The convoy drove swaying on the road for more than two hours. Just when I was about to fall asleep... the car made a sudden change and turned into a mountain pass. After a few minutes, we saw barbed wire fences and barbed wire fences.
A machine gun fort, layers of walls...
I casually took a look at the defense of this base and couldn't help but feel scared... This is a mountain col surrounded by mountains. The only entrance and exit is the mountain col, but this mountain col and the surrounding highlands are all controlled by the powerful firepower of our army.
Underneath... What's more important is that the space inside is not small... at a glance, it covers several square kilometers, and it can almost be said to be flat land.
Terrain like this... is obviously suitable for use as an ammunition depot or supply transfer station... The reason is very simple. Surrounded by mountains on all sides, it means that it is difficult for the Vietnamese army's long-range artillery fire to hit it from any direction.
Here, unless the Vietnamese army uses air strikes or mortars!
Air strikes are obviously not a good idea... With Vietnam's weak air power, it is even more inappropriate to fight an air war with us, especially if it starts first... Vietnam will be the first to take action on the air force, and China will just fight back...
At that time, the Soviet Union was under pressure from the United States and did not dare to help even if it wanted to.
As for the mortars... on the one hand, the gunners cannot see what is going on inside the basin, and it is difficult to hit the target accurately. On the other hand, our artillery is much stronger than the Vietnamese army, and it also occupies a high place... at any time
It can suppress its mortar troops and even blow them up into the sky in one go!
In other words... this base is like an impregnable castle, and its walls are the highlands surrounding the base!
Later I realized that I was right... This place was originally used as a supply transfer station for several divisions of our army in this direction. That is to say, supplies from the direction of Kunming would be continuously transported here. Then they would be divided into several divisions.
A steady stream of routes are being transported to the frontline troops!
The two battalions of the 337th Regiment are defending here at this time... The reason why they are defending here is because this transfer station was temporarily converted into a base for our army to rescue the two correspondents...
The reason for such a big fight is because I need to use helicopters... As mentioned before, helicopters are not just twenty helicopters parked here and there, they require various maintenance personnel at all times.
I saw this when the car drove into the gate of the base... A straight-up five-cylinder modification was ready for use in the square, and the maintenance staff were doing careful inspections. It seemed that as long as we needed it... we could drive it at any time.
It looked like a helicopter was taking off... From this we can also know how seriously the superiors attach importance to this mission.
But this is not surprising... On the battlefield, sometimes a piece of valuable information can even be worth several divisions of troops. What's more, the ones captured at this time are two correspondents who know our army's code translation. Once they can't withstand it,
...I don’t know how many pieces of valuable and important information will fall into the hands of the Vietnamese army!
"Batalion Commander Yang!" As soon as I stepped out of the car, a haggard old soldier came up to me, held my hand and said, "I am Pan Fanglin, the commander of the 337th Regiment... Thank you for your support! We are waiting.
It’s been a long time since you guys!”
I looked at the sky that was about to get dark and asked: "Captain Pan... when is the right time for us to take action?"
"Well..." Captain Pan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then replied: "For us, of course the sooner the better, but it also depends on the situation... Don't be too impatient, otherwise it will be easy to do bad things!"
"Yes!" I nodded. Commander Pan's answer told me that they were very anxious about this matter... and it was even possible that it was not just them who were anxious, but also the 126th Division, and the top brass of our army...
So I waved my hand... and ordered to the soldiers who had just got off the bus behind me: "Conduct adaptive training immediately, and all cadres will gather together for a meeting! Have a meeting!"
"Yes!" the soldiers responded.
This is very important to us, especially for pilots...because although the thing before us is also a direct-to-fifth modification, it seems that there are still many maintenance personnel inspecting and maintaining it to ensure that it is flawless.
But the problem is... every pilot has his own habits. Different helicopters also operate differently... This causes pilots to feel a little strange when using other helicopters, which takes some time to adapt to... At the same time
Soldiers and pilots need time to adapt to the climate and airflow here!
Besides... only the pilots and soldiers can operate it themselves to ensure that the amount of ammunition loaded on the helicopter meets our tactics!
Of course the soldiers understood this, so they started adaptive training without saying a word!
I came to the conference room with Captain Pan... As soon as I entered the conference room, I saw several staff officers. I thought they should be arranged by Captain Pan to report the situation to us. I saw their faces and full expressions.
