Chapter 134: Withdrawal

Chapter 134: Withdrawal

"Vietnamese compatriots...... The Chinese border guards have been forced to fight back in self-defense since February 17, and now they have achieved their intended purpose, and the Chinese government has announced: Since March 5, 1979, all Chinese border guards have withdrawn to Chinese territory! The Chinese government reiterates: We do not want an inch of Vietnam's land, and we will never allow others to encroach on our territory. All we want is peace and tranquillity......"

The next day I was woken up by the sound of a loudspeaker outside the house. No sooner had I sat up from my bed, wanting to hear what it was about, than there was a loud cheer outside: "Victory! Victory......"

"Battalion commander! Battalion commander ......"

Then several soldiers broke through the 'door' and entered, and they didn't even bother to shout a report, but as soon as they broke in, they shouted at me with excitement: "Battalion commander! We've won! We can go home......"

"We can go back!"

"We're alive! We can go back alive! ”

……

The soldiers were a little carried away with excitement, and some even cried with joy!

"Hmm! Is it time to withdraw troops? I asked.

Although I have known for a long time that the day of our withdrawal will be the day of our withdrawal, I was still a little surprised when this day came.

"That's right!" The fighters hurriedly replied: "The radio outside has been announced, and the troops will be completely withdrawn today!" Great, finally able to get out of this hellish place! ”

Looking at the appearance of the warriors, I couldn't help but sigh with emotion: yes! Who likes to fight? Who likes to endure so much pain and the pressure of survival in this foreign land? Although it was only a short seventeen days, these seventeen days were a hellish test for the warriors.

Blood, corpses, and death are with us all the time, and even I can't stand it, let alone these warriors who have never been on the battlefield!

Now it's finally time to withdraw, and that's a good thing, and it's a great thing! Infected by the soldiers, my fatigue quickly disappeared without a trace, and I sat up from the 'bed' and tightened my discipline buttons, and walked out of the barracks with the soldiers......

Outside was a jubilant world, and the radio continued to broadcast "...... The Chinese government solemnly reiterates that if the above situation occurs, the Chinese side will reserve the right to continue to defend itself and fight back......"

But no one paid any attention to what was said on the radio anymore, whether it was a soldier or a migrant worker, everyone was dancing, singing or dancing, some were throwing their hats high in the air, some were smirking and hugging people, and some were squatting on the ground and crying...... There are all kinds of strange expressions.

"Battalion commander! When will you retreat? ”

"Yes! When to retreat? I can't wait! ”

……

When they saw me come out, the soldiers hula and gathered around to ask questions, which couldn't help but make me frown - in some ways, I don't think the order to withdraw troops should be announced on the air so early. The superiors did not take into account the mentality of these recruits, and it is not an exaggeration to compare this place of Vietnam to hell for them, and they usually rely on a kind of will and perseverance to support, and now as soon as they know that they are going to withdraw their troops and go home, that kind of mentality is tantamount to the rapid collapse of the entire defense line.

This will directly lead to them never having any intention to carry out the mission again, and at the same time, it will also cause some soldiers to protect themselves, and many people will think in their hearts - they are going home, if they die at this time, wouldn't it be wronged? So this directly made the fighters afraid of war.

These may not be a big problem for veterans, because veterans know very well that on the battlefield they tend to be more careful when they are closer to victory, and more vigilant they must be when they can go home, as long as they grit their teeth and hold on for a while, they can retreat. However, this kind of self-discipline is not achieved at all for recruits.

Facts have also proved that I am right, and the reason for this retreat of our army in history was because of the premature notification of a comprehensive withdrawal and the fact that our army's psychological quality was not good enough, so there were many unnecessary casualties and losses in the process of retreat.

"I don't know yet!" Thinking of this, I replied coldly: "I have to wait for the order of my superiors!" ”

"Battalion commander! Why don't we send a telegram and ask our superiors! ”

"Yes! Maybe the superiors forgot to give the order to retreat! ”

……

The soldiers didn't notice any difference in my expression, but they still persevered and got carried away, and there was no attitude of my subordinates towards their superiors at all.

A few soldiers even shouted at the communication soldiers who were more than ten meters away: "Communication soldiers, hurry!" The battalion commander wants to send a report ......"

"What a name!" I stiffened my face and let out a shout, and I was frightened by the few warriors around me, but the others were still partying on their own because they didn't hear it. I had a nameless fire in my heart, and I pulled out the pistol on my waist and shot a few shots into the sky with a "bang-bang-bang".

The scene suddenly fell silent, and all the soldiers in the audience looked at me with a pair of suspicious eyes, and I could tell from their eyes that they didn't know what was wrong with me, and at the same time, they didn't know what they had done wrong!

