The battle ended after more than ten minutes. Although the enemy fired a large number of artillery shells at us, they still could not save the lives of their comrades gathered in the woods. Those enemy soldiers either ran out of the woods and died.
Under our guns, or we will continue to hide in the woods and wait for the flames to burn.
At that moment, I and my comrades beside me didn’t know where we got the courage to face the enemy’s artillery fire. If this were normal, we wouldn’t even have the courage to poke our heads out of the trenches.
, but now, we can still block the enemy's retreat with unrelenting firepower amidst the explosions of artillery shells and outside the trenches where shrapnel and rubble are flying everywhere.
Our idea is actually very simple, that is, we must not let these stupid devils escape back. They have killed so many of us, and we want them to pay with blood.
So after a while, the corpses of the enemy soldiers were lying everywhere outside the woods, and the ground was covered with the blood of the enemy soldiers. The whole battle ended with the woods completely enveloped in raging fires, because no matter whether it was our army
Both the enemy and the enemy knew that it was impossible for anyone to survive in that situation.
"Well done!" Just as the bombing ended, Scar burst out laughing: "You damn devils are here too, you had a great time!"
"Platoon leader! We should have defeated a company of Japanese soldiers now!" Xiao Shitou shouted.
"I can't stop watching!" The scholar continued excitedly: "Almost more than a hundred people ran outside the woods and were beaten to death by us. This does not include those who were burned to death in the woods before they came out!"
"That's enough!" Machine Gun chuckled.
"Thanks to Comrade Second Platoon Commander!" Company Commander Luo seemed to be in a good mood. He patted me hard on the shoulder and said, "This really hurts those Japs. Look at how arrogant they are. What kind of ace unit are they?"
! Why don’t we just beat him into a mess!"
Company Commander Luo was right. Now the enemy's 316A Division really gave us a painful beating. In the following time, except for a few small-scale harassments and occasional cold shots, the enemy did nothing.
What a big move. There may be three reasons for this. One is that the enemy troops lost an ideal gathering place, which caused them to temporarily lose their position. The other is that the heavy casualties made them no longer dare to underestimate us stationed on the unknown high ground.
Also, this might just be their vanguard...
The sun gradually sets from the west, and the afterglow of the setting sun shines on the ground through thin clouds, laying a layer of light golden color on our military position. At this time, various animals in the tropical rainforest have also finished their busy day of foraging and returned to their nests.
The surrounding woods and shrubs are full of chirping birds and cicadas...
However, this scene that should have made people feel relaxed and comfortable was broken by the corpses scattered all over the mountains and the smell of corpses permeating the air.
The air in Vietnam is very humid, and the temperature during the day is as high as 30 degrees. This climate determines that corpses decompose very quickly. Isn’t this? At night, all the corpses left by the Vietnamese army on the battlefield and had not had time to be taken away had changed their appearance.
, the whole body was swollen, the belly was bulging high, some opened the tattered military uniforms to reveal the gray rotten flesh inside, some had eyes eaten by insects for dinner, leaving two terrifying black holes on their faces, and some had black wounds on their faces.
It's crawling with big blowflies... and occasionally there's a "collapse" sound...
Don't worry, it's not the enemy shooting, it's the corpse explosion!
I admit that I am a little ignorant. I didn’t know that corpses could explode before, but now that I know, I would rather not know. Corpse explosion is when corpses absorb moisture from the air and are exposed to the sun, and their bellies slowly become like balloons.
It swells, expands and expands again... At a certain point, it will explode with a "pop" sound, followed by yellow, green, and black viscous liquids and stench, which can be as disgusting as you want.
nausea.
In this case, let alone eating, I feel like vomiting all day long, and my head is dizzy from the smell of these corpses... From this aspect, I would rather the enemy attack more
Guns, at least the smell of gunpowder smoke can dilute the smell of corpses in the air.
"Second Platoon Commander!" The company commander looked at the sky getting dark and shouted to me from a distance of more than ten meters: "Take a few people to block the position!"
"Sealing the position?" When I heard this new term, I was a little confused.
"Hmm!" The company commander then reacted: "The second platoon commander doesn't know how to block the position... Then, the first platoon commander and the second platoon commander should go together!"
"Yes!" Scar responded and raised his head towards me.
In desperation, I had to randomly select a few people to follow them, and I felt so hateful in my heart... Since Scar can do it, why don't we just let Scar go? Why do you have to drag me along? We are all tired after this whole thing.
Oh my God, I finally took a break and got another mission, but I still can’t live without it!
In fact, I know in my heart that this is actually the tradition of our army's combat: learning while fighting. If I assign others to do it just because I don't know how, it means that I will never learn.
