In the 80s of the last century, there was a song "Bloodstained Style" in our country that sang and cried countless people and became a national classic of that era.
And the background of this song is the ten-year self-defense counterattack war against Vietnam, and the two former brotherly countries of China and Vietnam have fought each other.
As time passed, this history was less talked about, and it was even more alien to the younger generation. Therefore, it is necessary for us to look back at this blood-stained history.
When the ** discussed whether to send troops to Vietnam, not everyone supported sending troops, on the contrary, there were not many leaders who opposed sending troops or considered it carefully.
Comrade ***, who was the chairman of the Central Military Commission at the time, also opposed sending troops to Vietnam, and Comrade ***'s starting point was to take into account the international environment at that time.
At that time, China and the United States broke the ice, and the Soviet Union began to accelerate the courting of Vietnam, which made Vietnam quickly throw itself into the Soviet Union. And Vietnam, with the Soviet Union as its backer, became more and more ambitious.
At that time, Sino-Soviet relations showed no signs of easing, and we and the Soviet Union had been in a long-term confrontation on the border. The Soviet Union even stationed a large number of troops in the Far East, known as "Chen Bing Million".
Vietnam is located in the southwest, and the Soviet Union is in the north of our country, once we send troops to Vietnam, will the Soviet Union take the opportunity to also send troops to invade us?
As soon as the Soviet Union sends troops, then we are likely to be caught in the middle of a north-south trap. This was very unfavorable to China at that time.
Several respected generals in the army were also not very in favor of sending troops to Vietnam at this time.
At that time, the first vice chairman of the Military Commission and the marshal did not quite agree.
The reason is not complicated, at that time, China had just come out of a decade of chaos, the order of the whole society had just been restored, and the reform and opening up had just begun.
Ye Shuai felt that at this time, we should focus on the country, and it was best to deal with the contradictions between China and Vietnam safely.
In addition, the combat effectiveness of the People's Liberation Army at that time was also affected due to well-known reasons, which was also the reason why Ye Shuai did not agree to send troops.
In addition to Ye Shuai, Su Yu and *** and others also suggested cautious consideration of sending troops.
And there are fewer people who are in favor of sending troops, mainly *** and **.
** Comrade advocates that this battle must be fought if it is not fought. In response to everyone's main concern about the reaction of the Soviet Union, ** analyzed four possible reactions of the Soviet Union:Insults, threats, skirmishes, large-scale border wars, or invasions
The first two are certainly not less, and there is a certain possibility of a small-scale conflict, but the possibility of a large-scale war or invasion is relatively small.
It was pointed out that according to the situation at that time, if the Soviet Union wanted to invade our country with a large army, it would take at least half a year to prepare. Half a year later, we were able to withdraw our troops from Vietnam.
** believes that the Soviet Union only gave verbal support to Vietnam to a large extent, and that the strategic goals of the Soviet Union and Vietnam were different, and that the Soviet Union only wanted to use Vietnam to contain China, and that it would not rashly get involved in the Sino-Vietnamese war.
In the situation at that time, Comrade *** was the chairman of the Military Commission, Ye Shuai was the first vice chairman of the Military Commission, according to common sense, the opinions of the two were weighty enough, and Su Yu and other veteran military cadres were not very much in favor. It can be seen that opposition to sending troops was the mainstream opinion at that time.
And Deng Gong was only the vice chairman of the Military Commission at that timeThen why did you finally decide to send troops to Vietnam according to Deng Gong's opinion?
This question should be viewed in the context of the domestic political background at the time.
At that time, he received a lot of criticism because of "two whatevers", and at the end of 1978, he no longer insisted on this statement, but said that he was too absolute and needed to be reviewed.
This situation has to some extent shaken the authority of *** in the party.
At this time, the core leadership position has been actually established, so Comrade Zheng's speech has a lot of weight and authority in the party.
In the end, ** is also to form a unified opinion, to spank the ass of Vietnam, a disobedient "little friend".
If it is said that the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea brought China an independent international status and several decades of peace, then the war of self-defense and counterattack against Vietnam created a peaceful and favorable international environment for reform and opening up.
The self-defense and counterattack war against Vietnam stabilized the southwestern frontier and conveyed China's courage and capability to the world.
Since then, China has launched reform and opening up, and international capital has begun to enter China.
Why? In addition to China's huge market and low labor costs, more importantlyChina's safe and stable social environment.
And this security and stability was created by a single shot in the self-defense and counterattack war against Vietnam.
At that time, we were already at odds with the Soviet Union, and the pressure on our defense in the north had increased dramatically, and if we allowed the Soviet-backed Vietnam to succeed, then our southwestern provinces would be unstable again. If we have to guard against the Soviet Union in the north and Vietnam in the south, then the resources and manpower we can devote to economic construction will be greatly reduced.
Judging from the historical process, the decision of ** was correct.