In 1979, the Vietnamese army was facing a critical situation and tried to turn the tables with biochemical **.
But no matter how mad you are, you can't change the result of being completely annihilated by our army.
With the superiority of artillery fire, our army completely collapsed the positions of the Vietnamese army.
But why did our army, after gaining an advantage, choose to withdraw its troops quickly?
In February 1979, our country decided to teach Vietnam a lesson.
The size gap between China and Vietnam is so great that our leaders jokingly call it the "Cuba" of the East.
Teaching Vietnam a lesson is as simple as teaching a disobedient child.
And after the start of the campaign, our army was as expected, and the momentum was like a bamboo.
After a series of early victories on the Eastern Front, it was decided to attack Lang Son to deter Hanoi.
In Lang Son, the squadron encountered a hard bone and fought against the 3rd Division of Vietnam, known as the "Venus Division".
The order of the Vietnamese top brass to the defenders of Lang Son was to defend to the death, regardless of the cost.
Because if Lang Son is taken by our army, there will be no natural obstacles from Lang Son to Hanoi.
The squadron is on the plains of the Pingchuan River, and can use mechanized troops.
The Vietnamese army may be able to fight a battle by virtue of natural hazards, but there is no possibility of defeating the squadron on the plains.
Therefore, the will to resist of the Lang Son Vietnamese army was very tenacious.
Our army did not encircle Lang Son in the first place, but intended to attract the Vietnamese army to come for reinforcements, so that our army could completely annihilate them in one fell swoop.
However, Vietnam was determined to let the defenders of Lang Son die together with Lang Son and would not send reinforcements.
The defenders of Lang Son also knew that they had become lonely, and they all had the determination to die.
Although the Vietnamese army is the enemy of our army, we must admit that the Vietnamese army's will to fight is not inferior to our army.
After 10 years of fighting with the US military, coupled with absorbing the combat experience of our army, their war quality should not be underestimated.
When our army launched an attack on the Lang Son Vietnamese army, they resisted very strongly.
In the face of our army's tanks and armored vehicles, some Vietnamese troops will hold explosive bags and use their lives to delay our army's attack.
But our soldiers were equally brave and fearless, and in the case of being several times the enemy, our troops quickly occupied a large number of positions in Lang Son. In order to hold Lang Son, the Vietnamese army used chemical ** by unscrupulous means and contrary to international law.
Most of the forward units of our army were not equipped with gas masks, and many fighters fell as a result.
Xu Shiyou, commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front, immediately ordered the offensive to be stopped.
At dawn on March 1, Xu Shiyou ordered to concentrate more than 300 cannons to bombard Langshan.
He gave orders to the artillery, and not a single house could be left. The Vietnamese army was so beaten by our artillery that they could not raise their heads, and were finally completely annihilated by our army.
According to Xu Shiyou's concept, after occupying Lang Son, the next step was to get in touch with Yang Dezhi's corps on the Western Front.
Advance from east to west, encircle all important towns in Vietnam, eat all the Vietnamese troops, and completely solve the problem of China's southern border defense.
However, a few days after the end of the Battle of Lang Son, ** ordered the entire army to withdraw to the country.
Because of this, the Vietnamese side has always refused to admit that they lost the war.
They believed that it was the squadron that suffered heavy losses in Vietnam, so it had to retreat.
And on the way to retreat, it was constantly attacked by the Vietnamese civilian armed forces, and it was embarrassed.
What the Vietnamese side said is not entirely fictional, but it is not the main reason for the retreat of our troops.
The fact that all the people of Vietnam are soldiers was known to our army long before the troops were dispatched.
After entering Vietnam, the Vietnamese army often broke into pieces, and the guerrillas came out of nowhere, but our army was not helpless.
A part of our army was divided into parts, and in the same way, it was divided into parts, and the enemy's guerrillas were engaged in a maneuver so that they could not hinder the march of our large forces.
There are two reasons why our army really withdraws, one is that our army's set goal has been achieved.
Our army is here to teach Vietnam a lesson, not to destroy Vietnam. In the first battle of Lang Son, the ace division of the Vietnamese army was completely annihilated, which was enough to have a deterrent effect.
The second reason is that the Soviet Union and Vietnam are allies, and we must fight a quick battle and not allow the Soviet Union to take advantage of it.
In the war of self-defense and counterattack against Vietnam, China and Vietnam have different perspectives.
Vietnam is barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, anyway, it's better to gamble on a big one.
But not China, which can despise Vietnam, but must pay attention to international influence, to the actions of the Soviet Union.
All things considered, after teaching Vietnam a lesson, a quick withdrawal is the best solution.