The troops sent by the chief of staff to reinforce us soon arrived, they were two machine-gun batteries of the 209th Regiment of the 627th Division, and a contingent of more than two hundred militiamen. I quickly sent them back with the wounded, after all, their main task was to transport ammunition and ammunition, and they could not play a role on the battlefield without formal training.

The two company commanders seemed to be experienced veterans, and when they came to report in front of me, they gave a brief and clear account of their strength and the amount of equipment and ammunition. Because I knew that the main task of this time was to provide long-range firepower for other high ground, I brought all the heavy machine guns, mortars and other things with me.

I didn't need to worry too much, but after pointing out on the map which areas were still dangerous and unsuitable for building artillery positions, and which areas were commanding heights that needed their firepower, they would solve the rest of the matter themselves.

It should be said that their task is very important, that is, to build artillery positions and heavy machine guns, and to cooperate with our troops to take the 536 heights and 417 heights. But our army already has a place on the main peak, so these tasks are important but not difficult to complete. I'm sure the two commanders of the cannon company will make arrangements.

In fact, as I thought, it didn't take long for the two company commanders to arrange the artillery positions according to the map under the cover of the fourth company, and then after our troops indicated the positions of the 537 and 417 heights with signal flares, it only took ten minutes to fire rows of shells and machine gun bullets in the designated directions......

I also went to look at it at that time, and I saw two cannon batteries smashing shells and rows of bullets into the dense fog at the foot of the mountain, and then I heard the sound of cannons under the fog............ The bullet casings jumped like popcorn 'flowers', and soon spread all over the floor. And you can't see whether you are hitting the enemy or not, and whether you are hitting the target or not.

For me, a person who came down from the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea, it feels like a strange 'waste' fee. If this is to show our former leaders that no matter whether they win the battle or not, they have to arrest and confine the cadres who commanded this battle!

But the cannon company naturally has their reason to fight like this, isn't it? The voice of the chief of staff was soon heard on the walkie-talkie: "The Vietnamese troops on the anticline of the 417 heights have been killed and wounded by our army, and they have fled in disarray!" Taking the 536 heights is also just around the corner......"

I don't know anything about artillery, so I don't bother to care. So I put all my thoughts on the anticline that was still under the control of the Vietnamese army.

At this time, I realized a new danger, that is, our army set up mortar positions and heavy machine gun positions on the main peak, and after a long time, the Vietnamese army will soon know the location, and then the Vietnamese army will calculate the coordinates and shout a meal of artillery, then our hard work can be said to be in vain.

How can the enemy be allowed to sleep here on the side of the couch, so whatever you say, you have to drive the Vietnamese army down from the main peak!

It took more than two hours for the Fifth Company to construct trenches, anti-artillery 'holes', and 'crossover' trenches on the inclined plane. The hometown people took the pieces of wood cut down by the Sixth Company and carried them along the 'Jiao' trench to the trench at the top of the mountain.

"Battalion commander!" Seeing me come up, the hometown people couldn't help but have some complaints, and he said to me with some dissatisfaction: "I said, why are you still like this? The other troops are either digging trenches to defend their positions, or they are receiving reinforcements up the mountain, you can see what my company has done......"

He patted a piece of wood sitting under his buttocks, lowered his voice and said, "We're going to do the thing of chopping down the lumps." It's tiring, not to mention that there is no credit for it! Do you know what my soldiers say? "Say what? I asked casually.

"They all said that our sixth company was raised by the stepmother!" , the hometown people replied: "They said that the battalion commander just looked down on our Sixth Company, and we were protected and repentant......"

"Hmm!" I smiled disappreciatively.

"You're still laughing!" The hometown man said angrily: "I said battalion commander, how can I be the company commander if you go on like this?" I might as well be a platoon commander in the Fifth Company...... "Don't worry! I interrupted my hometown and laughed, "Do you know what these lumps of wood are used for?" ”

"I almost forgot if you didn't say it, the soldiers have been talking about it all along! Is it for fortifications? I shook my head.

"What is that for?" , the hometown people said a little anxiously: "It won't be used to smash the enemy!" ”

"You're right!" I laughed and said, "It's used to smash the enemy!" ”

"Really............ Is it really used to smash the enemy? The people from my hometown looked at me in disbelief and said: "Battalion commander, what age is this, we don't have ...... explosive 'medicine' bags and grenades, and we are still guilty of smashing the enemy with this thing?" ”

"The enemy's trenches are at least one or two hundred meters away from us" Can grenades and explosives be thrown that far? "But...... Can this lump of wood kill someone? How many people can be stoned to death! The people in my hometown became impatient: "We are tired and tired of holding our breath, and we transported hundreds of them, but I didn't expect ......", "There is no way to kill a few people with wooden lumps!" I replied, "But what if you put explosives in these lumps!" ”

"That's ......, what?" Listening to the people in my hometown, I couldn't help but be stunned, and it took me a long time to react: "Put an explosive 'medicine' bag into the wooden lump? ”

I nodded and pointed to the side of the piece of wood under his ass and said, "Let the soldiers 'spend' some more strength, dig two 'holes' on both sides of the wood, stuff two explosives and wrap them up, and then pile them up in ......the devil's position."

