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In December 1978, Cambodia underwent a drastic change. The extremely inflated ambitions of Vietnam sent troops to occupy the country and supported Han Sanglin as a puppet leader to establish Cambodia People's Republic .
, which has close contacts with China, lost power, and drove the Vietnamese invaders out of Cambodia in order to regain everything that belongs to him. He asked China for help.
After Deng Xiaoping received Pol Pot's request for help, he immediately convened a meeting of military generals to discuss whether to launch a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam by .
At that time, Vietnam repeatedly provoked troubles on the Sino-Vietnam border, seriously infringing on China's territorial sovereignty, and the safety of the lives and property of the people at the border faced serious threats.
Our country has repeatedly tolerated, and some military generals with a relatively impatient temperament have long wanted to educate Vietnam, which is rich in the world, to safeguard the interests of the country and the people, and they support fighting.
There are also generals who oppose fighting against Vietnam considering the current situation and international environment. Among them, there are two generals with rich combat experience and respected morality, Marshal Ye Jianying and General Su Yu.
Both parties have their own reasons and they make sense. Just as everyone was arguing, Chen Yun stood up and said something, which made Mr. Deng decide to "hit the butt of the disobedient child."
Why did Marshal Ye and Su Yu oppose the fight against Vietnam? What did Chen Yun say again?
Vietnam expanded rapidly, and Cambodia asked for help
One day in January 1979, Deng Gongzheng and concentrating on processing the documents. The secretary knocked on the door and walked in and handed him a letter. He opened it and immediately changed his face and frowned. He lit the smoke, sucking and thinking about something.
After a while, Mr. Deng asked his secretary to immediately notify Ye Jianying, Chen Yun, Su Yu and other senior officials of the Central Military Commission to hold a meeting to discuss a very important matter.
letter was written by Cambodian Prime Minister Pol Po, who has close contact with our country. In November 1965, he visited China for the first time and stayed for about three months before returning to China. During this period, he met with Deng Gong and discussed some things.
In 1975, Pol Pot visited China again and was cordially received by Chairman Mao. Two years later, he was invited by the Chinese government to visit China for the third time.
Although he implemented a foreign policy of closing the country after he took office, he was friendly to China. In 1977, at his instruction, Cambodia announced the closure of all embassies in Cambodia except Laos, North Korea and China.
This time, Pol Po wrote a letter to Mr. Deng to request China to send troops to help Cambodia drive away the Vietnamese.
The relationship between Vietnam and Cambodia was not bad, but in May 1975, the troops of " Khmer Rouge " entered Phu Quoc Island .
Vietnam just finished the Vietnam War that lasted for nearly 20 years. In the eyes of Vietnamese, Cambodia is taking advantage of others' danger and they are very angry.
In addition, there are also conflicts between the two countries in terms of minerals and oil. After that, the two sides often clashed at the border.
Before Vietnam and Cambodia fell in love, they tried their best to win over Cambodia. It did this to establish the so-called Indochina Federation, attempting to dominate the Indochina region, but was rejected by Pol Pot.
Vietnam launched an attack on Cambodia with the mentality of "since we cannot cooperate, then destroy it". Cambodia was not Vietnam's opponent and was soon defeated.
Since the death of Ho Chi Minh and Le Duan , Vietnam's ambitions have been extremely inflated, claiming to be the "third military power in the world" and can "crush" other countries in military terms. The dream of the "Indochina Peninsula Federation" was born.
Therefore, Vietnam has expanded wildly to the outside world and has caused troubles around the surrounding areas. In order to realize its ambitions, the country even ungrates and stages a story of "farmer and snake".
Vietnam and China have always maintained good relations. During World War II , Vietnam was invaded by Japanese invaders, and the Chinese Expeditionary Force helped the people of the country resist the invaders; France re-colonized and ruled Vietnam, and China assisted the Vietnamese revolution in military affairs.
During the Vietnam War, China not only provided free assistance to Vietnam in its own difficult situation, but also sent the People's Liberation Army to support the locals in fighting the US military.
For this reason, many Chinese soldiers died in the Vietnam battlefield and could not return to their hometown. After the war, our country helped Vietnam resume production.
It can be said that our country is dedicated to Vietnam, but what we have received is that Vietnam continues to illegally occupy and bomb China's territory at the border, injure and shoot border soldiers and border residents.
Hundreds of thousands of border residents are homeless and have to leave their homes where they have lived for many years and settle in strange places; tens of thousands of acres of crops were destroyed, and farmers' harvests have decreased or even been lost.
The Le Duan government publicly broke up, looking for reasons to exclude and massacre Chinese in China, and creating armed conflicts such as the "Tinghaoshan Incident" at the border.
