As I expected, they quickly agreed to my plan. After all, the current battlefield situation is obvious. Implementing this plan not only makes it possible to kill and injure the vital forces of the Vietnamese army, but also to take the initiative on the battlefield.
Two points are undoubtedly very important for our army, which has not yet established a stable foothold in Laoshan.
Commander Zhang agreed, so there would naturally be no problem here.
But when I met with Commander Jiang in person and had a detailed discussion, he frowned.
"According to your plan..." Commander Jiang said: "There will undoubtedly increase our army's casualties!"
I can understand Commander Jiang’s thoughts, and you must know that the wars in the Laoshan area are all his soldiers.
In the eyes of others, even in my plan, we can face this number easily from the perspective of a third party, and we can even say that these increased casualties are reasonable because we are likely to exchange them for it.
The Vietnamese army suffered more severe casualties... This is definitely beneficial to the overall battle situation. The reason is very simple. There are more soldiers in our country and fewer soldiers. On the battlefield, even if our army exchanges one for one, it is cost-effective, let alone my plan is still
Change to ten or even dozens.
However, it is not that easy for Commander Jiang to make this decision... This is his soldiers, putting themselves in their shoes. If there is any plan to sacrifice the lives of the soldiers in our synthetic battalion, and these costs are
I may not gain anything after giving, so I will not be willing to do so.
So I don’t know how to answer at this time, and because I made this plan, it is not convenient for me to answer at this time.
"Teacher Commander!" the political commissar next to him persuaded: "We should think about this issue from a different perspective. Fight according to this plan. The casualties of our army will definitely increase. But in the long run, our army is very likely to be
It will easily defeat the counterattack of the Vietnamese army, and make it unable to counterattack due to severe damage to the vitality for a period of time. In other words, the casualties of our army have actually been greatly reduced!"
What the political commissar said makes sense. Although we don’t know whether my plan can be successful or whether it can achieve the expected results, as the saying goes, “Planning depends on people and doing things is in heaven.” War is sometimes like this, it is like a
A gambling game requires trying your luck.
"Yeah!" Commander Jiang thought for a while, then threw the cigarette butt to the ground and said, "Just do it!"
Then the plan was unfolded soon.
In fact, we should do whatever we should do now.
The 119th Regiment and the 3rd Battalion of the 122nd Regiment were stationed in Songmaoling, and the 120th Regiment was stationed in Laoshan. The 118th Regiment, which suffered heavy casualties in the battle to recover Laoshan, was used as a reserve team. The 122nd Regiment owed one battalion, which was to attack Bali with two battalions.
Hedongshan.
At this time, the Vietnamese army garrisoned in Bali Hedongshan to a reinforced battalion... From Highland No. 31 to Highland No. 36, each highland has a platoon of troops, and another 1019 highland has a company of the Vietnamese army and our border defense company Seventh Company
Confrontation.
And during the period when we were preparing, the Vietnamese army was constantly strengthening its strength in the direction of Balihe Dongshan.
At this time, even a fool knew that our army's next goal was Bali Hedongshan.
Among them, especially the 1019 highland, which is located in the center of several highlands and is the highest... In fact, the highest point of Balihe Dongshan is not the 1019 highland, its main peak height is meters.
However, some places are not suitable as a position due to their small area and poor living environment. The main peak of Bali Hedongshan is such a place.
So it is natural. Because it can provide fire cover for neighboring highlands, the 1019 Highland stationed by the 7th Border Defense Company has become a must-fight for military strategists... This is also the 7th Border Defense Company has worked tirelessly to lurk in front of the 1019 Highlands for seven days and seven nights.
The reason for winning the 1019 Highlands.
Perhaps it was taking advantage of the morale of the new victory of the Vietnamese agents. Or perhaps the Vietnamese army knew that if the 1019 Highland was not quickly recaptured, the Bali Hedongshan line would face the danger of collapse, so the Vietnamese army continued to attack the 1019 Highland of the seventh border defense company.
The largest attack was to send two reinforced companies to launch a raid on the 1019 Highlands.
Even at this time, the Vietnamese army boldly used artillery and the infantry's raid... They thought our artillery radar had been blown up, so now is the time for artillery to be proud.
So another burst of smoke filled the air and shrapnel flew everywhere. Within a few hours, the Vietnamese army dropped hundreds of shells on the 1019 high ground, a height of less than 400 square meters.
The surface of the highland soon became another appearance. All the vegetation on the surface was turned up and there were craters everywhere. All the telephone lines connecting various positions and the rear were blown up. Only contact with us can only be done.
