It would be fine if the Japanese tank troops discovered us only... Our position is the edge position compared to the Vietnamese tank troops. No matter how powerful the anti-aircraft machine gun is, it will be difficult to hit us. We only need to change
Then he poked his head out to shoot a bunch of rockets... After this cycle, the Vietnamese tank troops could not do anything to us.
But things on the battlefield are not that simple... The 5th Infantry Division of the Vietnamese Army is a unit trained by the Americans. Its characteristic is that the coordination and cooperation between various troops are done well.
For example, now... the tank troops quickly reported the enemy situation and even our location to other units of the Vietnamese army through radio... So we were in trouble. First, several American tanks on the front immediately turned the guns.
The mouth and guns were fired at us, and then the Vietnamese Japanese who were charging were recklessly raising machine guns to us and shot in pieces of bullets... These were all right, but after a while, a large number of bullets came.
Mortar shells...
This is where we are, with bullets and shells flying all over the sky, and explosions and bullets everywhere, and the screams of shrapnel breaking through the air... Let's not say we can poke out to fight tanks, but even enter the tunnel
There was no chance, and they were all pressed into the trenches and couldn't even raise their heads.
In fact, it should be said that... our army's firepower should have the upper hand at this moment.
Infantry, although our army is much smaller than that of the Vietnamese army, we have a large number of weapons and ammunition, especially the two grenade launchers, which makes our firepower in this local area far greater than that of the Vietnamese army on the front. You should know that this grenade
It has a long range, a fast firing rate, a large killing range, and we are condescending, so using it to suppress anti-aircraft machine guns is very useful.
The anti-aircraft machine gun of the Vietnamese Japanese is on the tank... It doesn't matter, just hit a few cannons according to the tank? Although this grenade cannot penetrate the armor of the tank, the fragments can kill anti-aircraft machine gunners or at least suppress them.
Live.
On the other hand, this artillery... In this area, our army's artillery is not as high as the Vietnamese army. But the Vietnamese artillery at this time was obviously at the end of its strength, because their ammunition depots and supply lines were all in our hands.
Coupled with the previous torture...there are few shells from the Vietnamese artillery.
But...theoretically, our infantry and artillery are stronger than the Vietnamese army. In the canyon, we are under tremendous pressure from the Vietnamese army's artillery and infantry and cannot move.
Why?
There is only one reason: our army has no combat experience and poor coordination capabilities.
For example, infantry... the cannon platoon operating grenade launchers was afraid that the focus of this battle was the Vietnamese tank troops in the canyon. Therefore, there was no awareness of suppressing the Vietnamese firepower to cover us.
They were afraid that they would be fighting happily against other Vietnamese Japanese who were charging forward!
For example, artillery... Long-range artillery fire cannot play any role because it hits our own positions. What about the mortar troops? At this time, I am afraid that it is still looking for the positions of the Vietnamese artillery compost troops to attack the Vietnamese army.
So each unit and each army fights on its own... But it doesn't seem to be blamed for them. They are all new recruits who have just entered the battlefield, and they still have farming and no training before the battlefield. So if they can coordinate with Vietnam as soon as they come up,
At the level of military service, it should be said to be a battlefield genius.
But this made us suffer. The Vietnamese tanks were clearly at our feet. We were holding anti-tank weapons in our hands... but we were powerless. We could only watch the t62 slowly push the tank wreckage away, and then
The firepower of friendly troops drove over one by one.
"Marx!" I shouted at the intercom with the sound of gunfires: "Get another cannon! Come another cannon at the entrance of the valley!"
"Yes!" Marx also knew that this matter was extraordinary, so he did not dare to neglect it, and immediately issued an order to the howitzer regiment.
A whistling of shells soon came from the air, and our location was at the entrance of the valley... So it became even more lively. The enemy's guns and our army's howitzers were intertwined with all kinds of firepower, and they could only be fired.
Smoke is everywhere around us, and the oxygen in the air is as if it has been drained, which is full of the smell of bad gun smoke.
A few minutes later, the gunshots and cannons finally stopped. I stuck my head out and took a look... It was still a little late. Through the smoke and water vapor, I could see that several tanks had already passed by before the fire.
The canyon drove into the dead corner of our army's artillery fire. A rough calculation shows that there are a total of six vehicles... and five of them are t62, and only one is t54.
You should know that the t54 of the Vietnamese tank is the middle level of our army's 59, not to mention the t62 that is more advanced than the t54. Considering that... the Vietnamese army also considered that there would be such a situation in advance, that is, the number of vehicles at the top and the tail at the end of the row.
