In 1990, Chen Zhijian, the second son of General Chen Geng and deputy commander of the 40th Division, went to the hospital to visit a special person - Wang Bin. Wang Bin was captured in the Battle of Laoshan and was the only lieutenant ** officer to be captured.
After Chen Zhijian saw Wang Bin, he was surprised to find that the thin man in front of him, who weighed only more than 70 pounds, was completely different from the burly Shandong man in his memory.
Wang Bin and Chen Zhijian's eyes were slightly red, they couldn't imagine the torture that the ** person in front of them had suffered in the past nearly 6 years. So, how was Wang Bin captured back then?
What happened to him during his captivity? And then how did they return to their homeland? In the middle of the last century, the Vietnamese Le Duan clique, with the support of the Soviet Union, continued to invade and occupy the territory of southwest China, brutalizing border people, plundering property, and committing numerous bloody crimes.
Our side could not bear this, but the Le Duan clique not only did not relent, but intensified it, declaring that they would fight to the Yangtze River and bring the territory of our provinces into their rule.
In order to combat the arrogance of Vietnamese hegemonism, the Military Commission decided to launch a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam. On February 17, 1979, under the personal command of 73-year-old General Xu Shiyou, the Chinese People's Liberation Army captured more than 20 important towns in northern Vietnam in less than a month, and even approached the Vietnamese capital Hanoi for a time.
After that, our army blew up roads, railways, mines and some military facilities in northern Vietnam, and then withdrew its troops and returned to China, achieving a complete victory in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam.
Although the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam was supposed to teach the Vietnamese a lesson, the Le Duan clique shamelessly declared their victory. However, many years later, although the Vietnamese army suffered heavy losses, it still did not repent, they recruited heavy troops in the country, trained the army, built a large number of border military facilities, built strategic defensive positions, and prepared for a long-term confrontation.
During the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, the Vietnamese army received the support of the Soviet Union's new style, and together with the experience they accumulated in fighting our ** team, the army was strengthened and a special combat strategy was formulated for our army.
After making full preparations, they directly occupied Laoshan, Faka Mountain, and other areas, and took advantage of the terrain to build fortifications, frequently invaded our border, and harassed the military and civilians on our border.
In addition, the Vietnamese army also took advantage of the terrain of Lao Son to continue firing artillery on our territory. During the five-year period, 235 people were wounded or killed, schools, villages and farmland were damaged, and many residents had to move from their homes to caves to escape Vietnamese fire.
Under these circumstances, relations between China and Vietnam are becoming increasingly strained.
After witnessing the atrocities of the border soldiers and civilians suffered by the Vietnamese army, the ** Military Commission resolutely decided to launch the Lao Son Campaign in January 1984 to completely drive the Vietnamese army out of this territory.
Laoshan is located at the junction of Yunnan Province in China and Ha Giang Province in Vietnam, and is located in Malipo County, Wenshan City, Yunnan Province.
Within a radius of several tens of kilometers, the old mountain is the highest of all mountain ranges.
The ascent to the summit of Lao Shan is a very challenging task for the locals, and because of the steep rock walls around it, even the local ethnic minority medicine collectors are afraid of it, and only a few brave people dare to try it.
The reason why the Vietnamese value Lao Son is because it is a horn in the opposite direction of the Bali River, and once they control these two mountains, they can cut off the only way for our army to enter Vietnam.
In this way, the Vietnamese army only needs to hold this gateway to gain the upper hand in the Sino-Vietnamese war.
Since the occupation of Lao Son on the local map, the Vietnamese army has built a large number of underground fortifications in this area, laying traps and mines. Taking advantage of the terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, they constantly dispatched troops to contend with our army.
On April 28, 1984, under the order of the ** Military Commission, our army launched a campaign to recover Laoshan. After 18 days of bloody fighting, our army successfully recovered most of Lao Son and Zheyin Mountain, and drove the Vietnamese army out of our territory again.
New copywriting: Since the self-defense counterattack war against Vietnam, our army has entered the stage of the two-mountain round war for several years. From the beginning of the Battle of Laoshan to the end of the Battle of Liangshan, our army paid 4,603 sacrifices, successfully annihilated more than 30,000 enemy troops, and achieved the final victory.
