The Socialist Republic of Vietnam, or "Vietnam" for short, is a socialist country in Asia. Located in the eastern part of The indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia, bordering Guangxi and Yunnan in China in the north and Laos and Cambodia in the west, the country is narrow and long, with an area of about 330,000 square kilometers, close to the South China Sea, with a coastline of more than 3,260 kilometers, and is a multi-ethnic country with the Beijing ethnic group as the main body.
Between China and Vietnam, there have been very deep ties since ancient times.
Vietnam, as a neighbor of China, received great help in ancient China.
After Vietnam's reunification in 1976, its army was tempered by the Vietnam War, receiving a large amount of china's free aid and some Soviet aid equipment and captured American-made weapons, and with the strong support of the former Soviet Union, the Viet Cong's expansionist ideas once swelled. In 1979, Vietnam took advantage of the brutality of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge rule and the boiling of the Cambodian people's internal grievances to invade Cambodia on a large scale, drove the Khmer Rouge led by Pol Pot out of the city, supported the Han Sanglin regime, and sent troops to control Laos; launched a large-scale anti-Chinese riot in South Vietnam, wantonly expelled overseas Chinese in Vietnam and continuously occupied China's border territory, and also occupied most of the islands and reefs of China's Nansha Islands, in order to defend the interests of the country and the people, so in February 1979, the Chinese army began to carry out self-defense counterattack. This is also known as the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam.
Oath of Oath Against Vietnamese Self-Defense
The Chinese army was full of firepower, and it took only 28 days to attack the last line of defense in vietnam's capital, "Lang Son".
After achieving the deterrent purpose of this battle, the Chinese military chose to withdraw its troops and returned home with all its staff.
However, there will be casualties in war, and in this war that lasted less than a month, the casualties of the Vietnamese army reached more than 50,000 people, and our army also paid the price of more than 20,000 casualties. So, who are the highest-ranking Chinese generals who died in this war?
The first senior general to die, knowing that the mountain had a tiger bias towards the tiger mountain line, the first senior general to die was named Lin Fengyun, and when he died in battle, his position was deputy political commissar of the division
Born in Donggou, Liaoning Province, Lin Fengyun joined the army in 1947, when he was only 19 years old, and he also participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. He was awarded the rank of lieutenant in 55 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, later promoted to major, and in 1978 served as deputy political commissar of the 126th Division.
On February 17, 1979, the first day of the war against Vietnam, he was 51 years old when he joined the war.
When Lin Fengyun was on a mission, he was in charge of the tank regiment of the 43rd Army, and he led his army to Dongxi, but encountered an ambush by the Vietnamese army at Songshan in the middle of the way.
In the process of marching, the equipment command vehicle he was riding in was hit by Vietnamese artillery fire, and due to the terrain, the PLA tanks were difficult to turn, Lin Fengyun knew that the battle situation was dangerous, but he still insisted on commanding the battle on foot under the injured tank.
Before getting off the tank, he burned the confidential documents he was carrying in advance, which was obviously determined to die, and he was unfortunately shot and killed. Before his death, he also told his guards not to let his wife and children ask the organization, and he also hoped that his pension after death could be used to pay party dues. This good general like this left us like this.
The second senior general who sacrificed himself was killed by an old farmer
The second senior general of the People's Liberation Army to die in the counterattack against Vietnam, named Zhao Lianyu, at the time of his death, his position was deputy division commander.
Zhao Lianyu, from Zhuanghe City, Liaoning Province, is an authentic peasant disciple. He joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army in 1945, when he was 15 years old. And because of his excellent military talent, he rose quickly in the army. During the counterattack against Vietnam, he was ordered to be the deputy commander of the 126th Division, and during the war he experienced more than ten large and small battles, and each time he completed the task excellently.
By March 6, 1979, the then People's Liberation Army had severely attacked the Vietnamese army, and the purpose of protecting the country and the safety of the people had been achieved, so it began to withdraw its troops back to China.
However, one evening on the way back, when Zhao Lianyu and his guards were observing the terrain, there was a sudden gunshot, Zhao Lianyun fell to the ground, and the wound that was shot in the neck was bleeding continuously, because the location of the hit was quite fatal, so he died before he could treat Zhao Lianyu, at the age of 49.
Soon after hearing the sound of gunfire, a Platon soldier came to hear the sound and saw Zhao Lianyu on the ground, and the angry soldiers immediately began to arrest him, only to find that the murderer was a black and thin old Vietnamese farmer, who was still holding a Japanese-style 38-type rifle in his hand when he was caught.
During the Vietnam war, the local residents caused a great degree of harm to the PEOPLE's Liberation Army, and the humanitarian PEOPLE's Liberation Army never oppressed the local people, and even paid more attention to them, but in exchange for bullets and chopped blades, they had no choice but to fight with these people. Unexpectedly, in the end, I actually let these evil people who did not know what to do harm the name of our deputy division commander Zhao Lianyu, which was really sad.
brief summary
"If the crock pot is not broken from the well, the general will inevitably die before the battle." In that era of war and chaos, bloodshed and sacrifice were inevitable, and no one could guarantee their absolute safety, and it was precisely because of the selfless efforts of our army that peace and tranquility were exchanged for today, and we should always have the highest respect for these heroes of the Chinese.
Reference: The 1979 War to Defend the Northern Border of the Motherland : Victory and Historical Lessons
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