Chapter 103: Defending the Fortress

Chapter 103: Defending the Fortress

"Battalion commander! We did it! This was the first sentence that Li Zhifu said when he ran in front of me.

I couldn't help glaring angrily and said, "If you don't command the soldiers to take Xiaoshi Mountain, it's still too early to succeed!" ”

"Yes!" Li Zhifu soon realized that he was a little carried away, and hurriedly shouted at the soldiers: "The first platoon will follow me, the second platoon will be ready for battle, and the third platoon will cover ...... fire."

As he spoke, he waved his pistol and led the soldiers across the river towards the slope of the small stone mountain.

On the battlefield, we cannot speak lightly of victory or defeat until the last moment, and this is an experience I learned on the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea. Because I have experienced too many such things, our army was obviously in a state of passive beating in front of the American army, but after the heroic struggle of the soldiers, it finally won the victory. So now I know very well that although we have the advantage, we can't take it lightly.

Just as the Vietnamese army will naturally have a kind of underestimation mentality in their hearts after occupying the strong geographical advantage of the big and small stone mountains, once we also have this mentality of underestimating the enemy, it is very likely that the battle situation will tilt to the other side of the scales.

Facts have also proved me right, when I led the 'shooting' team to follow the soldiers of the 5th Company to the halfway point of Xiaoshi Mountain, I found that those rock 'holes' were by no means just rock 'holes'. Because some of the rock 'caves' had obviously been blown up several times by the soldiers with grenades or even explosive "charges", the soldiers always thought that it was impossible for the Vietnamese troops to survive there, but when the soldiers were unprepared, a few Vietnamese soldiers would rush out and cause casualties to our troops.

Of course, when our army still seized the flank position of Xiaoshishan in a large area, these few Vietnamese troops who rushed out could not shake the offensive of our army at all, and finally let us occupy the hilltop position of Xiaoshishan. As soon as the position on the top of Xiaoshishan was occupied by our troops, our army also opened a gap in the defensive circle of Dashishan and Xiaoshishan.

First, our army can rely on the cover of all kinds of strange rocks to confront the Vietnamese troops on the top of Xiaoshishan, and second, as long as our army sets up a few 'strong' machine guns on it, it can condescendingly control the Vietnamese troops on all slopes of Xiaoshishan, and this will undoubtedly provide great help to other units of our army in attacking Xiaoshishan.

Under the circumstance that our army had basically controlled Xiaoshishan and attracted and suppressed part of the firepower of Dashishan, the sixth company led by the hometown people also launched an attack on Dashishan under the cover of the tank unit of Battalion Commander Wu.

The fighters of the 5th Company used machine guns, recoilless guns, and bazookas to fire at various targets on the small rocky mountain. In addition, from time to time, the soldiers of the sixth company behind the tank also leaned out to 'fire' a direct artillery shot at the enemy......

After desperately resisting for a while, they also knew that there would be no point in continuing like this except to increase their own casualties, so they left dozens of corpses and retreated into the rock 'cave'.

At this time, I was a little strange, how did the Yue devil seem to be unable to finish the fight, and there was still a batch after the fight, plus those rock 'holes' before would still drill out some Vietnamese soldiers from time to time to shoot a shuttle bullet or throw a grenade or something, which made me even more puzzled.

No matter how strong these rock 'holes' are, it is impossible for the Vietnamese army to do this! The depth of this rock 'cave' is limited, isn't it? Unless...... This is the second Ghost Fort? The Vietnamese army has hollowed out this large and small stone mountain and made it into a defensive fortress?

The more I think about it, the more I think it's possible! If all these rock 'holes' are opened, and a few larger 'caves' are built between the large and small rock mountains, then this place can be used not only for hiding soldiers but also as a very safe arsenal. Once attacked by the enemy, it can also be used as an almost immovable fortress, which can be said to be counted in one fell swoop.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but order over the walkie-talkie: "All units should pay attention, the rock 'holes' of the big and small stone mountains are very likely to be connected, and each rock 'hole' must be blocked by additional manpower to prevent the Vietnamese army from sneaking attack!" Repeatedly, each rock 'cave' was blocked by additional manpower to prevent a sneak attack by the Vietnamese army! ”

"Yes!" The soldiers answered, and soon distributed their forces and firepower under the command of the company commander to hold the various rock 'caves'.

