The abnormal movement of the squadron quickly reflected to the headquarters of the 46th Division of Vietnam, and several commanders stood up in surprise.

The deputy division commander blurted out: "Could it be that the squadron wants to break through during the day?" Impossible, right? ”

Division Commander Li Ande walked out of the tent, listened carefully for a while, and said confidently: "It's okay! The number of people involved in the attack was less than a company. It may be fire reconnaissance and want to find out our troop deployment, or it may be that these lieutenant ** officers want to figure out a battle to boost morale. I ordered: The personnel of the 6th Battalion retreat back 500 meters in front of them, and after the squadron ** chases over, the left and right flanks will be outflanked, and this company must be left behind! ”

However, less than a minute after Leander's order came out, news came from the front that the squadron did not chase far and retreated, completely without giving the troops on both flanks a chance to outflank.

Another trivial incident was also passed on as a joke: "Two mortar shells hit the stone dam on the mountain, and now there is a small amount of water in the lake, and some people are screaming in panic that the flood is coming." ”

Several people laughed easily.

Li Ande also smiled at first, but then frowned, and said to the division chief of staff: "Chief of staff, do you say this is a good thing or a bad thing?" ”

Now he naturally didn't expect that this was deliberately done by the squadron, although he was very smart, but he was not a god after all. In a short period of time, he was able to think about whether this was a good thing or a bad thing for the Vietnamese army, which was considered very clever.

The chief of staff of the division was stunned for a moment, pondered for a while, and said: "Division commander, this matter really can't be said to be a good thing or a bad thing, it seems to be both. ”

Leander asked, "What's so good?" What's bad? He didn't want to test his chief of staff, he just wanted to find a basis for his own judgment in the other person's words, because he only found it a little strange. But where the strange is, he can't be sure.

The chief of staff of the division replied: "The good thing is that without us attacking, the encircled squadron will be afraid, and they will definitely call to their superiors." Anxious, they will definitely report to their superiors, reporting that they will be flooded, if not wiped out by our troops. Their reinforcements will definitely be asked to speed up the attack, and it will undoubtedly be eliminated by us to come and relieve the siege ♀ immediately.

The downside is that the amount of water is too small, and it is estimated that the panic caused to them is far greater than the actual loss ♀, and it is likely that a few people will not be drowned. On the contrary, it will make them more vigilant and take precautions in advance. By the time we actually blew up the dam, the effect was not as obvious as expected. ”

Leander nodded and said, "What if we start blowing up the dam now?" Will there be more drowning of people, more of the tanks? ”

The division chief of staff said: "This ...... This means that we have to prepare in advance to completely annihilate the Chinese in the encirclement. If the lake rushes down, there are not many of them left, and it is likely that they will immediately start a battle to the death. We can only destroy them right away. Their role as bait disappears, and all the action plans have to be long in advance, do you want to report this to the 04th Division? ”

Leander held his chin and said, "Now I am very uneasy and very bottomless. I always felt that the squadron had discovered our plan and that we were making a fuss about it now. Did you find that although the squadron that came to reinforce and relieve the siege now shouted fiercely and the firepower was also fierce, the troops who really rushed forward did not. You have also been informed of the hostile situation just now. At present, the squadron is shrinking military operations on the front line, and there are signs of increasing troops on the Sino-Vietnamese border. If it weren't for us, it would have been a bit too coincidental. Maybe the squadron really got to know us.

We can't think of the squadron too smart, but we can't think of the squadron too stupidly. I don't think they were taking a risk, not necessarily because their commanders were hot-headed and wanted to make meritorious contributions, but that they attacked after receiving a strong order from their superiors, and the purpose was to use firepower to reconnoiter whether our local troops and armed militia were the regular troops of our 46th Division. In addition, our regular troops appeared here, although there was less than a regiment in front of them, they may not have imagined that it was our 46th Division that arrived? If I'm right. Then we're not fishing, we're being fished. Or maybe they're digging traps and waiting for us to jump inside. ”

The division chief of staff looked at Li Ande in surprise and said, "No. How could the squadron know so quickly? It's been less than a day since our 'Tooth Extraction' program was implemented. ”

Li Ande shook his head and said, "Although I am not sure, I have this hunch. Otherwise, it is impossible to explain the slow progress of the ** team's fierce shouting. It is impossible to explain the curtailment of military operations in the face of a great victory on the front line and the increase of troops on the Sino-Vietnamese border, and even the retreat of some of the troops that had just invaded our country into their own country.

