Chapter 139: The Same Approach

Chapter 139: The Same Approach

The regiment headquarters was set up in an air-raid 'shelter,' which was more than 100 square meters and was divided into several rooms, in which radios, telephones, and maps were set up...... There's even a big sand table, which still looks good.

I think that this air-raid 'hole' should have been dug by the troops originally stationed here, otherwise, with the 608th Regiment having only been up for a day, it would be difficult to build the air-raid 'hole' to such a scale in one day, even with the strength of the whole regiment.

"Camp Commander Cui!" As soon as Commander Wu brought me in, Deputy Division Commander Liang greeted me happily; "Alas! It's great to know that you guys are here! Our troops have one more pillar all of a sudden! Come on, come on...... Let me introduce you! ”

Without saying anything, he pulled me to a conference room decorated with sand tables and maps, where several PLA cadres were holding command sticks and discussing something.

"Comrades!" Deputy Division Commander Liang clapped his hands at the cadres and shouted: "Let me introduce to you, this is the Cui Wei Cui Battalion Commander I told you, during the period when our army is carrying out the task of covering the retreat of other troops, Battalion Commander Cui will work with us to make suggestions, let us warmly welcome Battalion Commander Cui to join!" ”

"Papapa......" The conference room quickly burst into applause.

All I had in my head was ...... Where does this scene seem to have been seen? Oh, and then I quickly remembered that what Master Liang just said would have such a similar opening statement in almost every meeting in modern times, such as: Folks! This is a certain leader from such and such a place, he is here to inspect our work, let us welcome the arrival of the leader with warm applause! What followed without exception was a crackling applause......

Depend on! Thinking of this, I couldn't help but shake my head, according to the mode of modern people's meetings, they all inherited the fine tradition of this time!

"Camp Commander Cui, hello!"

"Camp Commander Cui! I have admired the daimyo for a long time! ”

"Welcome to our troops!"

……

After applauding for a while, several cadres enthusiastically came up to shake hands with me and said some kind words, and I was busy responding one by one.

Deputy Division Commander Liang introduced next to him: "This is Li Huaxia Li Political Commissar, this is Xu Zhixiong and Xu Staff Officer, and this is Lin Junlin Staff Officer ......"

There were four or five people introduced, and after a while, I was a little confused and couldn't match the names. But it doesn't matter, because people in this era have a general term, and that is "comrade!" ”

"Camp Commander Cui!" Political Commissar Li shook my hand and said, "We wanted to see you last night, but considering that you were very tired from the front line, we didn't bother you, don't be surprised!" ”

To be honest, I feel a little unaccustomed to "where ...... are". When they talk about Commissar Li, they say ordinary polite words, but I still like to talk straight on the battlefield.

"Camp Commander Cui!" One of the staff officers answered: "With you, a combat hero, joining us, we are much more relieved, and at first we were worried about what would go wrong because of our lack of combat experience!" Now with you, we can give us a reassurance! ”

"It's not all!" Deputy Division Commander Liang laughed a few times with deep meaning, and Regiment Commander Wu and the staff officers couldn't help but look at Deputy Division Commander Liang, and their faces were still a little embarrassed.

I didn't understand the mystery of this, but seeing that Head Wu and others were unwilling to say it, I didn't ask anymore.

Later, I learned that the 608th Regiment of Commander Wu had always been the most despised unit in the 203rd Division. The reason is simple, this regiment has a disgraceful history - their predecessors were surrendered by bandits, so they are often called "bandit regiments" in the army.

Having fought in wars for several years, I am of course well aware of this, and although the instructions of my superiors are not to discriminate against any individual in any unit, this kind of discrimination naturally occurs in the troops.

For example, when the 180th Division lost the battle to resist US aggression and aid Korea! Other troops are divided into rice and white noodles, and the 180th Division is divided into sorghum; of the troops each got a can, and the 180 division's could eat well, and they still wanted canned food; Although the troops were fighting the Yankees on the front line, the 180th Division was fighting anti-aircraft guns on the logistics supply line......

Fortunately, at that time, he led the soldiers to fight several battles, which re-established the prestige of the 180th Division in the army. But what I didn't expect was that in this modern era, I would encounter another "180 Division".

How similar they are! During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, a 180th Division became an eternal pain in the hearts of the volunteers, and during the counterattack war, our army would still have absolutely superior strength and firepower, but under the situation of basically completing the established battle plan, one regiment was inexplicably defeated by the Vietnamese army...... This has also become a great shame in the history of the PLA!

It's just that I believe that I can change the fate of the 608th Regiment, just as I changed the fate of the 180th Division on the Korean battlefield.

