In the 1970s, when our country was facing a relatively poor situation, a series of turmoil occurred in the southern part of the country.
Vietnam As a small country in Asia, it dared to invade Cambodia , and even attempted to invade the so-called Indochina Peninsula . They also pointed their targets secretly at our country's Nansha Islands and Xisha Islands . They not only intend to get involved in our country's territory, but also made a series of unreasonable actions on the Sino-Vietnam border.
Large-scale anti-China and insulting China caused many Chinese people to be destroyed, and those who work and study in Vietnam were also seized or encroached on property by the Vietnamese authorities for various reasons.
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In response to these situations, the Chinese government has repeatedly issued serious statements and strong condemnation to them. The Party Central Committee also sent a series of letters to the Vietnamese Communist Party : "The above actions threaten the safety of Chinese police officers and the stability of the situation in Southeast Asia. You are asked to stop immediately."
Even so, the Vietnamese authorities have no intention of taking the announcement of the Party Central Committee seriously and continue their evil behavior. They have created many bloody incidents on the Sino-Vietnam border, and have used all kinds of incidents to provoke our country's dignity and sovereignty and integrity. Regarding Vietnam's disobedient "obscene wolf", the Party Central Committee held a series of emergency meetings, and some people also made requests to fight against Vietnam.
Deng Xiaoping
1979, when all the leaders of the Party Central Committee gathered to review the proposal, Ye Jianying and Su Yu both opposed the attack on Vietnam . Their suggestions made Deng Xiaoping very embarrassed because their reasons were very sufficient and objective. While hesitating, Chen Yun’s old revolutionary words Deng Xiaoping finally made up his mind to start the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam .
Background of the Counterattack against Vietnam
After the founding of New China , everything was in disrepair. After experiencing the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea and the War to India, the People's Liberation Army soldiers spent more than ten years safely. During these decades of development, China's economy has been stable and improving. The leaders of the Party Central Committee have also used some new policies to change China's poor and deserted appearance, so the door to opening up has gradually opened.
But the United States and Western countries led by the United States are still eyeing China's development, even if China's trend towards the world stage cannot be stopped. During the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the United States had always wanted to kill the regime of New China in its infancy and prohibit an Eastern regime from rising in the world.
Chairman Mao and Stalin
At that time, China's relationship was very close to the Soviet Union, and my country's industrialization system also depends on the assistance of the Soviet Union, and the military industry was also brought in by Soviet experts. It can be said that when Sino-US relations are in a bad situation, the steady and positive development of Sino-Soviet relations is a kind of booster to promote China's strength.
However, there is no eternal friendship between great powers. Only eternal interests. Benefits gather and disperse when the benefits are gone. Zhenbao Island incident brought the relationship between China and the Soviet Union to freezing point. Even our country's People's Liberation Army soldiers had a large-scale conflict with Soviet soldiers. It was from this incident that Sino-Soviet relations suddenly fell and even reached an unbreakable level.
zhenbaodao
At this time, the United States seized the opportunity to pull China into its own camp. It’s a pity that China-US relations have been stiff for many years, and neither side can take that step first. Moreover, in the 1960s, the United States launched a war against Vietnam. As a country with a belt of water in China, Vietnam is adjacent to the south of China, so China cannot refuse to save its brother countries. Although China was still in its own difficulties at that time, it still sent a large number of military supplies and combatants to penetrate into Vietnam to help them fight against the US military together.
It can be said that half of the withdrawal of US troops in Vietnam was due to the Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers. Moreover, since the withdrawal of the US military, China has also sent its own materials, technical and management talents to Vietnam continuously.
With the help of China, Vietnam has gradually begun to show signs of a modernization starting from a country with bare houses. Unfortunately, this kind of friendly exchange between the two sides has only lasted for more than ten years. Since the Zhenbao Island incident caused Sino-Soviet relations to the bottom, Vietnam has also taken the opportunity to start to take a wrong path.
US-Vietnam War
At that time, the Soviet Union had intended to contain China, and Vietnam took the opportunity to join the Soviet Union. They tried to establish an independent kingdom on the Indochina Peninsula with the support of the Soviet Union. In the process of dominating Asia, Vietnam regards China as the first stumbling block. After all, the various abilities of the Chinese military helping them fight in Vietnam were obvious to all.
