Chapter 151: Stepping on Thunder

Chapter 151: Stepping on Thunder

There was no artillery preparation, and there was no fire cover, and when it was dark, more than 200 people under my command set off with Xu Fan's second battalion.

The troops were divided into three parts, a company was assigned to the left and right flanks, and the main task was to protect the flanks of the main forces and outflank the enemy forces. In the middle is the main force, composed of my troops and a company led by Xu Fan, whose main task is to break through the Vietnamese defense line and occupy key points along the way to Pingdingshan.

Of course, this force is also indispensable to Nguyen Van Yen and his dozen South Vietnamese soldiers. The reason why they will participate in the war is that I urgently need to hire people at this time, and on the other hand, Nguyen Van Yen and others are trying their best to ask for war, maybe they are making up for revealing the whereabouts of our army, or maybe for future cooperation. In any case, although the number of South Vietnamese soldiers is small, their combat effectiveness is not weak because of their long-term guerrilla fighting, and because they have been dealing with the Vietnamese army for a long time, they know the combat habits of the Vietnamese army, so I have no objection to letting them participate in the war, anyway, there is no loss to us, right?

With the soldiers covering each other along the path, Chaotongdeng 'approached', and I thought about the conversation with Liu Yun and Yichen just now.

I know very well that according to my plan, our troops are undoubtedly the last to withdraw this time, and the chances of being alive are very few if they are not nine deaths, so at this last critical juncture, I can no longer care about anything, and ask Liu Yun and Yichen to follow the regimental headquarters.

Yichen didn't have any opinions, but Liu Yun said that he didn't say anything, saying that they were originally part of the Sixth Company, and there was no reason to retreat with the soldiers of the 608th Regiment, and if they wanted to retreat, they would have to retreat with us, and finally even moved out of his father, saying that if his father knew about this, he would definitely not agree to me doing this.

But at this time, who can take care of so much, I can't help it, I have to yell at Liu Yun fiercely: "Do you know what this is doing? This is a war and we are still the last retreating troops, we are going to fight and retreat, do you understand? You don't want to think about yourself, you are wounded, you can't fight and you can't run fast, you will drag down the whole army and make a big deal like this, do you know? ”

This is indeed the case, because our troops in the rear of the palace must have strong combat effectiveness and rapid mobility, so all the wounded and incapacitated soldiers are arranged to retreat together with the regimental command, leaving only the fighters with strong combat effectiveness and good equipment.

So Liu Yun didn't say anything anymore, just lowered his head and shed tears aggrievedly, I didn't have so much time to grind with her anymore, so I turned around and walked away with Yichen.

After taking a while, the soldiers made a disguise, checked the equipment, and then walked towards Tongdeng with their rifles in a hurry. It should be said that the best time for night battles is at one or two o'clock in the middle of the night or almost early in the morning, because at that time most of the Vietnamese troops were asleep, and at seven o'clock it was the time when the Vietnamese troops were full of food and drink to rest and chat, both in terms of "spirit" and preparation, and then I waited for so long, because I was worried that the longer I waited, it meant that more Vietnamese troops would gather around us.

On the way, I knew that it was right to let Nguyen Van Thien and his party join our army. Perhaps because they had been fighting guerrillas for many years, they knew very well where the Vietnamese army would set up secret posts, so they volunteered to serve as a spearhead at the front, probing and clearing mines all the way and secretly clearing the secret posts laid by the Vietnamese army, all of which were done in an orderly and very quick manner.

This also made our vanguard approach Tongdeng Town very smoothly, close observation, I found that Tongdeng at this time has been very different from when we left, the original intact houses have long been ruined at this time, there are broken beams and collapsed bricks everywhere, from time to time you can still see a few craters and burn marks, the people no longer know where to run, the whole Tongdeng Town has become a deserted ruins......

After a while, the troops entered Dong Dang Town, and Nguyen Van Dinh and his subordinates also retreated, leaned over to my side and said in a low voice: "The Viet Cong have set up a defensive line more than 200 meters in front, and it is too dark to see how many people there are, and there is no way to 'touch' it."

"Hmm" I nodded, knowing that if even Ruan Wenqin said that there was no way to 'touch' it, it would only be forced. In fact, this battle was already strong, and it was a fantasy for a team of more than 2,000 people to pass through the enemy's defense line in silence.

Without hesitation, I gestured to the warriors behind me, and the warriors were ready for battle and dispersed in battle formation. Then, with a wave of my hand, the soldiers marched forward with their guns and under the cover of the sniper rifles of the members of the 'shooting' team, leaning on their crumbling houses and buildings.

