Shame on you! What a shame! ”
Knowing that 219 PLA soldiers had become prisoners of Vietnam, General Xu Shiyou was furious, took out his pistol and slapped it on the table, he really wanted to shoot the "soft bone" who took the lead in surrendering right now.
You must know that in the entire self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, our army was only captured by a total of 239 people, and this PLA cadre actually led the entire company to bend to the enemy and make compromises, no wonder General Xu Shiyou was so angry.
Why did this force suddenly surrender, and what was going on?
First of all, we have to mention Vietnam, a "white-eyed wolf" that is not well raised.
Historically, Vietnam has had a grudge with China for nearly 2,000 years, but after the founding of the People's Republic of China, we extended a helping hand to this neighboring country with complex complexes.
In the War of Resistance Against France and the War of Resistance against the United States, in order to help Vietnam drive out the colonial invaders, our country agreed to Ho Chi Minh's request for help, donated a large amount of funds and funds to him, and also sent military advisers to train Vietnamese soldiers.
You must know that at that time, our country had just experienced a civil war, and everything was in ruins, and the flames of the Korean War were ignited on the other side of the Yalu River.
But what I didn't expect was that after Vietnam drove out the American aggressors in 1975, just because the Soviet Union, which had a bad relationship with China, gave some benefits, it stood on the opposite side of our country like "if you have milk, you are a mother," and began to pursue a radical anti-China policy.
Internally, Li Duan ** squeezed out a large number of overseas Chinese and seized their assets; Externally, the Vietnamese army landed on China's Nanhai Zhudao without authorization, and deliberately provoked and shot at the border, causing the local people and PLA soldiers to be killed.
Moreover, Vietnam, which had just gained national independence, immediately "turned into an evil dragon as a dragon slayer" and began to invade and control neighboring Cambodia and Laos, just like "militarism dressed in communism" in a vain attempt to become the so-called hegemon of Southeast Asia.
China's forbearance was also regarded as weakness by Le Duan**, and Vietnamese soldiers crossed the border and stepped on Chinese territory to "tour" wantonly.
Under all kinds of presumptuous acts, the domestic public was indignant, and "People's **" angrily issued: "Is it tolerable, which is unbearable?" ”
In **, Deng Gongli defied public opinion and demanded that Vietnam be punished.
In his opinion, Vietnam will not fight for three days, and if it goes to the house to uncover the tiles, this time it must be beaten honestly and learn to put away its fangs.
So under the order of Deng Gong, the three-way army on the Sino-Vietnamese border that was ready to attack marched together, and ten thousand cannons fired in unison, shaking the heavens and the earth.
Even though the fighters of the PLA have gone through several iterations, the military spirit belonging to the army is still there.
In the face of complex terrain, harsh climate and cunning enemies, the PLA was improvised and brave, relying on courage, wisdom and perseverance to defeat the Vietnamese army at home.
China's goal in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam is quite clear, that is, not to exterminate the Vietnamese army, nor to capture the entire territory of Vietnam, but to destroy the heavy industrial area located in the north of Vietnam, where there are many military factories that China helped build in the past.
Only by destroying these foundations for waging war can Vietnam's fangs be shattered and its arrogance extinguished.
In just 28 days, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) beat Vietnam back to before liberation overnight, and even if Vietnam was still unconvinced, it had lost its threat like a clown.
However, it was such a battle of great significance, but it left a stain because of the voluntary surrender of one unit, and this unit was the 50th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, which was later dismantled, including the 8th Company of the 448th Regiment of the 150th Division.
That's right, it was the army of kings during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea.
The predecessor of the 50th Army was the 60th Army of the Kuomintang, during the Liberation War, after the efforts of the Communist Party, the army commander Zeng Zesheng led three divisions under his command to revolt on October 17, 1948, joined the ranks of the people's army, and changed the number.
At first, this Kuomintang "motley army" did not have any outstanding performance, and even the army commander Zeng Zesheng couldn't help but sigh: "We are bears, and we don't even have the qualifications to let President Peng scold, what a shame!" ”
But during the Korean War, the 50th Army was reborn and became famous in World War I.
In the third battle to resist US aggression and aid Korea, the 50th Army successively thwarted seven attacks by the 29th Brigade of the British Army in the "United **", and adopted the method of "blocking the head and hitting the tail" to annihilate an entire royal heavy tank battalion in the vicinity of Seoul.
Destroying steel with flesh and blood, such a battle report surprised the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army: "Is such a beautiful battle really fought by the 'bear division'?" Hurry up and give me a hard commend! ”
Since then, the performance of the 50th Army on the battlefield has become more and more brilliant, and the whole army has become a heroic division.
On January 3, 1951, in the Fifth Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the 50th Army blocked the enemy on both sides of the Han River, resisted the crazy attack of 250,000 "United **" with less than 40,000 people, and did not withdraw from the position in the 50 days and nights of arduous fighting.
