That night, the Vietnamese army launched three charges on Highland 581.
But what I have to say is that the night combat capabilities of the 5th Infantry Division of the Vietnamese Army are far inferior to those of the 316a Division of the Vietnamese Army. Perhaps this is related to the fact that they are American troops! The Americans back then were super
Are you afraid of night fighting?
In fact, this does not mean that Americans are timid, although that is the case. The more important reason... should be said to be objective reasons.
First of all, of course, it was because they were not familiar with the terrain. If they continued to fight at night when the terrain was unfamiliar, it would be a blind man trying to figure out the elephant. The lives of Americans were valuable... Of course they would not do such a stupid thing.
Secondly, because of the equipment, compared to Soviet-style weapons... the US military's equipment is more sophisticated, which means it has a longer range and higher accuracy, such as the difference between the m16 and the ak47. In fact, this is not only true for assault rifles, but also for other weapons.
Weapons such as machine guns also mostly have such characteristics.
, this is determined by the military industry characteristics and research and development styles of the two countries. The United States pays more attention to advanced equipment, while the Soviet Union pays more attention to cheap and fast mass production... There are many people, and although the weapons are not good, they are fast.
, large-scale investment can also unleash quite astonishing combat effectiveness.
So... will the Americans have this kind of equipment with a longer range and higher accuracy to fight the Vietnamese army with Soviet-style equipment? When it gets dark, won't the long range and high accuracy be useless? So it's like
As seen in movies and TV, on the Vietnam battlefield, Americans always piled sandbags around their positions before dark for defense in case the Vietnamese army launched a sneak attack at night.
Of course, it would be a different matter if the US military is equipped with night vision goggles. But this equipment is still advanced equipment in this era. Even the US military only has a small amount of equipment.
Therefore, the Fifth Infantry Division of the Vietnamese Army, which is also equipped with American equipment, should have avoided night battles with our army due to equipment and training factors... Just because the 581 Highlands captured by our army is too important. One is
Because of the blocked traffic arteries, and the other because of the storage of ammunition... So they bravely launched three attacks on our army.
However, because of the natural fear of night battles and unfamiliarity with the terrain... Some people may say, isn't the 5th Infantry Division of the Vietnamese Army Vietnamese? How can they be afraid of being unfamiliar with the terrain in night battles? You must know that although they are Vietnamese,
But they are South Vietnamese... When North Vietnam was still fighting guerrillas barefoot, Saigon in South Vietnam had already begun to live in a state of dissipation with the help of France and the United States.
In other words, the South Vietnamese are more influenced by Western culture, while the North Vietnamese are more influenced by the Soviet Union and China. This directly leads to the fact that the current Vietnamese people have great differences in personality and living habits between the north and the south.
difference.
So these three attacks were all easily beaten back by us.
The most ridiculous thing was the last time... Maybe the last time the Vietnamese army had no intention to fight at all. It seems that they were forced into position by the officers... From the prisoners of war of the Vietnamese army, we know that the officers of the Fifth Infantry Division of the Vietnamese army were all composed of
North Vietnamese soldiers served as soldiers, and they were also some soldiers with "firm political stance and tenacious fighting will." It was precisely for this reason that the incident of Vietnamese soldiers shooting Vietnamese soldiers who were about to surrender occurred on Highland 419.
Well... when the Vietnamese troops came up for the last time, they were all so black that no one saw me and they started shooting at me randomly. It was a very lively fight with hand grenades and machine guns. There was also someone shouting:
"We were ambushed. Please support, please support!"
"It's the People's Liberation Army... there are too many of them. At least two companies!"
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I have to admit that they acted really well in this scene. If it weren’t for the fact that I knew Vietnamese and knew what they were shouting about... I would have thought that there was a Chinese army fighting fiercely with them below!
The Vietnamese soldiers struggled for a while and then retreated. The soldiers were all stunned and could not close their mouths for a long time... You must know that all the ammunition of the Vietnamese army is stored in the high ground we are guarding.
This means that the ammunition of the Vietnamese army is very precious now, but they are struggling like this...
But then again, maybe they just want their ammunition to be used up as soon as possible, so that they don't have to go to the battlefield anymore, right?
At this time, I felt a little strange... From this point of view, it seemed that the Vietnamese army had made a mistake in placing the Fifth Infantry Division in such an important main offensive position. But after thinking about it, I quickly understood... The Japanese are more powerful
Most of the troops were still in Cambodia and had not had time to withdraw. The few main troops they had were crippled by us in the counterattack, such as the 316a Division. Those who can now take on the main offensive task will not be given to this fifth army.
