Chapter 141: Striking Similarity

Chapter 141: Striking Similarity

At this time, Deputy Division Commander Liang was already like an ant on a hot pot, and hurried to the radio room while ordering, and Commander Wu and I also followed closely behind.

Where did the radio soldiers dare to slack off at this time, and they were busy with a burst of calls, and after a while, they received the front line and handed the microphone to Deputy Division Commander Liang.

"What's the situation?" Deputy Division Commander Liang shouted into the microphone with a dark face.

Xu Fan, who was on the other end of the "report to the deputy division commander," replied anxiously: "I don't know what the situation is, the two teams in front of them are fighting together, there are not many people, there are twenty or thirty people, all of them are wearing our military uniforms, and I don't know which team is the enemy and which team is our army, please instruct."

Hearing this, Deputy Division Commander Liang couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but turn his gaze to me.

After thinking about it, I said: "At present, it is our army that controls the highway bridge, and it is the enemy army who wants to seize control, so let's see which side is the fuse of the explosives on the bridge."

"Which side is the fuse, which side is our army," Deputy Division Commander Liang shouted into the microphone: "No matter what method you use, you must not let the bridge blow up?" ”

"Yes" Xu Fan answered and hung up.

"Wait" I suddenly thought of a question, and hurriedly tried to step forward to stop it, but I was no longer in a hurry.

"Any questions?" Deputy Division Commander Liang looked at me suspiciously.

"Pick up the battalion commander immediately," I ordered impatiently.

The communications corps did not react, and looked at Deputy Division Commander Liang, and it was then that I realized that they were not my subordinates.

"Pick up" Deputy Division Commander Liang said without hesitation: "In the future, Battalion Commander Cui's order will be my order."

When the signal corps called, Deputy Division Commander Liang turned to me and said, "Was there anything wrong with my command just now?" ”

"Deputy Division Commander Liang" I 'straightened' up a little and said: "The Vietnamese army is wearing the uniforms of our army, but because of the small number of people, the engineering troops may be able to hold out and not blow up the bridge, but if Battalion Commander Xu's troops go up, the engineering troops will not be able to distinguish between the enemy and us, and when they see so many troops coming behind, they will ......."

"Hmm" Hearing this, Deputy Division Commander Liang couldn't help but slam his fist hard, and shouted with regret: "Oh no, I'm going to make a big mistake now...... Pick up Camp Commander Xu......"

After a while, the signal soldier turned his head and said: "It was Instructor Wang who answered the phone, and he said that Battalion Commander Xu had gone up with the troops."

"Call them back immediately," Deputy Division Commander Liang shouted anxiously.

"Yes," the Signal Soldier turned and began to call loudly.

But it was already too late, and even in the air-raid "shelter" at the regiment headquarters, we could clearly feel the shaking several kilometers away.

Everyone was stunned, and there were anxious shouts from the microphone of the walkie-talkie: "Report to the division commander, the highway bridge has been blown up, the highway bridge has been blown up, please instruct"

Deputy Division Commander Liang stood stunned for a while, and then sat down on a chair and held his head in frustration.

Seeing this, the "deputy division commander" Wu couldn't help but step forward and persuade: "We still have a chance, Lianyun Bridge is only a dozen meters, and we don't need half an hour to build a simple wooden bridge......

"That's right, build a bridge" Deputy Division Commander Liang jumped up from his chair and said: "Order the troops to quickly occupy the high ground near Lianyun Bridge and build a bridge immediately."

"Deputy Division Commander Liang," I shook my head and said, "Have you forgotten how the engineer troops dealt with those roads when we withdrew?" ”

As soon as I said this, Deputy Division Commander Liang and Regiment Commander Wu were silent, because they all knew that when the engineer troops retreated, they were bombed section by section along the road, so even if we could successfully build a bridge, it would be difficult to move an inch, and it was very likely that we would fall into a dilemma.

"What then?" Deputy Division Commander Liang was obviously a little 'confused' at this time.

"We can only go through the mountain road," I replied, "If the roads and bridges are blown up one after another, and the Vietnamese army can still walk here, then we will definitely be able to walk out along the mountain road." While the Vietnamese army's pursuers have not yet gathered in large numbers, jump out of the encirclement from the mountain road as quickly as possible."

"It's too dangerous to take the path," Regiment Commander Wu said with some worry: "The Vietnamese army will definitely have an ambush in the mountains, our regiment does not have much combat experience, most of them are recruits who have been in the army for less than two months, plus we are not familiar with the terrain, once the fight starts, it is very likely that we will not be able to control the situation."

"There is danger," I said, "but there is no other way to go."

"We can contact the engineering units and ask them to stop blowing up the road," said Commander Ngoh, "and if we move quickly, we can fight our way out of the encirclement before the Vietnamese troops are assembled."

