The troops of Battalion Commander Ding and Battalion Commander Wu were temporarily assigned to the 639th Regiment because it was still difficult to return to their original units. Considering that our troops had just broken out of the enemy's encirclement, Commander Zhang and Political Commissar Huang were also very understanding and did not immediately arrange the task, but asked the soldiers of other units to vacate a few tunnels for us to rest.

The soldiers didn't sleep all night, although there were almost no dangers along the way, but for them who had just entered the battlefield to fight for a few days, it seemed that they had survived a catastrophe of life and death. At this time, they were already too tired to work, and as soon as they were given the order to rest, they all hid in the pit and fell asleep.

After wiping the sniper rifle with a 'wool' towel, I rested against the wall of the pit like the soldiers. But I couldn't sleep after lying down for a while, I don't think I was very accustomed to the hot and humid weather here in Vietnam, and not long ago, I was fighting with the United Nations forces of as many as a dozen countries on the cold Korean battlefield, and I suddenly came to this hot and 'tidal' Vietnamese battlefield more than a month later............ It's hard for the body to adapt to this transition.

Maybe it's better on the battlefield, when I know that my body needs to rest, so I always force myself to fall asleep when I have to rest. But now that I'm a little more relaxed, I feel like it's too hard for myself.

I don't know how far the current situation has gathered, the Gaoping direction should have been in full swing! The reason why we are still so calm in this direction is that the purpose of making the Vietnamese army mistakenly believe that our real goal is Cao Binh. And when the Vietnamese army sent reinforcements to Cao Ping, it was when our army began to attack Dong Deng with all its might.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but take out the map from my pocket and look at the strange place names near Tongdeng on the map...... I really don't understand why the Yue devil chose such an ugly place name. But that's not what matters, I'm trying to search for something useful from what I know today. But it's a pity that I didn't think of any valuable information when I thought about it.

In fact, in modern times, it is far easier to find information about the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea than it is to fight a war of self-defense and counterattack against Vietnam. It is easy to understand that in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, we defeated the powerful US imperialism with weak equipment: while the war of self-defense and counterattack against Vietnam was fought by the master and the apprentice, and it was not fought ideally.

I hate to admit it, but it's an indisputable fact.

Backward equipment, poor quality, a large number of new recruits, coupled with outdated tactics, insufficient intelligence, and a large number of middle-level commanders who do not understand the actual situation and command blindly............ All of these factors combine to make a good win a strange thing.

But I also know that this war is worth it. There is no doubt that after 10 years of turmoil and turmoil, although the number of our troops is large, both equipment and combat effectiveness are regressing, and various problems of one kind or another have appeared in the army.

And the only way to quickly detect these problems and correct them is to pull the army into the battlefield and fight it............

At this time, Vietnam cocked his tail inappropriately, and the counterattack began.

Therefore, the self-defense and counterattack war against Vietnam is not only to teach the Vietnamese devils a lesson, but also to train troops.

This is not? The 10-year Vietnam War brought earth-shaking changes to our army. Shi Nian** gently stretched out his thumb and disarmed one million. Among other things, the military expenditure saved after disarmament can promote the upgrading of equipment to a great extent, and also improve the quality of the armed forces to a great extent.

On the other hand, China is a big country, and fighting such a border war has no impact on China's economy at all. On the contrary, this period is the era when China has changed its grass and opened up and its economy has begun to take off. As a result, China naturally became stronger and stronger.

On the other hand, Vietnam was originally a small country with poverty and whiteness, and decades of war made him basically rely on the free supply of the Soviet Union to support his economy, and the ten-year war made him even worse.

There is a saying that is very true, what is being fought now is the comprehensive national strength. The war brought Vietnam's economy to a standstill, so it ...... In the end, the Vietnamese army can be said to be no match for our army at all.

Of course, none of this is something I need to think about, and all I have to think about now is how to fight the battle in front of me, and how to get the soldiers out of this battle alive.

