The War to Resist France and Aid was a foreign war after the founding of the People's Republic of China. In this war, China sent General Chen Geng to help Vietnam, but this war, which is not known to many people, has left a huge psychological shadow on Chen Geng.
On one occasion, Chen Geng formulated a strategic plan, but in the end, the Vietnamese army that acted according to the plan suffered heavy losses and almost completely destroyed the army.
Later, even Chen Geng couldn't help but sigh:
Vietnam and the French Emperor are really a wonderful pair, and the combat effectiveness of the two sides is simply comparable!
What the hell is going on? Only Chen Geng could say such helpless words.
In fact, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was not the first foreign war after the founding of the People's Republic of China; before the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, China also participated in the War to Resist France and Aid Vietnam. Only this time, no large troops were dispatched, but only military assistance to Vietnam.
Franco-Vietnamese War
When After the end of World War II, France wanted to restore colonial rule to Vietnam, then Vietnam would certainly not be willing. But I couldn't fight and fight, so I could only ask for help from the outside.
With the idea of jointly resisting imperialist oppression, General Tan Gung led a military advisory group to support Vietnam.
In fact, before this, our country had tightened its belt and brought a lot of weapons and materials to Vietnam. However, the combat effectiveness of the Vietnamese army could not go up, so they could only send an advisory group to guide them.
However, this time as a military adviser, he forced Chen Geng to be a psychological shadow, and he did not expect that in this war, both sides would use it
Crouching Dragon Phoenix Chicks
It is not an exaggeration to describe.
Chen Geng commanded the battle for the first time
After understanding the situation on both sides, Chen Geng decided to fight a victorious battle first to boost the morale of the soldiers. After research, Chen Geng found that there was a stronghold between Gaoping and Langshan- Dongxi.
The location of this stronghold is very important, as long as it can occupy the area, it can cut off Route 4, so that it can open up a good situation for the battle.
Moreover, even if the garrison here is only more than 300 people even if it is added to the puppet army, and the Vietnamese army has concentrated thousands of people, Ho Chi Minh also agrees with Chen Geng's opinion, and finally the Vietnamese army has gathered more than 7,000 people, but it is said that this is a stressless battle. Originally, Chen Geng thought that the nearby French army was going to respond, but he did not expect that the French army's response was actually to retreat, which ... .
As soon as the nearby friendly troops left, weren't the French troops in Dongxi even more isolated? The other party's move made Chen Geng look stupid! However, since the enemies are helping themselves so much, there is nothing to say, do not fight white, do not fight.
Originally, according to the plan, this was a battle to kill chickens and use a cattle knife, Chen Geng originally thought that it would be a hand-to-hand battle, but he did not expect to end up hitting him and doubting his life.
Chen Gengwanwan, who was already ready for a quick battle and a quick decision, did not expect that a regiment in charge of the main attack was actually one
Lost
。 That's right, they weren't stopped by the enemy, they were simply lost.
Holding the battle plan that has been formulated, fighting the enemy in his own land, he actually got lost. This wave of operations made Chen Geng look even more dumbfounded.
The main force circled around the neighborhood for most of the day and completely exposed its whereabouts. Originally, Chen Geng thought that this battle could not be fought, and the French army estimated that it would break through. But what he did not expect again was that the French troops in the stronghold actually decided to garrison after asking for help. Chen Geng doubted whether they had any conspiracy.
After most of the day, the main Vietnamese army, Shanshan, arrived late, and the battle finally began. The Vietnamese army took the lead in firing artillery, and the density of artillery fire looked very dense, but the effect caused made Chen Geng can't help but cover his face.
Countless shells flew out, and only a few shots hit the French position. Even if the area is covered, there will be more shells hitting, and the Vietnamese shooting is more like it
Deliberately avoid enemy strongholds to fight
。 After ten minutes of shelling, the French position was stunned that it was no big deal, and Chen Geng ordered the shooting to stop, and it would be a waste of ammunition to continue fighting.
Awkward and polite smile
Chen Geng let the Vietnamese army start charging, such a simple operation will not be a problem. However, Chen Geng once again did not expect that there was no cooperation between the Vietnamese troops at all.
Some teams are buried in hard charge, you are not wrong, that is, they are buried in the face of enemy fire, and some teams hide behind the crowd and dare not advance, let alone shoot. The troops of several thousand people insisted on forming a confrontation with more than 300 enemies, and Chen Geng had no choice but to order a temporary withdrawal.
Chen Geng's redeployment of the battle plan also boosted morale, but this did not seem to work. The senior generals of the Vietnamese army all had the idea of withdrawing their troops, which made Chen Geng a whole mess.
Can the battle still be fought like this?
