| Battle of Laoshan | |||||||||
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| Part of Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991) | |||||||||
 Type 66 howitzer. One of the weapons used in the battle by the People's Liberation Army | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 China |
 Vietnam | ||||||||
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40th Division
4th Artillery Division
41st Division
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313th Division
3 other Infantry Regiments (Rear support) | ||||||||
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Offensive phase
Counteroffensive phase Unknown | |||||||||
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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
- ^ a b O'Dowd 2007, p. 193.
- ^ Zhang 2015, p. 155.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ a b Li 2007, p. 260.
- ^ Zhang 2015, p. 156.
- ^ O'Dowd 2007, p. 98.