In Vietnam during the rainy season, the sky lights up very late, and even when it does dawn, it is only gray.
But...the Yue Japanese, who had been impatient for a long time, obviously couldn't wait for daybreak, so they launched an attack on us at six in the morning.
Just as I expected, the Yue Japanese never attacked at night... which means that their attack at dawn will be particularly fierce. After preparing for it all night, you can show off what you say!
The first thing that came over was piles of artillery shells... These artillery shells came from several directions at the same time. The forward slope was long-range artillery fire, those were howitzers and cannons fired from the direction of Vietnam, and the reverse slope was mortars... things There are them in the four directions of north and south, all of them are bombarding our 581 Highland...
Some people may wonder why the front slope was bombed. Didn't our army not occupy or build fortifications on that side?
It is true that that side has not been occupied and no fortifications have been built. It is facing the long-range artillery fire of the Japanese... It is to seek death before occupying that side. It is useless to repair the fortifications. No matter how strong the tunnel is, it cannot withstand a few long-range artillery fires. , then one of the boss's shells flew over from a long way away...Don't you learn the impulse of an object in physics? The impulse is directly proportional to the mass and speed, so there is no doubt that the impulse of the shell fired from a long distance is greater than that of the mortar. Much larger... This means that its cannonballs tend to burrow into the soil and then explode, which is quite destructive to the tunnels.
On the contrary, mortars with much smaller shells will not be of much use. Mortars are mainly aimed at infantry, and their shells generally explode on the surface... Only in this way can more shrapnel be ejected to achieve the purpose of killing infantry. .But every advantage must have a disadvantage. The disadvantage is that the shells do little harm to the tunnel.
But there are exceptions to this. That is mortar shells equipped with time fuzes... We have also used time fuzes before. They explode after a delay of a few seconds. This kind of fuze is generally used for bombing targets in the jungle. Let's deal with the tunnel... The reason is that its shells do not detonate on the surface, but explode after being smashed into the soil.
This will indeed bring a certain threat to the tunnels, but on the one hand, the Japs don't carry many such fuzes, and on the other hand, the mortar shells are not very powerful, so the damage to the tunnel fortifications we built is very limited.
Isn't this... The Japanese mortars from all directions bombarded us for nearly ten minutes, almost turning over the soil on the surface of the position, and only destroying a small tunnel...
After the war, Zhang Zuoliang went to see the small tunnel that was damaged by the bombing. Because two of his old subordinates and fellow villagers were hiding there, he went there just to see if he could bring back some relics to their families.
What puzzled him very much was that the structure of the small tunnel was relatively good on the outside, but the inside was completely blown up. It was obviously exploded from the inside.
The entrance of the tunnel is opened along the slope. How could the mortar shells hit the inside of the tunnel?
After thinking about it... I thought it might be because of the ricochet, that is, the mortar shell that was probably equipped with a time fuse, and when it fell to the ground, it hit a rock and changed direction, so it ejected into the The tunnel exploded in the tunnel.
This probability may be very small, but the battlefield is like this...many things that seem unbelievable will become a reality. According to Zhang Zuoliang...even if your life is declining, drinking cold water will hurt your teeth!
Ten minutes later, the sound of artillery slowed down... In fact, the sound of artillery did not slow down. Because our army's artillery also showed its power at this time, and their target was of course the Japanese artillery. You must know that although our army's artillery fire in this local area
The number is not as high as that of the Vietnamese army, but the advantage is that the logistics supply line can be guaranteed, that is, there are more artillery shells than the Vietnamese army. What's more, all the artillery fire of the Vietnamese army is concentrated on our 581 highland, then how long will it take if our army's artillery fire is not fired at this time?
I think this is also the reason why the Yue Japanese only fired artillery for ten minutes.
Then the Yue Japs quickly rushed up in droves...
"Report, enemies found in the east!"
"Enemies found to the west!"
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Okay! You don’t have to listen to me to know that the Japanese are coming from all directions to surround us.
But from the beginning, I knew that the focus of our defense was on the north and south sides... The north and south sides are the positive and negative slopes. The terrain on these two sides is open and easy for the troops to spread out. As for the east and west sides, the place is steep and narrow, so it is easy for them to crawl.
Only one platoon could come up, and in the end they had to circle the north and south sides before they could attack us... So most of the enemies on these two sides just distracted us or used mortars to provide cover for other Vietnamese troops.
It’s just that the Vietnamese Japs in the south and north are giving us quite a headache!
Isn't this... After the sound of the artillery fire, I got out of the tunnel and took a look. The dark area in the hazy morning mist was filled with Japanese Japs. I don't know whether they were seeking revenge or doing something to strengthen their courage during the day. All of them were
Holding the M16 with bayonets in hand, they scrambled to charge towards Highland 581. It was like this in the front, and it was like this in the back... A rough calculation included two battalions in the first wave of Vietnamese Japanese troops sent to attack.
