Of course, infantry battles are not as smooth as we think, and they cannot be as simple as we think.
The reason is that the terrain of the old mountain is complex, and there are always some places that are dead corners of artillery. For example, some high grounds face us with cliffs, and infantry must go around the front and go up from the side. For high grounds like this, the defense front of the Vietnamese army is also fortifications.
It must also be built on the side.
Highland artillery similar to this is somewhat powerless.
Highland No. 50 is such a highland...Highland No. 50 is a highland located on the east side of the main peak of Laoshan. Its special feature is that it is composed of three small hills, and the main peak of Laoshan and the adjacent Highland No. 57
The machine gun can also provide fire cover to it from a condescending level.
It is conceivable that in a high ground like this... when our infantry attacked it, they had to bear fire strikes from several directions at the same time, and the artillery basically did not play much role, so they could only look at me.
Under the fierce firepower of the Vietnamese Japanese, the army infantry continued to launch wave after wave of attacks on the high ground.
It was then that I realized that what Commander Jiang said before was that it was foresight to combine the new and old tactics.
Although traditional tactics are not scientific in many places, that is, they will cause a large number of casualties on the battlefield, sometimes the battlefield requires life and courage to attack the enemy's fortifications and positions.
At this point, the new tactics are not suitable on the battlefield.
The performance of the US military during the period of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea is actually a classic counterexample... The tactics used by the US military at that time were extremely advanced, but under their tactics and training, the complex terrain of North Korea often only leads to one conclusion.
It wouldn't work if it was a soldier to charge. It would have to be bombed with planes and cannons.
So the most important thing the US military did in the Korean War was to bombard it with planes and cannons from a distance.
Just like now. If we overturn everything in traditional tactics, then we will feel helpless when facing terrain like Highland No. 50... The artillery fire cannot be blown up, and there is no air force to use. If we really want to say
Yes, that's a helicopter.
But it is obvious that helicopters are not suitable for use on such terrain, because when helicopters attack the 50th high ground, the anti-aircraft machine guns on the main peak of Laoshan can be condescendingly at the helicopter... At that time, I am afraid it would be a nightmare for helicopters.
So at this time, we can only charge directly with infantry and launch a charge that collided between flesh and blood and steel.
Although I couldn't see the specific situation of Height No. 50 in the telescope... I actually don't like this situation. In the past, even if I couldn't understand the situation in every corner in detail, I still wanted to understand the situation of the battle in the past.
You can know what you want at the first time.
But now, I seem to be able to stand on this high ground with telescopes looking around.
But this seems not surprising. I am commanding artillery now. The main task of the synthetic battalion is to protect the artillery radar and use the artillery radar to guide the artillery combat. Of course, there is no need to know too much about the situation of the infantry.
To be precise, it is not that there is no need to understand these situations as soon as possible... At this time, the infantry command was probably busy for a long time, even if we took the time to notify me, we were afraid that we would also help.
Not busy.
But I can still infer the general situation from some details seen in the telescope...such as the smoke from the explosion of mortars and grenades, and the trails of tracers.
Tracer bombs can be said to be a very dangerous thing, because while it emits light, it is actually telling the enemy snipers their own position.
But sometimes this thing really has to be used.
The reason is that our army's communication equipment is seriously insufficient... At this time, our army still had nearly four million people, so it is impossible for everyone to be equipped with a micro walkie-talkie to communicate anytime and anywhere, just like our synthetic camp.
Ordinary troops do not have communication equipment in infantry and artillery composted units.
So there is a problem, that is, the problem of insurgent and artillery coordination. Especially on the Laoshan position where the forests are deep and dense, it is difficult to see the people ahead if they are more than ten meters away, so it is even more difficult to coordinate.
This problem is solved by tracer bullets, that is, infantry in the front fired a series of tracer bullets in the direction of the Vietnamese military fortifications to serve as a rocket launcher in the rear, a recoil-free gun shooter or a mortar to indicate the target, so these equipment can
Be targeted.
From this I also know that this must be the blocking of our army from the Vietnamese army's castle.
As we know, these baskets are difficult to destroy by bazooka equipment unless they can penetrate the bazooka and other poles through the perforation hole.
Of course, it is very difficult to do these with a rocket launcher with low accuracy, not to mention that these infantry are under the suppression of the multi-layer firepower of the main peak of Laoshan and the No. 57 Highland.
Then there seems to be only one thing that can be done, which is to rush forward with a grenade or explosive pack...
However, what unexpectedly was that our infantry took another method: while attacking Height No. 50, they divided up a portion of the attack on Height No. 57.
I couldn't help but say in my heart that I was good at fighting... At least in this way, the firepower of the No. 57 Highland will not be able to distribute the firepower to interfere with them. At the same time, the limited support firepower on the main peak of Laoshan also faces a dilemma. They can support the No. 50 Highland.
What? It’s better to support Highland No. 57!
No matter which choice the Vietnamese army on the main peak of Laoshan makes, another high ground is in danger of being taken down by our army.
Sure enough, not long after, Highland No. 57 was successfully captured by our army, and then Highland No. 57 became another powerful fire support point for our infantry.
Under the cover of the firepower of Highland No. 57, our infantry took down the No. 50 Highland No. 50 with the rain of bullets from the Vietnamese army.
Of course, I was outside the battlefield and could not put myself in my shoes and felt the intensity of this battle. I realized afterward that the Ninth Company attacked the No. 50 Highlands was caused by this battle, and I survived this battle.
Among some of the soldiers, there is a Vietnam War hero who is popular in modern times... Shi Guangzhu!
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I would like to pay tribute to Comrade Shi Guangzhu, the squad leader of the fourth squad of the Ninth Company in this chapter. Comrade Shi Guangzhu was injured many times during the attack on the 50th Highland of Laoshan. He was still in trouble and insisted on fighting despite his serious injuries to his eyes. He finally led the soldiers to take it.