Chapter 109: The Battle of the Bridgehead (5)

Sorry, drank too much at night......

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Chapter 109: The Battle of the Bridgehead (5)

Everything was quickly prepared, and in fact there was no need to prepare anything, except that some of the bazookas, recoilless guns, mortars, and so on were removed from the original foundation.

Our aim is to make the Vietnamese troops kill each other, so our artillery doesn't need to go there to join in the fun. Most of the artillery and anti-tank weapons were withdrawn into dugouts or tunnels. Of course, in order not to make the Vietnamese army suspicious, we still arranged some bazookas to bluff outside.

Whether this battle can be successful or not, the most important thing is to see the two tanks of Battalion Commander Wu and the soldiers who shoot tracer bullets.

There is no doubt that the two tanks of Battalion Commander Wu were arranged on the left and the right to lure and "lure" the enemy tanks at the bridgehead and the intersection of the Tonglang Highway. The number of tracer fighters is still a platoon, and they are scattered in all corners of the battlefield, some to the north and some to the south, anyway, as long as they see a tank on the opposite side, they will shoot at the tank.

"Battalion commander!" Seeing my deployment, Li Zhifu couldn't help but feel a little weak: "Let's fight like this...... Isn't it too dangerous, if the devil is not fooled, the consequences will ......"

I have to admit that Li Zhifu's worries are justified. If the Vietnamese army is not deceived or they can identify each other in time, then the two teams of tanks in front of each other and behind them will be tantamount to two sharp knives 'inserted' into the heart of our army, and all our heights will be divided and surrounded by Vietnamese tanks. It's not just that they can't hold their positions and can't complete their tasks, but I'm afraid that few people in the whole battalion will get out alive!

But war is an adventure, and it is an immutable truth on the battlefield that only by taking greater risks can we achieve greater victory. I, on the other hand, have always chosen the former between taking risks and not taking risks. In other words, if you win, you have to win, and if you lose, you have to lose......

I calmly replied, "No eventuality, we can only win this battle!" ”

"Yes!" Li Zhifu answered and returned to his post.

Three red 'colored' signal flares rose in the dark night like red 'colored' stars, and then suddenly remembered the sound of artillery, and the Vietnamese army began shelling again.

I don't know if it was because the Vietnamese artillery shells were not enough, or they were worried that they would be suppressed by our artillery fire, but the Vietnamese army's shelling this time was obviously not as fierce as the last time, and it stopped after three minutes. As a result, our positions remained largely unchanged, and the fighters did not suffer too many casualties.

So I was glad that this time I didn't let the soldiers dig the Golan trench again, otherwise...... If those tanks can't be driven, then my mind will be in vain.

After drilling out of the air-raid 'hole', he habitually raised his rifle and looked out through the scope and layers of gunsmoke, and couldn't help but be taken aback - the troops attacking from the south this time actually used tanks!

I read that right! I 'rubbed' my eyes and looked in the direction of the Vietnamese army again...... That's right, except for a few infantry behind the tank, all of them were tanks. There are at least two dozen cars from the beginning to the end......

Maybe the Vietnamese army was killed or injured by the infantry in the previous battle, so they simply learned from the Yankees to fight this "tank splitting battle"! After all, they also knew very well that letting the infantry charge behind the tanks would not only be ineffective, but would also suffer heavy casualties from the mortars and long-range guns of our army.

Originally, I was still prepared to separate the infantry and tanks of the Vietnamese army before implementing the next plan, because I knew that if the Vietnamese army had infantry, it would not only cause great variables to our army, but also the Vietnamese army would be more likely to identify the enemy and our tanks.

"Battalion commander!" At this time, Ho Liqiang, who was guarding the No. 3 high ground, reported to me through the walkie-talkie: "The Vietnamese army in the north seems to have increased the number of tanks, and they seem to want to use tanks to forcibly break through our position......

