Chapter 209: Counterattack

Chapter 209: Counterattack

Dark, damp, muggy...... Coupled with the 'muddy' air and the sound of vibrations from the Vietnamese army's blasting, the atmosphere in the tunnel became tense and boring.

There was nothing to see in the tunnel, only the heavy breathing of the soldiers and the sound of explosions and gunfire coming from outside the tunnel.

It should be said that the Yue devils are very smart, and after they attacked the mouth of the tunnel several times and paid some casualties, they changed their combat methods. They initially sealed the mouth of the pit from the outside with sandbags, which is not easy for them to do. The members of our army's 'shooting' attack team stared at the outside world at the mouth of the tunnel, as long as there were Vietnamese devils appearing, they would be knocked down at the first time, and the Vietnamese army had nothing to do with our three tunnel entrances for a long time.

However, as the sky gradually darkened, the sniping of the soldiers became more and more difficult, and the Vietnamese army was not stupid, and it was impossible for them to appear in front of us with flashlights in this situation for us to fight...... In addition, at this time, it was a 'cloudy' rainy day, and there was no starlight and moon outside at all, and it was pitch black everywhere, so the mouth of the pit could not be guarded.

I also went to the mouth of the pit at that time, but I couldn't even find where the mouth of the pit was...... It didn't take long for the last three tunnel openings to be sealed by the Vietnamese army.

The Vietnamese army seemed to be very experienced in this, they threw sandbags one by one at the mouth of the tunnel, and when the sandbags filled the mouth of the tunnel, they shoveled new soil to completely seal the mouth of the tunnel, they did so in order to suffocate us in the tunnel, and they even installed mines outside these sandbags...... Some of our soldiers were unwilling to be blocked by the Vietnamese army like this, so they dragged those sandbags into the tunnel one by one, but what they didn't expect was a sudden bang......

The next step of the Vietnamese army is to find the ventilation holes and blow them up or seal them, but it is very difficult to do this, because the ventilation holes in the tunnels are covered by natural stone cracks or rock 'holes' on the surface, most of the mountains in Vietnam are very complex, and there are stone mountain 'holes' everywhere, it is not easy to find the ventilation holes one by one, but the Vietnamese army has done it very successfully, with one after another roar, the ventilation holes are reduced one by one, and the air is becoming thinner and thinner.

At last...... The Vietnamese army began to drill holes and blast at the top of the tunnel according to the general direction of the tunnel, they first dug deep pits above the tunnel, and when they saw that they were about to reach the tunnel, they filled the pit with explosive "charge" bags, and then only heard the sound of "boom", and the tunnel was like dominoes and was suddenly collapsed seven or eight meters long. This not only caused us a certain number of casualties, but also made our space smaller and more uncomfortable, and what was even more unbearable was the psychological pressure on us from the Vietnamese army...... Now we don't seem to have the power to fight back at all, and we are suffering here and waiting for death......

In fact, we did not have the strength to fight back, and we did seem to be waiting for death, but only I knew that we were not, because we were there, the Vietnamese army could not safely attack our army's second line of defense, because the Vietnamese army also knew that we were not an insulting force, plus they had a deep hatred for our troops, and now they are unwilling to put us to death.

But that's exactly what I wanted, but it was a bit more bitter!

At first, I still thought it was strange how the Vietnamese devils dealt with the tunnels so old, even better than the all-encompassing puppet army on the Korean battlefield, but after thinking about it, I quickly understood that the reason why the Vietnamese army knew how to deal with us hiding in the tunnels was entirely because this tunnel warfare was originally their usual tactic.

Just as our army used tunnels to fight the Yankees on the Korean battlefield, although the Vietnamese army at that time had the support of China and the Soviet Union, there was no doubt that its equipment was still far from that of the US army, so they had no choice but to draw on the experience of our army to resist US aggression and aid Korea and use the tunnels to fight against the US army.

The US-Vietnam War has been fought for 16 years, and Vietnam has been using tunnels to fight with the US military for so long.

"Boom!" There was another loud bang, this time the Yue devil didn't dig the right position, but the vibration of the explosion still made the muddy water on the top of the tunnel fall down, and a few logs seemed to fall in the dark......

"it!" Li Zhifuteng stood up and shouted: "This *** devil is still strong, I fought with him to fight my ......"

"That's right! Let's go up and fight them! With Li Zhifu taking the lead, the soldiers also picked up their guns and stood up and were about to walk in the direction of the mouth of the tunnel......

"Come back!" As soon as I gave the order, I suppressed everyone's 'commotion' and 'chaos'.

"Battalion commander......" Li Zhifu said a little unwillingly: "Instead of waiting for death like this, it is better to rush up and fight with them, if you can kill one, you will be one, and you don't need to suffer from this bird......'s anger."

"Sit it all down for me!" I didn't give the soldiers any room for negotiation, and gave the order stiffly.

