Chapter 54: The Battle Begins
Early spring in March 1981. Shanwa and his comrades-in-arms now experience what a battlefield is. What is hard. Sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in wartime.
This sentence is so true that Shanwa doesn't care much about the frequent cannon sound now.
They have been at the front line for more than a week, and most of their main task now is to help transport supplies.
Assist in the defense, after all, they are still recruits. If you go to the front line in southern Xinjiang, you will understand that it is not the sound of artillery and gunfire that is terrible. What is terrible is the landmines, all kinds of mine-friendly mines.
Because after 1979, the Nanpi monkeys felt that they had suffered a big loss, after our army withdrew. Immediately after us, occupy the border.
The agents of the Nanpi Monkey will also often harass our soldiers and civilians, sneak attacks and ambushes to do everything.
It was the enemy who invaded the Koulinshan area, the 9th Battalion of the 14th Regiment of the 313th Infantry Division under the 2nd Military Region.
After occupying Koulin Mountain, the Ninth Battalion built criss-cross tunnels, bunkers, trenches, and bunkers on the main peak and the surrounding highlands to form a circular defense of the type of support point, equipped with various light and heavy firearms, and formed a tight firepower system that combines light and dark, communicates up and down, connects inside and outside, and crosses the front and side, and lays a large number of mines at the front of the position.
On the main peak 1705.2 high ground and the seven small heights to the west alone, the Nanpi Monkey built more than 500 fortifications of various kinds, more than 600 anti-artillery holes, erected communication cables in the positions, and hoarded a large number of weapons and ammunition in an attempt to hold on for a long time.
On April 12, 1981, the weather was fine, and you could see that the rice fields in the rear were green, the mountains and rivers were good, and the mountains were full of kapok.
In the future, such a scene will surely be a sight full of tourists.
Shanwa's camera also brought it, and when she was free, she took pictures of these scenes at the station in the rear.
Also take pictures of comrades-in-arms. Whether you recognize it or not, you can take pictures of Shanwa, leave the address, and Shanwa tells them to wash it and help them mail it back in the future.
However, the company commander's whistle for an emergency assembly broke the silence, and after the assembly, he directly issued an order from his superiors. I ordered the combatants of our company to start their meal on time at 12 o'clock, and asked to be full and well-fed. At 12:30 p.m., pack up, bring only weapons, ammunition, and first aid supplies, and set off on time.
To get to Mount XX, which is thirteen kilometers away from us, we must reach the designated location by 15:30. Pick up friendly transport convoys.
Thirteen kilometers is actually very difficult to walk, and you need to cross a mountain. The geographical location is complex, and enemy agents are often present. Moreover, many places are densely covered with landmines, and there are many snakes, insects, rats and ants in a temperate tropical climate, and many are poisonous.
The transportation of this route relied on mule and horse manpower, and there was no way to use motor vehicles. It's time-consuming and dangerous. The requirement is to arrive in three hours, which seems to be only thirteen kilometers, but in fact the time is very tight.
There were no logisticians for this mission, and only one medical staff was brought with more than 100 people in the company. The configuration of the firepower has long been arranged.
Basically, it is a standard infantry squad, equipped with seven Type 56 semi-automatic rifles, two Type 56 submachine guns, and two Type 56 squad machine guns. It's the so-called "five-six-gun family"
Shanwa is a five-six semi-automatic. The team set off, and although everyone was already marching as fast as they could, the speed was really not fast.
The conditions are too complicated, and everyone should pay attention to safety. There were two more landmines on the way, and Shanwa knew that there must be casualties among her comrades. The paramedics have passed.
But not long after, just as the team was about to reach the designated position, they heard a continuous burst of gunfire in front of them. The sound of the grenade was heard endlessly.
Shanwa looked at her watch and saw that it was close to fifteen o'clock, and her team was not late. That is, the transport team came too quickly to meet the enemy, and there was only one path in this position, which was very suitable for ambush operations.
The company commander gave the combat order, and the platoon commander and the squad leaders carried it out. The sharp knife platoon followed the company commander to meet him head-on, and Shanwa's squad was arranged to the right side and attacked the mountain in a dragnet style.
To be honest, it's really the first time to say that Shanwa is fighting on the ground, and it's nonsense to say that I'm not afraid. But in this tense atmosphere, it seems that it is useless to be afraid, so I can only cautiously move towards the mountain.
The company commander is an old soldier, and he knows that there are not many enemies when he hears the gunshots, so he tells everyone not to rush forward. Pull the net to attack the mountain, and be sure to destroy all the incoming enemies. Don't let the enemy slip through the net.
