1979 On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the founding of New China, a war broke out on the border of our country, and the real thing that provoked this was that our country had helped Vietnam many times.
When Vietnam was invaded by the United States and other countries, our country supported Vietnam with a large amount of money and materials, but when Vietnam resumed reunification after the war, it pointed the spearhead of the war at our country, in this self-defense counterattack war against Vietnam, china took a month to occupy more than 20 important towns in Vietnam, and then our army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but chose to withdraw from the Vietnamese region.
The 163rd Division of China's 55th Army stood out from the combat ranks and became the team with the largest number of annihilated enemies, annihilating nearly two thousand enemies more than the division headquarters with the second largest number of annihilated enemies.
Bian Guixiang, the commander of the 163rd Division, did two things that went out of the ordinary, one of which was to cross the Qiqian River without authorization, almost disrupting the plans of the central authorities, and also captured many Vietnamese prisoners.
In the counterattack against Vietnamese self-defense, China dispatched a total of nine armies, of which the most outstanding combat results were the 163rd Division of the 55th Army, the commander of the 55th Army was Zhu Yuehua, and the commander of the 163rd Division was Bian Guixiang.
Previously, in the WAR between the United States and Vietnam, China had supported Vietnam many times, supporting up to 20 billion yuan, and now China and the United States have established diplomatic relations, worried that China will no longer help Vietnam for itself, began to attach to the Soviet Union, and even began to provoke our country several times later, and finally angered our country.
On February 17, 1979, the People's Daily published an article, "
It is intolerable, a report from the Sino-Vietnamese border
This article expressed to the world China's determination to defend itself, and it was also from here that the Chinese people defended their territory and officially began to fight against Vietnamese self-defense.
The 163rd Division annihilated more than 5,000 enemy personnel, becoming the division headquarters that annihilated the enemy the most in this battle, more than the division headquarters with the largest number of annihilated enemies in the second, annihilating more than 2,000 people, and at the end of the battle, the 163rd Division had 4 units and 7 individuals who won honorary titles, but as the commander of the division, Instead of being awarded the title of official, he was criticized by his superiors several times, and this also had a lot to do with Bian Guixiang's personality.
He had said many times that I didn't want to do a thing that would make a lot of achievements dry, the merits of the battle were all for the soldiers, and the honor should be given to them, but if there was any problem, he would tell himself everything and not let the soldiers follow the responsibility.
After the start of the counterattack against Vietnam, the 163rd Division responsible for the eastern offensive was initially responsible for attacking Dong Deng, and the Vietnamese side was also prepared to fully guard Tong Deng, sending a Vietnamese hero regiment to block the attack, this place is actually very difficult to fight, but under the leadership of Bian Guixiang Division Commander, they finally won the victory and captured the fortress, after Tong Deng was captured, the next step was Lang Shan.
In order to achieve greater results, General Xu Shiyou ordered Bian Guixiang to lead the 163rd Division to take charge of the task of attacking Langshan, and Bian Guixiang did not disappoint the general and led his men to attack Langshan, but this fierce attack made Bian Guixiang blamed by General Xu Shiyou.
Before the war began, our country had already decided that after taking Lang Shan, it would not attack forward and not cross the Qi qian river, but it was not known whether the soldiers were too enthusiastic or what the reason was, a regiment under the 163rd Division, after the soldiers had laid the siege of Lang Shan, did not stop attacking, but crossed the Qi Qian River and continued to pursue the Vietnamese army, and the eastern commander in charge of the attack on Vietnam, General Xu Shiyou, after learning of this, personally called Bian Guixiang and scolded him for hitting him too hard and violating the instructions of the central authorities.
However, General Xu Shiyou's heart was still very happy, the 163rd Division had fought the Qi qian river, there was a feeling of directly approaching Hanoi, breaking the courage of the Vietnamese, fighting well, but now it violated the thinking of the central authorities, how to solve this matter, General Xu Shiyou began to report to the superiors, at the same time, Bian Guixiang division commander knew that he had made a mistake this time, he did not regret fighting the Qi Qian River, but if because of this incident, it affected the overall situation, the general felt that he could not apologize for his death.
The general Rong Ma all his life, in a battle, blinded one eye, he fought bravely, comrades in arms always jokingly called him blind And crazy, and in his anxiety, he received orders from General Xu Shiyou to fight Qi Poor and occupy the city of Langshan.
Commander Bian Guixiang then relaxed his mind and ordered the soldiers to attack quickly, and the upper level made up his mind to fight through the Qiqiao River, and it was also because after our army captured Lang Shan, Vietnam actually deceived itself and announced to the world that our country had not taken Lang Shan, and this behavior completely angered the generals, and this order was given.
In addition to fighting the Chic Phu River, there is also a story that is talked about, that is, he refused to release the prisoners, in this battle, the 163rd Division captured many Vietnamese prisoners, but just when the morale of the soldiers was high, the superior issued an order to release these prisoners.
In fact, during the liberation period, our army has always adhered to this principle, after continuing to criticize and educate the captured nationalist troops, they will be released, willing to go home will be entangled with them, and the prisoners' lives are also very good, unlike the army in other regions, the treatment of prisoners is very cruel, but the bian guixiang division commander who received the news is unwilling, for him, the Vietnamese prisoners and the nationalist soldiers who have been captured are not comparable, many of those fighters are forced to participate in the battle, but the Vietnamese soldiers, But he took the initiative to join the army and fight with our side, and now that the battle is half over, how can the prisoners be released?
At that time, Bian Guixiang was resolutely opposed, and the political commissar around him proposed not to contact his superiors again, but Bian Guixiang said that he would not be subject to foreign military orders, so he would ignore what they said, and the superiors received the news and understood Bian Guixiang's temper. In order not to affect the war situation, it was decided to give him a verbal warning first, and the matter was shelved.
Bian Guixiang division commander is like this, under great pressure, wait until the end of the victory in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, only according to the actual situation of the Vietnamese soldiers, released a part of the prisoners, the Vietnamese side after seeing Bian Guixiang's combat ability, once in the battlefield thirty thousand dollars to reward this teacher's head, but unfortunately did not achieve the wish.
This self-defense counterattack against Vietnam began on February 17, 1979, and lasted for a full month on March 16, 1979, ending with our country's claim of victory, but after the withdrawal of our troops from Vietnam, the Vietnamese side even claimed victory and harassed our border for ten consecutive years.
It was not until the 1990s that relations between the two countries gradually eased, and after the battle, Bian Guixiang became the deputy commander of the Hainan Military Region until his retirement in 1989.
In 2008, the old man died at the age of 81, his son got his ashes, he took a magnet and swung a few on it, and as a result, he sucked out three pieces of shrapnel, the largest one was the size of peanuts, these shrapnels have been in the body of the old man for many years, in the old man's hospitalization days in his old age, these shrapnels made him unable to do MRI, and the old man did not care about his own pain, did not seek money and fame in his life, only hoped to defend the country,