After the founding of New China, especially after the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the mainland entered a long period of peace, and rarely encountered large-scale wars.
The Sino-Indian border conflict in 1962 and the 1979 self-defense counterattack against Vietnam were the largest armed battles, and although they could not be compared with the wars experienced by our army before, these two wars were of great significance and had a profound impact.
The Sino-Indian border conflict of 1962 was not well known for a long time due to historical reasons. But the 1979 self-defense counterattack against Vietnam was a fierce battle known in China.
When people think of this war, people often think of the Vietnamese aggressors' arrogance and arrogance, and they do not measure up to their own strength, so our people's army attacked quickly with a thunderous momentum, and it took only more than twenty days to annihilate the main force of the Vietnamese army and achieve the set goal of punishing the Vietnamese aggressors.
Moreover, after the victory of the Chinese army, it immediately returned to the DPRK instead of occupying the territory of other countries, which also fully demonstrated our righteous posture of not being an aggressor.
However, what people do not understand is that the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam is actually just a step in the great power game, not a war deliberately waged by the mainland against Vietnam.
Or it can be said that in this big game of chess, Vietnam is not the protagonist at all, and in this war, Vietnam is not our most important opponent.
Behind the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, there are still many stories that are not well known to the world, and after uncovering the secrets behind this, we have to be impressed by the far-sighted strategic vision and the boldness of the Chinese leader's decision to kill.
No event in history can exist independently of the general historical background, so the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam is closely related to the international background at that time.
A simple logic can deduce that there must be an extraordinary story behind this war. Vietnam itself was a small country on the Indochina Peninsula and was long a vassal state of the Central Plains Dynasty.
And after decades of war, the country is in ruins, the defeat is also withered, and China is not a heavyweight at all, but they have the courage to take the initiative to challenge China, which is unreasonable.
The Vietnamese dare to touch the stone with an egg, and there must be a powerful force behind it to support him, otherwise they absolutely do not have such courage.
Let's take a look at the background at that time, and see where Vietnam had the courage to send it to the door to find death.
First of all, Vietnam, after World War II, Vietnam first fought with the French, and then fought a protracted war with the Americans for more than ten years, the country has almost always been in the war, and the national economy and people's livelihood almost all rely on the support of China and the Soviet Union.
When fighting with the French, the Vietnamese received support from the Chinese side, and the mainland successively sent Famous Generals such as Chen Geng and Wei Guoqing to Vietnam to guide them in battle.
The French, fearing a long-term quagmire of the Vietnam War, threw a bad card in their hands to the Americans. The Americans were at the height of their postwar period, a veritable superpower, and very powerful.
The Americans expected that it would not take long to fight the Vietnamese, and Indochina would soon become the sphere of influence of the Americans, allowing for a total encirclement and blockade of China and the Soviet Union.
The Vietnamese learned jungle guerrilla warfare in the long war and the Chinese soldiers, and used it to deal with the American troops from afar.
The U.S. military was indeed the most powerful force in the world at that time, but it was not invincible, and it was more suitable for large-scale regular warfare with powerful countries such as Germany and the Soviet Union. It was very uncomfortable with the Jungle Guerrilla Warfare of the Vietnamese, and Vietnam's tropical rainforest climate also made the U.S. army miserable.
According to U.S. veterans who fought in the Vietnam War, vietnam rains only once a year and stops from spring to winter.
The Americans thought that Vietnam was almost destroyed, and with advanced weapons and strong national strength, they could take Vietnam in minutes. But as soon as the U.S. military set foot on Vietnamese territory, it found itself thinking too naively.
I thought that Vietnam was a hill, and it was just a matter of forcibly bulldozing, but it turned out that it was originally a swamp, not only could not be pushed flat, but also trapped itself.
Americans want face, but also want to achieve their strategic intentions, the most important thing is to withdraw if they can't win, the president has to resign and apologize. Therefore, successive US presidents have wanted to withdraw from Vietnam, but they dare not lightly withdraw their troops.
It wasn't until Nixon came to power that the United States could not resist and announced the beginning of the withdrawal, and in March 1975, the last group of American troops withdrew from Vietnam.
After the Americans ran away, the North Vietnamese army quickly defeated south Vietnam and unified Korea. The Vietnamese and the Americans fought a decade of war, and finally beat the Americans away, you can imagine how confident and proud the Vietnamese were at that time. After all, the United States was the most powerful country in the world at that time, and the U.S. military was known as the strongest army in the world.
Therefore, the Vietnamese at that time were very arrogant, and after ending the war, they did not immediately begin to recuperate and resume economic construction, but prepared to continue to fight.
