| 摘 要： | (continued from lastissue)Battle of the Xisha IslandsIn March 1973,the United States,North Viemam and South Viemam signed the tripartite peace-restoring Paris Peace Accords,ending the Indochina war.The United States left some naval ships and military equipment to Saigon authority when it withdrew its military forces from Vietnam.Starting August that year,Vietnamese naval ships continuously entered China's Xi Sha waters,chased and arrested Chinese fishing boats,and attempted to occupy our Xi Sha Islands.Ignoring China's waming,Viemam sent a 2000-ton destroyer,two 1200-ton escorts and a 600-ton gunboat to China's Xi Sha sea area on January 15,1974.To protect the fishing production and state its sovereignty,China sent two 300-ton submarine chasers and two minesweepers to patrol the Yongle Island waters.With the advantage of bigger naval ships and being better armed than the few small Chinese patrol ships,the Vietnamese forced landing on Chenhang Island and Guangjin Island on January 19.They fired at the Chinese garrison on the island,and attacked the patrol formation.The Chinese fleet was forced to fight back,and the Xi Sha counter attack began.
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