"Batalion Commander!" Zhao Jingping asked impatiently as soon as he returned to the camp: "Although it is true that Kau Lin Mountain is steep in the north and gentle in the south, and the Vietnamese army will not have any precautions in the south, but they can directly attack Kou Lin Mountain like this. The risk of airborne landing is too high!"
Of course what Zhao Jingping said is right. I have actually thought about this, and Captain Shen was also worried about it before.
Even if our parachute equipment has been improved and has various advantages, even if we can get support from helicopters, even if our combined battalion is well-trained... it is different to directly implement airborne landing on high ground.
If you are airborne on flat ground, the distance between soldiers is only a few meters after reaching the ground. However, if you are airborne on high ground, even if the distance between soldiers is only a few meters in the air, they are likely to be pulled after reaching the ground. The driving distance is more than ten meters or even tens of meters, which is determined by the objective factor that the high ground is a slope.
This is the situation between soldiers. If a platoon or even a company is airborne for such a long time, the result will be that the entire army becomes very scattered. In other words, the small dispersion area of the new parachute is almost useless. If it doesn't work, it will become more scattered and difficult to assemble due to terrain factors. This does not include the inevitable protruding rocks, cliffs, bayonet-like shrubs on the highlands, etc.
"Yes!" Scar nodded after understanding the situation: "Let's not talk about the danger of airborne for now. The Vietnamese have always had the habit of stationing troops on the reverse slope. We want to airborne on the south side of Koulin Mountain, which is the reverse slope. It is very likely that we will be counter-airborne by the Vietnamese army before we land. At that time, we were not familiar with the terrain, and we were afraid that we would be surrounded by the Vietnamese army before we could assemble!"
Scar is right. In the current war, especially when our army has an absolute advantage in artillery, the Vietnamese army will definitely use reverse slopes to garrison troops, and the troops in this garrison are often the main force. In other words, It is very likely that we will face the main force of the Vietnamese army if we jump.
Needless to say what happens next, we are very likely to be entangled by these Vietnamese troops on the reverse slope and cannot escape or even protect ourselves. In this case, we still want to capture the main peak... It is simply a wishful thinking.
It's just what Zhao Jingping and Dao Scar can think of, so how could I not think of it.
I didn't answer directly, I just smiled and asked Scar: "How is your paragliding training going?"
Scar answered without thinking: "Due to the heavy training tasks during this period, the training of paragliders is also lagging behind. Therefore, there is probably only one platoon of soldiers who can master this new type of paraglider proficiently!"
"Enough!" I nodded.
"Hmm!" At this moment, Zhao Jingping couldn't help but suddenly realized: "The battalion commander means... to use a paraglider to launch a surprise attack on the main peak of Kulin Mountain?!"
"That's right!" I nodded: "The controllability of a paraglider is much greater than that of an ordinary paraglider, and we can parachute from high altitudes, that is, parachute from within our country and then glide to Kulin Mountain. This way we can almost Landing on the Kuulin Mountain without anyone noticing..."
I don’t need to say more about what happened next. If a platoon of agents from the company sneaked into Kuolin Mountain without the Vietnamese army knowing about it, it would not be difficult to capture the unsuspecting main peak of Kuolin Mountain.
"That's a good idea!" Zhao Jingping thought for a while before slowly nodding and said: "Let a platoon of soldiers take the lead first. After taking the main peak, it will definitely cause chaos for the Vietnamese army. At this time, the Vietnamese army will definitely launch a siege on the main peak.
After they exposed their strength and firepower, they did not expect that we would once again carry out a low-altitude parachute drop on Kuolin Mountain, and our troops on the main peak could also provide information and fire cover for the parachute troops... This would greatly increase the number of parachute drops.
The success rate is amazing!”
"But..." Scar said with some embarrassment: "If the paragliding unit wants to avoid the eyes and ears of the Vietnamese army, it must do it at night. It is difficult for us to find the right position in the night!"
This is indeed a problem, but it is not difficult to solve.
"We can use flares or signal flares to guide the paragliding unit to the target!" I said: "The battle has begun. Occasionally a few flares or flares will appear on the front line and will not arouse the suspicion of the Vietnamese army. Then we will
It is agreed that the red flare will be in the direction of the main peak of Kulin Mountain. If necessary, we will also fire several rounds of flares towards the main peak of Kulin Mountain to allow the paragliding unit to establish its target!"
"That's no problem!" Hearing this, Scar couldn't help but nodded.
At this time, the soldiers have fallen in love with paragliding... Paragliding is different from ordinary parachutes. Although ordinary parachutes are also controllable, they can only make some fine adjustments, while paragliders can control themselves in the sky.
Flying around is like having wings.
This is why there are many paragliding enthusiasts in modern times. Human beings have had a desire to fly freely in the sky since ancient times. Paragliding can be said to have fulfilled this wish to a certain extent.
