In February 1979, the Southern Xinjiang Battle broke out, a large-scale self-defense counterattack war launched by the people's team on the southwest border in order to resist the invaders.

In February 1979, the Southern Xinjiang Battle broke out, which was a large-scale self-defense counterattack war launched by the people's team on the southwest border in order to resist the invaders.

War background, in the 1970s, the enemy and Vietnam ended the Civil War. After unifying all Vietnam, they began to expand outward and received help from the Soviet Union in military terms.

You should know that in the 1970s, the relationship between my country and the Soviet Union deteriorated. As the big brother, the Soviet Union stationed millions of troops on the northern border of our country, and the war was about to break out. The enemy leader at that time, Li Duan , thought that he had received help from the Soviet Union, could do whatever he wanted, wandered around China in China, suppressed overseas Chinese, and publicly tore up the statement in 1958, and signed a statement that he recognized Dongsha Islands , Xisha Islands , Zhongsha Islands , and Nansha Islands belonged to our country, and sent troops to occupy the Nansha Islands.

In the situation where there are tigers in the north and wolf in the south, Mr. Deng decided to severely punish the invaders, just as Mao Weiren said: One punch can be cut, so that hundreds of punches will not come. Since we decided to send troops, who will be the leader to the war?

After discussion by the three old generals Deng Gong, Xu, Nie and Ye, it was decided that the founding tiger generals Xu Shiyou and Yang Dezhi would take charge of the battle to fight the invaders. At the same time, in order to prevent the five military regions of the north from entering the first-level combat preparations, each soldier carried real guns and ammunitions to work.

The southern Xinjiang battle broke out, and two veterans, Xu Shiyou and Yang Dezhi, took the lead again to the battle, serving as commanders in the east and west respectively. You should know that in 1979, both generals entered their sixties, Xu Shiyou was 73 years old and Yang Dezhi was 68 years old. It should have been the age of enjoying peace and prosperity, but in order to defend the territory of the motherland from being violated and protect the people, the two old generals went forward bravely and rushed to the front line of southern Xinjiang despite their own safety.

General Xu Shiyou was the commander-in-chief of the Middle East Line of the Southern Xinjiang Battle. At the same time, four founding generals gave him the deputy, namely Jiang Xieyuan, Wu Zhong , Liu Changyi, and Ou Zhifu. Among them, the three generals Wu, Jiang and Ou were also the front-line commanders in this battle.

Eastern Front Corps: 41st Army, 42nd Army, 43rd Army, 50th Army (owed to 149th Division), 54th Army, 55th Army, they are all troops from Fourth Field .

General Yang Dezhi was the commander-in-chief of the Central and Western Front of the Southern Xinjiang Battle. The founding Major General Zhang Xixiu was given as his deputy. At the same time, there were founding lieutenant general Liu Zhijian and major general Zhang Haitang all engaged in the self-defense counterattack against the invaders and defending the country.

In fact, Yang Dezhi, the commander-in-chief of the Western Front, fell ill shortly after taking office. In this way, General Zhang Yixiu was responsible for the war on the Western Front, dispatched troops and issued combat orders to various departments, and veteran Yang Dezhi was in charge of the base camp to give advice.

Western Front Corps’ troops: the 11th Army, the 13th Army, the 14th Army, the 149th Infantry Division (the division belongs to the 50th Army, and a 105th Division was assigned to the Eastern Front for combat), they were all troops from the Second Field Army.

The enemy and us fought for 28 days on the southwest border. The heroic people's team, under the command of two veteran generals, repelled the invaders again and again on the battlefield, occupied Lang Son's Beicheng District, Gaoping , Laojie and other areas. It also severely damaged the enemy, killing more than 30,000 people, capturing more than 2,000 people, and successfully destroying military facilities against our country in the northern part of the enemy. At the same time, it also let the Soviet army in the north know that Chinese soldiers are not easy to mess with.

After this, the Southwest Frontier Defense Forces launched the battles with the enemy Fakashan Battle , Laoshan Battle , Balihe and other battles. The two sides confronted each other for ten years on the southwest border, and small-scale battles occurred frequently during this period.

Ten years of confrontation, tens of thousands of passionate young people rushed to the southwest frontline, dedicating their youth and precious lives, guarding the southwest border, and defending their country. Although their bodies fell down, their spirits remained forever.