Introduction.
As everyone knows, Sino-Vietnamese relations have not been very good since the last century. The fighting between China and Vietnam has ended, but this "legacy" still haunts the people on the border between China and Vietnam.
According to the data, the border between China and Vietnam is only 1,450 kilometers, but in such an area, the number of mines exceeds 1 million, covering an area of 298 square kilometers, and there are 161 undestroyed minefields.
If there is such a terrible minefield, why has Vietnam** not immediately carried out clearance work to remove these dangers to the Vietnamese people? It's not that they don't want to queue up, it's just that the mines here are so hard to find.
Sino-Vietnamese minefields, terrible places)
1. A compound minefield that shocked the world.
Before the outbreak of the Vietnam counterattack war, Vietnam set up layers of defenses on the Sino-Vietnamese border, the most important part of which was composed of landmines.
Vietnam's mine warfare achieved great results on the battlefield in Vietnam, so they took advantage of their advantages to lay a large number of mines on the ground, creating a large area of composite minefields.
But those mines didn't work, and the Vietnamese tanks still pushed all the way to Hanoi in Vietnam, and taught them a profound lesson.
After the war, the Vietnamese people also suffered, they planted a large number of tank mines on the ground, in addition to some large-caliber anti-tank mines, including some small guide mines and jump mines, these mines are very concealed and can easily blend into the surrounding terrain.
Not only that, but each mine is placed in a different location, and some are fixed between trees and rocks, making it difficult to guard against. The slightest movement can detonate a mine.
A border guard in Yunnan Province said: "The border area between China and Vietnam is one of the most complex minefields in the world. "They are dismantled in different ways and are very difficult to clean up.
The tragic situation when clearing landmines)
Because the Vietnamese authorities did not effectively clean up the area, it was eroded by heavy rains and landslides over the years, becoming a very dangerous explosive, posing great danger to the local population.
2. The terrible thunder-stricken village.
What is sad is that in the mines created by Vietnam, there is a considerable amount of land that can be cultivated, and the villagers of the Sino-Vietnamese border villages can only cultivate in the minefields to make a living, which has led to one tragedy after another.
The village is covered with mines)
There is a small town called "Sha Ren Village" in Vietnam, with a population of only 87 people, and all the cultivated land is in a minefield. In the midst of such harsh conditions, people die every year because of landmines.
Statistics from 2017 show that out of the 87 people in Sharen Village, only 78 feet remain, and most of them are equipped with prosthetic limbs and walking sticks. Sharenzhai is also the most famous mine-stricken village in the world, and the people of the entire village have been tortured by landmines.
However, in the absence of any action from the state, they had to pick up scissors, machetes, etc., at home to protect the safety of their fields. Everything here has been bought with the blood and sweat of countless people.
The one who was blown up).
In the mine-stricken areas of China and Vietnam, not only civilians, but also soldiers who specialize in mine work.
In our country's EOD team, there is a young man named Luo Muyuan, who relied on his own strength to remove 616 mines planted in the Sino-Vietnamese border area. However, in the process of clearing the 617th mine, he encountered one thing, that is, he was injured in more than fifty places on his body, and he also lost his eyesight.
How is it possible that today's technology is helpless against those mines that have been buried for decades? Why did the soldiers and soldiers on the Sino-Vietnamese border endure the wars of the last century?
Mine warrior Luo Muyuan).
3. Mines that cannot be eliminated.
When cleaning up these mines, the biggest difficulty lies in the cost, the Vietnamese soldiers made each ** mine is about 20 yuan, if you want to dismantle the bomb buried in the ground, then it will take more than 6,000 yuan.
There are 1 million mines on the Sino-Vietnamese border and minefields, and counting all the mines, the cost of clearing them alone will cost more than 6 billion yuan, and Vietnam simply cannot afford it, so the clean-up work has been delayed and the progress is very slow.
Some mines have been dismantled)
Not only is it an economic problem, but more importantly, the mine also needs a high technical content. Today's conventional way of clearing mines is to use metal detectors to detect minefields and then remove them when they are detected by machinery.
However, because a large number of landmines left over from the war in Vietnam were made of plastic and wood, conventional demining methods were difficult to use in areas like Vietnam, and the soldiers of the demining units had to rely on their eyes to find them.
Under such circumstances, clearing the Sino-Vietnamese border of mines has become a difficult task, and Vietnam can only make up for it with money.
Mine workers).
As of 2013, more than 40,000 people had died and more than 60,000 were injured and disabled in Vietnam as a result of wartime landmines. Although Vietnam** has invested tens of billions of VND in mine clearance, this money has been squandered.
For this reason, Vietnam** had to make concessions to countries around the world and express its support to countries around the world, but the results were not significant, because not many people were willing to lend a helping hand to Vietnam, only some financial assistance.
In April 2010, Vietnam's parliament drew up a plan to dismantle explosives, such as landmines, within 100 years. It is difficult for the Vietnamese people to meet such a time limit, because Vietnam has only been founded for less than 100 years, but in this war, it has to pay so much.
terrible minefield).
With the passage of time, there is no longer a war between China and Vietnam, but in every remote place, there are dangers that ordinary people can hardly imagine. His only wish now is that Vietnam will take measures as soon as possible so that the Chinese and Vietnamese people can have a safer border at an early date.
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