In 1979, China's self-defense counterattack against Vietnam began, and China crushed Vietnam in an instant. Since then, China has proved to the world its determination to inviolability of sovereignty.
But before that, the situation in which our country launched a counterattack in self-defense against Vietnam was very unfavorable.
At that time, a million Soviet troops were stationed on the Sino-Soviet border, ready to support Vietnam at any time. So what strategy did our country use to deter the Soviet Union from crossing the border when attacking Vietnam?
Tension, Sino-Soviet hostility
The emotions between China and the Soviet Union were fluctuating. As early as the founding of our country, as a member of the socialist camp,
The Soviet Union gave us a lot of aid, including the late period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and we were equipped with Soviet-made weapons, and we won the war.
But everything changed with stalin's death. After Stalin's death, Khrushchev came to power, and his attitude toward China was diametrically opposed to Stalin's.
For a time, Sino-Soviet relations were very tense. While fighting against China's ally, in order to ensure its own interests, the Soviet Union naturally had to find new allies, so Vietnam became the best choice.
First of all, Vietnam's geographical location is very good, in the heart of Southeast Asia, and it is also a place where soldiers must compete. Therefore, the United States and the Soviet Union coveted it, and the United States soon launched the Vietnam War.
During the Vietnam War, both China and the Soviet Union helped Vietnam in large quantities with various materials and helped Vietnam win the war.
Vietnam became one of the socialist camps
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。 If from the perspective of aid, our country's credit is very large,
But the friendship between Vietnam and the Soviet Union is far deeper than that between us and Vietnam. It can be said that Vietnam is under the Soviet Union, not in the camp.
Under the tacit authorization of the Soviet Union, coupled with the fact that the Vietnam War had just been won, Vietnam was very inflated for a time and frequently violated our borders.
Our army very much wanted to fight back, but the Soviet Union had millions of troops on the border, and it was difficult to move for a while. But Deng Xiaoping used a trick to make the Soviet army dare not take a step forward.
Humorous words, deterrence of the Soviet Union
At that time, the world situation was polarized, and the so-called two poles were actually the struggle for hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union. And the international situation in which we live is very embarrassing, as the socialist camp, we are at odds with the Soviet Union.
At the same time, we want to rely on the United States, but after the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, our relations with the United States were very tense.
Fortunately, during the US-Soviet hegemony period, after Nixon's visit to China, Sino-US relations were eased.
Deng Xiaoping judged the situation and believed that if we wanted to launch a counterattack against Vietnam, we could use the opportunity of easing Sino-US relations to contain the Soviet Union.
Soon, Deng Xiaoping began his own visit to the United States. During his visit to the United States, China and the United States had in-depth exchanges on issues between China and the Soviet Union and between China and Vietnam.
In the interview, the US president asked directly whether he would send troops to Vietnam. Deng Xiaoping's answer was also very interesting, he said: "Children who are disobedient will have to spank."
As soon as this statement came out, the United States knew what China was thinking, but the two sides did not have any exchange of war aid. At the same time, during Deng Xiaoping's time in the United States, Our troops began to move, and Chen Bing was on the Border between China and Vietnam. This made the Soviet Union scratch its head.
Is the United States supporting China? China actually ignored the tension on the Sino-Soviet border and began to prepare to attack Vietnam, whether it was affirmed by the United States.
If the United States affirms this, then the Sino-Soviet issue is very likely to rise to the us-Soviet issue.
These doubts made it impossible for the Soviet Union to think effectively. Deng Xiaoping's hand attacking the east and the west hit the Soviet Union's soft underbelly, which also directly led to the end of our self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, and the Soviet Union did not rush to cross the border.
Judge the hour and size up the situation, and have a strong view of the overall situation
In addition to Deng Xiaoping's slight tricks, his view of the overall situation is even more advanced. In fact, for Asia, the United States and the Soviet Union are still relatively out of reach, and the main battlefield between them for hegemony is still on the European continent.
Before launching a counterattack in self-defense against Vietnam, Deng Xiaoping was very determined
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The Soviet Union only frightened and frightened us on the border, and in fact the Soviet Union was not willing to give up the European continent at all, and their center of gravity was only on the European continent.
However, in order to be safe, Deng Xiaoping chose to visit the United States to deter the Soviet Union again. In this way, the Soviet Union was tricked by Deng Xiaoping's strategy
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In the end, it didn't help Vietnam much.
The war of self-defense and counterattack against Vietnam has made Vietnam no longer have the ability to harass our borders.
After this battle, all the materials aided by our country in Vietnam were recovered, all the military, civilian and other facilities that our country aided and built for it were destroyed, and the Vietnamese economy was even more backward for nearly 20 years, and there was no day to turn around.
epilogue
Deng Xiaoping's overall view of the overall situation was undoubtedly very advanced, and he was very keen to see the delicate relationship between China and the Soviet Union, the United States and the Soviet Union, and grasped it very well.
In the end, taking advantage of the trend of three-legged standing, both sides had no ideas about China, and China thus defended its sovereignty and ushered in a good opportunity for reform and opening up.