The battle finally started at 4:30 the next evening.
Regarding the war start time, I also had a fierce debate with Commander Huang and several military staff.
Many people think that it would be more suitable to start the battle in the middle of the night, because it was completely dark at this time, and it was the time when the Vietnamese army was resting and sleeping, so it was easier to catch the Vietnamese army off guard.
But my opinion is not like this. On the one hand, I know that life stationed on the high ground is often reversed by black and white, especially the two high grounds 481 and 544... These two high grounds are natural dangers for the Vietnamese army and are commanding heights.
When their vision is good during the day, they only need to arrange a few artillery observers to observe with high-power telescopes on the top of the mountain... The radius of 20 kilometers is within their observation range.
So... there is no doubt that daytime is their time to rest, and only at night need to be fully focused on guard against our army's sneak attack.
Of course, this is only for the Vietnamese army on the 481 and 544 high grounds. As for the garrison of the 518.6 high ground and Tongmian... I believe their schedule is still normal. After all, there are two natural dangers ahead, and the enemy must be
If they call, they will have time to respond no matter what.
On the other hand, I also know that the Vietnamese army is extremely short of supplies... Our country in this era is already in a state of shortage of supplies, but Vietnam is even poorer than us, and it is a bit unimaginable. This has been the first time.
You can see the situation in Yunnan against the 316a Division of the Vietnamese Army...Their weapons and equipment are indeed good, but most of them were given by China and the current Soviet Union, but in terms of life...even the ace division is also
I can't even bear to wear shoes on the battlefield.
In this case, the life rule of Vietnam's front-line troops is to eat two meals a day, usually rice... This is also very happy for us. We can still eat rice on the position. But in fact, it is as follows:
After some contact with the Japanese, you will know... The Japanese were actually forced to do so because they lacked compressed biscuits and cans, and these things are very suitable for carrying... Once a war starts, it is impossible to bring rice or bring them.
Let’s have rice, I don’t have time to cook with rice, but it turns moldy and spoil in just a few hours.
So. They are not actually a luxury, but rather save compressed biscuits and cans, and keep them, and then send bullets to the soldiers when they are about to fight, so that the troops can be allowed to spend a longer period of time
Maintain combat effectiveness.
No wonder on the 581 Highlands, the Vietnamese army tried every means to exchange homemade jewelry for compressed biscuits and cans in our hands... For us, we have been tired of eating and want to vomit... For them
It is said to be a rare combat reserve.
So I know very well that the Vietnamese army has to cook. And the cooking time is almost around four o'clock. At this time, it is almost the first-line Vietnamese army that is about to get up after resting, and they have to have a meal, and then rely on the
We fought with the energy of this meal for a whole battle, and then had another meal at dawn the next day...
So I was thinking... If our army started fighting at 4:30 pm, which is the cooking time of the Vietnamese army...will the Vietnamese army still have time to cook? Then if this battle is fought until the next day
At dawn... it was time for the Vietnamese army to have not had dinner for twenty-four hours!
Besides, the battle started at 4:30, and the sky became darker and darker. Anyway, we had to wait a few hours before we started to do it... The sky at that time should be suitable for our army to intersperse.
So the war time was set, just at four o'clock in the evening!
The first thing that was fired were two artillery battalions in the direction of Sakawang... The two artillery battalions, one left and one right, smashed them hard at the 481,544 high ground with a pile of shells, and smashed them intermittently for a total of half an hour... Of course,
The Vietnamese artillery soon began to suppress our artillery fire... The benefit of the Vietnamese army occupying two commanding heights is here. The artillery observers located on it can quickly calculate our artillery positions from the flames and smoke.
However, this hits our artillery... because our army's artillery in Banwang area is not two artillery battalions on the left and right, but two artillery regiments on the left and right!
As soon as the Vietnamese army fired, it meant that the Vietnamese artillery position was also exposed, so the sound of artillery sounded loudly... Other artillery soldiers lurking in motion quickly fired balls of artillery shells at the Vietnamese artillery position.
...Before the infantry battle began, the battle between the enemy and our artillery had already begun.
Then when it was getting dark... two infantry regiments shouted loudly and rushed towards the Vietnamese Highlands 481 and 544 Highlands!
When the Vietnamese saw it, they were amazing. The first batch of charges of the Chinese team used two infantry regiments, and there were people everywhere in the mountains and fields. In addition, the follow-up troops and reserve teams must not have two divisions?!
!
