In the early morning of 17 February 1979, the Chinese People's Liberation Army simultaneously launched a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam and a border defense operation in Guangxi and Yunnan. The battle lasted 28 days, but the total strength of the participating troops reached more than 550,000. After the Third Plenary Session of the 11 th CPC Central Committee, when China had already made a major policy decision to shift the focus of its work to the implementation of reform and opening up and to take economic construction as the central task, why did Deng Gong advocate that this battle must be fought?
For a long time, Vietnam has suffered from the invasion of other countries, at this time it is we who tighten our belts to help Vietnam, whether it is **, materials or money, our country is very friendly to Vietnam, but I never thought that Vietnam is an ungrateful white-eyed wolf, Vietnam put on the wall of the Soviet Union, launched a war against Cambodia, and brought huge trouble to Southeast Asia.
Sino-Soviet relations took a sharp turn for the worse, they immediately drew a line with China, not only that, Vietnam also sent troops to our border to burn and kill, the people were miserable, China has always advocated peaceful coexistence with Vietnam, this time *** can not bear it, at the meeting can stand up and say, "We must fight this battle!".However, Ye Shuai and Su Yu were opposed, and even Chairman Hua at that time said strongly: "No."
Chairman Hua had many concerns about entering Vietnam, so Deng Gong successively said three reasons to completely dispel Chairman Hua's concernsWhat is Chairman Hua worried about?What are the 3 reasons put forward by Deng Gong?
Chairman Hua is also a man who has experienced a hundred battles, and he is not afraid of battle, let alone death. During the Anti-Japanese War, he led his troops to fight behind enemy lines, opened up anti-Japanese base areas, and made great contributions to the Chinese revolution. After the establishment of New China, he was even more conscientious, especially after his death, he shouldered the burden of the country and stabilized the whole country.
What is worrying about Chairman Hua is that 10 years ago, just after the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression passed, all the work in the country was being carried out in an orderly manner, and the army had not fought a war for more than 10 years, and participating in the war at such a critical juncture would be detrimental to the stability of the country and would hinder the development of various domestic work.
However, Deng Gong believes that Vietnam has been harassing our borders, which has seriously affected the lives of our people, and they rely on the Soviet Union to constantly provoke us, and if we do not do something, Vietnam will become even more rampant. Deng Gong also pointed out that the main reason why many people are reluctant to launch a self-defense counterattack is because they are afraid that the Soviet Union will intervene and China will be attacked from both sides.
Deng Gong put forward three reasons: First, the anti-Vietnam war was to stop the aggression of the Soviet Union, if it did not fight this war, Vietnam would definitely kick its nose in the face, if China also showed cowardice like them in the Middle East and Africa, then China could not gain a firm foothold in the international community, and we must make some responses to teach Vietnam a lesson.
Second, we must maintain peace in our borders, because Vietnam has formed an alliance with the Soviet Union, and its strategic purpose is to establish an Indo-Chinese federation, and our borders have not been peaceful for several years, and we must have a stable environment for carrying out the four modernizations, but Vietnam is making trouble day by day, and it is difficult for our country to focus on construction. If nothing is done, the situation will definitely get worse, and the anti-Vietnam war is to give Vietnam a disadvantage and tell them that China is not so easy to bully.
Third, as far as military construction is concerned, this is an inevitable requirement for the training of an army based on actual combat. And we haven't fought a war for almost 30 years, and now there are some concerns at home and abroad, and we just take this opportunity to train our troops, which will certainly be of great help to the army's training.
After Deng Gong spoke passionately about the three reasons, everyone even claimed that it was good, and Chairman Hua's concerns were completely dispelled, and everyone unanimously agreed on whether Vietnam should take a self-defense counterattack, "Fight, must fight!""In order to fight this battle, it took more than two months to study the strategy repeatedly. This decision of Deng Gong was confirmed, and in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, we defeated the Vietnamese army in only 28 days, and Vietnam became more obedient after that.
Historically, in 1979, the Soviet Union's strategic encirclement was smashed, the situation in Southeast Asia was stabilized, an anti-imperialist united front was formed, and a peaceful international environment was created for reform, opening up, and the four modernizations, thus having far-reaching significance for the development of world history.
A reporter once interviewed *** and said that he would launch a ** to Vietnam, so he was not afraid that the Soviet Union would send troops to intervene?When Mr. Kodaira heard the news, he said bluntly: "If the Soviet Union can't attack Afghanistan yet, how can it attack China?"”
Whether it is Chairman Hua's thoughtfulness or Deng Gong's foresight, they all proceed from the perspective of national development and people's security, win the counterattack against Vietnam, and also establish China's prestige in the world.