Chapter 195: Fire Reconnaissance

Chapter 195: Fire Reconnaissance

Half an hour later, another telegram was sent from the base: "We have received reports from various units of the Vietnamese army in the form of radio barcode signal folds, the content of which is 'Ready'. ”

This further confirms our previous judgment: a major war is imminent, and the Vietnamese army's attack on Phaka Hill is likely to be in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

Why is it in the wee hours of the morning? Sneak attack, don't all choose this time. I am all too familiar with this, we always sneak attack the US troops before dawn during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, one reason is that the enemy always sleeps most soundly at this time, and the other reason is that it is dark when we attack, and it will be almost dawn when we have laid down the enemy's position, so this is beneficial to both our army's attack and defense.

At the same time, there is another point in this telegram that deserves my attention, that is, "I have received ...... from various units of the Vietnamese army." How many units are there? As far as I know, the Vietnamese army is at least equipped with a radio station for units above the company level, so this at least shows that the Vietnamese army has several companies, if there are several companies participating in the battle on the front line, then its follow-up troops should not be less than one division, if we can catch the troops of one division of the Vietnamese army, then this battle is not in vain Our army has transferred so many artillery units and paid such a big price.

Later, I learned that the troops sent by the Vietnamese army were far more than one division, and its real strength was a total of eight regiments with a total of more than 18,000 people, and in order to ensure that the Vietnamese army could take down Phaka Hill with all their strength, these eight regiments were still 'drawn' from Hanoi, Lao Cai, Cao Ping, Lang Son and other places from the Vietnamese army's 'elite' divisions, the 316A Division, the 356th Division, the 1st Division, and other units, and this is not counting the six artillery regiments in the rear......

At this time, of course, I didn't know this, and I still thought to myself at the battalion headquarters that the more people from the Vietnamese army would come, the better.

"The owl reports the eagle, the owl reports the eagle" At this time, Li Shui's voice 'wave' came from the walkie-talkie: "Something is wrong on the position, the mouse may have come out of the 'hole'." Repeat, the rat may have come out of the 'hole'"

"Continue to watch out for the enemy's movements, don't startle the snake"

In fact, this has long been expected by me, if the Vietnamese army wants to launch a surprise attack in the early morning of the next day, then it will definitely have to pull the troops across the Gushuikou tonight and launch an ambush in front of our army's defense, otherwise if we find out at dawn the next day, then only a few 'guns' of artillery can seal the narrow valley of Gushuikou.

After walking a few steps back and forth in the battalion headquarters, I couldn't bear the 'sex' anymore, and I couldn't help but grab my rifle and walk out of the 'hole'.

It was still raining lightly outside, and the rain was pouring down on me, and I couldn't help but shiver. The temperature difference between day and night in Vietnam is very different, and even though it is June, it is still a little cold when it rains at night. However, there is also an advantage to fighting in the rain, that is, there is no need for camouflage at all, the ground is full of mud and stagnant water, just roll and lie on the ground...... No one will be able to see it

"How? What's the situation? "I found Li Shui' in the trench and leaned down next to him and asked.

Li Shui 'Bo' shook his head lightly and said, "I can't tell what the situation is, but I just feel that there is someone on the other side."

Li Shui'bo's answer would have been scolded by his superiors if he had been in an ordinary army: "If you feel anything, don't report it blindly if you don't see the situation clearly."

But I didn't answer like this, because I knew very well that Li Shui 'Bo' was not the kind of person who was suspicious, and I also understood his feelings, which was the intuition of a 'colorful' sniper.

At this time, a loud "boom" came from the rainy night, and this loud sound was like a thunderbolt that startled everyone, and they all looked to the east where the explosion came from. Then came the "crackling" gunshots, during which several PLA soldiers could be heard shouting into the darkness to the south.

The explosion just now should have been accidentally detonated by the Vietnamese army during the ambush, and we used rocket minelaying vehicles to 'shoot' 300,000 large and small mines, right? These mines are irregularly distributed in the front line of our army's defensive front, and after the rain in the past few days, many mines have been completely invisible, but the Vietnamese army is now ambushing in that area, so it is a miracle that not a single mine is touched.

However, I was somewhat surprised that the Vietnamese army was able to do it without shouting or screaming after being injured by a landmine......

The gunfire that followed was that our soldiers were 'indiscriminately' fighting because of the explosion of the mine. This is not to say that they have discovered anything, but the soldiers are accustomed to fire reconnaissance, after all, there are so many mines on this battlefield, it is normal for one or two to explode once in a while, sometimes because of animals, sometimes because of birds, sometimes because of landslides, etc. Therefore, after firing for a while, the soldiers did not notice any movement on the opposite side, and gradually stopped.

