Author: Forgotten in the rivers and lakes.
In the history of our army's foreign operations, the counterattack against India and Vietnam is particularly classic.
These two self-defense counterattacks are 17 years apart, but there are several points of high similarity:
The first point is that the attitude of the Indian army and the Vietnamese army before the war was very arrogant, and their self-assessment was very conceitedAt that time, the armies of both countries boasted of being the "third military power in the world" after the superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union, and they did not take our military seriously at all.
The second point is that both the Indian army and the Vietnamese army had a long "honeymoon period" with our army before they turned their heads against our army. However, after they turned over and became independent or unified, they set their sights on the border territory that they had coveted for a long time
The third point is that these two foreign counterattacks are very classic "blitzkriegs", which took about a month before and after. The results of these two foreign counterattacks were also unexpected, ending with a crushing defeat of the enemy and the victory of our army.
What was the attitude of the two great powers of the United States and the Soviet Union and the countries of the world in these two foreign counterattacks?
There are also several obvious differences between the self-defense counterattack war against India and Vietnam
First of all, the "backers" behind the Indian army and the Vietnamese army are completely different. India's suzerainty is Britain, but Britain was the first in the West to recognize New China, and although it participated in the Korean War, its relations with China are acceptableThe "leading big brother" of the Vietnamese army is the superpower Soviet Union, which gradually distanced itself from China after 1958.
Second, in the face of the Indian army that participated in World War II and the Vietnamese army that fought in the War of Resistance Against the United States, there was a big difference in strength from our army. Before the counterattack on the Indian army, our army reached the peak of the light infantry era;Before the counterattack against the Vietnamese army, after a delay of 10 years, there was a gap in the level of command, combat ability, and support capability.
Finally, before the counterattack against India, our army was growing on the diplomatic front, and our friends in the third world and the West gradually recognized our country. Before the war of self-defense and counterattack against Vietnam, it was in a difficult period in the international community.
After the outbreak of the self-defense and counterattack wars against India and Vietnam, all countries in the world, including the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, had very different attitudes and reactions, and the United States, the Soviet Union, the West, the Third World, and other camps expressed their attitudes one after another.
As the "leading big brothers" of the two camps, the attitude of the United States and the Soviet Union is very interesting.
China and the United States have been antagonistic due to the Korean War, and since 1958, China and the Soviet Union have been at loggerheads, and the "honeymoon period" between China and India came to an abrupt end the following year. In the three years that followed, the Indian army continued to create friction and various fancy provocations along the border.
Our army launched a thunderous attack in October 1962. In the first stage, it took only eight days to quickly cut through the chaos and clear the invading enemy of Kejielang, Tawang and Galwan Valleys, and Hongshantou, giving the Indian army a blow to the head.
In the second stage, the counterattack was even more vigorous, and in just five days, the Indian strongholds wedged into our territory were uprooted one by one in Xishankou, Bomdila, Walong, Rimijin, Mechuka, Duten, and Pangong Lok, and the Indian troops were driven out of the Line of Actual Control.
During the 32 days of the war, the United States, which had provided $4.1 billion in aircraft, artillery, cotton and grain to the Indian army in the previous three years, did not "fully support" as promised in advance, but was disturbed by the 42 missiles deployed by the Soviet army in Cuba.
The Soviet Army, which has not yet completely torn its face with our army, has supported the ** equipment and the latest drawings of the MiG of 13 divisions of the Indian Army. However, when our army interspersed with surprise attacks with lightning speed, the Soviet army was extremely disappointed with the Indian army's external strength and middle cadres, and on the other hand, it was unable to extricate itself because it was mired in the missile crisis, and naturally it was unable to fulfill its previous promises.
In the war of self-defense and counterattack against India, the United States and the Soviet Union were "indifferent," and the chairman had just the right grasp of the fighter planes.
Brigadier General Darvi of India captured by our troops in the Battle of Kejielang (center).
The Indian army was defeated, but the former suzerain, Britain, "fell into the ground" and openly ridiculed.
During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the British Army was the most ironclad follower of the US Army. However, out of consideration of its own interests, Britain was also the first in the Western world to recognize the new China. Therefore, Britain, which has always prided itself on being a "country of gentlemen", was unwilling to lose this colony in the South Asian subcontinent, and unscrupulously ridiculed the Indian army with Portugal and other countries.
