349 Looting
The reason why the Phnom Penh government (puppet regime) agreed to the United Nations to intervene in mediation more easily is mainly related to the huge gap in national strength between China and Vietnam. In the early years, China and Vietnam fought against the two mountains battlefields, and the Vietnamese were beaten to pieces. Both the army and the air force suffered heavy losses. Even the Vietnamese army could not get close to the two mountains borders within forty kilometers. Once Vietnamese reinforcements entered this "buffer zone", the Chinese would find out if they didn't know how, and then fierce artillery fire would attack, defeating the Vietnamese.
The similar situation was also in the South China Sea. The Zhongtu family used the tactic of trapping the island in an extremely dark way. The supplies of the offshore islands occupied by Vietnam in the South China Sea were cut off by the Chinese Navy. The soldiers on the island either died of thirst and starved to death, or committed suicide or surrendered, but Vietnam had no way to do anything.
China sent troops to Malaysia and recapture Taiwan. All kinds of military operations have proved one thing, that is, China's military strength is definitely not something Vietnam can fight against. If China is determined to make efforts on the Cambodia issue, then the Phnom Penh government will definitely not have a good end. Vietnam, which faces difficulties outside, cannot take good care of the Phnom Penh government at this time, so it is not a big blame for the Phnom Penh government to start looking for a way out.
Another thing is that although China has not directly supported the three factions of the Democratic Cambodia (Sihanouk, Qiao Senpan, and Song Shuang), it has used the Nanyang Kingdom to send a lot of weapons to the Democratic Cambodia and other Democratic Cambodia armed forces. Some military advisory groups even guided them in the Democratic Cambodia armed forces. This has put a considerable pressure on the Phnom Penh government. The Phnom Penh government has no confidence that it can completely rely on force to resolve the rebellious forces, so it has to seek a political solution.
After the United Nations peacekeeping force headed by China arrived in Kampong, the first thing he did was to appease refugees. Many people were displaced due to war, and the civil war in Cambodia also brought great trauma to the country. In the spirit of humanitarianism, the Rabbit Family called on countries around the world to provide assistance to Cambodia's refugees and provide them with necessary supplies.
However, taking this opportunity, the Rabbit family made a small fortune. Some countries donated cash. The Rabbit family took it to exchange it for tents, medicines and other supplies in China, and then transported it to Cambodia. Although the amount was not particularly large, it also benefited the country's industrial and commercial industries.
The main mission of the peacekeeping force is actually a diplomatic task, not mainly for combat, so the first principle of the United Nations peacekeeping force is to not engage in any party involved in conflict, and force is only used for self-defense. After arriving at Kampong, the main officials including the Observatory Mission and Blue Hat began to invite the Kampong three parties, as well as the Phnom Penh government, and the Vietnamese garrison, to come to Kampong for discussion on the situation.
After all, the United Nations flag is relatively easy to use. Even the Vietnamese are unruly, they finally sent a relatively senior officer, Li Zhen, to participate in the meeting. However, the meeting was not very constructive. The commander of the peacekeeping force, Chinese Colonel Long Xin, directly conveyed the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly: "We require that Vietnam withdraw troops from Cambodia unconditionally to respect Cambodia's national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to give up the inappropriate ideas related to Cambodia's internal affairs, and to effectively and effectively maintain regional peace and stability.
This kind of official-articular Long Xin naturally fought well. Before going abroad, they all received diplomatic training丨Are speaking differently, no worse than a real diplomat. However, Vietnamese officer Li Zhen lacked such diplomatic dispute training丨Want to say anything rebuttal, but he was so rude that he didn't say a few logically complete words to swear Long Xin, which made them even more unjust
The Vietnamese did not stay in Kampong for a long time, and they could not be disgraceful, nor did they make any harsh words, so they left strangely. The departure of the Vietnamese also made the opportunity for reconciliation in Cambodia a little slim, but Colonel Long Xin said in an interview with Western reporters: "...A red line must be drawn for Vietnam. Some things are absolutely impossible to negotiate and trade, such as Cambodia's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Our peacekeeping forces uphold the resolution made by the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly, that is, Vietnam must withdraw from Cambodia unconditionally anyway, and the Cambodians must resolve the Cambodians themselves."
Some Western journalists who don’t like China very much said: “In this incident, China took advantage of its military strength and political influence to actively intervene in Cambodia’s affairs. Is it a manifestation of other people’s internal affairs?”
Long Xin answered without any leakage, and he also tried to stop and beat him, saying: "First of all, I need to express my dissatisfaction with this journalist friend. Our country is indeed not involved in the internal affairs of other countries. However, this peacekeeping operation was not carried out alone in the name of China. Our peacekeeping soldiers here are not only Chinese, but also Canadians, Brazilians, Pakistanis, etc. We followed the instructions of the UN Security Council and entered Cambodia to maintain peace in Southeast Asia and resolve disputes, rather than China intervening in other countries' internal affairs in violation of principles. If we did not understand this, I am afraid that this journalist friend is not a competent political journalist."
