Seven times to participate in the death squad, four times seriously injured and dying, he is the founding general Xu Shiyou, the famous "monk general" in history, speaking of Xu Shiyou, I have to mention his classic battle - ten thousand cannons bombarding Langshan, many people are curious about what makes General Xu Shiyou angry and rush to the crown, angrily ordered the shelling of Langshan, do not leave a room for the enemy, today I will take everyone to explore the Battle of Langshan of General Xu Shiyou.
The Battle of Lang Son is the most famous battle in the Vietnamese self-defense counterattack war, since ancient times, because of the location of the neighborhood with water, Sino-Vietnamese relations are very close, China has supported Vietnam many times, in the 30 years of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Vietnam, China has provided about 20 billion US dollars of materials to vietnam to assist, but also specially sent air defense troops to Vietnam to support, three years shot down and injured more than 3,000 enemy aircraft, sacrificed thousands of people to help Vietnam defend the country.
However, it is such a country with friendly exchanges with China that after the reunification of Vietnam in 1975, it not only suppressed overseas Chinese at home, but also provoked armed conflict on the Sino-Vietnamese border, injured residents near the border line, tore down boundary monuments, and created the Punian Ling and Dinh Mui Shan incidents, and the ambitious Vietnamese army, even with the support of the Soviet Union, claimed to be the world's third military power.
In the face of Vietnam's repeated provocations, China was not willing to tear its face, but Vietnam is becoming more and more arrogant, and even blatantly invading And even invading China's Nansha Islands, which is intolerable.
Against this background, in 1978, the Central Committee decided to launch a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, when China had not fought a major battle for more than a decade, so it attached great importance to this war.
The counterattack against Vietnam was divided into two routes, the east road was led by the tiger general Xu Shiyou in addition to the six legions in addition to the 169th Division, and the west road was led by General Yang Dezhi, who had assisted Vietnam, three legions plus the 169th Division.
After receiving the order, General Xu Shiyou immediately saw that the key point of this battle was Lang Son, which is Vietnam's closest important city to China, only 18 kilometers away from the Sino-Vietnamese border, but it is a very important border gateway for Vietnam.
Lang Shan divides Vietnam into two, the jungle in the north is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the south side is opened by a Ma Pingchuan Portal, it can be said that once Lang Shan is breached, taking Vietnam is like probing for things, just in response to the old saying "The king of Lang Shan Yue descends", so Xu Shiyou's goal in this battle is to take Lang Shan.
He divided the eastern front into three, interspersed with Dongxi, attacked Gaoping, tangled with Tongdeng, and carried out three roads at the same time, all of which were frantically intercepted by the Vietnamese army.
At that time, the Vietnamese army, because of its long-term friendship with our country, had long known the importance of the people, fully mobilized all the living forces in Vietnam, and united the army, the people, and the public security to attack our army.
In just one month, our army conquered a number of important towns, forming a threat to Lang Son, and the Vietnamese side, which was well aware of the important strategic position of Lang Son, sent elite troops to Lang Son Town early, and sent the Vietnamese Third Division, known as the Venus Division.
This unit is not simple, it is the most famous division in Vietnam except for the four long-established troops, and it has played a prominent role in fighting the US army, and has won many titles such as Hero Regiment and Hero of the Vietnam people's armed forces.
The honors they had won in the past made them swell infinitely, and the Vietnamese Third Division, which boasted that it understood the combat style of the People's Liberation Army, went so far as to make wild remarks that it wanted to fight until the Friendship Pass for breakfast and fight to Nanning for the Spring Festival, so arrogant that it could not even come out of the house, and was confronted by the 55th Army commanded by General Xu Shiyou, and the fight retracted back to Lang Shan and did not dare to show its head, and could only use the natural defensive barrier of Lang Shan to confront our army.
The north side of Lang Shan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, both sides are high, only the middle road can be used by China's armored troops, but once you go from that road, you will usher in the dense crossfire of the Vietnamese army from the mountains on both sides, so General Xu Shiyou ordered the army to first control the outer mountain highlands, remove the Vietnamese firepower one by one, clear the Yue troops on the outskirts of Lang Shan, and then launch a general attack along the road.
However, the Vietnamese army was well-equipped, using platoons of artillery, bazookas and anti-aircraft machine guns to form crossfire, and it was commanding the terrain and familiar with the terrain, which put great pressure on our army.
Our army is not only unfamiliar with the terrain, but also cannot see the route clearly because of the rain and fog, and often accidentally collides with the Vietnamese firepower network, resulting in heavy casualties for a time.
Faced with such a difficult battle situation, General Xu Shiyou immediately changed the battle plan, let the tank artillery open the way, covered the advance of our infantry with intensive firepower, and guided the direction for the infantry.
This move was very effective, in just one day to take away all the Vietnamese firepower strongholds outside Lang Son, the large army directly approached Lang Shan, and the 3rd Division of the Venus Division of the Lang Shan defenders also planned to fight hard and win the battle here.
The Vietnamese army, however, insidiously disregarded human nature and released gas bombs at our army, most of which did not have gas masks at that time, causing the war situation to reach a stalemate again.
General Xu Shiyou learned that the Vietnamese army rushed to the crown as angry, ordered the artillery to bombard Lang Shan, not a room was allowed to stay, the 55th Division concentrated more than 300 artillery to attack Lang Shan, 30 minutes fired tens of thousands of shells, Lang Shan was blown into a sea of fire, the intensity is unprecedented.
The Battle of Lang Son became the fiercest battle in the counterattack against Vietnam, and even though the 3rd Venus Division relied on its positional superiority to resist step by step, it could not stop the PLA Tiger Lion led by General Xu Shiyou from successfully taking Lang Son and raising the national flag at the provincial capital building.
Just as our army was preparing to retreat after completing the task of laying down Lang Son, the Vietnamese side went so far as to announce to the world that China had not occupied Lang Shan, and it turned out that the northern urban area of Lang Son laid down by our army was only a new urban area, and the south bank of the Qianqi River was the old urban area.
In the face of the cunning arguments of the Vietnamese army, our army was completely enraged, and General Xu Shiyou called the central authorities and took the initiative to ask him to fight across the Qiqi River, and under the leadership of General Xu Shiyou, our army, with high morale, opened the way with fierce artillery fire, and forcefully crossed the Qiqi River along the Bridge of the Qiqi River and the storm boats and rubber boats in one fell swoop, annihilated the main force of the 3rd Venus Division of the Vietnamese Army, and comprehensively captured Lang Shan.
At this time, our army, which has a great advantage, wants to attack Vietnam on the pingchuan river, which is very easy, but our army organized a counterattack war against Vietnam not to seize the land, but to be forced to counterattack in self-defense, and now that the goal has been achieved, all the victorious our army has withdrawn to the country, and all the land that has been laid down has also been returned to Vietnam, which fully demonstrates our great power's broad-mindedness, and also lets the people of the world see our determination, although those who offend our Chinese will be punished from afar!