Part of the border between this country and China is as long as 1300 km, and the extremely narrow coastline of Vietnam is adjacent to the vast South China Sea of China, so whether attacking it or defending it, its attack cost is bound to be great.
What is more troublesome is that 1978 1 1 In June, Vietnam and its eldest brother, the Soviet Union, signed the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between the Soviet Union and Vietnam. According to the terms of this contract, if we clean up Vietnam, the Soviet Union will have a legitimate reason to declare war on us. Therefore, although our enemy Vietnam has been fighting for decades, its strength is seriously depleted and its economic level is poor, it is not easy to really mobilize everyone to start preparing for war.
Because we should prepare manpower and self-esteem according to the scale of the war with the Soviet Union and Vietnam at the same time, that is to say, we should prepare for the unexpected situation of fighting two wars at the same time. When the Central Military Commission 1978 decided to teach Vietnam a lesson in the second half of the year, not only the Yunnan Military Region and the Guangzhou Military Region were in a state of first-class combat readiness.
All the troops in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Northeast China bordering the Soviet Union have also upgraded their combat readiness to the first level. In order to prevent the Soviet navy from supporting Vietnam, our major coastal naval bases have also inspected radar and ship fuel, and are ready for investigation and attack at any time. In particular, the South China Sea Fleet deployed a large number of ships and submarines in the Beibu Gulf adjacent to Vietnam to prevent the support and destruction of the Soviet Navy.
At the same time, the air force has also entered a state of first-class combat readiness, cruising at any time to prevent the Soviet Air Force from directly intervening in the war. If other places are in a state of first-class combat readiness, then soldiers in Yunnan and Guangxi provinces bordering Vietnam will soon enter a state of war.
Before the arrival of February 17, a large number of military vehicles and trains came and went every day to transport soldiers, artillery, chariots, tents, shells and other military supplies. More than a month before and after the preparatory process, the total number of participants exceeded 700 thousand. Before the arrival of this day, more than 300,000 troops and tens of thousands of guns were transported to prepare for battle.
In February 1979, the fighting started at 4 am. It was the 21st day of the first month, and everyone had finished eating jiaozi and Yuanxiao, so they could concentrate on their work.
The method of our war is roughly as follows: first, we fire tens of thousands of guns at the other camp. Basically, we will loosen the soil for the position attacked by shells. After the bombing, scouts and commandos will start fighting. If the terrain is flat, then military vehicles and tanks will start to advance.
At that time, attacks were launched from Yunnan and Guangxi at the same time, and the front line was more than 500 kilometers long. Several groups of people entered Vietnam at the same time and attacked the capital cities of several provinces in northern Vietnam, such as Laojie, Jianggaoping and Liangshan. On the one hand, it gave Vietnam a feeling of being completely annihilated, on the other hand, it did not give Vietnam any chance to play the trick of encircling Wei and saving Zhao.
The day before the start of the battle 10 was the day of our full-scale attack, which lasted from February 17 to February 28. Our soldiers fired, climbed mountains, crossed rivers and dug holes at the request of all kinds of dead tasks and orders from superiors, regardless of fatigue, hunger and death, and advanced to the Vietnamese army camp.
10 rushed into Vietnam for about 20 kilometers in a day, with a speed of 40 kilometers per hour. Of course, the attack speed is fast and the casualties are very large. 10 days later, the vanguard troops have invaded those big cities in northern Vietnam. If the commander-in-chief orders the next attack, the target of some troops should be Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.
Hanoi at this time has long been a mess. If we speculate on the following situation at the speed of 10 day, the capital will face the rhythm of the fall in a few days, people with money and connections will start to run to the south with gold and silver, and the government will begin to prepare to move.
On the one hand, it means punishing Vietnam and teaching its ungrateful younger brother a lesson; on the other hand, by attacking Hanoi, it forces Vietnam to withdraw its troops in Cambodia and Laos, which is very risky, that is, the attitude of the Soviet Union.
When we went to war, the treaty of friendship and cooperation between the Soviet Union and Vietnam came into effect only two months ago, and the contract was of a military nature. For example, both sides agreed to launch a military strike against either side of Su Yue, and the other side was obliged to help eliminate this danger.
A few days ago 10, we moved too fast, and the person in charge of Moscow was not sure what to do at the moment, so we had to close the door urgently to discuss countermeasures, while letting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs severely condemn and threaten. 10 days passed, and the result of the discussion was that we didn't want to have a conflict with China.
In order to protect Hanoi, Vietnam urgently withdrew its troops from Cambodia and Laos. Seeing this situation, our army began to withdraw from Vietnam. By this time, this war, especially the Sino-Indian border war, will also invade the other country in a short period of time, forcing the capital of the other country to take advantage, and then start withdrawing troops, without giving the other country a chance to fight back or leaving the other country with a handle to invade other countries internationally.
10 days later, most of the troops have returned home one after another, so it took 28 days before and after the war. From our point of view, they went as far as 40 kilometers into Vietnam, laid down several provincial capitals in northern Vietnam, and forced Vietnam to pull the troops of Laos and Cambodia back to China, basically achieving their goal. Afterwards, all the troops withdrew to China.
They did not occupy each other's land, nor did they support the local rebels. In this way, even the UN Security Council has nothing to say. It can be said that if Vietnam has been chasing the border at this time, it is an invasion. We can wait and take advantage of home court to clean them up.
When Vietnam realized that we were already retreating, it began to chase after it desperately until it reached the border area and reoccupied those places that were still smoking. After this exciting pursuit experience was organized by their propaganda, the style of painting changed greatly, saying that as soon as our elite troops came out, the enemy fled in fear and was driven out of the country in minutes. So who wins and who loses in a war in which both sides declare victory?