Past Events in Southern Yunnan 05: The Li Haixin Highlands held by our country in the Battle of Laoshan was placed under Vietnam in 1999?
Songmaoling battlefield, also known as Nala battlefield
Li Haixin Highlands and "15 Warriors"
"Li Haixin Highlands" was named after Li Haixin, the former acting platoon leader of the 8th Company of the 119th Regiment of the 40th Division of the 14th Army of the Kunming Military Region.
Li Haixin is from Linying County, Henan Province. Born in August 1962, he joined the army in November 1980. During the Laoshan Defense War in 1984, Li Haixin led 14 soldiers to overcome numerous difficulties and defended No. 142 Songmaoling Heights for 26 days and nights. After the "7.12" artillery battle started, he led 14 soldiers to defend the Songmaoling 142 Highland, fought a bloody battle with nearly 500 attacking Vietnamese troops, and died heroically. The Central Military Commission awarded martyr Li Haixin the honorary title of "Combat Hero". The Kunming Military Region named Highland No. 142 "Li Haixin Highland". From then on, "Li Haixin Highland" was as famous as Shangganling . It is another monument forged with faith and blood.
After the "7.12 Artillery Battle" began, although our army used rocket mine-laying vehicles to lay a large number of mines 500 meters deep on the front lines of Laoshan and Songmaoling, killing and injuring many Vietnamese troops, the Vietnamese army still attacked us regardless of the cost. Counterattack from forward positions. If the Vietnamese army wants to capture Laoshan, they must first capture Songmaoling. The highest point in Songmaoling is Highland 142, the Li Haixin Highlands.
Li Haixin Highland is only 300 meters above sea level, with a height difference of 1,000 meters from the main peak of Laoshan Mountain. It is even lower than other highlands in Song Mao Ridge. It is the front part of Song Mao Ridge and is located in Vietnam. So if the Vietnamese army wants to capture Songmaoling, they must first capture Highland 142. Only by capturing Highland 142 can they open the way to attack Songmaoling and Laoshan.
Song Maoling topographic map
142 The highland is located between Nala Village and Qingshui River Village in Ha Giang Province, Vietnam. It has the convenience of guarding the riverside road.
142 The surface area of the highland is small, and the terrain is low. It is a rocky mountain, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend. In addition, the enemy in front of them has a small green hill aimed directly at the artillery position (the terrain is higher). As soon as Li Haixin and his comrades arrived The position was met with continuous enemy shelling. The position area is too small, and our army can only send squad and platoon-level troops to defend here. Why did our army choose to defend on the low-lying 142 Highlands? It was mainly to ensure the safety of other highlands on the flanks and to delay the enemy's attack route.
On June 17, 1984, Li Haixin led 9 soldiers from the 9th Squadron of the 8th Company, 5 soldiers from the 5th Squadron of the 3rd Machine Gun Company, and himself, a total of 15 people entered Highland 142. This originally unknown highland has since become one with the 15 warriors.
142 The conditions in the highlands were very difficult. They were surrounded by enemies on three sides and lacked food, water and shelter. During the day, Li Haixin and his comrades squatted at Maoer Cave to avoid enemy shelling. At night, they were on guard against night attacks by the Vietnamese army while digging fortifications. Soon, Trench trenches were dug, defensive positions were established, and a communication trench was dug to connect with Highland No. 146. However, these trenches and communication trenches were easily destroyed by Vietnamese artillery fire. Fortunately, Li Haixin and his comrades took advantage of the caves in the mountain and dug a tunnel here, about 20 meters long, in a zigzag shape, which played an important role in the defense behind important role.
Li Haixin Highlands
html In the early morning of July 12, the enemy used a reinforced battalion and a special agent regiment of about 500 people to launch an attack on Highland 142 first in the darkness. Their plan was to seize Highland 142, then attack the higher Highlands 146 and 145, and then fully occupy Songmaoling. However, what the Vietnamese army never expected was that they encountered a tough obstacle here at Highland 142, which they planned to capture in 10 minutes. The Vietnamese army launched the attack at 4:50, when it was still dark, and by 6:50 in the morning, they still failed to capture Highland 142. In the end, the Vietnamese army had to cover Highland 142 with artillery fire before barely capturing the surface positions of Highland 142. After thewar broke out, at Highland 142, 15 warriors, under the command of Li Haixin, fought bravely, resourcefully and tenaciously. They used heavy machine guns , light machine guns, cluster grenades , anti-infantry mines to repel 6 enemy attacks. Li Haixin's combat method was that, surrounded by enemies on three sides in the east, south and west, he divided 15 people into several combat groups, each responsible for the enemy's strong attack on one side, and supporting each other, using heavy machine guns and light machine guns to attack the enemy's backup.Especially on the enemy's offensive route, a large number of landmines laid in advance by our army were cleared by enemy engineers. Fortunately, Li Haixin and his comrades set up anti-infantry directional mines at the front of the position, which caused great resistance to the enemy.
