Not long after we were ready, Zhao Jingping rushed back to the camp. He stood up in front of me and reported: "Batalion Commander, Commander Shen agreed to our plan and asked me to tell you to go ahead and fight. 703 He is responsible for coordinating the regiment, and he will definitely cooperate with our combined battalion's attack!"
"Okay!" I nodded and ordered Scar: "Let's go!"
"Yes!" Scar responded, turned around and took a platoon of soldiers to board the helicopter that had been waiting outside the camp.
We are still doing this in the name of "pre-war drills"... There will be a battle tomorrow, and we still have to perform dangerous tasks such as high-altitude parachuting, so it is necessary to conduct some pre-war drills, just like we did before ...When I first came to Yunnan or Guangxi, I was worried that I would be acclimatized and needed a period of adaptive training.
It's just that our agent company doesn't need any adaptive training now. This is partly because our synthetic battalion often operates in Yunnan or Guangxi and is very familiar with the hydrology and weather here; on the other hand, it's because the agent company has been conducting training for a long time. They are all high-intensity training, which include being able to adapt to different combat environments in the shortest possible time.
Soon a platoon led by Scar set off. Their current mission was actually very simple, which was to reach a suitable height and distance and then jump down...
Of course, this is just simple to say, but it is completely different in practice.
Not to mention anything else, just parachuting at night is a psychological test for the soldiers: it is pitch black below, no one knows what is there, and no one knows how high it is, and people are carrying an umbrella. Just jump down... If you have poor mental quality, you may not even be able to stand still.
Of course, this will not be a big problem for the soldiers of the agent company. Not long after, I heard Scar report: "The Eagle is ready. Please give instructions!"
The codename "Eagle" was given by Scar. It is really vivid. Their commando team used paragliders to glide to the main peak of Kulin Mountain and then launched an attack. The paragliders were like the wings of an eagle, and that The enemies on the main peak are equivalent to chickens waiting to be caught by the eagle, so naturally...the enemy's code name is "Chicken".
I looked at the watch on my wrist and saw that it happened to be 4:30 in the morning, so I immediately ordered without much thought: "Action!"
"Yes! Action!"
Although I did not see the movements of Scar and others, I can imagine that at this time Scar and others had jumped out of the helicopter one after another and opened their wide parachutes to fly towards the main peak of Kulin Mountain.
The next period of time will be difficult, because in order not to attract the enemy's attention and alert, from now on until the commando team led by Scar starts fighting with the enemy, they will maintain radio silence.
In fact, the key to Scar's surprise attack is whether he can catch him off guard. As a commander, I don't need to know the situation before the battle begins. Even if I know the situation, what will happen? The result will still be to Scar. They complete the task independently and we can only sit here and wait.
From this point of view, it was very risky for Scar to report the battle situation to me in a timely manner and it was unnecessary, so I told him from the beginning: "Scar will be solely responsible for this task, unless it is an emergency or a battle." The enemy already knows the existence of the commando when the fight begins. Otherwise, there is no need to report to me!"
My rational analysis is that my decision was right, but when Scar didn't report it to me, I couldn't sit still.
Thinking about it afterwards, maybe it’s because the success of Scar’s platoon’s raid is directly related to whether the follow-up plan of this battle can be carried out. In other words, the mission of raiding the main peak is the key to the success or failure of this battle, so even if
I have experienced various dangers and now I am a little anxious.
Perhaps it was because he was not used to being ignorant of the situation, so his mind was filled with questions, such as whether the troops on the front line sent out flares as agreed, whether Scar and the others were gliding in the right direction, and whether they arrived safely.
The designated location of Kuulin Mountain, etc.
These questions were like hundreds of ants ticking in my heart, causing me to sit and stand restlessly, pacing anxiously in front of the radio station.
"Battal Commander!" The instructor came up and handed me a cigarette and said, "Don't worry, the Second Company Commander can handle it!"
"Hmm!" Only then did I realize that I wasn't calm enough, at least for now, and I didn't have the general demeanor of "not changing my expression even if the mountain collapses".
Thinking of this, I took the cigarette offered by the instructor and put it in my mouth to light it. As for the miscellaneous thoughts in my mind, I thought it would be better to put them aside for the time being.
"My opinion is this!" The instructor said to me at this moment: "Do you think someone else should be sent to parachute Linshan? You also know how dangerous this task is. You are the commander of a battalion.
He is the soul of our synthesis camp. If there is anything wrong with you..."
At this point, the instructor stopped talking. Soldiers tabooed these unlucky words.
"I have already analyzed this problem with you!" I exhaled a thick breath of smoke and said: "You have to know that once we can capture the main peak of Kulin Mountain, the command of the main peak will become quite complicated. If it is just
The troops in our combined battalion are not bad, I believe.
