When the company commander said this, we couldn't help but be stunned.
"Will there be no problem like this?" Company Commander Luo asked: "How do you solve it on Battalion Commander Wang?"
Of course, Company Commander Luo’s concerns make sense. A unit must not have two commanders. This is common sense on the battlefield. Otherwise, if you command me and I command you to fight a random battle, it will only cause the troops to fall into chaos.
"Captain Luo, you don't know anything!" The first company commander explained: "Battleman Wang only resisted the veterans... He actually wanted to win a battle with his own abilities, so that the troops could not be separated into the veterans' troops.
So I am willing to accept the opinions or plans put forward by our new recruits. What's more, I will also command the soldiers under my command at critical moments. Battalion Commander Wang has no combat experience, and this has been reached in the first company."
"Oh!" Captain Luo thought for a while, then nodded and said, "It's good that way, let's contact the walkie-talkie!"
"Yes!" The company commander responded, saluted Company Commander Luo and went down.
"At least we won't fight each other!" I said.
"Yes!" Commander Luo nodded.
You know... Although the 419 highland is unified and commanded by Battalion Commander Wang, there is no problem of command chaos, the problem is that Battalion Commander Wang has no combat experience at all... In other words, the veterans are not willing to listen to Wang at all.
The battalion commander's order.
Some people may say that soldiers regard obeying orders as their duty... This is true. Sometimes, even if the soldiers know that there is a dead end in front of them, they will rush forward with guns under the order.
But... this is because they know that they are dying meaningfully, such as rushing forward with a feint attack, covering other troops' retreat, or using their lives to buy time, etc.
If I knew that the commander was incompetent and that my sacrifice was meaningless... I don't think there would be a few people willing to die.
This caused a large number of casualties in a certain unit... This sacrifice will turn into a stain and become a foil for a bear general.
Of course, this does not mean that soldiers are all fighting on the battlefield with these honors, but that is a mentality... Soldiers can not be afraid of death, but they must also die meaningfully.
Then, in order to better connect and coordinate with the first company, Commander Luo used a telescope to observe the fortifications on the back slope of the 419 highland, and then used a walkie-talkie to express some opinions to the first company commander. For example, two more traffic trenches should be dug. This is the force.
The necessary conditions for being able to quickly climb the top position and unfold. The position of the edge line should be focused on, and this is the key to defending the top position...
Sure enough, the new recruits stationed in the 419 Highlands did as they did... In other words, the current company is actually under the command of Company Commander Luo. Battalion Commander Wang has been under the silence, but he is still in the dark.
"The Vietnamese Japanese are coming up!"
Following the warning sound of the sentry, we poked our heads out and saw several Vietnamese troops straggling in scattered troops advancing towards our highland along the road.
I raised my telescope and looked... I couldn't help but startled at the all-color American equipment in their hands... This is a bit different from the Yue Japanese we know!
"This is the American Armed Division!" Scar said on the side: "It should be the Fifth Infantry Division of the Vietnamese Japanese... Its predecessor was from the South Vietnamese puppet army. After surrendering, the Vietnamese army organized them into a unit!"
"Oh!" I realized after hearing this... I thought they had learned the tactics of the US military because they had been fighting with the Americans for a long time, but I didn't expect that they were directly trained by the Americans.
"All these are surrendered soldiers?" Liang Lianbing said disdainfully: "Why are the more the Japanese fighting, the less promising the more they fight? Now they are all using surrendered soldiers to attack us?"
"That's it!" Xiao Shitou also echoed on the side: "Our 316a Division has fought... are you still afraid of this puppet army?"
"Don't underestimate this American armed division!" Company Commander Luo frowned and said, "Although most of them were South Vietnamese surrendered troops... But the South Vietnamese surrendered troops back then were hundreds of thousands. The Vietnamese devils came from here.
More than 10,000 people were selected from hundreds of thousands of people to form a division, and most of its backbones were composed of combat heroes with firm political stance. Compared with other Vietnamese troops, the combat effectiveness was only stronger!”
"Um!" I couldn't help but frown when I heard this.
You should know that although the combat effectiveness of the South Vietnamese army is a mess, a large part of the reason is that they are unwilling to help the Americans fight their own people... This is a bit similar to the puppet troops occupied by the Japanese-occupied areas during the War of Resistance Against Japan, and many of them are in the body.
In Cao's camp, the heart is in Han.
But...even if they have poor combat effectiveness, if they pick one out of dozens of people, and then put the selected people into a unit for training and integration... Then this combat effectiveness is really like what Captain Luo said
It should not be underestimated.
