Chapter 148: Tongdeng

Chapter 148: Tongdeng

Under the leadership of Nguyen Van Thien and his entourage, the troops went around the deep mountains, going down the mountain for a while and going up the mountain again, tossing the soldiers one by one to lose their temper. But they were tired, and when they thought that if they didn't leave, they would probably fall into the encirclement of the Vietnamese army, never return to their own country, and never return home, so they gritted their teeth and persevered.

I can understand their thoughts, just like when the volunteer soldiers fought in Korea, we were comfortable looking at our country across the Yalu River. We who are fighting abroad are like duckweed without roots, and even if we die, we especially hope that we can die in our own land and be able to settle down, which the people in China cannot understand.

Therefore, under this feeling, although the soldiers rushed for a day and a night without a moment of rest, they still followed the team without saying a word. Some soldiers suddenly fainted under their feet while walking, and the hygienists rushed to first aid.

Seeing this, I couldn't help but shake my head secretly, the physical fitness of the PLA is still too much worse than that of the volunteers, if the volunteers march without rest for a day and a night, it is a common thing, and the PLA has begun to run out of physical strength at this time. However, it is no wonder that the Volunteer Army is known as the "iron footboard" troops, most of them grew up on foot, trekking mountains and rivers, although we are also poor in this era, but trains, cars, bicycles, these "transportation" tools are still available, not to mention that the soldiers are all seventeen or eight years old, when have they ever suffered this kind of hardship

"Battalion Commander Cui" Nguyen Van Qin led his men in front with a mountain opener, and asked me intentionally or unintentionally: "When you laid Lang Son, you turned the whole city into ruins, and the Viet Cong will definitely not stop there, I don't know what your plans are?" ”

I knew that Nguyen Van Thien was asking me about our country's political trends against the Vietnamese government, so I replied ambiguously: "We have never been afraid of anyone, and our country's attitude is that we don't want an inch of Vietnam's land, but if the Vietnamese government still continues to make trouble on our border, we will never give up."

After a pause, I added: "Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen, you also know very well that if Vietnam goes against our country, it will never be able to gain any benefits. If you are well-informed, you should know that most of the troops sent by our army to Vietnam this time are second-line troops......"

"I know" Ruan Van Qin nodded and said, "Most of your 'elite' troops are in the north to guard against the attack of the Soviet Union."

"Hmm," I raised my head at the soldiers beside me and said, "You can also see that they are all recruits who have only joined the army for a few months, and they have no combat experience at all, including the troops in my hands......"

"You've only been in the army for a few months? You too? Nguyen Van Dinh's face was full of surprise.

"By the time the war began, we had only been in the army for a month and a half" I couldn't help but have a fever on my face when I said this, the soldiers are true, but I am a veteran who has been fighting for several years.

However, I still stubbornly continued: "If you think about it, even if we use such soldiers, we can easily fight all the way to Lang Son, if we really want to take action against the Vietnamese government, it will not be easy? Vietnam is also known as the world's third military power......"

I don't say this to brag in front of Nguyen Van Thien, but to make it clear that the strength of China and Vietnam is not at the same level. In fact, I know very well in my heart that the purpose of Ruan Wenqin and his party is not just to find a big tree to lean on, then I am now doing what he likes. But I also know how to grasp the scale of speech, after all, Nguyen Van Yen and his party are also Vietnamese, and if they speak too badly, they will not be able to get over their face.

"Hmm" Ruan Wenqin nodded and said: "I understand what Camp Commander Cui said, I'll just say it directly, I want to know if there is a chance for cooperation between us and your country."

I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, I really didn't expect Ruan Wenqin to ask so directly, and after hesitating, he said with a wry smile: "Lieutenant Colonel Ruan, I'm just a battalion commander, I can't do such a thing."

"Battalion Commander Cui, don't be presumptuous" Ruan Wenqin's eyes flashed, looked at me and said: "Although I have not been in your army for a long time, I can also see that you are a character, and you are not just a battalion commander. So I hope that Camp Commander Choi can maneuver around for us. My thoughts are like this—although this battle has only been fought for a short period of ten days, one thing is obvious, that is, the Vietnamese political army will not stop there. As far as I know, the Vietnamese government has issued a national mobilization order to mobilize all the forces of the whole country to deal with the future war, so I think it is absolutely impossible for China and Vietnam to sit down at the negotiating table to resolve this dispute. ”

"Hmm" I nodded, and Ruan Wenqin saw it accurately. In fact, at this time, many people will be able to see that the Soviet Union did not dare to act from beginning to end, so the wisest choice for Vietnam is to solve the border issue with our country at the negotiating table. Otherwise, Vietnam, as a small and poor and backward country, would not have been able to benefit from this war.

