The 3-7 battle was a joyous one, and it allowed the entire First Army and even the entire PLA to see a completely different war model. This war model was more efficient and more expensive, and it also foreshadowed future wars. development direction.
Three flying brigades of the Air Force 51st Division were dispatched one after another to perform high-density battlefield fire support and battlefield interdiction tasks. The Vietnamese army in the Nala area suffered heavy losses. Later, after the infantry troops attacked these positions, our army was unable to With one casualty, he easily occupied eight Vietnamese positions in this area, wiped out more than 700 Vietnamese troops, and captured more than 40 people.
After this battle, the commander of the First Army, Fu Quanyou, kept muttering why the goal was not set more ambitiously and not limited to one place. Based on the ground-clearing efficiency of the Flying Leopard Destroyer and Bombardment Brigade and the advancement speed of the new mountain armor coordination unit, he felt that it was very possible to drive the Vietnamese army completely out of Laoshan if they were more ruthless.
Two days later, on March 9, the second batch of Flying Leopard fighter-bomber brigade arrived from Dalinol Base. A total of 24 aircraft were organized into an aviation regiment, designated as the 152nd Regiment. With the support of fifty advanced fighter planes, Qi Yiming was satisfied and prepared to continue to persuade Fu Quanyou to launch a larger offensive and teach the Vietnamese a profound lesson.
But at this moment, Liao Huairen stopped him, "Xiao Qi, it's almost time. It's time to stop. This is not how this battle is fought. It's almost time for us to return to Dalinol."
Qi Yiming was stunned and said: "It was obviously a good fight, why do you say it was not like that?"
Liao Huairen laughed and explained to Qi Yiming: "Do you know why we are fighting in this round?"
¡°Of course it¡¯s to drive the Vietnamese out of our country. Well, the official statement is that they want to punish them, right?¡±
Liao Huairen nodded, but then shook his head. He wanted to take out a cigarette from his pocket, but found that there was no cigarette. He could only say this: "The Punishment War was fought in 1979. Now, although we say we want to fight back against Vietnam, We have the ambition to establish regional hegemony and protect our borders, but there is also a very important strategic goal, which is to rely on low-intensity wars such as wheel warfare to scare the Vietnamese so that they cannot transition to the same normal economic development as us. system. All national resources must be directed towards war, and we are always worried about our millions of troops.¡±
Qi Yiming is also extremely smart, not to mention that he has not seen many similar contents before. He immediately said with relief: "I understand, so this war is deliberately delayed like this, and we win the battle after a few months." One or two hills will make the Vietnamese suffer a little, and then they will get angry and fight back. We will accompany them to spend this time. Anyway, we will hardly affect economic development, and the battle loss ratio is low, so we can play with them openly. "
Liao Huairen showed a wilted smile and said: "So Chairman Ping's strategy is still high! Vietnam took so many benefits from us. We not only provided money and equipment for their independence and anti-American war, but also sacrificed their lives. We have made many good comrades. As a result, they boarded the Soviet ship and turned around to engage in anti-Chinese activities, extorting huge amounts of aid from us, and seizing our legal territory. I would be really sorry if we didn¡¯t deal with them properly. "
Qi Yiming also smiled brightly. In his time, people often said that TG lacked strategic vision and was stupid as hell. In fact, this was not necessarily the case. Each generation of leaders has its own wisdom. Even the 286 era, which was still backward, had a clever trick like using two mountains to defeat Vietnam.
For our side, we have continuously tempered our troops through the two-mountain battle. The army has gradually recovered from the disordered state during the ten years of turmoil into a normal combat readiness force, accumulated some war experience, and even recovered some Approval of materials to aid Vietnam. For the Vietnamese side, the northern area on the border with the Great Celestial Empire is no longer an important logistics area that can provide anti-American resistance. Because there was the Sino-Vietnamese War in 1979 and the continuous war between the two mountains. No one can Not sure if the Chinese men were suddenly in a good mood again, and once again drove tanks and led an army of 600,000 people south from Guangxi and Yunnan, heading straight towards their capital Hanoi.
Although the Sino-Vietnam War was quite ugly in the eyes of military strategists, the Chinese side had many problems at that time, such as chaotic command, lack of experience, old-fashioned tactics, etc. The depth of the advance was not very great, although it was said that it was about to reach Hanoi. , but it didn¡¯t really hit that point. However, the biggest highlight of this war was that the PLA exerted its extremely terrifying ability to scrape the land. All local industrial equipment and basic materials were taken away, and the grain was loaded onto trucks and sent to Guangxi. No matter if it was a hospital or a school building, they were all blown up. All buildings other than private houses with more than two floors were immediately designated as "state-owned assets" (originally built with China's aid) and destroyed.
Even things like telegraph poles had to be trained accurately by the artillerymen, and not a single one was left for the Vietnamese. You can take away the pigs, cattle, sheep and other livestock you raise, and you can take away the ones you can¡¯t.Slaughter it on the spot, eat it if you can, and throw it there if you can't finish it, waiting for it to go rancid.