Because the Vietnamese felt that their country, Thailand, was too small to develop at all, and several countries on the Indochina Peninsula had been intertwined for thousands of years, more or less with some origins and disputes.
So the Vietnamese wanted to expand their territory and dominate the Indochina Peninsula.
It takes strength and courage to openly invade the territory of other countries after World War II, but Vietnam is unscrupulous and full of confidence. Because they do have a tough backstage behind them, and this backstage is the Soviet Union.
In fact, vietnam's victory over the United States was inseparable from the large amount of aid provided by the Soviet Union, and after entering the seventies, Brezhnev took charge of the Soviet Union, began to make a wild advance, and continued to pursue Khrushchev's hegemonic policy.
The Vietnamese feel that the Soviet Union is the real world hegemon, and they have the support of the Soviet Union, the foundation is hard, and even the Americans have been beaten away by themselves, is there any opponent to be afraid of?
Instigated by the Soviet Union, Vietnam invaded Cambodia and harassed China's borders, even making territorial claims against China.
Vietnam was originally our friendly neighbor, and Ho Chi Minh has always had a deep affection for China, and before his death, he made a will to support China.
But Ho Chi Minh's successor, Lê Sun, came to power, against Ho Chi Minh's will, insisting on cooperating with the Soviet Union to contain China.
Li Sun, a person who seems to have always had a hatred for the Chinese, immediately began to implement a tough policy against the Chinese after he came to power, and even expelled 200,000 overseas Chinese.
In the Vietnamese military and political circles, as long as the attitude toward China is vague, it will be investigated and punished, and China must be resolutely regarded as an enemy country and an aggressor.
Not only that, Li Sun is also actively preparing to go to war with China, and even wants to occupy a large part of China's territory!
In fact, this Lê Thanh was not the main commander of the Vietnam War and did not have a correct understanding of the war. In his view, although fighting with countries such as the United States and France is very arduous and sacrificial, the Vietnamese military and civilians have developed the spirit of not being afraid of sacrifice from years of war, and have explored the method of victory.
During a decade-long war with the United States, the North Vietnamese army received substantial assistance from China and the Soviet Union, especially weapons. The Vietnamese found that in the harsh jungle, Soviet weapons were much better than the precision guns of the US military, and even many Us troops came to grab the AK47 for use.
After the Americans retreated, they discarded a large amount of modern equipment, which seemed to be the practice of the American army, and after the North Vietnamese defeated the South Vietnamese army, they distributed all this equipment to their own troops.
Lê Tần and others felt that their troops had been equipped with the advanced weapons of the world's two superpowers and defeated the United States, and Vietnam was the world's third-largest military power after the United States and the Soviet Union.
This inflated mentality of the Vietnamese leadership at the time was ridiculous and dangerous, but that was what happened at the time, and the Vietnamese not only thought so, but also preached to the world how powerful their army was.
Vietnamese troops later forcibly invaded Cambodia, upsetting the balance on the Indochina Peninsula and being rebuked by China and the United States.
For the United States, Vietnam understands that they will not come back, but China seems to be a bit nosy. The Le Sun Group already did not like China, at this time China actually blamed itself, and Vietnam decided to let China really know itself.
As a result, the Vietnamese army constantly created friction on the Sino-Vietnamese border, often crossing the border to shoot at the mainland military and civilians, and even destroying boundary monuments, claiming that a large area of Chinese territory belonged to Vietnam.
As for Vietnam's provocative behavior, the Soviet Union not only did not stop it, but secretly supported it. Although Brezhnev was not accustomed to Khrushchev, he inherited Khrushchev's hegemonic policy in his ruling policy in an attempt to coerce China into becoming a vassal of the Soviet Union.
In fact, since 1958, Sino-Soviet relations have begun to deteriorate, and the two countries have been secretly competing, and the game has never stopped.
Before Chairman Mao's death, their many plots were foiled by the chairman's wise decisions, and the Soviet Union was helpless against China.
After Nixon's visit to China in 1972, relations between China and the United States heated up, angering the Soviets, who saw China as a great threat to them and increasing their forces on the border.
Therefore, the main external threat to China at that time was the Soviet Union from the north, and in order to deal with the Soviet Union, our army mobilized more than 2 million elite troops to deploy near the long border line in the north, forming a long-term confrontation with the Soviet Union.
At that time, China had just ended a decade of cultural revolution, its national strength was weakened, and the army had not fought for many years, and the officers and soldiers at the grass-roots level were all new recruits who had not experienced actual combat.
The Soviet side was very sure of China's strength at that time, absolutely did not have the courage to engage in two-sided war, the Soviet Union has tightly contained the main force of the People's Liberation Army in the north, if Vietnam launches an attack on China in the south, China will definitely fall into a dilemma, and eventually have to ask the Soviet Union for peace.
