"What did you say?" Before the words of the chief of staff of the Northern Military Region of the Vietnamese Army were finished, Nguyen Tan Chuang as the commander couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then continued to ask incredulously:

"Our equipment lags behind China? You must know that the batch of heavy artillery deployed has just been aided by the Soviet Union, especially the 2A36 cannon, even if the Soviet army is a new type of artillery that has just been equipped, how can it be?"

Ruan Jinchuang suddenly realized something as he spoke, in addition, Le Duc Manh, a war correspondent of Vietnam Daily who was standing beside him, also threw a meaningful look at him on the side, Ruan Jinchuang naturally understood when he saw this, coughed lightly twice, and his tone became calmer:

"Well, you go on! Why is our equipment not as advanced as China?"

"Yes!" the chief of staff of the Vietnamese army replied aloud, then unfolded the folder that had been holding it in his hand, and continued to report: "According to the recollections and speculations of the officers and men who withdrew from the forward artillery positions in the early hours of the morning, as well as the professional artillery staff officers of the headquarters, the main force of the Chinese side in this artillery battle with our side is not the cannon and howitzer we estimated earlier, but a brand new artillery with the above caliber!"

"Caliber above?"

"Yes!" Facing Nguyen Tan Thanh's puzzled eyes, the chief of staff of the Vietnamese army handed Nguyen Tan Chuang a scribbled handwritten manuscript:

"This is the relevant conclusion of several senior artillery staff officers who have retired from the front line based on the power of the explosion and the shrapnel that has not completely exploded, in addition to this, they also calculated that the range of this type of artillery is more than 42 kilometers according to the landing point of the shell. In terms of accuracy, it is also very amazing, according to their observations, the average shell use of this new Chinese artillery to destroy a long-range artillery is less than 7 rounds, while the Soviet-made artillery of the same type requires more than three times the amount of ammunition to achieve a similar effect!"

Nguyen Tan Trang listened to the words of the chief of staff. Then he hurriedly glanced at the report in his hand that was improvised by several staff officers of the artillery command who had fled back, and his brows gradually twisted into a pimple, although the calculation method used in the report was very in line with the conventions of military science, and the data obtained was also shocking, if a layman was easily confused by the many professional military terms in it, so he believed this report.

But he, Ruan Jinchuang, is not a layman. To be able to achieve the position of commander of the Northern Military District of Vietnam, how can there be no military literacy in his stomach, because of this, when Nguyen Tan Trang saw this letter that seemed professional, but it was full of too many words such as uncertainty, estimation and speculation. Naturally, I knew that taking such a report to explain to the high-level of Hanoi was simply stretching my face to find a beating, so Nguyen Jinchuang just furrowed his eyebrows deeply, but he never said a word!

When the chief of staff of the Northern Military Region of the Vietnamese Army saw his immediate boss look like this, how could he not know what this commander was thinking, if he didn't have the ability to figure out the leadership, he would not be able to hold such an important position, so he quickly took out a document from the folder and handed it to Nguyen Tan Trong:

"Other than that. Our electronic listening stations on the front line also detected a series of powerful signals at the beginning of the war, and the preliminary judgment was that it was probably China's latest radiolocation equipment. Later, we also counted that all the heavy artillery groups deployed by our army with high-power radio stations were destroyed in this operation without exception, and even the secret reconnaissance post codenamed 'Pangolin' that we secretly planted in China was discovered by the squadron, a new type of radiolocation equipment, and even if it was destroyed by them!"

"Oh?" the chief of staff said. Ruan Jinchuang's spirit was also instantly raised, and he hurriedly unfolded the neatly printed document and read it carefully. It doesn't matter if you look at it, Ruan Jinchuang's eyes suddenly froze. Then he asked the chief of staff:

"What is the matter with this 'new artillery' in the mouth of the Chinese? Could it be that the electronic listening station has already detected the situation of the Chinese front-line troops?"

"China's action was very sudden, and it was well prepared, and new communications equipment was used in the main units and command organs, so we didn't listen at all!" The chief of staff of the Northern Military Region shook his head, but then changed his words: "However, in some second-line troops that have not had time to replace the new communication equipment, However, this word frequently appears in the combat communications of auxiliary units and logistics departments, and in light of the operational process of this artillery battle, our General Staff Department has concluded that the Chinese side is indeed equipped with a new type of large-caliber heavy field artillery that has never been known to outsiders before!"

After listening to the words of the chief of staff, Nguyen Tan Chuang looked at the two documents in his hand again, his brows stretched slightly, but he soon locked them together again, at this time, Ruan Tan Chuang did not believe in the judgment of the military region staff, but was thinking about how to summarize these scattered incidents and form a report that could not only explain the situation, but also minimize the responsibility of himself as the commander of the military region, and submit it to the top level of Hanoi.

