Chapter Seventy-Five: Repeating the Old Trick

The "bang bang ......" battle began as soon as the Vietnamese army drilled out of the tunnel.

On the anticline, the smoke and fog are so heavy that the mouth of the Vietnamese army's tunnel cannot be reached, but one thing is obvious, that is, where the Vietnamese army came from, the location of the tunnel is there.

In fact, when I ordered to stand in place with my gestures, the soldiers were already keenly aware of my plan - that is, waiting, waiting in a planned way...... When the Vietnamese army came out of the tunnel, we also knew the location of the tunnel entrance. Next, as usual, fire them in the tunnel, and then send the Demoman to blow up their tunnel entrance.

Although the plan was simple, and the soldiers of the Fifth Company were also trained in gestures, it was difficult to express them clearly with gestures. At that time, under the bombardment, they could neither see nor hear each other, so it was difficult to convey this seemingly simple and brief order in its entirety.

This...... It takes the tacit understanding of the warriors to each other.

The soldiers of the Fifth Company had been fighting with me for some time, so they had this tacit understanding with me, so they were able to prepare in advance after I only heard my unprecedentedly simple order to "stay put". Each of their squads and platoons was consciously divided into a fire team, a cover group, and a demolition team.

The fire team was responsible for keeping the Vietnamese troops in the tunnels, the covering team was responsible for covering the advance of the demolition teams, and the demolition teams were responsible for blowing up the Vietnamese tunnels.

This is not? Just now, a few Vietnamese soldiers came out of the deep smoke and were knocked to the ground by a bullet from the fire team, and then two more Vietnamese soldiers were unwilling to roll out of the tunnel with a beautiful movement of 47...... It should be said that the quality of their individual soldiers is indeed good, after all, they are people who have fought for decades. This can be seen from their movements alone, but what they didn't expect was ...... There's also me among their opponents!

"Bang bang!" After two gunshots, the two Vietnamese soldiers were killed while they were still rolling. Seeing this, the rest of the Vietnamese army could only cower in the tunnel and did not dare to come out.

But not coming out did not mean that it was okay, and the demolition team quickly rushed to it, first throwing two grenades and a few stones into it...... This is the soldiers' own trick, when Tongdeng cleared the Vietnamese army, they encountered the Vietnamese army agents moved quickly, although it was dark in the tunnel and nothing could be seen, but they could also accurately judge their location by the sound of grenades landing, and threw the grenades back out of the tunnel in time.

After playing like this a few times, the fighters also learned to be 'fine'. They will also send a few stones when throwing grenades into the pit in the future...... I would love to see what it would be like for those Vietnamese soldiers with great combat experience to grab the "grenade" in time to throw it back, only to find out that it was a stone. I guess that must be interesting.

As the saying goes, there are many battles, and there will be any strange methods. Such a cheap and practical method, of course, the fighters will not forget to use it. So I only heard a few muffled sounds of "boom" from the ground, and a large cloud of dust and smoke came out of the mouth of the tunnel. At this time, it was the time when the mouth of the tunnel was temporarily safe, and the soldiers of the demolition team did not give those Vietnamese soldiers any chance at all, grabbed two explosive "charge" bags, and stuffed them into it......

"Boom!" There were a few louder noises, and the mouth of a pit was easily solved by the soldiers.

"Forward!" As soon as I gave the order, the soldiers marched under the anticline again.

There was a bang, a gunshot, and we don't know how many pit mouths were blown up along the way. All we know is that wherever an enemy comes out, we will pounce on them and destroy them, and in a hurry we will seal their main force in the tunnel. Those poor Vietnamese troops, although they had more troops than us, were only pressed and beaten by one of our companies because they were not able to deploy their troops in time outside the tunnel because they were a little bit shorter. And those enemies on the 536 heights and on the Kwuma Mountain did not dare to fire a shell at this side because the smoke was too thick to correctly judge the enemy.

Everything went so smoothly that I was a little surprised that we had already captured heights 417 not long after the artillery preparations were over. And at this time, the battle in other directions has just begun......

