"The grasshopper shakes the tree, ridiculous and does not measure itself" —— Han Yu, "Adjusting The Book of Zhang"
As the saying goes, "How can the light of the fireworks compete with the moon?" "In life, it is most important to be able to find your own position. Blind arrogance and self-confidence will only be exchanged for failure. In vietnam in the 1970s and 1980s, it used its own personal experience to show the world what "self-control" is.
As we all know, after Vietnam gained national independence, it engaged in regional hegemonism with the tacit support of the Soviet Union. Vietnam invaded Cambodia, attacked Laos, and tried to invade Chinese border territories. In this regard, China could only fight back, and a counterattack war of self-defense against Vietnam broke out.
However, in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, the self-confident Vietnamese confronted the Chinese army head-on, and in this battle, the Chinese People's Liberation Army created brilliant records, and also made the Vietnamese side truly feel the majesty of the great power. So, what about the real casualties of both China and Vietnam in this war? The real answer is enough to shock future generations.
First, China and Vietnam have deep roots
Located in the southwestern border of China, Vietnam was once a friendly neighbor of Our Country. Leaving aside the distant ancient history, let's say that in the modern period, China has given great help to the Vietnamese side. Especially in Vietnam's war of resistance to France and the United States, China can be said to have done its best to provide it with all kinds of unconditional help.
Moreover, Vietnam in the modern period has the same fate as China, it was first colonized by France, then occupied by the United States, the Vietnamese people live in the depths of the sea all the time, under the long-term oppression of the great powers, the Vietnamese people rose up to resist.
However, Vietnam's military and civilian capabilities were limited and they could not successfully resist the oppression of western powers, and this situation in Vietnam did not change until China gave Vietnamese help.
Subsequently, China sent our outstanding generals to Vietnam to guide the Vietnamese military training. At the same time, china has also given Vietnam huge financial and material support, and with China's help, Vietnam has a military force of nearly one million people. In the case of China at that time, it was able to give Such great help to Vietnam, which was enough to witness the friendly feelings between China and Vietnam.
However, just after China helped Vietnam gain independence, Vietnam did something that made China chill.
Second, be ambitious and provoke war
Vietnam in the 1970s and 1980s can be said to be rampant. At that time, soon after Vietnam gained national independence, it called itself the "third military power in the world" and launched an attack on neighboring countries, thus implementing regional hegemonism. Why is Vietnam doing this? Who gave Vietnam the courage?
At that time, the polarization was serious, and the Cold War situation led by the United States and the Soviet Union was at its most severe moment. Because of the deterioration of Sino-Soviet relations at that time, the Soviet Union deliberately supported Vietnam and made Vietnam the spokesperson of the Soviet Union in Asia.
In short, the Soviet Union wanted to use Vietnam to control Asia, so the Soviet Union provided Vietnam with free help, including huge financial resources and advanced weapons.
At the same time, Vietnam became blindly arrogant because of the long war of independence. At this time, Vietnam seemed to feel that they had defeated the Western powers on their own, rather than the great help of China.
Among them, Vietnam also developed a kind of self-confidence that they are one of the top two military powers in Asia. Gradually, ambitions for aggression and expansion grew in Vietnam's mind.
When Le Son came to power, Vietnam began to implement a policy of aggression and expansion from top to bottom. The Vietnamese army, armed with Soviet-supplied weapons, launched an offensive against Cambodia and Laos. Vietnam overpowered Cambodia and sent troops to occupy Cambodia. With the success of the war on the Vietnamese front, Vietnam extended its claws to The Southwest Border of China.
Then, the Vietnamese army provoked unwarranted provocations at the Chinese border, posing a huge threat to the personal safety of border residents. In this regard, in the face of many polite warnings from the Chinese side, Vietnam not only ignored them, but intensified its encroachment on China's borders, for which the Chinese People's Liberation Army had to counterattack Vietnam, and the war of self-defense against Vietnam began.
Unexpectedly, only 28 days after the war against Vietnam began, the confidence of the Vietnamese side had completely collapsed.
