"What's the situation?" Captain Luo shouted loudly at the sentry looking at the edge of the line.
"Company Commander..." The sentry replied from a distance: "It seems that the Japanese invaders came up and stepped on a landmine!"
"What's the point!" Captain Luo cursed, waved his hand and ran up with the soldiers, and cursed at the sentry: "Why don't you report it when the Japanese in Yue came up? Only then did you realize..."
"Company Commander, this..." The sentry looked innocent.
We walked up to the position with our guns and saw it quickly. We quickly found out the reason: the rain was like layers of tulle being pulled in front of us, with a visibility of only a few dozen meters... No wonder the Vietnamese army stepped on it
The landmines were ringing and the sentry had not yet discovered the traces of the Vietnamese army, and they still said "it seemed to be" as they said.
"Company Commander! What should I do?" asked a soldier.
Commander Luo raised his telescope and looked into the rain, saying, "It seems that it is still far from here, don't worry too much!"
The company commander's judgment was correct. In fact, I heard the position the moment the explosion sounded... Although the explosion sounded, the sound was a bit dull, and it was obviously exploded in the valley.
In other words, the Japanese were still trying to cross the river valley at this time. I remember that our engineer troops buried many landmines in the vicinity. It would be a while since the Japanese were coming up.
"It's okay during the day! It's troublesome at night!" Scar raised his head toward the fortifications on the top of our mountain.
So everyone quickly understood: the fortifications we built before were rained... the cat's ear pierced either collapsed or filled with water, and even the trenches became ditches that could not hide from people.
If the Japanese invaders come to have an infiltration war at night... it will be difficult to deal with.
Corps Luo also frowned and quickly turned his gaze to me.
After thinking about it, I said, "I think... it will be difficult for the Japanese to come up within two days. Our engineers have laid a lot of mines on the surface. Now it's raining so heavily again. The stream is very fast.
It will rise... Even if the Japanese become more familiar with the terrain, it will take some time!"
"I know this!" Captain Luo said impatiently: "But what will happen in a few days? Will the Japanese give up?"
"Company Commander...I don't mean that!" I said: "I mean...we have at least two days to prepare!"
"Well! Tell me how to prepare..." Captain Luo took out smoke from his pocket, but when he saw that he had been soaked in the rain, he couldn't help but throw it to the ground with annoyance.
This does not mean that Captain Luo has a bad temper. In fact... everyone in the rain was very upset, including me.
"Start the tunnel right now!" I said, "I hope I can make some achievements in two days..."
"What?" The soldiers had an objection as soon as they heard me: "Planer Commander, it's raining so heavily... Are you saying that we're digging a tunnel in the rain?"
"Yes, the platoon leader!" The scholar interrupted, "And this thing in the tunnel...is not suitable for digging on rainy days. Let's dig a little rain and pour it in, and it's easy to collapse..."
"What can I do?" I said with a wry smile: "Do you want to wait for the sunny day? Then wait for next year!"
The soldiers were stunned when they heard what I said. Look at me and I look at you and don’t know what I mean.
"The second platoon leader is right!" Scar explained: "The weather in Vietnam... is the half-year dry season and the half-year rainy season. Now it is almost the time for the rainy season. I want to wait for the sunny day before working... I really have to wait until next year!"
Before Scar could finish his speech, the soldiers let out a wail of dissatisfaction... Apart from the place where we Chinese border with Vietnam, have you ever seen such a ghost weather? When did you think about being here from now on.
It would be strange if you stay in the rain and feel better.
"What's the name?" Company Commander Luo cursed angrily: "If you shout, you can make the tunnel? If you shout, you can hold the position?"
Then he turned his head and shouted to Scar and me, "A row leader, I will leave it to you to take responsibility for building the tunnel. If you need it, please tell me what you need. I will be responsible for contacting my superiors! Be sure to behave in two days
come out!"
"Yes!" The soldiers and I responded.
So the construction of tunnel fortifications began quickly... It should be said that I have no experience in building tunnels like Company Commander Luo and other soldiers. All I know is that I vaguely remember what the old man said in my mind.
Some words.
I remember when I was a child, I was wearing my hands because I moved my hoe at school... After I got home, the old man laughed at me: "Oh! Young people nowadays are so spoiled. We were like that at that time
You've been on the battlefield so much to get a gun..."
At that time, I replied without knowing the height of the world: "Can I touch a gun be the same as touching a hoe?"
