We did not let the Vietnamese civilians go, because it was very likely that as soon as they left, they would report to the other Vietnamese troops about the situation of our troops, and our whereabouts had been revealed in the battle just now, but they would also report to the enemy some other useful information, such as the number of our troops, the disposition of firepower, etc.

I can't afford to take such a big risk at this critical time because we can't afford to lose. Of course, we can't shoot them all, and although we have no mercy on the Vietnamese prisoners, we can't do such cruelty to ordinary people.

So we had to tie their hands behind their backs and let the regimental command escort them to the border.

"Camp Commander Cui!" While I was busy organizing the soldiers to build a position on the Pingding Mountain, Liu Yun and Yichen suddenly appeared in front of me.

"Why aren't you leaving?" I couldn't help but hurriedly said: "If you don't leave, it's too late, the other soldiers are retreating, what are you still coming up for?" Seeing that Liu Yun hadn't moved for a long time, I shouted at them angrily: "Let's go!" What are you still doing? ”

"Camp Commander Cui!" Liu Yun hesitated for a while before he mustered up the courage to walk up to me and ask, "I'm waiting for your words, I'll leave as soon as you answer me!" ”

"It's all at this time, what are you waiting for!" I asked impatiently, "Say it, what?" ”

"Battalion Commander Cui......" After Liu Yun gritted his teeth, he finally made up his mind to 'straighten' his 'chest' and leaned in front of me and asked: "I want to know,

"Would you like to return home...... Marry me? I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, I really didn't expect Liu Yun to ask this question at this time.

In fact, there has always been a layer of paper between me and Liu Yun that has not been pierced. This is not Liu Yun's problem, but I have a psychological disorder, and it is precisely because of this obstacle that I have never dared to face this problem.

Maybe if there were no other circumstances, we might have gone on like this and then stopped, but at this last critical moment, Liu Yun was 'forced' to confess everything to me...... I wanted to tell Liu Yun that I couldn't, because I didn't know how to face my old subordinate Liu Shunyi, who was her father, and I couldn't imagine how awkward it would be if I called Liu Shunyi my father-in-law.

But then I found that Yi Chen was looking at me directly behind Liu Yun, and shook his head slightly to signal me not to refuse.

I quickly understood Yichen's thoughts, Liu Yun was originally a relatively introverted person, and we couldn't imagine how much courage it took for her to confess in front of me, and it was common for people in this era to seek death because of feelings, chastity, or something.

It's fine in normal times, but now we're in Vietnam, and we're in danger

"If something happens, it's a big problem! So I sighed and nodded and said, "I promise you!" ”

"Really! You really said yes! Liu Yun's originally nervous face suddenly seemed to bloom like a 'flower', grabbed my hand and said, "Camp Commander Cui, I ...... I'm really happy, I'm really worried that you'll refuse

“”，

"How so?" I pretended to smile lightly, and looked at Yichen behind Liu Yun, she seemed to be secretly relieved, but there was an imperceptible indifference on her face.

"That's it! Let's go! I urged, "I still have to command the troops to fight!" The devil is coming up soon, and if you don't leave, you won't be in a hurry! ”

"Yes!" Liu Yun responded excitedly, turned around and ran to Yichen's side, took her hand and shouted like a little 'girl' child: "Sister Yichen, he agreed......"

"Beautiful yours!" Yichen replied with a smile, "Now you can go back with confidence!" If you don't leave, you'll delay your sweetheart's war! ”

"Hmm!" Liu Yun nodded vigorously, and then ran back as if he remembered something and said to me: "You must come back, I am waiting for you!" ”

"Let's go!" I was a little impatient, and secretly said that this 'woman' is really troublesome, and no matter what she does, she seems to be able to turn back three times in one step.

After a few more 'handovers' to me, Liu Yun joined the retreating team with Yichen, and reluctantly waved at me when he turned into the mountain pass...... Looking at the backs of their departure, I couldn't help frowning, this promise was refreshing, but I didn't know what to do with it after returning home.

But on second thought, I don't care about him! I don't know if I'll be able to go back alive now! I still care about whether to get married when I go back, and there is nothing bad about this Liu Yun, if she marries, she will marry, she is not as terrible as the devil, at most, when I see Liu Shunyi in the future, I will still call him the military commander!

"Hey, it's really done!" When I was stunned, the people in my hometown came up with envy and said, "When do I want to be a matchmaker for you!" I didn't expect it to be needed at all...... I said battalion commander, you are too inferior, and you have to let the eldest girl speak first......"