Then I learned that the so-called blockade of the position actually meant laying mines around the position to prevent enemy sneak attacks.
Because the Vietnamese army may make sneak attacks from every direction, these mines are not only placed in front of the position, but also behind the position, and even in the communication sections with friendly forces...
Facts have proved that this is very necessary, because the enemy always takes advantage of our weak defense towards the friendly forces to launch sneak attacks. In the dark night, landmines are undoubtedly the best sentinels, and they will explode at the first opportunity.
way to tell us that the enemy is approaching us.
Of course, when laying these mines, we must record their number and location, so that when we need to contact friendly forces, we will not step on our own mines and wait until daylight to accurately lift them out.
Scar took us to the temporary ammunition depot and each received six landmines and told us not to move, and then set off.
We were assigned to lay mines on an unnamed high ground on the left side of the position. Because this high ground was on the other side of the enemy, the soldiers quickly relaxed.
The cat hunched over and trotted for a while before reaching its destination. Without saying a word, Scar dug a small hole in the ground, then took out a mine and pointed it at the back and said to us: "Did you see it? There are a few behind the mine.
There are two words, one is the safety gear and the other is the preparation gear! Grab the pressure plate and rotate it counterclockwise. When it is turned to the preparation gear, it is the trigger state. Just bury it carefully and camouflage it..."
"What?" This was my first time coming into contact with landmines. I had always been full of curiosity and fear about such mysterious things, so I couldn't believe it when Scar said it so simply.
However, landmines are actually not that complicated. In the final analysis, they are similar to grenades and explosive packs. The difference is that grenades and explosive packs are exploded in the open, while landmines are placed in the dark so that you cannot see where they are. Some have
With experienced veterans, they can easily and quickly arrange grenades or explosive packets into booby traps... just like I did before.
Come to think of it, you don't dare to be careless when burying landmines. Just kidding, this is a life-threatening job. When burying, our heads are less than one meter away from the mines. If we are not careful, our heads will be blown off... plus
In the past few days of the war, I also know that our army's equipment always has some kind of malfunction. For example, the Type 56 submachine gun will explode after being fired for a long time, at least one fifth of the grenades will not explode, and the recoilless rifle rocket launcher sometimes will not explode.
Three shots in a row were all duds...
Thinking of this made me feel numb when I was laying the landmine - what if the quality of the landmine is not up to par, and we turn it to the ready position or it explodes with just a light touch?
Later I found out that I wasn't the only one thinking about this problem. Xiao Shitou asked Scar about this question. Scar raised his hand and gave Little Shitou a hard time: "What else can I do? If this happens, what will happen to your head?"
You’ve already moved, why do you still need to think about what to do?”
The soldiers couldn't help but burst into laughter, but everyone could see that there was a bit of helplessness and bitterness hidden in the laughter.
Have the leaders and workers who produce weapons and ammunition in the rear have considered this issue? Have they ever thought that because of their carelessness and shoddy workmanship, not only have our troops suffered undue casualties, but they have also caused us to be critical of ourselves.
Have you lost confidence in your weapons?
While we were laying landmines at designated locations according to the markings on the map, we recorded in our notebooks the number and locations of landmines planted in various places. We even drew a simplified map of the distribution of landmines as required, just in case our troops or
It is used when friendly forces have someone to pass through a minefield, and it also provides convenience for setting off mines at dawn the next day.
As the number of mines on our shoulders decreased one by one, more and more records were recorded in the notebook, and soon we came to the fifth mine site.
"Platoon leader..." I had just dug a hole and was about to take off the landmines and bury them when a young soldier came up to me and said, "Let me do it at this point! Otherwise there won't be any landmines."
Bury it, you will make other people laugh when you go back!"
It turns out that this soldier has been delivering landmines, so he has never planted one himself until now.
"Hurry up!" Scar urged: "It must be completed before dark, otherwise there may be errors in the recording!"
"Yes!" the soldiers responded and got busy again.
"What tricks are you trying to do..." The little soldier had just taken action and was scolded by Scar: "The mines were buried before they were activated. We are here to bury the mines and blow up the Japanese, not to send them away."
The mines are for the enemy!”
The little soldier's tender face turned red, and he hurriedly dug out the mine from the pit, adjusted it, and buried it!
At this moment, a sudden "boom" explosion shocked everyone...
"No...it's not me!" The little soldier stared blankly at the mine in his hand and said nervously: "I...my mine didn't explode!"
"Pfft..." With a sound, all the soldiers laughed. I couldn't hold it back, and this little soldier didn't even think about it. If his mine exploded, would we still be able to stand here and talk so easily now?
"Silence! Silence!" Scar raised his hand towards us, and the soldiers quickly realized what was happening, and hurriedly lowered themselves and picked up their rifles...