However, during the battle, six soldiers of our army were captured by the Vietnamese army, and the only officer among them was the deputy instructor of the company named Wang Bin. Wang Bin was born in 1957 in Zoucheng, Shandong, with a strong figure and a typical Shandong man.
In 1976, 19-year-old Wang Bin responded to the call of the country and became a soldier of the People's Liberation Army, and was subsequently transferred to the 1st Battalion of the 118th Regiment of the 40th Division of the 14th Army of the Kunming Military Region in Yunnan.
In the 1981 Battle of Faka Mountain, Wang Bin and his soldiers fought bravely and performed well, and their heroic deeds were highly praised by their superiors. Because of his outstanding performance in this battle, Wang Bin was promoted to deputy instructor of the 1st Battalion and 2nd Company, and participated in the later war guidance work.
Four years later, in 1984, the Battle of Lao Son began, and Wang Bin's unit was tasked with driving out the Vietnamese army and retaking the Lao Son area, which had been occupied by the Vietnamese for several years. Wang Bin's 1st Battalion received the task of interspersing behind enemy lines, seeking opportunities to capture the enemy's two high grounds, and then flanking the enemy front and rear with the large army.
Just as he was about to leave, the battalion commander suddenly stopped him, and it turned out that the battalion commander had come up with an unexpected plan temporarily, and this temporary change of plan caused heavy losses to our army.
In past battles with the PLA, the Vietnamese army tasted bitter fruits in dealing with our army's interspersed tactics. Therefore, in response to our tactics for several years, they adjusted their tactics and formulated a corresponding response plan.
The Vietnamese army had laid a large number of mines along these routes, and their troops were carrying a large number of bombs and were waiting on our way to attack. As soon as the 1st Battalion entered the predetermined interspersed route, it encountered well-equipped Vietnamese troops, and as soon as mines rang out, bombs rained down, and the officers leading the team suffered heavy losses.
In the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, Wang Bin's 2nd Company was attacked by heavy enemy artillery. He quickly sensed the danger of the situation, and immediately revised the original battle plan, led the remaining fighters to assemble to the 1st Company, successfully avoided the enemy's artillery fire, and avoided greater losses.
Although Wang Bin could choose to evacuate with the large army at this time, he chose to turn back because he could not bear to see the remains of his comrades-in-arms Cong Ming and other soldiers who died fall into the hands of the Vietnamese army.
So, he applied to his superiors to return to the battlefield and successfully brought back the remains of his comrades.
Wang Bin took the correspondent and the secretary to return to find the bodies of his comrades. On the way, they were outnumbered by the Vietnamese army, the correspondent and the secretary general were killed one after another, and Wang Bin was also seriously wounded.
At this point, knowing that there was no hope of escape, his heart was full of regret and guilt, and he had decided to let them take the risk, but he had sacrificed their lives in vain. The bullets ran out, the enemy was closing in step by step, and Wang Bin knew that only by detonating the grenade would be to die with the enemy.
However, just as he was about to act, he was hit the back of the head, and the sky swirled in front of him, and he fainted.
In the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, Wang Bin was dragged by Vietnamese soldiers with a tree trunk**, and it was not until he woke up that he realized that he had become a prisoner. His heart was full of grief and helplessness, and he would rather die in battle than bear such an insult.
Vietnamese soldiers searched Wang Bin's means of communication while he was unconscious, confirming his identity. They were extremely excited, hoping to obtain information about our army and operational details from Wang Bin.
In the end, Wang Bin was imprisoned and became the first officer of our army to be captured on the battlefield of Laoshan.
During his six-year career as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, Wang Bin always had the idea of ending his life. In East Asian cultures, where soldiers are proud to die on the battlefield and captives are almost the same as traitors, Wang Bin feels that he cannot bear this stigma and will never betray his homeland.
However, the enemy's tight guards made it difficult for Wang Bin to find an opportunity to commit suicide. However, on the first day of imprisonment, Wang Bin had already secretly hidden his rope, hoping to end his life.
Unfortunately, this plan was discovered by the Vietnamese soldiers on patrol, who not only snatched the rope, but also beat Wang Bin violently.