When I returned to the hilltop position with the soldiers, a communicator handed me the microphone of the walkie-talkie: "Battalion commander, regimental headquarters phone!" ”

I took the microphone and panted and shouted: "I'm Cui Wei, the commander of the second battalion!" ”

"How did you do that?" The chief of staff scolded from the microphone: "Last night, you obviously said that you would launch an attack after seeing the signal flare, what kind of personal heroism are you engaged in?" As a battalion commander, you are responsible for your actions, for the lives of your soldiers, and for the success or failure of the entire battle! How can you act without obeying the orders of your superiors......"

"Report to the Chief of Staff!" I replied, "We've already taken 417 Heights!" ”

"What?" The skeptical voice of the chief of staff came from the other end of the microphone: "You say it again......"

"We've taken 417 Heights!" I said loudly: "The casualties of our army are unknown, but at least more than 50 Vietnamese soldiers have been killed, and all the tunnels on the anticline on the 417 heights have been blown up, and all the Vietnamese troops have been sealed in the tunnels, and they have no ability to resist!" ”

After a period of silence, I listened to the chief of staff in the microphone and said: "You fought well, but next time you must report the situation to your superiors in advance!" ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly hung up the phone.

Later, I learned that the chief of staff had just finished scolding me and criticizing me for disobeying the orders of my superiors, but as soon as he turned around, he shouted to the 1st and 3rd battalions: "The 2nd Battalion has successfully captured the 417 Heights, and their heroic deeds are an example for us to learn!" Comrades, we must learn from the Second Battalion and report to the people of the motherland with excellent results! Advance! Advance! Move forward ...... again"

Of course, I didn't know any of this at the time, I only knew that I was going crazy with the soldiers to dig anti-artillery 'holes' and build fortifications. Because I know very well that once the Vietnamese army knows that the 417 Heights have been occupied by us, what awaits us!

As I expected, a few minutes later there was a sharp whistling sound in the sky, and I had just rushed to squeeze myself into the anti-artillery 'hole', and the shells exploded in pieces next to me.

What I experienced on the Korean battlefield seems to have come back, and I have to admit that the intensity of the Vietnamese artillery fire is enough to match the American artillery fire, and even surpass it. After all, it has been more than 20 years since the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, not to mention that the long-range artillery in the hands of the Vietnamese army was either left over from the retreat of the US army or supplied by the Soviet Union.

The only difference is that at this time, our army also had an artillery unit, and it was a stronger and larger artillery unit than the Vietnamese army, which also gave me some confidence. At least I believe that the Vietnamese did not dare to shoot for too long, because they feared that our artillery would calculate their artillery positions based on the trajectory and return fire......

As expected, the shelling stopped a few minutes later. This is still very different from the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, where the US military fired artillery for hours or even days at every turn. The direct benefit of this distinction to our infantry is ...... More people will be able to survive under enemy fire.

Knowing that the sound of the cannon had stopped, I turned around and tried to drill a 'hole' in the anti-artillery 'hole', but I couldn't. Having fought for several years, I knew that the soil kicked up by the shells had blocked the hole, so I stretched out my hand and struggled to dig the soil into the hole.

I've experienced this kind of thing many times before, and I've had a lot of experience, so I know it's still a matter of curiosity whether I can dig it out alive. If it's okay! It was covered with a thin layer of soil, and it didn't take much effort to get out. It's not good, it's just a hill outside, enough to dig it out and suffocate me to death.

But my life has always been good, and this time is no exception! Just as I was feeling the pain of breath and weakness, suddenly several hands reached in and dragged me out.

"Found it...... found it" The soldiers cried out in a big voice: "It's the battalion commander!" Still alive......"

Nonsense, of course alive! Am I dying so easily?

I thought so, but I couldn't say it, because I was busy gasping for air at this time!

It took me a while to come to my senses and look around...... Although it was a few minutes of shelling, it brought a devastating blow to our position, and the trenches that had just been erected disappeared in the blink of an eye. Warriors: Groups of three or five dug up the warriors who were buried in the mud.

I don't know what happened to Liu Yun and Yichen's two little girls? Will they be able to withstand this kind of shock?

