Under the command of Huang Jianfu, another massacre occurred in the direction of Highland 142.{3w.
What especially made the Vietnamese army feel angry was that the situation of this massacre seemed to be similar to the last time. The Chinese tank troops penetrated from both sides with lightning speed and captured the 142 Highlands to surround the Vietnamese army.
, also used tanks to carry out large-scale destruction of Vietnamese infantry.
In other words, the Vietnamese army made two same mistakes at the same place. The only difference is... the first time the Vietnamese army was completely unprepared, the second time it happened when the Vietnamese army was well prepared.
. It's just that the Vietnamese army didn't expect that our artillery could suddenly show off its power and suppress its anti-tank troops.
Of course, in this battle, the Vietnamese army had anti-tank troops, so although our army killed and wounded more than 200 Vietnamese infantrymen, and destroyed five Vietnamese armored vehicles and three T72 tanks, we also paid five
The cost of a tank.
Facts have proved that the T72 is not a big threat to the 59 in this kind of terrain. As mentioned before, it is very difficult for tanks to aim at the target while traveling on rugged ground, even the T72 is no exception.
So in this battle, three of our five tanks were destroyed by Vietnamese infantry with rocket launchers... The position was full of smoke and craters, and the Vietnamese rocket launcher casually hid in the craters holding a rocket launcher.
It can pose a considerable threat to tanks.
One of the other two tanks broke down during the battle and had to be abandoned. Only one was hit by a Vietnamese T72.
Similarly, the tanks of the Vietnamese army that were destroyed by our army were also destroyed by our infantry with rocket launchers and recoilless rifles. Some of the armored vehicles were blown into the sky when covered by our artillery fire.
Although our tanks paid a heavy price, overall they still achieved a great victory. Because this battle made the Vietnamese army realize one thing: they simply cannot use anti-tank troops to stop our tank troops.
Interspersed. In other words, the situation on the battlefield has not changed. On the surface, they have indeed occupied Highland 142, but in fact it is not much different from not occupying it.
More importantly, as we expected, the Vietnamese army is very likely to jump into the trap we dug again. That is to estimate the reserve time of our army's artillery shells based on the amount of artillery shells fired by our army on Highland 142. Because
Just after this battle, the Vietnamese army's offensive against our defense line became more and more fierce, and its artillery bombing became more and more unscrupulous.
But because of this, the infantry who were already struggling on the front line became more and more difficult. Even the 1072 highland in Laoshan was lost... Needless to say, the importance of this highland, once it was lost, it meant that it would
The anti-aircraft machine gun can suppress several surrounding highlands from a high position, which means that the defense of other highlands becomes more difficult.
Even later, even Commander Jiang couldn't help but call me: "Have you stocked up on artillery shells? The front line is almost unable to withstand it. Can you knock out part of the Japanese artillery first?"
After the war, I learned from the infantry soldiers that the Vietnamese army, the infantry, took advantage of the cover of artillery fire and the advantage in strength to launch a group charge against our army. This allowed the defense line stationed by our soldiers not to be breached.
Being breached would basically result in the annihilation of the entire army... At this time, the Vietnamese army was already red-eyed and would not leave any survivors once they entered our army's position.
I can understand this. If we can put ourselves in the shoes of the Japanese, if our comrades were so badly bombed by enemy artillery fire before, they would do the same thing if they had the chance.
However, this does not mean that the Vietnamese army will achieve final victory. What they don't know is that every step forward they take, they are closer to death.
I originally wanted to grit my teeth and refuse, but then I thought about it... We can't overact in acting. Even if we have to give the Vietnamese Japanese the wrong information, after all this time, we should have saved some shells, and I
The army also has artillery sighting radar. If we don't take action under such circumstances, wouldn't it be too unreasonable? This may actually arouse the suspicion of the Vietnamese commander.
Thinking of this, I immediately agreed, but just like last time, another ten rounds from the first gun destroyed one artillery unit and four artillery batteries of the Vietnamese army, and then died down again.
The time interval was almost the same, and the number of shells fired was also the same. The Vietnamese commander was probably more convinced that his calculations and predictions were correct.
It was only after the war that I became convinced of this: the Vietnamese artillery expected that it would take at least 24 hours for our army to reserve enough artillery shells to fight a battle. In other words, the Vietnamese army was prepared to fight like this for 24 hours, and then turn around.
into defense.
But in fact, at twelve o'clock that night, that is, twelve hours after we fired the artillery shells, all the artillery had a base number of artillery shells, and because of the transportation of hundreds of civilian vehicles, as long as we had
If the plan is implemented, the problem of long-term supply shortage of artillery shells will basically not occur again.