"Hey, what are you thinking?" The hometown man touched me on the shoulder and handed me a cigarette.

"Well, I didn't think about anything!" I took the cigarette casually, lit it with the people from my hometown, and asked, "Can't you sleep too?" ”

The hometown man smiled bitterly, took a heavy puff of his cigarette, and then sighed and said, "I sometimes wonder if what we did was right or wrong......

"What is right or wrong?" I looked at my hometown with some doubts.

The hometown hesitated, and then squeezed a few words out of his teeth: "Civilian, prisoner!" ”

"Oh!" I quickly understood that I couldn't see the ruthlessness of my hometown, but I still had this hidden heart! However, it seems not surprising that he has been a soldier for a long time, and his head is full of "preferential treatment of prisoners" and "three disciplines and eight points of attention".

I have heard about this in modern times, and some troops entered Vietnam and were hungry in the face of the "chickens" and ducks all over the Vietnamese villages. When someone asked them strangely why they didn't catch those animals to satisfy their hunger, they replied: "The superiors asked us not to move every stitch of the Vietnamese people......

So it's not surprising that people in my hometown will have this entanglement, but it's the recruits of Shunzi and Yang Songjian, so they don't have that kind of official!

"Three platoon commanders!" I took a puff of smoke and asked, "Do you know what the purpose of these policies is to give preferential treatment to prisoners?" ”

"Not taking prisoners will make the enemy resist to the death......"

"Then what do you think ......" Without waiting for the hometown people to finish speaking, I asked again: "If we treat the captives preferentially, won't the Yue devils swear to resist to the death?" ”

The hometown was silent for a moment, then shook his head.

"And!" I continued: "Aren't the guns in our hands killing people who shouldn't be called civilians?" Is it just because they are old people, 'women', children, that we have to let them kill and poke? Their lives are their lives, and our lives are not lives? ”

The people in his hometown did not speak, and smoked cigarettes on their own.

I know he agrees with me, but he still can't shake the shadow of the unhappy. War is a game of death and death, and its rule is "either you die or you die". If you want to blame, blame the Vietnamese army for ruthlessly distributing weapons to the people and pushing them into the battlefield. Now that you are on the battlefield, you have to abide by the rules of the game.

After 'smoking' two cigarettes, my nerves relaxed and I finally felt tired, leaned on the wall of the pit and fell asleep unconsciously.

"Company commander, even ......"

"Hmm!" When I opened my eyes, I saw that it was the deputy company commander and instructor.

"Company commander!" The instructor pinned the pen to the pocket of his left 'chest' and said, "Commander Zhang asked the group to go to the meeting immediately!" ”

"Hmm!" I nodded, put away my sniper rifle, and followed them in a daze.

Speaking of the ghost weather in Vietnam, sometimes it is more sleepy to sleep than not to sleep. This is not? My head was dizzy, and the more I slept, the more I wanted to sleep, and in the end I didn't even know how I came to the regiment headquarters.

When I got to the regiment headquarters, I saw it, good guy! The entire tunnel was full of cadres, even Battalion Commander Ding and Battalion Commander Wu were among them, and they all smiled and nodded at me when they saw me come in.

I'm a little surprised when I see this posture, is it going to start fighting with Tongdeng?

Sure enough, when I sat down, Regiment Commander Zhang said: "I have just received an order from my superiors that the New Division of the Vietnamese Army has been reinforced in the direction of Gao Binh, and our army will launch a comprehensive attack on Dong Deng. The situation of the enemy is as follows: throughout the Dong Dang area, the Vietnamese army has three main defensive position groups. Among them are the Tana position group, the Tanlong position group and the Guitun Fort position group. These three groups of positions became a triangular defense. Each group of positions consisted of more than 10 to 20 small positions. We estimate that the defensive strength of each group of positions is about the strength of a reinforced company......"

