Originally, it was thought that the Annam army would fight with our army in the Gaoping area.

However, Wu Yuanjia, the commander-in-chief of the Annan army in this campaign, made a decisive decision and ordered the Annan army on the front line of Gaoping to be broken into pieces, give up the towns, go deep into the mountains and jungles, and make perfect use of the guerrilla tactics of our army's establishment of base areas behind enemy lines in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

It can be said that the heavy punch that our army's cohesion was about to swing failed.

Gaoping is a province of Annam, located on the front of Anbei, bordering Huaxia Guizhou Province. The provincial capital of Cao Bang City is 32 kilometers away from Jingxi County, Guizhou Province in the north, 70 kilometers away from Binh Meng, Napo County, Guizhou Province in the northwest, 72 kilometers away from Long Chau County, Guizhou Province in the southeast, and 281 kilometers away from Hanoi, the capital of Annam.

The length and width of the urban area of Gaoping are about 2 kilometers respectively, surrounded by mountains, the Binh River and the Xian River flow around the urban area, it is the military town of Anbei, and directly protects the two gateways of Hanoi of Taiyuan and Lang Son.

Gaoping area is a typical subtropical mountain jungle landform, except for some earth mountains near Gaoping, Fuhe, Dongxi and Qixi, most of them are limestone mountains, the altitude is more than 500 meters, covered with dense jungle and artemisia grass.

The slope of the rocky mountain is steep, generally about 80 degrees, and most of them have no road to climb. There are many natural caves in the mountains, deep valleys are formed between the two mountains, and roads are scarce.

There are 3 main highways:

Highway 3 from Gaoping to the east through Fuhe County to Shuikou Pass in Longzhou, Huaxia Guizhou Province, south to Taiyuan is called No. 3 A Highway, west to Yuanping is called No. 3 B Highway;

Highway 4 from Gao Ping southeast through Dong Xi and Qi Xi to Lang Son;

Highway No. 166 runs southwest from Gaoping to Taiyuan, the seat of the First Military Region in the north of Annam, and goes northwest through the Shuojiang River to Pingmeng in Gui Province.

In addition, in the northwest, there are simple roads from Molong to Langgan via Tongnong, Tongnong to Dana, and Tongnong to Anle, and in the north, there are roads from Longbang in Jingxi County, Gui Province to Gaoping via Chaling, and the rest are rural dirt roads and mountain paths.

The road mostly passes through the foot of the mountain, the riverside, and the canyon, and the road is narrow and the bends are sharp. The slope is large, there are many passes along the way, and most of the road sections cannot be carried.

There are many rivers in this area. Most of the sections are tredging, but the currents are fast, and the banks are generally steep and high. The climate changes rapidly, and there is a lot of fog and rain. The temperature difference between day and night is more than ten degrees.

Guarding Gaoping was the 346th Division of the Annam Ace Combat Division, which had 246 infantry regiments, 677 regiments, 851 regiments, and 188 artillery regiments, as well as the 567 regiments and 852 regiments of the local army, 5 county independent battalions, 1 special battalion, and 11 public security tuns. The total strength is about 15,000 people.

Judging from the situation on the battlefield as a whole, the Gaoping area was surrounded by the Chinese border line in the north and east, forming a salient area, so an operational plan for advancing north and south was introduced.

However, the topography of the Gaoping area is really complex, with deep valleys, rivers and dense jungle vegetation. Roads are scarce, mostly mountain trails, making it difficult to enter and exit, and it is difficult for large troops to deploy.

Previously, the Annam army had deployed its main forces on the main transportation routes leading to the deep areas, focusing on the areas near the highways and major communication routes. The platoon is light in front and heavy in the back. Fortification at all levels, according to the terrain control points, point to area, and at the same time focus on garrison.

At the same time, armed public security cantonments, local troops, and mobile field units were deployed in echelons to jam key points, and they were divided into sections to do the work, and vigorously built tactical support points that could fight independently along the main transportation arteries.

The enemy's deployment in this way is in the hands of Xu Shangyou.

The enemy placed its main defensive strength in the areas north and east of Gaoping, so Commander Xu set up a position of attacking from the east and attacking the west, attacking Shuojiang from the direction of Pingmeng in Gui Province with the 121st Division of the 41st Army, attacking Chaling from the west of Jingxi, and attacking Fuhe from the direction of Shuikou Pass in Gui Province. All three are frontal assaults and make a big splash.

