At 8 o'clock on March 2, 1969, China sent a patrol unit landed on the island the implementation of border patrols. Soviet troops discovered, immediately dispatched 70 people aboard two armored vehicles, a military trucks and a command vehicle, from the Soviet Union, in shunt to the radical Zhenbao Island, close to Zhenbao Island, the column to open the battle formation to the Chinese border patrol unit press on, and to a Chinese border patrol forces unit to a group of lateral interludes. Invasion of the Soviet border patrol unit to its disregard of China issued a warning, suddenly opened fire, killing and wounding a Chinese border patrol 6. Chinese border patrol unit was forced to return fire in self-defense. Chinese border patrol group to the second lateral invasion of the Soviet Army a heavy blow. Subsequently, the Chinese border patrol unit to launch counter-attack, but were under heavy fire of Soviet troops in the jungle. After more than 1 hours fierce fighting, the Chinese border guards repulsed the invasion of the Soviet Union Zhenbao Island border.
Zhenbao Island in the river in mind
Soviet troops on Zhenbao Island
March 15 morning, the Soviet border guards, more than 60 people in six armored vehicles under cover, from the northern end of invasive Zhenbao Island. Chinese frontier guards to send a reinforced platoon of a battalion landing, the formation of confrontation with the Soviet invasion. 8 pm, the Soviet attack, the row of stick favorable terrain, sending some troops to the Soviet division, after an hour battle, fought off a Soviet attack. 9:46, the Soviet border guards under cover of artillery, sent out six tanks Zhenbao Island close to the five armored vehicles, attack from the north and south sides, and to intensive fire blocked river forks, block China's border landing support. China occupied a favorable position, blocking the Soviet defenders, hit consecutive 3 armored vehicles. 15:35, the Soviet heavy artillery attack on the Chinese border guards in-depth defensive positions, positive up to 10 km, depth is about 7 km. 2 hours after the shelling, the Soviet Army more than 100 people in 10 tanks and 14 armored vehicles under cover, to launch a third attack. Morijima China's border division of its infantry and armor, tanks, close contact with the Soviet war, weaken its firepower. Chinese soldiers in the ice and snow more than 30 degrees below zero, the get rid of cotton-padded clothes and sweaters, has destroyed and damaged four Soviet armored vehicles. After more than 50 minutes battle, the victory of the Soviet border guards crushed the third offense.
Operation of anti-tank rocket launchers of the Chinese soldiers
Zhenbao Island conflict of artillery in the back
On this day, the Soviet Army has mobilized more than 50 tanks, armored vehicles and more than 100 infantry, using helicopters and artillery fire in depth cover, and artillery fire deep inside Chinese territory. Chinese frontier guards were fighting with the Soviet invasion of more than nine hours, withstand 6 times the Soviet border guards fire Jixi, repulsed the attack on the Soviet border guards three times and successfully defended the Zhenbao Island. 17, the Soviet Union also dispatched an infantry more than 70 border guards, to the island of laying mines in an attempt to prevent the Chinese border land on the island was towed back to the Chinese border Jihuai stranded in the river forks of a T-62 tanks. Chinese frontier guards drove them off with gunfire, bombing bad Soviet tanks captured by Chinese border guards as clear evidence of the Soviet invasion of Chinese territory. After years later, declassified information on Russia's announcement of the conflict, Soviet troops killed 58 people and injured 94 people, loss of tanks, armored vehicles dozens of cars. The Chinese side at the expense of 29 people, wounded more than 60 people. In August 1969, the Chinese army Zhenbao Island to set a fixed garrison outposts from these figures point of view, the Chinese army to victory.
Zhenbao Island conflict, the PLA captured T-62 tanks (No. 545), is now housed in Beijing Military Museum.
Iman Soviet Border Corps killed in the fighting, more than 20 soldiers funeral.
Zhenbao Island after the outbreak of conflict, the Soviet leadership of the very strong response. Grech the Soviet Defense Minister Marshal, assistant marshal chuikov, who led the military hard-liners advocate "once and for all eliminate the China threat." Ready to use medium-range ballistic missiles in the Far East, carrying equivalent of several multi-megaton nuclear warhead, on China's military and political and other important targets, "surgical nuclear strike." At the same time, the Soviet Union with the United States contact the tentative proposal of a joint right to develop nuclear weapons Shangchu the initial stage of China's nuclear force a destructive attack. At the same time to create the Soviet Union in the international public opinion and attempt to expel the General Assembly of communism Communist Party of China and isolate China. In June 1969, the Soviet Union continued to stir up trouble in the border areas, and conflicts continue. August 13, 1969 sent hundreds of infantry, tanks, armored vehicles invaded China's Xinjiang border under the cover of manufacturing iron Lieke Ti, resulting in nearly 40 Chinese soldiers sacrifice.
The former Soviet SS-9 ICBM, 60 years China has significantly compared to the former Soviet Union's nuclear superiority.
Although at the time the Soviet Union to the United States proposed a joint attack on China, but U.S. President Richard Nixon after discussions with his aides believe that the greatest threat to Western countries from the Soviet Union, a strong Chinese presence in the West's strategic interests. The Soviet nuclear strike on China, will inevitably lead to China's full retaliation. This will result in a worldwide nuclear war, acts of the Soviet Union no less than open a Pandora's Box. Therefore, the Soviet Union, the United States to quickly release the contents of a secret link to the United States, suggesting that the exceptional gravity of the situation in China, then China's National access to nuclear war readiness, troops entered a combat readiness, high-level personnel began to evacuate hidden. Among the Soviet Union has entered the brink of war time, the Soviet leaders of the world's major strategic rivals out of the United States, strategic focus in Europe, it is inevitable retaliation after the bombing of the Chinese and many other considerations, a sudden easing measures taken by the Soviet Council of Ministers Chairman Kosygin use in early September to visit Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam, to offer condolences machine suddenly with the Chinese delegation to express condolences to the willingness to negotiate, and then Premier Zhou Enlai and Kosygin meeting suspension of tension between the two sides, but has not been any resolution. Since then, begun to enter China and the Soviet Union for nearly 20 years of hostility state of readiness.
September 11, 1969, Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, Chairman of the Council of Ministers with the Soviet Union Kosygin met at the Beijing Airport.
China Zhenbao Island conflict, the performance of the whole world to see an indomitable Rao new China, in the face might not bow to the Chinese army's heroic let alone the Soviet Union realized that a method of warfare is difficult to conquer China, directly checked the Soviet Union's war in an attempt to. Chinese army in the conflict after the event revealed many of the problems have been a better solution, in particular, was very much the lack of effective anti-tank means, after years of catch up, today's anti-tank equipment and technology of China's reserves in the world the forefront. For the world, the Zhenbao Island war, the Chinese leaders recognize that the U.S. is not China's enemy, but also become China's strategic ally, thus opened in China and the United States and the Western world, the curtain to improve relations, China's international strategy status has improved, China's smooth accession to the United Nations, the international influence is increasing, making China really become a big country, the Soviet Union was officially formed the situation of Three Kingdoms, the world has entered a relatively stable period of development.
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