Chapter 188: Faka Mountain

Chapter 188: Faka Mountain

Our special reconnaissance brigade set off that night, and because of the limited number of helicopters and the fact that the mission we carried out was not suitable for too many people to participate in the battle, it only brought 110 people with it as in the previous time. It's just that there have been some changes in personnel, and all the soldiers have been replaced, except for the backbone of the unit and Li Shui's 'Bo's 'shooting' group. The purpose of this is to give everyone in the special reconnaissance brigade the opportunity to fight, and the other is to give the troops participating in the battle enough time to rest and sum up combat experience.

When we were at the base, there were also people who objected to us going directly to the battlefield, just like Commissar Yang said, first, we knew that the intention of the Vietnamese army was to let our troops go to the battlefield of Faka Mountain, so how could we still be tricked? Another 'elite' unit like ours is more suitable to carry out surprise attacks on the strategic targets of the Vietnamese army on special occasions, just like the last time we launched a surgical battle against the artillery positions of the Vietnamese army, it would be a pity if we were allowed to go to the battlefield.

In fact, what Political Commissar Yang said is also reasonable, how could I not know this, but now we can say that there is no way, and we have to respond to this move played by the Vietnamese army, otherwise we will lose the strategic place of Faka Mountain.

Considering that taking a helicopter straight to the border was too public, we still traveled a few times like last time before coming to the front line, and the foothold was still the barracks last time, and it was still Political Commissar Lin who greeted us. The purpose of this is also to keep it secret – the fewer people who know about the existence of our troops, even our own, the better.

As soon as we stepped off the helicopter, Commissar Lin saluted us with two guards and explained that the reason why the regiment commander could not come to greet us was that we were at a meeting at the division headquarters.

It is also strange to say, I am only a battalion commander now, and I am only the captain of a reconnaissance brigade if I go higher, and these two positions are not comparable to the political commissar of the regiment of Commissar Lin in any way, but I did not feel awkward at all when Commissar Lin saluted me. Maybe it's just a habit, but since I came to this battlefield not long ago, I've been receiving salutes from my superiors.

Isn't it? When I was still a small soldier in the new barracks, the whole company obeyed my orders, and when I became a platoon commander, I commanded a company, and when I became a company commander? The commanders of the tank battalions are willing to obey my command.

I think that this phenomenon of overstepping my authority may be because I was already the commander of an ace unit during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, so I don't feel anything awkward in my heart.

We didn't stop much in the temporary barracks, and after asking Political Commissar Lin for ten military vehicles, the group marched in the direction of Faka Mountain.

In fact, more than 100 of us only need four military vehicles, just like before, we can sit in four rows in military vehicles, and each military vehicle can carry more than 30 people. However, I thought that if we were attacked, it would not be conducive to our rapid deployment of troops, so I asked for ten in one go.

At this time, Commissar Lin had already understood that we were not some easy to mess with, so he didn't dare to say anything against it, and arranged everything with a phone call, even the driver and food.

We were okay with the food, but the drivers were kicked off one by one. Just kidding, it's called the Special Reconnaissance Brigade, we can't let any outsiders in, even if they are our own people. But in our troops, we really don't dare to say that whoever is must be our own people, isn't the secret service unit of the Yue Devil still fluent in Chinese? The Vietnamese also look like us, and it's not too easy to pretend to be us. Besides, all the soldiers of our special brigade can drive, so there is no need for them to do it for them, climb into the car and step on the gas 'door' and drive towards the target......

The car staggered on the highway for more than an hour, passing through several checkpoints along the way, and was subjected to several passwords and careful interrogations, before it arrived in the Shangshi area of Ningming County, where Faka Mountain is located.

The battlefield is indeed as Liu Shunyi described, that is, there is no gunfire or cannonball, except for the smell of gunpowder in the air, there is no shadow of the battlefield.

At this time, a cadre-looking person came from the front of the car and whispered to me, who had just gotten out of the car: "You are from the special reconnaissance brigade, I was sent by my superiors to cooperate with your work, my surname is Li, and this is my supporting document......

"Hello Political Commissar Li" Before I came here, I knew that my superiors had arranged for a political commissar surnamed Li to pick us up, so I only knew his identity, so I just casually looked at the supporting documents and handed them back to him.

