The Historical Significance of Self-Defense and Counter-Attack Operations (Part 3).
Author: Enlightened Taihua.
Today is the 45th anniversary of the self-defense and counter-attack operation, and as a veteran of the war, I have thoughts from the bottom of my heart, and I would like to post an article here, and I will sing out with my comrades-in-arms who participated in the war, and I will deeply miss the sacrifice of my comrades-in-arms.
A large number of command personnel have been reserved for our army.
Learn about war in the middle of the war and accumulate combat experience in the battle. In 1979, the Vietnamese army has accumulated a lot of combat experience, from the geographical location of Vietnam, it belongs to the first belt of mountains and jungles, the height of the ups and downs is large, the vertical drop of the mountain has more than 1,000 meters of hills, easy to defend and difficult to attack, each highland is intertwined with wattles and vines, forming a natural barrier, the weather is hot, drinking water is poisoned, mosquitoes, blood-sucking leeches are rampant all over the ground, mines are dense, fortifications are criss-crossed, and the combat environment is very bad. The Vietnamese army has just finished three years of fighting with the United States for 20 years, and has a certain degree of tactical literacy, and most of the Vietnamese army has received tactical training from the Chinese people, and knows China's combat mode well. Under the many unfavorable operational situations, the officers and men of our army flexibly applied strategy and tactics, constantly coped with the complicated situation of war, quickly found the law of operation in the mountains and jungles, and won big victories at a small price; the commanders and fighters of our army studied the war during the war, summed up the war after the war, accumulated experience through the war, grew up a large number of military commanders in that war, and reserved a large number of war command and army management personnel for the army, and a large number of senior commanders of our army have experienced self-defense and counterattack operations.
It dealt a heavy blow to Vietnam's arrogance.
After the end of the Vietnamese-US War in 1975 and the death of Ho Chi Minh, the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Vietnamese leaders' desire for outward expansion began to swell, and they openly shouted: "Vietnam is the third military power in the world, and after the Soviet Union and the United States, Vietnam is Vietnam, China is not Vietnam's opponent at all, and the small countries in Southeast Asia are even weaker." At that time, Vietnam's strategic plan was to rely on the Soviet Union, first occupy Cambodia, swallow Southeast Asia, and then deal with China. The Vietnamese army did not expect that the Chinese people would fight like a tiger, and they could capture Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, after another week, the 316A division of Vietnam's ace division was beaten to pieces by the 14th Army, losing their armor and losing more than half of the casualties, and all the Vietnamese troops who fought with our army suffered a lot, and were completely suppressed by the bravery and fierce artillery fire of our soldiers, and the 1 million troops of the Vietnamese army in Cambodia also quickly retreated, and the Vietnamese army was in a hurry. The prisoners of the Vietnamese army sighed: "I didn't expect the Chinese people to fight so bravely, no matter how high the mountain can be captured, no matter how many mines can be crossed, no matter how strong the bunker can be destroyed, I didn't expect the artillery fire of the squadron to be so fierce, like rain densely covering our heads, I didn't expect that the nearly 1,000-kilometer border line was full of squadrons, so that we couldn't kick out of breath." The self-defense and counter-attack operations have made the Vietnamese army dare not shout arrogantly for at least 100 years, fearing that the psychology of the Chinese people will be stored in the Vietnamese army from generation to generation, and they will not dare to easily launch a large-scale attack on China.
It has cast huge spiritual wealth for the PLA.
One is not afraid of hardship, and the other is not afraid of death is the spiritual banner of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and generation after generation of soldiers have written immortal chapters on this banner. Military personnel are the defenders and defenders of national interests, and different eras and different periods have different forms of expression. The dedication and dedication of the soldiers, the soul of the soldiers, and the spirit of dedication directly show the people of the world that the Chinese nation is a great nation, an indomitable nation, and an invincible nation. The national characteristics of the soldiers are well-known on the screen, and there are war dramas every day, which deeply touches everyone's heart and encourages people. However, for the reason that China and Vietnam are reconciled, the spirit of not being afraid of hardship and death in self-defense and counterattack operations is no longer visible and praised. I experienced that war, in more than 20 days of fighting, every second there is the possibility of sacrifice, our soldiers for the victory of the war, indomitable, forward and forward, until the victory of the war, aside from sacrifice, the spirit of fighting in a harsh environment is another spirit of that war, I think all the soldiers who can persist in that cruel war conditions, I think all of them are heroes. Remembering this history is to engrave the glorious process of the PLA, is to inherit the great spiritual wealth of the PLA, and to objectively summarize, refine and publicize the core values of the Chinese nation.
Self-defense and counter-fire operations, the soldiers are not afraid of sacrifice, no matter how high the mountain, no matter how dangerous the road is, the soldiers have to risk death to capture, the front comrades fall, the back comrades always go forward and follow, bravely kill the enemy, no matter how fierce the enemy's firepower is, the soldiers always risk death to fight with the enemy, no matter how dense the mines, the comrades-in-arms will always be the first to roll to the minefield with their bodies, surrounded by the enemy, there will be comrades-in-arms who shout at me without hesitation to open fire, and the enemy is caught, there are comrades-in-arms who pull grenades and die with the enemy, blow up the bunker, There are always comrades-in-arms who are the first to take off with explosives bags in their hands and take off with the enemy pillboxes, and the attack is blocked, and there are always comrades who are seriously injured and cannot get out of the line of fire. Invincible, invincible, and invincible are the spiritual magic weapons of self-defense and counterattack operations. As long as there is war, it is cruel, as long as it is war, there are heroic feats that can be sung and cried, as long as there is war, there is the national spirit extended, and as long as it is fought for the country, it should win respect. In the more than 20 days of self-defense and counterattack, we did not sleep peacefully, we could only take a nap when we slept, we did not eat a full meal, sometimes we could only eat a little bit in two or three days, we did not drink enough water once, our comrades-in-arms often fainted due to lack of water, did not wear a day's dry clothes, the clothes were soaked in rain, sweat, and blood soaked in the body, mosquito bites were allergic, leeches sucked blood and invaded the human body, the soles of the feet ulcerated, most people drank raw water and diarrhea, and sometimes cold and hot destroyed every soldier, Surviving in a harsh environment every day, the PLA did not retreat, no one complained of being tired, and the Military Commission pointed out that it fought bravely.
There, until the victory of the war, the good image of the Chinese People's Liberation Army as a mighty and victorious division was fully demonstrated to the people of the whole world.