Operational survey:
On February 17, 1979 China invaded, the war started, to seize Mengguan town.
On February 18 seizes the clear water, the Vietnamese troops to the gallery resists stubbornly in the Gaoping front, forgives area the mountain, Dongdang's guided missile position is destroyed, the Laokay fierce combat, the Lai continent Vietnamese troops retreat Heihe Nanan. On February 19 attacks and seizes river County Magistrate Lu the snow-capped mountain, the air force bombing the coast defense.
On February 20 captures Laokay, Dongdang, a package of happy fierce combat, the Vietnamese air force attacks west of the river mouth the reinforcing unit.
On February 21 captures the Gaoping.
On February 22 seizes a package of unhappiness, the Vietnamese troops reassigns in Cambodian and Laos's army returns to guards against, 2 teachers which defends Hanoi attempts to the Gaoping, the Laichau aspect China army to launch the counter-attack, the idle work.
On February 23 forgives nearby the mountain the high horse hill eruption intense attack and defense war, captures the river river. Reenforce two teachers under air protection, attack awn street, Locbinh.
On February 24 the Vietnamese troops counter-attack, with the Chinese army in the Gaoping, Laokay had the street fighting Vietnamese troops once to attempt to seep enters within the boundaries of China, but all suffered routs. Captures the citrus reticulata the pond. On February 25 gets up the combat situation rubber, the Vietnamese troops cling to tenaciously border defense important place to forgive the mountain. On March 1 forgives the mountain fierce combat, the Vietnamese troops reenforces sharpest 308th Shi Xiang from Hanoi to forgive the mountain to launch counter-attack, and use chemical weapon. On March 4 308 teachers suffer China to repel, forgive the mountain downcast.
On March 5 China announced achieved "punishes Viet Nam" the goal, starts to withdraw troops. Vietnam announces the national general mobilization command, the pledge resistance. On March 7 gets up China officially to withdraw troops, and plundering commodity, when use military supplies vehicles return trip carries within the boundaries of China. Many place Vietnamese industry and mining industry equipment suffers the destruction. On March 13 continues to withdraw troops, China lays down the land mine in the route of withdrawal, shields the withdrawal of troops by the rocket and the long distance fire. Vietnamese troops not large-scale pursuit motion.
On March 16 China announced completes the withdrawal of troops motion, the war ended.
◎作战概况：1979年2月17日中国入侵，战争开始，占领孟关镇。
2月18日占领清水，越军在高平战线以坑道顽抗，谅山、同登一带的飞弹阵地被摧毁，老街激战，莱洲越军退守黑河南岸。
2月19日突袭并占领河鹿县长白山，空军轰炸海防。
2月20日攻陷老街、同登，包乐激战，越南空军攻击河口以西的增援部队。
2月21日攻陷高平。
2月22日占领包乐，越军抽调驻高棉与寮国的部队回防，防守河内的2个师试图对高平，莱州方面中国部队展开反击，无功。
2月23日谅山附近高马山爆发激烈攻防战，攻陷河江。
增援的两个师在空军掩护下，进攻芒街、禄平。
2月24日越军反击，与中国部队在高平、老街发生巷战越军曾试图渗透进入中国境内，但全遭击溃。
攻陷柑塘。
2月25日起战情胶著，越军死守边防要地谅山。
3月1日谅山激战，越军自河内增援最精锐之第308师向谅山展开逆袭，并使用化学武器。
3月4日308师遭中国击退，谅山陷落。
3月5日中国宣布达到“惩越”目的，开始撤军。
越南宣布全国总动员令，誓言抵抗到底。
3月7日起中国正式撤军，并掠夺物资，利用补给车辆回程时载回中国境内。
多处越南工矿业设备遭破坏。
3月13日继续撤军，中国在撤退路线上铺设地雷，以火箭与长程炮火掩护撤军。
越军无大规模追击行动。
3月16日中国宣布完成撤军行动，战争结束。
Vietnam War
conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. The war began soon after the Geneva Conference provisionally divided (1954) Vietnam at 17° N lat. into the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). It escalated from a Vietnamese civil war into a limited international conflict in which the United States was deeply involved, and did not end, despite peace agreements in 1973, until North Vietnam's successful offensive in 1975 resulted in South Vietnam's collapse and the unification of Vietnam by the North.。