The former European powers, represented by Britain and Portugal, saw in this war a strong rise of the new China, as well as the strength of the new country's army. After the victory, our army took the initiative to retreat, which also gave the West unimaginable Eastern wisdom. After this war, our army once again became famous in the world.
The counterattack against India lasted only 32 days, and the actual start of the war took less than 2 weeks.
As soon as the Sino-Indian conflict began, most of the third world countries shouted for a negotiated settlement of the dispute, but this was only in words. Pakistan, which has a feud with the Indian army, sees it as a pleasure to rub salt into the wounds of its rivals.
Since the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, for 22 years, there have been disputes between India and Pakistan.
After a lapse of 17 years, our army once again launched a polite and courteous counterattack in southern Xinjiang.
This time, the opponent has become Vietnam, another "third military power in the world", and the backer behind the Vietnamese army is the Soviet army, which has completely broken with our army. At that time, the Soviet army deployed a million-strong army in the northern frontier, which stretched for thousands of miles.
To be honest, the situation before the war of self-defense and counterattack against Vietnam was worse than that of the counterattack against the Indian army.
Lu Duan's big things are not confused" Ye Shuai and "God of War" Su Yu have reservations, and with the support of ** and others, Deng Gong decided to attack the Vietnamese army with a "blitzkrieg". There were only 4 weeks before and after the battle, and the attack and retreat each took up 2 weeks.
Our side was divided into Guangxi (eastern front) and Yunnan (western front), and launched attacks on the six provinces of Lai Chau, Hoang Lien Son, Ha Xuan, Cao Ping, Lang Son and Quang Ninh on the border of the Vietnamese army. Our army has 9 corps, and the Vietnamese army is divided into divisions B, 345 and 316A, as well as local armed forces.
After the outbreak of the counterattack against Vietnam, the performance of the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, was a different story.
This time, in order to endorse the "little followers", the Soviet army and the Eastern European countries behind it (Warsaw Pact) have expressed their condemnation of the just war of our army, such as the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, the GDR, Hungary, Poland and Albania.
Under the influence of the Soviet army, some neighboring countries, including third world countries, have also followed suit. The most typical are Mongolia, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Cuba, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Angola.
Under the blows of our army, the Indian army was in disarray. For the Indian army, it was a blessing to be a prisoner, after all, they survived
The statement of the Indian army is quite interesting.
India, Laos, and other countries have made statements as usual and demanded that our troops withdraw from Vietnam. Most third-world countries, like during the Sino-Indian conflict, have put forward the old tune of "resolving the problem through negotiation", such as some small European countries Cyprus, Denmark, and Iceland, and Asian and African countries such as Bangladesh, Egypt, Libya, and Mali.
When our army launched a counterattack against Vietnam, the U.S. military and the West were extremely critical.
From the point of view of the United States and the West, our army's attack on the pro-Soviet Vietnamese army is certainly in their interests. Therefore, on the one hand, the US side openly demanded that our troops withdraw from the border, and on the other hand, it also demanded that 100,000 elite Vietnamese troops withdraw from Cambodia.
The US military has joined France and other EU members, Western countries such as Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, and Sweden in Europe, Eastern European countries such as Yugoslavia and Romania, and Asian countries such as Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Iraq.
Australia, Britain, Japan, ASEAN, the European Union, and other countries and organizations have expressed their clear disapproval of the Soviet army's involvement, and to a certain extent, it has played a role in containing the possibility of the Soviet army's direct participation in the war.
In the first decade of the last century, the world's desire for peace was very high, so that the Soviet army at the end of the crossbow had to be afraid.
In the 1962 Sino-Indian War, our army registered the captured Indian army ** and prepared to return it to the Indian side
The only countries that have clearly expressed their support for our army are the DPRK and Democratic Kampuchea. In addition, Pakistan and Somalia have also expressed their support for our military to varying degrees.
However, many disputes in the world are so bizarre that they decide whether to be respected or not.
List of high-quality authors Before the outbreak of the war, most countries in the world were not optimistic about our army, and looked down on the Vietnamese army, which had the "platform" of the Soviet army. However, our army once again broke the luck psychology of some countries with its strength and thunderous blows.
The self-defense and counterattack wars against India and Vietnam have created an environment for China's peacebuilding for several decades.
More importantly, these two self-defense and counterattack wars have once again confirmed that the chairman's strategic thinking of "if no one offends me, I will not offend others," it will never go out of fashion, and it also proves that if a country wants to stand in the world, it still depends on its strength, and "to strike iron, it must be its own"!
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