This was the conspiracy of the Soviets, who were desperate for the Soviet Union and wanted to take advantage of China, even territorial delusions.
China was indeed facing great difficulties at that time, and after Deng Xiaoping's comeback in 1977, he did a detailed study of the southern border and the Soviet Union.
In particular, in 1978, Vietnam openly invaded Cambodia, cambodia is an ally of the mainland, and the Vietnamese people are so arrogant that they are actually provoking in the clear.
Since then, the Vietnamese army has become more unscrupulous on the Sino-Vietnamese border, killing and injuring our border soldiers and civilians many times, and the whole country hates Vietnam to the bone.
At that time, the eyes of the world were also focused on the Indochina Peninsula, especially the Sino-Vietnamese border issue. Because China has long pursued a policy of peace, it rarely clashes with its neighbors, and only Vietnam is the most special.
In 1974, Chairman Mao also personally commanded the naval battle to recover the Paracel Islands, dealing a heavy blow to the Vietnamese Navy.
However, how Deng Xiaoping resolved the Sino-Vietnamese border crisis, there was no clear direction for a while, and the outside world speculated that China might take the initiative to seek peace this time, after all, China's current strength is too weak, and there are Soviet troops in the north.
At this time, Deng Xiaoping had great foresight, skillfully exploited the situation of the Soviet Union's strong oppression of the United States, actively contacted the United States, and completed the feat of establishing diplomatic relations between China and the United States on January 1, 1979.
The establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, the two world superpowers, shocked the world, and especially made Brezhnev indignant, and China and the United States came together at this time, obviously to deal with the Soviet Union.
Before the Soviets could react, Deng Xiaoping personally visited the United States the month of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, and Sino-US relations heated up sharply. Deng Xiaoping's visit to the United States lasted for a total of 8 days, participated in nearly 100 activities, and had intensive contacts with high-level U.S. politicians.
Soviet intelligence agencies stared at Deng Xiaoping's every move, every word and deed. Although it is not known exactly what agreement Deng Xiaoping reached with President Carter, their judgment is that there is a good chance that China and the United States have reached some kind of military alliance.
This was also the last thing the Soviets wanted to see, the Soviet Union was very powerful at that time, whether against the United States or against China, there was absolute confidence in victory. But if China and the United States joined forces, the Soviet Union had no chance of winning.
As a result, the Soviet top brass began to be a little nervous, and for a short time it was not clear what exactly was being discussed between China and the United States and what action plans they had next.
Deng Xiaoping ended his visit to the United States on February 5, 1979, and no one expected that just twelve days later, China would suddenly decide to impose military punishment on Vietnam, and the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam would immediately begin.
In fact, as early as early December 1978, the Central Military Commission made the decision to carry out punishment operations against Vietnam and began secret preparations. Because the secrecy work was done very well, although our army began to move on a large scale, neither the Soviet Union, Vietnam, nor the United States could see through the real intentions of our army.
However, Deng Xiaoping also revealed to the outside world that China would punish Vietnam, but people at the time did not understand his meaning.
During his visit to the United States, a reporter asked Deng Xiaoping about the Sino-Vietnamese border crisis, wondering whether China would send troops. Deng Xiaoping smiled and replied, "If the children are disobedient, they should spank!" ”
Perhaps the West at that time did not know much about China, especially the Chinese language and language habits, and did not immediately understand Deng Xiaoping's deep meaning, until after the outbreak of war, people found that Deng Gong had already foreshadowed.
Most people on the Vietnamese side believe that as long as the Vietnamese army does not penetrate deep into China's territory, China will not send troops to fight Vietnam, after all, the Soviet Union is contained in the north. And even if the People's Liberation Army fights, the Vietnamese army can use the method of dealing with the Americans to entangle the Chinese army and drag them to death.
Le Sung was not entirely sure whether China would send troops, so he mobilized some of his main forces to deploy to northern Vietnam to prevent the Chinese army from launching a surprise attack.
On February 17, 1979, Chinese troops concentrated hundreds of thousands of troops on the east and west fronts to launch a large-scale attack on Vietnamese forces.
At that time, the Vietnamese high-level did not know much about China and the People's Liberation Army, and most of their news came from the Soviet Union and the international media, especially the West believed that after a decade of cultural revolution, China's army had long been abolished, but only in large numbers.
Therefore, most of the Vietnamese army's understanding of the Chinese army at that time came from imagination. When the real war broke out, the Vietnamese army was blinded, and the firepower of the People's Liberation Army was very strong, and it was merciless to fight.
