Chapter XVI Ranks

"Hit!" As soon as I gave the order, the shots rang out.

I had already set my eyes on two Vietnamese communications soldiers with walkie-talkies on their backs, and two "bang" shots knocked them to the ground. It is said that the military walkie-talkie of this era is still easy to find, because it is not only large, but also has a long antenna, which makes the Vietnamese army standing in the crowd like a group of 'chickens' on its back, and it can be said that it is a piece of cake to defeat them.

Sometimes I wonder if it's such an obvious target, why don't I let the fighters do it, and my bullets can be used against dangerous targets. But I am still a little worried, because I can see that the Vietnamese soldiers with walkie-talkies on their backs are very experienced veterans, and they subconsciously use the terrain and obstacles to hide themselves every step forward. And there seem to be several Vietnamese soldiers protecting each walkie-talkie, intentionally or unintentionally...... But they are careful and the direction is all in the front, and we can say that they are defenseless against the rear. It was because of this that I was able to easily kill them, and even choose the place of death of the two communication soldiers with walkie-talkies on their backs.

One of them was knocked to the ground by me as soon as he came out of his bunker, and he fell to the ground dozens of centimeters more than anywhere else, which allowed me to clearly see all the Vietnamese soldiers who tried to approach him.

The other was shot in the head by me before hiding on a rock on the side of the road.

In his position, if the Vietnamese wanted to snatch the walkie-talkies, they had to expose their diagonal sides or backs under my guns. If this can still make them successful, then my marksmanship can be said to be in vain!

In fact, I chose these two positions, but I didn't dare to hold it up. It is difficult to block the former position, and it is easy to block the latter position. I can focus most of my attention on the previous position, and occasionally focus on the latter position after the set.

It is obvious that the Vietnamese army pays great attention to its communication with the rear troops, after all, they use two companies against one regiment of our army. Despite their high quality, in order to successfully eat us, we still have to rely on artillery in the rear. Fortunately, I led my troops to hide in their rear in advance, otherwise this battle would have been really difficult to fight.

The fighters on both sides of the open field started the battle almost the moment I pulled the trigger.

Rifles, chargers, and machine guns roared and fired out rows and rows of bullets. The Vietnamese army all focused their attention on the direction of the main force of our army, and where would they have thought that there was a group of enemies hidden behind them, and they were immediately beaten to the ground and bloody!

The Vietnamese army was also a force that fought against the French and the Americans, and they soon realized that they were surrounded. The two companies were immediately divided into two units, one in front of the other, to attack our army, trying to take advantage of the unstable defense of our army to fight a bloody way. But the company in my hand has long learned how to do a good job of camouflage in the jungle, and all of them are dressed in camouflage made of weeds, not to mention, even the red 'colored' collar badge and pentagram that are very likely to 'show' their positions are carefully painted black with mud. The enemy is in the open and I am in the dark, and this is an easy battle for us. The Vietnamese army's bullets all seemed to have no target, either in the grass or on the trees, the sound was terrifying, and the broken wood fell down like a heavenly 'woman' scattered 'flower', but it just couldn't hit anyone. On the other hand, the soldiers of the fifth company could lie on the spot and concentrate on aiming at the enemy one by one with the weapons in their hands and knocking them to the ground.

At this time, I suddenly had a feeling that our company's firepower was much stronger. At first, I thought it was my own psychological effect, but when I looked at the dense bullets pouring towards the Vietnamese troops on both sides, and then at the Vietnamese soldiers who screamed like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, I realized that I was right.

This company can be said to have been brought out by me, and I don't know how many times I have conducted actual combat exercises on Huangzhu Mountain, and where will I not know their firepower. This sudden increase in firepower must have been the result of many people secretly replacing their rifles with Soviet-style aK47 after the Battle of the 386 Heights!

These guys! Seeing this, I couldn't help but curse secretly, you must know that in the PLA troops, the captured weapons are uniformly distributed by the superiors, and 'privately' replacement is not allowed, and even punished. This is also the reason why I don't dare to give orders for them to change their weapons, you must know that I am just a small platoon commander, a company commander, a deputy battalion commander, an instructor and a bunch of whatever, all eyes are staring! But I didn't expect these guys to learn smart!

Well exchanged! You must know that the weapons of our army at this time are really not the same grade as the AK47 in the hands of the Vietnamese army, not to mention the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, and the Type 56 submachine gun is not as good as the AK47 in the hands of the Vietnamese army. Although it doesn't look much different from the AK47, it can easily get stuck, hot and even explode. Moreover, the bullets used in the Soviet-style AK47 are still common to the 56 and a half and 56 submachine guns of our army.

If it weren't for my habit of using a rifle, I would have switched to one. The most important thing on this battlefield is to win, to kill the enemy, to find a way to keep yourself alive, and a good weapon is necessary to get this!

Come to think of it, the movements of my hands are not slow. Raising his hand, he fired two more "bang bang" shots, knocking over two Vietnamese soldiers who tried to approach the walkie-talkie.