"Go, go, go...... What do you know? Don't get ready to go yet! "Yes!" Knowing that the situation was urgent, the people in his hometown did not dare to say much, so they responded and threw themselves into the ranks of building fortifications again.

"Woo......" At this moment there was a sudden whistling of cannonballs in the sky, and the soldiers fell to the ground one after another, and then only a thunder was heard, and one shell exploded near us.

"it!" I couldn't help but curse secretly, the more devils moved really fast, and we didn't even have time to dig trenches.

"Battalion commander! Battalion 

I turned around to see two guards waving at me in a dug anti-gun 'hole'.

I was about to run into it when suddenly a cannonball hit the hole...... In the blink of an eye, the two guards who had been following me lay down in the anti-artillery 'hole' covered in blood, and then as the anti-artillery 'hole' collapsed, the bodies of the two of them were quickly submerged in the dirt.

This is how things happen on the battlefield, sometimes we think that the cover is good but let the shells blow up, and sometimes we are all right when we are bombed several times on the position, and this time we obviously encountered the former situation.

What a good two soldiers, if it's gone, it's gone! After feeling sorry for the two guards for a while, I spotted a moment when I scurried to a crater at the front of the position, and then raised my binoculars and looked at the foot of the hill in the mud that poured around me like seawater...... In the smoke of gunpowder, I saw that the foot of the mountain was full of bright lights, and they were moving towards us like fireflies in the circle of my telescope.

But I understood that it was not a firefly, but a Vietnamese army noodle flashlight. Obviously, the Vietnamese army knew that we had also 'messed up' after breaking through the Dong Dang defensive line, and at this time they even marched with flashlights in order to catch up with us quickly.

But part of the reason why they are so fearless, I think, is that this is the time of their artillery bombardment.

After observing for a while, I can rest assured that as I expected, because the roads along the way were blown up by our military engineers, the Vietnamese army did not have any heavy equipment such as tanks.

If it was only against the infantry of the Vietnamese army, I would still be very confident in the troops in my hands.

What I'm worried about is Xu Fan's team, whether they can hold their own position

“。 Our task is to cover the retreat of the main forces, so we can't just hold the high ground of Pingdingshan, for the simple reason that if we do this, the Vietnamese army can completely bypass Pingdingshan and pursue our main forces. As a result, while the main force of our army is pursued and killed by the Vietnamese army, Pingdingshan will become an isolated firepower point, and we will be surrounded by the Vietnamese army here and will never be able to go back. In consideration of these problems, I deployed my troops along the line of Pingdingshan and the unnamed heights more than 500 meters behind it, occupying a total of more than a dozen hills, large and small, forming two lines of defense and placing them in front of the Vietnamese army. My plan is actually very simple, just like when the Volunteers retreated on the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea, after the first line of defense was held for a period of time, they took the initiative to abandon their positions and retreat to the third line to build another line of defense under the cover of the second line of defense. In this way, the two groups of fighters repeatedly 'swapped' and fought and retreated, which could not only stop the Vietnamese army's advance, but also allow our troops to evacuate safely. Of course, the prerequisite for our safe evacuation is that our troops cannot be 'chaotic'. This is also the point that worries me the most, because the defensive combat method in such a movement seems to be very simple, but the requirements for the quality of the troops are very high, and if any of the troops are afraid to fight or cannot figure out which high ground they should seize in the dark of night and in the 'chaos' and 'chaos', then there will soon be a gap in the defensive line, and our army will also be surrounded by the Vietnamese army, and the consequences will be unimaginable. But at this time, I can't think about it so much, this is the best way in the middle of nowhere, and I can only do this if I want the main army to retreat safely! The artillery didn't last long before it stopped, I think it was because the Vietnamese were rushing through the mountain roads without bringing many shells, and because they were in a hurry

"Finish" us, and then go after the main forces of our army. Although it is true that our army won many battles in the counterattack, the performance of the infantry was not satisfactory.

It is said that this is also normal, basically no one in the army has actual combat experience, the veterans left behind during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea have become old men who cannot go to the battlefield (except for me), and many are recruits who have not even completed basic military training, it is already good for such a unit to have such a performance, and it is not surprising that the Vietnamese army will have the mentality of despising the enemy against us.

However, this seems to be a good thing for us now, because I found that those Vietnamese soldiers did not mean to extinguish the flashlight at all, and they even underestimated the enemy in front of the flashlight pinching the cable

“。 Then I knew it was time to surprise them.