The Yue Japs were fighting and killing outside for a long time before they gradually calmed down... In fact, they couldn't quiet down in the end, because there were constant groans, but what we can be sure of is that the Yue Japs have given up the attack.
That's the plan for Position 581, at least tonight.
I think they must be wondering at this time... How can we do something that does not reveal our whereabouts but can also create turmoil among them? You know... the way the Japanese invaders engage in infiltration warfare requires the sacrifice of at least a few people.
, but none of us even went out.
They might be thinking... maybe they didn't recognize us just because we were wearing Vietnamese uniforms, or maybe they have realized that we must have used tunnels. After all, the Vietnamese are also experienced in using tunnels.
But no matter what, they will not come forward rashly without thinking of a proper solution.
It's just that we don't dare to go out... Obviously, it's dangerous to go out in the dark, especially when the enemy's situation is unknown. How many teams of Japanese soldiers are lurking outside? We should go out in case there is a fight.
It's chaos when you get up, it's so dark that no one can tell whether the people around you are enemies or friends, and even if there is a tunnel, it will be useless.
So we can only continue to stay inside and wait quietly. The only thing we can relax about is that the entrance to the tunnel is no longer blocked by the march.
It doesn't seem to make much difference whether it is stuffed or not. The reason is that the air coming in is not fresh, and it is full of the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood. Moreover, the pitch black outside makes people very worried. No one can guarantee the darkness.
Will China suddenly throw in a few grenades...
So under the pressure of this fear, in the end we were still packed into the march. Fortunately, we had installed several ventilation holes at the top of the tunnel. Otherwise, we would have been suffocated here.
At that time, seconds can be said to be like years. If you have never personally experienced it, you cannot imagine the double physical and psychological torture.
I want to sleep...but I don't dare to sleep. Because I am worried that once I fall asleep, I will never wake up again, and I really can't fall asleep in this stuffy, dark, wet, and smelly environment.
If you want to move...well, you can indeed do it, but you can only do a few limited movements, such as twisting your upper body and shaking your head.
In the end, Xiao Shitou couldn't bear it anymore and complained in a low voice: "Platoon leader, you should make up a set of chat codes tomorrow, for example, one long and three short means hello... This way you can chat when you have nothing to do!"
I couldn't help but feel angry after hearing this. He didn't even think about it... If we could chat using a communication rope, how many secret codes would we need to remember? I'm afraid I can't even remember them in a thick book.
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In the end, he couldn't stand it anymore, so Wang Kechang whispered: "Marx... I heard that you can write poems. Let's read one and listen!"
"No!" Marx was a little embarrassed.
"Read it!" Xiao Shitou agreed: "The march is blocked anyway, so if you speak softly, it won't reach outside!"
I also acquiesced to this point. Firstly, I believed that the Vietnamese Japanese had retreated. Secondly, there were still groans of wounded Vietnamese soldiers outside. More importantly, I knew that the silencing effect of quilts was still very good, so
It's not a big deal if you speak quietly.
"Let's play one!" Wang Kechang urged: "Otherwise we will all be bored to death..."
"Okay!" Marx said politely: "Then read one. You are not allowed to laugh!"
"Promise not to laugh!" Wang Kechang and Xiao Shitou immediately signed the pledge.
After a moment of silence, Marx said slightly sadly:
"On your birthday, you sacrificed,
On this day of your sacrifice, it is your birthday.
On your birthday, you killed three enemies,
On this day of your sacrifice, a victory was born.
then……
The day you were born becomes the day you die,
The day you die becomes the day you live forever!"
It was eerily quiet in the tunnel, and everyone was thoughtfully savoring every sentence and word in this poem. It was not about how well it was written, but that it really resonated with us.
After a long time, I finally asked: "What is the name of this poem?"
"Birthday!" Marx replied silently.
"Is it true?"
"It's true!" Marx nodded: "My fellow countryman... died during the attack on Honghe, and that day happened to be his birthday!"
So I didn't know what to say, I was just thinking...if his parents knew that he died on this day, I don't know how sad they would be.
Then we quickly lost our interest in chatting, and we just sat silently in the tunnel with our eyes open until dawn. There was even a period of time, I believe I seemed to have slept vaguely for a while... Yes,
I wasn't sure if I was asleep, I was probably in a half-asleep and half-awake state. It wasn't until Captain Luo's voice came from the walkie-talkie that I woke up with a start.
"Second Platoon Commander!" Captain Luo said: "It's almost dawn, be ready to leave the tunnel!"