Only then did I breathe a sigh of relief. After distributing the locations of the Vietnamese artillery positions, I made a call to Commander Jiang.
"Everything is ready!" I said: "We can launch a counterattack at any time!"
"This is what I've been waiting for!" Commander Jiang on the other end of the phone jumped up and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Get ready for battle, wait for my signal!"
Ten minutes later, three red flares rose into the night sky like a reminder.
In an instant, tens of thousands of artillery fire were fired from our army's position, and the Laoshan battlefield once again presented a scene in which our army had an overwhelming advantage.
We don't even need to make much preparation for this battle... because it is almost the same as the previous battle. Each unit only needs to fight step by step according to the original plan.
For example, our artillery battalion and a regiment of the Fourth Artillery Division are still responsible for attacking the Vietnamese artillery. Other artillery units should blockade those that should be blocked, and those that should attack the Vietnamese infantry should be bombed according to coordinates. And because there was such an actual battle not long ago.
Because of their experience, each unit was very skilled in fighting, and only one round of artillery fire blew up the Vietnamese army into silence.
But I think this may also be because the Vietnamese army has experienced the baptism of artillery fire from our army before. They originally thought that our army was not ready so quickly, and now they were suddenly hit by such fierce artillery fire from our army...
Realized they had made a huge mistake.
This mistake was not only a miscalculation of time, but also threw too many troops into this battlefield and was once again blocked by the Chinese.
This can be seen from the data of the Vietnamese army's artillery positions monitored by the artillery sighting radar: the Vietnamese army thought that they only needed to work harder to recapture Laoshan before the Chinese had stocked up on artillery shells, so they kept
Send additional artillery and infantry to the direction of Laoshan.
I don't know the specific number of infantry, but the artillery divisions can be seen from the data. After an additional artillery division was transferred, an artillery regiment and two mortar regiments were transferred.
And these artillery positions are probably already in a sea of fire.
After a five-minute pause, the second round of shelling resumed.
The reason why we stopped for five minutes was to see the reaction of the Vietnamese army. In fact, at this time we still hoped that the Vietnamese army would engage in an artillery battle with us. After all, the artillery sighting radar could only detect the Vietnamese army's artillery shells.
If we don't fight, there's nothing we can do.
But what I regret is that the Vietnamese artillery did not fire back.
At first I thought they had become smarter and knew that fighting back would only cause them more casualties. But then I realized that this was not the case...
The reason why the Vietnamese army did not fight back was entirely because they had completely collapsed at this moment.
On the one hand, this is because the terrifying scene of our army using artillery shells to blast a wall of fire is still vivid in their minds. This also makes them know that the situation is over now and they cannot have any hope.
On the other hand, it was because during the period when our army had no artillery shells, various units of the Vietnamese army suffered heavy casualties and suffered a serious blow to their morale.
As mentioned before, the Vietnamese army's attack during these twelve hours was to use its many artillery and manpower to launch a group charge against our army. This is what we often say: "concentrate superior forces to fight a battle of annihilation."
From this point of view, the Vietnamese army really got the true inheritance of our army, especially when we faced the 316a Division. This division was trained and equipped by our army back then, and many of its cadres were in our infantry.
Trained in school.
The advantage of this kind of battle is that it can buy time and fighter planes, but the disadvantage is that it will cause considerable casualties to the troops, especially after the 40th Division has been equipped with the 81 gun family.
Therefore, despite the fact that Commander Jiang was shouting nervously before, he was actually just looking at positions being lost one after another on the map. However, the casualties of the Vietnamese army were several times or even ten times that of our army, even if the Vietnamese army had artillery support.
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For example, the 2nd Battalion of the 119th Regiment was besieged by nearly two regiments of the Vietnamese army and resisted multiple attacks by the Vietnamese army. In a ten-hour battle, it killed 292 Vietnamese soldiers and wounded more than 100 enemies, while our army only
There were more than forty casualties.
Another example is the 2nd Battalion of the 122nd Regiment in the direction of Dongshan on the Bali River. It continuously repelled successive sieges by the Vietnamese 148th Regiment and an agent company, killing 252 enemies and wounding 240. Our army only injured 26 people and sacrificed 5 people.
There are many examples of other positions like this, just like Highland 142.
Therefore, under this asymmetrical casualty ratio, even the ace unit 316a of the Vietnamese army was frightened.
But they have been holding on to one hope. They thought that if they persisted for a while, they would be able to capture all the positions in Laoshan.
It wasn't until our army's artillery sounded again that their hopes were completely dashed. (To be continued...)