The smooth completion of mine clearance work led to the soldiers of the Second Battalion charging against Faka Mountain at the beginning of the shelling...
Of course, this charge did not invest much, it was just a platoon in each direction... In other words, the total force invested on Mount Faka is less than one company.
This is because the Vietnamese Army No. 4 and No. 5 positions are not large in strength... No. 4 and No. 5 positions are just secondary positions, not to mention that they are not large in area, so the Vietnamese Army can arrange these two positions.
The troops were only two squads respectively.
On the other hand... it's because we are feinting attacks. It's at night. As long as we cover more firepower, the feinting attack troops are a little more than less than the Vietnamese army, and less than the less is good for our army...
...There is less casualties!
In fact, what is more important is... the two offensive routes we designed are to avoid the firepower of the Vietnamese Army No. 3 main position... The Vietnamese Army No. 3 main position has more troops and strong firepower, and according to the long-term
Observe at least two platoons of infantry, and because the main position No. 3 is condescending, the Vietnamese army has arranged a large number of light and heavy machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns here... If the main position No. 3 is targeted, then our army will not be able to do so.
Whether it is a feint attack, the casualties paid will not be small.
So as we planned, the attack routes of our two platoons... were to attack along the straight directions of positions No. 3, 4, 3 and 5 respectively... so that our army could attack
When positions No. 4 and 5, the Vietnamese army's sight and firepower in the No. 3 position were blocked by positions No. 4 and 5 and could not play a role.
Of course, everything has its advantages and disadvantages... Attacking along these two routes means that the range of activities we can move is very small, which means that the number of people we attack cannot be too large, otherwise the personnel will be too dense.
It's right.
But this is not a problem... because our main offensive target is not position 4 and 5. It is the main position 3 after position 4 and 5.
I think the Vietnamese army would never even dream of... We would use this kind of jumping attack, that is, bypassing positions No. 4 and 5 and attack positions No. 3 from the rear!
About twenty minutes, the two platoons of the Second Battalion rushed to the vietnam No. 4 and No. 5 positions respectively... At this time, the results of our training in the past three days were reflected... The infantry on the ground immediately entered the position.
Tracers and walkie-phones cooperate to provide their position for the helicopters...
You know, this is at night, and there is smoke everywhere on the battlefield. In addition, our army is only more than one hundred meters or even dozens of meters away from the Vietnamese army... This distance of about a hundred meters is seen in the eyes of the infantry.
It's very big, but in the eyes of our helicopter pilots, especially when the target is still on a high ground with a large inclination... Pilots often tremble their hands or the helicopter shakes, and the bullets that were originally targeting the Vietnamese positions were very
It may hit your own people!
So at this time, most of our helicopters turned their targets to the higher position No. 3... One reason for doing this was to worry about using accidental injuries, and the other was to suppress the firepower of the Vietnamese army at the position No. 3 and block the firepower of the Vietnamese army.
They reinforced the firepower and personnel of positions No. 4 and 5.
Of course, not all helicopters turn. Some of them are very skilled in operating and shooting at very high levels... They naturally suppress the firepower of positions No. 4 and 5. We mainly aim to give the Vietnamese army a strong attack on 4. As for the illusion of position No. 5, if there were no helicopters targeting position No. 4 and 5... Then the Vietnamese army would inevitably be suspicious!
There are very few helicopter pilots in this part. After all, we have not been trained for a long time, and the aiming system of the Z5 modified has many disadvantages. We need to use these weapons that are not very accurate and are precisely equipped on the flying helicopter. It is indeed not easy to hit the target.
So even among dozens of pilots in our entire flight, such pilots can only find five...
Of course, one of them is Zheng Liangqiang... I have to admit that this guy is talented in helicopters. He seems to be familiar with every part of the 5, and when he is sitting in the cockpit, he is operating the 5 At that time... we felt that he was integrated into a helicopter, which became part of his body.
So he was able to fly the helicopter at a low altitude through high ground or trees, and sometimes even walked through caves that other pilots thought were impossible to pass through...
Because of his familiarity with helicopters, he was able to use his intuition to determine where these equipment installed were, and where they would be after they were fired... So he became A veritable helicopter sharpshooter, the rockets and machine guns they fired were basically the same.
Ironically... this guy knows nothing about shooting...