The following facts prove this...
After a mortar shell, two platoons of Vietnam launched a tentative attack on the 419 Highlands again.
I soon discovered that unlike other Vietnamese troops, the Vietnamese troops in front of me have the courage of the Vietnamese army, and also pay attention to the combat structure and coordination between the troops. For example, the method of alternate advancement, such as infantry cannons
The coordination between the two tactics, etc., is like the fusion of the East and the West... Compared with the US military, I believe that the US military has a large number of fighter jets, bombers, helicopters and tanks, but they can only rely on two
Legs!
"Change one to the position!" Company Commander Luo quickly gave an order to the first company commander.
"Yes!" The company commander responded and quickly transferred the troops up.
I was carrying a rifle and was about to climb up to the high ground to attack sniper like last time, but soon I found that the place had been targeted by the mortars of the Japanese devils... Several mortar shells exploded near the high ground and exploded.
The point gradually moved to the center of the high ground... It was obvious that this was the Vietnamese artillery observer who was correcting the ballistics. Now they were obviously ready, just wait for me to go up and cover it with a piece of shells.
So I could only press down on the urge to go up... Although that place is a good place for snipers, there are no tunnels to hide. I am afraid that I will be dismantled after a shell.
"Be careful not to expose our firepower points too early, put the enemy closer before firing!" Company Commander Luo kept ordering to the intercom: "Be sure to keep calm and put the enemy within two hundred meters before firing..."
Of course, the order of Company Commander Luo is correct, especially the Vietnamese military American armed forces are the characteristics of the long range and high accuracy. For example, the M16 held by these Vietnamese Japanese... The range has reached
600 meters, far exceeding the range of ak47 with a range of 300 meters, and even exceeding the 56 and a half of our army's 400 meters. Its firepower is even better than that of ak47.
Some people may say, since m16 is so good, why has it been criticized in the US-Vietnam War?
The reasons are many, such as difficulty in maintenance and high failure rate, but the most important thing is that Vietnam is mostly mountains and jungles. Such terrain is difficult to exert the advantages of M16's long range and high accuracy.
Just like now...Company Commander Luo ordered the Vietnamese devils to be put at 200 meters before fighting. On the one hand, the Vietnamese devils are basically within the range of our army at this distance, so it doesn't matter who has a more range.
Far. On the other hand... the distance is 200 meters, which is a relatively safe distance for the recruits. Otherwise, if they are too close, the Vietnamese army can rush to throw grenades on the position a few steps.
It is obviously difficult for new recruits to prevent or bear it.
From this point of view, it can also be seen that Company Commander Luo is indeed a good move in command, which may be the strengths of coming out of military academies... He has some understanding of the performance and tactics of various equipment, and based on actual conditions on the battlefield
React correctly.
It’s a pity that... the command this time was not so smooth... As soon as Captain Luo finished speaking, he heard gunfire sounds on the 419 Highland.
"What's going on?" Captain Luo got angry at the walkie-talkie: "Don't you let you get closer and then fight?"
"Report!" A company commander's angry voice came from the other end of the intercom: "It was the battalion commander's order, and the soldiers were nervous, so..."
Listening to this, Company Commander Luo and I couldn't help looking at each other... It seemed that the Fourth Battalion Commander could not be said to be completely undermined.
But this is understandable. You should know that it is the first time those new recruits have seen this scene. They can't be nervous when they see the enemy step by step. So even though they know that the battalion commander's command is unreliable, they say "
After hitting, I still can't help pulling the trigger because of the fear in my heart...
So I hit the trick of the Vietnamese devils. First of all, the range of m16 is two or three hundred meters further than the Type 56 in our army. The Vietnamese army can shoot within the range of m16 within our army's range.
...In other words, the Vietnamese army has a clear lead in attacking our army, while our Vietnamese army can only rely on luck.
Secondly, the distance between the two armies is relatively long... This is also determined by the range of the Vietnamese m16, which allows the Vietnamese army to suppress it with individual weapons while summoning artillery support. (If the two armies are close,
Cannon fire will be injured by accident)
What does this mean? This means that the Vietnamese artillery observers can calmly guide the artillery fire to knock out the fire points exposed on our positions one by one...
So the next second, Company Commander Luo shouted to the walkie-talkie: "Retreat! Retreat immediately!"
But not long after, a company commander's cry came from the intercom: "Company Commander Luo... the battalion commander refused to retreat, and he would beat him to death if he said he would retreat!"
It's over... Company Commander Luo and I couldn't help but open our mouths and were stunned on the spot. We still couldn't stop a tragedy after all! (To be continued...)