1979 is the 30th year since the founding of New China. After 30 years of development, New China has made great progress in many aspects. Especially at the end of 1978, Deng Xiaoping announced "reform and opening up" at the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and China showed vitality and vitality.
Deng Xiaoping
Just when people across the country were planning to fight, gunfire came from the Sino-Vietnamese border, and the Chinese army decided to launch a " self-defense counterattack against Vietnam ".
In fact, since the mid-1970s, after Vietnam ended its war with the United States and achieved national reunification, they began to regard China as their "number one enemy" under the instigation of the Soviet Union. At this time, the Vietnamese government has no regard for the assistance New China has given them over the years and continues to offend my country's border areas.
Vietnam War
In order to gain experience and lessons from Vietnam, the Central Military Commission decided to launch "Counterattack in Self-Defense against Vietnam". The heroic People's Liberation Army soldiers defeated the Vietnamese army in just one month, quickly withdrew their troops and returned to the country, once again establishing the prestige of the Chinese army.
However, at this time, as a senior general of the Vietnamese army Vo Nguyen Giap shouted: "China has used 'unmoral' means!"
You must know that as a person who has received systematic education in China, Vo Nguyen Giap has China's emotions are very complicated. Why does he want to smear China like this?
Voyuan Giap
Vietnam, as a small country on the Southeast Asian peninsula, has had a very deep relationship with China since ancient times. As early as 257 BC, Vietnam was unified by the Shu Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period of China. Since then, no matter how China's regime changes, Vietnam has always appeared as a part of China or a satellite state.
Until modern times, when Vietnam was occupied by France and China fell into a chaotic situation, Vietnam was forced to let go of China's "thigh" that it had been holding on to.
Since modern times, countless people with lofty ideals who have devoted themselves to the revolution in China have shed their lives and blood for the birth of New China. The same is true in Vietnam. Many Vietnamese have thrown themselves into the embrace of communism, hoping to establish a sovereign socialist country . Vo Nguyen Giap is one of them.
As early as 1926, Vo Yuan Giap joined the New Vietnam Revolutionary Party and participated in the revolutionary cause in Vietnam. Unfortunately, due to persecution by the local reactionary forces in Vietnam, during the Second World War, Giap had no choice but to follow Ho Chi Minh and others into exile in China to find a way to save the Vietnamese people.
Perhaps because of this experience, Giap's feelings towards China became increasingly complicated. Especially after the founding of New China, he eagerly hoped that Vietnam could, like New China, establish a sovereignty belonging to its own country and people.
In 1950, in order to help Vietnam successfully defeat the French army, New China not only sent a large amount of supplies to Vietnam, but also sent a Chinese military advisory group to assist the Vietnamese army in combat.
New China aided Vietnam
At this time, Vo Yuan Giap held the positions of Vietnam's Minister of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of the People's Army, and was the focus of help from the Chinese Military Advisory Group. It was during this process that Vo Yuan Giap learned the combat knowledge of the Chinese army more systematically and understood the combat experience of the Chinese army's senior generals.
China, which is wholeheartedly helping Vietnam at this time, could not have imagined that 30 years later, Vietnam would regard China as their enemy. General Chen Geng, who became Vo Nguyen Giap's "teacher", did not realize that his students would go to war with China 30 years later.
Relying on the delegation of General Chen Geng and the military advisory group of General Wei Guoqing, Giap made many achievements in subsequent battles with France and the United States, including the unification war in Vietnam, and even won the title of "Red Napoleon" .
Unfortunately, although Giap learned the combat experience of Chen Geng and others, he did not truly appreciate the patriotism of revolutionaries like Chen Geng and the spirit of lifelong struggle for the cause of communism. During the regime change in Vietnam, Giap lost himself.
Since the death of Ho Chi Minh in 1969, the Vietnamese government has gradually been controlled by the Le Duan Group. The Le Duan clique has always disagreed with the pro-China policies of Ho Chi Minh and others, and only wanted to engage in diplomacy with the Soviet Union. Now that Le Duan has finally come to power, he is vigorously suppressing Ho Chi Minh's former ministry.
As Vo Nguyen Giap, who had firmly chosen the "pro-China path" with Ho Chi Minh, he was naturally regarded as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh by the Le Duan group, and they wished they could get rid of it quickly.
Picture of Vo Nguyen Giap and Ho Chi Minh
Originally Vo Nguyen Giap could barely resist Le Duan with the support of the pro-China faction in the party, but due to the failure of the "Easter Offensive" in 1972, Le Duan finally found an excuse to take advantage of Giap.
Le Duan not only revoked Vo Nguyen Giap's military command authority through this incident, but also eliminated many of Giap's cronies in the military. The pro-China faction that was suppressed by originally hoped that Wu Yuanjia could resist vigorously. But at this time, in order to preserve his power in the army, he shamelessly showed favor to Le Duan, and even pointed the finger at China, watching helplessly as Sino-Vietnam relations declined further.
In 1978, due to changes in the international situation, the relationship between Vietnam and China, controlled by the Le Duan Group, became worse and worse, almost to the point where war was about to break out.
Le Duan
Vu Nguyen Giap, who was well aware of the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army, was actually unwilling to go to war with the Chinese army because he understood that no matter what, the Vietnamese army could not defeat China.
In order to reduce unnecessary casualties of the Vietnamese army, Giap repeatedly proposed to Le Duan: "Vietnam can ease conflicts with Chinese comrades. If necessary, I can serve as a bridge of communication."
