Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Price of Blood

The reason for the late change is that I have been using the method of binding *** account to enter the writer's area, but this method suddenly can't enter, I haven't logged in with the writer's account and password for more than a year, and I don't know where I forgot it! It took a full half an hour...... Finally got in......

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Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Price of Blood

"Boom ......" With the sound of artillery one after another, the battle began after more than half an hour, and the artillery supporting us was the divisional artillery regiment, although there were only about 40 guns, but the area of the big and small stone mountains was not large, and they did not need the support of so many long-range guns. In addition, the mortars of our second and third battalions also joined the bombardment, so more than 100 guns of all sizes roared in unison, and poured pieces of shells towards the big and small rocky mountains as big as buttocks, only to hit the big and small stone mountains, and the whole of the big and small stone mountains was drowned in the fire and smoke of the shells. In particular, in order to achieve our goal of killing and injuring the Vietnamese troops, we also fired more than a dozen incendiary bombs with mortars, and in an instant, a raging fire broke out on those two hills......

"Well played!"

"Well played! Blow up these more devils! ”

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Seeing this scene, the soldiers couldn't help but applaud, and then their vigilance unconsciously relaxed, because according to their thoughts, this big and small stone mountain was bombed like this, even if the Vietnamese army on the hill was well defended, it would be difficult to survive.

Historical experience tells me that in the past, when we were confronting the US troops, our surface positions were often plowed several times by Yankee aircraft, artillery, and even incendiary bombs, and it is not uncommon for the entire highlands to be in the midst of gunsmoke and flames, and the Yankees also think that it is impossible for anyone to survive on the highlands where our troops are stationed.

But......

Thinking is ultimately thinking, but the truth is another matter. At the beginning, the place where we hid was still a tunnel, but now the place where the Vietnamese army is hiding is still a stronger natural cave! So I know that these shells are often blown up beautifully from the outside, as if the situation is under control, but in fact, they do not kill and injure a large number of Vietnamese troops hiding in the caves.

After ten minutes of earth-shattering bombardment, several flares rose again in the sky, and the intensity of the artillery bombardment soon decreased, but the bombardment did not stop. The purpose of this was to put the Vietnamese troops in the caves, and at the same time reduce the chance of accidentally injuring our troops due to excessive artillery fire.

At the same time, with the order of Battalion Commander Wu, ten Type 59 medium tanks slowly drove towards the big and small stone mountains with their muzzles held high. Behind them were Xu Yongjian's four companies, which were divided into ten groups and followed behind the ten tanks and forced towards the big and small stone mountains.

Of course, the tank was still strapped to the back with a few infantry strapped to the back, which I didn't really want to do, but if I didn't, the infantry wouldn't be able to contact the tank crews inside. At this time, I realized that this is not actually our lack of basic common sense in combat, nor is it that we disregard the lives of our soldiers, all of this is determined by the technical equipment of this era.

Do you want to hit with a tank? Yes, but there must be infantry on the tank with a walkie-talkie to contact the tank crew in the tank in order to achieve infantry coordination, otherwise it is. The infantry on the tank has to use the walkie-talkie to contact the tanker while looking at the signal of the infantry behind him, can he not be tied to the tank? In a few strokes, the tank was knocked down. Even when necessary, we have to send people to lie down in front of the tanks to show the tankers the direction......

This is the war of this era, during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, we had to exchange the lives of our soldiers for ammunition and supplies, but now, we have to use our lives to make up for the lack of equipment. And all this is for the sake of being able to defeat the enemy, in exchange for victory in the battle.

......Seeing such a large formation of our troops, several Vietnamese tanks turned their turrets in a panic and fired a few shells at our tanks, but perhaps because the smoke around the big and small rocky mountains was too thick, they could not aim accurately at all, so they did not hit a few shells in a row, but instead exposed their targets.

Where would Zhu Jixing and the others let go of such a good opportunity, before the Vietnamese tanks came to retreat and flee in a hurry, they had already adjusted Zhu Yuan and fired a row of mortar shells. Just listen to the loud "boom", and those shells exploded around the tank accurately.

