Type 66 howitzer. One of the weapons used in the battle by the People's Liberation Army
Date
2 April – 4 August 1984 (4 months and 2 days)
Location
Laoshan on the China–Vietnam border near Malipo County and Vị Xuyên district
Result
Chinese victory
Territorial changes
China takes control of Laoshan[1]
Belligerents
China
Vietnam
Units involved
40th Division
31st Division
42nd Division
1 Infantry Regiment
4th Artillery Division
14th Army
1 Artillery Regiment
41st Division
1 Artillery Regiment
313th Division
122nd Infantry Regiment
3 other Infantry Regiments (Rear support)
168th Artillery Brigade
Strength
Offensive phase
24,000[2]
Counteroffensive phase
Unknown
Offensive phase
10,000[2]
Counteroffensive phase
30,000–40,000[3][4]
Casualties and losses
Chinese claim:
1,003 killed (Offensive)[5]
Vietnamese claim:
7,500 casualties (Total)[4]
Chinese claim:
2,000 casualties (Offensive)[5]
3,000 casualties (12 July)[6]
Vietnamese claim:
1,420 casualties (12 July)[4]
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e
Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991)
Triton Island
Shelling of Cao Bằng
Fakashan
Koulinshan
Laoshan
Zheyinshan
Operation M-1 [zh]
Operation M-2 [zh]
Phony war
Project Blue Sword-B
Beijing Military District rotation against Vietnam [zh]
Chengdu Military District rotation against Vietnam [zh]
Johnson South Reef
The Battle of Laoshan (Chinese: 老山戰役), known in Vietnam as the Battle of Vị Xuyên (Vietnamese: Mặt trận Vị Xuyên) was fought in 1984 between China and Vietnam as part of Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991). It is considered the largest scale engagement involving both countries since the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War.[7]
^O’Dowd, page 100
^ abO'Dowd 2007, p. 193.
^Zhang 2015, p. 155.
^ abc"Hàng nghìn chiến sĩ thương vong ngày cao điểm trận chiến Vị Xuyên". vnexpress.net (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
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