It can be seen that although the People's Army does not take every needle and thread from the masses, if you let it really take it, the effect will definitely be much better than that of the young men of the American soldiers.
So the direct result of this painful memory for the Vietnamese is that Vietnam does not dare to resume construction in border areas, for fear that one day the Chinese will see you build it again, and then rush over to destroy it and take it away. On the other side, in China, everything is normal, it is time to farm and build, and the development gap between China and Vietnam is getting wider and wider.
Let¡¯s take a look at some numbers that don¡¯t actually represent many. Vietnam covers an area of ??330,000 square kilometers and has a population of about 90 million. Shenzhen covers an area of ??0.19 million square kilometers and has a population of just over 10 million. Ahem, Vietnam¡¯s GDP in 2012 was 200 less than Shenzhen¡¯s. Millions of dollars
Of course, Vietnam¡¯s background is much worse than that of China, but its economy is still at a very low level, which is closely related to the fact that it was deceived by TG.
Seeing Qi Yiming immediately understood the intention, Liao Huairen added: "Although we have increased the intensity of the war this time, destroyed many Vietnamese troops, and even shot down 6 of their fighter planes, after all, we still stick to the front, and We have withdrawn our fists again. Even if the Vietnamese are full of complaints, what can they do to us? If they want to retaliate and launch a larger-scale battle, then we can continue. In short, can we still be afraid of them? , this war must continue in the two mountain areas, and it cannot exceed too much, so as to make the Vietnamese afraid, but not collapse. "
Qi Yiming recalled why the PLA carried out predatory retreats in batches after capturing Lang Son and other places. The main reason was because it was worried about the Soviet Union. Just like now, if TG unilaterally expands the scale of the war and inflicts a bruise on Vietnam, it is estimated that the Soviet Union will start to make some small moves to balance it.
After reunification, Vietnam fell into the arms of the Soviet Union and signed an offensive and defensive alliance treaty with the Soviets. From today's point of view, this alliance treaty is similar to the "U.S-Japan Security Treaty". Vietnam opened Da Nang, Cam Ranh Bay and other places to the Soviet Pacific Fleet, and the Soviet Union provided Vietnam with a large amount of military assistance, which involved China's energy.
But when something big happened, the right of interpretation rested with the Soviet side¡ªit said that when one side was attacked, the other side must lend a helping hand¡ªbut what kind of helping hand it was depended entirely on the moral bottom line of the Soviet people. For example, in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam in 1979, when the Soviets saw that the rabbit dared to bully my little brother, they immediately shouted TMD and sent a military advisory group of dozens of people
The Vietnamese, like the Japanese thirty years later, are arrogant and conceited. They believe that as long as they are beaten, the big brother behind them will stand up and directly defeat the inferior Chinese. The Vietnamese thought very wonderfully. During the Sino-Vietnamese War, the Soviet Union's garrison in Mongolia went straight down, raided China's Inner Mongolia, and attacked the capital. The Far East Military Region followed the old path of fighting the Kwantung Army and fell into the Northeast. The Turkestan Military Region invaded Xinjiang. The Tu family changed their colors in a hurry and could only mobilize their troops to go north for a decisive battle with the Soviet Union. However, they took a huge advantage and sent their troops to invade Yunnan and Guangxi to expand their territory.
It's just that the Soviets didn't do that after all. Fortunately, the Soviet Union still had a little loyalty. They mobilized their troops in northern China and made moves to move south. The Tu family also understood their intentions and knew how to stop when they saw fit, so they withdrew their troops from Vietnam. .
Now that only small pieces of positions have been taken, the war is still entangled in the two mountain areas, so even if Vietnam wants the Soviet Union to intervene in support, the Soviet Union may not necessarily help. What's more, the Soviet Union is also a louse now. 1985 was the bloodiest year of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The Soviets will increasingly find themselves powerless on the battlefield, and their domestic economy will continue to collapse and decline from the beginning of this year. .
Qi Yiming thought to himself: "In this short period of time, we will still worry about the existence of the Soviet Union. When the Mao Xiong family is finished, the Rabbit family will indisputably gain absolute control in East Asia."
Liao Huairen said: "Get ready. Hand over the troops you have on hand. When you go back, the Air Force 51 Division and the mountain armored unit will stay here to take charge. In addition, I'm afraid you will have to continue airlifting supplies to the war zone. , That¡¯s fine, you don¡¯t have to work at the General Logistics Department, you just come to the war zone for a round of fighting, and the new military uniforms and weapons are in place, haha, as well as your canned fruits and beef jerky.¡±
Qi Yiming nodded and responded: "These are no problem. Equipment and supplies will be transported continuously. In addition, these soldiers must be transformed. Some of the tactics make people doubt whether During the First World War, the supply of senior engineers in the barracks would be suspended for a week. I want to get a group of qualified instructors to train these commanders and fighters. "