After the Sino-Vietnamese War ended in 1979, Yang Dezhi was promoted on the western front and Xu Shiyou on the eastern front left the command position.

Around 1979, a series of incidents of "excluding Chinese" occurred in Vietnam, resulting in the death of hundreds of thousands of overseas Chinese. Not only that, Vietnam also threatened China's territorial security, so China decided to launch a counterattack against Vietnam to teach this "baiwenhang".

The whole war ended in China's victory in just 28 days, and all countries in the world were in an uproar. You know, it took thirteen years for the United States to fight Vietnam, and finally it left Vietnam with its tail between its legs.

two commanders contributed to the success of our country. These two are Xu Shiyou, commander of the Eastern Front, and Yang Dezhi, commander of the Western Front.

What is puzzling is that after the war, Xu Shiyou and Yang Dezhi ended in opposite directions. Yang Dezhi was promoted and Xu Shiyou was transferred from the command position. What happened?

Things can be traced back to the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union and the Vietnam War. After World War II, the United States regarded the Soviet Union as its "strong enemy" to win the world hegemony. Under the pretext of ideological opposition, Churchill's iron curtain speech in 1946 marked the beginning of the cold war with the Soviet Union.

On March 12th, 1947, the United States introduced and implemented Truman Doctrine, which marked the official beginning of the Cold War.

in November 1955, with the continuous development of the cold war, the Vietnam war broke out. As early as April 7, 1954, the Eisenhower administration had put forward the "Domino Theory of Donovan", which was the guiding principle of the war of aggression against Vietnam.

On the surface, the Vietnam War was the contradiction between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, but in essence it was the opposition between eastern bloc led by the Soviet Union and the capitalist camp led by the United States.

After World War II, the Vietnam War is the war with the largest number of Americans and the longest time-consuming war in the United States. The United States tried its best to incite the people of North Vietnam to move south, not only sending planes to move, but also allocating nearly 28 million funds as resettlement fees.

When the advantage of Vietnam War gradually shifted to North Vietnam supported by eastern bloc led by the Soviet Union, the United States even put pressure on the United Nations to send joint forces to support South Vietnam. The United States has attracted public censure from most UN member states, but the United States has not given up.

in 1964, the United States decided to launch an action plan code-named "37-64" to prepare for bombing North Vietnam.

In 1965, the United States was disappointed with the South Vietnamese army, faked the "Beibu Gulf Incident" as an excuse to wage war against North Vietnam, decided to directly participate in the Vietnam War, and had a direct military conflict with North Vietnam, joining forces with the army, navy and air force to join the fighting, resulting in the death of nearly 3.3 million Vietnamese soldiers.

When the United States left Vietnam, it left behind devastated land, Vietnamese people who were homeless because of war, and even some unexploded bombs. These bombs have caused countless innocent lives of Vietnamese people.

Even though North Vietnam won the Vietnam War, Vietnam was still angry with the United States and almost hated it.

Therefore, Sino-Soviet relations have completely broken down, and the Soviet Union has often harassed our "border", threatening our national security and people's lives.

in order to break our diplomatic predicament, safeguard people's lives and solve the Taiwan Province issue, China has decided to improve its diplomatic relations with the United States.

based on the common interests of the two countries and the need to seize the world hegemony, the United States decided to normalize diplomatic relations between the two sides. Therefore, the relationship between China and the United States has been gradually restored and normalized.

the Vietnamese authorities believe that China can only establish diplomatic relations with the United States at the cost of countless lives of other countries and tons of blood, and climb to a high position by stepping on the lives of countless innocent Vietnamese.

Vietnam's misunderstanding of China is too deep to be reversed. Vietnam's hatred of the United States has gradually been passed on to China.

in the mid-197s, after Vietnam ended the war against the United States and achieved reunification, it regarded China as an "enemy" and Sino-Vietnamese relations deteriorated sharply.

At the same time, the Soviet Union made great efforts to win over Vietnam in an attempt to turn its kindness to Vietnam into a "sharp knife" to stab China, and also supported weapons and equipment, talent strategy and certain funds.

The contradiction between China and Vietnam has become more and more acute, and the Vietnamese authorities have even introduced and implemented a policy of "excluding Chinese". Vietnamese responded one after another, isolating and rejecting overseas Chinese, and even causing nearly 6, overseas Chinese to die.

naturally, China can't tolerate such cruel behavior in Vietnam. In order to safeguard the reasonable rights and interests of overseas Chinese and re-establish the national dignity in Vietnam, China resolutely sent troops to Vietnam, and the counterattack against Vietnam broke out.

on December 7th, 1978, the central government decided to fight this self-defense counterattack against Vietnam with the operational policy of "attacking more and killing the chicken with a knife" and winning through stability.

the central authorities divided the troops attacking Vietnam into the eastern line and the western line. Xu Shiyou, commander of Guangzhou Military Region, was the commander in chief of the counterattack against Vietnam on the eastern line, and Yang Dezhi, commander of Kunming Military Region, commanded the battle of the western line group.

the eastern line invaded Vietnam, and the western line invaded the northwest of Vietnam. The two lines brought out the best in each other. This is the central strategy. So why did the central authorities choose Xu Shiyou and Yang Dezhi as their commanders? This has to start with their heroic deeds.