Third, post-war statistics shocked the world
In February 1979, the Chinese People's Liberation Army assembled on the Sino-Vietnamese border. Subsequently, nearly 200,000 People's Liberation Army entered Vietnam from Guangxi and Yunnan, and launched a self-defense counterattack. After the two sides went to war, the situation on the battlefield surprised the world, and no one could have imagined that the battlefield would show a one-sided trend, facing the powerful offensive of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, while the Vietnamese army seemed powerless.
As we all know, just 28 days after the war between China and Vietnam, more than 20 important cities in Vietnam have fallen into the hands of the People's Liberation Army. Even Lang Son, a self-righteous city in Vietnam, was easily taken by the People's Liberation Army. In an instant, the Vietnamese side had no confidence, and the whole country showed a state of imminent annihilation.
Subsequently, the Vietnamese government relocated many important institutions in the capital, Hanoi, and even some factories and shops in Hanoi were ready to relocate. It can be seen that Vietnam at that time was ready for a backwater war. Although Vietnam is arrogant, at this time, it does understand its situation.
However, what neither Vietnam nor the world expected was that the Chinese People's Liberation Army chose to quickly withdraw to the country after capturing the Vietnamese position of Lang Son. In this way, it means that the People's Liberation Army has returned the city that has captured Vietnam to Vietnam. For a time, the People's Liberation Army's move attracted heated discussion in the world.
According to post-war statistics, our army suffered a total of 27,000 casualties, of which 6,000 were killed and the rest were wounded. However, many people were sacrificed on the way to retreat. At this time, the Chinese People's Liberation Army still had a benevolent heart for Vietnam, but in exchange for Vietnam's benevolent revenge.
I have to say that what the Vietnamese side has done is really abominable, and even so, the Vietnamese side has still suffered several times the cost of casualties than our People's Liberation Army. It is reported that after the war against Vietnam began, Vietnam quickly put in a large number of troops, but these troops were all cobbled together by Vietnam, mainly a group of miscellaneous troops without military literacy. In just 28 days of fighting, the Number of Vietnamese casualties reached more than 100,000.
Sure enough, after the emergence of this set of data, countries around the world were shocked by it, and no one dared to imagine that such a battle record could be played on the battlefield. At the same time, it also shows the inadequacy of the Vietnamese side to the fullest.
However, the great lesson of the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam did not sober up Vietnam. Today's Vietnam still dreams of hegemony from time to time, and I really don't know when Vietnam can really wake up from the dream.
epilogue:
Vietnam in the 1970s and 1980s was a complete state of madness, and what it did at that time had many similarities with Japan during World War II. In terms of national strength and military combat effectiveness, Vietnam is far inferior to Japan, and even so, Vietnam is still bent on engaging in regional hegemonism.
Vietnam at that time and Japan in World War II committed the same problem, that is, to make enemies everywhere and launch unjust wars. Japan in World War II was strong and could not withstand the siege of the world anti-fascist alliance, let alone Vietnam, which was so weak that it exploded.
In fact, what Vietnam has done can only be called lifting a stone and dropping itself on its own feet; it originally wanted to learn from Japan to develop its own national strength through aggression and expansion, but its strength did not allow it, and the aggression and expansion did not succeed, but became the public enemy of all countries. Vietnam has trapped itself in the encirclement of its neighbors and is undefeated?
Today, Vietnam's economy is still very backward, and many people cannot even guarantee food and clothing. From this point of view, Vietnam has not only not achieved what they used to call national development, but is well aware of some economic setbacks. In fact, all this is inextricably linked to Vietnam's war of aggression and expansion launched in the last century. Because of these unjust wars, Vietnam has fallen into the target of public criticism. For Vietnam, it also means making its already unsatisfactory life worse.
Therefore, Vietnam's end is the best embodiment of its self-inflicted guilt and deserved guilt. At all times, peaceful development is the right path for national development.
Reference: "Self-Defense Counterattack Against Vietnam"
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