In this battle, the 50th Army was known as "the strongest defensive force on the surface", which won a lot of time for the main force of the Volunteer Army to prepare for supplies, thus laying the foundation for our army's victory.
In this bitter battle, the 50th Army annihilated the enemy 110,000 people, more than half of their own, from 3 before the expeditionThe 30,000 were reduced to 10,000, and they returned to China to recuperate.
But only three months later, they set off again for the Korean battlefield, responsible for guarding the coast and carrying out some emergency repair operations.
It was not until April 1955 that this army made a glorious return with many heroes and achievements.
After that, like other fraternal troops, they guarded the country and the people, waiting for the call of the army for a day.
After the outbreak of the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam in 1979, many troops enthusiastically went to the front line to kill the enemy, but the heroic unit of the 50th Army stationed in Guangxi was slow to receive the order to go to the battlefield.
After a long time, it is inevitable that there is some imbalance in the hearts of the soldiers, seeing that the battle is coming to an end, and they train hard every day, isn't it just for this moment?
At that time, the 50 th Army was in a period of replacement of old and new personnel, and there were many young recruits in the army who had yet to be sharpened, and their experience and ability to adapt to the harsh conditions of the battlefield were still insufficient.
They were not allowed to go to the front line, also for their safety.
However, in view of the strong willingness of the 50th Army to ask for war, and the direction of the war has basically been decided, it was decided to give the new generation of the 50th Army a chance to participate in the war.
At that time, the main force of the Vietnamese army had already been defeated, and the rest were basically some remnants of the defeated army, and the combat effectiveness was not high, so the campaign for the purpose of "training" was still going quite smoothly.
But when it came time to retreat, something went wrong with the 50th Regiment of the 150th Division of the 448th Army.
It turned out that the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion of the 448th Regiment took the mountain path, and we all know that the Vietnamese soldiers were in guerrilla warfare with our army, so they liked to "probe" in the hidden forest, so when the PLA soldiers passed here, they were attacked by a Vietnamese squad.
If it had been replaced by an experienced veteran team, this Vietnamese squad would have been wiped out a long time ago, but the 2nd Battalion, due to its young team, inexperience, and insufficient understanding of the situation, chose to avoid the battle to preserve its strength and notify the regimental headquarters to support.
But if they want to walk through the jungle, how can they compare to the native Vietnamese?
Soon after, the Vietnamese soldiers and the main force launched an encirclement and annihilation of the 2nd Battalion, while the two companies sent by the regimental headquarters to rescue the emergency, the 1st Company and the 8th Company, were also lost and fell into an ambush and were in a difficult situation.
Due to underestimating the enemy's strength, the second battalion and two companies of the 448th Regiment suffered heavy losses in the battle, and many soldiers were shot and killed by the enemy in the shadows before they could shoot and resist.
After a hard battle, the 1st and 8th companies in charge of supporting the company ran out of ammunition and ammunition, but a large number of enemies were still approaching step by step.
However, the scene of the desperate struggle between the soldiers of the whole company and the enemy was not staged, and Feng Zengmin, who served as the commander of the 8th Company, actually instigated more than 200 people from the two teams to choose to surrender!
This humiliating defeat led to the capture of 219 people of the 50th Regiment of the 150th Division of the 448th Army, hundreds of people were missing, and a large number of people were captured by the enemy.
As a result, the Vietnamese side carried out overwhelming propaganda on this hard-won "great victory", and also carried out a prisoner exchange ceremony in front of many people, which made the PLA show a big eye.
After the surrendered commanders and fighters Feng Zengmin, Li Heping and others returned to China, they were immediately sent to a military court and sentenced to 10 years in prison, and the rest of the soldiers were sent to the farm for labor reform.
The 50th Army, where the company that caused the bad impact, was abolished, and the number of the 50th Army was also revoked in 1985, and the once proud banner of the Iron Army became history.
After standing on the last shift of the troops, the soldiers of the 50 army all wept in pain, saluted or waved goodbye to their proud banners.
Later, after Feng Zengmin was released from prison, he explained his "helpless move" in an interview.
At that time, the vast majority of the 200 or so people in the army were young and even underage young men, and many of them did not even get married and start a family.
Feng Zengmin couldn't bear to let these young soldiers end their lives for the sake of the martyrs' future fame, so he chose to be ruined and bent his knees in exchange for the safety of these young soldiers.
As listeners, we naturally don't know whether such statements are sincere or simple explanations, but we are afraid that we will not become real heroes if we die.
Throughout the history of the Chinese revolution, the victory was won by the blood of countless heroic martyrs, and if they all had the idea of surviving during the revolution, the dream of new China would have become unattainable.
Nowadays, countries around the world pay attention to humanitarianism, and the surrender of soldiers and the exchange of prisoners also occur from time to time.