Due to the heavy casualties in the whole line, morale was severely hit, so we quickly retreated to the second line under the order of our superiors to rest. So the 119.7 high ground was completely handed over to our company to defend.
This time we learned our lesson and built all the fortifications on the back slope.
Although the Vietnamese mortars will also hit the backscene surface, it is impossible to know where our newly built fortifications are, nor can they adjust the orders in advance to give us a very high-precision bombardment...
Of course, there will be problems in building fortifications on the back slope. The back slope blocks the enemy's view and also blocks our own view. Therefore, if the enemy secretly launches a charge on the high ground, we will not be able to discover it in time... The solution is to
Several secret sentries were arranged on the top of the mountain. Once the situation was discovered, a signal was sent to the main force immediately enter the top of the mountain to prepare for war.
From this point of view, this is also a practical advantage: the troops have been trained and have learned tactics from it.
But it is ironic that... these tactics were used by our army to deal with the Americans when we resisted the U.S. aggression and aid Korea. However, our army has gradually forgotten about training over the past few decades. Instead, the Japanese devils came from the scene because they wanted to deal with the Americans.
We have learned this, so we still have to learn from the Vietnamese devils and pay the price of blood and life...
Then one after another, a military vehicle loaded with the People's Liberation Army drove up.
The 119.7 highland we took has two purposes:
First, we can ensure that the highway from our defense line to Sabah is not attacked by the Vietnamese army. For example, now, because of our victory, our main force can use cars to quickly maneuver to this area.
Second, we have given our army a base for offensive operations. Let the follow-up troops use the 119.7 high ground as the basis and launch an attack on the subsequent high ground.
So I knew that the battle did not end there, and a new battle was about to begin soon.
Sure enough, not long after, Company Commander Luo summoned the three of us platoon leaders together.
"Just received the mission!" Under the dim light of the flashlight, Company Commander Luo pointed to the map and said: "Our main force will soon launch an attack on the 332 and 278 Heights after 119.7. The superiors asked us to use a platoon of troops
To guard the position, the other two platoons launched a feint attack on the 278th Highlands front to cooperate with the Second Battalion's offensive against the 278th Highlands. I decided that the third platoon would guard the position. The first and second platoons would have any problems?”
"No problem!" Bad and Liang Lianbing answered very simply, but I was the only one who said nothing.
This order is actually very simple and easy to understand. Just like we capture the 119.7 highland... Use superior forces to carry out a frontal feint attack on the Vietnamese highland and then encircle the side and rear of the Vietnamese army. In this way, the work on the top positions of the two highlands of the Vietnamese army
It is very likely that it will not work.
but……
"Second Platoon Commander?" Company Commander Luo cast a puzzled look at me and asked, "What are your problems?"
"Company Commander!" I replied: "I don't think it's suitable for attack at this time!"
"What?" Hearing this, including Scar and Liang Lianbing, they were a little confused. They originally thought I was just giving advice, but they didn't expect that I would overturn all the offensive plans of my superiors.
"Tell me why!" Corps Luo asked.
It should be said that Company Commander Luo is already very patient. If he changes to another company commander, he is afraid that he will scold him at this time: "If you ask you to beat you, you will beat you, so much nonsense... What power do you, a platoon leader, have to deal with your superiors.
The strategy is all about it. Is it your command or your superior?!!”.
"I always thought..." I said: "It's a bit too easy for us to take down this 119.7 high ground! It only took more than twenty minutes. Company Commander, look..."
As I said that, I pointed to the three high grounds on the map and said, "These three high grounds are distributed in triangles. The 332 high ground and the 278 high ground are located on both sides of the 119.7 high ground respectively. The top position of the mountain is only more than 500 meters away from the 119.7 high ground...
In other words, the 278th Highland can provide fire support to the right wing of the 119.7th Highland, and the 332th Highland can provide fire support to the left wing of the 119.7th Highland, why didn’t the Vietnamese Japanese do this?”
This problem is very obvious. In the battle just now... our two companies launched an attack on the 119.7 high ground from the side and back. At first, I didn't think anything was there, but after being bombarded by the Vietnamese army, I
I realized... When we launched an attack on the 119.7 high ground, we actually shone our backs in front of the Vietnamese troops on the next two high grounds.
It is conceivable that if a bullet was fired on the 278 high ground at this time, my company would be attacked by the Vietnamese army. At that time, my company would not only not be able to take the 119.7 high ground, but also likely to suffer heavy losses.
casualties.
