China and Vietnam are connected by mountains and rivers, and the good-neighborly and friendly relations have a long history. Especially during the period when the people of Vietnam and fought for national independence and people’s freedom, our country gave them tremendous help from all aspects and undertook huge national sacrifices. However, just after the end of the war of resistance against the United States and the realization of unity of the country, with the emergence of the “ Le Duan Group” in Vietnam, it turned out that the Chinese people who used to say “comrades and brothers” were regarded as enemies. During the war, more than 200,000 overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese who gave them countless help were forcibly driven back to China, and they impudently demanded territorial claims from our country.
In January 1979, the Vietnamese army frequently held military exercises on the Sino-Vietnamese border with our country as the combat target, constantly gathering troops and arbitrarily provoking. In view of the historical friendly relations between the two countries, the Chinese government has repeatedly restrained and forbeared. It has repeatedly proposed that the interests and friendship of the two peoples should be the priority and resolve differences through negotiations. However, the " Le Duan Group " misjudged China's tolerance and restraint. To be weak to be deceived, on the contrary, he will intensify and openly invade our country, wanting to take the occupied territory as his own.
is tolerable or unbearable! Under this unavoidable situation, the Chinese government has made a decision: will conduct a " self-defense counterattack " against Vietnam in a limited area with limited forces and a limited time.
On February 17, 1979, the " self-defense counterattack " began, and in just 16 days, the border defense force completed the set goal of self-defense operations. The Chinese government kept its promise and did not occupy an inch of land in Vietnam, nor did it in Vietnam There is one soldier left.
However, the goodwill expressed by the Chinese government did not receive normal feedback from the " Le Duan Group ". Just three days after China’s 30th National Day, the " Le Duan Group " concocted a self-deception. , "Z3z Thirty Years of Viet Nam-China Relations White Paper " full of malicious lies. In this book, they completely deny Vietnam's great help to Vietnam during the Ho Chi Minh period. Instead, they carried out a vicious attack on the Chinese government and people. , And once again provoked conflicts on the border, created disputes, and seized the " Laoshan" area and the favorable terrain on our side.
They set up strongholds here, dig trenches, repair fortresses, lay mines, and fired at our villages, causing many innocent people to die and injured. In order to combat the provocative activities of the Vietnamese army and protect our border security and the safety of people’s lives and property, the Chinese border guards were ordered by the Central Military Commission to recover Laoshan and Zheyin Mountain, and began their second self-defense operation on April 2, 1984.
From regaining the Laoshan area to organizing defensive operations, especially our army's defensive operations, the process was long and arduous and fierce. The two sides fought for more than 1,800 days on this small battlefield. During this period, our soldiers must not only fight the invaders, but also overcome the harsh natural environment. Their slogan is " is my one, happy billion people ", this is the famous " Laoshan spirit " ". During the entire "Battle of Laoshan", a new generation of Chinese generals emerged. One of them was General Zhang Youxia, who made the Vietnamese army fearful in the " Songmaoling Battle ".
Zhang Youxia, a native of Weinan, Shaanxi, is the son of my country’s active general and the founding general Zhang Zongxun. He has shown his talent in organization and command since he was a child. He was extremely strong in the " Songmaoling Defense Z6z" in the Laoshan self-defense counterattack. His combat capability was only 33 years old at the time. Songmaoling held on for three months and defeated six times the enemy's offensive. Among the many regiment-level commanders, his performance was particularly excellent.
In 1979, the Vietnamese army who had occupied our Laoshan area for a long time believed that the mountains in the Laoshan area were dangerous, with strong fortifications, and the mountains were full of mines. Even if our country mobilized heavy troops, it would not be able to easily regain the area. of.