Seeing this, Ruan Wenqin couldn't help but sigh in a low voice: "If this regiment is of the same quality as yours, then it is not a question of whether or not you can jump out of the encirclement, but whether you want to fight a beautiful battle of annihilation here and then go back to ask for credit."

I couldn't help but smile bitterly when I heard this, although Ruan Wenqin's words were not wrong, but the facts are the facts, and there are never so many ifs on the battlefield.

'Huh?' Touch' special buckle (Vietnamese: who person?) With a shout, we realized that our troops had been discovered by the Vietnamese sentries.

We all know that this is unavoidable, so we have been mentally prepared for a long time, and with a crisp gunshot, Al Ziri knocked the shouting Vietnamese soldier to the ground.

The battle began almost as soon as the guns rang out, and suddenly the town of Tongdeng, which had been very calm, boiled like a pot had exploded.

I hid under a half-cut wall, slowly leaned out, raised my binoculars and looked at the line of defense, and soon I could tell from the fire 'fire' from the enemy's guns that the number of Vietnamese troops in front of me was not large, and there was only about one company or so.

But this is not necessarily, after fighting with the Vietnamese devils for so long, I know very well that the most common means played by the Vietnamese army is to hide their strength and deliberately not shoot, and when our army thought that the enemy did not have many troops to rush forward, they suddenly came out to give us an "accident".

Only this time, regardless of whether the Vietnamese army is really short of troops, we have only one way to go, and that is to rush through here.

"Battalion Commander Xu" I shouted into the walkie-talkie: "Rush up with your soldiers"

"Yes," Xu Fan answered, and led a company of soldiers to cross our defense line and rush towards the Vietnamese army's defense line.

I did not let my troops rush to the front, not because I was biased, but because good steel should be used on the blade, because I knew that the charging troops had to not only face the enemy's bullets, but also beware of the mines laid by the Vietnamese army. Just as our troops will lay mines around their positions before dark to prevent the enemy from sneaking up on the enemy, I think the Vietnamese army will do the same.

That's right, my order does have the meaning of letting Xu Fan's troops rush up and step on mines, which is indeed very inhumane, but there has never been a humane foothold on the battlefield, and all I need to consider is how to make reasonable use of the troops and resources in my hands.

It makes no difference between a new recruit with no combat experience or a trained veteran, but in the eyes of a commander the difference is huge.

With a few "Teng Teng ......," the Vietnamese army fired several flares in the direction of our troops, and in an instant, the troops who were charging were 'exposed' in the pale light of the flares.

The gunfire from the direction of the Vietnamese army immediately became fierce, and the soldiers who rushed to the front row immediately fell in a pool of blood with a scream. However, the Vietnamese army was not very comfortable, because my troops also occupied favorable terrain and organized fire cover, especially the dozen or so members of the 'shooting' team, all of them were able to kill their opponents with the fire 'flowers' coming out of the muzzles of the Vietnamese army, so they suppressed the Vietnamese army's firepower like a big hand.

"Comrades, rush" As Xu Fan shouted, the charging team that was originally pressed to the ground by the Vietnamese army's fire got up from the ground again and rushed towards the enemy's defense line, and then the left flank and the right flank also rang out gunshots.

This is the difference between the recruit unit and the veteran unit, if my unit is attacking, then I will let the left, center, and right all three lanes start at the same time. Because only in this way can the Vietnamese defense line withstand the most violent impact.

But it doesn't matter, I didn't think that they would break through the Vietnamese army's defense line, so I had already prepared to wait for them to step on the mines and retreat, and then launch a surprise attack on the Vietnamese army with the 'elite' troops in my hands......

With a "boom", a soldier was blown over in the air by a mine and fell to the ground, when he fell to the ground, he had lost a whole 'leg', and the screams soon followed, but to my surprise, after a while he gritted his teeth and endured, and then turned over and picked up his rifle to continue fighting.

"Huh" I heard Ruan Wenqin's surprised voice beside me, and it seemed that I was not the only one who was surprised.

"Boom ......" was two more explosions, and the recruits were too close in formation, so the two mines blew up four or five fighters one after another.

I thought it ......would When the soldiers knew that there were mines in front of the Vietnamese army's position, they would definitely have a 'disorder' because of it, so I was ready to take over their attack. However, to my surprise again, their entire charging formation did not even slow down, and still rushed towards the Vietnamese defense line at an alarming speed.

What is the reason for this? Is it because of the belief in returning to their homeland and returning home that supports them? But anyway, I'll admit that I underestimated them.