It was Sunday, November 14, 1965. Before that day, the soldiers were not in Vietnam but in the United States and did not participate in the fighting.

From the military camp in Texas, he arrived at the port by military train, and traveled tens of thousands of miles across the ocean on a troop carrier to Vietnam, and then was transported here, the base in Polymée, the western plains region of Vietnam.

Most of these soldiers were white Americans, but there were also Japanese and Chinese, Hispanics and Jews, and blacks.

They were a group of young people who knew nothing about war, and some veterans who had already been tested by war, bearing the scars and glory of war.

After two years of training at Fort Benning, he grew from an ordinary army soldier to his current air cavalry.

The first battalion was full of 767 men, and now there are only 395 men.

By the time the fully staffed first battalion boarded the ship for Vietnam, more than 100 soldiers and officers had already retired from active duty due to the expiration of their term of service, and after arriving in Vietnam, more than 100 more soldiers and officers returned to China.

Among them, the number of veterans who have received two years of airmobile combat training has been greatly reduced.

The same is true of Xiao Mubai's squad, the eleven-man infantry squad now has only six people.

One Japanese, one Chinese, one Jewish, one black, two white Americans.

The worst of them are also veterans who have served for a year. The most powerful is the Chinese sergeant, who has served for 15 years after three years of the Korean War.

Sergeant Jack's deputy, Li Yaoting, a Chinese sergeant, a native of San Francisco, is originally from Zhongshan, Guangdong.

Xiao Mubai himself, also known as Sergeant Jack, previously served in the army for two years, then studied at the U.S. Army Sergeant Academy, and now after graduation, it has been two years since he entered the 1st Cavalry Division.

Six M16 assault rifles, six M1911 pistols, several grenades.

This is all the firepower of a platoon and three shifts.

In the Central Highlands of Vietnam, the Pole Mae base in the Yen Khe area of the West Plains, which is the forward base of the U.S. military on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, is home to more than 2,000 U.S. soldiers.

On his side, he is 395 American soldiers of the first battalion of the U.S. Army.

The enemy was three regiments of the regular army of the North Vietnamese Army, the 320th Regiment, the 33rd Regiment and the 66th Regiment, as well as the Viet Cong H-15 Battalion guerrillas, totaling more than 2,000 troops.

Lieutenant Colonel Moore stood in front, staring at more than three hundred American boys.

He didn't know that this battle was not that simple, and there would be a lot of blood on the battlefield.

The time was 10:35.

At the sound of the order, the soldiers of the whole battalion boarded the plane in order, ran to the helicopter in the dust rolled up by the propellers, and began to enter the battlefield.

Xiao Mubai's squad is the third shift in the second row, and it is in the No. 5 and No. 6 parking stands.

At the No. 6 parking stand, Xiao Mubai got on the helicopter here and got into the hatch. There were six soldiers on board, plus eight helicopter pilots, just one infantry squad that was missing.

Sergeant Li Yaoting was next to Xiao Mubai.

This helicopter, the model is the UH-1 multi-purpose helicopter, nicknamed Huey, the name is more widespread.

Vietnam has a subtropical rainforest climate, the air is very humid, the temperature is muggy, and you will sweat a little bit of exercise. There are a lot of mosquitoes here, and within a few days of coming, despite the insect repellent, there are many bites on the body.

Stand No. 6, an auspicious number in China, hopes to bring good luck.

In order to confuse the North Vietnamese army, there were three landing areas in this operation, "X-ray", "Falken" and "Armani", and before the mission, the soldiers did not know the landing location, and the exact location was not known to many people.

Even Sergeant Jack didn't know, and of course Xiao Mubai, who came from later generations, knew. Among them, the correct one is the X-ray area.

The helicopter propeller began to exert force, rolling up the dust on the ground and slowly rising.

Xiao Mubai is still taking a helicopter for the first time, and this feeling seems to be very novel. But to be honest, it's really uncomfortable, shaking, shaking is very worried about whether it will fall, and people who are afraid of heights and motion sickness will be very uncomfortable.

Compared with the tractor I sat on when I was a child, it is also much better.

Departing from the base apron, we flew all the way through the perimeter defensive positions towards the X-ray landing site. Xiao Mubai sat in the middle of the seat, the doors on both sides were so open, through the hatch, you could see the mountains, rivers and fields of Vietnam.

Dense woods, rugged mountain roads, fertile land, babbling water.

The Duc Lang River Bridge spans both banks, and Vietnamese women washing clothes by the river, alarmed by the roar of helicopters, raised their heads to look at the sky. There are also Vietnamese farmers pushing small carts, stopping by the bridge of the Delang River and stopping to watch.

Over the mountains, through the meadows, across the rivers, and just like that, arrive at the X-ray area for landing.

Derang Valley, X-ray area, arrived.

Next, Xiao Mubai will be here, fighting in this area the size of a football field for three days, if he is still alive during this period.

It's an encounter and an ambush.

Xiao Mubai paid attention to the topography of the X-ray area.

The area consists of bare riverbeds, wide meadows, and rolling hills beside it.

The X-ray landing area had been covered with artillery fire and aerial strikes for half an hour, and now the whole area was filled with the smell of gunsmoke, the land was bombed with potholes, and the trees were burning half of the body.

According to system intelligence, not far away is the place where the Nguyen Huu An Department of the North Vietnamese Army is located in Zhu Bang Mountain, and there is a North Vietnamese Army lookout post over there, observing here.

The helicopter landed on the flat grass, and fell into the air less than a meter from the ground, and before Xiao Mubai could give the order, all the soldiers quickly jumped down.

After jumping down, he landed on the grass, lying on the edge of the undulating grass, his eyes fixed on his surroundings, loaded with bullets, and on guard with a gun.

Helicopters landed, and countless soldiers rushed down, armed with assault rifles, aiming around.

The helicopter propeller roared and gradually withdrew, the howling wind drowning out the voice.

A total of 395 soldiers, divided into four landings, each time sixteen Huey helicopters, transporting 100 soldiers.

For the first time, it was the battalion headquarters of the first battalion and some soldiers of B Company, and the second platoon of B Company to which Xiao Mubai belonged was among them.

I don't know who fired the first shot, and then in an instant, the gunfire rang out in the quiet river valley. Bullets shot like a line of fire down the hillside, long stalks of grass were broken at the waist, and countless shells fell.

Xiao Mubai didn't shoot, but stared at the surrounding terrain and observed carefully.

“STOP！”

Xiao Mubai made a gesture to stop several of his soldiers.

After a while, the gunfire stopped, and there was silence all around, as if no one looked like.

The gunfire stopped, and on the orders of Lieutenant Colonel Moore, marched towards the hillside, occupying the landing zone on all sides.

At this time, the North Vietnamese army had already assembled and moved towards this side.

Led by Lieutenant Herris's platoon commander, the entire platoon headed northwest of the X-ray landing area.

(To be continued)