It’s a pity that the leaders of Vietnam were blinded by the various policies of assistance and support from the Soviet Union. They did not recognize their geographical location and international situation. They even provoked China’s border security many times and continued to cause bloodshed in Yunnan.
Vietnamese leaders represented by Le Duan actually tried to call themselves the third military power in the world, and their military capabilities ranked before China, such arrogant words have made many countries fall into their glasses. After all, Vietnam's comprehensive strength is obvious to all in the world, and they can speak so confidently with a shameless face.
Le Duan
"Indochina Peninsula Alliance" is a big pie drawn by the Soviet Union for Vietnam. Unfortunately, Vietnam could not recognize the reality and actually chewed on this illusory big pie.
Later, Vietnam invaded Cambodia . It not only posed a huge threat and disaster to the country, but also Vietnam's purpose of doing this was also a look at China. You should know that the relationship between China and Cambodia was quite good at that time. The central leaders mainly include Deng Xiaoping, to establish peaceful diplomatic relations with neighboring countries, so Cambodia is also on the list of friendly exchanges in our country. Vietnam is obviously doing this to shock the whole country.
After receiving such a signal, Beijing sent announcements and phone calls to Vietnam, not only condemning their shameless behavior of invading Cambodia, but also warned them not to continue to cause trouble on the Chinese border.
Vietnamese army
It’s a pity that Cambodia’s successive retreat allowed them to see the hope of unifying Asia. Such a small country with arrogance actually dreamed of a third military power in the world. If Cambodia retreats again and again until it perishes, then Vietnam will provoke the troops to China in the next step.
So this situation seems extremely critical to Beijing. If Vietnam's pace is not curbed, the other side will probably be arrogant and domineering.
International trends
So whether to send troops to Vietnam formed a dilemma in the Party Central Committee at that time. During the meeting, some leaders believed that the troops to Vietnam should not be sent to the country for the time being, otherwise it would bring endless troubles to our country. The main objections to this objection are Marshal Ye Jianying and General Su Yu .
Ye Jianying
The two of them were originally generals who fought in the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation. They did not have any fear of the war, but the reasons they gave made Deng Xiaoping very hesitate. General Su Yu believed that if our army suddenly sent troops to Vietnam on the road of modernization, it would probably hinder the pace of opening up of the country, and the economic development of New China would fall a step again.
Moreover, General Su Yu also believes that in view of the current situation, the Soviet Union has a very bad attitude towards China because of the Zhenbao Island incident. The soldiers stationed in Mongolia monitored China day after day. If the Chinese People's Liberation Army really sends troops to Vietnam, then the Soviet Union may unite with Vietnam to form a pincer attack, which will be very unfavorable to the situation in our country.
As against Ye Jianying and General Su Yu, Deng Xiaoping also developed a confused mentality about the current international situation. Because this is not just a choice of choosing one, because no matter which one is chosen, it may have a far-reaching impact on the general trend of the country and the development of the times.
Su Yu
Therefore, the initial dispatch of troops to Vietnam has been repeatedly discussed at the meeting. When Beijing was fiercely arguing about this matter, Vietnam began to invade the southern border of China. and even they will massacre and oppress the Chinese who work and study in Vietnam. Overseas Chinese who opened factories in Vietnam were tortured by various Vietnamese policies. Not only did they lose a lot of money, but they even took away the houses they lived in were taken away by the Vietnamese government.
The various oppressions that Chinese and overseas Chinese in Vietnam have aroused the anger of Beijing. During this process, the leaders of the Party Central Committee talked with Vietnamese leader Li Duan several times, but unfortunately the other side was arrogant and ignored China's negotiations.
The name of Vietnam's white-eyed wolf was completely confirmed, and Deng Xiaoping mentioned this: "It is necessary to impose sanctions on Vietnam. If children are disobedient, they will have to spank." And Deng Xiaoping said this not only in Beijing, but also in a funny way to American politicians when he visited the United States.
Deng Xiaoping
The reason why Deng Xiaoping appeared in the United States was because he had already made a vague impression of the sending troops in Vietnam at that time, so the Party Central Committee must compete for the support of neighboring countries and the international community, and the United States' attitude is particularly important. After all, our country's dispatch of troops to Vietnam is not a trivial matter. If other countries take advantage of the situation, it would be a heartbreaking person.