A group of Western journalists did not pick any bones in Longxin. They just had some resentful guys wrote some reports about the lack of politeness and quality of Chinese foreign-related military personnel, which did not cause much trouble.
The event that really caused changes in Cambodia's situation to occur in July.
The peacekeeping force not only brought more than 2,000 soldiers, but also escorted a large amount of relief supplies, which were used to resettle refugees in Cambodia. There are many types of humanitarian relief supplies, ranging from basic tents, blankets, clothing, to medicines, drinking water, and food, which are very complete and not small.
Originally, these materials were well delivered, which brought a lot of help to the lives of refugees in Cambodia. However, Cambodia is not just the refugees who are short of medical treatment and medicine, and are malnourished. I don’t know if they were robbed of the bear heart and leopard courage. When a convoy was transported to a remote area, the armed forces of the Phnom Penh government, together with a group of Vietnamese soldiers, looted the transport convoy. Because the peacekeeping troops were short of strength, they needed to do engineering, rescue, mine sweeping, and maintain order, and other tasks. The convoy did not follow the escort with the blue hat. Therefore, the Vietnamese soldiers successfully robbed the transport convoy, seized a large amount of food and medicine, and even killed three Cambodian volunteers and a Greek volunteer in the convoy.
After this incident was exposed, it caused an uproar internationally. Mainstream Western media began to attack the Phnom Penh government and Hanoi government. Some more radical media even used the words "robbery" to insult the country's character, and believed that it was bloody and cruel and must be punished.
UN Secretary-General De Quelialyar strongly condemned the violent acts of the Phnom Penh army and the Vietnamese army robbed humanitarian aid supplies and killed people, and claimed that if the situation develops in a worse direction, it is not ruled out that more intense but appropriate means should be used to protect the lives and property of Cambodians.
A spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said at a regular press conference: "...We strongly condemn the perpetrators' violent behavior. This cold-blooded and unjust behavior can only lead to worsening the situation and push the Cambodian people into the abyss. Our country will subsequently submit a draft to the UN Security Council, send more peacekeeping troops to Cambodia urgently, and call on the international community to continue to pay attention to the situation in Cambodia and provide assistance to the best of its ability."
The United States has basically expressed condemnation of Vietnam and Cambodia, but in response to China's plan to send more peacekeeping troops, a White House spokesperson said that he does not want to see violence fight violence happening, and the problem can never be finally solved by force. He hopes that all parties can calm down and return to negotiations to resolve the problem.
Vietnam's response, which has not yet fully grasped international politics and world public opinion, seems very immature. First of all, the Hanoi authorities deny that the Vietnamese army was involved in the looting and massacre, and complained that some people wanted to frame Vietnam, claiming that Vietnam is a just and open country, and that the Vietnamese people should not be confused by the enemy's conspiracy.
Such an attitude naturally cannot solve the problem. As a result, some conflicts broke out again between the Democratic Republic of Cambodia and Phnom Penh government forces, and even these conflicts affected the United Nations peacekeeping forces.
I don’t know what I thought. Just a week after the incident, the Vietnamese attacked a humanitarian aid supplies distribution camp not far from the outskirts of Kampong. It may have robbed a lot of their scarce supplies last time, and this time I wanted to get more. In particular, the Vietnamese reconnaissanced that the peacekeeping troops brought a lot of good equipment. For Vietnam, which lacked elite weapons, winning was a major victory.
It is this magical idea that is completely out of touch with reality that the Vietnamese army actually took the initiative to attack the peacekeeping forces. Perhaps it was because they instilled too much in "imperialism" and "invaders" and so on that they actually had no sense of awe of the United Nations.
However, this time the Vietnamese fought not as a transport convoy without escort, but rather as a material camp under heavy guard by the peacekeeping troops. There is a Chinese Blue Hat battalion, although there are only more than 300 people, but it has equipment far superior to Vietnam.
The Vietnamese attacked at night, but they didn't know at all that night vision equipment was still there on the camp's sentry tower. After discovering that Vietnam was planning to attack at night, the camp's sentry sounded the alarm, and the soldiers who were waiting to go to war immediately and attacked the Vietnamese who were sneaking over.
Peacekeeping troops carried a large number of six mortars and light and heavy machine guns, while the troops in the Vietnamese attack camp basically held rifles and did not even have decent heavy firepower. Cross firepower was easily fired in the dark night. Before the Vietnamese could react, they saw several flares hitting the sky, and then they were shot with the strafing that was so pressing that people couldn't raise their heads.
Chapter completed!