After the soldiers were all seated under the light of my flashlight, I said to Li Zhifu: "I have already said the reason why we are holding in the tunnel once, and I don't want to say it a second time!" All you have to do is obey orders, or I won't be polite to you, understand? ”

"Yes!" Li Zhifu seemed to know the seriousness of the matter, and he didn't dare to say anything anymore after answering Zhengrong's voice.

In fact, the matter is far more serious than Li Zhifu imagined, because the tunnel is now basically isolated from the world, and the soldiers are still facing death every moment...... This tense, oppressive, and boring atmosphere is likely to break down the psychological defenses of the fighters. Having had such an experience, I know one thing very well - once a person's psychological defense line collapses, what should not be done, and what kind of comradeship...... They all stood aside, they wanted to just get out of this damn place, even if it was to kill everyone in the tunnel.

Just now, Li Zhifu almost caused a collective outbreak among the soldiers, but I think that if the people who were with me at this time were not the soldiers of the hard-trained special reconnaissance brigade but ordinary soldiers, the outcome would not have been like this.

However, although this 'commotion' and 'chaos' were temporarily suppressed by me, it can be seen that the soldiers are still a little restless, some of them are holding the 47 in their hands tightly and they are covered in sweat, and some of them are nervous to turn off the flashlight, extinguish it and light it again......

"Try to take it easy and save air!" Seeing this, I comforted the soldiers and said: "The shells of our army will arrive soon, we just need to hold on until the shells reach the artillery units!" ”

I'm giving them a goal, a hope, because I know very well that the most painful thing is to wait without a goal and hope, and if there is a goal, time will pass faster.

I looked at the multi-function watch on my wrist and couldn't help frowning, the time for the arrival of the shells that Liu Shunyi said was almost up, could something happen again?

"Battalion commander!" At this time, the correspondent turned on the flashlight and handed it to me; "The phone, it's the commander's phone ......"

As soon as the soldiers heard that it was the commander's call, they all sat up and looked at me, and all of them stopped their movements and did not dare to make the slightest sound, for fear of affecting my communication with my superiors.

In fact, I was also in a hurry at this time, but in order to set an example for the soldiers, I nodded slowly and took the microphone.

"Camp Commander Cui, you're all right!" Liu Shunyi's anxious voice came from the phone.

"It's fine!" I asked rhetorically, "Is there something wrong with the delivery of shells again?" ”

I have to admit that I'm not good at pretending, and this sentence 'reveas' my psyche.

"Nope! The shells have arrived! Liu Shunyi's answer finally let go of the big stone in my heart, and almost at the same time, a cheer sounded in the tunnel.

"But the question now is ......" After a while, after our cheers stopped, Liu Shunyi continued: "Our army needs artillery preparation before attacking, but it is ......"

Liu Shunyi didn't say anything next, I also understand, we are now in the tunnel of the 142 Heights, and it is in the tunnel that has been blasted by the Vietnamese army...... I know the power of long-range artillery, it can hit the devils, of course, it can also hit us, in case our tunnels are blown up, then won't all of us be buried alive in it?

"Let's fight!" I didn't think much about it, and after glancing at the soldiers sitting around me, I said firmly: "It hasn't been long since the Vietnamese army has occupied the position, and their fortifications have not yet been perfected, and we are ready to rush out and recapture the surface position in one fell swoop......

"Camp Commander Cui!" Liu Shunyi interrupted me and said: "I have transferred the remaining special reconnaissance teams from the base, and there are also helicopters that have come with them, and they have heard that you are in danger, and they will come up and fight with you if they say anything......

"Good!" Before I could answer, there was another cheer in the tunnel.

"That's what I thought!" Liu Shunyi continued: "If you are still left alone to defend the 142 heights, it is too dangerous, it is night, after ten minutes of artillery preparation, we will immediately send a helicopter to meet you, the helicopter will be divided into three parts, one part occupies the 150 heights, one part occupies the 169 heights, and the other part goes to the 142 heights to meet you, and the follow-up troops will arrive immediately, what do you think?" ”

After thinking about it, I replied, "I agree, but I don't want to support the part of 142 Heights, I think it's better to divide it into two parts!" ”

"Huh?" Liu Shunyi was a little surprised when he heard my words.

"It's so dark that we can't recognize each other!" I replied, "And we are now covered in mud and water, no different from the Yue devils, if there are troops to reinforce us...... On the one hand, we are worried about accidental injury, and on the other hand, we can't let go of the hand! ”

My worries are justified, if it is an attack by ordinary troops, it is fine, we can at least distinguish the camp and direction of our army, but the combat method of the special brigade - they use helicopters to parachute into the hilltop position in the dark night to give the enemy a "center 'flower'", if we rush out at that time, I am afraid that no one can distinguish between the enemy and the enemy.

Liu Shunyi was silent for a while, and then asked worriedly: "Can you 'stand up'?" ”

I know what Liu Shunyi meant by asking, because the artillery has some scruples about the 142 heights, so the intensity of the artillery fire will not be too great, that means that the remaining Vietnamese troops on our heights will definitely be the most, for us who lack ammunition and ammunition and the strength is less than half a company...... Will it be possible to restore the surface position smoothly? If you can't recover, I'm afraid that there will only be an ending for the whole army.

