The Vietnamese army's attack on our army this time can be said to be a complete failure...
According to post-war statistics, the Vietnamese army suffered at least 200 casualties in this attack... The reason we use the word "at least" is because our army also covered a firepower of an artillery position of the Vietnamese army... This shell is
The Vietnamese artillery positions were fired, but how many people died and how many artillery were bombed... This is what we can know. We only know that at least one of the Vietnamese Japanese would be fired by our long-range artillery artillery.
Destroy... because it immediately lost its sound after our army's artillery fire was covered.
And what about our army?
A total of nine people were sacrificed and eighteen injured... The reason why casualties increased compared to the time of the report was that in the subsequent rescue operations, the soldiers trapped in the tunnel were still injured!
It is obvious that these casualties are simply insignificant compared to the bodies of the Yue Japanese corpses all over the mountains, so our army undoubtedly has a complete victory!
This made the morale of our soldiers rise to a higher level, and there were even many second battalion soldiers who were replaced and shouted that they had never fought the Japanese as happily as they were today.
But in my camp... the atmosphere is a bit different...
"Battery Commander!" Just after rushing back from Faka Mountain, Scar reported to me in vain: "The rest of this is fine, it's the 160MM mortar of the Vietnamese Japanese..."
As he said that, Scar shook his head and spit out a few words: "It's not easy to deal with!"
At this time, Faka Mountain... we had already used Li Zuolong's second row to replace the defense with the original row. After all, the first row has become a little tired and casualty until now... This is not to say that they can't stand it, but our agents have returned the battle.
There are several new forces in the platoon, so there is no need to let one of the platoons stand on the ground continuously.
Of course, when changing defense, the first and second rows took half an hour to explain the detailed terrain, minefield, firepower configuration and the direction of the Japanese who may attack were clearly explained.
I nodded and asked, "Tell me... what are the problems!"
"It's still a small problem that this fortification was blown down!" Scar thought for a while and replied: "With the quality of our second company... even if there are no fortifications, we can organize a line of defense with bullet craters, and we can also drive the Japanese from the Vietnamese from
Fight down on the high ground...but the problem is... our ammunition and other things are all in the tunnel. Once this tunnel is blown down, all the ammunition we store is gone!"
Upon hearing this, I couldn't help but frown... Scar hit the nail on the head with just one sentence. I didn't expect this before... I was just worried that the casualties of soldiers without fortifications would increase in number. Now it seems...
This is not just a matter of casualties, but a matter of whether this position can be defended.
"You talk about this ammunition..." Scar continued: "It's not OK if we don't store it. It's impossible to put the ammunition outside and let the Japanese devils explode... But if you store it in the tunnel, there is no problem usually.
When we fight... the next time the Vietnamese Japanese still use this 160MM delayed mortar to bombard it... There are basically few tunnels that do not collapse. The ammunition we can bring out is only a few magazines on our bodies...
...How else can I fight this battle? If the battalion commander had not guessed the offensive route and time of the Vietnamese Japanese in advance, and used artillery and helicopters to suppress them back... I'm afraid that Fakashan was already in the hands of the Vietnamese Japanese
Now!"
The battalion headquarters was immediately silent... The cadres all knew very well that Scar's words were true... Even if our second company is of high quality and well-equipped... but without bullets, everything is futile. The individual weapons of this era...
It’s not like the five heroes of Langya Mountain who can smash the enemy with stones.
"Battery Commander!" After a long time, Zhao Jingping spoke from the side: "The question raised by the Second Company Commander is very important... The Japanese devils can do this once, and they can do this second time... This time we are very
Fortunately, I used cannons and helicopters to attack the Japanese Japanese. Next time... the Japanese Japanese were afraid they would be prepared for our helicopters!"
"Yeah!" I nodded.
What Zhao Jingping said makes sense... It can even be said that the Vietnamese army will likely fight like this when the next attack. On the one hand, they use 160MM mortars to fire delayed shells, and on the other hand, they have arranged some air defense weapons to suppress our army.
Air force... It seems that it is not difficult for the Vietnamese army to do this. They only need to urgently mobilize a batch of anti-aircraft machine guns or small-caliber anti-aircraft artillery, and even if possible... The Vietnamese army will also mobilize large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery
...
After all, on the long border between China and Vietnam, only Fakashan is the only place to fight, right?
In some ways... a small-scale local battle is quite beneficial to Vietnam. The reason is that the gap between the Vietnamese army and our army is not a little bit different in terms of military strength and equipment... This is in self-defense
It can be seen in the counterattack.
