In January 1950, when Vietnam's communist cause encountered a crisis, Ho Chi Minh, the leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam, asked China for help, imploring *** to send troops to help Vietnam win the revolution.
** Believing that Vietnam is our close neighbor and a comrade who fought for communism, he must help Vietnam resist foreign invasion. Subsequently, General Chen Geng was sent to the battlefield in Vietnam and began a challenging struggle against France!
In Vietnam, Chen Geng encountered many difficulties. The Vietnamese troops lacked discipline, did not listen to commands, and had low combat effectiveness. To make matters worse, Vietnamese general Vu Nguyen Gia repeatedly disobeyed Chen Geng's command and expressed doubts about Chen Geng's decision-making.
Fortunately, as Chen Geng's old friend, Ho Chi Minh firmly supported him and fired back at Wu Yuanjia: "Your ability is far from Chen Geng!" ”
General Tran Geng's Aid: The Victor in the War of Resistance Against France in Vietnam! Let's go back to that little-known historical moment and witness how General Tran Geng led the Vietnamese people to repel the French army and win the victory of the revolution.
Ho Chi Minh's Road to Help: A Legendary Journey from Vietnam to China! Ho Chi Minh, a pioneer of the Vietnamese Revolution, his father was a county official in China, which also allowed Ho Chi Minh to learn to speak Cantonese and understand Chinese characters from an early age.
In order to save his country, he traveled through Europe and went to France to study. There, he became acquainted with *** and others and embarked on the road of Marxism.
His story will be told in this show.
Ho Chi Minh quickly joined the Communist Party, becoming the first member of the Communist Party in Vietnam and went to the Soviet Union for further study. He studied at the Whampoa Military Academy in China, where he founded the Communist Party of Vietnam.
During his stay in Huangpu, he met the humorous Chen Geng, and the two had a close relationship, discussing revolutionary ideals together and establishing a deep friendship. He also had many correspondence with the President, who was concerned about the revolution of the Vietnamese people and provided guidance to Ho Chi Minh many times, which made Ho Chi Minh gain a lot, and he sincerely admired the President.
After Ho Chi Minh returned to Vietnam, he led the people in an arduous struggle, during which he visited China three times to have in-depth exchanges with the Vietnamese revolution and share the road of the Vietnamese revolution.
After Japan's surrender in 1945, Ho Chi Minh decisively proclaimed the establishment of the Republic of Vietnam and issued the August Declaration, which caused dissatisfaction among the colonizers France, who sent troops into Vietnam, and the Vietnam War broke out in 1946.
Ho Chi Minh was in danger under the onslaught of the French. The two reinforced battalions around him were almost completely wiped out, and only 17 men remained. In a life-or-death moment, Ho Chi Minh shouted to the sky: "*You**!
At this time, *** was leading the People's Liberation Army in the war of liberation, and was engaged in a fierce confrontation with the Kuomintang, and had no time to take care of the Vietnamese people. However, Ho Chi Minh did not give up, and with firm faith and courage, he continued to lead the Vietnamese Communist Party in the struggle against the French, which eventually led to victory.
Ho Chi Minh learned from *** guerrilla warfare, repeatedly defeated the enemy, and carried out dangerous struggles. On October 1, 1949, he learned the news of the founding of the People's Republic of China through the seized French radio.
At that moment, his heart was full of passion, the Chinese people can win the revolution, and he will definitely be able to do it! Therefore, Ho Chi Minh immediately convened a meeting, and he resolutely said: "We are going to China, to Beijing, to ask for help!" ”
However, this plan did not go well, and the French, knowing his idea, placed a large number of troops along the border, which made it extremely difficult to leave the country.
Ho Chi Minh secretly arrived in Beijing on January 27, 1950, despite the blockade. At this time, the chairman and the prime minister happened to be visiting Moscow and were responsible for receiving him.
As an old friend of Ho Chi Minh, he received his arrival and listened to his three requests: the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Vietnam, the provision of ammunition and medicine support for Vietnam, and the dispatch of 1 million troops from China to assist Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh firmly believed that the French army had only 300,000 men, and that China had no problem sending 1 million troops.
Ho Chi Minh made a third request to ***, but it was denied, and he appeared a little disappointed. Therefore, Ho Chi Minh decided to go to Moscow in person, hoping to have an in-depth conversation with ***.
After five months of negotiations between China and Vietnam, China finally decided to provide assistance to Vietnam. We had a heated discussion on the question of who to send to Vietnam. Some suggested sending **, but the chairman thought that if ** went, Ho Chi Minh would become an adviser; Some people also recommended ***, but because *** needed him very much, so in the end, Ho Chi Minh asked Chen Geng by name.
Therefore, Chen Geng was selected as a military adviser and embarked on the road to Vietnam.
On July 9, 1950, as soon as he arrived in Vietnam, he got in touch with Ho Chi Minh. He was anxious to understand the enemy situation in front of him, and Ho Chi Minh told him that there were 230,000 French troops, 70,000 mercenaries, more than 50,000 Vietnamese puppet troops, more than 140 French troops, 4 paratrooper battalions, and a total of 160,000 troops on the Vietnamese side.
Chen Geng found that most of the grassroots soldiers of the Vietnamese army were lower-class civilians and were not afraid of sacrifice; However, the commanders were intellectuals, only talking on paper and lacking courage.
Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese generals believed that the Vietnamese troops were poorly trained, and although the soldiers had fighting spirit, they lacked adequate training. In order to cope with this situation, Chen Geng formulated the following strategy: besiege the enemy army with superior forces, first solve the weak opponent, and then attack the enemy army by concentrating firepower.
Chen Geng's strategy was highly praised by Ho Chi Minh, who said excitedly: "Comrade Chen Geng is like timely rain, with you, the Vietnamese revolution has seen hope!" ”
Subsequently, Chen Geng took a huge risk to personally go to the front line to observe the enemy's army, and the three important military towns that our army will face are Dongxi, Gaoping, and Qixi.
Chen Geng decided to personally command the first battle, and he was full of determination to win. After carefully exploring the terrain, he found that Gaoping had a heavy French army, surrounded by rivers on three sides, and the terrain was precipitous, making it difficult to conquer quickly.
So, he devised a strategy to attack the small town of Dongxi first, because there were only 800 enemy troops there, which was easy to attack but difficult to defend. However, Wu Yuanjia opposed this plan, believing that after the capture of Dongxi, our army would suffer losses and would no longer be able to attack Gaoping.
In addition, our army's attack on Dongxi will make the enemy forces in Gaoping more prepared, so it will be more difficult to capture Gaoping. Finally, Vu Nguyen Gia pointed out that the Vietnamese army had never had the experience of continuous combat, and the soldiers could be exhausted.
Still, Chen Geng stuck to his plan.
Wu Yuanjia and Chen Geng discussed countermeasures, and Chen Geng advocated attacking Dongxi first to deter the enemy army and set up an ambush on the way to the enemy's reinforcements to annihilate the enemy. Ho Chi Minh agreed with Tran Geng's view that he had fought for many years and had never lost.
However, Wu Yuanjia was puzzled by the difference between Chen Geng's tactics and those in the military book.
Ho Chi Minh was dissatisfied with Vo Nguyen Gia's negative attitude, saying: "Your combat command ability is far inferior to Chen Geng, have you led an army of more than 500,000 to fight?"
Chen Geng had defeated the Japanese and the Kuomintang before you, do you think you are better than him? Hearing these words, Vu Yuanjia immediately lowered his head, and the other Vietnamese generals also obeyed the order when they saw this.
In order to dispel Wu Yuanjia's doubts, Chen Geng deliberately found him and brought them closer.
Tran Geng skillfully used Ho Chi Minh's nickname "Ah Dong" to ease the awkward atmosphere with the Vietnamese officers through a light-hearted and humorous story, eliminating estrangement, showing his ability to unite and make everyone work together.
With the full support of Ho Chi Minh and the resourceful leadership of Chen Geng, the Battle of Dongxi officially began! The Vietnamese army successfully conquered Dong Xi in only one day, annihilated more than 300 enemies, and repelled the enemy troops who rushed in!
However, this victory did not give the Vietnamese generals confidence in Tran Geng, and Vo Yuanjia still insisted that the Vietnamese army should concentrate its forces and recover Cao Binh. Chen Geng couldn't help laughing after hearing this, he said that the enemy will definitely retreat, we should directly attack the Vietnamese command post - the Taiyuan area, adopt the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao, and attack it unprepared!
However, Vo Nguyen Gia and the other Vietnamese generals were not convinced by this and made a bet: "If you win, we will give you a roast suckling pig!" ”
Chen Geng's accurate prediction and preparation successfully repelled the enemy's attack, making everyone admire him so much that they called him a clever calculation. For this reason, everyone offered roast suckling pig as a tribute.
Chen Geng led his troops to achieve great victories many times. On September 20, he ** Vietnamese troops would set up an ambush in the dense forest, so they set up an ambush in the forest. However, until October 1, the Vietnamese did not show up.
Due to the difficult living conditions in the forest, the Vietnamese troops, who were lax in military discipline, were disbanded in place under the leadership of their commanders, looking for food and wild fruits.
Chen Geng was so angry that he even laughed when he knew that the French army had escaped unharmed in the ambush circle of the Vietnamese army. He felt very helpless about the Vietnamese because his plan had failed.
In response to this situation, he changed his tactics and mobilized a large army to prepare for the total annihilation of the French forces in Ledong and Sabah. The French army in Sabah totaled 3,000 men, while Tran Geng sent an army of 10,000 men, under the personal command of the famous Vietnamese general Vo Nguyen Giap.
Chen Geng thought to himself, with three times the enemy's strength and Wu Yuanjia's help, he should be able to win the victory easily. However, what happened on the battlefield caught him by surprise.
After Ho Chi Minh and Tran Geng's troops arrived at the front, Vo Nguyen Gia repeatedly expressed the idea of retreating. When the two sides were already fighting, Wu Yuanjia called Chen Geng again and said: "The two enemy forces are about to converge, the enemy has aircraft support, and we have achieved some results, so we ask for a retreat." ”
Hearing Wu Yuanjia's words, Chen Geng couldn't sit still, he immediately gave Wu Yuanjia a **, saying: "At this critical moment, if the headquarters is shaken, you will lose a great opportunity to win."
If we call it victory just to eliminate a few French soldiers and occupy a few cities, then according to this kind of fighting, when will we achieve national liberation and national independence?
Comrade Vo Nguyen Giap, if you have no confidence in this battle, then please tell President Ho Chi Minh that I will leave here tomorrow. ”