On November 21, 1962, the self-defense counterattack against India ended with the victory of our army, and China announced a ceasefire and withdrew its troops. Someone asked General Zhang Guohua, who was the commander of the ** military region at the time: "How does it feel to fight against the 'third military power in the world'?" ”
General Zhang Guohua just smiled and didn't say too much. There is a deep meaning behind this smile, which seems to be an understatement, but it is actually full of ridicule and contempt for each other!
In 1962, the Sino-Indian border dispute continued to escalate, and Nehru's unreasonable provocation aroused the indignation of the Chinese people. In the face of the invading enemy, the chairman angrily decided, "Sweep it!" ”。
Under the leadership of ***, the border troops of China's ** Military Region rose up to fight back and launched a one-month self-defense counterattack with the Indian army. The results of the battle were brilliant, and our border troops annihilated three brigades and one brigade of each of the four brigades of the Indian army, captured high-ranking officers of the Indian army, and demonstrated their strong military strength.
In this battle, the Chinese border guards lost 722 people killed and 697 wounded, but the battle loss ratio was as high as 1 to 6, showing the great superiority of our army in the battle. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has launched a fierce offensive, and its troops are directed at New Delhi, the capital of India, which is precarious and panicked, and many high-ranking officials and nobles have fled to other places with their families, and India's top leaders have even begun to deploy to "defend New Delhi."
In this war, India finally saw clearly the fact that the so-called "third military power in the world" that they thought they were boasting about was a joke, and the Indian army was no match for the PLA at all.
This border war was fought as a "battle to defend the capital" and won the respect of the Chinese people and the praise of the people of the world.
Zhang Guohua, founding lieutenant general, commander of the 18th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, participated in the first to fifth "anti-encirclement and suppression" battles, the 25,000-mile Long March, director of the Political Department of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and was promoted to commander of the Yuwan Soviet Military Region during the Liberation War.
In 1950, Zhang Guohua led his troops to station, and two years later, the 18th Army was reorganized into the ** Military Region, and Zhang Guohua served as the commander of the ** Military Region. Before the start of the self-defense counterattack war against India, Zhang Guohua did not despise it, he said: "I have not fought with them, and we do not know exactly how many pounds and taels they have", but said that they will definitely be able to win, please rest assured that the chairman can do so.
The high command unanimously agreed that our army was completely sure of defeating the Indian army.
At the pre-war enemy situation analysis meeting, General Zhang Guohua reminded everyone: "Our opponent is India's 'trump card' troops, and we must not take it lightly. In line with the principle of "being lenient in anticipating the enemy and being strict in resisting the enemy," General Zhang Guohua said: "Do you still remember Hu Lian's reorganized 11th Division? ”
The "11th Division" mentioned by General Zhang Guohua is our army's old opponent and one of the five main forces - the 11th Division, Hu Lian is the commander of this integrated division, and he is a relatively capable senior general in the Kuomintang army.
In the War of Liberation, Hu Lian fought with our army several times, and his tactics were strange and cunning, extremely fierce, and he could be called one of the top generals in the Kuomintang army. However, even if he was "as cunning as a fox and as fierce as a tiger", he could not recover the decline of the Kuomintang, and finally ended up with "throwing away his armor and fleeing in the wilderness".
Zhang Guohua's purpose of bringing up the old matter again at this time is obvious, that is, to ask everyone to show the vigor of fighting Hu Lian's 11th Division in the past, and make all preparations for fighting a big battle, a tough battle, and a bad battle.
Zhang Guohua finally said: "No matter how arrogant and bullish the enemy is, I am afraid it will not be more difficult to fight than Hu Lian's integrated 11th Division, in short, we must win this battle, and we must prepare to fight the second and third battles until the enemy is completely defeated!" ”
A month later, the self-defense counterattack against India reached the expected goal, and our troops immediately withdrew from the battlefield. At the "Battle Summary Meeting," General Zhang Guohua said with great satisfaction: "I didn't expect the enemy to be so unbeaten, I have been a soldier for 33 years and have fought against all kinds of enemies, but this is the first time I have encountered such an opponent. ”
The participants immediately burst into laughter, and when everyone had laughed enough, General Zhang Guohua added: "Before the war, I regarded the Indian army as Hu Lian's integrated 11th Division, ready to fight a tough and vicious battle, and now it seems that I have really promoted them."