"Battalion commander!" At this time, Li Zhifu grabbed a Vietnamese soldier and threw it in front of me and said, "We have captured a prisoner!" ”

When I looked at the captured Vietnamese soldier, his face blackened by gunpowder was swollen with a large piece of tooth and two teeth were missing, apparently by one of our soldiers with the butt of his gun, and the tattered military uniform was covered with stains and bloodstains, and my whole body was trembling with fear...... When he stood up, I was surprised to tell from his height that he was no more than fifteen years old!

This is the case with the Vietnamese, who have been in war for many years and have had harsh conditions that make them look quite mature in appearance, and it is impossible to guess their age just by looking at their faces.

"Hu Shaowen!" I yelled into the intercom.

"Here!" Hu Shaowen quickly flashed out from behind Li Zhifu, thinking that he also knew that he would be needed where there were captives, so he consciously followed.

"Ask him! What's going on with this big and small rock mountain? How many people are still in it? ”

Hu Shaowen answered and talked to the captive, seeing that the captive was so scared that he was stuttering even when he spoke, I knew that what I caught this time was a very cooperative soft bone.

Sure enough, after a while, Hu Shaowen replied: "He said...... The rock 'holes' in this big and small stone mountain are all connected, the one in the small stone mountain is called the Erqing 'hole', and the one in the big stone mountain is called the Sanqing 'hole', and there is a battalion command post in it, and there are more than 100 Vietnamese troops below the battalion commander! ”

"What? There are more than a hundred? And a battalion command post? Listening to Hu Shaowen's words, Li Zhifu couldn't help but be stunned. He could not have imagined that there were still more than a hundred people hidden in these two high grounds, which did not look very big and had killed and wounded at least a hundred of our troops.

But I was mentally prepared for this, and after nodding in response, I said to the walkie-talkie: "All units allocate firepower to aim at the mouth of the rock 'hole' and 'hole', and prepare to 'shoot' and kill the Vietnamese soldiers who escaped from it." Let the anti-chemical warfare troops come up and ......"

"Yes!" The units responded separately, pressed the bullets and loaded them to prepare for battle.

Then more than a dozen flamethrowers of the anti-chemical warfare company clumsily climbed up the mountain with flamethrowers on their backs and with the help of other soldiers.

"Fire!" As soon as I gave the order, more than a dozen flamethrowers pulled the trigger towards the rock 'hole' at the same time, and in an instant, one by one, the fire snakes broke free from the soldiers' hands and pounced into the rock 'hole'. Thick black smoke came out of the rock 'cave' of the whole mountain, and along with the black smoke, there were also the cries, wails, and coughs of the Vietnamese soldiers hiding inside...... As you can imagine, the 'hole' has become a human purgatory.

The soldiers stationed on the top of the hill found several more vents from the black smoke coming out of the 'hole', and they had already gained experience in dealing with the Guitun Fort of the Yue devils at the same time, so they didn't wait for my order, and they lit a few explosives and threw them at the vent......

"Boom...... We didn't know where those explosive packets were blowing, but we only felt a muffled sound and a shaking sound in the mountain, so we could be sure that those explosive packets must have exploded in the Vietnamese army's fortress.

"Keep casting!" I ordered the fighters at the hilltop position.

The soldiers answered, and then they threw more vigorously, two people were responsible for passing the explosives packets, and one person was responsible for throwing the explosives bags into the mountain continuously, only to hear the explosions coming from the inside of the mountain, as if someone was playing drums inside.

At this time, there were constantly unbearable Vietnamese troops rushing out of the rock 'holes' and 'holes' in all directions trying to escape, but such actions were obviously useless, and our machine gunners and submachine guns beat them into a sieve at the first time, and a miserable scream was heard around the high ground in an instant.

At this time, when we were unprepared, there was a sudden loud noise inside, followed by a wave of shaking of the mountain, and huge fireballs rushed out from the mouths of the various rock 'holes' and 'holes', and even the rocks of the mountain were shaken and 'chaotic', and many soldiers fell to the ground involuntarily on their feet......

Later, we learned that the arsenal in the big and small stone mountains was detonated by us, and it was really dangerous to think about it, if the big and small stone mountains were not so strong and collapsed by such a bombing, the soldiers of our companies were afraid that they would have to be buried with those Vietnamese soldiers.

It took us a while to recover from the tremendous tremor that came from beneath our feet, and some of our fighters were even wounded as a result.

Look at those rock 'holes' again, the 'holes' have long been blocked by the collapsed 'chaotic' stones, even if the Vietnamese soldiers inside are big enough to survive, I am afraid that they will be suffocated in them, so I didn't let go until this time.