"Everyone is there!" I ordered: "The first platoon is responsible for the defense of the south, the second platoon and the machine gun platoon are responsible for the north, and the third platoon serves as a reserve team to pay attention to both sides!"
"Yes!" Each platoon leader responded and entered his own position.
Our current tactics... are actually a back-to-back style of play.
The so-called back-to-back means that the two troops protect each other's back... In other words, if the south side cannot be defended, then the back of the second row will be exposed in front of the enemy. If the north side cannot be defended, the back of the first row will also be exposed.
The same will be exposed to the enemy's gunfire.
Among them, the north is more important, and the reason is very simple...the Vietnamese in the south have to climb over the top of the mountain to hit us, but in the north...the Vietnamese can just pick up their guns and shoot into the back of a row.
So... in this direction to the north, we must try our best to keep the Vietnamese troops out of range, so that we can well cover the backs of the platoon and allow them to deal with the enemies in the south without any distractions.
If this had been before last night, it would have been an almost impossible task, because the Vietnamese army had M16s in their hands, and we had AK47s in our hands, so the range was obvious... How could it be possible to block the Vietnamese army within the range?
What about outside?
But... after obtaining the ammunition depot of the Vietnamese army, this became possible.
The trump card is of course the machine gun platoon... At this time, of course I don't dare to bring the Jiejie closer and then hit them, just kidding... If they bring it closer and hit them, what is the long range of American weapons used for?
So when the Vietnamese Japs were near the foot of our army's mountain, more than 500 meters away from our army's defense line, they shouted "Hit!"
Some people may say... isn't the range of the Yue Jia Zi M16 six hundred meters? It has already entered five hundred meters, so is it still blocked from the range?
First of all...the first platoon's position is more than 100 meters behind our position, and the Vietnamese army is 500 meters away from our defense line, which means it is more than 600 meters away from the first platoon.
Secondly, there is heavy fog everywhere this early in the morning, and the sky is gray and white. Even those Japs with clairvoyance cannot see people 600 meters away... Looking down from the mountain, we can only see some blurry things.
Where is the figure!
But for us, the human figure is enough... We are not short of bullets, right? So all kinds of bullets and grenades poured towards the black shadow in the fog.
The gunshots that sounded this time were complicated:
There are M16s with beautiful weapons... The ones holding such guns are mainly the newly formed cannon platoons. Anyway, their original 56 and a half are of little use. It would be much better if they were replaced by M16s.
There are also Soviet-style ak47s... Some people say that the range of this ak47 is only 300 meters? Can it hit 500 meters? Whether that is a different matter is another matter. The bullets of this ak47 are still lethal at a distance of one thousand meters.
So after a hail of bullets passed... a blind cat could also encounter a few dead mice!
There are also various Soviet and American machine guns... Needless to say, the range of this machine gun is both Soviet and American. It can be obtained, and the bullets are still in pieces, which is much sharper than a rifle.
The most powerful ones are the two grenade launchers... My dear, the effective range of this thing is 1,500 meters. Although the theoretical rate of fire is more than 300 rounds per minute, in actual firing, it is only 300 or 40 rounds per minute.
That's almost it. The point is that this thing is so powerful...check it out
There was a bunch of figures somewhere in the fog. The troops were being swept away violently, and then there was a "boom" explosion... You must know that the killing radius of the grenade is fifteen meters, so this grenade blasted down
, there were very few people who could stand in that area.
For the first time, I felt the benefit of not having to worry about bullets. At the same time, I also experienced the pleasure of fighting with American equipment. I also understood why the US military attaches so much importance to the logistics supply line... Can we not pay attention to this? This is what American equipment is for.
Ammunition!
Just like now... with sufficient ammunition, even if we face several times the Vietnamese army, we can still use bullets to stop them from a long distance and brutally attack them, but the Vietnamese army has nothing to do to us.
It's basically the collision of bullets, grenades and flesh and blood.
Even...the Vietnamese army in front of us is also equipped with long-range American weapons. What if all they hold are AK47s? I'm afraid they won't be able to pose a threat to us at all!
With screams and bloody arrows in the fog, the Vietnamese army's attack finally slowed down under our strong firepower... We don't know how many people we killed, we only know the groans in the fog
There were screams and screams, but no one dared to come to help.
The soldiers did not cheer... because everyone was thinking about a question: We are using the American equipment of the Japanese soldiers. What if we are the ones charging? Will we also encounter this situation?
Perhaps this is the reason why the Vietnamese troops stationed on Highland 581 were not very vigilant last night! (To be continued...)