The Vietnamese army believes that most of the officers and men of the People's Liberation Army have never fought a battle, and they are all new recruits who are afraid of death. However, when encountered on the battlefield, the Vietnamese army found that although the faces of these Chinese soldiers were immature, they really did not die when they fought, which was completely different from the US army.
In just a few days, the main Vietnamese troops deployed in the north were completely annihilated, and the People's Liberation Army captured all the important towns in northern Vietnam.
At that time, when the war broke out, in addition to the eyes of the world, in addition to focusing on Hanoi, another focus of attention was Moscow. The Soviets claimed to have deployed millions of elite troops along the Sino-Soviet border, and they had a military alliance agreement with Vietnam, requiring immediate military assistance from one side if the other was attacked.
But Brezhnev hesitated, because he did not expect Deng Xiaoping to launch a sudden large-scale attack on Vietnam.
And Deng Xiaoping's choice of the timing of the war was very delicate, why he had just returned from the United States and immediately started the war, if he did not have any support in the United States, he would never dare to act in this way. Both Brezhnev and his think tank confirmed at this point that a secret military alliance had been reached between China and the United States.
The Soviet side did not dare to move, and another important reason was that it was not ready. Although the Soviet Union claimed to have deployed a million troops on the Sino-Soviet border, in fact there were less than 680,000 people, and the deployment was very scattered, and it was difficult to mobilize the whole for a time.
The Soviets also found that from the second half of 1978 onwards, China's northern army had been increasing and remaining prepared for war. Now it seems that China has long been prepared, and if the Soviet Union rushes to act, it will certainly suffer losses, not to mention that they have no intention of really going to war with China.
Just when Brezhnev was hesitating, he suddenly received a call from the White House, and Carter warned Brezhnev on the other end of the phone that it was best not to make any dangerous moves at this time.
Brezhnev finally understood at this moment that an alliance had really been formed between China and the United States, and that Deng Xiaoping was extremely fast and had firmly grasped the initiative in advance. The United States also pointed the muzzle of the gun on the back of the Soviet Union, as long as the Soviet Union dared to act rashly against China, the United States would not hesitate to help.
In the end, the Soviets could only watch their little brother being pressed to the ground by the Chinese rubbing back and forth...
The Vietnamese had fought for so many years, and they were really surprised by China's sudden war, but they were not too panicked, and Lê Duần still planned to deal with China in the same way as the Americans, which was also the plan of the Vietnamese army at that time.
However, at this time, the Vietnamese general Wu Yuanjia, who was already in power, warned Lê Sun not to underestimate the Chinese army, they were not Americans. Their purpose is not to occupy Vietnam, but to carry out punitive combat, they will only deal a heavy blow to Vietnam, not stay here, and in the end this mess will have to be cleaned up by the Vietnamese themselves.
But the veteran general's words were no longer heeded, and the Vietnamese withdrew their main forces from Cambodia and defended the capital, Hanoi.
As a result, the Chinese army did not continue to advance south as the Vietnamese imagined, and after capturing Liangshan, it announced its withdrawal.
The Chinese army began to send troops from February 17, 1979, and all of them withdrew from Vietnam after completing the set target on March 16, which lasted for a full month.
At that time, northern Vietnam was an important industrial base in Vietnam, with a large number of factories and infrastructure, most of which were built with Chinese aid, and there were many weapons, grain and other Chinese aid materials stored in warehouses in northern Vietnam.
The Chinese army took back all the aid, burned it on the spot and blew up all the industrial systems in northern Vietnam.
All the power systems and roads in northern Vietnam were also blown up when our troops withdrew, and the Vietnamese paid a heavy price for their arrogance and ignorance.
Since then, the Soviet Union has fallen behind in the game with China and the United States, unable to implement its own hegemonic policy.
Of course, Deng Xiaoping did not reach any military alliance with Carter, but only agreed with the United States on the goal of jointly opposing Soviet hegemony.
Deng Zhengyi took advantage of the contradictions between the Soviet Union and the United States, skillfully balanced Brezhnev, and struck a heavy blow at Vietnam, achieving the set goal.
Since then, the Vietnamese have not been willing to fail and have repeatedly mobilized heavy troops to provoke on the border. Since our army has not been in actual combat for many years and has also exposed many problems in the Vietnam War, the Central Military Commission has decided to transfer the troops of various military regions to the southern border to fight with the Vietnamese army in turn.
This is the famous two-mountain round battle, Vietnam poured its national strength to accompany us to fight for ten years of actual combat training, until 1989 did not end.
The heavy lesson finally made the militaristic Vietnamese understand that they are just a small country, and once they have the dream of a big country, they will face a cruel reality!
I am the Phantom of Shi Hai, and I am following me to praise history.