"What? A defense group is only a reinforced company? "Listening to me, I couldn't help but be stunned, if that's the case, then the enemy in Tongdeng is not too small, and the total strength is only about one reinforced battalion? From the map, I can clearly see that Dong Dang is the main passage between China and Vietnam, and it is the big 'gate' to Lang Son. Only one regiment in such an important place?

"Will the enemy's forces be too small?" Some cadres raised the same question as me.

"You can't go wrong! There really is only one reinforcement company! Commissar Huang added: "This is the result of repeated reconnaissance by our scouts. This fully shows that the strength of the Vietnamese army is seriously insufficient, or their main force has fled with its tail between its legs like a lost dog, leaving these remnants of the defeated army waiting for us to clean up! ”

There was a coax, and the soldiers in the tunnel all laughed, and everyone had an optimistic look on their faces, as if as long as we moved, Tongdeng was like pinching a snail with three fingers.

Oh, yes! Even if Lou suffered heavy casualties in the process of penetrating and 'interspersing,' it seems that it will not be difficult to "fight the enemy's battalion" ......with the strength of one of our divisions."

But I don't think it's that simple. Facts have also proved me right, a defense group has only one reinforced company, which is a false impression deliberately created by the Vietnamese army, and a large number of their regular troops are hiding in the underground tunnels of the Ghost Tun Fort.

"Here's the combat policy!" Commander Zhang pointed to the map on the wall and said: "The superiors think that the fortifications of the Guitun Fort are strong and have a strong firepower system, so it is difficult to storm it. Therefore, it was decided to lay down Tan Mou and Tan Ridge first to isolate the Guitun Fort, and the goal of our regiment was to Tan Mou and Deng Cheng together! ”

"Given that the troops of the fifth company and battalion commander Ding have just protruded from the enemy's encirclement!" Political Commissar Huang nodded to a few of us and said: "These comrades have made great contributions, and they are still very tired, so I will arrange for you to stay on the 339 Heights and not participate in this attack on Tongdeng." As for the tank battalion of Battalion Commander Wu, because our army lacks tanks, you will overcome the difficulties as the auxiliary firepower of our army, and you will not have an opinion! ”

"No comments!" Battalion Commander Ding and Battalion Commander Wu responded.

I also 'stood up' and replied, "Obey the arrangement!" ”

Although I have a vague premonition in my heart that I want to go to the battlefield to see it myself, now that the order has been given, then I can't make any more trouble. What's more, the soldiers really need to rest, and it is difficult for the troops of Battalion Commander Ding and Battalion Commander Wu to coordinate with the soldiers of the 639th Regiment immediately.

Immediately after the meeting ended, we took up the position. Battalion Commander Ding's company was sent to the position, while our fifth company was arranged as a reserve in the second line. The rest of the warriors were ready for battle on the march.

It should be said that this time I finally caught an idle job.,Just like Junko said, "It's finally a good errand.。 But my heart is always in turmoil, and I don't feel at peace for a while.

The hour hand pointed to twelve o'clock at noon, and when the time for the attack arrived, several signal flares roared into the air, and the deafening sound of "jade" cannon soon rang out. Patches of shells piled up into the jungle in front of the Boron Heights, knocking the unknown trees to the ground.

This was to open the way for the attacking troops, which could both destroy possible ambushes of the Vietnamese army in the forest and effectively detonate the mines buried in them.

A few minutes later, a few more flares rose into the air, and the artillery fire shrank from the outside in, and the fighters set off. It should be said that their confident appearance was indeed somewhat imposing, and groups of infantry followed the tanks along the open field full of tanks towards the col, and then the groups disappeared from our sight.

The gunfire soon rang out, and the village was not far from us, but it was only two or three kilometers away, but because there were heavy mountains apart, we could not see the battlefield.

But we also know from the 'fierce' gunfire that the battle did not seem to go well, and the fact that the wounded soldiers were brought down from the battlefield soon confirmed our thoughts.