Many of the mortars used by our army are of 60 mm and 80 mm calibers, and although these shells are not powerful enough to penetrate the armor of the tank, the simultaneous explosion of several shells on the armor of the tank is enough to stun the tankers inside. Sure enough, the two tanks moved back a short distance as if they were sweating drunk, and then they never moved again.

This coke broke the soldiers who were hiding behind the tanks, and at this time our artillery fire had not stopped, and the Vietnamese army had not yet come out of the cave to organize fire! The soldiers were worried that they had no target to fight, and suddenly there were two big guys who were paralyzed in front of them motionless like a target, where would they let go of this good opportunity, so they all showed rocket artillery from behind the tank and aimed at them without recoil. Then I saw a stream of fire and smoke, and the shells and rockets flew towards the enemy's tank like locusts, and after a while, it was like the tank was riddled with holes, and even these shells did not penetrate the armor piercing of the tank, and I was afraid that the tankers inside would be shocked to death.

Merely...... The marksmanship of the fighters was a little flattering, because the large shells they fired not only messed up the tank, but also the rocks around the tank for a hundred meters......

The soldiers slowly approached the large and small rocky mountains under the cover of the tanks, but at this time, a problem suddenly appeared that we had not thought of beforehand...... The large and small rocky mountains were full of stones, and as soon as the shells exploded, the gravel flew in all directions, with the result that by the time the troops broke through to a distance of more than 500 meters from the high ground, they were already unable to advance. The blasted rubble was like shrapnel that formed a protective area outside the big and small rocky mountains, and some fighters were even injured by the debris being hit......

"Camp Commander Cui!" Seeing this, the deputy battalion commander leaned in and asked, "Do you want the artillery to stop the shelling?" ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help frowning, of course it's okay to stop the shelling, but what will happen when the shelling is stopped? The troops can advance, but the Vietnamese troops will drill out of the cave to organize fire...... And then our army still had to advance on the open ground against the enemy's bullets!

Let the warriors charge desperately? Even if the soldiers can rush to the bottom of the big and small stone hills, but these two high ground are so steep, can we climb up under the fire of the Vietnamese army? I almost saw the tragic scene of the soldiers falling under the guns of the Vietnamese army in pieces!

No! I can't let this happen!

Thinking of this, I immediately ordered: "Don't stop the shelling, order the troops to retreat!" ”

"What? Fall back? The deputy battalion commander looked at me in disbelief: "Battalion commander, the positions of the Vietnamese devils have been blown up by our artillery fire, we should strike while the iron is hot and take down the high ground of the Vietnamese army!" Why is it still ......?"

"Execute the order!" Before the deputy battalion commander could finish speaking, I interrupted him.

"Yes!" The deputy battalion commander hesitated, but finally reluctantly carried out my order.

Then the troops quickly withdrew under the cover of tanks according to my order, because the shells kept pressing the big and small rocky mountains, and the Vietnamese troops never had a chance to drill out of the cave to return fire, so the troops withdrew very safely after a while. With the exception of a few fighters who were wounded by flying stones, there were few other casualties in the battle.

But the soldiers did not understand my order to retreat, in their opinion the battle situation seemed to have been one-sided, our artillery fire had completely suppressed the fire of the Vietnamese army, and there were ten tanks to help the battle, this battle can be said to be nine out of ten, but I gave the order to retreat when I was about to win.

The Fourth Company, which had just been withdrawn from the battlefield, was even more incomprehensible, and as soon as Xu Yongjian came back, he ran to me and asked, "Battalion commander!" Did I make some mistake, why don't you let us go up and fight the devils? It's about to rush up......"

"Camp Commander Cui!" He Liqiang also hurriedly ran up and asked, "Why did you retreat at this time?" There is a saying that the arrow is ready to be sent on the string, do you understand? Anyway, let's give it a try! ”

"Give it a try?" I replied, "You say something nice, I am responsible for the lives of the soldiers!" ”

"Responsible for the lives of the fighters?" He Liqiang also stiffened up at this time: "How can there be immortals in the war, and how can there be half of the arrows and still be deflated!" Do you know that this will affect the morale of the troops? ”

I also said without giving in: "If you lose the battle and sacrifice a large number of soldiers, it will affect the morale of the troops!" ”

"You ......" He Liqiang made me so angry that I couldn't speak.