This domineering sentence came from the mouth of a young PLA soldier. This young PLA soldier is named Pang Guoxing, and he is the deputy squad leader of the 9th Company of the 163rd Regiment of the 55th Division under Zhang Guohua. "
Pang Guoxing: This is a matter of course, and there is no other choice. We are not afraid of the Indian army, and every word is full of the heroic spirit of "invincible in the world". This is our self-confidence, this is our domineering.
In the face of a group of weakly defeated Indian troops, the leader of the battle group, Pang Guoxing, decisively issued an order: "Destroy them!" He and his team quickly moved to attack the Indian troops on the hill on the left and right, and knocked out the Indian officers led by lightning speed, and the other "bearded soldiers" fled one after another.
However, Zhou Wenxuan accidentally discovered the artillery position of the Indian army during the pursuit, and they immediately launched an attack on the position, successfully knocking over several cannon howitzers, and the panicked Indian army overturned and fell into the valley while fleeing.
This is the process of implementing the first and second orders issued by Pang Guoxing after taking office.
In the old **, the Chinese and Indian soldiers confronted each other, and Pang Guoxing led the soldiers to take out the Indian artillery position. After walking a few kilometers, they spotted an Indian soldier repairing a broken down military truck with two Indian soldiers on the road in the valley.
Pang Guoxing said without hesitation: "Why don't you fight?".Kill them!The fighters then killed them. Just as they were about to continue on their way, the sound of machine guns was heard in the distance.
Pang Guoxing judged that this was the voice of their troops, so he led the soldiers to climb the small hill. They found an Indian position on a small hill beam, and a dozen soldiers were shooting wildly.
Pang Guoxing led the soldiers to take the back road and successfully occupied the commanding heights. Their heroic performance was warmly welcomed and praised by their comrades-in-arms. In the afternoon of the same day, they managed to return to the troops.
In this battle, they penetrated 15 miles deep into the enemy, fought five beautiful battles of annihilation, and captured a large amount of supplies. Pang Guoxing was awarded a first-class meritorious service, and other soldiers were also awarded second-class meritorious service.
At the celebration party, Pang Guoxing said impassionedly: "The enemy not only did not surrender, but also dared to shoot back!"A year later, Pang Guoxing was awarded the title of "Combat Hero" by the Ministry of Defense and promoted to the rank of second lieutenant.
On the National Day of that year, the heroic model represented Pang Guoxing in the capital Beijing and participated in the National Day ceremony. Commander-in-Chief Zhu and Senior General Wang Shusheng, leaders of the People's Liberation Army, cordially received him.
Looking at Pang Guoxing's young and immature face, General Wang Shusheng couldn't suppress the joy in his heart, he held Pang Guoxing's hand, and said with a smile on his face: "'The enemy not only surrenders, but also dares to shoot back', this sentence is said vigorously, I like it, our soldiers should be so fearless and invincible!".”
Regrettably, on 18 September 1965, while instructing the militia in bombing training, one of the militiamen threw a grenade not far ahead. At the last moment, Pang Guoxing rushed forward without hesitation and used his young life to protect the panicked militia.
Now, more than 50 years have passed, and General Zhang Guohua's "hehe" voice and Pang Guoxing's bold words are still echoing in our ears. Why are our soldiers so invincible and so domineering?
Because their souls are engraved with loyalty and bravery, their lives are full of devotion and sacrifice. They are the backbone of our country and the pride of our nation.
The warriors on the border are fearless and invincible in the world, because justice is in hand and there is a strong motherland behind them. The trust and support of the 1.4 billion people have endowed the people's armed forces with the ability to defend their territorial sovereignty and the confidence to defeat the invading enemy.
I advise those countries that dare to infringe on China's sovereignty and attempt to subvert China not to take any more risks and provokes, otherwise what awaits them will be the result of self-inflicted humiliation and digging their own graves.