As everyone knows, China and Vietnam had a long period of unhappiness in the last century. Although the flames of the war of self-defense and counterattack against Vietnam have long since dissipatedHowever, the "legacy" left by that war still affects the lives of the people on the Sino-Vietnamese border.
According to statistics, the border between China and Vietnam is about 1,450 kilometersHowever, there are more than 1 million mines in this area, with a total area of 298 square kilometers and at least 161 chaotic minefields that have not yet been dismantled.
The minefields are so terrifying, why didn't Vietnam organize demining as soon as possible to remove the threat that landmines pose to the Vietnamese people? It's not that the Vietnamese don't want to platoon,It's that these mines can't be cleared at all, ......
The terrifying Sino-Vietnamese minefield).
Before the start of the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, Vietnam ** laid out one defense line after another on the Sino-Vietnamese borderAnd the most important component of these lines of defense is mines.
The mine warfare of the Vietnamese used to play a very good role in the Vietnam War, so the Vietnamese played to their strengths and laid a huge number of minesA mixed minefield with a wide area was formed.
However, these mines did not have the desired effect, and our tank units still broke through the defense line and successfully sent the PLA to the city of Hanoi, the capital of VietnamA hard lesson for Vietnam, which does not know the height of the sky
After the end of the war, the Vietnamese tasted the bitter fruits of their own planting, and they used a wide variety of landminesThere are not only large anti-tank mines, but also small tripping and jumping minesThis type of mine is extremely stealthy and can blend in with the environment very easily.
Moreover, these mines are buried in completely different locations, and some mines can even be hung in trees and buried in cracks in stones, which is difficult to prevent. At the slightest hint of wind and grass, the minefield will be blown up.
Yunnan Provincial Border Guards said: The minefield on the Sino-Vietnamese border can be called the most complex minefield in the world. These mines have different means of detonating them, and they are extremely difficult to detonate.
A tragic scene during demining).
Because Viet Nam did not deal with the mined areas in time, these mines became more indistinguishable with the passage of time, and some mines changed their location and status under the wash of rain and mudslides, becoming extremely easyIt poses a great threat to the lives and safety of local people.
It is heart-wrenching that a large part of these minefields created by Vietnam are arable farmland, and farmers in Sino-Vietnamese border villages have to work in minefields to make a living, which also directly led to a series of tragedies.
Villages in a minefield).
There is a small village in Vietnam called Sa Ren Village, and there are only 87 villagers in the whole village, and almost all of the farmland they planted was in minefields. In such a dangerous environment, almost every year, villagers are injured or even killed by landmines.
Judging from the data of 2016, the 87 villagers in Sharenzhai only have 78 legs left, almost every home has a prosthetic leg and crutches. As a result, Sharenzhai has become the most famous mine-affected village in the world, and the entire population of the village is plagued by landmines.
However, due to the inaction of **, these villagers can only use scissors and firewood knives at home as demining tools to maintain the safety of their farmland. Behind every grain produced here is the bleak blood ...... of the villagers
Villagers maimed by the bombing).
In addition to ordinary residents, professional demining units are also plagued by minefields in Central Vietnam.
Among our demining troops, there is a young soldier named Luo Muyuan, who once cleared 616 mines buried on the Sino-Vietnamese border with his own hands. But an accident occurred while dealing with the 617th mine,As a direct result, he was injured in more than 50 places all over his body to varying degrees, and his eyes could never see the light ...... again
Why is it that modern science and technology still have no way to take the landmines that were planted decades ago? Why do the soldiers and civilians on the Sino-Vietnamese border have to endure the legacy of the wars of the last era?
Demining hero Luo Muyuan).
The biggest difficulty in demining is the cost, the cost of the land mines made by the Vietnamese during the war is about 20 yuan, but if you want to remove the mines that have already been laid, it must cost more than 6,000 yuan.
You should know that the total number of mines on the Sino-Vietnamese border and in mined areas is at least 1 million, such asIf they are all eliminated, the total amount of funds required for demining will exceed 6 billion yuan, which is obviously very difficult for Viet Nam to bear, so the demining work can only be delayed again and again, and the progress is extremely slow.
Partially dismantled mines)
In addition to the sheer cost, the technical requirements of demining are also very high. At present, the mainstream demining method is still to use metal detectors to detect mine areasThe mine is dismantled while the machine reacts.
However, a large part of the mines left by the Vietnamese during the war era were made of plastic or wood, which also led to the fact that traditional demining methods could not be used in Vietnamese minefields, and demining officers and soldiers could only rely on their own eyes to identify the location of mines.
With the blessing of various conditions, the demining work on the Sino-Vietnamese border has become an almost impossible taskIn addition to throwing money and people, Vietnam** can't find a second solution to the problem.
Deminers working in minefields)
As of 2013, more than 40,000 people had died in Vietnam due to landmines left behind from the warThe number of people disabled due to injuries has reached more than 60,000. Even though Vietnam** broadcasts hundreds of billions of VND every year for demining work, almost all of this money is wasted.
In order to solve this problem, Vietnam** even bowed its head to the international community, saying that it needed the support of the international community, but the effect of the harvest was still not very good, except for our country, few other countries are willing to provide substantial help to Vietnam in addition to a small amount of economic assistance.
In April 2010, the relevant committee in Viet Nam set a target of clearing landmines and other materials within 100 years. This time frame is hardly satisfactory to the Vietnamese people, who have been established for less than 100 yearsBut to pay the price of such a long time span for the war.
Hordes of terrifying mines).
The wheel of history has passed, and the border between China and Vietnam has been devoid of war, but here are one inconspicuous corner after another, but buried threats that ordinary people cannot bear. I only hope that Vietnam will increase its efforts and return a safer border to the Chinese and Vietnamese people as soon as possible.