After daybreak, the enemy failed to make a sneak attack and launched a full-scale attack. About 200 people attacked from the east, and 100 people each attacked from the south and southwest. First, more than 20 Vietnamese troops broke through the forward position from the northeast. Li Haixin ordered 9 Squad Leader Yang Guoyue and other five soldiers guarding the east side to drive the enemy out. Yang Guoyue and other five soldiers fought fiercely with the enemy who broke through the position. In the end, 10 enemies were killed and the enemy was driven back. More than 20 enemies on the west side rushed up again. Li Haixin led Jiang Zhihua to rush over. They fired fiercely with submachine guns and , killing 8 enemies, and fired a preset directional mine to repel the Vietnamese army's attack. On the south side, five soldiers also repelled the enemy's attack. During the battle, Li Haixin was shot in the right chest. He endured the severe pain and fired a directional landmine to blow back the Vietnamese army. At this time, the Vietnamese army concentrated its forces and launched another attack on the east highland. During the fierce battle, Li Haixin pushed away his comrades who were bandaging his wounds. Seeing the enemy approaching the position, he used his last strength to crawl to the directional mine fire point. Pressing the button, when the directional mine exploded, the enemy threw a piece of TNT explosive, which exploded above his head. Li Haixin died heroically in the battle.
Anti-Infantry Directional Mines
After Li Haixin died, 9th squad leader Yang Guoyue took over the command of the battle from Li Haixin.
After the Vietnamese army was repulsed, they began to cover Highland 142 with artillery fire.
The enemy's artillery fire was too fierce. In order to reduce casualties, Yang Guoyue finally led his comrades into the tunnel to continue fighting. The surface position was immediately occupied by the Vietnamese army. After the enemy captured the surface position, they discovered Yang Guoyue and the others in the tunnel. The Vietnamese army attacked Yang Guoyue and the others at the entrance of the tunnel with machine guns and grenades . Yang Guoyue and his comrades took advantage of the tunnel and fought back with light and heavy machine guns and grenades. Defeated multiple enemy attacks.
The battle lasted until about 1:30 in the afternoon. Yang Guoyue and other warriors who stood in the tunnel finally waited for the counterattack. Our 119th Regiment sent troops to counterattack the 142 Highlands. Yang Guoyue organized the soldiers who had retreated into the tunnel into four groups. They rushed out of the tunnel when the Vietnamese army was unprepared, and carried out a two-sided pincer attack on the Vietnamese army with the support troops. They recaptured the surface position of Highland 142 in one fell swoop and restored the original defensive posture.
There was no hope for the enemy to counterattack Songmaoling. Under my powerful artillery fire, they were so disappointed that they were defeated and disappeared like falling into the water. From then on, they never dared to launch an attack larger than a battalion on Songmaoling.
In the 142 Highland Defense Operation, known as the "7.12 Great Victory", Li Haixin's 15 warriors fought fiercely for 9 hours with an enemy dozens of times our size, repelling 6 crazy attacks by the enemy and killing the enemy. 104 soldiers, 185 firearms of various types were seized, and the position was firmly held. Among the 15 soldiers, 9 were wounded, 5 died, and 3 of them died together with the enemy.
Laoshan battlefield
The glorious names of the "Fifteen Warriors" are: Li Haixin (martyr), Zhou Zhonglie (martyr), Liu Jiafu (martyr), Li Guowen (martyr), Tang Youguo (martyr), Yang Guoyue, Hu Youwen, Xia Jinzhong, Peng Minglin, Ma Pinghua, Dong Chaogui, Zhang Qinglong, Jiang Zhihua, Duan Chunhe, Chen Guangman.
After the war, the Central Military Commission awarded the acting platoon leader Li Haixin martyr and the 9th squad leader Yang Guoyue the honorary title of "Combat Hero". The Kunming Military Region awarded Martyr Zhou Zhonglie the honorary title of "Combat Hero" and 15 other soldiers including Li Haixin the honorary title of "Laoshan Fifteen Warriors" (8 of the 15 warriors were awarded first-class merit and 2 were awarded second-class merit , 5 people were awarded third-class merit ), and No. 142 Highland was named "Li Haixin Highland".
Now Songmaoling 142 Highlands (Li Haixin Highlands) has been assigned to Vietnam. It was not originally within the territory of our country. In the "Sino-French New Treaty" signed by the Qing government and the French colonial government in 1885, Songmaoling 142 Highlands (now Li Haixin Highlands) was outside the national border. Our country has the main peak of Laoshan with extremely high symbolic significance and tactical value. It is not surprising that Songmaoling 142 Highland (Li Haixin Highland), which has lower military value than the main peak of Laoshan, is not within the national border.But this does not affect us in naming it Li Haixin Highland. After all, this is a monument that we exchanged with our lives and blood. It will influence and inspire our descendants from generation to generation to work hard, be enterprising, and dare to dedicate everything to the country.
Today, standing on the tops of Songmaoling and Laoshan, we can overlook the Li Haixin Highlands and the 20 kilometers deep mountains and rivers of Vietnam at any time. The military initiative is more beneficial to us.
(To be continued Xia An/Text)
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Laoshan 15 Warriors
Martyr Li Haixin
The Tomb of Martyr Li Haixin
