Chapter Ninety-Eight: Big and Small Stone Mountains

Located in the northwest of Lang Son City, the Big and Small Stone Mountains are two adjacent stone mountains, one large and one small, and the Big and Small Stone Mountains are also named after them. Although the elevation of these two mountains is not high, only more than 100 meters, their slopes are very vain, and there are many natural rock 'caves'. As I saw in my telescope, the slope of the hill slope was 40 degrees at the least, and the slope was 80 degrees, and it would have taken a lot of effort for our troops to climb up without holding the guns and feet.

That's not all, what's even worse is that there is an open land 800 to 1,000 meters wide outside the big and small stone mountains, and there is a 30-meter-long muddy field when approaching the big and small stone mountains......

Looking at the defense of the Vietnamese army on the big and small rocky mountains, they relied on natural rock 'holes' to build fire points, and equipped a few 'strong' high-firing machine guns on the hilltop position, equipped with heavy machine guns halfway up the mountainside, and under the mountainside were a few tanks and armored vehicles hidden behind strange rocks, all of which only 'exposed' their gun barrels and machine guns, and there were still Vietnamese troops with 47 and light machine guns walking around between the strange rocks and rock 'holes' on the slope.

It is conceivable that once our army launches a charge against the big and small stone mountains, then a three-layer fire network will be formed on the upper side, the middle and the lower layer to pounce on our troops who are passing through the open field.

Seeing such terrain, I couldn't help but 'gasp' a breath, isn't this another 417 highland? The more fucking devils really choose a place, and they specialize in choosing a high ground in the middle of this kind of open land as a defense. Later, I learned that this big and small stone mountain is not just as simple as the 417 Heights, it is also another Guitun Fort......

"Battalion commander! How should this battle be fought? The people from my hometown came up and looked at the terrain and couldn't help but ask.

I shook my head and didn't speak, in fact I had been looking at the terrain here for at least half an hour, but there was still no way to break through the defenses of this large and small rocky mountain. Maybe I could have turned around and let the warriors charge a few times first, but I knew that with this kind of terrain and defense, all charges would not lead to anything but 'waste' the lives of the warriors.

"Battalion commander!" At this time, the voice of the correspondent came over the intercom: "The comrades of the third battalion came up and asked why we didn't attack yet!" ”

"I'll go back!" I turned to my hometown and said, "You continue to observe the enemy's movements here, and report to me as soon as there is anything new!" ”

"Yes!" The people of my hometown immediately raised their binoculars according to my orders.

After turning around and crawling back a few steps, after making sure that he was out of the sight of the Vietnamese army, he ran back with his gun and grotted back, and after a while, he saw the third battalion commander He Liqiang and the instructor looking at the map and listening to the situation.

"Second Battalion Commander!" As soon as He Liqiang saw me running up, he waved his hands enthusiastically and said, "Brother! It's good to be able to fight with you, we can compete on the battlefield! ”

As he spoke, he laughed heartily, as if two brothers were discussing how to fight a robber.

His relaxed smile quickly infected me, and I jokingly said, "Dude! If this is to eat and sleep, I can let you, but in this war, don't blame me for not giving you face! Let's all see our real kung fu......"

He Liqiang laughed, patted me on the shoulder and said, "Cheng! You kid to my liking! Let's talk about the situation, isn't it a bit tricky? ”

As soon as I talked about the situation, I couldn't help frowning, pointed to the big and small stone mountains on the map, and said: "The information we got before is that there are only two squads stationed in this big and small stone mountain, and these are two high ground that are no more than 100 meters, so we didn't pay too much attention to it. But now...... I just went up to take a look, the Vietnamese army on these two heights has at least two platoons, and there is a complete firepower configuration, and there are even tanks and armored vehicles under the mountainside, plus there is a section of open land about a thousand meters long in front of the high ground, so if it is unrealistic to force a charge with infantry, it will not have any effect except causing casualties to the troops! ”

"Hmm! How could this be the case......" Hearing this, He Liqiang couldn't help frowning: "Then how do you think it should be done?" ”

