It is said that the withdrawal of troops began on March 5, but most troops were not so fast. The reason is that there is a lot of preparations to be done to retreat, and there must be a retreat plan and coordination among each unit.
Some people may think that it is not easy to retreat, so they can just call a few car battalions to send troops one by one to the next. Even if the Japanese invaders follow, they can't keep up.
However, the real battlefield retreat is not that simple, and it can even be said to be much more difficult than fighting a head-on battle.
The main reason is that everyone is mentally prepared to fight the enemy during the attack, and even the troops can go out separately to cover each other... If the friendly forces on the left and right wings have a slow off offensive, just stop and wait.
But retreat is different, especially for a unit that does not often go to the battlefield... They have been fed up with the blood on the battlefield for the first time, death and bad weather, etc., just because there is an order
He had to hold on with the military rules... So the order to retreat suddenly came, and he ran back without caring about anything and couldn't hold it.
This is obviously very dangerous, because such troops are actually in a state of unstable morale and morale being drained. Once pursued or blocked by the enemy, it will easily turn into a panic escape or defeat.
.The results of the previous battle on the front battlefield will be gone due to poor retreat organization.
Although I am unwilling to admit that our army would be such a unit, the fact is that... Most of our army is recruits, and they are recruits with serious lack of training. If the retreat is not organized properly, there is a high possibility of chaos.
Let the Vietnamese army have an opportunity.
It is precisely because of this that the superiors are very cautious in preparing for the troops before retreating.
The first to enter the retreat process were our artillery units, tank units and logistics personnel. The reason why they were asked to retreat first was because these troops were difficult to maneuver and vulnerable to attack on the battlefield in Vietnam, which was inconvenient for transportation. Especially for traction
If the guns, tanks, etc. are attacked or failed, they will block the road and cause danger to the retreat of other troops.
The second is the main force of infantry.
This is undoubtedly the focus of the retreat. The reason is that our army's infantry forces are very large, with nine troops deployed on the east and west sides, which is also the living force of our army. If we don't do it well, for example, the retreat is too hasty and intensive.
It is easily surrounded by Vietnamese infantry or killed by artillery.
Therefore, at this stage, the main force adopts the tactic of "alternating cover and retreating in batches". The so-called "alternating cover and retreating in batches" means that each unit does not retreat to the end, but today the force will withdraw to a few days.
Fortifications are built with kilometers, and the troops will withdraw a few kilometers tomorrow... In this way, no matter when the Vietnamese army will attack our retreating troops, a few kilometers along our retreat will always be ready for defense.
The last retreat was the engineers and a small number of infantry units.
This unit is quite special. The task of the engineering unit is to cover the roads where our army retreats, and to blow up railways, highways, bridges and other facilities. It is obvious that the result of this will be to a large extent
Delay the pursuit of the Vietnamese army.
Of course, because the engineering troops have poor combat capabilities, a small number of infantry must be left as cover for the engineering troops.
It is precisely because of this. During this retreat stage, the mines were transported to the front line by truck... Fortunately, the mine laying was not a complicated project, otherwise I was afraid that the engineer would be exhausted and exhausted.
So these days, the world of engineers is in the jungle, mountain road, fields, and even rivers. After laying out the mines during the day, they always keep in the minefield.
Bianyan planted small red flags, so he looked around in the setting sun... Little red flags fluttered in the wind everywhere on the ground.
Explosions were heard one after another, no need to ask... The Ministry of Engineers was blowing up the military facilities left by the Vietnamese army, highways, railways, bridges, etc., and they installed explosives in advance, just waiting for our infantry to retreat.
Detonate.
Of course there is no problem with the superiors organizing the retreat work so cautiously, but I have always had a question in my mind... It is difficult to organize a large retreat like this, right? Why do the superiors announce the news of our retreat or even the date of retreat in advance?
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How many wars have occurred throughout the ages? Whether it is a retreat that wins or a retreat that loses... Almost without exception, they are regarded as important military information and are often used as false information to make the enemy think there is no retreat. The reason is that
It's very simple. If the enemy doesn't know when he will retreat, it means that our army has more time to retreat, which is undoubtedly very important on the battlefield.
For example, now, if our army did not declare to withdraw its troops, but instead made a big move to attack Hanoi... Well, all the troops and energy of the Vietnamese Japanese were probably transferred to Hanoi and organized defense. Next, I
The army can withdraw its troops calmly, and it is too late to organize troops to chase after the Vietnamese Japanese.
