In the long history of our country, in line with the principle of peaceful and friendly exchanges, our country has had friendly and cooperative relations with many countries, and in the process of China's development and construction, many countries have also helped each other and made progress and growth together. In the past, our country has also helped many countries to tide over difficulties, but there is such a country, not only received 20 billion yuan from us, but also played the role of the chilling snake between the farmer and the snake, turning a blind eye to our help, and smearing our previous aid on the back, who is this country?
On February 17, 1979, Xu Shiyou and Yang Dezhi, two tiger generals, who had already reached retirement age, led hundreds of thousands of PLA troops into two groups to outflank Guangxi and Yunnan respectively, and directly launched a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam. What is the reason for such a battle? Is there some kind of hatred between Vietnam and our country?
Since the launch of the Vietnam War of Independence, no matter what the situation of the battle, our country is willing to help them, and give them help and support in all aspects, in three years, our country has become short of materials, food has become a big problem, under such difficult conditions, our country still invested 20 billion US dollars to help Vietnam tide over the difficulties.
The original prime minister of Vietnam was Ho Chi Minh, who had a very vicious political vision and was willing to serve the people personally. But since his death, he has been replaced by a new Vietnamese leader, Le Duan. And it was also after this person came to power that relations on the Sino-Vietnamese border deteriorated. Especially in 1979, the relationship between China and Vietnam was even more incompatible.
Under the leadership of their new leaders, Vietnam began to take revenge, constantly stirring up trouble on the border of Yunnan and Guangxi, and even threatening the safety of the lives and property of the people on the border many times. In the face of Vietnam's repeated provocations, our People's Liberation Army (PLA) was unbearable, so we began our self-defense counterattack.
In the course of the Sino-Vietnamese confrontation, in fact, the losses on both sides were very heavy, but if it had not been for the Vietnamese side to provoke these incidents for no reason, perhaps the next such tragic Battle of Lang Son would not have happened. The casualties in the Battle of Lang Son were the most serious in the entire self-defense counterattack. And in this battle of Lang Son, the Vietnamese side also violated the humanitarian spirit and directly used chemical ** against the officers and soldiers of our People's Liberation Army. After Xu Shiyou knew about the biochemical ** used in Vietnam, Xu Shiyou directly slapped the table and shouted that ten thousand cannons bombarded Lang Mountain.
Through brain supplementation, we can also imagine how angry General Xu Shiyou was at that time. Lang Son is located on the northern border of Vietnam, less than 18km from the Sino-Vietnamese border, and is also an important junction point of the Sino-Vietnamese border. The southern part is a flat plain, which is a natural barrier to the capital Hanoi, which means that if one side occupies Lang Son first in the course of the war, which side will be able to take the initiative in the war.
In order to be able to defend Lang Son to the death, the Vietnamese sent their most fierce unit, the "Venus Division", which has a very high reputation in Vietnam and is one of their best teams. On the one hand, the main battlefield is not at home, but in Vietnam; On the other hand, this is also the first time that we have to go to the territory of another country to fight a strategic counterattack, so everyone is not very sure in their hearts.
After the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, we received the respect and love of the Korean people, but after the end of the Vietnam War, although we contributed money and troops, we ended up in a bad end.
On February 27, 1979, the People's Liberation Army officially launched an offensive, and at that time, the 55th Army of the Guangzhou Military Region, the 162nd Division of the 54th Army, the main force of the 43rd Army, and the 148th Division of the 50th Army participated in the operation, with a total of more than 80,000 people. These units were all brave and good at fighting, and the most outstanding performance was the 55th Army, although they were once the army of the Kuomintang, but after being absorbed, they were dedicated to the party and had a very good performance.
Speaking of the strength of the troops, in fact, the PLA soldiers of every division should not be underestimated. The predecessors of the 54th Army were the 44th Army and the 45th Army of the Fourth Field Army, which were also elite troops in the past, and had brilliant records in the battle.
In order to better take Langshan, an offensive and defensive fortress with favorable time, place and people, our army divided into three routes, respectively outflanking the surrounding Kuma Mountain, Bawai Mountain and 417 Heights. However, when the battle really began, an accident occurred, because we were not familiar with the terrain of Vietnam, and because the road was slippery due to the rainy weather, the visibility was poor, which greatly affected the strength of our army. Only by preserving strength first and finding advantageous terrain can we carry out the next counterattack. However, Vietnam has occupied a certain advantage by virtue of its familiarity with the topography, and constantly uses all kinds of *** to strafe and bombard our army. However, our PLA fighters did not show weakness and continued to brave these dangers. If the line of sight is obstructed during the march, then we will shoot the guns and shells back without any fear.
