After the outbreak of the self-defense counterattack in 1979, all eyes were focused on the small peninsula. The second very important reason why the Vietnamese people are so fearless, in addition to the wrong judgment of the new China, is of course the Soviet Union, which supported them behind their backs. However, what the Vietnamese did not expect was that although the Soviet Union had accumulated a large number of troops, it had never intervened by force, and all this had a lot to do with Deng Gong's decision at that time.
In 1978, the Vietnamese joined the Soviet Union, which led to the Economic Mutual Association, and then the two sides signed an alliance agreement, which enabled Vietnam to receive a large amount of assistance and support. After this series of operations, the Vietnamese began to become more and more inflated, and once claimed to be the third military power in the world, but they did not pay attention to anyone except the United States and the Soviet Union. Then the Vietnamese invaded Cambodia en masse, beginning their dream of unifying Southeast Asia. At that time, New China was undergoing all-round reform, and the Vietnamese judged that we would definitely not interfere, plus there was still the big brother Soviet Union behind us, and we had nothing to fear.
But now we all know that these two of their ideas are just wishful thinking. Because since 1978, under the leadership of Deng Gong, New China has quickly restored social order and gradually entered a relatively stable stage. So if the Vietnamese really trespass, we have the energy to deal with it. Coupled with the fact that the Soviet Union only gave them a blank check, although it did enough but did not pay actual action, why is this? In fact, in order to aid the Vietnamese, the Soviet Union sent military advisers early, including Obaturov, an encyclopedia, to help them direct the battle. In addition, the Soviet Union sent 13 additional warships to support, and opened an air aid line, coupled with the gathering of millions in Siberia, they were completely unable to intervene. However, until the end, they were not seen to act, why did this situation come to an end? This has to be said that Deng Gong's decision at that time was made.
In fact, before the counterattack war officially broke out, Deng Gong had already made very good preparations, in addition to adjusting the troops to prepare for battle, he also visited the United States in January 79, and then said such a sentence in the meeting with Carter: Children are disobedient, it is time to spank. This seemingly joking remark is actually full of profound meaning, not only containing the idea that New China is about to send troops to fight, but also expressing the main purpose of our army's action, that is, mainly to punish, and this idea runs through the entire counterattack war that follows. After this, the U.S. military also sent warships to the South China Sea, and It is said that Carter also specifically called the Soviet Union to warn that it would not take any action that would worsen the situation.
In fact, for a long time after that, many people thought that the Soviet Union did not send troops, mainly because of this warning from the Americans, but now it seems that this is not the main reason. Because if the Soviet Union really had something to fear, it would not have supported the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia, let alone the subsequent war in Afghanistan. Of course, if New China wants to carry out a self-defense counterattack, it is certainly not enough to rely on the Americans, at that time we also had nuclear weapons, and millions of troops were waiting in strict formation, coupled with Deng Gong's all-round control of the situation, which made the Soviet Union seem powerless to this war. At that time, the Soviet Union had assembled a large number of troops and conducted an unprecedented airdrop exercise, which they obviously wanted to tell new China that they had the ability to airdrop a large number of troops over Beijing in half an hour. The Soviets also repatriated diplomats and meaningfully asked them to take the train back to Beijing to show them a large number of troops massing south.
At this point, a great war seemed inevitable, but New China did not give the Soviets the slightest chance. First of all, we said at the first time that the main purpose of this counterattack war was to punish, and the PLA would not stay in Vietnam for a long time. And on February 23, 1979, Deng Gong said that the war would end after a week. That day was the 6th day after the start of the counterattack, and although our army had achieved some results, its own losses were very serious, and at that time it had not yet completed its main goal - to capture Langshan. Lang Son is the gateway to Hanoi, and if it can be taken smoothly, it means that our army can also take Hanoi. It's just that Deng Gong has not been able to conquer Liangshan when he said this sentence, and if he had not failed in battle afterwards, it would have a great impact on new China and the troops. But Deng Gong dared to do this, which showed that he thought from the bottom of his heart that the troops would definitely be able to complete the goal. However, the result was that a week later, Langshan was successfully taken.
In the time after that, Hanoi can be said to have exploded. The Vietnamese wanted to "break the boat" while asking the Soviet Union for urgent help. At that time, the Soviets also had a cold sweat on their heads, and they very much wanted to intervene, but they couldn't find any excuse. Because our army fought fiercely on the battlefield in Vietnam, but did not say a word to the Soviet Union, avoiding any possibility of conflict with it, and then our army quickly withdrew to the country, so that its millions of people could only exercise there. It can be seen from this that the Soviets did not want to send troops to interfere, but these two sentences spoken by Deng Gong showed that New China had absolute control over the war, and they really had no way or dared to send troops.
In March 1979, all the troops of our army withdrew to the country, bringing back many supplies to help the Vietnamese at that time. Although many fighters died there, they won a good environment for the reform and development of New China, and also expressed to the people of the world one thing: We will definitely use force to silence the enemy when we are forced to do so.