperation between them. However, ** did not select Chen Geng as the head of the regiment, nor did he appoint **, Su Yu and other senior generals to this position, but chose the young Wei Guoqing. Why did *** choose Wei Guoqing as the head of the military advisory group?Compared with other candidates, what is Wei Guoqing's advantage?Let's take a closer look. Vietnam became a French colony in 1884 until World War II, when the Japanese army replaced French rule. However, the end of the war did not bring peace to the Vietnamese people, as the return of French troops to Vietnam triggered the Vietnamese people's war of resistance against France.
For a country that has been colonized for a long time, revolting against colonial rule is an extremely difficult task, and the reason is obvious: the colonized countries are usually weak and difficult to organize effective armed resistance. It goes without saying that if they could organize an effective resistance, they would not have become colonies. Faced with pressure from the old empire, the Vietnamese people recalled their neighbor - China. As an East Asian country, China was once a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country, but the Chinese people drove out foreign invaders through their own efforts and established New China. Ho Chi Minh believed that China's experience was of great importance to the Vietnamese people, so in 1950, Ho Chi Minh visited China, eagerly hoping that China would not forget the friendly relations between China and Vietnam in the past, and provide help to Vietnam to help it win this war of national liberation. The deep and long-standing relationship between China and Vietnam, the deep friendship between the two sides due to their long-term proximity, and the joint struggle against foreign aggression, prompted the CCP to quickly decide to provide anti-French assistance to Vietnam, and selected Wei Guoqing as the head of the military advisory group. By the way, although General Chen Geng also went to the battlefield in Vietnam, it was only for a short period of time, and it was General Wei Guoqing who was stationed in Vietnam for a long time.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, many outstanding military leaders emerged, why did you value Wei Guoqing and let him serve as the head of the advisory group?First of all, Wei Guoqing is younger than others. ** once told Wei Guoqing: "I was originally going to send you to ***, but the United Nations is manipulated by the United States, so you can't go;."Later, he proposed that you go to Britain as an ambassador, but Britain was afraid of the United States, so in the end it could only demote you and go to Vietnam to be the head of the military advisory group. It is believed that Wei Guoqing's appointment as the head of the regiment is a demode, which shows that Wei Guoqing is fully capable of this position. Wei Guoqing participated in the Baise Uprising, studied at the Red Army University, served as the head of the Red Army's special science regiment, organized the field headquarters of the westward expansion campaign, and also served as the commander of the column and the commander of the corps. It can be said that Wei Guoqing has a very rich resume, and he knows how to train a weak armed force to become a strong force. Some people may say that there are other famous generals who have better resumes than Wei Guoqing, so why not let someone else be the head of the regiment?Although others may have better resumes than Wei Guoqing, they are inferior to Wei Guoqing in terms of age and physical condition.
Although Su Yu was a highly respected general, after the end of the Liberation War, they left their command posts one after another and began a long period of recuperation. Although Chen Geng did not leave his command post, his physical condition was not optimistic, and the 58-year-old Chen Geng was electrocuted by the Kuomintang, which also shows that his physical fitness has greatly declined. In contrast, although Wei Guoqing was also injured, his physical fitness was much better, and compared to several other generals, the age gap was significant. Among the founding generals at that time, there were not many people younger than Wei Guoqing, such as Liu Zhen, Ye Fei and others were not better than Wei Guoqing, although Xiao Hua was young, but he was responsible for a heavy responsibility (political commissar of the Air Force), and he was obviously not suitable for being stationed in other places. If there is to be a war of independence, it will take at least three to five years, if not longer. In this case, Wei Guoqing, who is young and experienced, has become the most suitable candidate. In addition, Wei Guoqing's appointment is also conducive to maintaining friendly relations with neighboring countries. The historical relationship between China and Vietnam has been full of twists and turns, with sweet periods and stormy times. The famous Xiongguan town of Nanguan originates from this history. During the War to Resist France and Aid Vietnam, Zhennanguan became an important hub for China's support to Vietnam, and a large number of materials were transported to Vietnam through this place.
However, as the times changed, the name gradually became anachronistic, so it was renamed Munanguan in 1953 (later renamed Friendship Pass in 1965). At that time, internationalist sentiment was on the rise, and China and Vietnam, as allies, did not need to go toe-to-toe, so a number of initiatives were taken in favor of good-neighborliness, including the renaming of cities, as well as Dandong (formerly known as Andong). Wei Guoqing is a native of Guangxi, which borders Vietnam, so he obviously knows Vietnam more deeply than people in other places, and it is more conducive to communication with Vietnamese people. Wei Guoqing later served as the chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which was also more conducive to communication with the Vietnamese in terms of economic construction. To understand Vietnam, you need to be young, adapt to high-intensity work, and have a dazzling resume, so who else in the military besides Wei Guoqing meets these conditions?This is simply a tailor-made opportunity for Wei Guoqing. Of course, it is not for nothing that there is anyone in the army who knows Vietnam better than Wei Guoqing, and the Vietnamese Major General Hong definitely knows Vietnam better than Wei Guoqing, but compared with Wei Guoqing, General Hong's resume is much worse.
Therefore, the head of the advisory group was finally served by Wei Guoqing, and later facts also proved that the choice of *** was not wrong, and the War to Resist France and Aid Vietnam was quickly won.