Two chemical defense soldiers were quickly mobilized, and they were assigned to the left and right in the trenches of the forward position. From these two positions, they were able to control most of the area in front of the position.
The order they received was: once the fighting starts, use the fastest speed to burn out the fuel in the incendiary bottles. The purpose is to prevent these incendiary bottles from becoming a source of damage to our troops.
Of course, it does not seem difficult to complete this order, because the capacity of the flamethrower used by our army at this time is not large... I learned from Captain Luo that our army was using Type 74 flamethrower at this time, and there were three of them.
Each fuel bottle has a capacity of 3.4 liters, and it can be sprayed three times. This is much different from the flamethrower commonly used in the world, which only has two oil bottles, a capacity of 15 liters, and can spray more than ten times.
Different.
From this aspect, our army's flamethrowers are less likely to be exploded by the enemy. After spraying three times, the bottle is empty. It can also be used as a body armor... It's just that if this thing explodes in a trench, it is no joke.
Yes, so for safety's sake it's better to be careful.
The next thing to prepare was the soldiers of the fourth company. In addition to preparing various weapons, each of them also prepared seven or eight grenades. Of course, these grenades had to unscrew the safety cover.
Finally, there are the troops of our second company. Under the control of Captain Luo, they quickly entered the trenches halfway up the mountain. The bayonets of their submachine guns were opened and they were ready for close combat. The space on the top of the mountain was limited and they could not
Accommodating two companies at the same time, that's all we can do.
After that, with the command from the regiment leader, the battle started.
What rose into the sky were three flares. As soon as the white flares rose into the sky, the front of the position was illuminated like daylight.
The flare was the signal to start the fight. So the two chemical defense soldiers stood up without saying a word and pulled the trigger on the corpse in front of the position... There was a "soar" sound. Several fire dragons successively shot from the injectors in the hands of the chemical defense soldiers.
When it came out, the front of the position was instantly burned into a fiery red. However, because the range of the flamethrower was only 40 to 50 meters, it only ignited a small part of the front of the position.
At the beginning, there was no movement from the Yue Japanese. This made me admire the will of the Yue Japanese. They were able to remain calm in such a fierce fire... I even had some doubts about whether there was something wrong with my inference.
However, the next second they saw a Vietnamese soldier covered in fire screaming and jumping up... Finally someone couldn't help it anymore.
Now that someone has set a precedent, there is no need for other Vietnamese soldiers to hide anymore, so the Vietnamese soldiers who were set on fire were soon rolling on the ground one after another. A rough count of the soldiers who were more than 40 meters away from the front of our trench
There are actually more than a dozen Vietnamese troops lurking in this position... It's scary to think about it. From this distance, they can even throw grenades into our trenches. You can imagine how much impact this will have on our positions once a fight breaks out.
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Other Vietnamese troops soon realized that they had been exposed.
The first thing that started was the covering firepower of the Vietnamese army, including tank guns, machine guns, mortars and anti-aircraft machine guns... There were even some tanks that were carefully camouflaged with vegetation, making it difficult for our army to detect them even under the illumination bombs.
It also proved that the Vietnamese army was fully prepared, but they were not very lucky. We found out before they planned to launch an attack.
Then a large number of Vietnamese troops emerged from the forest and rushed towards Highland 217. They looked like a reinforced company in front and back. This was not because the Vietnamese army did not arrange enough troops, but that the slope of Highland 217 was only enough.
A reinforced company of troops deployed.
Finally, the Vietnamese soldiers lurking among the corpses stood up, shouted and charged towards our position with their guns in hand...
It can also be seen from the order in which the various units of the Vietnamese army appeared that the coordination and cooperation between their units was quite in place.
According to ordinary people's thinking, when the latent troops in the corpse are discovered, it should be the latent troops who charge first. But this will cause two problems:
1: Without fire cover, the latent troops can't rush very far. If we fight like this, they will probably be annihilated by our bullets before they reach the top of the mountain. Of course, the Japanese will not do this.
Stupid thing.
2: The number of lurking troops is not large. As I predicted before, there are two platoons of dozens of people. Even if these few lurking troops can rush to the top of the mountain to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, if the follow-up troops have not arrived yet,
What should we do if we are annihilated by the enemy? Such a result will still render lurking useless.
Therefore, the order in which the Vietnamese army started fighting was: use various weapons to suppress the firepower of our army's positions, cover the latent troops to rush to the mountaintop position, and at the same time, the follow-up troops followed up as quickly as possible.
Moreover... all of this was a reaction after the Vietnamese army was caught off guard. This also shows the strong combat effectiveness of the 316a Division of the Vietnamese army.