I wanted to ask my hometown people on the intercom, but in the end I held back.

Because I know that on the battlefield there are only soldiers, and there are no 'women'! Warriors are all the same, and they are not particularly heavy just because they are 'female', nor are they particularly light just because they are men!

Then I wondered, it should be said that the power of our artillery will not be worse than that of the Vietnamese army, but why is it that our artillery fire has been prepared for 20 minutes and then extended to 'shoot' the fire, and its destructive power on the trenches is not as great as the destructive power of the Vietnamese army's artillery bombardment for a few minutes?

This is not? I distinctly remember that I had fallen on this trench when I rushed to the top of the hill! That means that our army did not blow up the trench for twenty minutes, while the Vietnamese army only took a few minutes to blow up the trench like this!

Looking at the impact point of the Vietnamese artillery shells on the position, I quickly understood! That trench was left for us by the Vietnamese army, and they had actually prepared for the hilltop position to be occupied by us, so they had already calculated the coordinates of that trench.

It is conceivable that our troops went through a lot of hardships and paid heavy casualties to capture the Vietnamese army's hilltop position, and it was natural that they would enter the enemy's trenches to build a defensive line, and at this time, ...... The Vietnamese army hid in the tunnel, and then shelled the trench with pre-set coordinates, and then the Vietnamese army in the tunnel counterattacked with lightning speed......

It's terrible to think about, I was buried in the mud at that time, of course, I couldn't play any role, and the soldiers were also scattered, either buried waiting for someone to save them, or they were panicking to save people. At that time, if a group of Vietnamese troops rushed up...... Even if it's just a platoon, then our battalion will be finished.

These dog-day Vietnamese devils are really poisonous, but what they didn't expect was that we hit the hilltop position so quickly that the Vietnamese artillery was not mentally prepared at all. What they didn't expect was that it only took us more than ten minutes to blow up the mouth of the Vietnamese army's tunnel on the anticline......

The Vietnamese army has already calculated the coordinates, they can bomb the first time, and they will definitely be able to bomb the second time!

Thinking of this, I ordered into the walkie-talkie, "All of them!" Abandon the hilltop position and retreat into the anticline and build anticline fortifications! ”

"What? Abandonment of hilltop positions? ”

"Build anticline fortifications?"

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Hearing this, the warriors expressed their skepticism. The soldiers' suspicions are also justified, and some fighters are unwilling to give up the hilltop position, after all, the hilltop position can condescendingly strike at the Vietnamese army in the counterattack, and the geographical advantage is very obvious. Others were not accustomed to fighting the enemy with anti-cline fortifications. In their opinion, the anti-slope fortifications were all done in order to reduce the enemy's artillery damage when the artillery was inferior to the enemy, for example, during the Korean War. Now our artillery is stronger than the enemy, so the anticline fortifications to be used should be the more devils! We used to build anticline fortifications for training, but that was only to study the tactics of the Vietnamese army......

It's just that what they don't know is that sometimes it is not simply because our artillery is stronger than the Vietnamese army, so we don't need anticline fortifications. Just like now, the Vietnamese army not only calculated the coordinates of the hilltop position in advance, but also the long-range weapons on the 536 Heights and Kuma Hills could directly hit the 417 Heights on the top of the Heights. So throw all the strength of a battalion on the hilltop position...... Then there seems to be only one result, that is, heavy casualties under the fire and counter-charge of the Vietnamese army!

Thinking of this, I strengthened my determination even more, and shouted into the walkie-talkie: "If you are told to do it, you will do it!" Where did so much nonsense come from! Again, all withdraw from the hilltop positions and build anti-cline fortifications! ”

"Yes!" The warriors answered, and although most still did not understand the practice, they carried out my orders.

Fortunately, I also taught the soldiers how to build anticline fortifications in order to familiarize them with the tactics of the Vietnamese army, so the soldiers distributed firepower and built fortifications in an orderly and orderly manner.

Looking at the busy figures of the soldiers, I can't help but feel like I am 'making' people, and I can't imagine that today, twenty years later, I will still use anti-slope tactics on the battlefield!