In the early hours of the morning, the hanging star has not yet hung in its proper position, and the night has entered its darkest hour at this moment, which makes people feel a deep sense of urgency, even if it is a slight cool breeze, this feeling can not be dissipated with the wind, but with the passage of time bit by bit, the complex thoughts of tension, urgency and faint expectation are even stronger!

This was the case with Lu Weijun, commander of the Independent Artillery Battalion, who had just arrived at the designated area with the artillery radar, and in the evening, Lu Weijun informed the military commanders above the platoon level of the Independent Artillery Battalion of his operational intentions, and distributed and adjusted the troop disposition and tactical principles of the Independent Artillery Battalion.

According to the operational plan of the previous command, the new artillery reconnaissance and calibration radar under the jurisdiction of the independent artillery battalion undertakes most of the target detection and artillery firing tasks of this combat operation, and also assumes part of the guidance and command functions of several main artillery groups.

In addition, it has strengthened its communications, logistics, vigilance, and other support forces, and formed an artillery observation post with campaign value with the command and liaison detachments dispatched by the previous unit, which will serve as the core observation force and clairvoyant eye of the entire artillery unit and be deployed to a designated area only a few kilometers away from the Sino-Vietnamese border.

Since this "artillery observation post," which was pinned high hopes on by the commander of the former command, will become the core of the target indication of this combat operation, and there must be no half-point difference, the command of the front command is personally led by Lu Weijun, commander of the independent artillery battalion, and the firepower strike unit of the independent artillery battalion is commanded by Qian Aimin, deputy battalion commander.

In this way, after explaining the affairs of the independent artillery battalion, the army commanded the officers and men of the huge and advanced "artillery observation post" that had already assembled near the artillery battalion to secretly maneuver to the designated area under the cover of night.

The artillery radar supporting communications equipment, power supply equipment, and command and coordination detachments were also deployed one after another, and soon this high slope became a huge artillery radar position and observation post, where the artillery radar was tested and the communication equipment was answered, and the wired communication was called. For a while, all kinds of invisible radio waves shuttled back and forth in the dark night, although the war had not yet begun, but these shadowless and invisible radio waves had already started a silent outpost war on the vast battlefield!

"Jiadong, how is it? Our radar status is normal!" Lu Weijun, who was nervously directing the officers and men to carry out various preparations before the combat operation. Seeing Lu Jiadong, who came with the team and was in charge of maintaining the new artillery reconnaissance and calibration radar, walked out of the operating cabin of the radar, he hurriedly greeted him with an arrow step, and asked eagerly, but Lu Jiadong's face showed an indifferent smile. replied in a firm tone:

"The terrain here is high and the slope is gentle, both the search angle and the scanning width are much stronger than the previous station, so it can be said that our radar is in the best state to see the mountains at a glance!"

"That's really good, this time it will definitely make the Vietnamese monkeys have nothing to hide!" Lu Weijun's face flashed with a resolute and resolute look, and then he raised his arm and looked at the watch in his hand, and then turned his head to the side of the staff officer beside him:

"It's 3:05 a.m., order all personnel to enter combat mode!"

"Yes!" the staff officer replied urgently, and then turned to convey the order

The same order was issued from the mouth of Qian Aimin, deputy commander of the Independent Artillery Battalion, who was at this time in front of the communications command plane on the position of the Independent Artillery Battalion a few kilometers behind the radar position, in the depths of the night in front of him. The 18 155mm howitzers with a caliber of 52 times the caliber that had already adjusted the firing angle and were good at firing Zhu Yuan were pointed straight at the set target in the direction of Vietnam, and as the actual commander of the most powerful artillery group on the entire front line, Qian Aimin's mind always lingered with the words that the former commander said during his inspection in the evening:

"These eighteen artillery pieces of your independent artillery battalion are not only the stepping stones of this combat operation, but also the reapers of the Vietnamese artillery group.

How to take on the role of this stepping stone and reaper that is related to the overall situation does require some careful thinking, thinking of this, Qian Aimin suddenly felt as if a thousand catties of burden were on his shoulders. Then he involuntarily lit a cigarette, took a few puffs hard, and then the strong tobacco strength, and the nervous thoughts were slightly relieved. So he raised his head and looked at the night as dark as ink, and stabilized his mind, and at this moment the reminder of the staff officer beside him sounded in his ears:

"Deputy battalion commander, it's already 3:08 in the morning, and the operation is about to start!"

