There was no grand swearing-in meeting, no message from the leaders, and no enthusiastic farewell to the masses, but only the steps of the cadres and soldiers moving forward silently, the arms supporting each other, and the belief that "I will win the first battle"; of course, as the sharp knife of the whole army, the commanders and fighters of the independent reconnaissance battalion also know the weight of the burden on their shoulders, and also know the importance and danger of this interspersed mission.

At this time, the reconnaissance battalion had left the border for nearly an hour, and the cadres and soldiers of the entire unit followed the white signs left by the sappers and advanced rapidly; although the jungle was pitch black in the dark night, in order not to expose the target, the lights could not be turned on during the march, but the commanders and fighters of the independent reconnaissance battalion still relied on their excellent military qualities, iron-like discipline and cohesion, and did not fall behind or scatter!

Seeing this, Wu Tianming nodded with relief, but just as he was about to continue his journey, the team in front of him suddenly stopped, which made Wu Tianming's nerves tense:

"Why did you stop?"

"Report to the company commander, carrying an 82-less mule into a mud pit and can't get out!" As soon as Wu Tianming's words fell, a soldier trotted over to report.

Hearing the news, Wu Tianming's face couldn't help but sink downward, and he couldn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly led a few soldiers to the front of the team, and at this time, a mule was lying in the quagmire in the middle of the road, fluttering a few times from time to time, making a sound of "plop~plop~". The quagmire was flanked by either cliffs or cliffs, and there was no way to go, so the mule fell into this quagmire. The entire march was completely blocked.

When Wu Tianming arrived, the squad leader of the 82nd recoilless artillery squad was directing the soldiers in the squad to pull the reins hard, trying to pull the mule up, and the mule in the quagmire also fluttered a few times, but it was still to no avail, and he could only lie on the spot panting. Looks like I'm too tired to have any strength!

"When we reconnoitred before, there didn't seem to be a quagmire here!" Gu Zelin, who was following behind Wu Tianming, saw this scene. I couldn't help but be a little surprised, and after checking it several times, I felt that I was not mistaken, so I said this.

Listened to Gu Zelin's words. Wu Tianming nodded: "It should have been raining in the past few days!"

Wu Tianming also came here when he confirmed the reconnaissance, and naturally remembered it clearly, and it was indeed as Gu Zelin said, there was no quagmire here during several reconnaissances, but in the past few days, it has rained continuously in the mountainous areas of northern Vietnam, and it is relatively low-lying here, and the soil is also very relaxed, so such a quagmire has been formed.

If you march during the day, it doesn't matter, you can pass by cutting some branches nearby when you see a quagmire. But now it is indeed a dark night when you can't see your fingers, and although the sappers in front have laid a simple pontoon bridge on the mudflat, it is in such a dark night. Brutes like mules and horses can't see the road ahead clearly, and when they accidentally step on the air with their front hooves, they fall directly into the mud, and then flutter a few times, making the entire improvised pontoon bridge impassable at all!

See this. Wu Tianming found the platoon commander of the recoilless artillery platoon: "Can you get this beast out in 5 minutes!"

"Five minutes?" the squad leader wiped the sweat from his face, then thought for a moment and shook his head: "It shouldn't be enough!"

"10 minutes!" Wu Tianming's tone was already very eager.

And the platoon commander of the artillery platoon still hesitated. Then he nodded reluctantly: "Let's try!"

This interspersed mission is equivalent to a race against time, every minute is very precious, to give the artillery squad 10 minutes to deal with the mules stuck in the quagmire, is already Wu Tianming's biggest concession, you must know that in addition to pulling the mules up, he also has to organize personnel to set up the pontoon bridge, one to go and two, twenty or thirty minutes will pass.

This still means that everything is going smoothly and the action is fast, if there is any accident, if there is a delay for a little time, the time for the attack will be delayed, and the entire interspersed surprise attack mission may fail, because of this, it is impossible for Wu Tianming to accept the ambiguous answer of the artillery squad leader, so he said bluntly:

"What I want is your accurate answer, whether it will work or not in ten minutes!"

"This" Hearing Wu Tianming's question, the artillery squad leader didn't know how to answer, seeing the attitude of the artillery squad leader, it was already clear tomorrow that it would be impossible to pull this mule up in ten minutes, so he ordered directly to the soldier beside him:

"Kill this mule!"

The soldier pulled the bolt without saying a word after receiving the order, but before he could make a move, he was stopped by the artillery squad leader: "Company Commander Wu, it's no problem to kill this beast, we can also carry the equipment on it, but in this way, the amount of ammunition we can carry will not be enough, in the upcoming offensive battle, I am afraid that the fire support capability will be greatly reduced, otherwise you give us another chance to see if we can pull it up!"

Listening to the words of the artillery platoon commander, Wu Tianming couldn't help but hesitate, the artillery platoon commander was right, his 82 inaction direct aim fire against the Vietnamese army fortifications and fire points is indeed very useful, but now it is absolutely impossible to pull this mule up for more than half an hour, if so much time is delayed, the interspersed tasks may be in vain, but if the mules are not pulled up, the supporting firepower of the attack will be greatly reduced, and the entire raid operation may suffer heavy casualties, not to mention, it may also fail completely!

