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In other words, the 1979 self-defense counterattack against Vietnam can be said to be another very important battle in China after the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, which is called the "Sino-Vietnamese War" in the international community.
In the world's anti-fascist war, China sacrificed the most manpower, material resources, and is also the country that took the longest time, and then, when the United States attacked Vietnam, we did not hesitate to provide various high-quality material support to Vietnam, and countless outstanding soldiers also went to vietnam and died in the war.
In this regard, the Vietnamese, like the white-eyed wolves, did not have the slightest gratitude to us after the victory, but for their own interests, they constantly snuggled with the Soviets, listened to and retaliated against us and launched a war against us.
In the counterattack against vietnamese self-defense, the Vietnamese side had a 346th infantry division, and the commander of this infantry division was called Huang Bin Shan, who belonged to the rank of colonel in the Vietnamese officer rank at that time, and this 346 infantry division had about 8500 people.
To say that these 8500 infantry divisions should not be underestimated, because most of the people in this unit belong to the soldiers and armed militias, in other words, these 8500 people can change into Vietnamese indigenous farmers and soldiers with a few clothes.
For such a source of soldiers as them, it can be said that they are very strong in terms of combat effectiveness and it is difficult to catch them, which is a major problem for our army. After the official outbreak of the Sino-Vietnamese War, the 346th Infantry Division of the Vietnamese Army has been stubbornly resisting our army in the Gao Binh area, resulting in our army's front line being stretched very long and unable to gather forces in time.
In the face of such a difficult opponent, the general staff of our army quickly discovered their weak points through some details of the battlefield and the ground direction, and then our army concentrated its effective forces to start fighting from the place where it was easiest to break through, and soon the Vietnamese troops stationed in the Gao Binh area were eliminated by our side.
Immediately after that, in the areas of Shuojiang and Tongnong, they were also occupied by our army, and the armed forces deployed by the enemy's 346th Infantry Division in various places were also disintegrated by our army in the same way of "weakness".
Our army first deployed the weakest local army by eliminating the 346th Infantry Division, then eliminated the enemy soldiers in the public security area, and finally eliminated the regular army that had been formally trained.
It can be said that in the entire self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, the Battle of GaoPing can be said to be the longest in the manpower, material resources, and battle time invested by our army against the enemy, and the number of casualties on both sides was also the largest.
According to post-war statistics, in this campaign, our side killed a lieutenant colonel of the 346 infantry division, a major deputy political commissar, and a lieutenant deputy regimental commander, and the entire 346 infantry division with more than 8,500 people was directly beaten by our army.
Speaking of this, perhaps everyone may have a question, the 346th Infantry Division of the Vietnamese Army was defeated by our army, so where did their commander, Huang Bian Shan, run?
After the 346th Infantry Division was scattered, Huang Bianshan fled directly into the deep mountains of Gaoping in order to survive, and in order to capture this Huang bianshan alive, our army organized thousands of soldiers and military dogs to arrest him in the deep mountains, but this did not find any trace of him.
I have to say that the life of this Vietnamese division commander, Huang Bian Shan, is really great, and our army has repeatedly searched for him every day for half a month before the withdrawal, and still has not found his whereabouts, so we have to judge that this Huang Bian Shan may have been killed on the battlefield, but our army did not recognize his body.
However, it was not until March 16, 1979, after our army had all withdrawn from Vietnam and returned to China and declared victory in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, that the commander of this division, Huang Bian Shan, came out of the deep mountains and old forests.
It turned out that this Huang Bianshan, who was afraid of death, saw our soldiers on the battlefield so brave and good at fighting, and he was very self-aware that his own troops were definitely not opponents of Chinese, and rather than being captured alive by Chinese, it was better to hide in the mountains in advance to avoid the wind.
Wait until the war is completely over before coming out, but although this Huang Bianshan thinks very well, after the war, he was directly dismissed by the Ministry of Defense of Vietnam, and finally fell for the crime of treason and was directly imprisoned.
However, soon after, Huang Bianshan was reinstated by the official because of his meritorious service in the War of Resistance, and the troops he commanded were awarded the title of "Heroes of the People's Armed Forces" in Vietnam.
References for this article: "Secret Records of the Sino-Vietnamese War", "Ten Years of the Sino-Vietnamese War", "Battle of Lao Shan", "Baidu Encyclopedia Related Terms - Self-Defense Counterattack Against Vietnam, Huang Bian Shan, etc."