Looking at his watch, an hour had passed, and he couldn't help but hurriedly order the soldiers: "Gather the troops and march quickly, and aim at the Qiqiao River Bridge!" ”

The Qiqiao River Bridge is only four or five miles away from the big and small stone mountains, and as soon as we cross the big and small stone mountains, we see a wide stone arch bridge across the Qiqiao River connecting the north and south of Lang Mountain.

At this time, the northern district of Lang Son was already full of gunfire and the sound of artillery rumbled, while the southern district of Lang Son was silent and there was not much movement.

With the Type 59 tank as the guide, we broke into the residential area of Lang Son North District and 'plugged' along the street all the way to the Chi Poor River Bridge. Occasionally, there were a few civilian houses where Vietnamese soldiers would shoot at our troops through the windows, but with the cover of the Type 59 tanks, we didn't need to pay attention to these minions.

Battalion Commander Wu also seemed to intend to show the strength of their tank crews in front of us, sometimes using the anti-aircraft 'shooting' machine guns on the tanks to shoot at those houses with a "da-......" burst, and the bullet casings fell down like popcorn 'flowers', and we watched the rows of bullet holes on the side walls of those wooden houses burst into a cloud of sawdust, and then they collapsed with a "boom......

Sometimes the tank crews didn't bother to shoot, and only turned the turret to "bombard" the wooden house, and the whole house immediately fell into nothing. There were even some tank soldiers who were even more exaggerated, and drove the tank over directly, with the rumbling sound of the motor and the sound of the wooden plank breaking, the tank went in and out of the wooden house as if it was in a no-man's land, and then the house bombed and collapsed behind it. At the same time, there will be some flesh and blood on the tracks of the tank......

I have to admit that a few heavily armored tanks with heavy firepower in street fights like this are really a good weapon. Otherwise, if we only rely on our infantry to search and reconnoitre, room by room, we don't know how many casualties we will have to lose, and how much time will be wasted.

Of course, this journey has not been smooth or unimpeded. When our troops approached the bridge of the Qiqiao River, the two tanks in front of them turned a corner along the street and suddenly there was a loud burst of artillery, I thought that the tanks in front of me had encountered the enemy, and hurriedly ran up with the troops to reinforce them, and turned the corner to take a look...... There was no large force of the enemy, only a light tank of the Vietnamese army.

Our two medium tanks are not handy against a light tank of the Vietnamese army, but what makes us strange is that the barrels of the two 59 guns bombarded the light tank of the Vietnamese army, but the Vietnamese tank was unharmed...... Still slowly 'pressing' towards us, but maybe the tank driver inside has been stunned! The tank soon lost its bearings, and then fell headlong into the cliff beside the road, falling to the ground and unable to move again.

"What's going on?" Followed by Battalion Commander Wu's command car, he also saw this strange scene and opened the hatch and poked his head out and yelled loudly at the walkie-talkie.

After a while, the hatch of one of the tanks was also opened, and one of the fighters poked his head out and replied embarrassedly: "We...... We forgot to change the armor-piercing shells! ”

''! I couldn't help but faint when I heard the words of the tank soldiers, these tank soldiers were still playing prestige in front of us just now! But it turns out that the majesty can only be played against those enemies who have no ability to resist at all, and when they encounter a slightly harder opponent...... No, it should be said that we can deal with light tanks like the one just now, so this is not a hard opponent.

It can even be said that the two 59 middle schools just now could have damaged the light tank even if they didn't fire their guns, but the tank crews still panicked, and even forgot to replace the armor-piercing bullets and bombarded the tank......

This obviously made Battalion Commander Wu lose face in front of us, and he scolded angrily: "What a reputation!" Give me a little cleverness next time! ”

As he spoke, he didn't even dare to look at me, so he slipped into the tank compartment, leaving only our group of infantry laughing outside.

I would like to pay tribute to all the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 489th Regiment of the 163rd Division in this chapter! The soldiers of the regiment were blocked in the battle of attacking the northern district of Lang Son at the Big and Little Rock Mountains, and failed in five consecutive charges, but in the end, the platoon commander He Shuimu led a platoon of soldiers to sneak from the small river to the small stone mountain to launch a surprise attack to block the Vietnamese troops in the rock 'cave', and only then did they successfully conquer the big and small stone mountains, and annihilated the Vietnamese army camp headquarters and more than 100 Vietnamese troops hidden in the big and small stone mountains.

In this battle, our army completely annihilated the 42nd Regiment of the Vietnamese Army on the Big and Small Rock Mountains, captured 1 enemy tank, 2 armored vehicles, 6 anti-aircraft machine guns, destroyed 2 tanks, 4 armored vehicles, and 9 anti-aircraft machine guns.