"Yes!" I responded and asked the soldiers to get ready. Then I turned aside a corner of the marching quilt and tried my best to look out of the tunnel. I found that there was only a little fish belly white on the horizon. It seemed that I couldn't hold it in the tunnel.
It's not just us.
"Act!" Following Captain Luo's order, the soldiers and I immediately ran out of the tunnel with guns in hand and set up guns outside.
When building the tunnel, we had already considered the deployment of troops when leaving the tunnel, so outside the tunnel was a bunker facing the mountaintop formation. If there were enemies on the top of the mountain, we would have to face enemies from all over the mountain at the same time.
Firepower from several directions.
This is of course very important, as the old man said: "The position on the top of the mountain is a battleground between the enemy and us every day, because the enemy often builds tunnels on the reverse slope. Whoever occupies the position on the top of the mountain has the initiative for a day!"
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I know very well what the initiative the old man is talking about. For example... if the position on the top of the mountain is in our hands, then we can place a few machine gunners or snipers on the position on the top of the mountain to block the slope where the Vietnamese army is.
Other soldiers in the army can move relatively freely.
On the contrary...if the position on the top of the mountain is in the hands of the Yue Japanese, then we must either fight to the death to recapture the position on the top of the mountain, or be prepared to stay in the tunnel for another day.
The first thing to do when walking out of the tunnel is, of course, to remove mines... At this time, the map drawn when laying mines comes into play. According to the map, we can easily find the location of the mines. If they are stepped on by the Japanese, it will be a pit.
, otherwise you need to take it out and adjust it to a safe position for next use.
After doing this, we dared to start cleaning the battlefield with confidence... At first glance, there was blood and broken limbs everywhere, but what surprised us was that there were not many corpses.
But I know that this does not mean that we did not kill many Vietnamese soldiers last night, but because the Vietnamese army, like us, has the habit of dragging away as many corpses as possible. Obviously... we waited boredly in the tunnel last night.
At that time, the Yue Japanese were busy dragging the corpses, which can be seen from the mud marks left by the moving corpses everywhere on the position.
But this is fine, we are too lazy to help the Vietnamese bury the corpse. You must know that this is our territory. If the Vietnamese leave the body here...it will start to rot within two days as soon as the rain comes, and no one can bear the smell.
Come on.
Then we carefully climbed up to the top of the mountain in skirmish formation, and looked down... There were still shadows of Japanese soldiers everywhere, and we didn't know where they had gone.
Only then did the soldiers laugh out loud:
"This time, if you go against the Japanese, you'll lose all the money!"
"It's a pity that we don't know how many enemies we killed last night!"
"Don't talk about it, there is still a company!"
"If you ask me...more people were beaten to death by themselves!"
With a coaxing sound, all the soldiers couldn't help but laugh proudly.
I also agree with this statement. The large-scale damage we were able to cause to the Vietnamese last night was at most a burst of shelling at the beginning. After that, the grenades were thrown randomly by a blind man, so this
The bloodstains and broken limbs on the slope were mostly due to accidental injuries by the Vietnamese army themselves.
"Alas! The second platoon leader's method really works!" Liang Lianbing couldn't help but said with some conviction: "To be honest... I wasn't optimistic about this tunnel at first, because I thought it was passive defense... Besides, this tunnel can't help but...
To blow it up, all the Japs can do is just throw a grenade into it and the explosive pack comes in and we're done... I didn't expect it to have so many tricks!"
"That goes without saying!" Xiao Shitou said triumphantly: "Follow what our platoon leader does... Which time has he not won the battle?"
"Fuck you!" I scolded angrily: "If you have so much confidence in me, who was asking this and that in fear before the fight started last night?"
"I..." Xiao Shitou touched his head in embarrassment and replied, "I'm just being careful..."
With a coaxing sound, the little stone's appearance once again aroused laughter from the soldiers.
"Well done!" Captain Luo stepped forward and patted me on the shoulder, and said: "This has been tested in actual combat. Facts have proved that your tunnel tactics are effective. Let's work harder and build more.
A tunnel!"
"Company Commander!" I said: "What the third platoon leader said just now makes sense. I have been thinking about this issue... The vitality of our tunnel is a bit low. Once the Vietnamese Japanese find the location... they will immediately fall into a passive position.
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Captain Luo nodded and said: "Nothing is perfect as soon as it is built. Slowly think of ways to improve it. With you as a think tank... I don't need to worry!"
Hearing this, I couldn't help but sweat. The blame was so easily placed on me.
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Note: The poem "Birthday" in this article was written by a soldier on the Laoshan Front whose pen name was Shanzi. (To be continued...)