So the gun and the cannon kept firing down the mountain...
But in fact... our army's two infantry regiments just bluffed their momentum and launched a charge when it was getting dark when it was about to get dark. Then we rushed and retreated at night...
There were only one or two companies who really rushed to the front to shoot guns and cannons. This, two companies were scattered and occupied a large area.
The purpose of this is to reduce casualties, and the second is to give the Vietnamese army the illusion that a huge force attacks in front of them.
So it's natural... the Vietnamese army would think that Sakawang was the main attack direction of our army.
I think that at this time, the Vietnamese army stationed in Banwang had already begun to ask for help from Lu Ping... Although they had already boasted that Banwang was an unbreakable defense line, they were suppressed and they thought they would face it.
With two divisions, I will inevitably feel sad.
At this time, I thought the command center of the 320th Division in Luping would be strange: "What is the Zhong** team doing? Do you really have to use the corpse to flatten this Banwang? You must know that Banwang is stationed at the garrison
With a regiment of the 320th Division, coupled with its geographical advantage... Even if the Chinese team has the advantage of artillery fire, it will have to suffer heavy casualties to capture Sakawang!"
But in the end... they will decide to send troops to reinforce Sakawang, not only because Sakawang has military value, but also because this only area that breaks into China's defense 4 kilometers has propaganda value and political significance.
So... I received a telegram from the military headquarters: "Everything is normal!"
This is the secret code I made with Commander Huang. When talking about "everything is normal", it means that Lu Ping has sent reinforcements to Banwang.
As for how our army knows this... The Vietnamese army has installed spies and spies in our territory, and of course our army will also install spies in Vietnam. This method is necessary... and this does not seem to be very difficult. First of all,
There are many Chinese stranded in Vietnam. Secondly, many Chinese were driven back by Vietnam after living in Vietnam for decades. Again... there are many border residents who cannot tell whether they are Vietnamese or Chinese.
It is easy to develop a few spies or spies among these people, and these spies do not seem to need to do any dangerous actions... they just need to hide in the jungle on the side of the road to observe whether there are any Vietnamese troops passing by.
OK! This is the first step in the plan, making the Vietnamese army think that Sakawang is the main attack direction of our army, and to consume as much as possible the Vietnamese army's ammunition on the 481 highlands and 544 highlands.
It is obvious that the first strategic goal has been achieved... So the battle of Aidian started soon.
The momentum of fighting on Aidian is much larger than that of Sakawang... The two artillery regiments arranged here, plus the mortars equipped with infantry, were almost at the same time.
...
The deafening cannon sounded for half an hour, and it only made the direction of the Vietnamese army with a fire, as if it was trapped in a sea of fire... Then the artillery fire extended forward, and a regiment of infantry shouted with the artillery fire.
rushing towards the Vietnamese position...
In Aidian, our army has always occupied Qingcaoling... that is, the 540th highland, which can clearly observe most of the sections of the opposite highway... This means that our army can be very convenient
Use artillery fire to block the Vietnamese army's logistics supply line, but our army's supply line does not have much danger. So after going back and forth, the Vietnamese army in this area will only be suppressed and beaten... Now
Our army launched an attack on it with two artillery regiments and one infantry regiment, which would be like a slap in three or two strikes.
Of course, some of these Vietnamese troops were hiding in tunnels or caves and could not be found for the time being, but this did not stop our army from advancing... For those Vietnamese troops in caves, they only needed to throw away a company and use firepower.
Just block it and use a flamethrower to burn it one by one.
Then the artillery fire quickly pointed to Luping a few kilometers away (straight-line distance), and the infantry also advanced towards Luping under the cover of tanks... Aidian was only thirteen kilometers away from Luping, and because of the Vietnamese army's strength
Inadequately, they placed most of their troops on the border, and even the militias in Luping Gong'an Tun were placed in the Banwang area, so Luping's garrison only had two battalions of mechanized infantry training...
In this way... I think the commander of the Vietnamese army would be shocked: "It turns out that the target of the Zhong** team is not Banwang, but Lu Ping! This move is to attack the east and west!"
Then he called Sakawang and asked Sakawang's garrison to carefully observe the offensive status of the Central ** team... It was indeed a bluff!
So there is no need to think too much, and immediately pull back the reinforcements sent to Sakawang. Not only that, it also allows the mechanized infantry of Sakawang's battalion to be prepared for reinforcements...
So I received another telegram from Commander Huang: "Everything is normal!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.