Our artillery units also opened the way for others along the way, and they not only concentrated their firepower and opened up a way forward, but also fired a large number of fuel shells. Let us have a further direction for the development of the army in the future. With the active cooperation of our troops from all quarters, after a long and arduous struggle, we finally succeeded in occupying the high ground around Lang Son on February 28.
As far as the overall war situation is concerned, our army is on the inferior side in terms of the number of battles. After all, it is the home of Vietnam, and they can deploy many more troops than we do. Moreover, among these armies, there are not only the regular Vietnamese army, but also many small troops, adding up to more than 100,000 people. And Vietnam is backed by the Soviet Union, and the first-class equipment used is also quite extraordinary. Generally speaking, the strength of the Vietnamese army is not weak, and they mainly use more traditional interspersed combat tactics. However, the Vietnamese army has a key weakness, that is, they are too passive in defense, and do not have a unified command core, and they work independently, so whenever they break through a gap in the army, they will carry out a disintegrating operation on the whole, and after they find a breakthrough, they will not stop the loss in time to remedy, which also caused the Vietnamese army to lose a crushing defeat in this war.
As the war rages closer, losses on both sides would be even heavier if there were another fierce fighting, so we temporarily suspended our assault on the Lang Son area of Vietnam to avoid further Vietnamese deaths. However, after seeing the Chinese People's Liberation Army and keeping a hand on them, the Vietnamese army not only did not learn to be grateful, but became more and more rampant, constantly challenging and touching our bottom line.
In the early morning of March 1, the PLA assembled 19 artillery battalions and 300 artillery pieces and headed for Lang Son. Under the smoke of the war, the Vietnamese army was crushed. Not only did they succeed in blowing up the remnants of their 3rd Division, but the entire Lang Son was also turned to ashes in an instant, and there were tragic scenes left over from the war everywhere.
Of course, the reason why our PLA chose to bombard Lang Son directly with artillery shells is because before the bombing, we had already transferred the innocent people in Lang Son, and the rest were soldiers who participated in the war, so they chose to attack with artillery, so that the Vietnamese army could remember it for a long time. And also hope that by ending the fighting in this way, more personnel will be avoided**.
However, the Vietnamese may really not shed tears when they don't see the coffin, just after the PLA captured the northern part of Lang Son, they actually thought that this was just a small county town occupied by the PLA in Lang Son, and did not really attack Lang Son, and they were still proud, and did not realize their defeat, and said that only after crossing the Qi Poor River could they attack the Lang Son area. While the Vietnamese army was still complacent, General Tsuh Sai Woo decided to give them a blow to the head, so that they would be completely sober and not treat the goodwill of the PLA as an object that could be trampled on the ground. So he directly ordered to cross the Qiqiu River.
On March 4, the People's Liberation Army gathered together and directly attacked the Qi Poor River, and the Vietnamese army was still resisting stubbornly, but at this time they were already outlaws, and there was no need for any struggle. It wasn't until 11 o'clock at noon that the Lang Son area was completely taken by the PLA, and the Hanoi area was also in danger at this time, and everyone finally realized how stupid they had been complacent. In fact, it was very easy for the PLA to directly capture their Hanoi at that time, but we still chose to live in peace and use peace to resolve the contradictions between the two sides. On March 5, our troops began to withdraw one after another.
In the entire Vietnam self-defense counterattack, in fact, we have given the Vietnamese army many opportunities, hoping that they can meet and stop here, do not blindly provoke the patience of the PLA, after all, challenging our bottom line is intolerable, for the Chinese, the most intolerable thing is that other countries invade our borders, but the Vietnamese region has previously lightly said that they want to attack the Friendship Pass to have breakfast, and to cross Nanning to celebrate the Spring Festival. Such an arrogant and arrogant attitude cannot be tolerated, because China is a complete country, and not any small country can invade it. Coupled with the fact that we have helped Vietnam so much, it is obviously intolerable that they are now trying to challenge our authority by invading our borders. If it weren't for the arrogance and unrepentance of the Vietnamese region, they would not have been taught such a painful lesson.
And Vietnam has a long memory this time, and they finally understand that the strength of the Chinese People's Liberation Army should not be underestimated, and it is not that we choose to value peace, so we can test the patience of our PLA without a bottom line. Don't be arrogant, otherwise you will only hurt yourself in the end.
The 70-year-old General Xu Shiyou dragged his old body, still scolded Fang Xuan, commanded the battle, and he gave Vietnam opportunities again and again, hoping that our benevolence could exchange them for their sobriety, but the Vietnamese region failed our goodwill again and again. In the previous Vietnam War, we sent troops and money to provide them with $20 billion in aid, but now we want to use war to not spare our borders, how can such white-eyed wolf behavior be tolerated? While we do not care about Vietnam's ingratitude, we will not tolerate his incursions into our borders. China has never been a country that eats soft rice, we will defend our democracy and sovereign integrity anytime and anywhere, and China will be stronger in the future.