"Hmm!" I asked, "How many tanks are there in the north?" Is there infantry cover? ”

"Shame...... There are fifteen or six! He Liqiang replied: "There is no infantry cover, only a few infantry on tanks, and two armored personnel carriers!" ”

"Hmm! And armored personnel carriers! "I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, this Yue devil's equipment is not bad! This armored personnel carrier is a new thing at this time, if this is in our army, it is something that only chief-level people can sit on, but I didn't expect that the Yue devil would be used to attack our army at this time.

"Pass the order on!" I ordered He Liqiang: "The tanks don't need to be blown up, but the infantry should try to intercept them, especially those two armored personnel carriers!" ”

"Yes!" He Liqiang answered and assigned the order.

If you blow up a tank, it may be more than enough, but this armored personnel carrier seems to be able to easily blow through its armor with just an anti-tank grenade.

"Hit!" As soon as I gave the order, the fighters opened fire.

This time the fire was different from usual, the last time the fighters knew that the enemy was driving a tank, and knew that the bullets were of no use to it, so they rarely fired guns, and even grenades were not thrown much. But this time it was different, we were bluffing to make the enemy think that there were many enemies in front of us and panic, so the sound of submachine guns, machine guns, and grenades quickly rang out. Occasionally, a few rockets "......chirped" and flew past the tank with a long tail.

Seeing this, the enemy tanks hurriedly accelerated their advance, after all, they also knew that the slower the speed at this time, the greater the chance of being hit.

He Liqiang's voice came from the walkie-talkie of the "battalion commander......: "The enemy tank is rushing up, to put it or not to let it go?" ”

"Hold it a little longer!" I replied loudly: "The tank unit came up and blew up a few shots!" ”

"Yes!" He Liqiang and Battalion Commander Wu each responded.

The rumbling sound of the motor soon came from behind us, and the tracer bullets hit the Vietnamese tanks in strings, and then the tanks quickly fired two guns in the direction indicated by the tracer bullets and turned around, and the Vietnamese tanks were not in a hurry to catch up, but only steadily swept the machine guns towards our positions, and from time to time fired a shell in the direction of our troops.

One tank successfully crossed the bridgehead, followed by another...... When the third tank drove over the bridgehead, the Vietnamese army seemed to see the victory, one by one, they set up a formation in front of the bridgehead to cover the other tanks crossing the bridge, and after a while, only the sound of motors was heard, and the Vietnamese tanks were like a 'tide' rushing towards our position......

"Open the gates! Open the gates......" I hurriedly shouted into the walkie-talkie while waving at the fighters: "Retreat!" ”

After saying that, he carried his rifle and led the soldiers to retreat along the trench to the high ground.

The Vietnamese tankers apparently noticed in their night vision devices that we had retreated, so they increased their horsepower to chase after us, and the smoke of gunpowder, tank exhaust and artillery shells kicked up dust and immediately filled the entire battlefield, making the darkness of the battlefield unfathomable. Only tracer bullets drew bright lines in the air, like spider webs on the battlefield. And under this cobweb, the tank group of the Vietnamese army rushed all the way north like a torrent of steel......

Suddenly, a convoy of tanks collided with this torrent of steel in the smoke of gunpowder from the north, and the battle began in an instant. The tanks on both sides opened fire at the same time, and with a "boom" sound, the tanks in front of us immediately burst into flames......

It is clear that none of these are the 59 of our army, because there are only two of our tanks, and they are already hiding in the tunnels by this time. But I really can't tell whether these tanks are from the Vietnamese army or not, because those T54 and T55 are almost exactly the same as those in our army's 59, and there is even a red 'color' five-pointed star on the turret (the Vietnamese flag is a five-pointed star).

The difference between the five-pointed star on the tanks of our army and the five-pointed stars on the tanks of the Vietnamese army is...... Our army's five-pointed star is written on the Chinese character "Bayi", but in this dark night of gunsmoke, who will be able to see whether the five-pointed star has "Bayi", plus the tanks of the team are suddenly encountered, who will be careful to distinguish under a nervousness, fight first and then say, slow down may mean that there is no chance to start again.

