Chapter 187: The Purpose of the Vietnamese Army

Chapter 187: The Purpose of the Vietnamese Army

All the way back to the base without stopping, I got out of the car and rushed to the battalion headquarters without stopping for a moment.

As soon as I walked into the battalion headquarters, I saw Political Commissar Yang and Lin Xue discussing something in front of the map, and to my surprise, Liu Shunyi was also among them.

"Yo are back?" Seeing me walk in, Liu Shunyi waved at me expressionlessly and motioned for me to step forward.

I know Liu Shunyi's temper very well, he is usually very kind to people and is very good at polite words, but if there is any important military situation or problem, he is too lazy to say a word of nonsense. On the other hand, this also confirmed my previous belief that something must have happened.

Sure enough, before I could stand still, Liu Shunyi pointed to the map and said: "Here's the thing, according to international practice, neither side is allowed to send troops to occupy the border within 15 kilometers of the border between the two countries. Since the end of the counterattack, our army withdrew from Vietnam, and our border troops did not control the commanding heights along the border, so the Vietnamese army took the opportunity and took the lead to occupy the strategically important riding points on the border line, but fortunately, our border guards quickly realized the great significance of these riding points to our border security, so they immediately started a battle with the Vietnamese army for the riding points along the border, and achieved a certain victory. The most important point in our Guangxi direction is here...... Faka Mountain"

I already knew some of this, and in fact, the battle between our border guards and the Vietnamese army for the cavalry line point began almost immediately after the end of the counterattack, and it was during the months of training of our special reconnaissance brigade that the fighting was in full swing. Of course, it will definitely be the Vietnamese army that suffers. The reason is very simple: if we were fighting guerrilla warfare or movement warfare in Vietnam, our army might still be a little powerless, but now we are fighting positional offensive and defensive warfare along the border, so for us, who have an absolute advantage in artillery fire, we can only suppress the Vietnamese devils to fight this possibility.

But what does all this have to do with our special reconnaissance brigade? Do you want us to go to the front line to grab the riding point? It's unlikely, our troops have been trained so hard and are not being used as ordinary troops

When I was confused, Liu Shunyi continued: "It is precisely because of the fierce competition between the enemy and us in the border area for the riding line point, so the border has never been truly peaceful, and there has always been a constant war, but recently there have been some extremely abnormal situations......

After drinking a glass of water, Liu Shunyi frowned again and said: "According to the reaction of the border guards on our front line, all the radio stations of the Vietnamese army have stopped using them since yesterday; The forward troops cease any provocative actions against our troops; The artillery no longer 'fired' shells at our defensive positions and in depth, and the entire border battlefield was surprisingly calm. In the early hours of this morning, Vietnamese agents also attacked an artillery position of our army and blew up a ammunition 'medicine' depot ......"

"What? Vietnamese agents sneak attacked our artillery positions? Hearing this, I couldn't help but look at Liu Shunyi in shock.

"That's right," Liu Shunyi nodded and replied: "More importantly, this artillery position is also one of the artillery units attached to the 487th Regiment, that is, the unit that provides artillery assistance to Faka Mountain. Combined with the abnormal behavior of the Vietnamese army on the border, the superiors believed that this sneak attack by the Vietnamese army agents was a strategic preparation with purpose and intention, that is, to prepare for their counterattack on Phaka Mountain."

Speaking of this, Liu Shunyi turned to Lin Xue and said, "Chief of Staff Lin, tell me about your understanding of this sneak attack by the Vietnamese army agents."

"Hmm, it's ......" Lin Xue responded, looking at me with an unnatural expression.

From the moment I walked into the battalion headquarters, Lin Xue looked a little restrained, it was obvious that she had not forgotten the embarrassment of that night, and then Liu Shunyi asked, so she had to pull her military uniform and say: "According to my investigation, this Vietnamese army special agent unit is very unusual. Vietnamese army agents are generally divided into three types, one is the ordinary special team, also called the initial or tactical special team, which is mainly used for infantry and artillery operations and reconnaissance. ”

I couldn't help but think of the Vietnamese agents who lurked among the Vietnamese people during the battle in Vietnam and reported the whereabouts of our troops to the Vietnamese infantry and artillery.

"The second type is the secret special team, also known as the intermediate special team, which is mainly used to go deep behind enemy lines and temporarily carry out the sabotage mission of the 'sex' of the campaign."

Then I remembered the agents who lurked in the areas occupied by our army during the day, the people who attacked the army at night, and even some of them lurked among our soldiers and civilian workers, directly launched infiltration warfare against our army, blew up our army's ammunition 'medicine' depot, attacked our army's supply lines, and other activities.

"The last type is the Special Forces, also known as the Senior Secret Service, which are the highest-ranking special forces in Vietnam and are mainly responsible for important strategic tasks for the country and the military, including spies sent abroad to conduct espionage activities."