Xu Shiyou, who studied martial arts in Shaolin Temple in his early years, has a good knowledge of martial arts. In November 1927, he took part in the Jute Uprising and held various positions successively.

In the counter-campaign against "encirclement and suppression" in the Soviet area of Hubei, Henan and Anhui, I participated in the death squads for many times and served as the captain twice. The more frustrated I became, the more courageous I became, and I was tenacious and persistent.

in the campaign against the "six-route siege", he commanded Wanyuan to defend the war, and led his men to hold their positions for three months, finally achieving the situation of winning more with fewer. Such persistence is also rare.

General Xu Shiyou is an excellent senior military commander of our army, who has grown up from a soldier step by step. He has made immortal contributions to the independence and liberation of the nation and is a rare talent in our country.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Xu Shiyou proposed "bunker-to-bunker" with Zhao Baoyuan, and filled the enemy's gun towers with "pocket earth bunkers", thus overcoming the plight of insufficient ammunition.

At the same time, he cooperated with flexible guerrilla warfare, exhausted the Japanese aggressors, and had no spare capacity to support the "puppet troops" headed by Zhao Baoyuan. In the end, he successfully conquered a large number of strongholds and wiped out more than 2 thousand "puppet troops." He is resourceful and deserves praise.

He took advantage of Jinan's strong fortifications and many bunkers, and adopted the "ox knife tactics" to make a key breakthrough. It took him only eight days to break through Jinan.

Xu Shiyou is loyal, sincere and enthusiastic, and his wit and carefulness are equally commendable. His spirit is brave and his personality is straightforward, so he is a good candidate to command the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam.

In 1948, Xu Shiyou was allowed to go to Jiaodong for treatment because of the recurrence of his leg injury, but when he heard the news that Chairman Mao specifically asked him to direct the attack on Jinan, he instantly forgot his leg injury and wanted to pack his things and go immediately.

Even if Xu Shiyou becomes a senior general of our army, he still takes pride in leading the army to fight in person, not just in remote command. The leader repeatedly advised him to protect his own safety and not to go off to kill the enemy himself. He always agreed without hesitation.

However, whenever the war situation is tense, he makes a decisive move to the front line, walks from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, boosts morale, and directly carries the gun to the enemy, regardless of the consequences.

Yang Dezhi, who studied blacksmith technology with his father since childhood, went to Anyuan Coal Mine in Jiangxi Province as a worker.

In 1928, he joined the Seventh Division of the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants, which was formed by the Southern Hunan Uprising Armed Forces. In October, he joined the Party. He has participated in a series of major actions, such as the Ji 'an Battle, the anti-encirclement campaign in the Central Soviet Area, the Long March and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

in 1937, Yang Dezhi led his men to participate in the Pingxingguan campaign and achieved a great victory in Pingxingguan, which shattered the myth that the Japanese army was invincible. His calm and correct command brought dawn to the victory of the war.

this campaign greatly enhanced the cohesion of the anti-Japanese national United front, stimulated the enthusiasm of the people of the whole nation for the war of resistance, and laid an ideological foundation for the victory of the war of resistance, which is of great significance.

in 1939, he led his men to widely mobilize the masses to carry out guerrilla warfare in Hebei, Shandong and Henan, and established an anti-Japanese democratic regime, and finally successfully established the anti-Japanese base area in Hebei, Shandong and Henan, which was later consolidated and expanded.

He is good at taking different strategies in different situations. He has the courage to be bold and enterprising, and he is resourceful and quick-witted.

In 1958, Chairman Mao gave instructions for cadres to join the company as soldiers and take part in manual labor. As the commander of jinan military area command, Yang Dezhi responded positively and became the first batch of cadres to join the company as soldiers.

he has the courage to step out of the comfort zone and take the lead, which deserves admiration. He is down-to-earth and dedicated to the country, which is very worthy of recognition.

The main reason for choosing Yang Dezhi is that he was sent to Vietnam as a military adviser by our country, and he knows the situation and military situation of Vietnam very well.

The choice of commanders on the two lines is cautious, and they are the most suitable candidates for this battle.

on February 17th, 1979, our army used 3, troops, prepared nearly 2, reserves, and recruited nearly 1, migrant workers to ensure the logistics work, which made sufficient preparations for this war.

our army extended the front to more than 5 kilometers, and the troops on the eastern front and the troops on the western front launched at the same time to attack Vietnam together.