It is a pity that the Vietnamese government does not have such a true insight, they do not understand that the most important thing between countries is interests rather than face, there is no deep hatred between China and Vietnam, not long ago we were still a "comrade and brother" relationship, and even the Communist Party of Vietnam was formed with the help of China and finally went to victory......

But thinking is one thing, facts are another. The fact is that it was only a decade later that Vietnam realized its mistake and ended the senseless war, and it was during this time that Vietnam's economy brought it down.

"So......" Looking at me thoughtfully, Nguyen Van Thien continued: "Maybe we can achieve mutual benefit, we hope to be able to have a foothold in Vietnam, and you ...... The more unstable the rear of Vietnam, the less pressure you will have"

I have to admit that this idea really appealed to me, and if I cooperated with members of the Republic such as Nguyen Van Thien, there would be at least a lot more spies inside Vietnam.

But then I thought that such a thing would never be something that a battalion commander like me could decide, so I smiled bitterly and said: "Lieutenant Colonel Ruan, if I can, I will mention your ideas to my superiors, but I can only say do my best, after all, I am only a battalion commander, I hope you can understand"

"I understand" Seeing that I agreed, Ruan Wenqin happily held my hand and said: "What I want is your words, Camp Commander Cui, I believe that we will have the opportunity to cooperate in the future."

Is there a real chance to work together? Although I was dealing with Ruan Wenqin on my lips, I didn't have any hope in my heart about it.

At this time, the "battalion commander" who was walking in front with the Vietnamese excitedly reported to me through the walkie-talkie: "Battalion commander, the same board has arrived, and the following is the same board......

"Oh," the warriors all shouted with joy, and then rushed forward in unison.

Ruan Van Dinh hurriedly went up to stop the soldiers, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Whisper, whisper"

"All of them" I hurriedly ran forward and shouted, "All of them are silenced and put in place"

The warriors gradually quieted down, but despite this, they could not hide the excitement on their faces.

"Battalion Commander Cui" Nguyen Van Thien leaned down to my side and said, "We have been walking in the mountains for four or five hours, and it is very likely that the Viet Cong has already taken the lead in occupying Dong Deng ahead of us."

"Hmm" I nodded, Ruan Van Qin's worries were justified, the more devils were much more familiar with the terrain than us, and it would not be difficult to occupy Dong Deng before us.

"I'll send someone down to scout," I said.

"No, let's come" Ruan Van Qin said: "You are Chinese, and those who are inconvenient for us are much safer"

As he spoke, he glanced at the two subordinates beside him, and the two Vietnamese soldiers took out two straw hat helmets from their backpacks and buckled them on their heads, and then grabbed two AK47s and swaggered up and walked down the mountain.

"That's our advantage," Nguyen Van Thien smiled at me.

Then I knew that the reason why he worked so hard was actually to show us that there are only advantages to working with them, and there is no harm.

In the binoculars, we watched as the two South Vietnamese soldiers walked into the town of Dong Dang. At first, it was very calm, and the two of them disappeared from our sight as if they were walking, but after a while, there were several "bang" gunshots, and Ruan Van Dinh and I couldn't help but change their faces, and the expressions of the soldiers around them also became nervous, and suddenly there was the sound of rapid breathing everywhere.

"What's the situation?" At this time, Regiment Commander Wu and Deputy Division Commander Liang also ran up with cats on their waists.

"Just sent two people to reconnoitre," I replied simply, "but I guess the enemy saw through it."

"Impossible," Ruan Wenqin muttered to himself with a very ugly face: "We have even forged our identities and documents, how can we let them see through it so quickly?" ”

But this is indeed the case, and after a while, I saw four or five Vietnamese soldiers dragging a corpse and escorting a man with his hands tied behind his back out of the town. Before we could react, we saw the Vietnamese soldiers kneeling on the prisoner, and an officer took out a pistol and aimed it at his head with a "bang", and he was beaten to the ground with a broken brain.

"Brethren of the Chinese army," the officer casually took a bullhorn from his side and shouted in our direction: "You are surrounded, lay down your arms, we will treat the prisoners leniently"

The Vietnamese army actually knew our location, and I couldn't help but be shocked when I heard this, and looked at Nguyen Van Yen with a murderous look......