However, as everyone knows, as soon as the battle started, the combat effectiveness of our army was unparalleled.The army was completely annihilated by our army in less than a day, especially the “662.6 Highland” that was the main attack of the 119 regiment, which was taken down after only seven minutes of fighting. Only afterwards learned that the commander of this army was only 33 years old. Young generals, the Vietnamese army is full of wailing. Even a young general in our army is so good, what about the end of the generals who have long been famous in our army? The instant loss of
Laoshan shocked the Hanoi authorities. Lieutenant General Wu Li, commander of the Second Military Region of the Vietnamese Army, was very angry. He thought it was shameful to lose the Laoshan position that was easy to defend and difficult to attack in a short time. The Vietnamese veteran who ruled the " Saigon Campaign " swore to the Hanoi authorities: "If doesn't take the Laoshan back, my commander will be wrong! "
Commander Wu Li of the Vietnamese Army personally ordered the second military region to be the best All five of the main divisions were mobilized to the Laoshan area and placed in front of them. They wanted to compete with our army. Among them, Vietnam's self-proclaimed "Ace 313 Division" was desperately clamoring for the shame of Yixue's previous defeat.
Songmaoling is located at the forefront of the Laoshan position and has become a breakthrough for the Vietnamese army to invade and occupy the Laoshan. Under this situation, who will block the defense has become a hot spot for our army’s various regiments, but the commander of our army finally decided: " Zhang Youxia's regiment played well at 662.6 high ground, so he transferred his regiment to defend Songmaoling. Everyone knows that this battle is very difficult, both defensive and offensive, and they are taken away by the Vietnamese army at any time. There is also a mission of bringing back the position from the enemy at any time. Zhang Youxia had captured the 662.6 highland from the Vietnamese army. It took only 7 minutes. The entire group of them captured the 12 hills around Songmaoling, but it only took more than 8 hours.
However, regimental leader Zhang is still in front of more than a dozen cadres at all levels who are older than him and have more experience in participating in the war:
"I am going to create a miracle of Shangganling in the 1980s. My regiment is defending here. Ten times, a hundred times, or even thousands of counterattacks made by the enemy to be defeated."
He was very confident when he spoke, so he looked like general Button making a declaration, so gradually, a " Chinese General Patton " The nickname spread quietly.
However, the 33-year-old Zhang Youxia ignored other people’s arguments and plunged into the pre-war tense preparations and the training of the troops. He was determined to use his actions to hand over a qualified answer sheet for contemporary Chinese young commanders. He is not self-confident. Button, but he likes Button. After all, General Button can win the battle, right?
Zhang Youxia knows that Songmaoling is fighting desperately for the enemy because this place is steep in the north and slow in the south. If the Vietnamese army occupy it, they can condescendingly deal with our troops. It was after a detailed study of the special conditions in this area that he made the judgment that he was prepared to knock down the enemy's thousands of counterattacks.
Facts have proved Zhang Youxia’s judgment that Songmaoling’s position is easy to defend and difficult to attack for our country, but it is easy to attack and difficult to defend for the Vietnamese army. Therefore, the Vietnamese army has always regarded Songmaoling as an attacker. The passage of the mountain position has been attacked round after round.
Commander Zhang Youxia and his troops have been defending the Songmaoling position for more than 3 months since April. The hardship is no less than the " Shangganling" on the Korean battlefield. The heavy rains and the accumulation of water The traffic trench of a foot, the damp and low cat ear holes that sometimes collapse, it would be nice to have a hot meal a day. The military uniforms on his body were muddied, blood stained, and sweat stained into heavy "canvas" clothes. In addition, the various diseases prevalent here seriously damaged the soldiers' physical strength and energy. But the whole regiment was always nailed to the Songmaoling position like a nail. Whether it was a multi-line attack launched by the large-scale force of the Vietnamese army divisions and regiments, or a small group of sporadic harassment and sneak attacks, they were beaten down by them mercilessly.