What's more excessive is that Le Duan tore up the relevant agreements signed with China when Ho Chi Minh was alive, and occupied more than 96% of the islands in my country's Nansha Islands, saying that "the sovereignty of these islands belongs to Vietnam."
Based on the principle of "harmony is the most important", and because of past friendship, our country has repeatedly tolerated. Vietnam regards this as "China is weak and can be bullied" and implements hegemony even more unscrupulously.
Ye Jianying and Su Yu’s concerns
Vietnam is becoming more and more rampant, and Pol Pot’s request for help has led to the idea of counterattacking Vietnam. So he convened a meeting with the generals to discuss the feasibility of this idea. At the
meeting, two different voices appeared, one was the anti-war faction led by Marshal Ye and Su Yu, and the other was the pro-war faction.
There may be many people who are very confused. Ye Jianying and Su Yu are afraid of opposing the fight against Vietnam?
Obviously not. These two generals have fought a lot of hard and hard battles. They are not afraid of the vicious Japanese invaders, nor are they afraid of well-equipped Kuomintang troops, let alone the small Vietnamese army.
The two of them opposed it mainly have the following reasons:
First, China has just experienced a big test, and production, economy and other aspects have not recovered. Moreover, our country has just implemented reform and opening up, and needs a peaceful and stable environment to develop itself.
After the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the People's Liberation Army has not fought a large-scale battle, and the combat capabilities of soldiers need to be restored through a large amount of training, otherwise there may be great casualties on their own.
As generals, they love every soldier. In other words, they are not disagreeing with the fight, but the time is not very ripe. Ye Jianying and Su Yu believe that it will not be too late to fight again if the People's Liberation Army is improved as soon as possible.
The second and most important point are that they are worried that once war with Vietnam begins, the Soviet Union will take the opportunity to attack China, and then we will face a difficult situation of being surrounded by the Soviet Union and Vietnam.
operates simultaneously in both directions, and has very high requirements for logistics support such as material transportation. It is difficult for China to meet this condition at this time.
Logistics cannot keep up, and no matter how powerful the front-line troops fight, they cannot win the battle.
The worries of the two are not unreasonable. Vietnam has repeatedly armed provoked China, and behind it is the instigation of the Soviet Union. The two countries are in a coordinated relationship for their respective ambitions.
Because Vietnam has been fighting for a long time, its military strength is very limited, but the Soviet Union provided it with a lot of weapons and equipment, which has improved the country's combat effectiveness a little.
Vietnam adheres to the principle of "having milk is a mother" and regards the Soviet Union as its eldest brother and ally. At this time, the relationship between China and the Soviet Union was unilaterally undermined the friendship between the two countries due to the Soviet Union's various aggressive behaviors, resulting in the breakdown of the relationship.
Vietnam and the Soviet Union wore the same pair of pants, ignored China's help in the past, and dealt with China without hesitation, and regarded China as the "biggest obstacle" to dominating Indochina Peninsula . Relying on the support of the Soviet Union, Vietnam dared to provoke our country repeatedly.
What Vietnam didn't know was that it regarded the Soviet Union as an ally, but the Soviet Union regarded it as a pawn.
The Soviet Union strongly supports Vietnam in dominating the Indochina Peninsula, just to control the region through Vietnam so that it can facilitate its future marching south into the Indian Ocean, and win more victories when competing with the United States for world hegemony .
Indochina Peninsula is one of the three major peninsularities in southern Asia. It is located between South Asian subcontinent and China. It is a bridge between the East Asian continent and the archipelago. It is very close to South China Sea , Malacca Strait , Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea, with a total area of 2.06 million square kilometers.
In other words, the geographical location and strategic significance of the region are very important. In addition, the Indochina Peninsula has many mineral deposits including lead and silver, including non-ferrous metals , as well as coal, natural gas , oil, etc., which are rich in resources.
Various factors made the Soviet Union covet this place.
In the 1970s, China and the United States broke the diplomatic ice that lasted for several years, and their relations eased and gradually developed in a better direction.
However, the Soviet Union did not want friendly exchanges between China and the United States because the situation would be unfavorable to it. At that time, the United States and the Soviet Union reached a white-hot stage, and the Soviet Union was in an advantage.
If the United States wins over China, the Soviet Union's advantages will be reduced and its interests in Asia will be damaged.
The Soviet Union will not invest in Vietnam in vain, and Vietnam needs to restrain China. Therefore, in November 1978, the two countries reached a military agreement: no matter who was hit by a military blow, the other party must provide support.
The Soviet Union was a superpower. After entering the Cold War period, it expanded its military strength crazily. Its military power cannot be underestimated. It also has a large number of nuclear weapons .
Although our country also has nuclear weapons, it was mentioned earlier that if the Soviet Union participated in the war, our country would need to fight at the same time in two places. The front line would be too long, which would be detrimental to the Soviet Union and Vietnam.