When the enemy army was busy coping, Monk Xu suddenly took out his knife and used the 122nd and 123rd Divisions of the 41st Army of the North Group, the Tank Regiment of the Reinforced Army and some amphibious tanks of the Military Region to bypass the defensive front of the 346th Division, break through from Nianjing in the northwest, and intersperse in the direction of Banzhuang and Kutun west of Gaoping;

The 124th and 126th Divisions of the 42nd Army of the South Group were equipped with a large number of tanks, armored vehicles, special combat engineering vehicles, and self-propelled artillery, carrying infantry to break through from the southeast layout pass, taking the oxcart path to intersperse Dongxi, opening up Highway No. 4 south of Gaoping, and advancing north and south with the main force of the 41st Army to attack Gaoping.

Then from west to east, they swept the enemy forces in Chaling, Guangyuan, Halang, and Chongqing, and broke through between the 15th and 18th boundary pillars with the 129th Division of the 43rd Army, annihilated the enemy in the area of Spear Mountain and Banji, cut off Highway No. 4 in the south, and ensured the safety of the flank of the 42nd Army, and then attacked Qixi.

Although this method of fighting in history was also victorious in the end, it wasted a lot of time, sacrificed thousands of our soldiers and soldiers, and fought until our army withdrew from Annam, and did not wipe out the remnants of the enemy in the Gaoping area.

In this life, a large number of counter-artillery radars equipped by our army basically crippled the artillery of the Annam monkey and wiped out all the missile units in the first place. The Air Force attacked strongly and achieved absolute air supremacy.

All the units were mechanized on the march and interspersed, and the enemy's attempts at street fighting were completely broken by powerful special combat engineering vehicles.

As of 9 o'clock in the morning of the 18th, the actual battle statistics released by our army showed that on the eastern and western fronts, a total of 15,382 enemies had been annihilated and 537 had been captured.

The main force of the enemy's 246th Regiment, the main forces of the 677th Regiment, the 851st Regiment, the 567th Regiment, the 852nd Regiment, and the 20th Secret Service Battalion were all annihilated. In addition, there were three county independent battalions, and six public security tuns were annihilated and defeated. With a total of nearly 8,000 enemy annihilated, it can be said that the enemy's 346th Division has been completely disabled by our army.

At present, the remnants of the enemy scattered in the jungles of the Gaoping Mountains, in addition to the remnants of the enemy's 346th Division, are mainly armed with a large number of county independent battalions and public security militias, with a strength of about 7,000 troops.

If this stubborn enemy cannot be eliminated in time, it will inevitably pose a serious threat to our army's logistical supply lines when our army attacks Lang Son.

In terms of weaponry, equipment, and troops, our army has an absolute advantage. In this case, if the monkeys of Annam still swing their horses to fight a frontal field battle with our army, it will be really idiots and brains.

In my heart, Wu Yuanjia, the commander-in-chief of the Annan army, can also be regarded as a military strategist. He resolutely ordered the Annam army to give up the roads and cities and let our army commander drive straight in. When our army's battle line is stretched, then use superior forces to hit our army's logistics supply line.

Such a tactical countermeasure cannot be said to be wrong.

Merely. Wu Yuanjia would never have thought that there was a great scientist Yang in this world who had been planning to deal with Annan monkeys.

At present, all the units of our army gathered in the Gaoping area have received more than three months of targeted training in fighting rats in jungles and mountains.

What's even more "shameful" is that Scientist Yang also transferred a special force composed of 500 Rock mercenaries. It is specially designed for our army to provide practical combat guidance for fighting rats in jungles and mountains.

For such an action, it is in the arms of the Rock Mercenaries. Because only by fighting can they have additional income, and sixty percent of the war captured can go to them privately. You only need to hand over 40% to the company.

Such a policy has long made the more than 1,500 mercenaries in the rock base howl and howl. The 500 Rock Mercenaries who were transferred to Annan by Boss Yang this time were commanded by Wilson, who had rich experience in actual combat. Tu Zhiqiang served as deputy commander-in-chief.

The main task was to cooperate with the Chinese army in the clean-up operation, and the secret mission was to search the military material warehouse hidden by the Annan army in the Gaoping Mountains for its own use.

In this regard, Yang Weiping did not hide it, and clearly told Xu Shangyou that his rock mercenaries came to make a fortune.

Commander Xu, who had long understood the combat effectiveness of the Rock Mercenaries, of course applauded and welcomed.

Know the way. This is equivalent to 500 more mercenaries who are even better at fighting in battles as actual combat instructors for the troops, and it is all free. Anyway, they robbed the supplies of the Annan monkeys, and Xu Shangyou naturally turned a blind eye.

On the third day of the clean-up operation, the battle report of our Eastern Front Group increased the number of enemy killed by 3,744 and captured by 265.

February 20th. Qixi County.

Qixi is located at the intersection of Highway No. 4 leading from Cao Binh to Lang Son and Bolong to Binh Gia and Nguyen Highway in the deep area, about 25 kilometers away from Dong Khe in the north and more than 50 kilometers away from Lang Son in the south.