This coordinated attack by the Vietnamese army seemed to be very effective. The soldiers of the fourth company on the top of the mountain had to bear the firepower from the Vietnamese army. In an instant, there were artillery shells and bullets, which only hit the entire top of the mountain.
It's all howling.
I think this is because the Yue Japanese have already adjusted the various elements or shooting angles during the day. Otherwise...it is impossible for them to be able to grasp the positions of the firepower points on the top of our mountain in this night. Of course,
Among them, there are also tanks with night vision capabilities such as T62, but there are not many T62s left in the Vietnamese army.
Then, just as the Vietnamese army was frantically suppressing our position with various weapons, the Vietnamese army lurking among the corpses launched a final charge against our position...
From this point of view, the commander of the Vietnamese army was quite far-sighted. He made sufficient preparations for the night battle during the day and considered every detail carefully.
So the situation became very critical for our side. All our soldiers were pressed in the trenches and could not lift their heads up. However, the latent troops of the Vietnamese army were getting closer and closer to our positions. Once they got closer to our positions,
At fifty meters... they can throw rows of grenades into our trenches.
There is no doubt that the lethality of grenades at this time is definitely stronger than those of tanks and anti-aircraft aircraft. Maybe it only takes one row... Our army's first line of defense will be broken by the Japanese.
It's a pity that the Japanese are not the only ones who are prepared.
"Beep, beep, beep..." Just when the enemy was approaching our defense line, the fourth company commander blew the whistle with all his strength.
This is a commonly used communication method in our army. On the battlefield, because the sound of guns and artillery is often too loud, it is difficult to ensure that all soldiers hear and execute the orders. So we will make an appointment before the battle to do what we will do when we hear the whistle.
Sometimes the length and frequency of the whistle are used to express different messages. This time... the whistle is the command to throw the grenade.
The advantage of a grenade is that you don’t have to stick your head out to throw it... you can just throw it away while hiding in the trench. Some people may ask, is it accurate to throw it like this? Can it blow up the enemy? This is also used
Grenades, then if we can blow up the Japanese Japs, why can’t the Vietnamese Japs bomb us?
This is the benefit of being condescending. We don’t need any accuracy to throw the grenade. All we need is to explode a barrage outside the trench so that the Japanese can’t advance. It’s the same grenade. Just because we are condescending, we can throw it away.
Farther away... So it's true that we can bomb the Yue Jap, but the Yue Jap can't bomb us.
So let the tank guns and anti-aircraft machine guns of the Nayue Japanese shoot loudly above our heads, we just hid in the trenches with our eyes closed and threw grenades out.
In order to keep all the soldiers in step, every time after throwing a grenade, the soldiers had to wait for the fourth company commander's whistle to sound before throwing another grenade. So they just listened to the rhythmic "bang bang" outside the trench.
With the explosion, a cloud of dust and thick smoke rose up from the outside of the position, as if walls were exploding.
As there are fewer and fewer grenades, problems will arise... Our grenades are also limited, right? Throwing one after another is not an option, right?
In fact, there is really no need to throw one after another. The purpose of doing this is not to kill many enemies or to prevent the enemies from coming up, but to delay the charge of the Vietnamese army.
Is there any use in delaying the Vietnamese army's charge?
Of course it is useful. Isn’t the coordination and cooperation between the various units of the Vietnamese army very good?
So... can the Vietnamese army's fire cover continue when the Vietnamese army's latent troops rush to the position on the top of the mountain? If the fire cover continues to hit randomly, it is very likely that the ones being hit will be our own people!
However, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and the Vietnamese army could not see when their charging troops would charge into the enemy's position, nor did they know when to stop shooting.
Therefore, the coordination between the Vietnamese army's fire cover troops and the latent charging troops became a problem.
I think there are several options for the coordination of the two armies of the Vietnamese Army:
First, using a walkie-talkie to communicate seems impossible. The reason is that if the latent troops carry a walkie-talkie on their back, the target will be too big. Even if they pretend to be dead, we will destroy the walkie-talkie with guns and cannons...
...and the sound of front-line gunfire will also affect the walkie-talkie conversation, which seems inappropriate on a battlefield where fighter planes are fleeting.
The second is to use the T62 tank's night vision ability to judge. However, this method was quickly rejected by our army's flamethrower. Although the flames in front of the trenches were getting smaller and smaller, it was still enough to affect the T62's night vision ability.
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The third is to judge by the explosion of grenades.
According to the Yue Japanese plan, they would use firepower to pin us down in the trenches, and then the lurking troops would rush forward and throw rows of grenades before continuing the charge... How would they know about the rows of exploding grenades?
Is it the enemy's or one's own?
So, just as I expected... after our army's grenades exploded outside several times, the Vietnamese army's fire cover quickly stopped. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!