Chapter 45: The Battle of Tongdeng (15)

Chapter 45: The Battle of Tongdeng (15)

Just as a few of us were at a loss for what to do with the forts on the map, a correspondent handed a telegram to the regiment commander and said: "A call from the higher authorities strictly orders us to immediately launch an attack on the Guitun Fort"

Another telephone soldier of the "regiment commander" also raised his head and said: "The division commander asked why we haven't started the attack yet, and said that if we can't fight, we will replace the 638th regiment to ......."

"Damn it" Head Zhao slammed his fist on the map on the table, and replied: "Who said it can't be beaten?" I'm going to take my troops up and fight."

"The head of the regiment can't come 'chaotically'......" Seeing this, Political Commissar Wang and I hurriedly went up to stop it.

"Company Commander Cui" Regiment Commander Zhao turned to me and said: "You have already won a battle last night, it should be our turn, don't say anything, our regiment can't be lazy for you to win the battle, it's time for us to perform."

Without speaking, he turned around with a straight face and walked out of the rock 'cave'.

"Alas" I couldn't help sighing, going to fight the Ghost Forts in broad daylight is not the same as looking for death.

"Let's take a look" Political Commissar Wang picked up a few telegrams and shook them in his hand, and said with some anger: "These are all telegrams ordered by the higher authorities to attack *Taiwan, no...... It's not a telegram, it's all a talisman"

"No, I'll have to go to the battlefield to see" Seeing that I couldn't stop Commander Zhao, I couldn't sit still in the regiment headquarters.

Political Commissar Wang nodded and said, "Be careful, maybe you can find something out of the situation and think of a good way to deal with it." The regimental headquarters will 'hand' over to me this old man."

After saluting the political commissar of the king, he walked to the battlefield with his rifle in his hand.

Along the way, there were figures of PLA soldiers running back and forth, some carrying ammunition and 'medicine', some preparing camouflage, and some were busy setting up artillery, looking nervous as if the mountain rain was 'wanting' to come and the wind was full of buildings.

I wanted to find Commander Zhao in the crowd and persuade him again, but the jungle was full of people, and after looking for a long time and asking several soldiers, he still couldn't find it, and finally had to give up.

Actually, I think it's useless to persuade him even if I find Captain Zhao, and I don't know the truths I want to say. But this battle had to be fought, because this battle was not fought to capture the Guitun Fort, but to be shown to the superior commanders who were sitting in the office measuring the map with a ruler.

Maybe in their eyes, this Pingdingshan is just a small high ground, and this Guitun Fort is just a big pillbox, a regiment plus our reinforcements, and almost the artillery of the whole division are concentrated here, how can they not beat this big place

It is not surprising that they do not know what is actually happening, after all, they did not come to the battlefield to inspect it themselves; It is not surprising that they do not know how to use reasonable tactics, after all, their minds have been poisoned by the so-called "spirit" atomic bomb; It is not surprising that they do not know the suffering of the blood and sacrifice of the soldiers, after all, they are not the ones who have broken their hands and feet or even lost their 'lives'......

However, all of this cannot be a reason for them to disregard human life. Just because of an inappropriate order, the warriors did not know how much to pay, how many precious lives to give

But what can be done now? I can't do anything

Looking at the busy soldiers around me, I couldn't help but feel anxious and hated that the soldiers would soon go to the battlefield where there was obviously no hope of success, hated those superiors who blindly commanded regardless of the actual situation, and at the same time hated myself, hating myself for not being able to come up with a better way to attack the battery in time......

I trotted forward with my rifle in my hand, and was about to pass a few fighters when I was stopped by someone.

"Eh, eh...... You stop me," a PLA soldier wearing a cadre uniform and full of 'flesh' pointed at me fiercely and shouted: "What kind of part are you talking about, why don't you have any organization, discipline, and 'sex', and you haven't heard the order to lurk and prepare for battle?" You're going up to die alone? ”

I looked back at him a little helplessly, and then I began to feel embarrassed. I've only been in the 637 Regiment for a day, and the only people in this regiment who know me are cadres above the battalion level, so I don't know what to tell him.