It is currently the regimental headquarters of the 385th Regiment of the 121st Division of the 41st Army and the headquarters of the Rock Mercenaries.

In a torture room in the county public security bureau building, Ren Changle pulled out the P7M13 pistol inserted in the holster of his right leg with a bright smile on his face, and put a sigh on the head of the female soldier of Annan, who was hanging in a large shape and had been tortured to the point of being incomplete, and was not human-shaped, ending her pain.

The iron door of the torture room was suddenly pushed open, and Tu Zhiqiang came in from the outside when he heard the sound, followed by Yue Zhongwang, the head of the 385th regiment.

Tu Zhiqiang glanced at the dead corpse of the female soldier of Annan who was hanging, and then frowned and asked, "Have you got a confession?"

"Hehe, boss, don't worry, I've asked clearly. Ren Changle casually inserted his gloves back into the gun holster, and said with a smile: "The Annan army deployed in the area is the 199th Regiment of the Lang Son Provincial Team, the first special battalion, the independent border defense battalion of Changding County, four public security companies, two production companies and some armed militia. The total strength was about 3,500 men.

Last night, it was the second company and third platoon of the 1st Secret Service Battalion that attacked the counter-battery radar set up at Heights 589, which was composed entirely of female soldiers. Now they're all going to heaven. This group of Annan soldiers is currently operating in the mountains and forests on both sides of the road from Qixi to Lang Son. ”

"Xie Lu Xie!" Yue Zhongwang saluted Ren Changle quite politely, turned around and strode away.

"You're welcome. Ren Changle gestured with the middle finger of his right hand on his forehead, and then waved at Yue Zhongwang's back.

Tu Zhiqiang walked to the door and closed the iron door, looked at Ren Changle Zhengse and asked, "That's all?"

"Hehe!" Ren Changle smiled triumphantly, "Of course it's not only." The 199th Regiment of the An'an Army has a mission to guard a large grain depot, which is a war ready grain depot, which contains a total of 100,000 tons of rice, flour and cooking oil!"

Tu Zhiqiang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "How many garrisons does the An army have?"

Ren Changle stretched out a finger and said with a smile: "A platoon." Boss, let's hurry up and take it first, these grains are definitely in demand in Africa!"

Tu Zhiqiang shook his head schemingly, and said slowly: "This matter must not be in a hurry, if we don't destroy the main force of the 199th Regiment of the Anjun Army, even if we occupy this strategic grain depot, we will not be able to transfer this batch of food security away." If we attract all the troops deployed by the An'an army to fight guerrillas in this area, we will definitely not be able to eat and go around. ”

"Boss, didn't our boss say it, he has an agreement with the communist army, as long as we occupy the rock first, the communist army can't rob us. Ren Changle couldn't help but say a little anxiously: "This is not an ordinary grain depot, 100,000 tons! A whole 100,000 tons of grain, if it is sold, how many dollars will it be worth!"

"Didn't you kid just say that there are more than 3,500 Annan monkey soldiers in this area?" Tu Zhiqiang glared at Ren Changle angrily, and said with a tiger face: "You don't naively think that with our current squadron of 72 people, we are going to fight a positional battle with the 199th Regiment of the Annan Army, right? We are special forces, and special forces are fighting positional battles, so we are not looking for death!"

"I led a team of agents in the Anjun army to touch the grain depot first. Ren Changle seemed to have made up his mind a long time ago, and said confidently: "This grain depot has a hidden cement road, which can be opened to traffic. However, this road is not known to most people, and I think we can ......."

"Ren Changle, what if this is the pit that this Annan female soldier dug for you before she died?" Tu Zhiqiang asked thoughtfully and solemnly: "You kid tortured her hard enough, don't you worry that she knows that she is dead, so she wants to pull you back?"

"No, no!" Ren Changle said abruptly: "I'm using the identity of the Communist Army to ask her for a confession." I didn't say we were mercenaries. ”

"The People's Liberation Army will never have you to extort confessions by torture. Tu Zhiqiang said with a smile: "The An army knows the PLA very well, and the most difficult trap to guard against is the true confession of nine true and one false."

If I were caught and tortured by the enemy, I would definitely dig a pit for the other party to drill into it before I died. Ren Changle, you haven't thought that this so-called war readiness grain depot is an arsenal and an arsenal with a self-destruct device.

"It's not out of the question. Ren Changle muttered to himself: "If it were me, maybe I would have been like this." ”

"So far, the PLA search force has not found a large arsenal of the Anjun army. Tu Zhiqiang groaned and said, "They found a few small grain warehouses. Changle, the more I pondered, the more I felt that this war grain depot was very likely to be a secret arsenal, and it was also possible that it was a key project built with the help of the Soviets. (To be continued.) )