However, as soon as the news of the withdrawal of troops was announced, even the time was announced... the only thing that was happy was the Vietnamese army.
On the one hand, they can deceive the Vietnamese people, saying that the People's Liberation Army has lost to the Vietnamese People's Army on the battlefield, and will soon begin to retreat under the heroic battle of the Vietnamese People's Army.
It seems that it is not difficult for the Vietnamese government to do this, because Vietnam is a very closed country, and most of what Vietnamese people hear and see are what the Vietnamese government hopes they hear and see. Therefore, the Vietnamese government can build a big deal in China.
The momentum and claimed that it would soon be able to turn to a counterattack. In fact, the Vietnamese government did exactly that.
On the other hand, let the Vietnamese army know the time of our retreat... Then we can undoubtedly pursue it in a planned and organized manner, and even arrange infantry and artillery in advance to prepare for the pursuit. We are just waiting for our army to withdraw.
At that moment, they began to launch a large-scale "counterattack".
No matter which aspect of the above is, there are only disadvantages but no benefits for our army, so I am a little confused about the intentions of the superiors.
The mystery was finally solved by Company Commander Luo. He took a puff of cigarette and sighed a long time and said, "Of course this is not of any benefit in military terms, it is out of political considerations!"
"Political considerations?" After hearing this, the soldiers and I were stunned. No one knew what other political benefits this would be.
"Didn't we emphasize not occupying an inch of Vietnam's land since the start of the battle?" Company Commander Luo nodded and continued: "Before launching this war, our army emphasized that this was a limited war, and it was to teach the Vietnamese government a lesson.
Now that our strategic goal has been achieved, we have announced the withdrawal of troops to the whole world, which is also a further demonstration of our position and reaffirming the significance and purpose of our army fighting this war!”
"Oh!" I understood after Commander Luo said this. These words were not for the Vietnamese devils, but for the international community, especially the two major powers of the United States and the Soviet Union.
There is a saying that "the snipe and clam fight, the fisherman gains profit." Before, our country was fighting with the Soviet Union. Vietnam, a small country, had a profit in the middle. It stretched to China with one hand and the other to the Soviet Union. Which country gave more benefits
Which country should I rely on... It is obviously unfavorable to put China directly on the front line of international competition. Moreover, China is also a poor country at this time. After tightening its belt and aiding Vietnam, it was harmed...
However, once the diplomatic relations with China and the United States are established, this balance will be broken. On the surface, the United States and the Soviet Union are fighting, and China retreats to the second line, playing a role in dividing wealth between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Did the Soviet Union dare to offend China? Once China is forced to lean completely against the United States, it will face the result of two attacks.
Does the United States need to offend China? He is eager to bring China to confront the Soviet Union. One more friend is better than one more enemy.
As for Vietnam... small countries can never escape the fate of big countries' chess pieces. On the surface, it seems to have won the support of the Soviet Union to attack China from the north and the south, but under this situation, even the Soviet Union dared not do anything. So Vietnam
He could only be abandoned as a pawn very innocently.
The struggle between countries is such a rude interest relationship, and the Soviet Union will not be so stupid that it will put itself in a situation of China and the United States for the sake of Vietnam.
Therefore, from a broad perspective, it makes sense to declare the withdrawal of troops in advance. After all, military serves politics. When military and politics conflict, military must unconditionally obey politics.
But... this made us soldiers suffer... but we don't know how many more people we will sacrifice because of this.
But the soldiers still care about these things. They only knew that the war was about to end soon and were about to withdraw their troops, so they were all so excited that they prepared gifts early to wait for the order to retreat.
Some soldiers even went to the battlefield to look for some souvenirs...
In the words of the soldiers, we all walked on this battlefield, and we were still alive... We had to bring something back to witness! We had to take something in front of relatives and friends.
Show off!
So some collect the badges of the Vietnamese army, and some collect the hats of the Vietnamese army. The most popular one is the military scepter... This thing is not only good-looking but also useful, but also because the military scepter of our army is folded and difficult to remove, so
It's rare.
As for those who didn't usually receive these things, they became miserable now and had to exchange them with cigarettes with other comrades... So soon the barracks were very lively like markets, and there were everywhere
The voice of bargaining. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!