"Company Commander Xu" Fortunately, a communications soldier seemed to have seen me, so he leaned up and whispered in the cadre's ear: "He seems to be the commander of the 639th regiment reinforcements, Cui Company Commander......"

"What is Company Commander Cui and not Company Commander Cui...... A company commander can disobey orders...... What? Company Commander Choi? "It took a long time for the soldier with a face full of 'meat' to react, and he looked at the communication soldier with suspicion, and after the communication soldier nodded affirmatively, he ran to me in a few steps and said: "Commander Cui, I am Xu Yiguo, the commander of the second company of the third battalion."

"Hello" I shook his hand and said, "I want to go up and see the situation, no problem"

"Of course...... Of course there is no problem" Lian Chang Xu smiled: "However, it is dangerous up there...... In this way, I'll go up with you, and if there is anything, there will be a response."

My mind wasn't here at all, and I didn't want to waste my time, so I nodded without much thought.

In other words, this company commander Xu is a company commander, and I am also a company commander, and the two of us should be at the same level. But I don't know why, I naturally treat him with an attitude of a superior to a subordinate, and he naturally treats me with an attitude of a subordinate to a superior......

Perhaps in the eyes of the soldiers, I, the company commander who is in charge of two battalion commanders, especially one of them, is not as simple as a company commander

It's just that I quickly regretted bringing Xu Yiguo, the company commander, because he was beside me all the way and kept talking: "Company Commander Cui, the battle last night was so beautiful, and the whole regiment is talking about it, saying that as soon as you reinforcements arrive, the whole battle will not be overturned?" At first, no one expected that this battle would be like this, right, Company Commander Cui...... I didn't know it was you just now, don't be weird...... Now I'm also a celebrity, and when I look back and tell others, I went to inspect the enemy situation with Company Commander Cui, so I don't envy them......"

I couldn't help but glare back at him with some amusement, and immediately asked him to hold back the rest of the words.

"We're on the front line," I said, "I'll talk about it later, pay attention to the enemy's situation, bullets don't have long eyes"

"Yes" Company Commander Xu responded slightly, really like one of my subordinates.

After turning a corner on the path, the nameless heights, the train station and the flat-topped hill loomed into the gaps between my trees. I carefully lay down behind a tree, then climbed a few meters forward to a place with a better field of vision, and carefully 'pulled' out my binoculars to observe last night's battlefield.

The Nameless Heights had become a land of 'hair', with nothing but a few puddles of blood, a few corpses, and a few 'messy' barbed wire. The train station is a mess, and the whole battlefield is a mess as far as the eye can see. Crooked railroad tracks, scattered cargo and oil drums, still burning carriages, collapsed houses, corpses of both friend and foe, smoking craters, and blackened tank wreckage...... It's really devastated and tragic

Suddenly, I was surprised by several Vietnamese soldiers who entered the aperture of my telescope.

It is not surprising to see the Vietnamese army on this battlefield, after all, there was a big battle here last night, and even if we searched very carefully, it was impossible to wipe out all the remaining enemies. What is strange to me is that these Vietnamese soldiers are all neat and tidy, their uniforms are neither stained nor damaged, and they are in good spirits.

This shouldn't be, anyway, last night was also a 'melee' battle, if they hid on this battlefield all night before they came out until now, it would be impossible for them to look so clean, and they would not have this kind of 'spirit' state. So...... I boldly guessed that they were Vietnamese soldiers coming out of the battery, but I didn't notice them when they came out.

At this time, Company Commander Xu also found those Vietnamese soldiers in the telescope, and couldn't help scolding: "Damn, look at the arrogant appearance of the Yue devil, Company Commander Cui, you wait for me to notify the mortar company to give him a few shots."

