Chapter Ninety-Two: Live Chess

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Chapter Ninety-Two: Live Chess

The main peak of Kuoma Mountain fell into the hands of our army, and the rest of the things were much easier. Heights 417 and 536, supported by fire from artillery and machine-gun positions on Kuma Mountain, soon took full control of the entire battlefield and drove the Vietnamese troops out of this triangular defensive zone.

As soon as the triangular defensive zone consisting of Kuma Mountain, 417 Heights and 536 Heights fell into the hands of our troops, the highland defense lines on the outskirts of Lang Son soon fell one after another like dominoes. After all, the 'firing' range of our army's Type 71 100-millimeter mortars is nearly five kilometers, and Lang Son City is only seven kilometers away from one end to the other, and with the 800-meter drop on Kuma Mountain, it can almost be said that the entire city of Lang Son and its surrounding heights are within the 'firing' range of our 100-millimeter mortars. What's more, we have also deployed a large number of divisional and military artillery regiments in the Dong Deng area, and as long as we can provide them with the correct coordinates, they can hit every inch of Lang Son City.

In other words, if we want to, or nod from our superiors, Lang Son will soon be in ruins.

But I also know that it is impossible to carry out a large-scale artillery attack on Lang Son, and the PLA soldiers do not know it, and I, who am a journalist in modern times, certainly know some of it, and at this time, many countries in the international community are already accusing our army of "invading" Vietnam, hoping that we can withdraw our troops. Even the United States, which supported us at this time, pretended to express regret and made some statements hoping that our country would withdraw its troops as soon as possible.

However, everyone knows that this move by the United States is nothing more than a show.

Speaking of this self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, I don't think it would have been possible to fight without the support of the United States. The reason is simple: to the north of our country is the million-strong army of the Soviet Union, and to the south is Vietnam, which has just emerged from decades of war, and almost all the people are soldiers. Any country must consider carefully in such a situation, otherwise a careless situation will be a total loss.

Then, in the face of this chess game, which seemed to be almost a dead chess, China's central leaders made a wise decision to establish 'diplomatic relations' with the United States, and informed the United States that China was going to carry out a punishing war against Vietnam, so as to seek the support and strategic protection of the United States.

In fact, this is the case between countries, there are no eternal enemies, there are no permanent friends, there are only interests. The enemy of the enemy is his friend, the world was still in the "Cold War" situation at that time, and only four years ago, the United States finally withdrew its troops from Vietnam because it was mired in the quagmire of Vietnam. Therefore, the United States is also happy to use the hand of our army to strike a blow at Vietnam's arrogance, and then make the Soviet Union lose face. Under the US policy of "uniting with China to resist the Soviet Union," the US military provided our army with some very valuable military intelligence, and even made some moves to contain the Soviet Union.

Thereupon...... This game of dead chess will make our country's leaders come alive!

Standing at the top of the main peak of Kuma Mountain, I could faintly see Lang Son City at the foot of the mountain through telescopes and layers of mist. Further south of Lang Son City is the North Vietnam region of Binh Cheong. This means that we can hit Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, at any time if we want.

No one will doubt that we do not have this ability, and the fact is obvious, perhaps the quality of our infantry is not comparable to that of the Vietnamese army, and we cannot deny this. After all, the Vietnamese army has fought for decades, but more than half of our army are new recruits, and many veterans are engaged in production and construction, and they spend more time with hoes than guns.

However, from the beginning of the war to the present, there is no doubt that our artillery is stronger than the Vietnamese artillery, and in the mountainous and jungle areas, the Vietnamese army can also use anti-slope tactics to resist the artillery fire of our army, so what about the plains where there is no danger to defend? All we had to do was send in tanks and artillery observers, and then when we saw the Vietnamese troops, we called for artillery fire to blow them up.

Therefore, there has been a saying since ancient times - "If the mountain is lost, the king of Yue descends", which also has a military reason.

