Chapter 306: Half of the battalion was poisoned
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Chen Xu specially let the Chinook helicopter spare two laps over Kuncheng before landing at Kuncheng Airport, which is not far from the city, Kuncheng Airport has a great reputation, and was the headquarters and main station of the Flying Tigers during World War II.
At present, this airport has been requisitioned for military use, and there are more than 800 helicopters of various types parked in the airport.
Among them, the largest number of Chinook medium transport aircraft, Huey multi-role helicopters, which are responsible for transporting attack forces. Even if there are Tomahawk missiles to decapitate, it is inevitable that there will be fish that slip through the net, and the task of the attacking force is to break into the city single-handedly, clear out the senior Vietnamese officers, and prevent them from escaping into the suburbs to organize a resistance.
Cobra anti-tank gunships, Bird air cover attack helicopters, and Kiowa reconnaissance helicopters provide air cover and intelligence reconnaissance for the attacking forces, respectively.
In addition, 64 Super Stallion heavy transport aircraft were transferred from the US Imperialist Navy to transport infantry combat vehicles and jeeps equipped with heavy machine guns or recoilless guns.
Then there is the CH-54 aerial crane from Sicostech, but it is still in transit. In order to meet the operational needs of the Chinese army, the US aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk became a transport ship, and 56 aerial cranes were piled up on the deck to drive over at the fastest speed.
During the battle, these helicopters would lift a certain number of light tanks to Hanoi, and the attacking troops would easily solve difficult strongholds with tanks.
Kuncheng Airport has been transformed into a helicopter exhibition hall, full of these steel machines as far as the eye can see, and walking through it can clearly touch the war that belongs to this era.
Helicopters are conducting take-off and landing training at Kun Thanh airport day and night, especially to train soldiers to leave the planes quickly, and some helicopters need to hover on the roofs of some government buildings in Hanoi, and the attacking troops need to rappel and capture these buildings.
The danger of abseiling is self-evident, and the slightest carelessness can kill a person, and the most rigorous training is required to boost the confidence of the soldiers.
The area around the airport was heavily guarded, and all the residents outside were moved out of the house in order to keep it secret, and soldiers were stationed at all the commanding heights where the airport could be seen. Outside the airport, there are five steps, one post, ten steps and one sentry, and the roads in and out of the airport are blocked, and any personnel and vehicles entering and leaving must show their documents.
Under the guidance of the tower, the Chinook helicopter found a vacant seat and stopped, and as soon as the propeller stopped, more than a dozen officers were already standing 20 meters away and waiting.
The three people standing at the front, in full uniform, were the leaders of this group.
Standing on the left is an old general with the rank of major general, with his hat tucked under his armpit, he is Xu Tinggui, commander of the Yunnan-Guizhou Border Army, his mission this time is to be in charge of the defense of the Sino-Vietnamese Yunnan-Guizhou border, and cooperate with the Wan Sui Army to clear the remnants of the Vietnamese army in the mountains of the western front, and prevent these remnants of the defeated army from flowing to Yungui to loot and cause casualties to the people.
The one in the middle was tall, with broad shoulders and a thick back, a face full of horizontal flesh, and eyes as sharp as daggers. This person is Lieutenant General Xiao Bo, deputy commander of the Wansui Army.
Xiao Boben was not a general of the Long Live Army, but the deputy commander of the 39th Army stationed in the northeast. In the 79 years of the Vietnam War, his second son died on the battlefield, and it is said that he was tortured to death after being captured.
This time, the 69th Army and the Wan Sui Army wanted to swallow North Vietnam, Xiao Bo took the initiative to ask Ying to go to the front line, and the Wan Sui Army happened to need him as a strong general, so the temporary change of generals was successful.
Anyone who knows a little bit about Xiao Bo's character knows that he took the initiative to come to the front line this time to avenge his second son. With this person's bravery, it is good that the Vietnamese army does not resist, if he dares to resist stubbornly, he will definitely not give these monkeys a chance to surrender again, and directly greet them with flames.
Standing on the far right, the one with his hands behind his back is also a lieutenant general, with a thin figure and a little rickety on his back, but his eyes are sharp, and he doesn't look simple at all. This person is Zhang Tianyi, commander of the 55th Type B Group Army, who acted steadily, and was responsible for relocating the population of major cities in northern Vietnam to the southern region in this campaign, and the task of dealing with the common people was very heavy.
These three big men came to greet Chen Xu, and the Western Front Army really gave face, which made Chen Xu a little flattered.
"Haha, Mr. Chen, I calculated that you will come over in the next few days, and the helicopters here are waiting for you to command, and no one can handle such a large-scale airborne operation except you." Xu Tinggui spoke very kindly, took the lead in stepping forward, stretched out his hand and shook Chen Xu.
Chen Xu had no stage fright, shook hands with the other two generals in turn with a smile, and after a few brief greetings, the group walked towards the terminal.
"General Xiao, how do I feel that your brows are tightened, is it because you are dissatisfied with me?" Walking with these old generals, Chen Xu saw that Lieutenant General Xiao Bo was absent-minded, so he asked directly.