Several tanks were likely to be hit, so they put the main force, t62, in the middle.
Seeing this, my heart sank... This is the previous step that I'm going to die, letting six modern tanks enter the front slope... That's wherever we point, what machine gun position, the grenade launcher is probably not guaranteed.
And the only way we can defend the 581 highland is completely dependent on the firepower of these equipment... If these equipment are bombed or suppressed, it means that the Vietnamese army will soon rush up and unload us.
Eight pieces.
I think... We killed so many Japanese devils before, so Japanese devils must be very willing to torture us and let us die!
What to do? What to do?!!
I have to admit that I am anxious now... I have just become the company commander, so should I let the Yue Japanese killers kill them to annihilate?
But what can I do? Call for artillery bombing?
These Japanese ghosts were as good as ghosts. They were prepared for this. Before that, they built more than a dozen tank bunkers at the foot of the highland opposite us...
This so-called tank bunker is actually very simple. It is to build a road where the tank can hide in the back slope of the high ground, so that the tank can drive to a position close to the side wall of the back slope... It can be imagined that even if the tank hides there, it is urged to attack.
The cannon's ballistics cannot hit them.
So using artillery to strike tanks became impossible.
Send people to rush down to fight tanks?
That would be even more ridiculous... In front of us was a whole division of the 5th Infantry Division of the Vietnamese Army, and we only had one company. Even if we were all Rambo, we would probably not be able to rush in front of the tank.
"Company Commander! What should I do?" As the tanks entered the bunker one by one, a soldier beside him asked.
I sighed helplessly and said, "Go back to the position first!"
Several people carried two corpses dejectedly and helped the three wounded men back to their positions... These soldiers were killed and injured in the artillery fire just now. We have now become numb to the casualties.
At the beginning, I would sigh at the sacrifice of my comrades. Now my idea is... I just sacrifice it, maybe it's my turn.
After returning to the position, each unit also suffered varying degrees of casualties, mainly because the shells would blow up their own positions when they bombarded the tanks... Some soldiers did not have time to enter the tunnel, either were injured or hit by shrapnel.
I still feel guilty about this. After all, this was the artillery that I asked the artillery to fire... Fortunately, the casualties were not too great. Eleven people died in front and fifteen people were injured.
I only realized after the war that the soldiers actually didn't blame me at all.
In their words, "What's wrong with letting our own people's shells be fired? If we don't attack... let all the Japanese tanks come over, then we will be finished in just a few strokes!"
"If you fight like this, you can use more than a dozen of our comrades to exchange for the seven tanks of the Vietnamese Japanese and dozens of tank players. No matter how you calculate it, it's worth it!"
...
But I didn't say anything at this moment, and the soldiers didn't say anything. There are two reasons. One is that I was worried that it would affect morale if I said it out, so everyone tacitly understood. Secondly, the soldiers all knew that we were facing a
A more serious problem... How to face the upcoming offensive of the Vietnamese army? If this problem is not solved, then we may be wiped out. So why do we talk about other problems?
However, the Vietnamese Japanese were not anxious at this time... In fact, they didn't need to worry. For them, these six tanks broke through our army's defense line meant a sure victory, right? Then they could be fully prepared before
A fatal blow to us.
So... the Vietnamese army calmly built an inclined surface suitable for tank shooting at the foot of the mountain opposite us, and distributed machine gun ammunition and fire cover units...
And what about us? We have no choice but to do anything to them.
"Company Commander!" said in a very sensible manner: "The grenade launcher is far from being shot? Let's get them some trouble..."
I couldn't help but smile and shook my head: "Maybe it's OK to get them some trouble, but the grenades can't penetrate the armor of the tank, and the tank gun can blow the howitzer away in just a few strokes... This will only end sooner!"
"What should I do?" the scholar said unwillingly: "Are we just waiting like this?"
"What else can I do?" Zhang Zuoliang said with some distress: "The Vietnamese Japanese tank is at least one thousand meters away from us, and anti-tank weapons are simply not reachable..."
Actually, I want to say what Zhang Zuoliang said, but as the company commander, I can't say these words... my soldiers were all looking at me, and I was so angry that the whole army was bored.
But then I thought about it, it was wrong!
Our anti-tank weapons are not reachable, which does not mean that the Americans' anti-tank weapons are not reachable, right?
I seem to remember the old man mentioned it, saying: "The American anti-tank missile is so useful. Once... if we hadn't found a batch of anti-tank missiles, all of our company would have been finished!"
Yes... it's anti-tank missiles. Did we leak something in the ammunition depot?