Sting of the Militia*
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Date: February 22, 1979*
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Battle Location: Lang Son Region, Vietnam*
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Battle Type: Vietnam defend vs China assault*
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Description: During China’s punitive assault on Vietnam in 1979 the People’s Army of Vietnam avoided using regular formations to combat the invading Chinese and instead relied on militia and local defence formations.*
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Many members of these non-regular units were however veterans of Vietnam’s previous wars and those militia units were quite possibly the most battle hardened units in existence anywhere in the world at the time. In only 16 days of war they would cause staggering losses among the less capable PLA units.*
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Approaching Lang Son, a larger city in the Chinese-Vietnames border region, Vietnamese militia units have deployed to ambush the advancing Chinese elements near a small deserted hamlet.*
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Notes: If  played against the AI the human player should take the Israeli side.*
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Source: Aaselius, Gunnar – Slagfaelten aefter 1945, vol 2 (“Battlefields after 1945”).*
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Design by: Ulf Lundstrom.**