So the scene was 'chaotic' in an instant, the tanks 'intertwined', and the turret also rotated rapidly, and then there was a "boom", and the black barrel spewed out a ball of flames and smashed on the opponent's buttocks...... The armor piercing of the back of the tank is a weak area, and it seems that it is still the location of the fuel tank, so this gun went down to the other tank and immediately "canopy" a large ball of flames

A light tank seemed to be trying to get out of the field with speed, but another medium tank rushed up and knocked it down a steep slope, and then the medium tank did not give up and fired a shot at the light tank, which was no longer able to resist. It's just that...... While the light tank was blown to pieces, the medium tank was targeted by two other tanks......

As they fought, some tanks began to be suspicious, which can be seen from the fact that they did not fire their guns and just wanted to withdraw from the combat circle. But where would we let them withdraw from the battlefield so easily, and the bazooka 'shooters' that had already been prepared on the periphery immediately fired rockets at those tanks.

It is true that the rockets are not precise enough, and at the same time, it is difficult to penetrate the frontal armor of the enemy's tanks, but more than a dozen rocket launchers are fired at the enemy at the same time, and at least two or three rockets can hit the weak positions of the enemy's tanks......

The tanks were only in a 'mess' in the position, and it was not until finally that only a dozen tanks were left that they could still move, and they seemed to have reacted to what was going on, and they all ceased fire, opened the hatches, and communicated with walkie-talkies.

But then I realized that it was too late, and with my order, the divisional artillery regiments assigned to us in the rear immediately poured piles of shells into those tank groups, squeezing the tanks in the position, whether they could move or not, anyway, just hit the sky with their old brains.

After a few minutes, the shelling gradually stopped, and the gunfire around the position gradually thinned out. The Vietnamese army obviously also knew that their tank units did not set off any big storms and 'waves' within our army, because the firepower of our army's defense on the high ground was very strong from beginning to end, coupled with the assistance of long-range artillery fire, so they were unwilling to leave hundreds of corpses and retreat.

As for the tanks that rushed through our defense lines, for the Vietnamese army it was like a stone sinking into the sea without an echo, and for us, it was a pile of scrap metal in front of the position.

There may be a few tanks that have not been blown up by our artillery fire, although the large-caliber howitzers are powerful, they are mainly used against infantry anti-personnel shells, so it is difficult to blow through the thick armor of the tank, but the tankers inside are all stunned by the artillery fire. So what did the warriors do...... It's just a bazooka or recoilless gun on your back and a few shots at the weak points of those tanks. In order to save rockets, some fighters even directly tied explosive "charge" bags or blasters to the tank to blast ......

So I heard a roar, and piles of raging fires erupted in the position one after another, and the Vietnamese troops on the other side of the bridge could only watch their tanks being blown up by us like lambs waiting to be slaughtered!

"It's fucking fun!" When I was leading the soldiers to search in the tank pile, I heard the sound of Battalion Commander Wu laughing.

I ran along with the laughter in confusion, and found that Battalion Commander Wu was carrying a rocket "hole" that had obviously just been "fired" on his back, and a tank with a large "hole" was being blown out more than ten meters in front of me, spewing flames and black smoke weakly.

"Come again! Rockets ......" Battalion Commander Wu beckoned to one of the soldiers beside him.

"Battalion Commander Wu, why are you ......" Seeing that Battalion Commander Wu, as a tank battalion commander, got off the tank and used bazookas to hit the tank with the infantry, I couldn't help but cry and laugh.

"Camp Commander Cui!" As soon as Battalion Commander Wu saw that it was me, he smiled a little embarrassedly, secretly stuffed the bazooka to the soldiers beside him, grabbed the tank cap on his head and said, "I...... Isn't it impossible for me to open the tank? Watching the fighters have a good time, my hands itch......"