"This is not simple!" Liang Lianbing replied: "At that time, our artillery fire was extending into the depths of the Vietnamese army. The Vietnamese Japanese Highlands 278 and 332 were pressed by our artillery fire. How could there be any way to provide the 119.7 Highlands.
Fire support!”
It should be said that Liang Lianbing's analysis still makes sense. At that time, the 278 Highland was indeed suppressed by our army's artillery fire, but... I don't believe that the Vietnamese army would not have thought of this.
I said: "The Vietnamese Army is good at building authentic fortifications. It is hard for me to believe that our artillery fire can suppress all firepower points of the Viet Japanese. What's more, the tilt of the 278 Highland is facing the flank of the 119.7 Highland. The Viet Japanese Army only needs to be on the 278 Highland.
A few tunnels are built on the inclined surface, and a few machine guns are installed at the entrance of the tunnel to easily provide fire cover for the flanks of the 119.7 highland. Even if our army has artillery fire suppression, it will not work!"
After I said this, everyone was speechless, because until now, the warriors knew how well the Japanese were proficient in using the authenticity. Besides, because the 119.7 highland is in front and 278 highland is in the back, so the 278 highland is in the back.
Some lower parts of the inclined surface are also dead corners of our army's artillery fire (the shells will be blocked by the top of the mountain on the 119.7 high ground), so it is not difficult to do what I said.
"I agree with the second platoon leader!" After a while, Scar nodded and said, "What I always find strange is that the 119.7 highland is one kilometer from east to west, which is enough for the two companies of the Vietnamese army to garrison, and the Vietnamese army is also in the same way as the Vietnamese army.
The Japanese also built deep-deep defense fortifications divided into several trenches, which are enough fortifications to be used by two companies... But the Vietnamese Japanese we encountered on the 119.7 high ground only had one company, and where did the other company go?"
"Retreat? That's impossible!" Scar continued: "Our two companies attacked from the 119.7 high ground, one left and one right. If a company of the Vietnamese army escaped, our army would definitely notice it, so...
The only explanation is…”
"typical!"
"typical!"
...
Several people said this word at the same time, an unexpected but inevitable word.
"So..." Captain Luo narrowed his eyes: "The Yue Japanese hidden their troops, and they are right under our feet! What do they want to do?"
"I want to get back the 119.7 highland?" Liang Lianbing said.
Company Commander Luo shook his head: "If you want to get the high ground back, then they should come out when they bombard the first company!"
Corps Luo was right. At that time, we were in a mess and we escaped by chance, and there were no fortifications... If we wanted to regain the high ground, that moment was undoubtedly the best time.
If it wasn't for regaining the high ground, it would be...
Thinking of this, I was shocked and said, "Can it be an ambush against my group?"
"Ambushes? How do you say it?"
"The situation is very obvious!" I said: "The Vietnamese Japanese knew that after our army took down the 119.7 high ground, they would definitely transfer the main force to attack the subsequent 278 and 332 high ground. If our army has all its strength to attack the 278 and 332 high ground, they would launch an attack on the 278 and 332 high ground.
At that time, the Vietnamese army suddenly occupied the 119.7 highland, then..."
Listening to my words, everyone looked at me in horror, because the 278, 332 and 119.7 highlands on the map formed a circle of encirclement. If our regiment launches an offensive as planned... it is very likely that it will fall into the carefully set up by the Vietnamese army.
A trap.
Just imagine, there will be only one platoon of troops stationed in the 119.7 Highlands... It will be too easy for the Vietnamese Japanese to launch a sneak attack at night to regain their positions. And because our army's tactics are single, such as the offensive now and about to come...
Using the old tactic of "front breakthrough, two wings encirclement" that even I would understand, the result is... a large number of troops will be trapped in the middle by three high grounds, and only the two wings that are behind the edge can be outside the encirclement.
However, these two wings are afraid that they will not be able to provide effective reinforcements to us, because there are mines everywhere on both sides of the high ground... We opened a passage from the minefield. So, by then, the troops on both wings can use the fastest
Take a high ground quickly, otherwise you can only watch our main force be annihilated in the encirclement!
"Damn it!" Scar punched the map and cursed: "This Japanese devils have a big appetite. I want to eat our group in one bite!"
"The Vietnamese Japanese want to give us a warning!" Company Commander Luo said with a very ugly expression: "We always thought that the Vietnamese army was defending, but we didn't expect that they were attacking instead of defending, with the purpose of eliminating our army's vitality...
…No! I have to report this to my superior immediately!”
As he said that, he stood up and walked towards the radio...
"Company Commander!" I thought about it, followed Captain Luo and chased after him, and then approached and whispered: "We might as well... make a plan..." (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better