Chapter 206: Purgatory on Earth

Chapter 206: Purgatory on Earth

"Directional Mine!"

Looking at the Vietnamese troops who were getting closer and closer, I 'fired' bullets at them and gave the radio an order to place directional mines. Because they had been prepared beforehand, the soldiers did not know the meaning of my command at this time, so they had a very tacit understanding with each other to place a directional mine on the trench every fifty meters, and camouflaged it as quickly as possible, and installed detonators and wires.

"The fourth company is ready!"

"The Sixth Company is ready!"

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The fighters were all trained in mine-laying when they were conducting special training, so it was easy to complete this series of movements, and it only took two minutes to get ready and report to me by radio. This reminded me of the benefits of having a miniature radio, which is actually to work with us for better and faster coordination, which is especially important for a unit, especially a special forces.

"All of them!" Watching the mine-laying soldiers grab the detonator and burrow into the tunnel, I shouted over the radio, "Listen to my commands, grenades are ready...... Cast! ”

As soon as I gave the order, the soldiers threw the prepared grenades one after another, and then only heard a "boom ......" explosion, and a row of grenades exploded a barrage around our position.

This was to cover me and the fighters into the tunnel. Although there are more than a dozen of them, it is unrealistic for us to drill tunnels one after another under the nose of the enemy, and if the Vietnamese army takes advantage of our crowded time to attack in one go, it will undoubtedly make us suffer great casualties and unnecessary losses. However, it is different to use a grenade to blow up a barrage in front of the position, under the power of the grenade, the Vietnamese army will at least lie on the ground for a while, and then because the smoke raised by the grenade cannot detect the reality of our army, they will not dare to act rashly...... We were able to calmly burrow into the tunnel while the enemy hesitated.

It should be said that the Vietnamese army built these tunnels very strongly, and I think this half is also to learn from the experience we gained during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, because they will also have a turn not far from the entrance of the tunnel to avoid being hit into the tunnel by enemy fire, which makes me feel a sense of déjà vu. The other half is due to the experience they have accumulated from a long period of fighting the Yankees. Who is the Yankees? Although their combat effectiveness is not strong, they are not as brave and crazy as the Chinese and Vietnamese soldiers, but they have the most advanced and lethal equipment in the world. Therefore, in order to resist the Yankees' cannons, of course, the more devils must "spend" more work on the sturdiness of the tunnel, otherwise it will not cost their own lives?

Listening to Xie Xianjian, this is how the Yue devil built the tunnel. A large part of the inside of the tunnel is no different from our period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, but the relatively fragile tunnel mouth has been specially reinforced.

This is a deep understanding of this for those who have fought tunnel warfare on the Korean battlefield, because the tunnel mouth is on the edge of the high ground and the soil layer on it is relatively thin, so it is often collapsed by enemy artillery fire or blown up with explosives. It's fine if the tunnels are connected to each other, but if the tunnels aren't connected...... The collapse of the mouth of the tunnel by the enemy was undoubtedly fatal to the soldiers hiding in the tunnel, and our volunteers suffered greatly from it on the Korean battlefield at that time.

When the Vietnamese army was fighting against the United States, they also learned from our experience during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid and used a lot of tunnels on the battlefield, so of course they will also be troubled by this problem. This is how they solve it, that is, in the construction of the tunnel, the soil layer on the tunnel is dug up, and then the log is used to build a frame at the entrance, and then a layer of steel plates, a horizontal layer, a vertical layer, and a horizontal layer of three rows of bowl-thick logs, and the top is paved with a "corrugated" steel plate (the "corrugated" steel plate is a steel plate in the shape of the upper and lower concave and convex "waves" and "waves", and its role is like a stone arch bridge, which can use the concave and convex surface to disperse the pressure), and finally pave a thick layer of soil.

Therefore, the standard tunnel built by the Vietnamese army is the strongest at the mouth of the tunnel, Xie Xianjin also said that the general artillery at the mouth of the tunnel built by the Vietnamese devils is powerless, even if it hits directly, it is nothing, only the 152 mm howitzer can be destroyed by a direct hit, and it takes a lot of effort for our sappers to blow up this kind of tunnel with explosives. Some Vietnamese troops even converted the mouth of the tunnel with bunker fortifications, and a few sandbags were put on the front shelf at the mouth of the tunnel, and a few "strong" machine guns were pillboxes, which could prevent bullets and artillery, and could not be beaten into the tunnel where the soldiers were hidden......

There are several such fortifications in our position, but at this time, because we have to withdraw to the tunnel as quickly as possible, we naturally cannot block our entrance with sandbags, and the soldiers guarding the entrance of the tunnel have already pushed the sandbags away, and we bury our heads in the cat's waist and drill in, and we drilled into the tunnel one after another in an orderly manner.