So... if it was fighting a full-scale war, the Vietnamese army would soon face the problems of insufficient troops and insufficient equipment.
However... we are fighting local wars now, so the Vietnamese army can almost concentrate the national strength on Faka Mountain, and our army cannot exert its advantages of large numbers of troops and equipment.
This is why the Vietnamese army's artillery seems to be getting stronger and stronger in the past few days... Can they concentrate the artillery in Faka Mountain from other directions, and the Vietnamese army is also equipped with 160MM mortars and use them
Carrying a swinging shooting... So the momentum of overwhelming our army in the direction of artillery fire!
"I think we still have time to prepare!" After thinking about it, I said, "Last time... the Vietnamese Japanese attacked us five days apart, so I think... the next attack of the Vietnamese army is very good.
Maybe it will be about five days!"
"This..." Zhao Jingping looked at me with some conviction and said, "Battery Commander, how could you... guess this?"
The other cadres were also a little confused about this, and they all cast curious eyes at me.
"That's what I think..." I said: "These 160MM mortars... should be the ones that the Soviet devils have only recently equipped with the Japanese devils!"
"Yeah!" Scar nodded: "We have never seen the Vietnamese Japanese use this kind of cannon before... In fact, in the battle in 1979, the Vietnamese Japanese defended, and we attacked... and the 160MM mortar was attacking...
The main function of the weapon is to destroy the back slope fortifications. Otherwise... this thing is really not as good as a 100MM mortar, so it is normal not to use it before the Japanese devils!"
"So..." I continued: "Before this, the 160MM mortar of the Vietnamese Japanese was likely to be still training... It was not until the Battle of Fakashan that they were urgently transferred here, and then they used it for another five days.
Time to prepare... In other words, they have to spend five days to store enough shells to damage our army's fortifications on the Faka Mountain!"
"Oh!" The cadre suddenly realized after hearing this.
Zhao Jingping agreed: "That is to say... this time the Vietnamese Japanese basically shot all the shells of the 160MM mortar, and they will need another five days to store the shells!"
"That's right!" I said: "Of course... the Vietnamese army's transportation capacity cannot be so bad... It will take five days to transport 160MM mortar shells. But this battle... is definitely not just
160MM mortar... Just like the last battle, the Vietnamese 160MM mortar still needs a large number of long-range artillery for cover, and even the Vietnamese army hopes to be evenly matched with our army in terms of long-range artillery. In this way... the Vietnamese ghost
It will take five days!"
"But..." Then Scar asked another question: "How should we prepare for these five days?"
"This is indeed a problem!" Zhao Jingping said: "For example, whether to do this fortification or not, should the ammunition be transported upwards... If this fortification is done, I will wait for it to be blown up by the Vietnamese Japanese in a few days, and the ammunition is transported again.
Going up... I still have to be buried in the tunnel, if that is the case..."
Various sounds appeared in the camp immediately...
Some cadres said that the fortification must be built, otherwise they will fight against the Vietnamese devils; some said that they should not spend any effort. We will wait for the Vietnamese devils to blow up and find a way to let someone pass the ammunition and supplies through the Vietnamese army.
The artillery fire blockade and transport it up!
It should be said that both statements have their own reasons...but neither side allowed anyone, so they fought for a long time but couldn't find out what was going on.
"This is my idea!" I said, "This fortification must be done... Otherwise, we may not have even five days. The Japanese dooms do not need to transport so many shells...
Can you destroy the fortifications of Mount Faka!”
As soon as I said this, the cadres who insisted on building fortifications were a waste of time, no sound was heard.
"What's more,..." I continued: "If we don't even do fortifications... Of course, the artillery shells saved by the Japanese will not be kept unmoved. They will soon turn the muzzle to Urakuto or
It's called Kashan! So... this fortification must be done no matter what, but we can't do it in the past!"
"Can't you do it in the past?" Hearing Yan, Dao Scar couldn't help but be confused.
"Yes!" I said: "For those Tibetan tunnels... because their openings must be large, they are naturally poor in strength. These tunnels are likely to collapse under the bombardment of the Vietnamese army in the next battle. Since
In this way... we don't need to spend too much effort on these tunnels. Just behave like to hide from people! On the other hand, this ammunition and supply are very important to our army.
So we have to build some stronger, smaller tunnels to store ammunition... In this way, we won’t have no ammunition when we start fighting!"
"Oh!" Scar nodded, and then he understood what the other method I meant.