Ye Jianying, Su Yu and others are worried about this and they have some concerns. Mr. Deng knew what they were thinking, but Vietnam had to fight. At this time, a man stood up and strengthened his belief.
Chen Yun's support, Deng Gong's clever plan
The world's impression of Chen Yun is "the great steward of the Republic", and has made great contributions to my country's economic construction and the cultivation of party member leadership.
Little did he know that he also played an important role in the decision to counterattack against Vietnam. As a member of the first generation of leadership team in New China, he is optimistic about Mr. Deng's ability.
So when the Central Work Conference was held in March 1977, he proposed to let Mr. Deng participate in the work of the Party Central Committee again. Deng Gong’s comeback, he made an indelible contribution.
This time, Chen Yun still supports Deng Gong’s decision. Of course, he did not blindly support Mr. Deng, but he did so after careful analysis.
Chen Yun's statement dispelled the concerns of the anti-war factions such as Ye Jianying and Su Yu.
Vietnam and China fight, and the Soviet Union is indeed likely to join the war. But the Soviet Union and Vietnam will face a problem - Soviet reinforcements cannot rush to the Sino-Vietnam battlefield as soon as possible.
The Soviet Union deployed troops on the Sino-Soviet border, which was very limited. The country's large forces are stationed in Europe, competing with the capitalist state of .
If the Soviet Union really attacked China, it would definitely mobilize troops from Europe. Europe and China are thousands of kilometers apart, and the Soviet army will not be able to reach the front line for a while. According to the marching ability at that time, it would take at least one month for the Soviet army to reach its destination.
As long as our country ends the battle with Vietnam within one month, it will not fall into a situation of being attacked and fighting on both sides. By the time the Soviet army arrived on a large scale, our country might have been waiting for the rabbit.
Chen Yun believes that Vietnam needs to fight, but it must race against time and fight speed, and cannot be delayed, otherwise our country will be in a passive situation.
At the meeting, he carefully analyzed the possibility of fighting Vietnam and some combat policies, gave the main war faction a reassurance and allowed the anti-war faction to slowly change his mind.
Regarding whether the Soviet army participated in the war, Chen Yun and others proposed that they could closely monitor their movements and adjust their strategies in a timely manner.
In the end, Deng Gong decided to launch a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, but as Chen Yun said, it must be ended as soon as possible and cannot be delayed until the Soviet army appears.
Even though the Soviet Union only regarded Vietnam as cannon fodder, it might not really send troops to support it, in order to minimize this possibility, Deng Gong came up with a clever plan.
On January 29, 1979, Deng Gong visited the United States at the invitation of the United States, which made the Soviet Union mistakenly believe that China and the United States had reached a certain cooperation agreement.
After all, when Mr. Deng went to the United States, our country quickly gathered troops on the Sino-Vietnam border, and seemed to be ready to fight against Vietnam.
0 The Soviet Union was not afraid of China, but if the United States also made a fuss, the Soviet politicians would think twice: Is Vietnam worth taking huge risks to go to war with the United States?
The answer is naturally no, and your own interests are the most important. Moreover, the Soviet Union's focus was in the Middle East at that time and would not fight against Vietnam and the United States.
So, when the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam really started, the Soviet Union only supported Vietnam with lip service and did not take practical actions, it was no wonder.
Our country has also made plans for how to deal with it if the Soviet Union joined the war. For example, organize a ship formation and prepare to fight against invading enemies in Xisha Islands ; generals and millions of soldiers from military regions such as Xinjiang and Lanzhou are on standby at any time and can go to the battlefield at any time.
The wisdom of leaders such as Deng Gong is admirable.
Although General Su Yu did not go to the front line directly, when he really started fighting, he worked day and night at the Beijing command center to understand the situation on the front line, and gave reasonable and applicable suggestions and tactics. There was no "no matter to your own business." He went home to rest after the battle.
Without Soviet interference, it is still easier for China to educate Vietnam. In less than a month, our country ended the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam and achieved its expected goals.
After this fight for , Vietnam's domestic industry, infrastructure and other aspects have been severely damaged, and it has not recovered for a long time. my country has also regained its aid to Vietnam. Vietnam has lost rice if it steals chickens. After
, Vietnam is still not honest and causes trouble on the Sino-Vietnam border, but can't cause any big storms. History has proved that the decisions of Deng Gong and Chen Yun are very valuable and meaningful. While attacking Vietnam, they also recognized some of the problems existing in the troops through this battle, and promptly corrected and adjusted them to maintain high combat effectiveness.
Of course, Marshal Ye and General Su Yu’s considerations are not wrong, they just stand on different positions. If you have any opinions on this, please leave a message in the comment area to discuss.
I would like to pay tribute to the ancestors such as Deng Gong, Chen Yun, Marshal Ye, Su Yu and others with this article!