It's just that this tunnel is sturdy, but the sanitary environment is still not much different from our anti-artillery 'hole', there is mud and dirty water everywhere, and the air is 'mixed' with all kinds of stench and bloody smell also makes people sick, and even because of the lack of air circulation in the tunnel, people have a feeling of not being able to breathe as soon as they get in, even I, a person who often drills tunnels, can't stand it. Later, I heard Xie Xianjin say that the Yue devils often dragged the soldiers who died in battle to the pit and buried them on the spot, and almost didn't vomit out......

At this time, I couldn't help but curse secretly, this more devil is really *** practical, they can work tirelessly to toss the tunnel mouth in order to save their lives, but they are reluctant to dig a few more vents or dig a few more tunnels for special purposes. But then again, this is really practical on the battlefield, and everything is not as important as saving 'life'.

We didn't dig any further into the tunnel, but when we reached the corner of the tunnel, I made a difficult turn in the tunnel with my rifle, squeezed past the two fighters behind me, and poked my head out around the corner.

The tunnel was pitch black, only a circular light in the direction of the mouth of the tunnel, this light hung in front of me like a moon, and I could only observe everything outside through this "moon".

"Units report the situation!" I called over the radio.

"Everything works!"

"Everything works!"

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"Demoman get ready!" Immediately after that, I gave another order: "Listen to my order and prepare to detonate directional mines!" ”

"Yes!"

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At this time, there was a burst of noise outside the tunnel, and I saw a burst of smoke and dust outside the mouth of the tunnel, and it was thought that the Yue devils threw several rounds ......of grenades at us when they rushed to our position. This is almost a habit of positional warfare, and throwing a round of grenades before attacking the enemy's position can not only cause casualties to the defenders to a large extent, but also provide a good cover for the charge of your own soldiers by kicking up smoke and dust. So of course, the Yue devils will not be an exception, but they have not been able to cause us casualties this time.

Immediately followed by a shout of killing, all of a sudden outside the tunnel was full of Yue devils' dangling figures and running feet, and occasionally a few Vietnamese soldiers would pass by and casually raise 47 to hit a shuttle into the tunnel...... Of course, these bullets didn't pose any threat to us, and I didn't even shrink my head.

It's not that I'm not afraid of death, in fact, no one is not afraid of death on this battlefield, it's just that we know many times that if we don't die, more comrades will die or the troops will suffer greater losses, so we have to die. It's like we volunteered to stay on this 142 heights on a mission......

But I wasn't worried at all about the Vietnamese army 'shooting' into our tunnel, firstly because I had only a small part of my head sticking out, and partly because as a sniper, I knew very well that as long as the muzzle of the gun was at a slight angle to the level of the tunnel, those bullets would only hit the wall of the tunnel and fly in front of me.

As expected, not to mention the bullets that hit me, there were not even a few that could hit the corner.

The Yue Devils rushed up after the team, but I still didn't give the order to detonate because I knew...... At this time, it was still the time when the Vietnamese army was remnant of the enemy on our army's position", the strength of the troops was not very dense, and if I wanted to achieve the greatest results as much as possible, I had to wait, wait patiently......

As the minutes ticked by, until the gunfire outside the tunnel became quieter, followed by the cheers of the Vietnamese troops from all directions, I knew it was time to start.

Some people may say, are those more devils stupid, our company's special reconnaissance brigade is on the high ground, and the number of people who have lost their lives is at least seventy or eighty, so many people have disappeared collectively, and the more devils will not pay attention to find them?

I have also considered this problem, but the battlefield is full of gunpowder smoke from shells and grenades, coupled with the constant light rain, which makes the visibility very low, and it is difficult for the devils to carefully distinguish which of the corpses that have fallen on the battlefield are their own people and which are the enemy's, and more importantly...... It was the Vietnamese army that attacked our army on four sides, and there will undoubtedly be a problem, that is, the Vietnamese army on this side thought that the other three sides had killed and injured the enemy, and the Vietnamese army on the other three sides would also think so, so for a while they did not even find that our army was hiding in the tunnel and laying a trap waiting for them......

At this time, I can't care so much, anyway, what I know is that the Vietnamese army has been fooled, so where dare I slack off, and when the Vietnamese army let out bursts of cheers, I shouted fiercely into the radio: "Detonate!" ”

The sound of the "boom, boom......, boom" explosion quickly drowned out the cheers of the Vietnamese army, and there was nothing to see outside the mouth of the tunnel, except for layers of smoke and bright red blood arrows, and I later learned that those were not actually blood arrows, but small steel balls that penetrated the bodies of the Vietnamese soldiers.

There are as many as 800 steel balls in each directional mine, and the soldiers have at least planted more than 50 directional mines around the position on the top of the hill just now, that is, there are more than 40,000 lethal steel balls...... It is conceivable that those steel balls will be spread all over the highland like locusts, and because we are planting lightning on the top of the highland, this condescending terrain will greatly increase the coverage and killing area of the steel balls......

But this was not the time for me to calculate this, and just after the explosion, I shouted into the walkie-talkie: "Comrades! It's time to kill the enemy and serve the country, rush! Kill them all! ”

"Rush!"

