In the counterattack against Vietnam, Chen Xilian angrily intimidated Xu Shiyou, saying that he should be shot in the line of fire.
With the development of science and technology, everyone has more and more opportunities to express their views on the Internet, which also gives many people the opportunity to speak freely, but speaking freely is not nonsense, some people for the sake of temporary fame and fortune, do not hesitate to distort history, and even fabricate out of thin air, such behavior will not only make our descendants misunderstand history, but also disrespect the heroes of those who have passed away.
A few years ago, there was a post on the Internet in which the publisher said that in the collection of the National Library of China, no one had found views on historical figures in the past, including many new views on the "counterattack against Vietnam", and one of them was very eye-catching, in this quoted paragraph, Chen Xilian's evaluation of Xu Shiyou was very sharp, and even said that he "should be shot directly in the line of fire!" "The words are full of meanness.
For a while, many people lost their ability to judge, so is this thing true or false? Should Xu Shiyou really be "shot"?
Xu Shiyou
Counterattack against Vietnam
The War of Resistance Against Vietnam, also known as the War of Self-Defense against Vietnam, refers to the war between China and Vietnam between February and March 1979, when Vietnam ended the War of Resistance Against the United States and completed the independence and unification of its own country.
However, Vietnam did not put the restoration of people's livelihood and recuperation first, but regarded China as their "enemy", often harassing the border between the two countries, so that China's territorial sovereignty and the safety of people's lives and property were threatened, in order to protect China's legitimate sovereignty and the safety of the people, on February 17, 1979, the Chinese border troops carried out self-defense counterattack operations in accordance with the instructions, and it took only one month to complete the combat task.
At that time, Vietnam had lost its own US troops, coupled with its friendship with the Soviet Union, obtained a large amount of military equipment, and once regarded itself as the "world's third military power". As Sino-Soviet relations began to decline, Vietnam also began to re-examine its relations with China, first starting a "Chinese exclusion operation" in its own country, and then tearing up the 1958 acknowledgment that the Dongsha Islands and the Nansha Islands belonged to China, openly encroaching on China's territory.
In order to defend its homeland, China, which had just experienced a period of turmoil, began to make military moves. Xu Shiyou was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Guangxi Border Defense Force on the Eastern Front, commanding the 41st, 42nd, 43rd, 54th, and 55th Armies and the 50th Army of the 149th Division. Yang Dezhi was also appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Western Front, commanding the 11th, 13th, and 14th Armies to fight, while the northern and coastal units entered a state of first-level combat readiness, always paying close attention to the movements of the Soviet Union.
Self-defense counterattack against Vietnam
The war began quickly and lasted for a short time, and under the counterattack of the powerful firepower of the Chinese army, victory soon came, but the Chinese army also suffered some losses, and many heroic martyrs died on the front line of the war. According to statistics, in the entire self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, more than 47,700 enemy people were killed, more than 7,270 enemy were wounded, and 2,173 enemy were captured, while our side sacrificed 6,954 people and wounded more than 14,800 people.
Since the Chinese army is divided into east and west fronts during the operation, this can not avoid the comparison of the combat capabilities of the two fronts, from the final data, the number of casualties and losses on the eastern front is indeed greater than that of the western front, so many people think that there is a mistake in the command of the eastern front, and this final hat is also buckled on the head of the commander Xu Shiyou.
So what are the facts?
In my opinion, in addition to the final casualty figures, the situation on both sides also needs to be compared. The Eastern Front did have more troops, more than twice as many as the Western Front, but he also faced more enemies, nearly three times as many as the Western Front. At the same time, the area of operations on the eastern front is wider, and the area of operations on the western front is slightly narrower, and we must take these situations into account when evaluating them.
But many people only stare at the final casualty figures, and can even make up the posts we mentioned at the beginning to attract attention. So what exactly is this post about? How do we know he made it up?
Unknown "past events"? Or is it a joke-free fabrication?
In that post, two people were mentioned, one was Xu Shiyou, the commander of the Eastern Front who counterattacked against vietnamese self-defense, and the other was Chen Xilian, an army general who had made great achievements in battle and was loyal to the party and patriotic. In the post, it reads:
"But to sum up the examples of war, we must seek truth from facts, and we must not hide it for His Holiness, nor should we hide it for the dead." Take the Eastern Front (referring to the Eastern Front battlefield of the Sino-Vietnamese border counterattack war in 1979), and now it is said that Xu Madman (referring to Xu Shiyou) is a fool and a daze, is there any comrade who opposes it? Three armies, more than a dozen divisions, sixty percent mechanized marches, a large depth breakthrough, not even a complete defense zone group army did not hold back, and finally engaged in a crossfire line (referring to the situation in the fire contact area between the two sides during the armistice on the eastern front), so that the family fought several counterattacks. What kind of battle is this fighting? Rotten, stupid, stupid! To put it badly, when I fought with Indians like this, I was shot directly in the line of fire, and no one shouted injustice! The madman is gone, and we are not holding on to it. It is just to use an analogy to let the comrades know that the party and the army should be democratic, seek truth from facts, and not be vain. Say what you want, scold as you want. Don't let me say it, don't let you scold, you have become a stuffy gourd, and you will have to suffer hardships when you start a war in the future! ——Chen Xilian, former commander of the artillery of the People's Liberation Army, former commander of the Shenyang Military Region, former commander of the Beijing Military Region, former vice premier of the State Council, January 1988 "The Party Must Let People Speak and Tell the Truth."