Wu Tianming weighed the pros and cons, but he couldn't make up his mind, and at this moment, Gu Zelin, who helped pull the mule, inadvertently entered his field of vision, to be more accurate, it should be the portable individual bazooka that Gu Zelin carried on his back, which was inadvertently seen by Wu Tianming, which made his eyes light up.

How to forget this portable individual rocket launcher, this Lu Jiadong's latest weapons and equipment is specially developed for strong tunnel fortifications, it is easy to operate, very powerful, it is enough to suppress the firepower of several Vietnamese firepower points, the only deficiency is that the effective range is relatively short, only 300 meters,

It can't be like the 82 recoilless artillery, you can use armor-piercing shells to strike at a relatively long distance, but if you use several fire support weapons together, long-range artillery can shoot at a long distance, and then the light grenade launcher will increase the fire density, supplemented by squad snipers to take care of key targets, so that portable bazookas can shoot at close range, and the ammunition carrying capacity of 82 can be reduced, at least the demand for anti-personnel shells is not so much.

Thinking of this, Wu Tianming pulled the artillery squad leader aside to discuss, but before he could speak, a soldier ran from behind the team, and when he saw Wu Tianming, he couldn't take a breath of relief, and directly stood upright:

"Battalion commander, the third company has caught up!"

"So fast!" Wu Tianming said, then raised his wrist and looked at his watch, then raised his head and ordered in a deep voice to the artillery platoon commander: "We can't wait any longer, if the troops behind catch up, it will inevitably cause chaos, and if it is discovered by Vietnamese monkeys, it will be even more troublesome!"

"I understand!" The artillery platoon commander also knew that time was pressing, so he no longer insisted: "Organize people to carry weapons and equipment now!"

"Okay, you bring more anti-personnel grenades, as for the armor-piercing shells that destroy strong fortifications, you don't have to bring them!"

"How can you eliminate the firing point without armor-piercing shells?" Listening to Wu Tianming's words, the artillery squad leader couldn't help but be very puzzled, while Wu Tianming smiled and pointed to the portable individual bazooka behind Gu Zelin that was larger than the 40 fires and said:

"We have portable bazookas, and we will use them to destroy strong tunnel fortifications when the time comes!"

"Portable individual bazooka?" The artillery squad leader looked at the strange equipment that looked like a firearm, and then looked at Wu Tianming noncommittally:

"Will this thing work?"

"Don't worry, old platoon leader, this guy will definitely make your eyes shine when the time comes!" As soon as the artillery platoon commander's voice fell, before Wu Tianming could speak, Gu Zelin, who was standing not far away, patted the portable individual bazooka on his back and responded with a smile, and the artillery platoon commander didn't believe Gu Zelin's words at all, so he turned his face to Wu Tianming and wanted to continue to ask questions, but Wu Tianming patted him on the shoulder first:

"Don't worry, this weapon is just like our Type 78 assault rifle and light automatic grenade launcher, it is a good weapon worthy of our trust!"

In fact, Wu Tianming still has a sentence in his heart that has not been said, that is, as long as it is the weapons and equipment developed by Lu Jiadong, he will trust it very much, in the final analysis, it is not so much the trust in the weapons developed by Lu Jiadong, but the trust in Lu Jiadong as a person!

Wu Tianming had no idea where the artillery platoon commander knew about these ideological activities, but Wu Tianming had said it all to this point, and as the platoon commander of the artillery platoon assigned to the independent reconnaissance battalion, he naturally had to obey Wu Tianming's arrangement, so the artillery platoon commander had doubts.

Of course, driven by the suspicion of the artillery squad leader about the portable individual bazooka, he also asked the soldiers of the artillery squad to bring a limited number of armor-piercing shells, so that they could play a role in the upcoming offensive war.

With the sound of the Type 78 assault rifle equipped with a muffler "poof~" passed, the mules in the quagmire immediately fell into the quagmire, and then Wu Tianming organized the officers and soldiers of the independent reconnaissance battalion to quickly repair the pontoon bridge by using branches and thatch on both sides, and then mark the pontoon bridge so that the follow-up troops can pass smoothly.

In this way, it took less than 20 minutes for the independent reconnaissance battalion to pass smoothly from encountering obstacles, and after crossing this quagmire, and then crossing two unnamed heights and a valley bottom, Wu Tianming led the independent reconnaissance battalion to the 50 heights behind the main position of the Faka Mountain.

At this time, Wu Tianming raised his wrist, and then looked at his watch in a faint light, the pointer just pointed to four o'clock in the morning, seeing this, Wu Tianming showed a satisfied smile on his face, and then raised his head, through the layers of mist before dawn, looked at the outline of the mountain shadow on the opposite side, looking at the familiar image, Wu Tianming knew that that was the target of their upcoming attack - the main position of Faka Mountain!