In the 1970s and 1980s, as Sino-Soviet relations reached the freezing point, China's international situation at that time was also relatively bad, both to fight against the Western powers led by the United States, but also to face the threat of the northern border, at this time China's main pressure was still in the southeast Taiwan Strait and the northern Sino-Soviet border, Vietnam took the opportunity to make a move against China is not unreasonable, but Vietnam also paid a huge price for this, in 1979 China launched a counterattack against Vietnam under compulsion.
Before the start of the counterattack operation against Vietnam, the party Central Committee gave overall consideration to the commander-in-chief of the leading troops, and finally selected two tough generals who had experienced hundreds of battles, one was General Xu Shiyou, who fought quickly and fiercely and dared to fight a hard battle, which was in line with the central authorities' campaign goal of being fierce and accurate in this campaign; the other was General Yang Dezhi, commander of the Wuhan Military Region who had served as China's military adviser to aid Vietnam in the Vietnam War to Resist France; Xu Shiyou was in charge of operations on the eastern front, and Yang Dezhi was in charge of operations on the western front.
On December 8, 1978, the Central Military Commission issued a decision and order for a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, and the eastern and western fronts entered a tense state of preparation, and after receiving the order, Xu Shiyou put forward a very bold idea at the pre-war meeting, that is, the whole army and the western front corps were directly interspersed with the Vietnamese waist position, and after the encirclement with the eastern front troops, a huge encirclement and annihilation battle was fought.
Once this plan is successfully implemented, vietnam will be surrounded by more than 300,000 troops, and Vietnam will no longer have the strength to fight back after the first world war, which is very meaningful to destroy Vietnam, but the battle plan was immediately rejected after it was reported to the central authorities.
Unwillingly, Xu Shiyou also put forward a bold plan to the central authorities, sending another elite force to Cambodia to eat the elite Vietnamese army that was fighting there, and to completely crush the backbone of the Vietnamese army, so that Vietnam would no longer have the strength to start a war.
Xu Shiyou's idea surprised Zhong Xiang, considering many domestic and international factors, plus Cambodia does not border China, after discussion the central government finally rejected this battle plan. Commander Hsu is worthy of being a fierce general of our army, and if these two plans are realized, Vietnam will suffer an unprecedented heavy blow.
Xu Shiyou took his unwilling to lead his troops to the front, and on the Guangxi front, he was the commander, and he had to choose a deputy commander. Xu Shiyou squeezed his chin and paced, thinking back to his comrades-in-arms who were born and died, one by one sifted through his mind, and finally pointed out a name.
"How is Liu Changyi doing now?"
"Probably back off, I heard it's been half a day off..."
"Mom pulled a ×, this battle will not let him fight, and it will not be fought in the future." Just invite him to come! ”
Although Xu Shiyou nodded, he did not hesitate in his heart, "I hope his sword is not old." ”
At that time, Liu Changyi was serving as the deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region and was invited to Guangzhou by Xu Shiyou. People still look old, but their eyes are bright and their hearts are very high.
"Commander Xu, Deputy Commander Liu has arrived." Chen Liangshun placed Deputy Commander Liu and went to report to Commander Xu. "In the evening, I will entertain you at home, so you should prepare more wine," Xu Shiyou commanded.
No one had ever seen Xu Shiyou inquire about Deputy Commander Liu's physical condition, let alone Xu Shiyou talk to him about what research and consideration he had for modern warfare, and only heard about letting him prepare wine.
Drink three bottles of Maotai and let the wine be served. At first, they just reminisced about the past, recalling the nine deaths of that year. After drinking, the two have nothing to say, dare to argue and dare to raise the bar.
Xu Shiyou asked drunkenly: "After drinking three bottles of wine, do you dare to open the bottle?" Liu Changyi said proudly: "There is nothing in the world that can drink or not drink, only those who dare to drink and dare not drink, people who have died nine times in their lives, are not afraid to drink when they die?" I will drink wherever Commander Xu drinks! ”
After drinking this wine, Xu Shiyou was covered in mist and slept for a day. Deputy Commander Liu was drunk for two days.
Xu Shiyou said movingly: "It is really a good man, not afraid of death." The deputy commander is him! ”
It cannot be simply said from this that "Xu Shiyou drinks and chooses the general". That's the result of a multi-faceted comparison, and drinking is just a small aspect. Moreover, Xu Shiyou also said a very philosophical passage about this: It is not difficult to learn to fight, and it is not something that anyone can do by giving up one's life against the enemy.
After the selection of generals, it is time to send troops. Xu Shiyou led the troops with the demeanor of a general. The troops advanced forward, encountered many difficulties, and there were constant reports, and there were so many things that made people hairy. Xu Shiyou was not nervous, not in a hurry, or even did not even bother with that heart, and threw the report aside. He only managed major military operations, issued orders for the troops to carry them out, and did not achieve military justice.
After the troops laid the siege of Langshan, the central government ordered the withdrawal of troops.
Xu Shiyou looked at the military map and groaned, and hesitated to give orders. He stretched out his little carrot-thick finger and drew it on the map: "It's all plains, the tanks and cannons are just in use, and I can get to Hanoi in less than two hours." ”
However, judging from the overall international situation, we are not without worries about the future, and we must guard against someone stabbing us in the back; the pressure on the Shenyang Military Region is very great, and the central authorities have repeatedly ordered a retreat.
Xu Shiyou said that he obeyed the order, but at the same time insisted on dragging it: "Arch an arch, I will arch again..."
Xu Shiyou hopes to bring back the main Vietnamese force from Cambodia. He said to the leaders of the troops: "Let's arch forward again and scare them for a moment!" ......”
He sent troops out of Langshan for tens of kilometers. At that time, Vietnamese government agencies were withdrawing from Hanoi.
Receiving the report, Xu Shiyou laughed, rolled up his sleeves, shook his thick arms, and said, "Scared fart isn't it?" Withdrawn, fart roll urine stream! ”
After the Chinese army conquered Lang Son, the Vietnamese pro-Chinese representative, Huang Wenhuan, was ready to return to China to take charge, and at that time, Xu Shiyou was also ready to conquer Hanoi, and after receiving the order to retreat, he was furious, causing no one in the Politburo to dare to greet him when he returned to China.
Xu Shiyou is such a person.