"Battalion commander!" At this time, the hometown people came to me at a trott all the way and reported: "I have found the artillery headquarters of the Vietnamese army, in a rock 'hole' under the anticline. But...... All their documents have been burned, and they don't know where they have fled! ”

"Hmm!" I put away my binoculars and nodded.

As soon as the battle was over, I asked the 'shooting' team to cooperate with the sixth company of my hometown to clear the jungle area. This was done in order to eliminate the small Vietnamese forces hiding in the jungle before they threatened our army's logistical supply lines. The other, in order to dig out the artillery headquarters of the Vietnamese army.

As soon as I saw the high ground of Kuma Mountain, I assumed that the Vietnamese army would definitely set up an artillery headquarters here, and now it seems that I am not wrong. I was mentally prepared for the fact that the Vietnamese army had burned all the documents. After all, the Vietnamese army has too much time to prepare, and no one will be stupid enough to leave us a lot of valuable documents at this time.

I think that those documents will definitely have the coordinates of each highland, and if that document falls into our hands, it will be a real blessing for us. Therefore, even if I had prepared before, I was inevitably a little disappointed when I heard the report from my hometown.

"Let's go down and rest!" I said to my hometown: "Before dark, cooperate with the fourth company to strengthen the defense of our army's artillery positions and machine-gun positions, and we must protect their safety, and we must not be careless in the slightest." Do you understand? ”

"Understood!" The people in my hometown gave me a 'up', so I went down the same way and made arrangements.

"Battalion Commander...... Just when I wanted to look down at the foot of the mountain for a while, the correspondent came up with a walkie-talkie on his back, and called out while running in a hurry: "The regiment headquarters called and said that you would be asked to answer ...... immediately."

What's so urgent? Hearing this, I couldn't help frowning, now that the war has basically stabilized, even if the reinforcements of the Vietnamese army arrive in Lang Son, we have a foothold, and we don't need to be afraid of them. Do you want me to answer the phone right away?

walked a few steps down to meet him, took the microphone and said, "I'm Cui Wei!" ”

"Camp Commander Cui!" The chief of staff said on the other end of the microphone: "Are the positions all arranged?" ”

"It's all laid out!" I replied.

"Then you will come down to the regiment headquarters immediately!"

The Chief of Staff's words couldn't help but stunned me, and said hesitantly: "Chief of Staff...... I'm still fighting, and the troops still need to be commanded, what if this ......"

"Don't worry!" The chief of staff replied: "According to our intelligence, the Vietnamese army knows that our army is in control of the situation and their reinforcements have stopped advancing. ”

"Hmm! Vietnamese reinforcements are no longer gone? I couldn't help but be stunned.

But it's right to think about it, we have occupied the high ground on the periphery of Lang Son, that is, condescendingly aimed at Lang Son with the muzzle of the gun, so does the Vietnamese army dare to come with such a huge team? It's not that our artillery fire is 'chaotic'......

"'Hand' over the command to the deputy battalion commander!" The chief of staff ordered again: "Execute the order, come down immediately!" ”

"Yes!" I answered, and then hesitated: "Can the command not be 'handed over' to the deputy battalion commander......

"I said, why are you so wordy!" The chief of staff smiled bitterly: "Whatever you want, you can 'hand' it over to whoever you like!" ”

"Yes!" I answered, and secretly said in my heart that this was really not my wordiness, but the order of my superiors, and I didn't dare to disobey it easily.

So I immediately called the people from my hometown, and after 'handing' over to some cadres in the battalion headquarters to let them obey the command of the people from their hometown, I casually packed my luggage and went down the mountain with two guards and a communicator.

The jungle has just been searched by the hometown people, in order to facilitate the logistics personnel to go up the mountain, they also made marks along the way and 'inserted' road signs, and there are soldiers guarding and guarding near the road signs, so we went down the mountain very safely and quickly, and it took less than half an hour to go down the mountain, and then ran all the way to the regiment headquarters.