"Battalion commander!" At this time, a correspondent came up to me with a walkie-talkie and said, "It's the chief of staff......

As soon as I took the phone to identify myself, the staff officer on the other end of the phone shouted: "How did you command the troops to come back halfway through the battle?" What kind of fame are you doing! If you want a gun, I'll give it to a gun, and if you want a tank, I'll give it to a tank, and I'm fighting this battle like this...... You've lost all the faces of our group......"

"Chief of Staff!" I ignored the fire sent by the chief of staff, and insisted on my own position and said, "I don't think this battle can be fought like this......"

"Can't fight like that? So how do you fight? ”

"I ...... I don't know! "I'm telling the truth, and while I know that no matter how strong a fort is, it will have its weaknesses, but at least I haven't figured it out yet.

"I don't know!" When the chief of staff heard this, his temper could no longer help but burst out: "Is there a war like you?" Good! If your battalion can't do it, just go to the side and cool off, and let the three battalions come! ”

Chief of Staff ...... "I was just trying to stop it, but the phone was hung up.

After a while, it was He Liqiang who answered the phone and only listened to him, "Yes!" "Yes! A few responses. After hanging up the phone, he said to me apologetically: "The chief of staff asked the tanks to cooperate with our battalion's main attack!" ”

"Hmm!" I replied helplessly, knowing that the military order was a foregone conclusion, and now I couldn't stop them, so I had to nod and say, "Be careful!" ”

"Don't worry!" He Liqiang answered, turned around and went to prepare.

"This battle is not easy to fight!" Just when I was worried about the third battalion of He Liqiang, I don't know when someone from my hometown came to my side and handed me a cigarette.

"Hmm!" I silently took the cigarette and lit it silently.

"Let them go up and suffer a little!" The hometown said casually.

"What?" Hearing this, I couldn't help but look at my hometown people in surprise: "What do you mean......"

"I've been fighting you so many times, can I still not believe you?" The hometown people smiled, then raised their heads in the direction of the Fifth Company, and said, "Not only me, but the comrades of the Fifth Company also believe that you are right!" They're all waiting to see a good show! ”

I couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Watch a good show? That's the life of the soldiers! ”

"So what can be done?" The hometown patted me on the shoulder and said, "You have done your best, but you still can't stop them from messing around, and now you can only prove it with the blood of the warriors - you are right!" ”

My hometown was right, and although I was reluctant to do so, I was powerless in this situation, and could only watch as the fighters of the third battalion rushed forward under the cover of tanks.

The battle began quickly, and the tactics used were almost the same as those used in the last time, except that Ho Liqiang seemed to have summed up some experience, and when the troops rushed to a distance of more than 500 meters close to the open ground, he stopped the artillery firing and turned to suppress the Vietnamese firepower with anti-aircraft machine guns and light and heavy machine guns on the tanks......

At this time, our army could not even use mortars, because if this cannon hit the big and small rocky mountains, countless debris would burst down, and the enemy could not hit a few, but it would cause casualties to our army.

But this did not prevent the soldiers from charging towards the high ground, and as soon as the artillery stopped, they rushed towards the large and small stone mountains in groups under the cover of various machine guns......

Just when the soldiers thought that they could easily take the two heights as if they could destroy the withering and decaying, the guns of the Vietnamese army suddenly rang out in the smoke of gunpowder, and bullets poured out like raindrops from the various caves in the big and small stone mountains. The warriors in the open field fell in pieces like harvested rice.

Then several tanks turned out from behind the high ground, using the cover of large and small rocky mountains and narrow valleys to directly fire at our tanks, and the machine guns swept at our soldiers......

"Cannon Company...... Fire! Shoot me right now! Seeing this, I couldn't help shouting at Zhu Jixing.

Zhu Jixing hesitated, but he still immediately commanded the mortar to adjust the Zhu Yuan according to my order......

It is true that we will accidentally injure our allies by firing artillery, but it is better than letting the Vietnamese soldiers kill them all! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to ***(***.***) to vote for recommendation, ***, your support is my biggest motivation. )