China has been in peace for a long time, and the closest thing to us is the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam in 1979, when our army won a complete victory. The whole country rejoiced, but few people knew that there was a fierce game behind this war, and how dangerous our situation was.
First of all, Vietnam is a country, you must know that Vietnam has always been a small country in the south of China, although the United States was taken away through guerrilla warfare at that time, but this was also done by relying on the assistance of China and the Soviet Union. If he is inferior to our country in terms of economic and military strength, why does he have the courage to take the initiative to cause trouble?
The answer to this question lies in the Soviet Union. Behind Vietnam was the soviet union, and in 1978 she joined the Soviet-led economic exchange meeting, and then signed a Soviet-Vietnamese military alliance with the Soviet Union. These moves were successfully exchanged for a large amount of Soviet aid, and with this solid backstage, Vietnam was greatly emboldened and began to be eager to expand.
The Soviet Union did not fail to live up to Vietnam's trust, and after the Vietnamese provoked an incident in the south, the Soviet Union quickly gathered heavy troops in Mongolia, conducted large-scale military exercises, and even conducted a large-scale airdrop exercise. This echo of the south and the north has made China very passive strategically, and how to solve the threat of attack between the north and the south has become a big problem facing China.
At that time, our country was also bound to fight, as a regional power, but the Vietnamese people were about to bully to the head, if you do not fight again, it is equivalent to telling other countries: everyone can bully you. So for a moment, we were caught in a dilemma.
However, those who know history know that from the time we went to war until we finally won the war, there was no movement on the northern border. Could it be that the Soviets suddenly repented and abandoned their original plans?
Of course, things are not so simple, behind the Soviet Union's inaction, full of Deng Xiaoping's wisdom of the game!
First of all, when China went to war, it announced in advance that the war against Vietnam was a punitive operation, so the Chinese army would not be stationed in Vietnam for a long time.
Then China developed a strategy for a quick decisive battle. On February 23, 1979, Deng Xiaoping met with the rotating chairman of the European Community, Jenkins, and the president of Japan's Kyoto Shimbun, and said one sentence: The war will end next week. Deng Xiaoping knew that if it dragged on any longer, the Soviet Union would inevitably find an excuse to intervene, so it could only make a quick decision.
In the end, our army accomplished the goal well, and after a week, we took Langshan down, and this success set the tone for victory. At this time, Vietnamese Tsai had no way to do anything! The Soviet army in the north, which was originally agreed upon, disappeared without a trace, and this was all about to be lost, and it was really powerless.
In this way, Deng Xiaoping used the correct strategy to seal all the reasons and motives for the Soviet Union's troops, which can be said to be very wise.