1964 China-India Border Counterattack Station Why didn't our army hit New Delhi?

Premier Zhou Enlai clearly pointed out: We can have this idea. However, this is not active enough. It will be regarded as changing the status quo of the border by force and realizing territorial claims; We took the initiative to cease fire and retreat, won the praise of people all over the world, put Nehru in a passive position, disrupted his deployment and cracked down on imperialist plots. Is it weak to take the initiative to cease fire and retreat? No, we are more active and invincible. This is a sign of strength, not weakness.

Corresponding to what Zhou Enlai said, the Indian government has mobilized the whole people to prepare for a big war with China with the support of the United States. If so, Nehru will become India's national hero, and the Sino-Indian border issue will become complicated, sharp and protracted, which will have far more adverse effects on China's national interests than positive ones. It is conducive to the formation and closure of U.S. imperialism's crescent encirclement of China, weakening China's established good influence in the Third World and some western European countries, and affecting the recovery and construction of China's domestic national economy. The development of facts confirmed Premier Zhou Enlai's foresight: after China unilaterally withdrew its troops, India immediately fell into a passive position, neither fighting nor fighting, let alone fighting, and could not explain to the nationalist wave that broke out at home. Soon, the Nehru government was attacked by political enemies, and Nehru himself, who had always enjoyed high prestige in India, was directly questioned, and the internal contradictions in India intensified. In fact, the Indian government acquiesced in the actual line of control in China. This actual control line is also the actual control line before the war. When withdrawing troops, it was clear that all areas controlled by China before the war must continue to be controlled. Some people distort the facts with ulterior motives, thinking that China's withdrawal is from the areas controlled before the war, which is an asshole. In addition, the long-term stationing of troops in the Sino-Indian border area will increase China's economic and national defense burden, which is not conducive to the overall interests. Israel's subsequent withdrawal from Sinai was basically based on the same considerations. Later, in 1967, there were two major conflicts between the Indian army and our army, both of which ended in failure.

It is groundless to say that the China government has insufficient understanding of the importance of this region. But any clever and pragmatic politician and strategist will not only pay attention to the land (isn't this the mistake Nehru made? ), but invest in a broader field. Personally, fortune veterans think that it is better to shelve this field now than to solve it now. If we talk about it now, it is likely to be solved on the basis of the status quo. How to solve it in the future depends on the results of all-round competition between China and India in political, economic and military fields. And this, the wealth veteran is more confident. Political, diplomatic and military struggles should be closely integrated, both rational and beneficial, and restrained. The pain of being beaten is not endless, but enough is enough. China was forced to fight back in self-defense and didn't want to change the status quo of the Sino-Indian border by force, let alone occupy an inch of Indian land. China was forced to fight back with only one purpose, that is, to show the Indian side that the border dispute between the two countries can only be solved fairly and reasonably through peaceful consultation. ...

In the self-defense counterattack on the Sino-Indian border, the Central Committee and the Central Military Commission, proceeding from the desire to peacefully resolve the Sino-Indian border issue, closely combined the military and political and diplomatic struggles, putting politics before the military and gifts before the troops. According to the needs of political and diplomatic struggle, we decide to fight, stop, advance and retreat militarily, and political and diplomatic struggle should cooperate with military struggle. Military victory has created favorable conditions for political and diplomatic struggle. The better the military struggle, the better and more active the political and diplomatic struggle. Therefore, in this political and military campaign, there is still a lively drama of twists and turns in the history of Chinese and foreign wars, starting to stop, starting to retreat, fighting back, and releasing prisoners.

China's border guards' fighting, stopping, advancing and retreating are interlocking and extremely flexible, which completely disrupted the deployment of Indian troops and forced the Indian government to oppose the ceasefire, though unwilling. Although unwilling to negotiate, it is not good to fight again; You can neither Tan Shengli nor dare to talk about failure; I was beaten out of my mind and was in a dilemma. A foreign friend said: "In this struggle, China has used all kinds of struggle methods perfectly, including military, political and diplomatic. They cooperated closely with each other and their struggle strategies were flexible, reaching the highest level. "