These two Vietnamese soldiers were very clever, and in order to hide their intention to seize the infantry machine, they pretended to raise AK47s from one left and one to the right while 'shooting' and at the same time relying on cover to approach us, pretending to want to break through. But just as they were approaching the walkie-talkie, the two suddenly changed direction and threw themselves at the walkie-talkie.

I have to admit that I didn't find out their intentions beforehand, but I did put them down next to the walkie-talkie with two shots as they approached it. The reason I had enough time to shoot them down was because my muzzle, my eyes, and all my attention was on the walkie-talkie. No matter what 'tricks' they play, they will eventually get close to the walkie-talkie, and I just need to kill all the enemies who try to get close to the walkie-talkie.

Unconsciously, there were corpses piled up next to the two walkie-talkies. Although their postures are different, they are all facing the walkie-talkie without exception. In particular, the walkie-talkie in the second position "because of its narrow space, the dead bodies are stacked on top of each other like a hill."

Suddenly, "I realized that there was a more perfect interpretation of the tactic of surrounding corpses, and it seemed that replacing corpses with radio stations would work better!"

I don't know when the Vietnamese army gave up the fight for those two walkie-talkies. Because I focused all my attention on the walkie-talkie within a range of about ten meters, "I sniped every enemy who tried to get close to the radio station without distraction, until the voice of my hometown came from the walkie-talkie: "Platoon Commander Cui, the enemy has fled into the woods and fled south, do you want to pursue?" ”

"Hmm!" Only then did I react, looking around, I really couldn't figure out which direction was south, and I heard a few gunshots from time to time in the dense forest on the side of my hometown, and I was so sorry that it was there!

The Vietnamese army is really not simple: "In this situation of being surrounded, we can still correctly judge the leaks and weak points in our encirclement, and there is only one platoon on the side of the hometown people, and now even if they want to pursue, they have more than enough strength but not enough." What's more, the Vietnamese army is familiar with the terrain and is good at fighting jungle warfare, so the traps laid along the way are enough for us to bear.

So I ordered the walkie-talkie: "Don't pursue, immediately assist the main force to withdraw two kilometers away!" ”

"Yes!" The warriors answered, put away their weapons, and walked back.

Soon I was running out of the jungle with my warriors and back to the path. There were corpses everywhere along the way, first the Vietnamese army's" and then the People's Liberation Army's, and the layers were very clear between each other, the difference was that the Vietnamese army was basically all corpses, because most of them were killed by us. The corpses of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) were blurred with flesh and blood, and there were broken flesh and organs everywhere, and "blood was collected in low-lying places to form pools of blood, and liberation shoes stepped on it to make a sound of "ba, ba, ba", splashing blood 'flowers' everywhere.

"Wow!" After a few sounds, remembering that the blood and broken 'meat' of their comrades were under their feet, many soldiers couldn't help but vomit again. But they vomited and vomited, and even vomited until their faces were pale and their feet were weak, but the movements under their feet still did not stop.

Seeing this, I couldn't help but nod secretly, the brutal battlefield had made them mature a lot.

At the same time, it also makes them realize that here the weak will only be ruthlessly eliminated: "Only the strong can survive!"

"My own people! Own! Don't open the ............ "With the experience of the last time, I shouted at the soldiers of the main force from afar.

Sure enough, the soldiers of the main force still nervously held their guns and argued with us for a while, and finally after Company Commander Li caught up and explained that this was the troops of the Fifth Company, they finally believed us and put down their guns.

I don't blame them, most of them are new recruits, and even veterans have no combat experience. They have never fought before, and after surviving such an artillery bombardment, anyone will be like a frightened bird. What's more, we are dressed in camouflage, which is really a bit like the Vietnamese army chasing them.

"Comrades, retreat!" When I returned to the army, the first thing I said was to shout at the soldiers: "It is very likely that the Vietnamese army will still shell this area, get out of here!" ”

I thought this should be a matter of no controversy, and the Vietnamese army would soon tell the other troops about the situation after they fled, and once they got in touch with the artillery, then there would be another round of shelling. But I didn't expect that someone would soon oppose it in a righteous and solemn manner.

"What a name!" A cadre with a bandage on his head and a bloody face glared at me and shouted, "Who are you?" How can we retreat if we don't complete our mission? That's not a retreat, it's an escape! We should rush up and occupy the enemy's positions! ”

"That's right! Rush over ......"

"I think it's time for Ann to retreat and breathe a sigh of relief!"

"Can't be withdrawn! We're wearing 'interspersed'! Piercing 'interspersed' is to be fast, take a breath of relief, and hit a bird! ”

"That's right! To retreat is to run away! We should take advantage of the victory! ”

Looking at the 'chaotic' and 'chaotic' scene in front of me, I was stunned, and turned my head to look at Company Commander Li suspiciously.

Company Commander Li sighed helplessly and replied, "The regiment commander is injured, and he is unconscious and cannot command!" Many cadres also died in this bombing, and now ......"

I also know what Company Commander Li said next, because the problem is already in front of me.