Take the battle on June 12 as an example. A regiment of the Vietnamese Army launched a sneak attack at 3 o’clock in the middle of the night. They occupied Songmaoling for many years and were familiar with the terrain, so they pressed on the whole line and wanted to fight our army. One was caught off guard and regained the Songmaoling position. But they had just approached the battlefield and they didn't expect that Zhang Youxia and the soldiers were already prepared. When they sneaked into the shooting range, the soldiers opened fire violently, inflicting heavy losses on the Vietnamese army. The enemy became angry and fought back again, then was beaten again, counterattacked again, beaten againGoing down, just like this for a whole day of fierce fighting, Song Maoling always stuck to Zhang Youxia and the soldiers, the Vietnamese army had to leave a large pile of corpses and fled back.
On July 12th, the Vietnamese army lost its capital, dispatched a division of troops, braved the night fog and drizzle, once again launched a large-scale violent attack on the Songmaoling position, the artillery fire cut all the hilltop positions Up a layer. Zhang Youxia, who had just had an operation in the hospital and hurried back to the regiment, faced a frenzied enemy force several times his own, commanding the regiment without panic, calmly fighting, and fighting all night without allowing the Vietnamese army to occupy an inch of land. I don’t know how many battles like this have been fought in
. After all, the Vietnamese army failed to stand in Songmaoling. Any Vietnamese army who fought against the 119 regiment all lamented: “The Chinese army of fought too tenaciously. ”
After the fight, everyone wanted a good night’s sleep, but head Zhang Youxia enthusiastically invited war writers, reporters, and photographers to sit under the green nylon camouflage net and talk to them about the gains and losses in life. Talking about history and literature, about music, calligraphy and painting, I had a lot of fun.
These media people learned about the war from Commander Zhang Youxia, the soldiers on the Laoshan frontline, and the hardships of the war environment... Some people find it incredible that in such an extremely dangerous battlefield frontline, how can Commander Zhang Youxia be so idle? Elegant? But he is such a soldier who can not only win the war, but also pay attention to the cultivation of various sentiments related to war.
He said: "In any professional field, if wants to achieve quite high attainments, it needs to have a special in-depth understanding of IQ and EQ. Z3z"
has such a leader. There will be the same subordinates. In the 97 days and nights spent by the four companies on the ground, the regiment repelled more than 20 sneak attacks and strong attacks by the Vietnamese army. The enemy fired more than 7,000 rounds of various artillery shells and more than 6,000 rounds of anti-aircraft machine gun bullets on this high ground less than 400 meters long and less than 100 meters wide. The hilltop position was bombarded with scorched earth. However, the position was still standing firm, and the enemy's "ace master" dropped more than 400 corpses here.
The six fighters guarding 138 Heights were not afraid to face an enemy 20 times their own on July 12. They fought cleverly and tenaciously. They competed for more than 5 hours with the enemies that came up repeatedly, and they always controlled the heights. In his own hands, 34 enemies were killed and the Vietnamese army sighed while looking at the high ground.
After more than three months of intense warfare, the 119 regiment firmly held the Songmaoling position in its own hands, preventing the enemy from crossing the thunder pond. The commander of the Vietnamese army, Wu Li, saw that the outcome would be even more miserable and retired. Forced to confess his failure, General Zhang Youxia's "brilliant rhetoric" was beaten to the face by General Zhang Youxia.
From the end of April to the beginning of August, 1984, Chief Zhang Youxia severely damaged several main forces of the Vietnamese army, causing the Vietnamese army to lose 1981 elites in this small position, so that the soldiers of the 119 regiment jokingly called Songmao Ling became the " Sad Ling " of the Vietnamese Army.
After the war, the 119 regiment led by Zhang Youxia was awarded the "First Class Collective Achievement" and was commended by the military region. Since then, he has emerged and gradually became a new generation of Titans in my country.
I would like to commemorate the soldiers and civilians who made great sacrifices and contributions in the "Self-Defense Counterattack against Vietnam". Don't forget the original intention, and forge ahead, we should learn by ourselves!