After the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, Vietnamese soldiers closely monitored and guarded the captured Wang Bin. Not only did they take away all the items that Wang Bin could use to commit suicide, but they also kept him on constant alert.
However, Wang Bin did not give up because of this, and he has been looking for an opportunity to end his life. Whenever he was caught attempting suicide, he was brutally beaten by the Vietnamese army.
Despite this, Wang Bin's injuries gradually improved, and he was also interrogated by the Vietnamese army. In order to obtain information from Wang Bin, the Vietnamese army brutally whipped and electrocuted him.
Wang Bin suffered greatly physically and mentally, but he always stuck to his beliefs, gritted his teeth, and did not reveal a word. Even Wang Bin hoped that the torture of the enemy would be more severe, and that as long as his wound became inflamed, it would be possible to end his own life.
The Vietnamese treated Wang Bin very harshly, and after the torture, they would carry out ** to maintain his physical strength. In order to end his life as soon as possible, Wang Bin began a hunger strike, refusing to eat any food for several days in a row.
After learning of Wang Bin's idea, the Vietnamese sent soldiers to forcibly feed him in an attempt to get him to give up his hunger strike.
In the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, Wang Bin showed tenacious perseverance and unyielding spirit. Even when he was insulted and tortured by Vietnamese soldiers, he resolutely refused to give in, clasped his throat with his hand, and spit out what he had eaten to express his determination.
Despite living a humiliating life every day, interrogated and tortured by the enemy, Wang Bin never gave up hope, and he always looked forward to the end of the war and the return of freedom and dignity.
One day in the cell, the Vietnamese army interrogated Wang Bin again. This time, instead of using torture instruments, their prefect forced him to write an open letter. The main thrust of the letter is that Wang Bin claimed that after being captured, he received preferential treatment from the Vietnamese side, and was also asked to call for a truce between the two sides in the letter to reduce unnecessary **.
Wang Bin wanted to refuse at first, because once the letter was made public, he might be seen as a traitor. However, Wang Bin finally wrote this letter, just to tell his comrades that he is still alive!
Wang Bin was captured in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, and the Vietnamese army relaxed his care. Wang Bin wanted to escape and enter the embassy to complain about the mistreatment of prisoners of war. However, his plan was unsuccessful and his body weakened to the limit.
Wang Bin was again imprisoned and punched. He was already desperate and his only wish was to end his life, but under the close surveillance of the Vietnamese army, he was unable to fulfill this wish.
In the interrogation room, the Vietnamese tried countless times to extract information from Wang Bin's mouth, but they never succeeded. Now, Wang Bin has been captured for four years, and he has lost his value to the Vietnamese, but the Vietnamese army still did not let him go, and they used all means to torture and insult him, just to force this Chinese ** person to submit.
However, Wang Bin has long seen through the intentions of the Vietnamese, he is no longer afraid of death, and is determined to fight the Vietnamese to the end, so that the world can witness the tenacity and perseverance of the Chinese people.
Five years have passed, and Wang Bin has tried countless torture tools in the Vietnamese military prison. Every corner of the interrogation room was stained with his blood. In the face of the beating, he stared at the other party proudly, clenched his teeth, and endured the pain.
The international situation changed, the Sino-Vietnamese War came to an end, the border issue was eased, the two sides signed an armistice agreement, and reached a consensus on the exchange of prisoners of war. Wang Bin can finally go home.
In 1990, China exchanged 17 prisoners of war from Vietnam for 6 prisoners of war, including Wang Bin. When Wang Bin and his comrades-in-arms met again, everyone was stunned.
Wang Bin in front of him was rickety, and his body was covered with scars. The once strong Shandong man has become a thin man, as if a gust of wind can blow him down.
Wang Bin's comrades-in-arms wept silently, and they wanted to ask him why he wrote that letter and whether he had become a traitor. However, seeing Wang Bin's current appearance, they were relieved, how could there be such a traitor in the world who was willing to sacrifice for the country?
Everyone present was filled with anger that we in China had always abided by the Geneva Conventions and treated the captured Vietnamese soldiers with courtesy, yet the Vietnamese treated our soldiers so cruelly.