"There should be tank cover, and there should be artillery!" I replied: "There are 59 tanks, at least a dozen...... First use artillery to suppress the machine gun fire of the Vietnamese army on the big and small stone hills, and then the infantry follow up under the cover of tanks, only in this way can it be possible to smoothly rush through the open field to 'press' the big and small stone mountains, and then the infantry's strong attack! ”

"Reasonable!" He Liqiang nodded, and then said with some concern: "Our army is now attacking the northern area of Lang Son in an all-out way, and the troops need the cover of tanks after entering the street battle. Let's not talk about whether we can bring in so many tanks, even if we can...... As you said, this battle also requires a high degree of coordination between infantry, tank, and artillery! If anything goes wrong, it will cause considerable casualties to my stormtroopers......"

I completely agree with He Liqiang's point of view, if the artillery stops shelling too soon, the Vietnamese troops on the big and small stone mountains will come out and 'shoot' our infantry hiding behind the tanks, they have a condescending angle, so the tanks will not be able to cover the infantry behind them at all. If the artillery stops shelling too late, then the stones that have been blown up from the big and small stone mountains will fly towards the charging soldiers of our army like heavenly 'women' scattered 'flowers'......

In fact, this is a modern war, which requires a high degree of coordination between infantry, tank, artillery, and even sea and air. I really don't have much confidence in this, it's not that I'm timid, it's not that I don't believe in the combat effectiveness of my troops, it's that I have experience working with tanks. Think about it, the mutual communication between the infantry and the tank has to tie the soldiers to the back of the tank to enhance communication, and even accidentally separate the tank, what kind of coordination can you ask for between them?

But...... Now this situation is also helpless, I think that this battle can only be fought like this.

So he gritted his teeth and said: "The tank and artillery side asked me to respond to the superiors and ask the superiors to 'draw' a tank company over!" ”

"Agreed!" He Liqiang nodded and said, "Just do what you want!" ”

Soon the regimental headquarters was connected, and after listening to my report, the chief of staff said with some embarrassment: "There is no problem with artillery, but there are not so many tanks...... Wait, I'll get in touch ......."

After a long time, the voice of the chief of staff on the other end of the phone said in surprise: "Okay, as soon as the tank battalion of the 43rd Army heard that we needed tanks, it immediately arranged for ten Type 59 medium tanks to come over, and they will arrive in fifteen minutes!" They said it was to thank us for rescuing their tank troops in Long Creek, and their chief also mentioned your name and said that he would personally thank you one day! I said, Camp Commander Cui, your background is not small! ”

There was a somewhat proud laugh from the Chief of Staff on the other end of the phone, feeling that he was now proud to have me as a subordinate. But I smiled bitterly, I didn't expect that there would be such a "courtesy exchange" on this battlefield.

But this seems to be normal, maybe the tanks of the 43rd Army are really not enough, but because we once rescued a whole tank battalion of them, we are now scraping together ten tanks to help us fight, which is not a problem in both reason and militarily.

After putting down the phone, I raised my head at He Li: "Ten tanks have been transferred!" ”

"Hey!" He Liqiang shook his head and smiled: "Brother really has you!" If this is replaced by someone else, not only will the tank not be transferred, but it will also have to be criticized! ”

I've been in the army for a while, so I know that He Liqiang is telling the truth. But am I someone else? When I was a small platoon commander, the company commander had to listen to me, and now I'm only a battalion commander, but so what? The commander of the army will also call me to work out a plan to attack Lang Son together! It's not a trivial matter to transfer a few tanks......

But it's a bit of an afterthought, and if the chief of staff doesn't heed my advice or doesn't contact me, I'm really fine.

Ten tanks is indeed not much, but it is better than nothing, I originally wanted to divide half of the tanks to the third battalion, so that he could divide part of his forces to take the rear of the big and small stone mountains, but now there are only ten tanks, which seems to be only enough for us to attack in one direction......