"Hey! Doesn't that mean that there is only one reinforcement company? Junko looked at it and said: "There are tanks and artillery here, and the people of the two battalions are still fighting like this?" ”

"That's because we didn't even go up!" Alziri's joke made everyone laugh proudly. The current Fifth Company already has a sense of superiority in front of other troops.

"Maybe the firepower of the Vietnamese army is too fierce!" The hometown said: "The more devils are so good, it won't take long to run out!" ”

The soldiers also felt that what their hometown people said made sense, so they all waited patiently. But after half an hour, they found that the wounded were still being lifted down in front of them, and the soldiers felt that something was wrong.

"Comrade!" I grabbed a soldier transporting the wounded and asked: "What's going on ahead?" Haven't beaten it down for so long? ”

"I don't know!" The soldier replied: "The more devils seem to be unable to finish fighting..."It seems that another company has been ambushed by the "......"

"Ambushed?" Listening to me, I can't help but be even more strange, are we going to attack Tanso? How can you still be ambushed in an offensive battle?

"Company commander! Something seems to be wrong! Yang Songjian also said a little anxiously: "Do you want to send a few people up to have a look?" ”

"This is not reconnaissance! Send someone to see it! I replied angrily: "Wait for the order!" ”

"Yes!" Yang Songjian responded and was silent, in fact, at this time, the soldiers were all silent, and they all silently watched as the wounded were carried down one by one. The screams soon filled the valley, and it wasn't long before the path in front of us was stained red with blood.

It didn't take long for the reserves to be pulled up while the wounded were still being lifted down one by one. At this time, I couldn't hold back any longer, and "Teng" stood up and shouted at the signal soldier: "Pick up Commander Zhang for me!" ”

"Yes!" The signal soldier immediately raised the walkie-talkie to call.

When I connected it, I grabbed the microphone and shouted, "Report to the head of the group, I ask for us to go up five times!" On the other end of the microphone, there was an angry voice from the head of the regiment: "If you want to come up, hurry up, what else to report!" ”

I couldn't help but sweat a little when I heard this, and then I realized that I could run wherever I wanted on this battlefield, and it was wishful thinking that I insisted on waiting for the order before!

"Remove all the excess gear!" I ordered the soldiers: "Except for guns and ammunition and sappers, everything is left in the tunnel."

"Yes!" The soldiers answered, and took out the marching quilts, kettles, dry food, etc., and threw them into the tunnel.

Because of my previous combat experience, I know that on a battlefield with terrain like Vietnam, the less burdensome it is, the better.

Anyway, now that there are troops of our army everywhere around, it will not be easy to find dry food and water.

After the soldiers were ready, I greeted Battalion Commander Ding, and with a wave of my hand, I ran up with the soldiers on their waists. Along the way were wounded from the front line, so it was not difficult to find the battlefield. Ten minutes later, we walked out of the mountain road and came to an open field. Only then did I find out that the so-called Tan was just a small village, and the trenches and pillboxes built by the Vietnamese army could be faintly seen in the village. The surrounding area is full of 'intertwined' paddy fields, and the water in the paddy fields has long since turned into a shocking red and black 'color'. Shells and rows of bullets from time to time lifted the dirty water high.

"Captain Zhang!" I motioned for the soldiers to stop advancing, and I trotted all the way to Commander Zhang with my rifle.

Head Zhang looked at me and said with some frustration: "This village is an evil 'gate', and the devils can't beat it clean!" The third company had already rushed over, and suddenly a group of enemies appeared behind them......"

"Hmm!" Hearing this, I couldn't help but raise my rifle and look at the enemy through the sniper scope, and found that the number of people on each defense point of the Vietnamese army was not small, as if there were no casualties.

"The Tunnel!" The words "refueling tactics" quickly popped into my head. In the past, we used the tactic of adding fuel to the defense of the heights, but I didn't expect the Vietnamese army to carry forward this tactic and even use it in the villages!