Company Commander No. 2 can definitely command. But the problem is that we still have six platoons from the 1st Battalion of the 703rd Regiment, and two of these six platoons are company commanders... The company commander of our combined battalion is the company commander, and the 1st Battalion
Our company commander is also a company commander, why should they listen to us?!"
Hearing this, the instructor became silent, because in the combat history of our army, there have been too many situations like this kind of chaotic command or fighting independently due to the lack of military ranks.
"What's more!" I continued: "Once the main peak is under the control of our army, the main peak will inevitably be besieged by the Vietnamese army. It is conceivable that on the one hand, we will have to resist the siege of the Vietnamese army, and on the other hand, we will have to resist the siege of the Vietnamese army.
On the one hand, they still have to rescue six platoons of the first battalion to the main peak. After arriving, they still have to bear the responsibility.
Responsible for coordinating and assigning tasks... The second company commander is very capable, but his strength is to command the troops to fight the enemy, not this kind of command and coordination work. Therefore, in order to win this battle, it is also to prevent our troops from letting go.
All my efforts have been in vain, I have to go this time!"
"Alas!" The instructor sighed helplessly and said, "Actually, I also know that you will not listen to my advice. Be careful on the battlefield!"
"Don't worry!" I said: "I have fought so many battles, which one has left me behind?!"
"Battal Commander!" Zhao Jingping reported to me at this time: "There is news from the Eagles. They have already faced the enemy!"
"Oh!" I couldn't help but feel happy after hearing this. This meant that Scar and others had successfully reached the main peak of Koulin Mountain and successfully launched a sneak attack on the enemy.
"What's going on?" I took the phone and asked Scar on the other end.
The first thing I heard was a burst of fierce gunshots and explosions, followed by Scar's hoarse shout: "Report to the battalion commander, we have successfully landed on the main peak of Kuolin Mountain and launched a surprise attack on the enemy. The enemy was completely unprepared, but the number of them was simply outnumbered."
We imagined much more, at least a company!"
"Hmm!" After hearing this, I immediately felt relieved again.
We thought before that...the Vietnamese have always distributed their troops in an "egg" style, that is, they have more troops on the outside, but they look tough on the outside, but they are empty inside.
This kind of force distribution is actually in line with the actual situation in Vietnam. The main reason is that the Vietnamese have fewer soldiers, fewer people, and less supplies. If enough troops are allocated outside or inside, then they will simply not be able to withstand the impact of these troops.
Pressure from incoming ammunition, supplies, etc.
So the Vietnamese army has what we call an "egg" type of troop deployment, that is, more troops are allocated on the front line, enough to compete with our army or even surpass our army in some parts, but the defense
However, only a small number of troops were used to garrison the depth.
The matching tactic is that after the first-line troops of the Vietnamese army are defeated, they will soon move to the second line of defense. Therefore, our army attacks layer by layer, and the Vietnamese army defends layer by layer.
It is precisely for this reason that Zhao Jingping and I judged that there would be no more than one platoon of Vietnamese troops stationed on the main peak of Kau Lin Mountain at this time. At most, there might be some artillery scouts and the like to establish some observation stations on it...
The commanding heights and observation stations are a must.
But what we didn't expect was that the Vietnamese army on the main peak actually reached the number of "at least one company" reported by Scar.
Later I learned that this was indeed an accident. The original garrison on the main peak was indeed less than one platoon as we had guessed. The accurate number obtained from the prisoners was that there were only two squads plus an artillery observer group, totaling no more than 20 people.
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However, by coincidence, the commander of the Vietnamese army suddenly had a whim... He believed that if the battle continued like this, the main peak of Koolin Mountain would probably be attacked by the enemy, so he sent a company to the main peak to conduct drills.
That night was the first day that the Vietnamese army's training troops arrived, and we happened to run into them.
I don’t know if it’s because we are unlucky or because the Japanese are unlucky.
Say we are unlucky. No matter how you say it, this has brought some variables to our mission, because the comparison of forces is too great: one reinforced company versus one platoon.
The Vietnamese army is unlucky. They were practicing on the top, and they didn't expect that an enemy would appear on the main peak without warning on the first day. What's more important is that this unit is extremely powerful in combat with our army.
A powerful company of agents.
The Vietnamese army couldn't figure this out at all. Some of them even wanted to understand this issue when they were captured, and kept asking us what method we used to appear on the main peak without anyone noticing.
This is understandable, because even the US military that the Vietnamese army faced did not use this method to deal with them.
At this time, I only said one sentence: "Is it difficult to completely annihilate the Vietnamese army and occupy the main peak?"
Scar only answered two words: "No!" (To be continued...)