At that time, South Vietnam and North Vietnam were fighting each other, but why did they dare to invade China's Xisha?
Why didn't the United States intervene? What's the inside scoop here?
The reason why I am particularly interested in this history is that my father was a veteran of the Paracel Naval War, who was 23 years old at the time, served in the South China Sea Fleet, and was awarded a second prize during his military service.
His unit was ordered to go to the front, the ships were urgently resupplied at the docks, and the soldiers were carrying ammunition to the ships, and in the process, my father accidentally hit his right foot by a dropped ammunition box.
Our army's fine tradition is that "minor injuries cannot go down the line of fire." The father endured the pain and continued to carry the supplies, during which the blood slipped in the liberation shoes until it spilled out of the upper of the shoe, and he could no longer stand after all the ammunition was moved. After taking off the shoes and socks, the toes were blurred with blood and flesh. The medic made a simple cleaning and bandaging, and the father poured out the blood in the shoe and wanted to put it on again, but he couldn't put it on. Diagnosis after medical evacuation:
Comminuted fracture of the big toe of the right foot
。
As long as I can remember, the big toe of my father's right foot is deformed, the nails of the foot are nearly 1 cm thick, and I have to buy shoes to buy a size 1. I often hear him muttering toes that his toes are uncomfortable...
The recovery of Xisha should be the common interest of China and the United States at that time, perhaps some kind of tacit understanding.
To avoid confusion, it is necessary to be a little more verbose: the Battle of Paracel is peace
The South Vietnamese regime
Fight, not the current Vietnamese regime. In the later self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, it was to fight with the current Vietnam (because I found that some friends did not know much).
First of all, we must clearly explain the background of the situation, otherwise it is suspected of being nonsense:
At that time, the situation in China was quite unoptimistic: the Cultural Revolution was at home, and it could be said that foreign countries were suffering from the enemy on their backs.
01、
Let's start with the Soviet Union to the north: on March 5, 1953, Stalin died, and when Khrushchev came to power, he wanted to become the boss of socialism, so that all socialist countries would listen to him, and even wanted to control China militarily.
Of course, China does not do it:
Why? You are big brother is not false, but why do you decide our own affairs?
The Soviet Union, which had always been arrogant, became angry and invaded China's Treasure Island in March 1969, but returned home. The Soviet Union, which had not made a bargain on Zhenbao Island, then suddenly invaded Xinjiang's Tielekti on August 13, and none of the 38 soldiers of our army survived. Sino-Soviet relations broke down completely.
At that time, the Soviet Union was armed with millions of troops on China's northern border, and the sword was rattled and threatened
"Eliminating the China threat once and for all"
It is necessary to implement China's military and political and other important goals
"Surgical Nuclear Strike"
, with the intention of annexing China. China was threatened with war from the Soviet Union.
02、
And north Vietnam in the south: China is fully supporting North Vietnam and South Vietnam, eating, wearing, making, using, guns, ammunition, and about 320,000 air defense, engineering, railway, logistics and other troops entering Vietnam for military missions, but even then it is not familiar with white-eyed wolves.
After Ho Chi Minh's death in September 1969, North Vietnam gradually fell to the Soviet Union, which supported the North Vietnamese government's push
"Federation of Indochina"
The plan should first occupy Laos and Cambodia, and then occupy Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh and other countries
"Federal Government of the Socialist Republic of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres of Greater Vietnam"
！
China opposed north Vietnam to do this, but people did not listen. Other words:
You pay people's wages, and people work for others!
03、
Then say South Vietnam: The boss behind South Vietnam is the United States, with the support of the boss, with the support of the boss, with large-caliber naval guns, shotguns for guns, and there is no fear. The hatred of China that supported North Vietnam was so itchy that it constantly harassed you, and since 1955, it has successively occupied some of China's islands in the Xisha and Nansha.