After a pause, he looked at the tank wreckage all around, and said with a sigh: "It's still Camp Commander Cui who has a lot of ghost ideas, and now we can make a lot of money!" This trip...... There are dozens of tanks, to say the least! In this battle, more tanks were fought than our tank regiment destroyed! ”

I smiled and replied, "You can't say that, most of the time your tank regiments cooperate with infantry attacks, and rarely fight tank battles with the enemy, how can you compare to how many tanks you fight?" ”

"That's right!" Battalion Commander Wu smiled and said, "But no matter what, this battle is still beautiful, if I go back and tell our regiment commander about this situation...... You only used infantry to knock out dozens of tanks of the Yue devil, but I don't believe him even if he is killed......"

"You can't say that!" He Liqiang didn't know where to get out, and said with a smile: "This battle also has the credit of your tank battalion!" ”

"Hey......" Battalion Commander Wu said with some embarrassment: "I just drove the tank and hit two guns and hid in a circle, what credit can I ......?"

I smiled and said, "If you don't turn around and shoot two shots, the more devils may not be fooled!" ”

"That's right!" Camp Commander Wu nodded, and then quipped: "I didn't expect that this two turns will make a great achievement, Camp Commander Cui, if there is such a good thing next time, don't forget my brother!" ”

There was a coax, and the surrounding soldiers couldn't help laughing when they heard this.

"Battalion commander......" At this time, the signal soldier ran to me with a walkie-talkie on his back and said: "The regimental headquarters phone is the chief of staff......

"Camp Commander Cui!" As soon as I answered the phone, I heard the chief of staff anxiously ask on the other end, "How's the situation going?" Did the bridge blow up? ”

"Report to the Chief of Staff!" I replied: "The bridge has not been blown up yet, we have repelled the enemy's attack!" ”

"Hmm!" The chief of staff responded with some surprise: "It's good to retreat, the troops don't have much loss!" The result? ”

"The results of the battle have not yet been counted!" I replied, "Wow...... Destroy 20 or 30 enemy tanks! ”

"Oh...... What the? What did you say? Twenty or thirty tanks? The chief of staff asked with some disbelief, "Have you made a mistake?" Destroy twenty or thirty enemy tanks? ”

"That's right!" I confidently replied: "Twenty or thirty tanks is still a conservative estimate, according to the situation before the war, at least 20 tanks came up in the southern area of the Vietnamese army, and more than a dozen tanks came up in the northern area, all of these tanks were trapped in our positions, and there should not be many tanks that escaped." The specific number will not be known until the statistics are completed......"

"You...... Are you telling the truth? The chief of staff seemed a little incredulous at this fact.

"Report to the chief!" Battalion Commander Wu got a little carried away and leaned up into the microphone and shouted: "Of course it's true!" We are now standing in the middle of the wreckage of enemy tanks......"

I couldn't help glaring at Battalion Commander Wu, so frightened that Battalion Commander Wu hurriedly retreated to the side as soon as his tongue stretched out, only to provoke the other soldiers to eat and laugh.

There was silence for a few moments on the microphone before the chief of staff continued; "Battalion Commander Cui, if you can hold the position, don't blow up the bridge, there will be troops to support you soon at dawn! But...... If it is difficult to hold the position, you must blow up the bridge, understand? ”

"Understood!"

"What are the requirements?" The chief of staff asked again.

"Our Impeachment 'Drug' ......"

As soon as I spoke, I didn't want to go on, because I knew very well that even if I did, it would be useless. During the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, our volunteers' favorite thing was to fight night battles, and at this time, the most taboo thing for our army was to fight night battles......

Sure enough, the chief of staff on the other side of the microphone replied: "I am very clear about your difficulties, but you are now in the artillery circle of the Vietnamese army, and you are only afraid of ......."

After hanging up the microphone, I gave the order to the soldiers: "Clean up the battlefield and collect the enemy's ammunition!" ”

"Yes!" The fighters immediately split up.

The lack of ammunition and 'medicine' soon became our new threat, and what I hope most now is that the Vietnamese army does not know this.