Seeing that the mood of the team was depressed, Chen Geng had to find Ho Chi Minh to come, and under ho Chi Minh's personal appeasement, the military's heart was stabilized again, and this time Chen Geng formulated a plan to encircle and attack.
Chen Geng understood that this simple tactic was the best, the Vietnamese army had a strong individual combat effectiveness, but it was not good when there were more people, because they were very fierce and tenacious, but they were a little clever, typical
One monk carries water to eat, two monks carry water to eat, and three monks have no water to eat.
After two days of fighting, the French army of more than 300 people finally could not hold out, but they were not running out of ammunition or losing a lot of money, but they felt that they could not stand to fight any longer, so they surrendered, and more than 300 people of the Dongxi garrison were captured, and the commander was also among them. The Vietnamese casualties were very large, but in general, the first battle was won.
Before coming to Vietnam, Chen Geng was actually very worried, after all, France was not weak in World War II, at least compared with us at that time, it was a military power. Chen Geng was worried that if he made a slight mistake, he would lose everything, and after this war, Chen Geng's attitude changed. He wrote in his diary:
The Vietnamese always attacked head-on at the fire points set by the French army, and while inflicting heavy losses on themselves, they only caused slight casualties to the French army, so that they had to abandon the attack, and the French army never showed any desire to take the initiative to attack, always facing the opponent with a passive defensive posture, always posing a shelf to be beaten.
It was not difficult to see how helpless Chen Geng was at that time.
The Two Sides of France and Vietnam are on an equal footing
The stronghold was occupied, and the French army also made a response, and one of their troops was already close to reaching Dongxi, but Chen Geng had already planned for this, and had already set up an ambush on the enemy's inevitable road.
However, Chen Geng still overestimated both sides, the Vietnamese army buried for more than ten days and the wind and sun could not stand it, and when Chen Geng was still worried about whether the French army would find an ambush, the team that ambushed the enemy actually withdrew.
Without questioning their superiors, they actually went to the rear to find food to eat, and as soon as they left, it was a day, and the French army easily passed through the ambush circle. Fortunately, this French army encountered a company of the Vietnamese army, and this company saw the French army and directly opened fire, and the two sides fought for half a day.
There were almost no casualties
。 The gunfire was chaotic, but they didn't know how many people were on the other side, so the situation was deadlocked.
The behavior of the Vietnamese army is understandable, but the French army is a lone army, and after being discovered by the enemy, it neither breaks through nor retreats, and the Vietnamese army is waiting for support What are they waiting for? Is it waiting to be annihilated?
After Chen Geng received the news, he immediately contacted the ambush regiment and asked them to quickly go to the engagement site to complete the encirclement of the enemy. If it was in China, this team that left the lurking point without authorization to delay the fighter plane, Chen Geng at least let them peel off their skin, but now they can only use it.
The French finally realized they were surrounded and rushed to their superiors for help. The French airdropped a large amount of weapons and supplies, but a large part of these things fell between the positions of the two armies. So the quiet two sides began to shoot at each other to grab the air-dropped supplies. It was with this delay that the French were surrounded, and their commander decided,
Ask the superiors to airdrop a battalion over
, so that you have the ability to fight back.
But in the jungle or in front of the enemy's eyes,
It really has yours
。 When the air force had just opened its parachutes, they were greeted by rain-like bullets, fortunately, the Vietnamese army's marksmanship was not accurate, otherwise this airborne soldier would have been completely annihilated before it landed. In the end, the French army gathered some of the survivors, and there was not enough battalion in total, but although they had no intention of retreating, they decided to continue north. But after playing and finding, it seemed that it really could not be beaten, so it broke through from the southwest direction, and actually successfully broke out of the encirclement, and the Vietnamese army fought all night, and only the next day did it find that the enemy had run.
The Franco-Vietnamese ideology is unified
Once, Chen Geng saw the Route of the French army, and he arranged for the Vietnamese army to ambush in advance. However, Chen Geng did not expect that the Vietnamese army would automatically postpone the departure of one hour because of the heavy rain. This time, Chen Geng was really angry and began to scold their generals. However, Chen Geng had not finished scolding, and even more unexpected things came to him, the Vietnamese army actually ambushed successfully? When the Vietnamese army delayed its departure by an hour to avoid the rain, the French army actually delayed the departure by one hour because of the heavy rain.
The final result was that Chen Geng miscalculated the enemy's departure time! After learning this news, Chen Geng was directly confused and sloppy! This is really a matching pair!
In fact, the Vietnamese are very united and able to endure hardships, they just lack combat experience and national consciousness. Later, when they have defeated all the enemies and have gained combat experience. I actually had an idea for my country, and then a self-defense counterattack war broke out against Vietnam, a battle that China won very hard.
Chairman Mao said: All reactionaries are paper tigers.
But it has also been said that we must despise the enemy strategically and pay attention to the enemy tactically!