Tens of thousands of guns simultaneously dumped ammunition at enemy positions, and then the troops attacked.

under the orders of the superior, our army rushed into Vietnam for 2 kilometers in 1 days, and some troops even rushed to 4 kilometers, successfully recovering all the territory previously occupied by the Vietnamese army only in China.

on the eastern front, in the first stage, the troops were divided into three roads, successfully conquered Gaoping and Tongdeng, quickly pushed the front to the south, and captured Xuxi, a strategic place.

in the second stage, under the command of Xu Shiyou, our army fought bravely to kill the enemy and soon arrived in lang son. The Vietnamese army, knowing that it could not be defeated, shamelessly used chemical weapons, resulting in heavy casualties of our army.

In a rage, Xu Shiyou bombarded lang son, captured the mountains and Guangyuan in one fell swoop, and approached Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital. The Vietnamese authorities have long been terrified and can only live in fear.

in the third stage, after the capture of lang son, our army's capture of Hanoi was like searching for something.

But our country has always advocated peace, and this self-defense counterattack against Vietnam is just to give Vietnam a little color to see.

The Central Committee had no intention of destroying Vietnam, so it ordered Xu Shiyou to withdraw from Vietnam. Under the command of the Central Committee and Xu Shiyou, the troops withdrew while fighting.

Xu Shiyou became more and more angry when he thought about the $2 billion funded by China when the United States attacked Vietnam, so he ordered the army to destroy the military facilities built by China in the Vietnam War.

This move is really brilliant. It can not only defeat Vietnam's arrogance, but also set back Vietnam's development for decades. The soldiers on the Eastern Front obeyed Xu Shiyou's command, cooperated tacitly, advanced and retreated, and completed the task perfectly.

the eastern route is facing greater pressure due to different landforms and armed forces. The pressure on the direction of Yunnan in the western line is less.

according to the data, the number of enemy annihilates on the eastern front is 2.46 times that of the western front, and the number of casualties is 1.3 times that of the western front. From the figures, this can be confirmed, and the western front battlefield has also experienced three stages.

in the first stage, the troops detoured from the left to defend the enemy's back, coordinated the infantry and artillery, and quickly captured the Red River (the border river between China and Vietnam), Laojie (the anti-China bridgehead) and Tangtang by taking advantage of the terrain of the jungle, thus minimizing casualties and opening up a favorable situation in the Vietnam War.

in the second stage, the troops captured Sabah, sealed the soil and paved the building, and completed the task quickly. The troops in the Western Front have dealt a heavy blow to the 316A Division of the Vietnamese Army. The Chinese military advisory group sent Xu Chenggong, the chief of staff of the former 188th Division, as a consultant and guided its training and operations.

in the third stage, the troops withdrew smoothly to the north, and they also took the opportunity to annihilate a battalion that was defending the enemy around the Vietnamese army. But the western front has appointed three people as the commander in chief, although as the commander in chief, but in fact Yang Dezhi only commanded for four days.

Because when Yang Dezhi received the transfer order to serve as the commander of the Kunming Military Region, he had less than one month to prepare for the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam.

He began to train day and night, so after the war started, Yang Dezhi's stomach trouble suddenly recurred and worsened due to the previous high-intensity work and the pressure of the current war.

He had symptoms of acute left heart failure, and his vital signs were getting weaker, so he had to be replaced halfway.

Even if both the East and West Lines are successful, Xu Shiyou's contribution is obviously greater than Yang Dezhi's. In any case, Xu Shiyou's ending is better than Yang Dezhi's, but it seems that this is not the case.

After the self-defense counterattack against China, Yang Dezhi was appointed as the Chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army, while Xu Shiyou left the command position. This ending has caused a lot of controversy and different opinions.

The most credible reason is the age.

Xu Shiyou was born in February 195. At that time, he was 74 years old. His body and spirit no longer support him to work for a long time.

Yang Dezhi was born in January 1911, nearly six years younger than Xu Shiyou. And after the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, his body recovered well.

our party agrees that Xu Shiyou, an old general, has been loyal to the party and the country all his life. He should be allowed to live a happy and stable life at this age.

Of course, if our party needs him, he can still stand up and guide us to a brighter road.

Compared with Xu Shiyou, Yang Dezhi can still shine in the commanding position and continue to make great contributions to our Party and our country. Both sides are admirable.

The fundamental cause of the war is the conflict of national interests. On the surface, this war is a confrontation between China and Vietnam, but in essence it is a confrontation between China and the Soviet Union, and it is a reflection of the contradiction between China and the Soviet Union.

The main reason for Vietnam's defeat is that it was not prepared for such a large-scale attack in China and trusted the Soviet Union too much.

in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, our country took a very small generation.