But this matter was not over, and after a while, the whistling sound of cannonballs sounded in the sky, and dozens of flames exploded in an instant from the front of the defense, and they were still exploding one after another without stopping at all. Obviously, this was a disruptive and 'disorderly' artillery bombardment of the position carried out by our troops in order to find out the situation, and along with the shells, there were several flares that illuminated the position in a snow-white color. The purpose is the same as the previous fire reconnaissance, which is to find out whether there is an ambush by Vietnamese troops in front of the position.

Seeing this, I didn't know what to do for a while.

Considering that the most important thing in this battle is secrecy, and it is very likely that the team defending Phakashan has infiltrated many Vietnamese agents, I did not disclose the plan to Commander Wu and Political Commissar Li according to the orders of my superiors, which is also the reason why they shot and fired after they found out a little bit of the situation. If the Vietnamese devils who were ambushed in our army's position were exposed because of this artillery fire, it would undoubtedly affect our overall plan. We want not only the enemy in the first echelon, but all the Vietnamese troops under the encirclement of our artillery fire.

Now call and inform Commissar Lee to ask him to stop the shelling? This seems inappropriate, the Vietnamese army agents are so powerful, it is difficult to guarantee that they will monitor our army's telephone lines, after all, the job of monitoring the phone can be said to be too simple. Do you send a report? This may be safer, because the Vietnamese army still needs to decipher our army's code. But it is difficult to guarantee that there will be a few irrelevant people in the regiment headquarters at this time......

Thinking about it, I finally decided to do nothing. From another point of view, this kind of fire reconnaissance of the fighters is also a normal reaction. As the saying goes, there is reality in fiction and fiction in reality, which may make the Vietnamese army think that we know nothing about their plans. My only concern is...... If anyone in the Vietnamese army is injured by a shell and can't help but cry out in pain, then I don't know how the next thing will develop.

However, none of what I feared had happened, and the grass in front of the camp was as silent as usual in the dense forest, neither screaming nor wailing, not even a moan

Could it be that the Vietnamese army has not yet set up an ambush in our defensive positions? Are we all wrong in our guesses? Or is it better for the Vietnamese army to die, and those shells didn't hit them?

It was only later that I learned from the Vietnamese prisoners that this was not the case, and that the Vietnamese army was lying in ambush on the hill in front of us, and that there were as many as four battalions of troops. The Vietnamese army did not have a good fate, and our round of artillery shells blew up mines everywhere, which also caused a large chain explosion, which directly led to heavy casualties among the Vietnamese ambush troops, and their two battalion commanders were killed on the spot. However, the troops that lost the command of the Vietnamese army did not panic or 'show', none of the light and serious wounded groaned, the radio continued to remain silent, and even many seriously wounded did not move until they died......

As a member of the Volunteer Army, I know very well that this is not something that an ordinary army can do, if it is one person or two people, it is nothing, but if the whole army can do this, then it can only be described as terrifying.

When the Yankees were on the Korean battlefield, they should have used words like "terrifying" and "unimaginable" to describe the volunteers, but today's Vietnamese army also has qualities comparable to those of the volunteers. But even if they have such qualities, they will not be able to change the fate of their fiasco.

At that time, I couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief when I saw that the battlefield had returned to its former calm, and then I felt a little funny, when I was worried about the Yue devils......

"The sixth company stayed and continued to observe," and then I ordered over the walkie-talkie: "All the other troops should return to their fortifications and rest."

"Yes," the fighters replied, and did as I was told.

When the "battalion commander" was returning to the team with my gun, Xie Xianjin found me again, and he asked with some hesitation: "Are you ...... Didn't tell our troops about this? ”

I knew that he was suspicious because of that round of firepower, and Xie Xianjin was not stupid, of course he would think of what it was.

I replied a little impatiently: "Comrade Xie Xianjian, this is an extraordinary time, and the superiors naturally have the consideration of the superiors, and the most important thing for you now is to do what you should do, understand?" ”

"Yes" Xie Xianjin replied helplessly, but when I was about to step into the battalion headquarters, Xie Xinjin said anxiously: "But they are all my comrades-in-arms, my brothers and my superiors...... I can't look at them like this and be ignorant of the enemy's impending attack."

I didn't answer him, gritted my teeth and didn't look back, so I got into the camp headquarters, leaving Xie Xianjian alone outside the 'cave' and 'jade' crying without tears.

At this time, I had only one sentence in mind; "A good commander must not only be ruthless to the enemy, but also to his own people......"