04、
Finally, the United States: At that time, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in Cold War confrontation, and they were eager to suppress each other. In the Korean battlefield, he saw that South Vietnam was not angry, and with South Korea, Australia, Thailand, New Zealand, Taiwan, the Philippines, Laos and other little brothers, he plunged into the jungles and swamps of Vietnam and opened up
Vietnam War
But China has warned the United States:
You don't cross the seventeenth parallel, this is the bottom line and cannot be broken. If I dare to disobey, I will send ground troops to the war, and the Korean War is a lesson for the past.
In addition, the backyard of the United States is constantly on fire, and anti-war demonstrations are spread throughout the United States and all levels of society.
Americans take a look:
The Vietnam War was a bottomless pit, I couldn't afford to play, I didn't play.
In October 1968, the U.S. military declared an armistice and was withdrawing from Vietnam.
We mainly analyze from these countries: China, the Soviet Union, the United States, Vietnam (North Vietnam, South Vietnam). Other international situations will not unfold, otherwise you will have to write tens of thousands of words.
To put it simply: the United States and the Soviet Union confronted; China and the Soviet Union broke up; the Soviet Union and China supported North Vietnam, but North Vietnam did not listen to China; the United States supported South Vietnam, but South Vietnam could not support the wall, and the United States did not want to fight the Vietnam War anymore; the United States had just suffered China's losses and did not deal with China, but after China and the Soviet Union broke up, China and China seemed to have a common enemy - the Soviet Union.
At this time, the superb strategic wisdom of our national leaders is vividly reflected:
The Americans wanted to withdraw from the Vietnam War, but South Vietnam certainly did not want to – because as soon as the United States withdrew, South Vietnam would be doomed! South Vietnam had to find a way to hold the United States back.
The United States certainly did not want to be trapped in Vietnam, but he did not want to withdraw its troops when the islands of the Paracels, which had been occupied by South Vietnam, were occupied by the North Vietnamese, because to hand over the Paracels to the North Vietnamese was to be handed over to the Soviet Union (until now,
Russia also leased Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam as a military base)
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The big stupid bear in the north opened its teeth and claws, and the little brother in the south did not obey the discipline. The international situation is changing, and the opportunity is fleeting, so what can we do? It has to be summed up with the Americans.
At this time, the Americans are even more impatient:
Let's stop making trouble and see if we can join forces to contain the Soviet Union?
China:
Okay, come to us and play table tennis first!
United States:
Okay, here we go! We have a big BOSS coming behind us!
So Kissinger's secret visit to China on July 8, 1971, Nixon's ice-breaking trip to China on February 21, 1972, and the normalization of Sino-US relations on February 28, 1972.
Against this backdrop, South Vietnamese were confused about the situation, and on the one hand wanted to hold the Americans back, and on the other hand, they believed that China did not have any heavy naval guns, and on January 15, 1974, it invaded the waters of the Vinh Lok Islands in the Paracels of China.
China took a look: It is long overdue to take care of you, and now the opportunity has come - although the strength of the South China Sea Fleet is not enough, the combat strength of the combat ships is very different, but the tactics are used properly, and the old Chiang Kai-shek still has national righteousness, and the East China Sea Fleet can smoothly pass through the Taiwan Strait. The Americans certainly won't care.
In this way, the Battle of the Paracels created a rare victory in the history of the world's navies.
It's a rambling, but I believe it makes sense.
On the issue of recovering the Paracels, China should have a tacit understanding with the United States. Of course, it is impossible to say how friendly the United States is to China, and it is entirely out of the interests of the United States.
postscript:
North Vietnamese issued a statement on September 14, 1958:
It is recognized that the Dongsha Islands, Xisha Islands, Zhongsha Islands and Nansha Islands belong to China.
Immediately after the Battle of the Paracels, the North Vietnamese issued a statement:
"Thanks to the Chinese government for helping us liberate The Paracels from South Vietnam"
。 Of course, China can't ignore him.
North Vietnam in 1975
It tore up the declaration that the Dongsha Qundao, Xisha Qundao, Zhongsha Qundao and Nansha Qundao recognized in 1958 belonged to China!
Decades later, there are still people in Vietnam who use the claims of sovereignty of the South Vietnamese authorities as an excuse to describe the Paracel Islands as a reality
"Territory of Vietnam"
, and even held demonstrations in the streets.
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