However, , who wanted to surpass China Le Duan did not listen to Vo Nguyen Giap's advice and even continued to provoke the Chinese government. Seeing that China did not take Vietnam seriously, Le Duan became even more manic. He disliked Vo Nguyen Giap and other former pro-China factions, and even dismissed Vo Nguyen Giap from the position of Minister of Defense.
You must know that Vo Nguyen Giap has been serving as the Minister of Defense for decades. This removal made Giap feel that he has no place to put his old face.
In order to ease the relationship between himself and Le Duan, Giap had no choice but to agree to go to war with China, and repeatedly told Vietnamese soldiers during pre-war mobilization that the Chinese army was not invincible.
Vo Nguyen Giap’s behavior shocked many people, especially the pro-China faction who were originally in the same camp as Giap. But at this time, in order to get closer to Le Duan and keep his position and status, Vo Yuan Giap had no choice.
In February 1979, the Sino-Vietnam war was about to break out. In order to increase his chances of winning, Le Duan once again transferred Vo Yuan Giap, who was originally abandoned, to the front line. When he learned that the commander-in-chief of China's Eastern Front battlefield was Xu Shiyou, Vo Nguyen Giap couldn't help but laugh bitterly.
Vo Yuan Giap had dealt with Xu Shiyou in his early years. He knew that Xu Shiyou was very powerful in combat, but he really had no confidence in the Vietnamese army to defeat Xu Shiyou.
But the war was about to break out. As a senior general of the Vietnamese army, Vo Nguyen Giap always wanted to add prestige to his team. Therefore, when others asked what they thought of Xu Shiyou taking charge, Vo Yuan Giap smiled and answered with two words: "We must win!" The Soviet Union would send troops to support Vietnam during the Sino-Vietnamese War. Vo Nguyen Giap had long expected that the Soviet Union would never end. Instead of hoping for assistance from the Soviet Union, it would be better to hope that Xu Shiyou and his soldiers would have a reduced combat effectiveness because they had not fought for more than ten years.
Unfortunately, both Le Duan's wish and Vo Nguyen Giap's wish came to nothing in the end. Since February 17, 1979 , since the Chinese army sent troops, the People's Liberation Army soldiers have defeated the Vietnamese army at a rapid speed.
On February 26 alone, many important strategic towns in Vietnam were captured by the People's Liberation Army. The generals of Le Duan Group tried their best, but they could not resist the advance of the Chinese army.
Self-defense counterattack against Vietnam
Especially Vo Nguyen Giap, a "student" of the Chinese army, he had no ability to resist or counterattack when faced with the "teacher" who once taught him the art of war.
On , , one month after the start of the "Self-Defense Counterattack against Vietnam", the Chinese military announced to the world: "The Chinese People's Liberation Army has completed its scheduled combat mission and decided to withdraw its troops from Vietnam."
At this time It can be said that the Vietnamese government was beaten by China and was unable to fight back. In particular, during the retreat, the Chinese army took away or destroyed many of the materials and infrastructure China had provided to Vietnam. After , Le Duan became even more furious and immediately transferred many of the troops on the Cambodian battlefield back to start a war with the retreating Chinese troops.
Many of these Vietnamese soldiers transferred back from Cambodia have seen the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army. Even if they have military orders, they do not dare to fight the Chinese army easily. They only dare to follow the Chinese army from a distance.
Although in the Chinese army, Le Duan and Vo Nguyen Giap organized a lot of troops to carry out sneak attacks on the People's Liberation Army, unfortunately they still could not change the fact that Vietnam lost face and dignity in this battle.
In order to regain some face in the international community, Vietnam began to spread nonsense internationally, discrediting this battle, and even accusing China of sending troops to Vietnam.
Vo Nguyen Giap, in particular, openly stated in an interview with reporters: "The reason why China was able to win this war was because they used 'unethical' means!"
Vo Nguyen Giap's behavior was nothing more than He wanted to find some face for Vietnam, which was a defeated country, and at the same time, he wanted to find some face for himself. After all, at this time, he had become Le Duan's "scapegoat" and was dismissed from all positions, leaving only the empty post of "Deputy Prime Minister".
From a "good student" in the Chinese army to a "white-eyed wolf" who accused China in public, Giap exposed all the weaknesses of human nature in the face of the struggle for power. However, his behavior did not win Le Duan's mercy on him. On the contrary, he became more rampant and suppressed the pro-China faction headed by Vo Nguyen Giap even more severely.
It was not until he was truly idle at home that Giap realized how wrong he was. In the following years, he has been trying every means to ease the relationship between China and Vietnam. However, due to the influence of the Le Duan Group's policies, China and Vietnam have never been able to move towards normal diplomatic relations.
The tense state of Sino-Vietnamese relations lasted until after Le Duan's death in 1986. Nguyen Van Linh, who took over Le Duan's position, is a relatively moderate moderate who wants to ease the relationship between China and Vietnam.
Before Vo Nguyen Giap's death
Vo Nguyen Giap learned the news and immediately called Nguyen Van Linh, saying that he originally thought that he would do his best to normalize Sino-Vietnamese relations. In fact, Vo Nguyen Giap has always understood in his heart that Vietnam, which has been a neighbor to China for thousands of years, can only have long-term and stable development if it has a good relationship with China.
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