The phone is in progress.
At the same time, in order to cooperate with the war in Balihedongshan, the Vietnamese army also launched a trial-controlled attack on our defense line...
Our army is actually at a disadvantage at this time.
This weakness is not a weakness in military strength or strength. In fact, although our army had only one division on the front line at this time, and the Vietnamese army had two infantry divisions, our 40th Division strengthened many infantry units and
Artillery troops. So in fact, our infantry is comparable to the Vietnamese infantry, and the artillery is obviously dominant because of the successive victory in artillery battles before. Therefore, there is no big problem in the comparison of troops.
This weakness is psychological, and the main reason is needless to say. Of course, it is because our artillery radar was blown up by Vietnamese agents and was hit in morale. Among them, especially the artillery, you must know that our artillery was not the same before.
It means to fight wherever you want. Even with a battalion, you can destroy several artillery regiments of the Viet Japanese. But now, you can't use the Viet Japanese's swimming cannons like before, so the psychological gap is that
The impact caused is hard to describe.
Fortunately, the morale of the 7th Border Defense Company was not greatly affected.
The morale of the 7th Company did not fluctuate much. I think part of it is because the artillery of the Synthetic Battalion is very well cooperated.
The artillery battalion in Wu Dengxiong has been trained for a long time. Although we no longer use artillery radar at this time, as long as the coordinates reported to us by the 7th Company are not a problem, a large number of artillery shells will soon fly towards the designated area.
.
Just under the close coordination between our artillery battalion and the 7th Border Company, the 7th Company was nailed firmly on the 1019 high ground like a steel nail. Whether the Japanese came up during the day or at night, whether it was a strong attack or a sneak attack, 1019
The high ground is always under the firm grasp of our army.
According to post-war statistics, the 7th Border Defense Company repelled a total of 12 attacks at the company level and above in the Vietnamese army, and with the cooperation of our artillery fire, more than 100 Vietnamese troops were killed.
It is precisely because the 1019 highland was always under the control of our army that when the two battalions of the 122nd Regiment launched a charge towards the highlands of Bali Hedongshan, they quickly took down various positions in Bali Hedongshan... the entire battle
It only took 62 minutes.
This was a bit beyond our expectations, because the terrain of Bali Hedong Mountain is similar to that of Songmaoling. At first, Commander Jiang and I thought it would take at least a few hours to fight, and we didn't have a cannon at this time.
The radar cover did not expect to take down seven high grounds in just one hour.
Later, we learned from the captured prisoners that although the Vietnamese Japanese stationed in the east mountain of Balihe, there were also 313 troops, a considerable number of them were replenishing troops from the people who had little combat experience.
From this point, we can also see that after the self-defense counterattack in 1979 and the confrontation with our army for several consecutive years, their troops were actually seriously insufficient or there was a phenomenon of disagreement, that is, they died on the front line.
There were too many soldiers, but there were very few soldiers in the rear who could go to the front line. The weapons and equipment provided by the Soviet Union had basically not changed, so the overall quality was generally reduced.
On the other hand, our army has been streamlining its military and reforming again and again, which not only improved the quality of soldiers, but also updated its weapons, equipment and tactics. As one goes up and down, the battlefield situation will naturally look different.
Balihe Dongshan was successfully captured, and our army only paid the price of more than fifty casualties... In this battle, our army killed 61 enemies, injured 43 enemies, and captured 1. At this time, Division Commander Jiang and I were relieved.
Tone.
"It seems that the situation is not as bad as we imagined!" Commander Jiang laughed at himself: "We are all on our own!"
"It's not that we scare ourselves!" I said: "We always have to make the worst plans on the battlefield. On the other hand, I think there is one thing that makes the reason why our army fought so smoothly in this battle.
It must be that the Vietnamese artillery was destroyed by our army in large numbers. It can even be said that after the Vietnamese military exchanged artillery with our army's cannons, their large-caliber artillery had basically been eliminated. From the battle, most of the Vietnamese Japanese artillery were mortars.
You can see it!"
"Yes!" Commander Jiang nodded: "You have beaten the Japanese artillery before, and now you still have time to recover your energy!"
"So we still have some time to prepare during this period!" I said: "If the Vietnamese army wants to plan a large-scale counterattack, it must mobilize enough artillery as the cover firepower of the infantry, and mobilize so many artillery and shells.
It takes time again!”
"You're right!" Commander Jiang smiled: "Next, the Vietnamese army's attack should slow down. When the Vietnamese army is ready to start a full-scale attack, their death period will come!" (Unfinished)