"Oh! Don't get me wrong, it's the first time I've met Mr. Chen, how can someone who has no grievances have an opinion on you. It was my soldiers who were greedy and went to pick mushrooms in the mountains next to the camp yesterday. Dozens of people picked a few baskets and came back, but half of them were poisonous mushrooms. This poisonous mushroom is well handled and delicious, in fact, it is fine, but the cooking class cooks hundreds of people's meals, how can it be handled carefully, plus the habits of these mushrooms are not familiar, all the mushrooms are washed and thrown into the pot and boiled together with the meat, it stands to reason that it is served out after it is thoroughly cooked, but some mushrooms have to be boiled for half an hour to get rid of the poison, otherwise they are highly toxic. Sure enough, half of the battalion of soldiers was poisoned that night, and hundreds of people vomited and vented in the camp, hallucinating and shouting in their minds. Frightened, the command headquarters thought that it was poisoned by Vietnamese agents, and it took the whole army martial law for most of the night to figure out the reason. ā
Lieutenant General Xiao Bo put his hands behind his back, sighed and told Chen Xu, maybe even he thought this thing was too unbelievable, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Chen Xu didn't expect to take precautions, these guys were not killed by bullets, but they were planted on eating!
The mountains of Yunnan and Guizhou Province are high and densely forested, with many rainfalls and humid climate, which is a paradise for animals and plants, and the mountains are full of mountain fungi that grow. Almost all of the people in the army are poor children, and it is a common thing to go to the mountains to pick mushrooms and stir-fry vegetables, but these guys forget that this is the Yungui region, and the mushrooms on the mountains are different from other places, and nine out of ten shiitake mushrooms are poisonous.
When it comes to the mushroom picking season, the news media in Yunnan and Guizhou Province have to publicize it on a large scale, asking everyone to be cautious about using fresh mushrooms and not to eat some unknown mushrooms for the sake of appetite. Even in the fresh mushroom hot pot in Kuncheng, the waiter has to pinch the watch and cook enough time before allowing the guests to put off the chopsticks, because if you don't pay attention to it, poisoning accidents will occur.
In fact, there is nothing poisonous, puffer fish is also poisonous, but it does not prevent it from becoming a delicacy in people's mouths, as long as the poisonous food is cooked correctly, the toxicity is lost under the action of high temperature, and only delicious food remains.
The front-line command never thought that the soldiers would get tired of eating field rations and would go to the mountains to pick mushrooms and come back, not to mention that now is not the best season to eat mushrooms, so they didn't watch out for it.
I don't know which idiot came up with the idea, but he secretly went to the mountains to pick game, and then asked the cooking team to cook vegetables and eat them together, and finally it turned into a major food poisoning accident that made people cry and laugh.
"Eating poisonous mushrooms by mistake will kill people, this half of the battalion brothers are fine!" Chen Xu's heart was pinched, this was almost more than 300 soldiers with food poisoning, if they were all poisoned to death in the barracks by picking mushrooms by themselves, then his zero casualty war would become a big joke, and he hurriedly asked about the physical condition of those poisoned brothers.
"It doesn't matter! Although these children are greedy, they know that brightly colored mushrooms cannot be eaten, so they do not mix in particularly poisonous mushrooms. It's just that the mushrooms in our Yungui are different from other places, even the black, white, and gray mushrooms are still poisonous. Fortunately, the field hospital was well prepared, and the soldiers who ate a lot were gastrically lavaged in time, and there were no fatal accidents. But these guys are a bad crime, I'm afraid they won't dare to eat mushrooms in this life. "Xu Tinggui is a native of Yungui, and he grew up eating mushrooms, so he has the most say in this matter.
"It's okay, these poisoned soldiers must be treated well, and if they can't recover their health, then send someone else to fill their gaps." Chen Xu nodded reassuringly, he finally knew why Lieutenant General Xiao Bo was so worried, his Long Live Army was a mechanized army, and the soldiers were basically driving tanks and trucks, and at the worst they had to drive a motorcycle. Now there are more than 300 people lying down at once, and if this personnel is not replenished, then the tactical arrangement of the attack will have to be greatly adjusted.
"My biggest concern is the international influence, and after these stinky boys came back from picking fresh mushrooms, they specially invited those military advisers from the United States to eat together. Where have those Yankees ever eaten such delicious mountain delicacies, it belongs to a few of them who have eaten the most, and the soup in the bowl has been drunk, and the result is also the most serious. ā
When Lieutenant General Xiao Bo said this, the wrinkles on his face were rougher than the old bark, and he continued: "The lowest rank among these military advisers is also a major general, and the oldest is a general of the US Army, which is the most important link between our Long Live Army and the Pentagon. The imperial capital was frightened, and took him to the imperial capital for treatment overnight, and President Reagan called to ask about the situation, and now the whole world knows about it. ā
Speaking of this, Lieutenant General Xiao Bo faintly had some old tears, this mushroom poisoning incident will definitely go down in the world's military history. Soldiers all over the world were warned not to eat local food easily, and those who served as soldiers could only obediently eat field rations to prevent food poisoning accidents.
He Xiao Bo will also become the most funny commander in military history because of this incident, and his reputation for a lifetime will be ruined on it. (To be continued.) )