In the 1970s, Vietnam won a war with the United States. At this time, Vietnam was a little confused about the southeast, south, and northwest, and he wanted to realize the idea of the "Indochina Federation", which was centered on his own country, including Laos, Cambodia and Guangzhou Bay, which was forcibly leased by the Qing government. At that time, Vietnam actually wanted to dominate Southeast Asia, which seriously threatened China's security.
China is very sensitive to acts that threaten its own national territorial integrity, and its attitude towards such acts is very resolute and completely rejects them. At that time, in order to expand its territory, Vietnam established friendship and cooperation with the Soviet Union, which was hostile to China at that time, and in order to express that its territory was absolutely inviolable, and in order to prove China to the world, on February 17, 1979, The Chinese national government announced a self-defense counterattack against it.
Then today's talk is about China's self-defense and counterattack war against Vietnam. In this battle, China sent a total of 200,000 troops, and with a strong wind, defeated the Vietnamese army, and occupied Lang Son in less than a month. To the south of Lang Son was a large steppe, and if the Chinese army had continued to attack south, it would have hit Vietnam's old nest, the capital, Hanoi. However, China's original intention was not to destroy Vietnam, but to tell Vietnam that China's territory was inviolable, so after hitting Lang Shan, it retreated.
The self-defense counterattack against Vietnam was thus stopped. In this battle, it was also a very painful impact on the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and although China won the war relatively quickly, its fierceness was comparable to the earlier War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Both China and Vietnam have paid a sad price for this war. According to incomplete statistics, in this battle, the number of Vietnamese casualties reached more than 57,000, the number of deaths reached more than 47,000, while more than 8,000 were seriously injured and more than 2,000 were captured by China. In China, there are almost 28,000 people, and more than 8,000 people have died.
Vietnam's army includes not only the country's soldiers, but also militias, guerrillas and other people, the death of these people can not be counted, if these are also counted, then the number of Vietnamese casualties can exceed 100,000 people, but the battle was from February 17 to March 5, that is, only 19 days to kill and injure so many people, that is, the tragic degree on the battlefield is unimaginable. During the period of China's War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, China sent many military experts to guide operations.
Therefore, in this war, the Vietnamese army was also influenced by the military thinking of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and the shadow of our China can be seen from the mode of operation and the idea of operation. And this war is also China's proof of China's strength to the world, and it is also an expression of China's determination for territorial integrity.