"I'll tell you!" I pointed to the ground under my feet and shouted at the soldiers: "As long as we are still stepping on the soil of Vietnam, then the war is not over, and it is not yet time for you to sing and dance!" One day when you really set foot on our own land, I won't care about you even if you dance for three days and three nights! ”

I swept around the warriors with a vicious look and ordered, "All of them!" Immediately set up a guard and sentry for me, and the other soldiers will all go back to rest for me, stay vigilant, do you hear? ”

"Yes!" The soldiers answered, and did not dare to be slow in the slightest, and they dispersed and went back to their barracks.

"Report!" Not long after I returned to the battalion headquarters, there were reports from my hometown, Xu Yongjian, and Li Zhifu from the 'gate'.

"Come in!" I secretly told them that they had come just in time, and that I was going to have a meeting with them.

"Battalion commander!"

"Battalion commander!"

……

The three company commanders walked in one after another and stood in front of me, and the hometown man was the first to speak, and he asked with some doubts: "Battalion commander, is there any task again?" ”

"Nope!"

"Then ......" Xu Yongjian replied with some doubts: "Then why do you want us to ......?"

"I was about to tell you about it!" I sat down on the 'bed', put the rifle within reach, and said, "You think that the devil will lose our temper if we chase and fight hard, right?" I thought we would announce the withdrawal of troops now and the battle would be over! I'm telling you, it's still early......"

"Battalion commander!" Li Zhifu said with some disbelief: "What do you mean...... Those devils still dare to catch up? ”

"Why don't you dare?" I said angrily: "You don't want to think about it, can they not chase it?" If they don't chase them, isn't that telling the world that they are afraid of us? If they chase us, they can tell the Vietnamese and the rest of the world that they have defeated us, and we have been beaten and fled! ”

"They dare to ......," Li Zhifu blushed and scolded when he heard me say this: "Aren't they afraid that we will fight back?" ”

"What's not to dare?" I replied, "If that's you...... Will you be willing not to chase? Even if you really don't dare to chase after a large area and a large army, you have to make a show for others! It's okay to follow us and eat some of the stragglers! ”

As soon as I said this, the three company commanders were speechless. What I'm talking about is not a big truth, for a country, it is to strive for the greatest interests as much as possible, so it is impossible for the Vietnamese army not to pursue it. The reason is very simple: there is no benefit in not chasing, not only can chasing can win back a little face in the international community, but it can also boast about the reconquest and inspiring people within the countrymen, and it can even hang some backward troops from a distance behind us and capture a few prisoners to publicize their victories......

It sounds outrageous, but I don't think any country would hesitate to do so in such a situation.

"So......" I continued, "we need to be more careful during this period of retreat. Especially after the announcement of the complete withdrawal of troops, many fighters will cause 'chaos' and 'chaos' because they are like arrows. These hundreds of thousands of troops, they will withdraw when they say so...... The consequences of this 'chaos' are not something we can imagine! ”

The three company commanders couldn't help but look at each other when they heard my words, as if they had only realized the seriousness of the problem at this time.

"Report to the battalion commander!" At this time, a correspondent took the microphone and signaled to me: "It's Master Wang......"

"Hmm!" I nodded, and while walking towards the communicator, I 'handed over' to a few company commanders and said, "You guys do your job as soldiers, we have persevered in such a hard battle, and we must not make a stubble at this last moment!" If you think about it, you can go back to see your family, but at this time you are still injured or sacrificed, how worthwhile! ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand and motioned for several company commanders to leave, and the three company commanders also knew that I was in a hurry to answer the phone, so they didn't say much, saluted me and went out.

"Report!" I took the microphone and identified myself.

"Camp Commander Cui! I've heard the news of the withdrawal! On the other side of the microphone, Master Wang smiled and said, "It's not easy!" We have finally won this war! This is inseparable from your contribution! Commander Chu has spoken, and he will repay you immediately after he goes back! ”

"Thank you, Commander!" I didn't make much excuses, in fact, these merits, fame, or anything are not very important to me. If you want to fight for these, I don't know how much I can get as early as the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea.

"I've got something to tell you!" Then Division Commander Wang turned to the main topic and said: "We have received a notice from our superiors that in order to avoid 'chaos' and 'chaos,' each unit must be retreated in batches under its own organization. So you'd better go back to your troops as soon as possible, lest you lose track of the retreat of the army! ”

"Hmm!" I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, Master Wang's worries were justified. If that's the case, we're really going to have to find our troops as soon as possible.

"Thank you again for your contributions!" After a pause, Division Commander Wang continued: "Your troops are near Bawai Mountain in the northeast of Langshan, and I don't know the specific location very well...... Hurry up! Do you want me to arrange a car for you......

The fact that the troops cannot be found is still relatively common in our army units in this era, mainly because there are problems with the coordination between the troops, and the other is that our troops are not familiar with the terrain, and the map is still the map of the United States more than ten years ago, so many times the troops themselves do not know where they are, let alone their superiors.

"Don't want it, the car target is too big!" After thinking about it, I rejected Commander Wang's kindness, and then put down the microphone and hurriedly shouted to the guards beside me: "Immediately notify the troops to assemble urgently!" ”

"Yes!" The guard answered, turned and ran out of the 'door' and blew the whistle.