This made the old man laugh, and then there were a lot of things about how they dug tunnels on the Vietnamese highlands... All I said made my ears calluse me.
OK! Things that were impatient before were really useful now.
What are the tools to use first?
Saws, axes, hoes, steel nails, long nails... In short, it's just a lot of lists. These things were not told by the old man, and the old man could not say so in detail, right? I just follow what the old man said
The process was demonstrated in my head, and then I thought about what tools would be needed when doing these.
Of course, landmines are indispensable.
By the way, this thing is very useful on such a battlefield. I remember saying to the old man: "When the two armies confront each other in the rainy season, Vietnamese agents often come over to touch holes at night... What is touching holes?
Do you understand when you touch the dark hole? The Japanese can't see where our hole is, so they can only touch it based on their experience. Once they touch it, they can stuff the grenades and explosives into it... What is the best way to deal with the hole?
?It's landmines, buried mines outside the entrance of his cave, and let the Japanese touch them..."
So there is no doubt that the mine reserves must be large. Considering that traffic will become increasingly inconvenient as the rainy season deepens, Corps Luo simply lets two vehicles transport them to the cave at the foot of the mountain.
Prepare for emergencies.
Then there is the construction of the tunnel. The best thing is the natural cave, which is strong and will not collapse like a mud cave at any time. If you don't pour it in, it will be a great fortification, but the problem is that there are not many caves, and
Often, they are not in important positions and cannot meet our combat requirements.
For example, the two suitable caves on the 581 high ground, one at the foot of the mountain and the other at the middle of the mountain. If we hide all in it, then the Japanese invaders seem to have to occupy the top of the mountain and have firepower to seal the entrance of our cave... Then everything is
It's over.
Therefore, such caves are only suitable for storing combat substances, such as mines, ammunition, food, etc. Several cat holes should be built around them for protection to prevent them from being bombed by the Japanese.
Then there are individual soldiers or multiple soldiers, and according to the old man... our country is still poor at this time and strategic material is in short supply. It is unrealistic to build steel and cement fortifications in a short period of time... so we should do as much as possible
Fortifications are built locally using materials.
But this is the case... I think it would be difficult if every unit uses steel and cement fortifications. After all, our army is too large, but there is no difficulty for our unit.
First of all, our company is a hero company, and it is easy to talk about anything from the superior. Secondly, Company Commander Luo seems to have a bit of a "back door" with his superior... Otherwise, it would be impossible to use three cars in just one hour.
Anything listed on my list will be delivered to me if you don’t fall into it!
So... if I ask for reinforcement and cement from my superiors, I don't think there is any problem.
But after thinking about it later... this cement fortification cannot be completed within two days, and the high ground on this border often changes hands between the enemy and us. In addition, the target of the cement fortification is too obvious, so the Vietnamese army came over to "hide the hole"
I don’t have to touch it anymore, I can see it... So I often feel halfway through the hard work and will be blown up by the Japanese devils, so I finally resisted this temptation and did not require steel and cement.
You know... If you can build a bunker with steel and concrete, it will be comfortable to hide in and sleep in the rain. Just for your life, let's bear it first!
So the material used to build this single-soldier tunnel was logs, which were everywhere on this mountain. The soldiers only needed to take an axe and a saw to do it.
The most difficult problem here is the drainage of the tunnel... If we dig a tunnel hard, we will find that the rain will flow backwards... Well, it's useless to say, but it's very likely that people will be in it because
The landslide was buried alive.
The solution is to solve the drainage problem first... Simply put, it is to dig a deep trench first. This deep trench is generally high and low, and can drain naturally. Then try to use the rainwater of this deep trench to drain the drainage ditch
After the row is finished...there is a capping combination with logs and stone water.
Of course, this cap is also of particular importance. At the bottom, it is supported by a herringbone log, just like the human-shaped fortifications of the Yue Japanese. The docking point of the log is cut with an axe and nailed to death with long nails. In the middle, a few bamboos are inserted.
Make a vent on it, and then use nylon bags filled with gravel to level it...
The reason I use nylon bags is because this thing is not easy to rot and has a certain waterproofing effect. Then a layer of logs is laid on it, then a layer of earth and stone, another layer of logs, another layer of earth and stone... Finally, it is necessary to
Use mud to disguise it on the outermost layer. If you don’t observe carefully, it will be difficult to find that there is a tunnel underneath that can hide people. (To be continued...)