Look at the soldiers who are fighting together, all of them are wearing cadre uniforms, but they can't see which of them has the biggest "official", and there is no sign of military rank on the collar badge on their shoulders, so it is impossible to distinguish who is of higher rank."

I know something about this: "Our army's uniforms originally had rank indications. However, in order to respond to the call of "officers and men to be the same and treat all officers and men equally" during the 10 years of turmoil, our army completely abolished the military rank system. From then on, the whole army wore a new all-red five-pointed star cockade and an all-red collar badge. The former cockades, epaulettes of military ranks, collar badges of military ranks, and symbols of service, service, etc., are abolished.

I didn't think it was anything that would reflect the equality of everyone, wouldn't it? This is exactly what our modern society is after! But now we find that the problem is bigger, just like the situation we are facing now. Several cadres, including me, the platoon commander, were all dressed in cadre uniforms, and no one knew what kind of official the other party was, so they insisted on their own words and no one listened to anyone!

Some people may say, isn't it just to show your position? This is the platoon commander, that is the company commander, and there is a battalion......,... Cheng, listen to the battalion commander!

However, there is another problem, most of the troops are recruits from all over the world, and many of them have only arrived for a few days. Just like us, we haven't had a chance to get to know our battalion commander yet. At this moment, a person suddenly came out and said that he was the battalion commander and did not have any marks on his body, who would believe this? If this is okay, then the Vietnamese army agent put on the cadre uniform and said, "Say that you are the regiment commander, you can easily pull away a unit!"

The abolition of the military rank system has directly led to the fact that after the senior commander of our army is wounded, the unit will be like a plate of scattered sand without command and unable to integrate. In modern times, I have heard such things from veterans of the counterattack war, some of the troops were broken up from the first day of the war, and they still could not be organized by the time they returned home on the last day of the counterattack. The soldiers of the entire army followed other units to 'fight' in a 'disorderly' manner, "that is, they ran and rushed wherever there was a gunshot, wherever there was a battle......

"Where's the commander?" Looking at the situation in front of me, I couldn't help but frown.

"In the back!" Company Commander Li pulled me apart from the soldiers who were densely packed together, and after walking for a while, I saw the bearded man lying on a stretcher covered in blood, with a bandage on his head, and a shocking bright red on his right forehead.

"How's the head of the regiment?" I asked.

I never knew that a regimental commander was so important, and what I desperately needed at this time was that he opened his eyes and said a word, or even just "retreated" two names, "Then maybe it can save all of us."

"Not life-threatening for the time being!" The hygienist replied, "But you need to be sent to the rear immediately for first aid!" ”

I gritted my teeth and asked, "Is there a way to wake him up for a while?" Is there a booster shot? ”

"Who are you?" The hygienist looked at me suspiciously, and at the same time, two guards with submachine guns in their hands also looked at me with fierce eyes. But as soon as I saw that it was me, my arrogance immediately shortened a little. I think they had seen my methods when they followed the regiment commander to inspect the 386 heights.

"Comrade! Please leave! "But even so, the two guards politely stopped me out because of their duties. Then, a short time later, the regimental commander left under the escort of the guards.

I couldn't help but sigh, in fact, I didn't want to give the regiment commander a shot in the arm, because I knew that this would probably make the regiment commander lose the opportunity to be treated, even if it was out of personal feelings, I was not willing to do this. But now the whole army is in a state of no one commanding, some people want to retreat, some people want to advance, "......, no!" This is not a place to stay for a long time, and if you stay a little longer, maybe the shells will come! So whether you are moving forward or retreating, you have to make a decision right away!

So I grabbed my rifle and fired two shots into the air, yelling viciously at the group of cadres: "Don't make any noise!" Signal soldiers, immediately get in touch with their superiors and ask them to appoint a commander! Instructor Xie, immediately count the senior cadres of our department who still have combat capability, so that the superiors can choose! All the other troops, the battalion commander sacrificed the company commander on top, and the company commander sacrificed the platoon commander on top! ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Everything began to be carried out in an orderly manner, and the cadres who were still arguing just now looked at me dumbfounded, perhaps thinking: Who is this guy? The command of the entire army was as if it were an arm's command.

In fact, at this time, I really felt the urge to control this unit under my command with a gun! I'm a regimental leader, so I have the ability. But I knew that this would definitely not work, and if I could grab the position of regiment commander with two shots, then it would not be a unit. The result of this will only make the situation worse, and it may even turn into a confrontation of forces!

So there is only one best and fastest solution, and that is to let the superiors decide, and no one has anything to say!

But I also know that there will be a consequence if it is decided by the superiors, that is, the superiors will not take into account our casualties, will not pay attention to the enemy's guess of our penetrating route, and will not care whether the enemy will set up another ambush on the road ahead, and their order will always be: "Overcome all difficulties and attack!" Offensive! Attack again""

But now I can't care so much about it, so let's leave this place of right and wrong first. It's just, "... What will be the road ahead of us?

I suddenly found that the conditions during this period were much better in all respects than during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, but it was much more difficult to start a war!