The war of self-defense and counterattack against Vietnam is a contest between china and Vietnam. At that time, the Soviet Union was the supporter behind Vietnam, and for this reason, according to our calculations, we had a month to fight. Since the battle time and combat tasks are formulated, the general who is in charge of the expedition is very important.
At that time, after thinking about all aspects, Deng still decided to let Xu Shiyou serve as the commander of the Eastern Front operation, but Xu Lao was already seventy-four years old at the time!
So why did Deng choose General Xu Shiyou as the commander of the Eastern Front? At that time, among the founding generals of our country, there were still many people alive, and their military ability was not inferior to Xu Shiyou, and some even had better abilities than him.
For example, General Su Yu, then Deng finally chose Xu Shiyou as a general, why is this?
At that time, if you were fighting against Vietnam, then the military region that was mobilized would have been the Guangzhou Military Region! At that time, Xu Shiyou was serving as commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, and if the soldiers of the Guangzhou Military Region went to the battlefield, Xu Shiyou, as the commander, was idle in the Military Region, which was obviously inappropriate.
For this reason, General Xu Shiyou became the most suitable candidate at that time, after all, his hands were his own soldiers, and it was very habitual to use them, and if he wanted to win this war, he must choose generals with a strong fighting style, and among the existing generals, Xu Shiyou was definitely one of the best.
After receiving the appointment of the central government, Xu Shiyou selected a deputy commander for himself, this person was Liu Changyi.
He was also very brave in the war, so Xu Shiyou wanted to make him his deputy commander, but the other party was already sixty-five years old at the time. After receiving Xu Shiyou's order, Liu Changyi was very excited, and he had come back to life after nine deaths in his life, and finally he was able to repay the national value.
At that time, in the international community, most of the countries were on the side of Vietnam, and even the United States, which had established diplomatic relations with China, suggested that China withdraw its troops. Under such circumstances, only by exerting its own prestige in this war can our country keep the unfavorable voices out of voice.
During the period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, China was also facing an unfavorable international environment, but President Peng played out the momentum of our army, which eventually made other countries dare not underestimate our country.
General Xu Shiyou's brave and fierce style seemed very appropriate at the time, and in the battlefield of the Eastern Front, under the command of General Xu Shiyou, he directly hit Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.
If it were not for the fact that our army's combat tasks at that time were of a punitive nature, it would not have been possible for the capital of Vietnam to be captured by our army.