With a "boom", with a loud explosion, the long-lost battle finally started in the early morning of the third day.
As we expected, the battle began with the explosion of the ammunition depot. But I couldn't be sure whether it was the real ammunition depot or the fake ammunition depot, because all I knew was a loud noise from the north.
Then a cloud of mushroom-like smoke rose.
It is true that this will directly affect the outcome of our battle, but as a platoon leader, I have no way of knowing this. In fact, even the company commander or even the battalion commander do not know, because only those who know that the ammunition has been transferred
A few.
At this time, the regiment commander certainly won't tell us the answer. The reason is that the radio will definitely be monitored by the Japanese.
"What's wrong?"
“What’s the situation?”
...
All the soldiers were shocked by the explosion from the rear of our army and drilled out of the tunnel. The soldiers were not fools. Of course, they knew that something must have happened in the explosion.
Then there was another roar of shells, and the shells passed over our heads and then hit the targets behind us hard.
This is the enemy's long-range artillery fire... Judging from the landing points of those shells, most of the Vietnamese artillery soldiers have targeted firepower coverage.
For example, some shells hit directly at anti-aircraft machine gun positions hidden in the second line... These anti-aircraft machine gun positions were built by our second-line soldiers with great effort. Their role can be imagined: they are usually hidden in the woods or grasses, and in general
They will not fire, just wait for a war like this to come and the Vietnamese army will rush to the top of the mountain. They will open their disguises and play a role.
If we could wait until that moment, it would be great. Because the anti-aircraft machine guns have a long range, the soldiers on the second line could provide us with firepower support on another high ground. In other words, no matter how many Vietnamese troops rushed up...
The result is that these high machines are intercepted.
There are also some semi-open tunnels, which are also used to provide fire cover on the front line. The difference is that this is fire cover for mortars. During combat, the mortar can use this semi-opening method.
The tunnel is fired outwards. Once you encounter enemy artillery fire, you can retreat into the tunnel to prevent cannon by carrying the mortar two steps back, which is very flexible and convenient.
Unfortunately, because of the leak of intelligence, these positions could not play a role at all. They were knocked off by the Japanese artillery shells in just two moves.
Maybe some people will say... We don't know in advance that the intelligence leaked? Why not transfer these firepower points?
This is our hardship: when the firepower point is transferred, it is likely to arouse suspicion of the Vietnamese agents. What we can do... is to communicate with the soldiers stationed at these firepower points, so that they can immediately transfer whenever there is a situation.
Therefore, I believe that the only thing that the Vietnamese artillery fire exploded was only some empty fire points.
Some shells were bombed on the highway behind our army... Although there were not many shells in this part, they were continuous, even from daytime to night, on the highway at three to five rounds every five minutes.
Uninterrupted fight.
This is the so-called artillery fire blocking. Its purpose is very obvious. Use artillery fire to blow off our army's traffic... The result of this is that our army cannot retreat. The other is that our army cannot obtain reinforcements and supplies.
The soldiers were all shocked by this scene, and they all knew that after fighting the war, the bombing of the Japanese artillery seemed to have completely isolated us.
"Damn it!" Scar was a sensible person. He knew what was going on when he saw the explosion point of the Vietnamese artillery fire. So he cursed fiercely: "Didn't it mean that the intelligence was not leaked? Why did the Japanese attackers attack this gun?
It's like having eyes?"
I winked at Scar from the side and said, "The good show is coming!"
"What? A good show?" Scar couldn't help but be stunned, but soon understood what I meant, and showed a look of sudden enlightenment.
"Woo..." A few minutes later, when the Vietnamese long-range artillery fire was almost blowing, a more sharp and harsh roar was made.
We all know that if we have combat experience... Because the long-range artillery shells are large, the whistle will be louder and thicker, while because the mortar shells are small and have a tail wing, the whistle will appear
Sharp and harsh.
Long-range shells are used to blow up the firepower point behind us, so what about the mortar shells? The target is undoubtedly us hiding behind the back slope.
So the soldiers all shrank into the tunnel with tacit understanding... Then they heard a burst of explosions passing through the tunnel.
This is an old trick for the Vietnamese army before the attack. Mortars can easily cross the top position and hit the back slope, so they are used very commonly in tunnel battles. This is why we have to bring two doors with us.
The reason for the mortar.
Just like this time, the Vietnamese army also used mortars to force us back into the tunnel, and then they took this opportunity to occupy the top of the mountain to gain the initiative in the war.
