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1978, the Vietnamese army had a million troops. Why are cat's ear holes widely used?
Generally, the cat's ear hole in the front line can only accommodate three soldiers, but actually it can only provide two soldiers with room to lie down and sleep. So most of the soldiers in the cat's ear hole take turns to rest, or some can only sit and curl up to sleep. Moreover, the tropical rain forest on the border of Vietnam has a very hot and humid climate. Soldiers in the cat's ear hole will get "rotten crotch" skin disease for a long time, and finally the soldiers inside may be naked.

But in the fighting environment of tropical rain forest, there are many mosquitoes, ants and poisonous snakes. Soldiers in cat's ear holes are easily bitten naked, and the chances of getting sick will increase. In order to avoid the problem of "rotten crotch", many soldiers can only wear skirts without underwear. Cat's ear cave is short of water for a long time, or in rainy season, the cave is full of water, and the bodies of many dead mice, snakes and soldiers will be washed into the cave with the rain. You can only drink rainwater when you are short of water, or use dew such as utensils at night.

It can be seen that the living conditions in the cat's ear hole are extremely bad. If not forced, no one wants to cat in the cat's ear hole.

Vietnam is mired in war.

The Sino-Vietnamese War began in February 1979 and officially ended in April 1, 1993. During this period, the fighting stopped and went through many positions. One of the most tragic is the battle between Laoshan and Shading Mountain initiated by 1984. After three years of repeated fighting, our army finally won these two areas.

That is to say, due to the fierce battle for positions, both sides are caught in a tug-of-war of positions, which is somewhat similar to the static war in the trenches during World War I. In the defensive war after taking positions, in the deep mountains and forests, neither side can use large machinery to build other fortifications, and the other side will not give you enough time to build fortifications, so the Cat's Ear Cave has become a storage place for soldiers and weapons and ammunition. Cat's ear hole is the safest and simplest fortification.

After World War II, Vietnam experienced a protracted war with France and the United States for 34 years. In fact, Vietnam is the country that is really mired in the quagmire of war. Vietnam is still in a situation where there are more women than men. When Vietnam fell into the Sino-Vietnamese war again, its domestic military resources were seriously insufficient, and Vietnam had at least 6,543,800+0.5 million irregular militia on the battlefield. Because Vietnam's war machine has been running and suffered heavy casualties, these Vietnamese militia have not accumulated rich combat experience. For recruits, the cat in the cat's ear hole is the best way to fight, which can not only reduce the casualties of soldiers, but also wait for a long time. Therefore, accurately speaking, because the offensive and defensive sides frequently confront each other in repeated battles for positions, both armies widely use cat's ear holes. Compared with the harsh conditions of mosquito bites and skin diseases, the loss of killed soldiers is the biggest loss for both sides.

Vietnam is at a disadvantage in war.

When the Sino-Vietnamese War started, it was in the honeymoon period between China and western countries. At that time, both the United States and France lost in the military contest with Vietnam, hoping that someone could give it an evil breath. Therefore, on the battlefield in Vietnam, our army used many weapons and equipment from western countries. Although Vietnam had the support of the Soviet Union, at that time, the Soviet Union was already deeply involved in the battlefield in Afghanistan, and it was difficult to protect itself and could not give Vietnam strong military assistance. Comparing the firepower of both sides, our army has the upper hand in artillery radar. Moreover, in 1979, six elite divisions of the Vietnamese army were held in Cambodia. Many Vietnamese troops fighting in the north are Vietnamese provincial troops, and their equipment is very old, so they can't be rescued in time and can only avoid soldiers.

Before and after the reunification of North and South Vietnam, Vietnam has been carrying out land reform. When the war broke out, Vietnam's production and operation had not fully recovered. Vietnam, which has not rested, is actually playing a swollen face and being fat, and is on the defensive in the war situation. For the defensive side, it is often to save the strength first and then seek the possibility of defensive counterattack. Maoer Cave is similar to the tunnel used by our army in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the Korean War. Moreover, cat holes are all dug in the mountains, and the top is thick with mud and stones. Shells hardly pose a major threat to cats' ear holes. If the cat's ear hole is built behind the attack direction, if the shooting arc of the shell is small, it will be blocked by the mountain, and if the shooting height is high, it will easily hit the ravine. At that time, there were no earth-penetrating bombs that could attack underground bunkers, so the cat's ear hole became the best choice for both sides to adapt to local conditions and adapt to the times.

The Vietnamese army is big but not strong.

1979, the population of Vietnam was only 5,365,438+10,000, but if the Vietnamese army exceeded one million at this time, the proportion of soldiers was 1.88%. Israel has a population of 8.7 million, with the Israeli army accounting for 6.5438+0.8 million, accounting for 2%, including the number of female soldiers. As a developed country, the proportion of soldiers in Israel has reached its limit, and the economic conditions in Vietnam at that time were unable to support so many elite soldiers. In other words, the number of Vietnamese troops exceeds this ratio, but the weight is not heavy, and the degree of water injection in combat effectiveness can be seen. You can't just look at the numbers to see how powerful the Vietnamese army is. The Vietnamese army knows very well that it can only rely on sea tactics, otherwise it will not use cat's ear holes.

Moreover, the Vietnamese army is not good at frontal combat. It can defeat the American army mainly by guerrilla warfare, ambush warfare, sneak attack warfare and trap warfare, and its only skill is to steal from us. If there is a direct conflict between the Vietnamese army and the Corps, it will attack our strengths with its own shortcomings. This mode of operation consumes too much and causes great casualties. The Vietnamese army can't afford to be injured, and its national strength will soon be dragged down. The magic weapon for the Vietnamese army to win is only to deal with each other in the tropical jungle, and to fight asymmetric wars is the only way to win.

The Vietnamese army also realized its characteristics of being big but not strong, and after the war, it carried out streamlining and downsizing to increase efficiency. At present, the number of Vietnamese troops is only about 500,000, which is half of the peak 1.26 million. But in terms of combat effectiveness, the current Vietnamese army is definitely better than 1978. Sometimes messy soldiers are not conducive to wartime operational command, which is the main direction for the army to normalize and improve its combat effectiveness.

To sum up, the cat's ear hole is the product of the special war era. Cat's ear hole combat, if put into the modern battlefield, is a cocoon, the effect will definitely be greatly reduced. In the modern war, due to the rapid development of offensive weapons, the cat's ear hole as a defense means has been eliminated, but the effect is little.