Their bloodshot eyes... I knew they had probably stayed up all night worrying about this matter these past few nights!
After a group of us sat down, a staff officer unfolded a topographic map on the wall and pointed at it and said: "Let me introduce the overall situation first... This is the Banan Iron and Steel Plant where the Vietnamese army detained our military correspondents.
, the Vietnamese troops defending here have increased from two agent companies to three agent companies..."
"Three agent companies?" I couldn't help but frown when I heard this... It seems that we are still a step late, and now the difficulty of the task has increased exponentially.
"Not bad!" The staff officer nodded and said: "It seems that the Vietnamese army agents are ready to station in this factory for a long time... Two of its agent companies are arranged around the factory, and the other agent company is arranged in the steel plant...
The arrangement of the Vietnamese army in Banan is to take turns to garrison, achieving the effect of combining work and rest!"
This is why I frowned just now... Originally, the Vietnamese army was only stationed outside the steel plant, which meant that its interior was empty... In the past, there was at most one platoon plus a guard platoon or a headquarters.
Now there is a company!
Obviously... this will cause us a lot of trouble when airborne to rescue people!
"According to our intelligence!" the staff officer pointed to a corner of the steel plant and continued: "The target is being held here by the Vietnamese army... This was originally the office building of the steel plant, so it is an independent small building... The surrounding sight lines
Very good, and there are three roads leading to the factory in all directions. Once something happens... Vietnamese troops from all directions will soon rush here for reinforcements!"
"How long will it take for the Vietnamese troops from other directions to get here?" I asked.
"The nearest place only takes two minutes!" the staff officer replied: "The farther place only takes ten minutes! It might be faster by car..."
Hearing this, everyone in the conference room couldn't help but be stunned... How can we fight this battle? Even if we let the combined battalion come, even if we have helicopters, we will have nowhere to start...
You must know that we need time to rappel... although we can control this time within two minutes.
But the problem is...the Vietnamese troops stationed at the steel plant are agents, agents with extremely fast reaction times...They are not fools. As soon as they hear the helicopter, they will know that our target is the office building where the correspondent is located!
To put it simply... we haven't completed the rappel yet, and the reinforcements from the Vietnamese army may have been ready and waiting for us upstairs... In this case, even if we are all well-trained, I'm afraid
It means sacrificing one every time you go down!
"It really doesn't work..." Captain Pan thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Then blow up this office building..."
"Captain Pan!" Staff Officer Zhang wanted to object, but was quickly stopped by Commander Pan!
"There is no other way!" Captain Pan nodded at me with understanding: "For the safety of the entire army, it is necessary to make some sacrifices... Besides, our soldiers are lives, and so are the soldiers of the combined battalion.
lives... We have no reason to ask you to risk your lives to save them!"
I agree with what Commander Pan said... I have no reason to exchange the lives of my men for the lives of others... This is not just because the two correspondents are small soldiers, even if the captured ones are division commanders, corps commanders and even
Commander, I feel the same way... because I think life should be equal, and it will not become more expensive just because the other party is a division commander, army commander, etc., and the lives of my men will naturally be cheaper!
What's more... the capture of these two communications is likely to endanger the lives of many soldiers in the army...
So I didn't think much about it... nodded and agreed: "I have no problem, the best choice is to blow up the office building... Do you have any other opinions?"
The cadres in the office were silent for a while... Although this decision is definitely the right one, when it comes to making a decision... it's not that easy!
"I agree!" The first person to express his agreement was Scar... He seems to be a ruthless character, not only ruthless to his enemies, but also ruthless to himself, so it's not surprising that he would agree with me!
"I agree too!" Then came Captain Luo. Captain Luo is a good person... This decision is difficult for him, but he is also a rational person, and rational people will naturally make the right decision!
"I agree!" The one who nodded last was Zheng Liangqiang... I think the reason why he nodded last was because he knew very well that their helicopter would complete the bombing mission!
Originally, I thought the plan was settled like this... This mission has become both complicated and simpler, because originally we still had hope of rescuing the correspondent, but now that there is no hope... then we will fly up with a helicopter and follow the office
Just a row of rockets coming upstairs!
But what I didn't expect was... new problems soon appeared...
Several staff members whispered for a while, then took out a structural diagram and handed it to me and said: "Battal Commander... This is the latest structural diagram of the office building we got. I think... blowing up the office building may not be completed.