"Dude! Let's go first! He Liqiang also seemed to see this, so he hurriedly said: "Your second battalion has just laid down Kuma Mountain, and you haven't rested well for a few days, and now it's our turn!" ”

I actually understand what He Liqiang meant, for a high ground where the Vietnamese army is so tightly defended, the first attack actually has the taste of testing the firepower of the Vietnamese army, and at the same time, it also has the meaning of testing the coordination of our army's infantry, tan, and artillery armies.

"The capture of Big and Little Stone Mountains was originally the task that the superiors 'handed over' to our second battalion!" I shook my head and refused: "The task of your three battalions is to cover the flanks of our battalion and cooperate with our attack, so I can't let you go on anything!" ”

I won't say more when I say this, after all, an order is an order, and everyone on the battlefield has their own tasks and responsibilities, and they don't just do what they want.

"Rumbling ......" At this time, there was a sound of a motor behind us, and when we looked behind us, we saw ten steel monsters driving along the mountain road behind us, with towering and thick barrels pointing straight ahead, and the muzzle of the high-firing machine gun was raised high, as if to show us its power. On the turret of each tank there is a red 'colored' five-pointed star with the word "Bayi" written on it.

So we quickly realized that it was the 43rd Army's tanks that had arrived to reinforce us, and we couldn't help but look at each other with some surprise, no one expected them to come so quickly.

Later, we learned that these tanks were actually on a mission nearby, and as soon as they heard the order to move, they immediately rushed to this side.

When the soldiers saw these behemoths coming to help, they immediately cheered, as if with these tanks they could move forward unimpeded, and even a few fighters were so excited that they ran out of their hiding places and waved and shouted while running with the tanks......

This is a recruit who has never seen the world! Looking at the exaggerated appearance of the soldiers, I couldn't help but feel helpless. In other words, among the 59 that our country is now equipped with, it seems that it is not as advanced as the "Pershing" of the US army or the "Captain of 100" tanks of the British army during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea. Now it's just ten 59 cars that make them excited like this.

With a "......boom", a tank led by me made a beautiful sharp turn in front of me and stopped not far away, and suddenly a cloud of dust rolled in and engulfed several of us.

I scolded in my heart, fuck which rabbit is performing skills in front of me, so that Lao Tzu eats a mouth full of dust! As soon as I stood up and tried to scold, a tanker jumped out of the tank and hugged me tightly.

"Great! Comrade Cui Wei, let's meet again! The tankman shook my hand and said, "It's great that we can fight together again!" As soon as I heard that your troops needed tanks, I didn't stop for a moment to bring them up! What do you think? Didn't delay your action! ”

"Are you...... Battalion Commander Wu! "It took me a long time to recognize him as Wu Changhui, the commander of the tank battalion I had brought out of Changxi.

"yes, yes!" Battalion Commander Wu nodded vigorously: "Why did you forget me?" ”

"Battalion Commander Wu......" I asked a little strangely, "...... you guys Isn't it still in the same place? How could it be ......"

"We've been built a long time ago!" Battalion Commander Wu replied: "A few days ago, our 43rd Army was also preparing to attack Langshan, and we returned to our own troops after contacting our superiors, and Battalion Commander Ding also returned to the army at that time. It's just because you fought fiercely with the Yue devils on the battlefield at that time, so we didn't say goodbye to you! I didn't expect to meet again so soon! ”

"I see!" Listening to Battalion Commander Wu's explanation, I realized that I was busy with the war during this time, and I had completely forgotten Battalion Commander Ding and Battalion Commander Wu, who had been born and died with me.

"Comrade Cui Wei! Assign us tasks! Battalion Commander Wu patted his chest and said, "Last time, we drove amphibious tanks that didn't fight, and this time we ......."

As he spoke, he waved at the tanks that were parked in front of me one after another, and said confidently: "Look! All of them are all 'color' in 59, although there are still a lot of 'faults', but on the battlefield, we guarantee that we can beat the more devils to the 'flowers'! ”

"That's good!" Holding Battalion Commander Wu's hand, I was thinking in my heart: infantry, tanks, and artillery...... The conditions for starting a war are all ready, but they are not known...... Can it be well coordinated together to form a powerful fist that will smash the big and small stone mountains with one punch!