Six fully loaded military vehicles followed the road to pick up the rest of the team and return, driving east for a while before turning south. The night sky in the northwest suddenly lit up red, like a lightning flash, and then there was rolling thunder. The players high-fived each other.

"Chief, it worked!" Wang Baoyi, who was beside Ge Dawei, said in a low voice, unable to hide his joy in his words.

"It should be that place, you've done a great job."

"That's the chief's leadership!" Guo Jinsong said with a smile.

"Get out! When will you learn this? Wang Baoyi was about to raise his leg and kick up, "Didn't you go deep into the tiger's den and risk your lives to execute?" When I go back, I'll give you a credit! ”

"Thank you, Chief!" Remembering merit is the best reward for the soldiers. "Well, chief, don't say it, this credit should be given! Chief, 9 iron gates, 100 meters wide, I stood outside and looked at the tunnel bottomless, how many munitions must be in there! Looking at this posture, I guess that the mountain may have collapsed. Hong Yan said that there was about a company of guard soldiers stationed there, haha, a bomb reimbursed an arsenal plus a company of troops. ”

"Yes, it's good!" Wang Baoyi praised but turned his head, "However, the chairman said that 'humility makes people progress', you must guard against arrogance and rashness, and our team members must always be vigilant, our task is still very arduous, and we must maintain a determination to never be complacent." ”

"Yes! Chief, promise to complete the mission! ”

It took exactly an hour to get out of the arsenal and reach the mountains north of Kuangmeng. The team members quickly got out of the car and escorted 12 prisoners carrying ammunition boxes and weapons, and hid in the bamboo forest and grass beside the road.

Hong Yan walked last, and inadvertently 6 cars disappeared in place.

"Wait, did Comrade Hong Yan follow?" Wang Baoyi asked. He only saw the more fierce side of Hong Yan, and he didn't know anything else.

"Chief, don't worry! He'll follow. If I'm not mistaken, he and Big Man must already be at the back of the line. ”

After groping through the grass and bamboo groves and low bushes for about an hour, the whole team stopped. You can't see obvious geographical signs at night, you can't tell where you are, and you can leave the road for an hour, so you already have a certain sense of security.

Allocate the manpower to set up the defenses and continue to carry supplies. Hong Yan had to return to the parking place just now with the team. The two captains came to Wang Baoyi to ask for instructions on the next step. With a higher direct leader, they have to follow the basic procedures.

"Chief, what's next?" Guo Jinsong was the first to ask.

"Yes! We are already completely in enemy depth! Further beyond the Waipo River, it is the interior of Vietnam. "The 12th squad led by Ge Dawei did not have the experience of the 10th squad led by Guo Jinsong going deep into the rear of the enemy.

"Yes, we went deep into the enemy's rear, and we were about stuck at the key point in the enemy's retreat. According to the instructions of the army, we need to find out the enemy's troop disposition from Lao Cai to Tangtang, but we are now far behind the enemy, and it is obviously impossible to find out the enemy's situation. However, judging by the information confessed by the artillery driver, the enemy's forces were clearly insufficient. Therefore, I am not worried about the courage of the military commander and the speed of the advance. As for the specific tasks, we will wait for the dawn to determine the position before further discussion, and it is the first step to find out the enemy's situation as much as possible, the second step is to block the enemy when he retreats, and the third step is to wait for an opportunity to blow up the bridge. ”

Wang Baoyi took out a cigarette, put it under his nose and sniffed it, taking a deep breath from time to time. In the dark of night, smoking is not allowed on the battlefield, and he has to lead by example as the deputy captain.

"Chief, how long will it take for the military commander to be pushed over? How long are we going to be incubated? Guo Jinsong is still very concerned about this issue.

"What? Can't stay any longer? Wang Baoyi squinted his eyes and glanced at him.

"Chief, how can you? You have told us that the nature of our troops determines that our mission is to be in the rear or heart of the enemy, and we must be prepared with the determination, courage and confidence to survive in a long-lasting, arduous and dangerous situation, and we must also be mentally prepared to deal with all possibilities at any time. ”

Ge Dawei was still laughing at first, but the more he got to the back, the more serious he became. Guo Jinsong was right, thinking of Deputy Captain Wang's three steps. The task is quite daunting. In particular, blocking the retreating enemy will inevitably provoke a frenzied onslaught from the enemy and artillery fire from the enemy on the south bank.