Sometimes I wonder why the superiors always let some political commissars come to pick us up and cooperate with our work, the previous was Political Commissar Lin, and now it is Political Commissar Li, this political commissar is responsible for party and government work and will not fight, right? Later, I realized that in fact, there is a reason why the superiors always send political commissars to pick us up.

As the so-called party leadership gun, the political commissar represents the party in the army, and their identities have been strictly examined and they also belong to the kind of political stance that has a firm political stance, so sending the political commissar to assist us in carrying out the task will help the secrecy of the mission. In addition, the status of the political commissar in the army is not low, for example, just now...... If it weren't Political Commissar Lin who came to assist us, but an ordinary cadre like a small soldier or a company commander, then I asked them to bring ten cars at once, and they wouldn't be able to do it

After figuring this out, I was relieved, and after arranging my military uniform and saluting Political Commissar Li, I said: "Political Commissar Li, I want to look at the map first to understand the terrain, is it okay?" ”

"Of course we can...... Let's talk about it in the house," Commissar Li nodded at me and then led me towards the wooden house not far away, while the soldiers were also assigned their own accommodations.

This is not to say that our special reconnaissance brigade has not been able to get a map, the main reason is that I have fought on the battlefield and know very well one thing, that is, the maps collected by our army often deviate greatly from the field, and after a long time, I have developed a habit, that is, to use the maps corrected by the front-line troops as much as possible, because only in this way will nothing go wrong.

"This is Faka Mountain" After entering the house and lighting the kerosene lamp, Political Commissar Li spread out the map on the table and briefly introduced: "The main peak of Faka Mountain is 500 meters above sea level, composed of three highlands, and covers an area of more than 10,000 square meters. This is not very high compared to other mountains, but within 7 kilometers south of Mount Faka, it is a hilly area, composed of 56 large and small mountains, the highest is 425 meters above sea level and the lowest is 128 meters, so it can be said that Faka Mountain is the commanding height of this area, and the location is very important."

"These red flags are ......"

"All of them are the heights occupied by our army," Political Commissar Li explained: "Originally, all this area was under the control of the Vietnamese army, but after several months of hard work by our troops, the front has been moved five kilometers to the south, and a total of 32 large and small heights in front of Phaka Mountain have been occupied."

"Hmm" I nodded, knowing that I didn't know how much blood and lives of soldiers were contained in Political Commissar Li's simple sentence.

"The location of the artillery position is ......" I looked at the map for a while and found that the location of the artillery position was not marked on it, so I couldn't help asking.

"Well, here, here, and this ......" Political Commissar Li pointed to three places on the map and said: "There are a total of three artillery positions arranged by our army near Mount Faka, which are not marked on the map for reasons of secrecy, and this one ......"

Speaking of this, Political Commissar Li couldn't help gritting his teeth and said hatefully: "This artillery position was attacked by the Vietnamese army's special forces last night, and our army suffered a total of more than 40 casualties, including a military family member who came to visit relatives......

I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, knowing what it meant to the soldiers to sacrifice a military family member to visit relatives.

Because the soldiers all live and die together on the battlefield, they all treat their comrades-in-arms as brothers, and if any family members come to visit them, they will all treat them as their own parents. And soldiers will also have a natural sense of pride in front of their families, because we are standing here fighting with the Yue devils, just to defend our motherland and protect our families, so the most unbearable thing for soldiers is to see their family members fall in front of them...... This can give them a lot of frustration and guilt.

The "comrade" was silent for a while before Political Commissar Li continued: "I heard from your superiors that you are here to deal with the Vietnamese army agents, and I hope you can wipe them all out and avenge our sacrificed soldiers and our military families."

"Hmm" I nodded silently, feeling the weight on my shoulders a little heavier.

But how do you go about it? Then I quickly fell into deep thought: do you want to hold the other two artillery positions? Vietnamese agents are not so stupid, they will sneak attack our artillery positions twice in succession. Just like Liu Shunyi said, they have many targets, but our special reconnaissance brigade only has such a small number of troops, and it is not enough to defend.

Therefore, it is useless to defend, in fact, our special reconnaissance brigade was originally trained to attack and sabotage behind enemy lines, but now it wants us to defend......

If it was an ambush, it would be fine, but now we can't grasp the next goal of the Vietnamese special forces and their marching route, even if we want to fight an ambush, there is no way to start, and then I realized why sometimes an intelligence can beat an army, and now we are even powerful and have nowhere to go.

I couldn't help but curse in my heart: Damn the devil we're already here, what do you want?