Although now at the junction of the Eastern Front Army Corps and the Western Front Army Corps, there is no movement of large-scale assembly of the squadron. But it's not that they aren't prepared to do this, but they can slow down for now, and wait for our army to attack on Chinese territory and then deploy troops calmly. ”

Listening to Li Ande's words, the division chief of staff wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and said: "If this is the case, then what should we do?" But he still didn't believe that the ** team had cleared all the hole cards on his side so quickly, and said, "Are we a little scared of ourselves?" ”

Li Ande glanced at the chief of staff of the division and resolutely ordered: "Immediately destroy the enemy in the encirclement!" Pull back when you're done! ”

"Ah, this ......," the chief of staff of the division hurriedly said, "Division commander, no." It was originally the plan of the military headquarters to destroy the encirclement enemy and then withdraw the troops, and it was we who resolutely proposed to carry out the 'encirclement and reinforcement', and it was with great difficulty that the military headquarters approved our plan and abandoned it. However, now that we have suddenly proposed not to carry out the 'encirclement point reinforcement', what will the higher authorities do to us, you must know that we have spent one night and half a day in order to 'encircle the point and send reinforcement', which is equivalent to spending more than ten hours of precious time, and it is bound to lose more of our soldiers than the plan formulated by the military department, and this increased loss will definitely not be small. Because the squadron can do a lot of things in these ten hours, it can greatly enhance the strength of their defensive circle. ”

The deputy division commander, who had been deliberately ignored by Li Ande and the chief of staff, and had not spoken, also hurriedly said: "Yes, the leader of the ∠ level will definitely punish us heavily, and the current situation is all based on your speculation, and there is no direct evidence to prove that our plan was discovered by the squadron ** If this is not the case, then wouldn't we...... Isn't it the Chinese saying that 'stealing ji does not erode rice'? The army commander will certainly oppose us changing our plans from one thing to another, and once we have decided what to do, we should resolutely do it. ”

Li Ande still didn't have the deputy division commander who climbed up from the army commander's background, and the chief of staff of the division asked, "What is your opinion?" Do you stick with it or change your plans? ”

The chief of staff of the division did not have the courage of the division commander, and he did not dare to offend the deputy division commander who was at the same level as himself and had a backstage, so he thought about it for a while, and then said: "What the division commander said is very likely, and what the deputy division commander said is also reasonable." ……”

This seems to be flattering to both sides, but the actual effect is that both sides offend the chief of staff of V is human jing, so naturally he will not do such a stupid thing, and the division commander and deputy division commander have dissatisfied eyes in their eyes, and he continued: "I think we have to seek the opinions of the 04th Division on this matter, after all, the plan was put forward by our two divisions, and the implementation was also carried out by our two divisions." As long as our two divisions are twisted into a rope, no matter what we do, no matter what we do, we have a better chance of winning. ”

Undoubtedly, the chief of staff of the division played a slippery role here and passed on the contradiction to the 04th Division: if the 04th Division said that it would continue to carry out the "encirclement point and send reinforcements", the two divisions would continue to fight. In the future, if we succeed, we will still share the fruits of victory in the same way. If it fails, the 46th Division will naturally not have to bear the original responsibility because it has proposed to build it in advance.

If the 04th Division said that it would not carry out the "encirclement and reinforcement" and would re-implement the military headquarters' plan of 'pulling teeth from the tiger's mouth', they would eliminate the squadron of Yejiling and run away immediately. The escape was successful, and everyone shared the anger of their superiors and accepted the punishment of their superiors together. If it is completely annihilated by the squadron, according to the destiny of each other, whoever stays will be lucky.

Although the method of the chief of staff of the division was a bit shameless, everyone felt that it was the best. Of course, Li Ande was much more upright than the chief of staff of the division, and in the telegram he sent to the 04th Division, he made his attitude a little clearer: "......, our division judged that there was a special combat team in the squadron ** in the encirclement, which was able to annihilate it together with the other two battalions, and its results greatly exceeded our expectations. The danger caused by this special combat team to our army is much greater than that of a regiment or even a division, and similarly, the position of this special combat team in the center is far more than just a company. The special construction yì immediately launched a battle to encircle and annihilate the enemy of the wild ridge, and then took advantage of the victory and retreated. ……”

Prior to this, according to Le Ande's order, the Vietnamese army sent Jing cadres to carefully examine the corpses of the Vietnamese soldiers killed by Guo Zhuocheng and others, and they found that many of the corpses were killed by headshots, and the same characteristics as those found in other places that were killed by special combat teams. Therefore, the Vietnamese army concluded that the special combat team that had caused them heavy losses was in the encirclement.

Leander can be regarded as a pure soldier, although this telegram has the meaning of raising a fig leaf, but it is definitely not as slippery as the division chief of staff.

After this text, which was meant to exonerate everyone from the responsibility of "changing the order of the day", was sent to the 04th Division, the results achieved were greatly beyond Li Ande's expectations.

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