"Yes!" I said, in fact, I don't have a choice at this point.

Maybe we can choose to stay in the tunnel and wait for the friendly forces to occupy the position, but not to say that my soldiers and I will not agree to do this, we have been hiding in the tunnel and waiting for the enemy to fight on the surface position, the reason is very simple, we don't know if we will be able to hold up the artillery fire in the tunnel for ten minutes, once the battle starts, the shells of both the enemy and us will greet this position, and then it is the real meaning of staying in it and waiting for death......

"Then it's decided!" Liu Shunyi said: "I will deliberately 'hand' over to the troops attacking the 142nd Heights to let them pay attention to their own people, and then radio communication!" It's 10 o'clock, so get ready, and in twenty minutes you'll start preparing for the fire! ”

"Yes!" I put down the phone and looked at my watch, and immediately ordered the soldiers after the time: "Get ready for battle, let's go to the Yue devil to collect debts!" ”

"Good! Go to the devil to collect debts! The soldiers answered, loaded the last magazines for their rifles, brought the last grenades, and ran after me towards the mouth of the pit with their guns in hand.

There were only two of the tunnels we could reach, and the rest of the middle was all blocked by the Yue devils, so we divided into two parts, and each part was divided into 30 people.

When I came to the mouth of the tunnel and looked at the sandbags under the light of the flashlight, I was a little troubled, and based on previous experience, we knew that there was a high probability that there were mines installed by the devils behind the sandbags. It should be said that the Vietnamese army is very smart, and the installation of mines behind sandbags can make us dare not easily move sandbags, and secondly, the sound of explosions can also remind them...... The sound of an explosion undoubtedly meant that we were going out of the tunnel, and the Vietnamese army could quickly seal us up with bullets and bombs.

"Battalion commander! I'll carry sandbags......" At this time, a soldier covered in darkness rushed ahead of me and said, "You still have to command the troops to fight, let us do this kind of thing!" ”

Hu Shaowen ......: "It took me a long time to recognize that he was the youngest soldier who acted as an interpreter in our army, and he was still a child when he joined the army a few months ago, but now he can no longer see the slightest childishness in him."

"Go, go, go...... Get out of the way! Li Zhifu couldn't help but pull Hu Shaowen down, and said while rolling up his sleeves: "You also want to carry sandbags, I think sandbags are heavier than you!" It's a big deal if you sacrifice a small thing, and you can't remove the sandbags on time and let the soldiers rush out......"

"You...... Do you underestimate people? Being interrupted by Li Zhifu like this, of course Hu Shaowen was unwilling, and immediately the two of them lowered their voices and fought for me.

"Don't make any noise!" I interrupted their argument and said, "We can't move now, in case the mines blow up, the devils will be on guard against us......"

Li Zhifu and Hu Shaowen couldn't help but be stunned, and then asked suspiciously: "That's ...... So what to do? ”

I looked at my watch again and said, "Wait until our troops start preparing for artillery fire, the shells can mask the explosion of mines." And...... Don't rush to die! Detonate a grenade in a sandbag before moving, and the shock of the grenade explosion is enough to detonate a mine! ”

Hearing this, Li Zhibao and Hu Shaowen couldn't help but look at me and I looked at you, so they couldn't help but look at each other and smile. If you don't die, who will be fed and rush to carry sandbags with mines!

"Get ready!" Then I ordered on the radio: "Line up along the tunnel, pass sandbags into the tunnel as soon as the cannon sounds, and be sure to dig a 'hole' in the tunnel within ten minutes, is the task clear?" ”

"Clear!" As soon as I gave the order, Li Zhifu carefully stuffed two grenades into the sandbag...... Wherever we can use grenades, we are accustomed to using two or three, sometimes more. For no other reason, three or four out of ten of these grenades will not explode......

The other fighters lined up at the corner of the tunnel like a row of ants, and I used my flashlight to shine on the multi-function watch on my wrist, watching the readings beat one by one, and at the same time my heart slowly lifted!

Will the tunnel be blown up before we get out? Will we be able to capture Heights 142 without any problems? Will we make it back alive? All of this is unknown, but I know at least one thing, that is, the Vietnamese army is over, and as soon as our artillery shells arrive, they almost declare that the battle they have launched has been completely lost. From this point of view, I am successful, but only when I stand in my position can I know that in fact, it doesn't matter whether I succeed or not, the important thing is that I and the soldiers can go back alive, and the important thing is that we don't get buried alive here......

"Ten, nine, eight......" I counted down as I looked at the multi-function watch, and when I counted again, I shouted, "Do it!" ”

Li Zhifu suddenly pulled the grenade and ran back to the corner, almost at the same time, only to hear a burst of "boom ......", the whole high ground trembled, and the sand above his head fell like rain, and sometimes even rolled down a stone the size of a basin......

Our army has finally begun a counteroffensive, which means that the arrogant days of the Vietnamese army have come to an end!