"Camp Commander Cui!" Head Wu pulled me to the sand table, pointed to the small red flags on it and said, "Let's take a look!" This is the deployment of the forces of our regiment, see what is wrong! ”

It's okay not to look at this, as soon as I saw the position of those small red flags on the sand table, I only felt a chill in my heart, and looked at the cadres next to me incredulously and said: "You guys...... Deploy the entire regiment on the front line? ”

"yes!" Head Wu nodded and said, "Is there any problem?" We are also stationed at the designated position according to the orders of our superiors! ”

"Where's the second line of defense?" I asked, "What troops are defending?" ”

"The second line of defense is in this position!" Commander Wu drew a line after Tongdeng and said: "The troops stationed are the 609th Regiment of our division, and the last line of defense is close to the border, and the troops stationed are the 607th Regiment of our division. ”

"Our line of defense is not far from the second line of defense in a straight line, only a few kilometers!" I said worriedly: "But the actual distance is at least a dozen kilometers, do you know how many highlands and cliffs there are in these ten kilometers?" You don't have troops to defend these heights? ”

"This ......" Hearing this, all the staff officers look at me, I look at you, and then they all shook their heads.

"Why defend?" One of the chiefs of staff asked rhetorically: "The rear of the line of defense is all our troops, isn't it?" The Vietnamese army is all south of us, isn't it? We shrink the formation and retreat as we play......"

I sighed, and finally understood why this regiment in history was surrounded because of its superiority in strength.

"Deputy Division Commander Liang, Regiment Commander Wu!" I grabbed the command 'stick' from a staff officer beside me and pointed to the sand table and said: "The immediate plan of our regiment is to arrange all the troops in the first line, and then when the Vietnamese army catches up, we will fight and retreat or retreat one step ahead of the enemy, this plan seems to be impeccable, but the mountain and jungle warfare we are fighting now is not a plain war, and we are now in Vietnam, not in China, so this plan is not feasible, and we may be cut off by the Vietnamese army at any time to retreat, divide and surround and then break each other!" ”

"What? Is it that serious? "Listening to my words, Deputy Division Commander Liang and Regiment Commander Wu couldn't help but be taken aback, and their faces changed several times in an instant.

"Camp Commander Cui!" This plan may have been formulated by the chiefs of staff, so they said with some disbelief: "It's not as serious as you say!" Now the situation of our army is very good, and the Vietnamese army has long been defeated by us and become a lost dog, besides...... When our sappers retreated, they bombed bridges and roads all the way, and the large units of the Vietnamese army could not penetrate into the rear of our army at all......"

"Mountain warfare is no better than plain warfare!" I interrupted the Chief of Staff and said, "This plan may work if it is on the plains, but it is problematic in the mountains and jungles. It is true that the Vietnamese troops cannot penetrate into the rear of our army in large numbers, but they only need a small force to be enough! ”

As I spoke, I glanced at the chief of staff and said, "Let me ask you, if in the mountains and jungles, a platoon of Vietnamese troops is stationed on a high ground, how long will it take us to take it down?" ”

......The chief of staff had never fought in mountain and jungle warfare at all, so he didn't have the slightest idea about this estimate, but after thinking about it, he still said a number: "It's going to take half an hour!" ”

"Good! Even if you can take it in half an hour! I nodded and said, "So what if the Vietnamese army came over with a company and divided it into three platoons and stationed it on the three high ground that we had to pass through?" ”

"That's at least an hour and a half!" Commander Wu said: "And without considering the fire connection between the Vietnamese artillery fire and their high ground!" ”

"That's right!" I nodded and said, "Let's not talk about how many small Vietnamese troops will catch up in this hour and a half, let's just talk about a company of the Vietnamese army!" The Vietnamese army is not a fool, they will not stubbornly defend the three positions to live and die together, they can completely fight and retreat at the same time, and if they can't hold it, they will retreat back and change to another hill to defend again, and they will delay time with us. During these times, more and more small Vietnamese troops will gather around us, blocking all our way out...... The Vietnamese army can also seize the high grounds, passes, and bridges that our troops must pass through on the way to withdraw...... Do the math, how long will it take us to fight all the way back to our motherland? ”

There was a coax, and before I finished speaking, there was an uproar in the conference room, Deputy Division Commander Liang and Regiment Commander Wu were dumbfounded, and the faces of the chiefs of staff were even more pale without a trace of blood.

I think that on the battlefield of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, the 63rd Army of our Volunteer Army used this tactic to hold down 50,000 planes, tanks, and artillery of the 1st US Cavalry Division, the US 25th Division, the British 28th Brigade, and the British 29th Brigade with only more than 20,000 troops in Cheorwon, thus defeating the Cheorwon Blockade that shocked China and the rest of the world.

It's just that what I didn't expect was that the Vietnamese army would use the same method against us......