After all, this is an indisputable defeat, coupled with the upcoming high-level general meeting of Vietnam, if it wins, it will naturally be glorious, but once it fails, it will also bear the thunderous anger, not to mention that this operation will almost reimburse all the elite heavy artillery units in the Vietnamese army, such a failure Hanoi high-level will be even more annoyed, and the investigation of those responsible is considered extrajudicial grace, dismissal and investigation, It is not impossible to transfer to a military tribunal or even kill a few people by guillotine, and he, the commander of the Northern Military District, has direct leadership responsibility no matter what, so it is not easy to get out of the way!

Because of this, after listening to the words of the chief of staff, Ruan Jinchuang not only did not put down his thoughts, but was more sad than before, Ruan Jinchuang's thoughts at this time were naturally clear to Le Duc Manh, who had been in Hanoi's high-level circles all year round, not to mention that he didn't have the same thoughts as Ruan Jinchuang in his heart.

You must know that he Li Demeng has blood on his hands, although the situation was chaotic at that time and no one paid attention to it, but who knows when a person with ulterior motives will talk about this? Therefore, Li Demeng even wanted to make some things an iron case, because of this, when Ruan Jinchuang was still thinking about it, Li Demeng rolled his eyes and said:

"Comrade Commander, how about you see us doing this and this?"

"This" Ruan Jinchuang listened to Li Demeng's words, hesitated slightly, but then his eyes flashed, and he suddenly raised his head and said loudly to the chief of staff opposite:

"According to Comrade Duc Manh's wishes, I will draft a detailed report to Hanoi!"

"Yes!" the chief of staff straightened up, while Ruan Jinchuang turned his body to the side of Li De Manh, with a smile that you know, and said kindly:

"Comrade Demeng, you also work hard, and after the report of the General Staff is written, you will also check it!"

When Le Duc Manh heard this, he nodded without hesitation, and said cheerfully and meaningfully: "Don't worry! Comrade Commander, leave it to me Le Duc Manh!" In this way, under Le Duc Manh's meticulous planning and patient revision, a detailed and sharply written report on the combat situation was drafted, and after Nguyen Tan Chuang personally reviewed and corrected it, it could be sent to the Vietnamese Army Headquarters in Hanoi through the military region's radio station.

When the Vietnamese Army Headquarters received this operational report from the Northern Military Region, the entire Vietnamese army and the top level of the government were shocked at the same time, and the pro-China faction and the pro-peace faction, which had been suppressed for many years, seized this opportunity to join hands to challenge the pro-Soviet faction and the main combat faction in power, especially to seize the defeat and bring out all the mistakes of the Vietnamese people's livelihood and economic decline in recent years, and the loss of the elite of the Vietnamese army.

Unprecedented pressure has been put on the ruling pro-Soviet faction and the main war faction, especially when the general assembly of Vietnam is about to be held, and several bigwigs sitting in the top level of Vietnam feel that their position is precarious, but in the face of the fact that all the elite heavy artillery groups of the Vietnamese army have been lost, they have nothing to say, but they are not willing to be forced by the pro-China faction and the main peace faction step by step to blindly start a war, regardless of the life and death of the army and the people, and fasten the hat on their heads!

As a result, several high-level Vietnamese bigwigs must no matter what, out of their position and power, or out of concern for their own reputation, to clear up the responsibility for this battle, and it is precisely for this reason that the operational report of the Northern Military Region drafted by Le Duc Manh has become a rare treasure in the eyes of the Vietnamese high-level bigwigs.

Because the report has already put all the responsibility on Zhang Fuzhong, who has no scum left, on the grounds that he disobeyed military orders, otherwise he would not have started a war at all, let alone defeated, and in addition, China's artillery is also more advanced than Vietnam's equipment, Zhang Fuzhong's practice of hitting stones with eggs will naturally end up in pieces.

Based on the above reasons, Truong Phu Trong, a former war hero, was instantly regarded as a despised traitor and scum, and all the previous public praise and beauty articles were also withdrawn and destroyed, and replaced with overwhelming articles of scolding, so that the artillery units on the front line were also implicated in this and became the most unpopular unit in the Vietnamese army!

As for Nguyen Tan Chong, the commander of the Northern Military Region of the Vietnamese Army, because the Vietnamese high-level wants to clear his responsibility, naturally he has never given him an order to go to war, and he, Nguyen Tan Chuang, as the commander of the military region who has a close relationship with the high-level, naturally cannot participate in it, otherwise, the pro-China faction and the main peace faction will inevitably say that even if there is no clear order, there will be corresponding hints, so Ruan Tan Chuang has to be classified as ignorant anyway, such a complicated consideration, coupled with the fact that there are people in the high-level who are guaranteed, Ruan Tan Chuang only ends up being placed on probation by the party, and this painless punishment is settled!

Vietnam's high-level bigwigs were decisive and ruthless, and soon suppressed the pro-China faction and the Lord-peace faction, but what they didn't expect was that this incident made the Soviet Union, the master behind them, angry (to be continued)