Who else could the infantry division be given to?
This also gave us some preparation time during the night.
The first is the establishment and training of the cannon platoon... We took out three of the five grenade launchers for use, two for direct combat, and one as a backup.
The reason for this decision was first to save ammunition... Although there are a lot of ammunition for the grenade launcher in the cave, I knew from Marx that the rate of fire of this thing is very fast... Later I learned that the theoretical rate of fire of this thing is per
There are more than 300 rounds per minute. If the recruits were allowed to fire without control, they would have used up all the grenades in the entire ammunition depot in less than half an hour.
The other one... is because I know that this grenade launcher is a treasure. Our country doesn't have it, right? And next, our country will have a strong military policy, and will learn and imitate foreign weapons on a large scale to arm itself... This is actually very helpless.
, China in this era is too far behind other countries, and it is impossible not to learn.
So... I will leave two grenade launchers and send them back to China for research. Of course, this will only happen if we can survive... I have already made plans to blow up the cave entrance if we cannot survive until reinforcements arrive.
In order to seal the ammunition depot, the Vietnamese army would have nothing to do for a while. Maybe reinforcements could arrive in time to obtain this batch of equipment.
In this batch of equipment... I believe there are also individual radios that will have research value. Communication equipment has always been a shortcoming of our army, right? As for those m16s, mortars and so on... these should not be of much use, I
The military is following the route of Soviet-style equipment. In the long run, cooperation between China and the United States will be temporary. Historical facts have also proved this, so it is more reliable to follow the Soviet-style route.
By the way, Marx does have two hands, and he quickly learned how to use the grenade launcher... But having said that, the use of various weapons and equipment is actually similar, and it is not difficult. The real difficulty lies in its maintenance and some of our
Notes that I don’t know about...just like the m16.
But these are not things we need to care about. Anyway, we only need to hold on for one day. So the soldiers quickly learned how to use the grenade launcher, and they actually used it... In order to make them more skilled in operation,
Marx asked each of them to go up and fire a few rounds, and there was a "burst" burst... Several sparks exploded far below the position, which only made the soldiers lick their tongues.
"This thing can hit so far!" Even Marx was a little surprised.
Later, I learned from the prisoner that the effective range of this grenade launcher is 1,500 meters, and the longest range can even reach 2,212 meters...much farther than my sniper rifle!
Then comes the construction of fortifications...
This is also for this grenade launcher. Battlefield experience tells us that any powerful equipment will inevitably be the focus of the enemy's attack. For example, machine gun positions, such as mortar positions... these places must be visited by enemy artillery first.
location.
Therefore, one thing that is certain is that grenade launchers will also be the focus of Vietnamese artillery strikes.
Originally, I wanted to place the grenade launcher at the entrance of the tunnel... The tunnel we built is strong, isn't it? The Vietnamese army's long-range artillery cannot hit our reverse slope, and the power of the mortar is difficult to blow up the entrance of our tunnel.
It collapses, so the vitality becomes stronger.
But after thinking about it, I felt it was inappropriate... If any firepower point cannot be moved, it will become the target of the enemy's targeted elimination... This is very passive. It seems that the only way to do it is to wait for the enemy to think of a way to attack later, or maybe it will happen again.
It was suppressed by enemy fire and was unable to function.
Another thing... is that this grenade launcher is not very heavy. It only weighs more than 100 kilograms with the tripod attached. Two soldiers can lift it in tandem and maneuver it on the battlefield... It would be a pity not to use it.
So following my order, the traffic trenches were widened and deepened, and a few more traffic trenches were added at important locations... to facilitate the movement of the grenade launcher between tunnels.
After all these preparations are completed, it is a question of the soldiers becoming familiar with American equipment... We basically follow the principle of matching the arms, that is, those who originally fought AK47 learned to use M16, and those who originally fought with squad machine guns learned to use universal
machine gun……
Some people may say, didn't you just say that it is not difficult to learn to use these weapons? Why are there so many machine guns in the cave but not the rocket launchers?
It's true that you can learn this, but you also need to be able to shoot accurately! For example, if you are used to shooting submachine guns, let him shoot a machine gun or a rocket launcher... It will be difficult for him to adapt to the recoil in a short period of time.
And machine guns have the benefits of machine guns, and rifles also have the benefits of rifles... Rifles are relatively light and short, and can be flexibly moved and transferred between positions and tunnels. If everyone holds a machine gun... okay, this
The firepower is fierce, but the entire unit has no mobility or flexibility at all. Even entering the tunnel has to queue up... Then just wait for the Japanese to call in artillery fire and knock us out! (To be continued...)