"Wait" I hurriedly stopped him and said, "Don't fight*, and tell the other troops not to shoot or shoot*, just say I said it"

"Hmm" Company Commander Xu hesitated, but finally nodded and used the walkie-talkie to convey the order backwards.

Supposedly, as a company commander, I am not qualified to give such an order. But now everyone knows that even Commander Zhao and Political Commissar Wang listen to me, so can others not listen?

There were five in the Vietnamese army, and I should say that there were five of them. There are two on the Nameless Heights and three in the train station. The nameless heights quickly disappeared from my sight, and the three at the train station, their every move was in my eyes.

It can be seen that their military qualities are very good, and they sometimes walk quickly and sometimes hide in the obstacles of the crater, and carefully approach somewhere.

I looked the telescope in the direction they were heading, and it quickly became clear that they were targeting the part of the tunnel that had been blown up.

There's no reason, what are they going to do in the bombed tunnel? Is it trying to dig through the secret tunnel? However, they knew that we had blown up the secret passages from several parts, and the so-called success was difficult and easy to defeat, so we planted the explosives and blew up several secret passages with a bang, which was enough for the Vietnamese army to dig for several days, and they also knew that they were blowing us up while digging, so when would it be the end...... The Vietnamese army can't be so stupid

However, the Vietnamese army still ran to the part of the dark passage that was blown up in my suspicious eyes, and separated themselves and raised their guns to guard against them. My telescope was locked on to them, observing every detail of them, and I couldn't guess what they were doing for a long time.

When the Vietnamese soldiers saw that there was no movement around them, one of them lay on the ground, listened carefully with his ears to the ground, and knocked the ground with a stone a few times...... After a while, he raised his head with a happy face and nodded to the other two Vietnamese soldiers, then piled up a few stones at that part to mark, and hurriedly retreated

The direction of their retreat was indeed the Guitun Fort on Pingding Mountain, which proved that they had indeed come out of the fort.

But I was still confused by what they were doing, and I listened with my ears to the ground...... Knock the ground with a stone...... It seems to be sending some kind of signal, and to whom is it transmitting?

There are people underground

It soon became clear to me that there must still be Vietnamese troops trapped in the bombed-out tunnels, and ...... It is very likely that one or more of the Vietnamese soldiers trapped in the secret passage are heavyweights, otherwise they would not have risked this to come out of the battery to rescue.

Thinking about last night's battle, I feel more and more that this is possible. Last night, our troops first blew up the tunnels of the unnamed heights, and then launched an artillery bombardment of the unnamed heights. At this time, the Vietnamese army will definitely subconsciously retreat into the dark tunnel to avoid the bombing. But what they didn't expect was that before they could rush out to deploy their troops, the exit at the other end was blown up again, so they could only hold back inside and wait for someone to save them......

The Vietnamese soldiers just now must have come out to look for their location, and they made a mark and waited for the night to come out and rescue them

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but think about it, and hurriedly asked Xu Yiguo beside me: "When do you plan to attack?" ”

"I don't know" Xu Yiguo shook his head: "The regiment commander only said that he was waiting for the signal flare, and it is estimated that he will have time to prepare the artillery, so he will also shoot a burst of artillery ......"

"I don't care what method you use, you must find Commander Zhao before the war" I said anxiously: "And report to Commander Zhao that I have something urgent to find him, and I can't start fighting no matter what."

"Yes"

"Wait" Xu Yiguo was just about to leave, I stopped him again, I was worried that Commander Zhao's bullish temper would come up, and he would still fight desperately, so I added: "You tell him that I have found a way to take down the fort, if the way to attack me will not work, let him stop no matter what......"

"Really?" Hearing this, Xu Yiguo's eyes widened and he looked at me with a face of disbelief: "Do you really have a way to lay down the fort?" What is the way to say ...... first?"

"Go," I said impatiently.