I've never seen this one on the battlefield, but then again, even if I've seen such a high-level agent on the battlefield, I don't know they're high-level agents......

"And the special forces that attacked us today should belong to the middle and senior special forces." After sorting out her thoughts, Lin Xue continued: "The reason why I say this is because they are fully equipped with the qualities of a high-level agent, but they are performing the tasks of an intermediate agent. They were few in number, about the size of a platoon, and each of them was fluent in Chinese, answering the sentinel's orders correctly all the way from the border to the artillery position, and even answering other questions from the sentry. After entering our artillery position, they went straight to the ammunition 'medicine' depot, and when they planted the time bomb, it was discovered by our troops, but it was too late, and the Vietnamese army agents shot everywhere to create 'commotion' and 'chaos', and there were even five Vietnamese army agents desperately guarding the bomb to prevent our army from removing it, and finally they were wiped out together with the ammunition ...... magazine."

Lin Xue's words are simple, but as the captain of the special reconnaissance team, I am naturally well aware of the difficulties, not to mention the rest, there are several kilometers from the border to the artillery position, and it is not easy to correctly answer the sentinel's questions on this way.

Liu Shunyi answered: "The abnormality of the Vietnamese army on the border, and the purposeful sneak attack on our artillery position by the Vietnamese army agents...... The ambitions of the Yue devils are already obvious, and their goal is Mount Faka, which is under the control of our army. What the higher authorities mean is that we cannot sit back and wait for the Vietnamese army agents to blow up our army's ammunition and ammunition depots one after another, and this will not only affect the strength of our army's artillery, but will also affect the morale of the whole army to a great extent. Considering that the quality of this special agent unit of the Vietnamese army is not something that ordinary scouts of our army can deal with, this is why I thought of you, Battalion Commander Cui, you see ......"

"The more devils play this chess game well," I couldn't help but smile bitterly when I heard this.

Liu Shunyi, Lin Xue, Political Commissar Yang and others were all stunned by my sudden words.

"Could it be ......" Lin Xue asked with some hesitation, "Could it be that the purpose of the Vietnamese army is not to take Faka Mountain?" ”

"No," I shook my head and replied, "I completely agree with Commander Liu and his superiors, but I want to ...... The Vietnamese army has another intention in taking this move, that is, to 'force' our special reconnaissance brigade to go to the battlefield."

"'Force' you to go to war?" Everyone couldn't help but exclaim when they heard this.

"That's right," I nodded and said, "If I were the commander of the Vietnamese army and I also wanted to take Phaka Mountain, I would not have made such an obvious move, first let the front-line troops die down, and then send agents to attack the opponent's artillery positions...... This actually tells us plainly, that they are ready to start a big battle, right? ”

Hearing this, Liu Shunyi, Lin Xue and others couldn't help but look at each other, and there was a feeling of being deceived in their eyes.

After a pause, I continued: "A few days ago, we just took an artillery position of the Vietnamese army, and today they attacked an artillery position of our army. On the other hand...... We used helicopters to assist the operation, and the Vietnamese agents could not capture our marching route and strategic targets, so they used this method to 'force' us to face them face to face on the battlefield."

After being silent for a while, Lin Xue nodded approvingly and said: "Battalion Commander Cui's analysis is reasonable, we destroyed an artillery position of the Vietnamese army at a very small cost a few days ago, which caused a great sensation in the Vietnamese army, and at the same time had a very negative impact on their morale.

"So......" Liu Shunyi laughed bitterly a few times, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "We old men are still used as tools by the Yue devils?" ”

"This is easy to do," Political Commissar Yang 'interjected': "Since we now know that this is a trap for the devils, then let's not go......"

"No," I shook my head after thinking about it and said, "If we don't go...... There is a good chance that this attack will become a reality. It is very likely that the Vietnamese army will be prepared with both hands, and it is certainly a goal to send special forces to move around to 'force' us to go up, but once we do not stop them or the Vietnamese agents achieve satisfactory results, then the Vietnamese army will soon launch a full-scale attack on Phaka Mountain, and the loss will not be as simple as a few ammunition 'medicine' depots."

"Then ......" then Commissar Yang said: "We will pass down the order and let the border troops pay attention to the defense, especially the artillery troops......"

"No," Lin Xue denied: "The Vietnamese army agents all speak fluent Mandarin, and they are also clear about our army's passwords, even if we stand in front of us, we can't tell the difference." In addition, the troops of our army are so huge, it can be said that there are leaks everywhere and it is impossible to prevent them."

"That's right," Liu Shunyi also frowned and said: "Prevent this bullet 'medicine' depot and that bullet 'medicine' depot, as well as supply depots and field hospitals...... If you have to defend against everything, at least double the number of troops, and you may not be able to prevent it."

"Then there is only one way," I said, "let the special reconnaissance brigade go up"