"Kill them all!"

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The soldiers shouted and followed me out of the tunnel. If this is in normal times, my tactic is tantamount to self-defeating, and the more devils only need to stand on both sides of the pit mouth with two people holding 47 to easily block our way out. However, now it is not ordinary, at this time, the Vietnamese army has caught us off guard, and has blown up the small steel balls of directional mines!

Drill out of the pit and take a look, it's really! I saw that our army position has been black and pressed down a piece of Vietnamese troops, most of them are only wounded and not killed, although there are many steel balls in this direction, but the diameter is very small, each is only 1.2 mm meters What is the idea, that is, a little longer than a millimeter, the balls of the ballpoint pen tip we use are 0.3 mm in diameter, and our steel balls are as big as four...... Therefore, its lethality is not as great as shrapnel, but because of its large number, the coverage and killing density are very large, so those Vietnamese troops on the position were all more or less injured by the steel balls, and all of them fell to the ground in an instant, and they all fell to the ground and screamed......

And I believe that some of the Vietnamese soldiers who are lying on the ground still wish they could die more simply, because some of those Vietnamese soldiers have blood 'holes' all over their faces, and their eyes have been blown out and hung outside; some of them are covered in blood and are rolling on the ground, but no one can find out where their wounds are; and even more so they can't even speak, only blood spurts out of their throats...... They were cheering when the directional thunder exploded, and the balls that flew out were just drilling into their mouths......

The higher you climb, the worse you fall, and the more devils you cheer this time, the worse you die!

However, at this time, we did not have time to pay attention to their tragic situation, shouted "kill" and loaded our rifles with bayonets as quickly as possible (it is very inconvenient to install bayonets in the dark tunnel, and it is easy to cause accidental injuries), and then without half a moment's hesitation, we rushed towards the wounded Vietnamese soldiers who fell to the ground......

It's not a battle, it's a massacre, all we have to do is stab the bayonets again and again at the Vietnamese soldiers who are struggling on the ground, and occasionally a few Vietnamese soldiers will stagger to their feet and try to resist, but they will be knocked down by the soldiers with their guns raised. No one will pity them, and no one will be soft because they have killed too many people, because we all know in our hearts that if we were lying on the ground this time the Vietnamese soldiers were standing with guns and bayonets, then they would also pierce the cold bayonets into our 'chests'.

This is the battlefield, either you die or I live! It's not that we want to kill, it's that we have to, because if we don't kill them, then it's ourselves who will die!

"Battalion commander! "I don't know who shouted on the radio, so I quickly realized that the Vietnamese troops who were preparing to attack at the foot of the mountain must have also seen this scene, they would not watch us slaughter his comrades like 'chickens' and sheep, but then again, no one would see this scene and be indifferent, so the best way is to kill and snatch their comrades back............

"Get ready for battle!" I ordered the soldiers: "The third platoon stays to clean up the battlefield and deliver the ammunition and medicine of the Yue devils in all directions in time!" ”

"Yes!" The soldiers responded and ran in the direction of their own defense, but the three platoons that I had named to stay behind to clean the battlefield were stunned, because they knew what it meant to "clean the battlefield" at this time, that is, to ask them to kill all the wounded soldiers on the ground.

I believe that for this mission, the soldiers of the third platoon would prefer to be able to participate in the battle, and they would like to be able to kill those enemies who still have the ability to resist on the battlefield. Some people may say, anyway, it's all about killing, and it's still the enemy, what difference can it make? But that's the difference, and there's a big difference, at least ...... By killing an enemy who still has the ability to resist, we will not feel that we are bullying the weak, nor will we feel unbearable, let alone create a fear in our hearts......

This fear is not the fear of killing, but the helplessness, despair, pain, and longing and begging for life on the faces of the wounded Vietnamese soldiers on the ground...... In other words, the entire mountaintop position at this time is like a purgatory, a veritable human purgatory, and this human purgatory is still caused by us!

However, I had to go on, because I knew very well that no one could guarantee that these wounded Vietnamese soldiers had lost the ability to resist. When we were fighting with the Vietnamese army, as long as one or two of these wounded Vietnamese soldiers still had a little strength, as long as they casually threw a few grenades at us or punched us in the back, then the tragedy of our entire army followed!

Of course, the soldiers of the third platoon were also well aware of this, so they did not hesitate for long before picking up their bayonets and gritting their teeth and walking towards the group of wounded Vietnamese soldiers......

"Boom!" There was a loud bang, and I heard a grenade explode from a group of wounded Vietnamese soldiers. When I looked back, I saw that a soldier in the third platoon was blown away by a grenade, and you can imagine what happened there, the wounded Vietnamese soldier tried his last breath to ignite the grenade before he died, and it was very likely that he was still crushed under him in order not to be discovered by our troops......

So I knew that those wounded soldiers of the Vietnamese army were not as powerless as I imagined, and this also taught us another bloody lesson...... There must not be the slightest sympathy for the enemy on the battlefield!