Along the way, there were soldiers who knew me saluting me, and even the group of soldiers patrolling with guns on their backs took the initiative to stop and make way for us. I don't feel anything about this, I'm used to it, am I? On the contrary, the two guards and the correspondent who followed me became a little complacent, especially the young guard, whose head was raised as if it were a public 'agitation', as if it was a very honorable thing to be my guard......

After a while, he came to the regiment headquarters, shouted a report and walked in.

"Yo! Come on......" As soon as the chief of staff saw me, he warmly welcomed me in, and said happily: "This battle is well fought, and it is beautiful!" 'Exposed' face for our troops! ”

"That's it!" Political Commissar Huang also greeted him and said with a smile: "Many friendly and neighboring troops were able to successfully take the enemy's high ground because of our fire assistance, and they kept calling to express their gratitude to us!" ”

"Chief of Staff! ......"I looked at the chief of staff suspiciously, this is the second time I have asked him to be pulled off the line of fire, I don't know what is urgent this time."

"No hurry, no hurry!" The chief of staff handed me a cup of tea: "Let's rest for a while, it's too late!" ”

"Chief of Staff!" I hesitated and replied, "Let's start with it, the war is still unstable, and it wouldn't be good if something went wrong!" ”

I'm telling the truth, anyone who has been on the battlefield can understand this, not to mention that we are advanced in thinking or how we behave in front of the leader, we are not so great. What we soldiers who fought on the battlefield actually thought very simply, if we lost the high ground that we had worked so hard to get down, how could we be worthy of those sacrificed and wounded comrades...... So at this time, I was really anxious, and I couldn't wait to solve the matter and return to the position immediately!

"Yo! Still not at ease at the front line? Seeing this, the chief of staff and Political Commissar Huang looked at each other and smiled, obviously very satisfied with my performance.

"That's good!" After pondering for a while, the chief of staff said: "Then I'll make a long story short, our army commander wants to see you, I have prepared the car, let's go when I get ready!" ”

"What? The commander wants to see me? I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, and it took me a long time to react that the person who wanted to see me was Liu Shunyi.

"Hmm!" Political Commissar Huang also nodded: "Actually, Commander Liu has wanted to see you for a long time." Here's the thing, last time you proposed not to occupy all the high ground on the periphery of Lang Son and leave a gap for the Viet Devils to drill, we immediately reported this idea to our superiors, and then uploaded it layer by layer and finally reached the ears of the army commander, and at that time the army commander said that he wanted to see you, but you happened to be commanding the troops to attack Kuma Mountain, so you have waited until now......"

"Commissar ......" listened to me and asked hesitantly, "the commander of the army, he ...... Did you say you wanted to meet Liu Yun and Yichen......

"What Liu Yun and Arichen?" Hearing this, the chief of staff couldn't help but be a little inexplicable.

"Oh!" Political Commissar Huang explained: "That's the case, the commander's 'daughter' and another 'female' soldier are in Camp Commander Cui's troops......"

"What? The commander's 'daughter' also fights in the army? Hearing this, the chief of staff couldn't help but be stunned, I noticed that his fair face couldn't help but turn red, and then asked me: "Are they okay?" ”

"It's fine!" I replied, "It's just that they haven't been back for a while, and the commander of the army wants to see me, and I don't see my 'daughter'......"

At this time, I couldn't help but admire Liu Shunyi a little, only a superior like him is the superior we most hope to meet as soldiers! But I felt a little awkward when I thought about it, because I used to be his superior......

"I said Commissar Huang...... Why didn't you say it earlier! The chief of staff said to Political Commissar Huang in a somewhat reproachful tone: "How can you let Commander Liu's 'daughter' go to the battlefield?" Don't tell me about such a big thing! ”

"Hmm! It's my fault! Political Commissar Huang smiled embarrassedly: "I was only thinking about fighting during this time, and I forgot to tell you about it for a while, but let them go to the battlefield...... That's what the commander himself meant! ”

"Quick! Tell them both to come down now! The chief of staff quickly ordered.

After waiting for a while, he added another sentence at the end: "You must send someone to protect it, and you can't make any mistakes!" ”

"Yes!" Political Commissar Huang answered, and immediately arranged for a correspondent to convey the order.