"Hey! You kid...... There is a hand! As soon as the people in my hometown were happy, they were not big or small.

After thinking about it, the hometown patted me on the shoulder and said, "I'll talk about it first, this wood was cut by us six times in a row, and we also made it, you can't let others do this...... "Don't worry!" I smiled and said, "The fourth company has to protect the artillery position, and the fifth company has just finished a battle and then dug fortifications, and the rest is of course yours!" "Enough brothers! The hometown people patted me on the shoulder at this time. After thinking about it, he said happily: "I have to tell the news to my subordinates, but it's time for us to raise our eyebrows!" After saying that, he turned around and called a meeting of several platoon commanders who were still carrying wood, and after a while, the soldiers of the sixth company all cheered loudly with joy on their faces. Then he said that he would do it, grabbed the tools and began to straighten the wood according to the orders of the people in his hometown.

Although the soldiers lacked tools, the two pits were only used to fix the explosives pack, so they only needed to dig a shallow pit and tie it with a strap. For the sake of convenience, some soldiers simply saved the pit, dug two inverted grooves directly next to the trunk and tied them with ropes. As for those blasters............ The fighters also had a way of tying five or six blasters evenly to a tree trunk, so that they might roll faster on the slopes......

Not to mention that when we came up, we brought some of the migrant workers who transported the ammunition and ammunition with us, and they also brought hundreds of them, so they are enough for us now.

And the hometown people checked all the way in Fangbian, and at the same time shouted in their mouths: "Tie me tight!" If only one of them had not yet rolled to the position of the Yue Devils, it would fall apart...... I'll tie up the explosives bag and roll you down!" ”

"Yes!" The soldiers were full of enthusiasm, and a company of more than 100 soldiers was transporting explosives bags and blasting canisters, digging wood, and tying explosives, but it was completed in just 10 minutes. It's just that the trenches are so crowded that these stakes can only be lined up all the way from the hilltop position along the trenches to the bottom of the hill.

"Battalion commander! All set! The hometown man ran up to me and asked expectantly, "When will you do it?" ”

I looked at my watch, and before I knew it, it was already ten o'clock in the morning, and it was getting closer and closer to the arrival of Vietnamese reinforcements in Lang Son, so there was no need to delay.

Thinking about it, I ordered: "Give you ten minutes to prepare for battle, and start fighting at 10:20 p.m." You must take down the enemy's anticline position for me, do you have any confidence? ”

"Yes!" The people from his hometown didn't want to think about it, so he turned around and waved his hand into the walkie-talkie and ordered: "All of them, get ready for battle!" ”

The lumps of wood were quickly pushed into the trenches by the soldiers, and if the enemy saw them, they would think that the soldiers were going to use the wood as cover! But I think they'll soon learn the true power of these lumps.

The Vietnamese troops on the anti-slope still hid in the trenches and tunnels without making a sound, occasionally retracting their heads, and several 'shooting' holes were aimed at the pillboxes on the top of the hill without firing a shot, as if they were waiting for our troops to attack and then 'shoot' pieces of bullets to harvest the lives of our soldiers......

I know what these Vietnamese troops have in mind, they are waiting for reinforcements to reach Lang Son, as long as they can hold out until that moment the tide of battle will soon change. So they weren't in a hurry to stay with us or to get their positions back. But what they don't know is............ They may never have that opportunity.

"Hit!" When the hands pointed to 10:20 sharp, I shouted and gave the order to fight.

Unlike usual, this time there was no earth-shattering cannon fire, no gunfire and shouts of killing that resounded through the valley, and no soldiers rushed out of the trenches and rammed into the enemy's guns.

The fighters lit the fuses of the explosive packets and blasters that were tied to the logs, and then drove the logs down to the pile......

With the "whoosh" sound of a fuse burning, the rolling wood rolled down the slope with a cloud of green smoke!

The rolling log, which carried the explosive pack and the blasting canister, rolled faster and faster on the inclined plane, and after a while, it rolled to the trench of the Vietnamese army.

Like all trenches, the Vietnamese trenches were irregular in the shape of a "Z", which was a great way to reduce casualties among the soldiers in the trenches. First of all, because the trench is irregular, it is difficult for the enemy to throw a row of grenades into the trench neatly to cause large-scale damage, and secondly, if the trench is dug into a very regular "one" shape, then only one shell or an explosive 'charge' package is needed to explode directly in the trench, and its shrapnel or shock 'wave' will disperse far away in the semi-enclosed trench. "Z, the zigzag trench does not have such a problem, its corners can effectively block the shrapnel or shock 'wave' on the side.

At this time, the role of the rolling log is fully reflected here, it does not matter whether those trenches are regular or irregular, anyway, where there are pits, it will fall...... So in the first round alone, eight of the ten logs fell directly into the trench and disappeared, and the other two flew up and crossed the trench because they were too fast or hit a stone......