Chen Xilian
In this post, it is mainly claimed that Chen Xilian accused Xu Shiyou of making mistakes in the operation command of the Eastern Front, which led to unnecessary casualties, and even appeared with words such as "shooting in the line of fire", which could not help but make people feel that the whole paragraph was full of revolutionary atmosphere, which at first glance looked very credible. But if you look at it calmly, you will find the problem in this text.
First of all, there are a lot of non-professional words in this post, and the appearance of these words will inevitably make people doubt its authenticity.
For example, the word "crossfire line" mentioned in the article is a non-professional word in this post, in the military language there is only a term such as "crossfire", and "crossfire line" does not exist, just ask a general who has fought all his life, will he really not understand these words?
In the text, Xu Shiyou is also referred to as "Xu Madman", but Xu Shiyou, who was born from the Shaolin Temple, does have a nickname of "Xu Monk", where does "Xu Madman" come from? Would Chen Xilian really use such a word to describe another general?
Secondly, there are many fabricated things in this text. For example, he mentioned the Vietnamese "Defense Zone Army", but there is no such formation in Vietnam, which also greatly reduces the credibility of this text.
In addition, there is also a description of "several counterattacks" in this text, but according to the summary of the war situation given by the state, in the self-defense counterattack war against Vietnam that lasted for a short time, the Chinese side was in the upper hand most of the time, and in the final withdrawal stage, it was also the staggered cover of various troops, carefully deployed, and the facilities built by the Chinese side were also recovered along the way, and there was no mention of "several counterattacks" in the text.
Finally, the entire text is filled with four words, "widening contradictions." It seems that if you don't understand that period of history throughout, you will only feel that Xu Shiyou is incompetent, but if such a general who has experienced hundreds of battles really does not have any talent, how can he have those achievements? In the counterattack against Vietnamese self-defense, the casualties on the Eastern Front were indeed relatively large, but Xu Shiyou's command did not have fatal problems, just not wonderful, and we must look at these casualty figures in light of the fact that there had been no war for many years at that time.
To sum up, the credibility of this passage is self-evident, so that behind the text, we cannot see the bloody struggle of the revolutionary martyrs on the front line, but only the people with ghost fetuses who want to take advantage of this "fame and fortune".
"Live and be loyal": Xu Shiyou should not be "shot"
No matter what the purpose of this text appears on the Internet, the doubts about Xu Shiyou's ability are clear at a glance, but such a good general who did his best to serve the country when he was alive should not be hurt by such remarks.
Xu Shiyou was born in 1905, joined the revolution in 1928, and lived a lifetime of military service. From an ordinary soldier to the rank of general, this road of promotion has already revealed his ability to the world, which means that Xu Shiyou is not a person who cannot fight. However, in this passage of "Chen Xilian angrily intimidated Xu Shiyou", the so-called failure was blamed on Xu Shiyou, which is undoubtedly a trampling on the heroic soul of the revolutionary martyrs, and people can't help but feel indignant.
It is worth mentioning that in the follow-up survey of netizens, it was found that the so-called many quotations from the National Library provided by the publisher of this post could not be queried at the National Library, and the book number said by the publisher did not conform to China's book classification law, which confirmed that this text is a fabrication.
"Peach blossom red rain hero blood, bihai danxia zhishi heart." For the sake of China's territorial security, countless soldiers have gone thousands of miles to attack the enemy, the war is already full of difficulties and dangers, nine deaths, and those who come back alive still have to become a tool used by others to hype on this network of fabrication and rumor-mongering at almost zero cost.
Today, our country is becoming stronger and stronger, and the bright future is becoming a reality step by step, all thanks to the struggle of the revolutionary martyrs who disregarded their personal safety and the reunion of their small families. But now many people have become "flies" in history, paying no attention to the contributions made by the revolutionary martyrs, only knowing to stay on their so-called failures, trying to turn the story upside down in front of others and appear to be "erudite".
To this end, he even went so far as to fabricate history everywhere, engage in conspiracy theories, and not go down the bright road, preferring to break into the darkness he had created to say what was right and wrong in the past, which was both disrespect for history and disrespect for revolutionaries like Xu Shiyou.
When talking about Xu Shiyou's own views on the war of self-defense and counterattack against Vietnam, he said: "The Central Military Commission is certain of how well this battle will be fought, and the outside world has different statements and different understandings below. ”
Although Xu Shiyou's statement does not limit everyone's thinking, this is not a reason why some people can invent exaggerated history. Today, many revolutionary martyrs like Xu Shiyou have passed away for many years, and they only hope that fewer and fewer people will exaggerate and fabricate history, and that the martyrs will be quiet and innocent.