"Hehe, that's good. Jinsong, Dawei, I'm glad you think so. This unit is of a pilot nature, and it does not have a ready-made mature training system and command concept, and everything depends on us to explore in the course of war. Although our members are veteran squad and platoon leaders of the original unit and have a relatively high level of technology and tactics, it is inevitable that they will easily take part in the war with the old-fashioned operational thinking of the past. How to get rid of the rules and regulations of the past and put into practice a new set of strategies and tactics is also a task facing us. Therefore, our record this time largely determines the possibility of pilot and formal formation. ”

"Well said the chief! It's up to our squad for the next mission. It's unfair to keep the 10th squad in the lead. ”

"Go, go, it's all revolution, and you and I are divided. The revolution only has a different division of labor, there is no high or low, and there is nothing fair or unfair. Guo Jinsong was immediately unwilling. Chief, this idea you said is very important. You don't know, last time we made a mistake in the operation and were reprimanded by Hong Yan, and he also mentioned what you said...... We're ashamed! ”

"Haha, Lao Guo, are you thick-skinned and afraid of reprimanding?" Ge Dawei chuckled heartlessly.

"And this one? So what was the situation at that time? Wang Baoyi was surprised.

Be reprimanded, not praised, praised. Although they are all veterans, and they are not platoon-level officers, it is inevitable that something will go wrong in the operation? In the end, I was ashamed, and this reprimand didn't seem to be light!

No one asks about these troubles, so naturally they won't show off everywhere. Moreover, it has been less than 12 hours since the meeting yesterday. The members of the 12th squad who were relatively close to them pricked up their ears to listen.

"Here's the thing...... Guo Jinsong recounted the before and after of the ambush of Vietnamese agents on the mountain, "I think Hong Yan's reprimand was quite correct and reasonable, and Honggang and I quietly made a self-examination, and we really lacked thorough information in arranging troops and dealing with emergencies." ”

"The ancestor Banban, ambushed the 15 agents who tracked down, and you only had one injured and one of you was ...... in total."

"What do you know? If Hong Yan hadn't killed the sniper in the back, Hou Chengzhi would have died a long time ago, and the casualties might have been even greater! ”

"Dawei, after dawn, I have to study this battle case with Jinsong and learn a lesson from it. The two of you should pay attention in the future, let them do what the fighters can do, beyond the strength of the warriors, and if you can't do it, please ask Hong Yan to come forward. The training of the team still has to go in person, and there will be gains without sweat or blood. After all, war will kill people, and we must die as little as possible, and die worthwhile. ”

"Got it!" The two replied. It's impossible for them not to understand this.

"However, it is imperative to guard against enemy search and counter-reconnaissance. Now the thought of blowing up the enemy's arsenal was already a surprise, and the captured artillery driver clearly told the enemy that we had penetrated deep into the enemy's rear, so it was necessary to defend it closely after dawn and eliminate our tracks. Wang Baoyi pointed out the current task.

After a while, Hong Yan and Shi Yanbin carried bamboo baskets to bring supper to each soldier. After seeing canned beef, fruits, chocolates and other things, Wang Baoyi was surprised again! Of course, the soldiers knew that the residue was easy to expose, so they collected all the canned fruit skins and handed them over to Hong Yan to dispose of.

Light and dark posts were arranged in several directions, and all the warriors began to camp. The mist was up, and the rain of the other day really didn't make it easy to rest on the ground. Hong Yan sat alone on the top of the mountain meditating and resting. At dawn, the fog intensified. If you want to come here, there is the Red River in the east and the Waibo River in the south, and the reason why the humidity is greater!

The fog cleared, and several people lay on their stomachs in the grass and observed the terrain compared to the map. I walked for an hour in the dark last night, and I was actually no more than two kilometers from the original road. It is also less than a kilometer away from Highway 7 to the east, and a little further away from the Waipo River. By chance, they occupy two hills more than 200 meters high.

Highway 7 citrus sugar and Langpiao section runs through the valley, the road is 300-500 meters of open land on both sides, the west side of this section of the terrain is relatively high, and the east side near the Red River, is even more low, the visual inspection is less than 100 meters of small hills. Farmland and stockades are dense. Located 6 kilometers southeast of Citrus City, the Waibo River is about 100 meters wide, and the banks of the river are hilly with deep grass and dense forests. The Waibo River flows in a southwest-northeast direction in Kumeng as a whole, but slightly east-west when it flows through Kuangmeng. The Muang Suspension Bridge is the only road bridge over the Wai Po River, and is the choke point connecting Hoang Lien Son province with the interior of Vietnam, so its strategic location is very important.

"These two relatively high hills cannot be missed!" Wang Baoyi said in a low voice.

"Well, if the enemy occupies these two places, we will be vulnerable even if we occupy the low hill to the south." Guo Jinsong agreed with Deputy Captain Wang's opinion.

"Shall we send some men to occupy the hill across the road?" Ge Dawei saw that the road passed through the mountain pass and was vulnerable to mountain attacks on both sides. As long as mortars and anti-aircraft machine guns were enough, it was enough to block the road.

"There's no rush right now. Before the Battle of Tangtang is fought, we cannot seize it for the time being, otherwise it will be easy to be besieged. You see that the high ground to the north, to the south, and to the unnamed high ground on the east side of the road should be guarded by a small number of guards. Farther afield, in the mountains on the other side of the Waibo River, I also suspect that there are soldiers defending. Wang Baoyi observed the terrain and analyzed the possible layout of the other party.