However, these flying logs will not 'wave' Fei Yue devils' trenches are several, and there are a few bunkers among them, and then I listened to the 'chaos' shouts of those Yue devils in the trenches, and after a while, I saw a large number of Vietnamese soldiers crawling out of the trenches in a hurry, and some smart people knew that it was useless to climb out, and they didn't 'expose' themselves under the enemy's guns outside? So he hurriedly carried the rolling log to the trench......

But it was already too late, and when we heard the "boom ......", a loud noise "exploded in the trenches" in the form of "earth 'flowers'". Smoke, rubble, weapons, blood, and corpses all flew into the sky!

The "Z" shaped trench can indeed reduce casualties, but its disadvantage is to further make the space of the trench relatively closed, plus our army uses explosive "charge" bags containing several pounds of "TNT" explosives, each of which carries two ...... So there is no need to say much about the power of this explosion, we just felt the whole hill shake violently, and then the whole trench disappeared into the smoke......

In my memory, the image of the trenches being blown up will only appear when the Yankees' artillery bombards frantically for several hours, or when the American bombers lose a series of aerial bombs like eggs, but all we use now is a few wooden bumps and explosive 'medicine' bags!

"Good!" , the soldiers couldn't help but cheer when they got this result.

But the people in their hometown yelled at them: "What is good? Put it again! "Yes! The fighters responded, and soon pushed another row of rolling logs down.

Every trench was basically blown up and flattened, so this round of rolling logs naturally unceremoniously drilled into the defense depth of the Vietnamese army. Even the Vietnamese pillboxes that stopped in front of the positions were unlucky......

It is said that those pillboxes are built on the anti-slope plane, "The Vietnamese army, who is familiar with the anti-slope tactics, also knows that most of our army's artillery fire cannot hit the anti-slope plane, so in order to save manpower and material resources, the thickness of these pillboxes is naturally not as thick as the positive slope."

But what they didn't expect was that this move to save money and effort would cheapen us. If each log carries two explosive packets, there will be dozens of catties of "TNT" explosives there. I only heard a loud "boom", and a big 'hole' was blown out of the bunker where the smoke passed...... Needless to say, the Vietnamese army hiding inside, I am afraid that they will have already been beaten by the cement blocks that are 'indiscriminately' and 'shot' everywhere!

"Put it again!" , With a roar from the hometown, the rolling wood was put down again.

During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, we used this rolling log on Shangganling to block the enemy, but we didn't think that today we would use it to attack others!

After the rolling wood was released, a batch of soldiers soon brought in another batch, "It's just that any weapon will have its flaws, and this rolling thunder is no exception." The disadvantage is that the fuse length of the explosive packet and blasting canister is fixed, and they will always explode at about the same time. So after blowing up the second trench of the Vietnamese army, the rolling thunder could not do anything against the third trench close to the foot of the mountain!

However, at this time, the Vietnamese army's position was already a mess, and the rolling mines had cleared most of the pillboxes, obstacles, and mines buried by the Vietnamese army in front of the trenches......

It's time to fight for your life, I nodded to my hometown.

The people of the hometown will understand" '' the submachine gun in his hand and shouted: "Comrades! It's time to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, rush! ”

As he spoke, he jumped out of the trench and slaughtered the enemy with his waist bent!

"Rush!" The soldiers also shouted and followed, and they all rushed towards the enemy's only remaining line of defense like tigers descending from the mountain.

Gunfire and artillery rang out, and although the Vietnamese defense line was only thin in an instant, they did not give up on the defense. In addition, our troops were also a few hundred meters away from the last section of their line of defense, "so they had enough time to organize their defenses, and in an instant a row of bullets and shells came at the fighters."

But the fighters were not deterred by the enemy's fire, the fighters in the front row fell, and the fighters in the back row rushed down, 'shooting' at the enemy with submachine guns as they rushed......

The soldiers who were on cover duty on the hilltop position also opened fire at the same time, and the light and heavy machine guns on the commanding heights "boomed" and rained down with bullets "so that the Vietnamese troops could not raise their heads." The battlefield suddenly became a world of blood and fire.

"The 'shooting' team listens to my orders!" Before the battle, I arranged for the 'shooting' teams to be concealed in various parts of the trenches, and this was the time for them to play their role, so I immediately ordered: "Each group will find its own target" The focus is on Vietnamese officers, mortar gunners and machine gunners. Listen to me...... Beat! "Bang bang ......", as I gave the order, there was a gunfire unique to a sniper rifle next to me. More than a dozen members of the 'shooting' group opened fire at the same time, and the light and heavy machine gunners and mortar gunners who had just been "exposed" in the Vietnamese trenches fell in an instant, and the battlefield immediately became a one-sided situation.

This is also the reason why I let the 'shooting' strike team shoot later, killing and wounding the Vietnamese army's firepower at the same time can catch the Vietnamese army by surprise, and at the same time, it will also give our assault troops a chance to advance quickly and occupy their positions.

I also pulled the trigger one after another to knock down the two Vietnamese officers who had been keeping an eye on me for a long time, and was about to aim at a machine gunner, when suddenly there was a 'flower' in front of me, and two familiar figures appeared in front of me.

It's Yichen and Liu Yun, why did the two of them come up?