"Got it!" Listening to the staff officer's reminder, Qian Aimin's only hesitation disappeared in an instant. A pair of bright eyes emitted a bold and resolute gaze, like the brightest star in the night, clearing away all wandering and hesitation, tension and doubt, and replacing them with the decisiveness and perseverance peculiar to a soldier, and the indispensable fiery ambition for victory and honor.

Because of this, Qian Aimin did not hesitate to pick up the telephone that he pointed to in front of the Unicom, and at the same time, several staff officers also picked up the communication command machine connecting the various gun positions at the same time, and several people even raised their arms in unison and looked at the tick-tock watch on their wrists

"It's all in one battle!" When the second hand pointed to 3:15 in the morning, a sonorous and powerful combat command signal came from Qian Aimin's telephone receiver, and at the same time, in the vast distribution area of the Chinese artillery group, several bright and dazzling signal flares pierced the night sky in an instant.

"According to the set goal, launch!"

"Launch!"

"Launch!"

With a command, the erected communication equipment was transmitted to each artillery position, and the slender barrels of the eighteen 52 times 155mm howitzers on the position of the independent artillery battalion struggled to stand back at almost the same moment, and the high muzzle instantly spewed out dazzling flames, in the dark night, like a gorgeous and beautiful flower blooming in an instant, illuminating the entire artillery position brightly, but under the blooming flowers, the ground where the independent artillery battalion was located also trembled violently, and the deafening roar of the cannon ejection was even louder in the sky, and eighteen 155mm shells pierced the sky in the blink of an eye, rushing towards the already marked goal of Vietnam with a whistling rush

At the same time, nearly 150 pieces of 122mm, 130mm, and 152mm guns deployed in other regions, like independent artillery battalions, roared at the same time, and for a time the tongues of fire from the muzzles of the guns tore through the curtain of the night, and the long-accumulated fury made the whole earth tremble

However, at the moment when the Chinese artillery group launched an attack with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, the artillery command post of the Gaoshan frontline in the deep hinterland of Vietnam, more than ten kilometers south of the Sino-Vietnamese border, was immersed in a peaceful sleep, and at this moment, a Vietnamese combat staff officer anxiously rushed out of the combat duty room and came to the door of Zhang Fuzhong's resting room, wanting to knock on the door, but he hesitated slightly, but after thinking about the news he had just received, he still mustered up the courage to knock on the door:

"Who? What's the matter at such a late hour?" The staff officer knocked for a while before Zhang Fuzhong's extremely impatient inquiry was heard in the room, and the Vietnamese staff officer who received the response did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly reported the information he had received to Zhang Fuzhong:

"Comrade commander, the electronic listening unit has just sent information, showing that from two o'clock in the morning, the radio signal of the squadron confronting our army on the front line of Gaoshan has increased abnormally, and since 2:30 in the morning, some of our communication equipment has been interfered with, and they feel that this situation is very abnormal, so they notify"

"These guys, who only fiddle with the radio every day, have a normal day in their eyes? The Chinese have had abnormal radio signals for almost a few weeks, and my ears are almost calloused with this kind of report!" Before the staff officer finished speaking, Zhang Fuzhong roared with some annoyance, but the Vietnamese staff officer wanted to say something more, when he heard a burst of arrogant and unquestionable words from the room again:

"Okay, I know, you can continue to be on duty! Anyway, when it gets dawn, I'll beat them into dumb with some anomalous radio waves!"

"Yes!" The Vietnamese army staff officer listened to Zhang Fuzhong's words, hesitated slightly, but finally answered loudly, and Zhang Fuzhong, who was disturbed by a good dream in the house, after sending the Vietnamese army staff officer on duty, lay back on the bed again, just pulled the quilt and was ready to continue the dream just now, the earth-shaking explosion sounded in his ears instantly, for which Zhang Fuzhong was startled at first, and then the whole person jumped up from the bed like a spring, and before he had time to put on his clothes, he pushed open the door and shouted at the Vietnamese army staff officer on duty who had not gone far:

"What's going on?

The staff officer on duty of the Vietnamese army who was asked was also a little overwhelmed by this sudden shelling, but he looked at the forward positions of the Vietnamese army, which had already been red by the explosion of shells in the distance, several artillery positions responsible for supporting in the rear, and the sound of shell explosions sounding from time to time in the vicinity.

Even a fool knows that this is a large-scale artillery attack launched by the squadron, Zhang Fuzhong is not a fool no matter how arrogant he is, he naturally knows it, not only that, but in the face of the sudden situation, instead of panicking, he quickly calmed down, and couldn't help but have a ghostly smile on his face:

"Okay! Well played! I'm afraid that these Chinese will be shrunken turtles" (to be continued.) )