"So comrades!" The political commissar waved his hand and said, "We must clearly recognize the serious surname of this problem... This is not just a simple problem of taking the blame, including the cruel killing of several fellow villagers by Vietnamese agents this time...
These are not trivial matters, but will directly affect the level of trust our people in the army!”
"Comrades!" Then the political commissar said to us meaningfully: "Our army is the army of the people, and the people have always been our foundation... If you lose the trust of the people, then what does this mean... I think
Comrades all understand in their hearts. So... our more important purpose in this battle... is not actually to regain a high ground or occupy more area, but to rebuild the people's confidence in us!"
Hearing this, I couldn't help but nod in my heart... It was indeed as the political commissar said. In fact... the reason why the people's confidence in the troops was greatly reduced was entirely because of the heavy casualties and casualties in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam.
Bad performance... Although this cannot be blamed on the army, it lacks training. It takes more time to hold a hoe than to hold a gun... What kind of performance can the army perform when it goes to the battlefield? It is considered as if it can be played like this.
Very good!
But the people don’t care what the reason... they just care about it. Do these troops still have the ability to protect us? If not... then the turmoil in the country will probably begin soon!
This is by no means an exaggeration... There are many examples of the military's domestic political situation turbulence because of the defeat of the army outside!
So we need to fight a battle... to fight a beautiful battle, and its main strategic goal is just like the political commissar said... not to seize high ground or occupy more points of land, but to stabilize the hearts of the people and win public opinion!
"It's because of this reason!" Commander Liang continued: "The superiors asked us to do this battle... not only to recover Faka Mountain, but not only to fight resolutely and beautifully... but also to end the battle with the lowest cost.
!”
"Teacher Commander!" At this time, a cadre whispered: "What is the smallest price... how small is this?"
"The superior asked us..." Commander Liang hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his two fingers and said, "Contain the casualties within 200 people!"
Hearing this, the division headquarters couldn't help but feel an uproar...
"Two hundred people?" A cadre with a scar on his forehead opposed: "This is too difficult... The Vietnamese Japanese have a company on the Faka Mountain, let alone their follow-up troops and artillery...
…We attacked... I’m afraid there will be more than 200 casualties in just a few rounds!”
"Yes, division commander!" Another cadre also agreed in embarrassment: "We have fought a lot of this battle... but I have never heard of such a control of casualties. With such control... everyone is estimating
I dare not be hurt or sacrifice... Then how can I fight this battle?"
...
"Who said that we dare not be injured or sacrifice?" Commander Liang glared at him and responded angrily: "The superiors asked us to control casualties... This means that we should command and make careful calculations and not be like fighting in the past.
With a wave of his hand, he went up one after another... It was not that the soldiers dared not be injured or sacrificed!"
Commander Liang got angry... the cadres around him immediately became silent.
But I can understand the difficulties of those cadres... This limits the number of casualties, which is tantamount to leaving the commanders behind... And this is an offensive battle, which not only takes down the high ground that the enemy is stationed, but also tries to minimize casualties as much as possible.
...It's like having a horse run away without giving it to the horse. How can there be such a good thing in the world!
"Comrades!" said the political commissar: "The order from the superior... naturally has the truth of the superior. On the one hand...of course... is to change the people's views on our army, which is very important. On the other hand... the superior also has it.
Tell us... every soldier under our command is a living life. They have their own parents and their own families. At the same time, they are willing to sacrifice their lives for the motherland and the people... Soldiers like this,
We have to be careful when using it, because every number in your hands... is actually not a simple number, but a soldier! Do you understand?"
"yes!"
"Understood!"
...
What the political commissar said is still easy to accept, but I believe... few people understand the true meaning of the political commissar's words.
What the political commissar said... is actually the direction of reform of our army, which means that we no longer emphasize spiritual power as one-sidedly as before, and emphasize not being afraid of sacrifice, rushing forward with a gun... Such a battle example is self-defense against Vietnam.
There have been many battlefields of counterattacks.
And in the future... at the level of command, we pay more attention to cherishing the lives of warriors.
This actually changed the previous thoughts, but the political commissar used the rhetoric is more tactful and easier for cadres to accept... Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look at the political commissar for a few more times and thought to myself that the political commissar's eloquence was
It's really not very good.
After thinking about it, I felt that this was probably not the eloquence of the political commissar, but the thoughts and spirits conveyed by the superiors!
"Are there any other questions?" Commander Liang looked at the cadres around him.
Who dared to have other problems at this time? So everyone shook their heads in a muffled voice.
"Then let's take a look at this Faka Mountain!"
Commander Liang pointed to a topographic map spread out on the table and said, "This Faka Mountain is 500 meters above sea level, more than 150 meters long and more than 70 meters wide... It is narrow and long in the north and south, easy to defend but difficult to attack, the Vietnamese army
Since January last year, he has occupied Mount Faka and fired guns in our territory condescendingly. He also often uses the terrain of Mount Faka to send agents to infiltrate our army for agent activities. Therefore, the superiors ordered us to remove this poisonous fang.
Drive the Vietnamese army out of our territory!”
"This is the position of the Vietnamese army on Mount Faka!" Then Commander Liang pointed to several high grounds on Mount Faka and said: "There are three positions in total... We will organize them into No. 3, No. 4, and No. 5
No. 3 position... Among them, No. 3 is the main position, No. 4 and No. 5 are the two legs of the main position of Faka Mountain... These two legs will form a pincer attack on the main position, so we have to put these three in one breath
Take down all the high ground... Only then can you have time and space to build fortifications in the direction of the Vietnamese army!"
Hearing this... I seemed to understand why we were sent here to cooperate with this army to play Kashan... It not only needs to reduce casualties, but also take down three positions at the same time... This will not allow us to join the helicopter unit.