On February 17, 1979, in order to teach the arrogant Vietnam a lesson, defend the mainland frontier from being violated by Vietnam, and protect the lives and property of the people, the mainland launched a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam.
Self-defense counterattack war against Vietnam
The dream of the invincible Vietnam, the world's third military power, collapsed in an instant. They did not estimate that the combat capability of our army would be so strong, nor did they estimate that their defensive forces would be so vulnerable.
It can be said that after our army launched an offensive on two fronts, the Vietnamese army instantly collapsed and ran away, and the Vietnamese authorities realized the seriousness of the problem, and the country had to carry out emergency mobilization.
The Vietnamese army became more and more jealous of our army's strong strength and firepower, and it also soberly realized that it could not defeat us on the battlefield. As a result, they made a fuss on the diplomatic front, and the wicked first sued, submitted the so-called evidence that China had provoked incidents in the border areas to the United Nations, and put pressure on the United Nations to withdraw its troops as soon as possible.
The Continental Army marched out
The United Nations has held five rounds of emergency consultations. However, the evidence submitted by the mainland to the United Nations that Vietnam violated China's borders and that it claimed hegemony in Southeast Asia was unmistakable.
At this time, the trend of international public opinion is becoming more and more complicated. Vietnam has the Soviet Union behind it, and they always feel that they have a backing, and they mobilize all the propaganda machines to declare that they are victims. Many Western countries have taken a wait-and-see attitude. The Soviet Union, on the other hand, instigated countries in the same camp as them to continuously attack the mainland, saying that the mainland was bullying small countries and demanding that the mainland withdraw its troops......
It's just that these negative public opinions cannot control the development of the war situation. The more Vietnam makes trouble at the United Nations, the more fierce the offensive of our army becomes, and they can only ask for help everywhere at the United Nations, hoping to help speak out and push for China's withdrawal.
The Continental Army is fighting
On March 1, the mainland held a press conference, at which then Vice Premier Li Xiannian was interviewed, and reporters from all walks of life focused on him. Li Xiannian knew very well that these reporters came to interview the mainland for nothing more than one thing, to test the mainland's bottom line and determination.
The reporters asked Li Xiannian that many countries are now demanding that China withdraw its troops quickly, but the advance of China's troops in the Vietnam battlefield is getting faster and faster, and asked where China is going to advance and to what extent it is ready to withdraw its troops.
After hearing the reporter's question, Li Xiannian came prepared, and he said directly: "We Chinese have always done what we say, as long as we achieve the goal of counterattacking Vietnam, we will withdraw our troops, and our condition is also very simple, that is, the Vietnamese troops will withdraw from China and no longer provoke, otherwise China will definitely fight to the end." ”
Li Xiannian
At this time, some reporters with ill intentions deliberately threw out controversial questions at the meeting hall and asked what purpose China was trying to achieve in launching this war. In fact, this question is intended to guide the reporters on the scene to rely on big countries to bully small countries, and to give people the illusion that China wants to eat Vietnam.
Li Xiannian smiled contemptuously and gave a very hearty answer, saying that the purpose of our war is to let Vietnam know that we in China are not easy to provoke, and any armed provocation will not end well.
At the same time, he also made it clear. This battle is to teach Vietnam, which has been constantly stirring up trouble on our border, a lesson and let them know how powerful the Chinese are.
It can be said that at this press conference, Li Xiannian gave a forceful answer to the actions of the Chinese armed forces in a reasonable and restrained manner, and also proclaimed justice to the whole world, and even more demonstrated our strong determination.
Li Xiannian
However, the Vietnamese authorities still harbored illusions and continued to resist stubbornly with our troops, who broke through Lang Son in one fell swoop. Everyone knows that if our army takes this place, there will be no barrier in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, even directly within the range of our artillery.
The Vietnamese authorities have lost their dogs, and state institutions have begun to retreat, fearing that Hanoi will soon be occupied.
However, at this time, our army taught Vietnam a lesson that the operational goal of recovering the territories occupied by Vietnam had been achieved. Besides, if Hanoi is really hit, I am afraid that the situation of international public opinion will tilt in Vietnam's favor.
Therefore, the mainland made the decision to withdraw its troops. In accordance with the order of the Central Military Commission, all units began to withdraw in an orderly manner, and all units withdrew to China on March 16, 1979, ending the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam.
Triumphant
Although our troops withdrew to the country, the Vietnamese authorities did not have a long memory, and after seeing the withdrawal of our troops, they began to attack and harass our border again. As a last resort, our border defense units once again launched battles to recover Faka Mountain and Zheyin Mountain, laying a solid foundation for further stabilizing the border situation and accumulating valuable experience for the border areas to hold on to defensive operations for a long time.