So the next battle is almost imagined... When the explosion of the mortar outside stopped, we were almost blocked into the tunnel by the Vietnamese army on the top of the mountain position.
But this was just the wishful thinking of the Japanese devils... When the mortar stopped, we did not immediately break out of the tunnel to fight the Vietnamese army, but instead detonated several mines buried on the top of the mountain position according to the order of Company Commander Luo.
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With the series of "boom" explosions, screams came from the position on the top of the mountain.
Those mines were Type 66 directional mines transported to us by the engineers a few days ago... This mine is specially used for anti-infantry use. The front part of the lightning body is 800 steel beads embedded in a plastic container.
, followed by explosives, you can imagine that such an explosion... the steel balls ejected out in a fan shape like bullets.
Of course, if you want to install 800 steel beads in a mine, it means that the steel beads are not big, each diameter is only 1.2mm, which means that it is almost as big as a pencil. This diameter means that it has little lethality...
But landmines often have less lethality to achieve better results.
Just like this time, when we rushed to the top of the mountain with our guns, we found a large area of Vietnamese troops lying on it, howling on the ground... Most of them were beaten to pieces with small holes all over their bodies, although they didn't
He died but lost his combat ability. Occasionally, there were a few people who were not seriously injured and wanted to resist, but they were quickly shot down by the soldiers who rushed up.
"No prisoners left!" Company Commander Luo gave the order coldly.
"Yes!" The soldiers responded and pointed their guns at the Vietnamese soldiers who were wailing on the ground. With the sound of "bang bang", the position on the top of the mountain became quiet.
This really cannot be said to be cruel. You must know that we are now blocking the Vietnamese artillery fire from behind, and a large number of Vietnamese troops were waiting to attack the 581 Highland... If we do not quickly solve the injured Vietnamese soldiers on the top of the mountain,
, then we will only die.
How can I solve it quickly? There is no doubt that there is only one way... aim at their heads and pull the trigger.
But what I didn't expect was... this group of Vietnamese troops rushed up were the group of Vietnamese troops that had been confronting us on the slope, that is, the Vietnamese troops that bathed in the same river as us... I
The reason why I was so sure was because I recognized that one of them was Ruan Zhengmiao.
The only thing that makes me thankful is that I recognized him but he didn't recognize me. The reason is that a few small steel beads happened to shoot into his eyes... His two eye beads exploded like evil ghosts in the temple.
When he came out, he would even beat with his painful trembling.
When I saw him, I was stunned for a moment, but when I saw him enduring the severe pain and reaching his hand to the grenade on his waist... I no longer hesitated and pulled out the pistol and pulled the trigger on his head.
Seeing a blood light burst out from his head and then slumped to the ground without any anger, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart... This was the first time I killed a familiar person.
This feeling is a bit different from the feeling when I was killing people in the past, but I can't tell you what's different... Maybe it's because I'm killing the enemy and letting a friendship end with my own hands, or I have to end one that is worthy of being a good person.
The life of a friend's enemy...
This also made me understand one thing... Don't try to make friends with the enemy. This kind of relationship between friends seems fragile in the face of war.
It is obvious that the Vietnamese army obviously did not expect that we would deal with the opponent who seized the top of the mountain so quickly, so when we set up machine guns in the trenches... the follow-up troops of the Vietnamese army were still going wave after wave.
Hurry up on the top of the mountain.
So there was no suspense. After a piece of bullets, the Vietnamese army was suppressed by our bullets.
We only took the time to look down at the position... and couldn't help but be stunned:
There were Vietnamese troops crawling on the 581 Highland with guns everywhere. On the slope, on the road, in the stream, there were their figures everywhere. Some of them were erecting guns, some were wading, and some were
He was shouting commands... If this was good visibility, it might not be scary, but the whole world was shrouded in the thick fog like a little rain, which made people feel a sense of wind and cranes and trees.
One thing that is certain is that our plan to make plans has a good start, and the enemy's main force was indeed attracted to us as expected, but what I didn't expect was... so many Vietnamese troops came.
People, there is more than one group in front of them!
So the problem now seems to have become a little serious. Our army has only one regiment in this area... If the Vietnamese army has enough troops, coupled with the cooperation of Vietnamese agents... it would have fallen into it.
So what can our encirclement be like? Can we eat this fat man? (To be continued...)