"Yes" Xu Yiguo didn't dare to say more, turned around and quickly crawled back.

Actually, the situation is not as serious as I just said, and once I start to fight, this method will not work. It's just that since I've already thought of a way, naturally I won't let the soldiers make those senseless sacrifices anymore. If all that doesn't stop the bloodshed, then I'm not a sinner.

Carrying a rifle, I crawled back and crawled back until I turned a corner and made sure that the enemy could not see me, and then I dared to stand up and run back cautiously. Before I could run back to the station, I saw Regiment Commander Zhao running up sweating profusely and grabbed my hand: "Company Commander Cui, have you really thought of a way?" Good guy, I almost gave the order to start the fight for just one minute, otherwise there would really be something bad to say, what is the solution? ”

I looked around and said, "Let's go to the regiment headquarters and say."

Regiment Commander Zhao smiled and patted his head: "Yes, yes, go to the regiment headquarters and say that you look at me......"

I was almost dragged all the way by Commander Zhao to the map of the regiment headquarters, and after pressing me on a chair and sitting down, Commander Zhao, who was already sweating profusely, was so attentive that he served tea and poured water, only to see that Commissar Wang was inexplicable.

"What are you doing...... What's wrong? Political Commissar Wang asked with a wry smile.

Company Commander Cui said...... He has a way to lay down the fort," Commander Zhao still couldn't hide his joy from the bottom of his heart.

Yes, it was supposed to attack hard, it was supposed to kill and wound a large number of fighters, but suddenly there was hope, and whoever it was would be happy.

"Is there really a way?" Political Commissar Wang gave me a 'look'.

I know what Political Commissar Wang meant, he thought that I was trying to keep Commander Zhao from going to war blindly, so I used an expedient measure

I naturally don't worry about this when I have the bottom in my heart, so I smiled, and pointed to the location of the secret passage on the map and said: "This is the secret passage of the Yue devil to the train station." There is also a ...... to the nameless highlands."

"That's it?" Head Zhao and Political Commissar Wang couldn't help but look at each other.

Especially the head of Zhao, his face was as red as a pig's liver, and he couldn't help but say: "We already knew about these two secret paths, and we blew them up last night, didn't we?" This...... What kind of solution is this? ”

"We did blow them up last night," I said, unhurriedly, "but we didn't know there were people in there."

"Anyone else in there?" Head Zhao and Political Commissar Wang couldn't help but look at me suspiciously.

"That's right" I said unhurriedly: "Last night we blew up the secret passage into several pieces, what we didn't expect was that there were a lot of Yue devils sealed in these secret passages"

"Even if it's true, what does it have to do with playing *?" Head Zhao still didn't understand.

"It's all about ......" I said with a smile: "The Vietnamese army has already reconnoitred their location and will come to rescue them at night"

"Save it, save it" Commander Zhao still didn't know what to do, and replied angrily: "Let's kill more devils if it's a big deal, or take the fort."

Although Commander Zhao didn't understand, Political Commissar Wang's eyes had already lit up.

"It's a big deal here," I continued: "We don't know when the Vietnamese army will act, but we can make some moves so that the Vietnamese army does not dare to act too early, and then we can get ahead of the Vietnamese army and first 'rescue' those Vietnamese devils trapped in the secret passages......

"Rescue the Yue devils?" The more he listened, the more confused he became.

"Yes, yes, yes......" Political Commissar Wang laughed and said: "After 'saving' the more devils in the secret passage, we will hide in the secret passage and wait for the more devils to come and 'save' us."

"You ...... What are you talking about? It's all crazy."

"I'm not crazy, I'm not crazy," Political Commissar Wang patted me on the shoulder and smiled: "Company Commander Cui's method is so good, the devil saved us, so he rescued us into the fort."

Commander Zhao couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then quickly figured out the truth, and couldn't help patting his head excitedly: "Oh, he's really a clever plan, Commander Cui, you have to catch up with Zhuge Liang."