Soldiers are also human beings, so they also have a special liking for paragliders, so every time they train paragliders, they are always very energetic. This is why they can achieve considerable results in such a short period of time.
One of the reasons why some people are proficient in paragliding operations.
As the commander of the special agent company, Scar naturally has to set an example... In fact, Scar himself enjoys doing this, so of course he has also mastered the use of this paraglider. Now I heard that we will use flares and
The flares would show them the direction, and Da Dao would know whether this method would work.
At this time, Zhao Jingping couldn't help but asked me with some doubts: "Batalion Commander, you planned to launch an attack with a paraglider early in the morning, so why did you just go to the regiment headquarters..."
"I don't really believe in the secrecy work of the 703rd Regiment!" I said: "The reason why our army was in a passive position from the beginning in this battle is because the Vietnamese Japanese knew in advance that our army was going to attack Koulin Mountain.
I feel a little strange about this. Even our synthetic battalion is using this offensive plan.
I only found out after the battle started, and I also asked Deputy Battalion Commander Chen that the additional or strengthened troops sent to the direction of Kulin Mountain were all secretly transferred or assembled under the guise of field exercises, while the Vietnamese army
But he can accurately grasp that our army's goal is to capture Linshan, and he can take advantage of this point first..."
"Oh!" After hearing this, Zhao Jingping finally understood: "The battalion commander is worried that there are Japanese spies lurking in our team!"
"It's just a guess!" I said: "Maybe the Vietnamese army intercepted our army's phone calls, or a cadre accidentally leaked information to the Vietnamese army's spies, etc., but this operation can be said to be This is our only chance, so I have to act cautiously!"
"It makes sense!" Zhao Jingping nodded in agreement: "But...should we tell Commander Shen?"
"Of course!" I said to Zhao Jingping: "Go and tell Commander Shen that the action originally scheduled for tomorrow will be changed to early this morning!"
"What?" Hearing this, Zhao Jingping and Dao Scar couldn't help but be shocked. They took action early this morning. The time is too tight. We have been traveling by planes and cars all the way to the Hehe Camp to get here just now. Rest, and now there is less than two hours until dawn.
However, this is exactly what I hope for. Not to mention that the focus of a battle like ours is to be fast. If the speed can surprise my own people, then it will naturally surprise the enemy.
More importantly, I believe that if the fighting started in the early hours of this morning, that is, just a few hours after our combined battalion arrived at the front line, then even if the Vietnamese spies knew the news, they would not have time to inform the Vietnamese army. Even if the Vietnamese spies had done enough, The Vietnamese army was notified immediately. The Vietnamese army did not have time to prepare, not to mention that the news sent by the Vietnamese army spies would probably be tomorrow.
So preparations began quickly.
First of all, Zhao Jingping went alone to inform Commander Shen. As we discussed before, we had no confidence in the confidentiality work of the 703 regiment, so we did not plan to report to Commander Shen through radio or telephone. After all, these things There is also the risk of being eavesdropped. Therefore, for work that requires confidentiality, it is more reliable to use the primitive method of sending people directly. And I believe that at this time, our synthetic battalion will not send a staff officer to the regiment headquarters. Get someone else's attention.
Secondly, the backbone of our army's artillery rushed to the artillery battalion to receive the troops overnight, and conducted emergency training for the artillery battalion... Of course, this will not arouse the alert of the spies. If the spies think that we will attack the main peak of Kulin Mountain tomorrow night If we launch an attack, it would not be normal to conduct emergency training tonight.
However, I think what the Vietnamese spies and even the artillery battalion did not expect was that the so-called emergency training was actually not emergency training, but practice and practice until dawn!
The last step, of course, is the preparation and coordination of the helicopter unit, parachute equipment and agent company.
The helicopter unit, Zheng Liangqiang's flying company, got off the bus in Kunming. When we took the bus to the front line, Zheng Liangqiang and his team went to the military airport in the suburbs of Kunming to familiarize themselves with the helicopters there. At this time, we were just a phone call away They flew towards us in a helicopter.
Of course, the helicopter also came with all the parachute equipment we needed... By the way, only our synthetic battalion is equipped with this kind of parachute equipment so far. We are very aware of this, so we set out from Beijing early in the morning. I have brought all these things.
This series of actions is simple to say, but not easy to do at all, because it involves the coordination of various troops, the formulation of detailed combat plans, ammunition supply, etc., as long as there is an error in one link, It is very likely to cause the entire battle to fail.
Fortunately, our combined battalion was well-trained, and our cooperation with each other had reached a tacit understanding, so everything was ready in just over half an hour.
Now, all that is missing is an order from Commander Shen brought back by Zhao Jingping! (To be continued...)