In 1979, we sent troops to Vietnam, this battle is the last largest scale of our army's land, what is the purpose of this war, what is the significance? So far, there is no unified conclusion. About this war, the media is almost missing, almost forgotten by the Chinese people. As for the purpose and significance of this battle, no one has mentioned it, and it is also a confused account to mention.
Then, when we had experienced decades of poverty, had just entered reform and opening up, and the problem of food and clothing for hundreds of millions of people had not yet been solved, we had staked hundreds of thousands of young lives, and what was the purpose of launching this campaign?
Singapore's leader, Lee Kuan Yew, has analyzed the reasons for China's decision to start the campaign.
The first is to fight back in self-defense. This is the reason we can best tell the public, because Vietnam has violated us, so we are forced to send troops to defend ourselves.
Second, Vietnam does not pay attention to faith. Vietnam vainly attempted to join forces with the Soviet Union to attack China and pose a threat to China's territorial security.
With the passage of time and the declassification of archives, we have a clearer understanding of the reasons for the invasion of Vietnam at that time. Chairman Deng Xiaoping decided to send troops to Vietnam, first, so as not to prevent Vietnam from joining forces with the Soviet Union to attack China, and second, to save the Red regime in Pol Pot, Cambodia.
It was later revealed that the Chinese army had sent troops to warn Vietnam before it officially declared war on Vietnamese troops, and one of the purposes was to force Vietnamese troops to leave Cambodia. Vietnam was not moved, but counterattacked China's attacks and attacks against the Chinese, so China launched a large-scale self-defense counterattack.
Cambodia, which was invaded, later became a colony of vietnamese invaders; although we did not receive much thanks and rewards for our rescue and attack on Vietnam, we did what we did out of justice as long as we were worthy of our conscience.
Although different people may have different views on the events of that year, history will not erase the righteous deeds of the righteous countries, and Vietnam's vain attempt to establish hegemony in Southeast Asia did not end well, because of this war, Vietnam missed the opportunity for development, and China, which had much help, began decades of prosperity.