The closest to Shanwa is the Northeast Han Zhang Jianjun 'Lao Hei', and after arriving at the front line, Lao Hei followed Shanwa closely, because Shanwa told 'Lao Hei' to protect himself during this time on the front line.
After retiring from the army, 'Lao Hei' can follow Shanwa's 'fragrant and spicy' Lao Hei never doubted what Shanwa said, Lao Hei has his own cleverness, he knows that Shanwa will not lie to him.
Since the recruits, I have never seen Shanwa lack money, and she is not stingy. I came from the rural areas of Northeast China, and I didn't want to be discharged from the army and return to the countryside.
It's better to follow the mountain baby. One day, when he retires from the army, Shanwa will definitely arrange him.
Today, a person who is very close to Shanwa is Li Dazhuang of Tianjingwei 'Twist Li', this guy is a little clever, he found that 'Lao Hei' has been following Shanwa.
'Lao Hei''s kung fu is good, and Shanwa's marksmanship is good when he shoots targets. Follow the two of them closer and feel more secure. It was this sense of security that something went wrong, and the gunfire did not stop intermittently.
Actual combat is not a bullet to destroy an enemy in film and television dramas, nor is it all hot scenes in film and television dramas, no one has the halo of the protagonist, and bullets do not have eyes.
The hill is not too steep, not too high, and it is halfway up the mountain. I don't know the company commander's frontal battle situation, Shanwa and his comrades-in-arms are still continuing to advance towards the mountain.
The enemy on the hill also discovered that the enemy was outflanking at the bottom of the mountain, and the two sides began to shoot at each other. The enemy is still outnumbered, let us touch it.
When the muzzle of the gun was pointed at the enemy for the first time, Shanwa really hesitated and did not dare to pull the trigger. When the enemy's figure disappeared, Shanwa secretly let out a long breath.
In the end, everyone rushed up the mountain, and the company commander also came up with the team.
When we cleaned the battlefield, we found that we had lost two of our comrades and wounded six. The enemy was a small force of special forces, a dozen or so killed by us, as well as eight wounded prisoners.
Everyone cleaned up and prepared to go down the mountain and return to the station with the comrades of the transport team, at this time the mountain baby wanted to pee and walked behind a tree, either the bird of the mountain baby was afraid of others to see, or it was not used to peeing in front of people.
Halfway through the pee, Mahua Li came over, and he was about to pee, but before he could untie his belt, he heard a muffled sound. The whole person fell, because it was not far from Shanwa, Shanwa didn't understand what was going on, and suddenly felt a wave of anger, and she also lay down.
It didn't take long for me to see someone shouting at me in a daze, why do you say look, my ears are a little deaf and I can't hear it!
This is the first time that Shanwa and the Grim Reaper have passed by, and she has intuitively felt the horror of landmines.
As mentioned earlier, mines are terrifying only when they are not afraid of the sound of gunfire, because the enemy and us have planted millions of mines along the border, forming more than 200 chaotic minefields scattered intermittently, covering an area of several hundred square kilometers.
As for how many mines were laid on both sides in the theater of operations, no one knows. At that time, there were so many landmines, it was unbelievable.
In February 1988, a rare hailstorm fell on the front. As a result, the mines all over the mountain were smashed by hailstones.
Mines that exploded constantly knocked down trees, and trees that fell down and crushed mines. The entire mountain was covered in explosions and whistle smoke, forming a symphony.
Lightning strikes occurred on the front line during the rainy season, and thunder struck the sky, as a result of which several directional mines were detonated from different directions.
On another occasion, after the National Day dinner, a regimental chief of staff of our army took three empty wine bottles and threw them out of the trench.
Who knows, throwing out three wine bottles, it turned out to detonate three mines. At that time, our officers and soldiers even caught monkeys and wild boars whose legs were broken by mines on the front line.
In every attack, our deminers are present to ensure that the infantry and tanks can attack smoothly and on time. Many deminers made sacrifices.
In normal times, soldiers would hold long bamboo poles and beat them for demining.
This method of demining will certainly cause damage, but it will not hurt so badly. But when it comes to the critical moment, when it is too late to clear the mines with bamboo poles, the soldiers will use their bodies to roll the mines.
There was a squad leader, who was the first soldier himself, his arm and leg were injured, but he still struggled to crawl forward, and when the last mine sounded, he fainted and never woke up. And the battle will continue, and the comrades-in-arms will cross his body and continue to demine!!