The Soviet Union was also a hegemonic country in the early days, but because of its different ideologies from the West, it made the Soviet Union significantly less allies than the United States. Therefore, in order to enhance the strength of its own camp, the Soviet Union could only devote all its efforts to helping its allies around it, and China, which experienced the great victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea at that time, immediately became the key object of the Soviet Union's assistance, and for this reason, the Soviet Union also sent a large number of experts to China to participate in construction.
China and the Soviet Union fought against each other
It is just that the ambitions of the Soviet Union are too great, and while it helps China, it also wants to encroach on China's sovereignty, and in this context, the two countries have finally come to the opposite side. After the two countries turned against each other, in order to prevent China's development, the Soviet Union created contradictions on the border of the two countries for a long time, and even almost fought in the 1970s and 1980s.
It is reported that at that time, the Soviet Union had millions of troops on the Sino-Soviet border, in addition, there were countless tanks and advanced fighters, and there was a great momentum of attacking China in one fell swoop. Fortunately, in the end, the two countries only confronted each other for a period of time, and no war really broke out, which not only made people curious, but did the Soviet Union really have the ability to fight?
The Real Adversary of the Soviet Union was not China
In fact, the contradiction between China and the Soviet Union is similar to the quarrel between the two brothers, although the two countries have ideological differences, but at least compared with the Western countries, China and the Soviet Union still have a lot of common topics. Therefore, if China and the Soviet Union really fought, only the Western countries led by the United States would benefit the most, and the Soviet Union also knew this.
Therefore, although there are millions of troops on the Sino-Soviet border in name, in fact, it is almost impossible for the Soviet Union to really deploy in this way, knowing that once the Soviet Union transferred a large number of troops to the eastern front, the Western countries would have the opportunity to hit the Soviet Union from the western front at any time. It was the Soviet Union's real opponent who was not China, and according to its deployment on the Sino-Soviet border, it did not have the ability to fight at all.
China is well prepared
Of course, the mainland did not have such a fluke mentality, and after seeing the Soviet Union's menacing gathering of troops to the border, the mainland immediately entered the mode of all-round troops. In addition to sending millions of troops to the border, the armaments factories in the rear also began to work overtime, and even if the Soviet Union did come, we would have the confidence to block the offensive.
America's deterrence
In addition, the mainland has eased relations with the United States in the 1970s and 1980s, and the two countries have entered a short period of sweetness, which has led to the United States not standing up to support the mainland, but it still plays a deterrent role. The Soviet Union was always worried that the United States would take this opportunity to re-enter the Asia-Pacific region, and after seeing the mainland's determination to respond to the war, it did not have confidence, so it gave up the action.
In short, it is true that the Soviet Union will be very strong, but China is not a vegetarian. The Soviet Union knows better than anyone that going to war with China is an act of wounding the enemy by a thousand and inflicting eight hundred self-inflicted wounds, not to mention that the mainland still has a certain number of nuclear weapons in its hands, it does not dare to take risks at all, it has already lost in momentum, and it naturally has no ability to fight.