It seems that Commander Wu has a kind of unexplained terror about the mountain road, but it is no wonder that it is an obvious fact that the Vietnamese army is good at fighting mountain and jungle warfare, so it is indeed difficult for a commander to bring a group of recruits with little training to the jungle.

But I knew that Regiment Commander Wu was wrong, most of the mountains and jungles in this area were searched several times by our army when our army was pulling the net to clear it, so there were not many regular troops of the Vietnamese army at all, and they were only some guerrillas with weak combat effectiveness. Of course, if it had been a little longer for the Vietnamese pursuers to catch up, it would have been a different story.

"Contact the superiors first" Deputy Division Commander Liang also replied: "Report the situation to the superiors, I believe the superiors will give a plan."

Listening to Master Liang's words, my heart couldn't help but sink - now we are racing against time, and a little slower is more dangerous, but what can I do? I was just a borrowed staff officer, and I didn't have any substantive command authority in this unit at all, so I could only stare dryly as Deputy Division Commander Liang and Regiment Commander Wu contacted and reported to their superiors.

It should be said that there should be no problem in peacetime, and when there is a war, the problem should be reported to the superiors in real time, but sometimes the military situation is urgent...... For example, now, it is obvious that there are only small roads to walk, so what if the sappers stop bombing the roads now? The sappers drove the car all the way to the 'drug', and when we got in touch, I'm afraid they have already blown up for a few kilometers, are they waiting for reinforcements? All the troops are retreating, where will there be any troops to reinforce us. Even if there were troops to reinforce it, it would not be like us and helpless in the face of a bombed-out road......

"Battalion Commander Cui" was sitting on my side and not standing, Deputy Division Commander Liang came up and said: "The superiors mean that we should not panic first, they have ordered the engineering troops to stop blasting the road and build the bridge with the boat bridge troops, and at the same time ordered the 605th Regiment to rush to reinforce the ......"

I was very frustrated to hear that.

This result has long been in my expectation, and this is also the principle and policy of our army in the counterattack war, and our troops have already experienced the superiority of the Vietnamese army in the jungle, so generally speaking, those who can not fight in the mountains and jungles should try not to fight, and do not drill into the jungle until they have to do so.

But this is not the usual situation, now is when all other forces have withdrawn and our unit alone is in danger of being surrounded in Vietnam.

"Deputy Division Commander Liang" I said dejectedly: "The more we wait here, it means that the more Vietnamese troops have gathered around us, and now the situation is different, all the other troops have retreated, and the Vietnamese troops can surround us from all directions...... Not to mention whether the engineer troops will have time to repair the road, even if it is repaired, it will be convenient for the devils to fight over? The 605th regiment came to support? If they don't leave, I'm afraid they will be surrounded by the Vietnamese army......"

Hearing this, Deputy Division Commander Liang couldn't help frowning and said, "But it's the order of the superiors...... In case the engineering unit repairs the road and we leave the station......"

Indeed, Deputy Division Commander Liang's consideration is reasonable, the higher authorities ordered us to be stationed in the same place, and if we do so, the responsibility lies with the superiors, but if we leave, in case of mistakes, the responsibility will be great. But I believe my analysis is not wrong.

So I continued to persuade Deputy Division Commander Liang: "The deputy division commander has a saying that generals are not subject to military orders abroad, and the superiors may not understand the actual situation before making such a decision, but we are responsible for the lives of thousands of soldiers in the whole regiment, and we must be responsible for the families of the soldiers, let's make a decision as soon as possible......

"If we act on our own and take the mountain road......," Deputy Division Commander Liang said worriedly, "Then the superiors will soon lose our position, and we will not be able to have reinforcements......

"Then it's up to us," I replied.

After thinking about it for a long time, Deputy Division Commander Liang gritted his teeth and said: "Just because this is what you Cui Wei said, I will believe it."

As he spoke, he turned around and shouted at Wu Songhe: "Commander Wu"

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"Immediately call all the troops back and let the soldiers prepare for the march" Deputy Division Commander Liang ordered: "Gather a few more guides to lead the way, and we will take the mountain road"

"Deputy division commander ......" Hearing this, Regiment Commander Wu couldn't help but be shocked.

"Execute the order" Deputy Division Commander Liang interrupted Commander Wu's words and said, "I am responsible for any problems"

"Yes," Regiment Leader Wu replied helplessly, turned around and walked to the radio station to pass on the order.

Deputy Division Commander Liang patted me on the shoulder and stepped aside without saying anything.

I know how Deputy Division Commander Liang felt, and I know very well how much pressure he had to withstand when he made the decision to "disobey the order" just now, and I also know what awaits him in China if anything goes wrong, but he still chooses to believe me in the end......

At this time, I breathed a sigh of relief, and I couldn't help but think that the 180th Division had also encountered this situation during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and it was strikingly similar - the superiors also issued an order to garrison in place, but the difference was that in the past, I failed to convince Division Commander Zheng to "disobey the military orders of the upper and foreign countries", but now I have succeeded