When I packed up my equipment and walked out, the troops were already standing in a neat formation outside, and I only shouted to them: "Target Ba Waishan, march quickly!" And he ran southward.

"Bawaishan?" I heard the soldiers whispering, all of them full of doubt.

I knew what they were thinking, they thought we were going to retreat, but they didn't expect to go to Bawai Mountain. But I didn't have time to explain to them, and at this point I wished I could find my troops sooner rather than later, even if I met the annoying chief of staff.

It should be said that Bawai Mountain is not far from us, only seven or eight kilometers away, and if you walk fast, it will not take an hour to arrive. But the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and along the way there were wounded, civilian workers, troops, cars, and tanks who had retreated from the front line, and we were going in the opposite direction to them.

This would be fine in normal times, but at this time it was a great retreat...... It is said to be a retreat, but it is really like an escape, just like the great rout of the Kuomintang depicted on TV and in movies is not an exaggeration at all, water bottles, marching quilts, gas masks and everything are thrown all over the ground, and some people even lose bullets in order to reduce weight. The whole road was a 'chaos' and 'chaos' where you squeezed me and I squeezed you, which made me have to pull the troops into a line and slowly advance in the crowd...... At this time, I was glad that I had rejected Master Wang's car.

What kind of rapid march is this! It was slower than a tortoise, and from time to time some soldiers who didn't know us shouted at us: "What are you doing! Everybody's retreated, and you're still heading south......"

At this time, the soldiers would always put on a fierce face and shout at those comrades who didn't know what to do: "What are you yelling at!" When Lao Tzu was fighting, you were still sleeping in your mother's womb! ”

My soldiers have never seen any scenes, dozens of people dare to pick a regiment of the Vietnamese army, where will they be afraid of their comrades-in-arms scolding. Those soldiers were also very sensible, and when they saw our tattered uniforms covered in blood and stained everywhere, they knew that we were not easy to mess with, and some of them would even get out of the way when the soldiers were so fierce.

Later, I also saw that the famous hall was coming, so I shouted into the walkie-talkie: "Company Commander Chen! You go to the front......"

"Yes!" The people in his hometown didn't think much about it, so they lined up all the way to the front of the troops, and when they thought about it, they felt strange, so they asked suspiciously: "Battalion commander!" Why am I being in the lead? ”

I smiled and replied, "What our comrades are afraid of is a fierce soldier!" You look just right for ......."

The people in his hometown were speechless when they heard this, only to laugh in exchange for bursts of laughter from the soldiers.

Not to mention, the scar on the face of the hometown people can really play a role, and after the hometown people understood what I meant, they also deliberately took a few soldiers who were covered in blood all the way and yelled "Get out of the way!" Get out of the way of the ......" and rush forward, and sure enough, the speed is much faster.

Just when we thought that we could breathe a sigh of relief and stride towards the goal, we found several soldiers in front of us whistling and waving signal flags......

"What are they doing here?" I asked the correspondent next to me who knew the language of the flag.

"They mean ......" the correspondent said after looking at it carefully for a while, "they mean that the road is closed, let's take a detour......"

"What? Make a detour? I turned to the guide next to me and asked, "How far is the detour?" ”

"Shame...... It's going to be five or six kilometers more! The guide's answer made me angry and anxious.

"Fuck! Why did they seal the road? Li Zhifu couldn't help scolding: "I'll go up to them to comment on the reasoning, and let us go if they say anything!" ”

As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and rushed forward angrily, and after a while, he came back disgraced: "Battalion commander, they are from the engineer unit, and they are laying mines in order to prevent the devils from catching up!" I said let's go first...... They say that hundreds of mines have been planted a long time ago, do they still let them dig up one by one? ”

"These bastards!" The people in my hometown couldn't help but scold: "Why did you plant mines so early?" Aren't we all able to get by? ”

"You can't blame people for that!" Li Zhifu said: "They are also carrying out orders, and it is said that the engineering troops will stay and blast a lot of places!" There are bank buildings, municipal buildings, factories, the Qiqiao River Bridge, and the railroad and steel bridges...... Even the telephone poles have to be blown up one by one, so you can't do it sooner! ”

"Telephone poles are going to blow up too?" Some fighters were curious.

"Isn't that right?" Li Zhifu nodded and said: "Listen to the comrades of the sappers, we will take away everything we can take, and blow up everything we can't take, and we won't even leave a single 'Mao' for the Yue devils!" Comrade Sapper also said...... The results that our infantry comrades exchanged for their lives can't be returned to the Yue devils so easily, what they have to do is to clean everything up! ”

"Hey! I didn't expect the comrades of the engineering unit to have such great ability! ”

"Well done Comrade Sappers! Don't leave a single 'hair' for the Yue devils! ”

The warriors followed each other.

"Let's take a detour!" I was a little weak to give orders.

This has all been said for this part, and if we go to embarrass the comrades of those engineering units, it will be a bit too much.