In order to enable the pilots to fight more accurately on the battlefield... we train the pilots with shooting. After all, the anti-aircraft machine guns and rocket nests on the helicopter are in their hands. If they do, they will. If you don’t understand the basic shooting principles, it will naturally be difficult to accurately hit the target with the weapons on the helicopter.
So Zheng Liangqiang made a joke... When he used 56 and a half to shoot the target, he couldn't even make a hole in his own target even if he hit a magazine... Instead, there were a few more bullet holes on the target next to him!
At that time, I was a little doubtful if he was aiming the wrong target... But when asked about Zheng Liangqiang, he said embarrassedly... "Actually, he was aiming wrong. If you really aiming wrong... you can hit your own target. Come on!"
I couldn't help but be speechless... But he could also be said to be a weirdo. Although this gun cannot be fired... It would be majestic when hung on a helicopter, just like he was born for a helicopter, and helicopters are His transformed gold and steel look like!
These pilots who could fly helicopters and fight more accurately... naturally arranged for them to suppress the Vietnamese positions No. 4 and 5.
First, the soldiers of the Second Battalion fired tracer bullets on the high ground. These tracer bullets would shoot bright lines in the night, so the pilots knew... The starting point of the tracer bullet was the position of our soldiers, and the end point was the position of the Vietnamese army!
Then the pilot will make a quick judgment... whether our army is too close to the Vietnamese position. Is the pilot confident that it will hit the rockets onto the enemy's position within such a short distance without accidentally hurting the friendly forces... If not, Notify the infantry to retreat for a distance through the walkie-talkie.
Otherwise... it would be a row of rockets or machine guns toward the Vietnamese position!
"Battery Commander!" When the second batch of helicopters flew up to replace the first batch of helicopters that had almost drained the ammunition, Zhao Jingping looked at me with inquiring eyes: "Can we go to the next step?"
"Yeah!" I nodded and gave an order to the walkie-talkie: "All units should pay attention to... enter the second step of attack, repeat. enter the second step of attack!"
The second step of attack mentioned here refers to the secret surrender to the back of Fakashan... The reason why he ordered the "second step of attack" was because he was worried that the Vietnamese army would have radio listening troops.
Listening nearby... The Vietnamese army has the support of the Soviet devils, so don't think that Vietnam is a poor country without high-tech listening equipment.
However, now, even if the Vietnamese army's snooping troops heard the "second step attack"... I'm afraid they don't understand what this means.
"Yes!" The pilots responded and quickly changed their formation slightly.
Then I saw two helicopters circling around the back of Faka Mountain, one left and one right... Of course, this circling did not mean that we would immediately start to rush to subdue our true intentions to combat!
So these two helicopters did nothing to go around... They just blasted and raided at the back of Faka Mountain!
At this time...If the Vietnamese army listened to our radio, they would probably suddenly realize it: "Oh... It turns out that the second attack step is to let the helicopter go around the back of Faka Mountain to fight!"
By the way, this is very necessary... First of all, there is a dead corner of artillery fire on the back of this Faka Mountain. Although the mortar can be fired... it cannot be seen, but the helicopter can be seen and shot. There is no doubt that
It has become a weapon to attack its back and accurately and effectively attack the targets on the back of Faka Mountain!
Secondly, you can also observe the fortifications and personnel allocation on the back of Faka Mountain on the helicopter...
In fact, we did the same... After the helicopter went around to the back of Mount Faka, he first fired a few flares... Then while firing rockets, it also provided coordinates for the mortar unit, which made our army's mortar shells
It was like he had eyes and was hitting the fortifications on the back of Mount Faka!
This can also be said to have set a precedent in the history of our army's offensive... You should know that at this time, whether it is Vietnam or our army, they are very good at building reverse inclined fortifications, and even the top position is built close to the reverse inclined surface.
The reason for the side of the world is not mentioned... Doing so can prevent your fortifications from being destroyed by enemy artillery at the first time!
The reverse slope tactic can be said to be very effective, and it can even be said... Our volunteer soldiers often use this tactic to fight head-on with the United Nations forces with aircraft and cannons.
But... if there is a helicopter... the effect of the back slope will be greatly weakened!
Just like we are now... helicopters can not only directly attack the enemy's back-aberding fortifications, but also guide mortars to conduct accurate bombing. Therefore, the Vietnamese army's back-aberding fortifications on Faka Mountain was quickly blown up by us.