After contacting the international side, Deng Xiaoping turned around to Singapore . After a month of talks with the Singapore Prime Minister, Comrade Deng Xiaoping went to the United States without stopping, but his diplomatic methods encountered some difficulties there. American politicians are divided into two factions. One faction advocates good relations with China and agrees with China's sending troops to Vietnam. Other politicians oppose China's military sending troops, believing that if China really fights Vietnam, the situation in Asia will be in a state of turmoil.
Deng Xiaoping’s visit to the United States
In fact, some American politicians did not put forward the idea that if China wins this battle, perhaps China’s progress in modernization will go further and its international status will be higher. Many American politicians naturally do not want to see such results, so they oppose China’s attitude of sending troops to Vietnam.
January battle
After returning from visiting the United States, the leaders of the Party Central Committee held another meeting on whether to send troops to Vietnam. Most of the people at the meeting expressed disagreement. Even Ye Jianying and General Su Yu did not change their feelings. However, General Chen Yun, who was sitting next to him, expressed his different views.
He was an old comrade in the party and was also an important figure in the history of the Chinese revolution. It was his words that made Deng Xiaoping make up his mind. Mr. Chen said: "China must fight in this battle, and it must fight beautifully, and the battle will be decided quickly."
Chen Yun
His final decision was unexpected by many people, because the reasons he gave later made many people feel full of confidence in sending troops to Vietnam.
Mr. Chen said that The collusion between the Soviet Union and Vietnam has become a fact. Vietnam attempts to use the Soviet Union to send troops to Cambodia. The next step is to attack China . If China cannot give some color at this time, perhaps Vietnam will really realize the dream of the "Indochina Peninsula Alliance" step by step. Moreover, the Soviet Union is not only focusing on Asian things. Their forces are also involved in Afghanistan . , so now the best mobile phone is to send troops. Moreover, after the Chinese People's Liberation Army sends troops, it is necessary to fight blitzkrieg , and it cannot be delayed and waited and dragged down.
With Chen Yun's support, harmony in the international community and the US's default, the vigorous counterattack against Vietnam began. On February 17, 1979, the southwest border battle started on time at 6:25 a.m., and the People's Liberation Army soldiers divided into three groups to attack the soldiers entrenched on the Sino-Vietnam border.
Self-defense counterattack and oath-taking meeting
On March 1, nearly 500 shells landed on the mountains of Vietnam. The sparse Vietnamese troops stationed there were blown up to the point of blood. Later, the People's Liberation Army soldiers began a large-scale charge and launched a battle to attack Lang Son . During the war, Vietnam had obviously insufficient momentum, and the Vietnamese soldiers had no strong combat effectiveness when fighting positions with our army.
When the horn of the charge sounded, the People's Liberation Army soldiers defeated Vietnam's capital Hanoi with a devastating momentum, almost forcing the leaders of the Vietnamese authorities to move the capital. All large-scale battles of the People's Liberation Army took only ten days to complete the battle against Vietnam.
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At this time, the PLA soldiers did not take advantage of the victory but chose to retreat. After all, when our country sent troops, the Party Central Committee leaders instructed the PLA soldiers that this battle was not only to drive away the invaders, but also to stabilize the domestic situation. If the PLA soldiers blindly indulge in the battlefield, it will be extremely unfavorable for the internal economic development of our country.
Unexpectedly, when the signs of our army retreating were shown, the Vietnamese army was unswerving and attempted to ambush the PLA on the routes of various convoys. At this time, the PLA would not show mercy to them. While retreating, they fought against the Vietnamese army in all directions. Vietnamese soldiers once again fought fiercely with our army along the way.
Within about 20 days, the PLA soldiers brought them into the main road to Vietnam, and before leaving, the PLA soldiers destroyed all the military equipment provided to them by our country for decades and the military supplies provided by the military in the past two years.
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These things were originally supported by our army's development because of the friendship between neighboring countries. Unexpectedly, Vietnam had such ambitions and tried to dominate Asia, so the People's Liberation Army used this method to drive them back to the door of modernization.
Without the assistance of the Soviet Union, the Vietnamese army suffered a devastating blow from the People's Liberation Army. Their domestic industry and economic research collapsed across the board and were exhausted by the war. This battle left them far behind the world trend, when the smoke of gunpowder disappeared. China's economy has begun to enter a period of long-term and stable development, and the surrounding environment has also begun to stabilize.