Since I knew that this trip was to meet the military commander, I couldn't go back for a while, so I calmed down and waited for the two girls.

The chief of staff and Political Commissar Huang naturally had their own business, and after chatting with me for a while, they were busy with themselves.

When I was bored, I picked up a newspaper from the chief of staff's desk, only to see that it read: "The squadron has 'pressed' close to Lang Son, and the Vietnamese military says that it will take at least a year for the squadron to take Lang Son......"

Looking at this, I think it's a little funny, the Vietnamese really want to save face, and now Lang Son can say that as long as we want, we can let it fall into a sea of fire at any time, and they are even ashamed to say that it will take us at least a year to take it......

If you look at the other contents, either there are some "colorful" statements made by the Vietnamese military, saying where and where how many people of our army have been annihilated, and where and where they have defeated such and such a unit of our army, or there are countries around the world speculating about how our army will react next, and there are a large number of so-called military experts analyzing this and that, and discussing whether China will be as deep in the quagmire of Vietnam as the US military.

As I drank my tea, I read this newspaper as entertainment gossip, and it was obvious that this newspaper was not a domestic newspaper, otherwise it would have been news of our army's victory.

Looking at it, tiredness hit me in bursts. In other words, there is really not much time to sleep in the past two days, either fighting with the Yue devils on the battlefield, or fighting mosquitoes in the jungle...... Now I hid in this safe and comfortable regiment headquarters, and soon felt tired as soon as I relaxed. I just wanted to rest in my chair with my eyes closed, but I didn't expect this head to tilt and fall asleep......

"Camp Commander Cui! Camp Chief Cui ......"

I was woken up by the chief of staff, and when I woke up, I jumped up like a spring and grabbed my gun, and at the same time asked, "What's the situation?" ”

With a coax, all the soldiers around him laughed, including Liu Yun and Yichen, who had just come down from the position.

"Laugh what a laugh!" I glared at Liu Yun and Yichen fiercely, Liu Yun secretly stuck out his tongue, but Yichen just pouted on his face.

I was a little embarrassed and explained to the chief of staff and political commissar Huang: "I thought this was on the battlefield......

"It's okay! Never mind! The chief of staff smiled and waved his hand, then pointed to the jeep parked outside and said, "Well, you better hurry up!" It's not safe when it's dark, so pay attention to protecting the two 'female' soldiers! Got it? ”

"Understood!" I answered the call and put on the military hat that had already been crooked to the side, and took Liu Yun and Yichen into the car.

Because there is only one car, the guard can't bring it, but the communicator and walkie-talkie still have to be brought, this thing is like a modern mobile phone, and people can't find it if they don't bring it to their body. Reluctantly let the correspondent and radio station squeeze into the passenger cab, and Liu Yun and Yichen and I were in the back row. Fortunately, Liu Yun and Yichen are both thin and don't have a few catties of 'meat', so they don't look crowded.

When the jeep started, I was thinking, if this was a mine from the Vietnamese army, it would be a good idea......

"Battalion commander!" Liu Yun, who was sitting next to me, seemed to be a little nervous, and as soon as the car drove away, he asked in a low voice, "Why did you say that the military commander asked you to send us along?"

"Hmm!" When I heard this, I realized that the chief of staff didn't tell Liu Yun and Yichen the truth, I'm afraid this is the one they like to do the most! first politely said that they had fought bravely during this time, and then said that the commander missed them and asked them to go back and see......

Then I thought back to Liu Yun's words and felt that something was wrong, what did it mean to "let me send them with me", and I saw that she was so nervous that her face turned red...... She didn't think her dad knew something and took me back to see her son-in-law!

But I ...... It's really nothing to do with her, is it? But thinking about Lin Xue in the past, I quickly understood that people in this era are not all like that, even if they hold hands when they fall in love, they are ashamed to answer. And she seems to have a handkerchief for me, and she ...... I don't think of it as a gift of love! RO！！