The sound of distant gunfire began to break the silence of the night, and the occasional flash of fire tore through the darkness. The rolling hills are densely forested, and the fighting continues to ignite in the tropical jungle that stretches thousands of kilometers to the south.

The armored assault column exchanged fire with the enemy.

Li Lu was in the fortifications of the command post, quietly waiting for the report sent back by the armored assault column. The communicator and the radio soldier were silently busy, and with the sound of ticking and electromagnetic interference, the reports of the armored commando column came back one by one, and the communicator quickly recorded them and presented them to Li Lu.

When necessary, Li Lu would directly communicate with the commander of the armored assault column. Walkie-talkies, high-power radios, and no other means of communication, Li Lu is nostalgic for the era when there were satellite communication means 30 years later.

Because the armored assault column conducts continuous mobile operations, there is no way to achieve wired communication. It is not realistic to let the wired soldiers run all over the mountains with coils on their backs, that is unrealistic.

Compared with the means of communication, Li Lu misses the air support force even more.

The days without the Air Force were quite sad.

If there was air support, the previous defensive battle would not have been so difficult.

Even, he didn't even have artillery support.

The 256 heights were too far away from our artillery units, and the front-line artillery was basically used in the annihilation of the enemy's main forces. Therefore, unless our long-range artillery provides support, our troops on the 256 heights can only rely on their own artillery forces.

Fortunately, there are still some T-62M, as well as 59 tanks.

Thirty years ago, without any heavy firepower, our army still blocked the three-dimensional attack of the United Nations forces for several days. From this point of view, Li Lu should be satisfied, but he also knows that such a highland defense battle should never be the best—at the cost of heavy casualties.

At this time, even some bazooka off-handers don't have their own weapons, and when you ask why, the answer will be - the bazooka forehand sacrifices the off-hand to pick up his weapon.

This is a war era when almost no attention is paid to the protection of soldiers - how can there be no immortal in war!

Even so, there are still countless young men of 18 or 9 years old who have gone to the trouble for the country to defend the territorial integrity of the motherland and the happy life of the people on the border.

Li Lu's concept is obviously very different, and when he comes back with his thoughts and concepts thirty years later, he knows the future situation, so he has a deeper understanding of the meaning of "people-oriented". That's why he attaches so much importance to the wounded and to the protection of individual soldiers.

"Chief, the armored assault column has broken through the enemy's formation and is developing into their depth, but so far no enemy self-propelled artillery units have been found." The signal corps reported.

Li Lu nodded, "Got it." ”

This is the beginning, and the specific situation will obviously not be able to come out for a while. The armored assault column engaged in high-speed raids, using the roads in the jungle to cut the enemy's troops, mainly killing and injuring the target, and would never leave the road to fight, even if the target was missed.

The purpose of the 256 positional defensive battle was to buy time for the war of annihilation of the main forces, as well as to cut off the enemy's retreat and prevent the reinforcement of the identified 315A Division, therefore, time was of the essence.

The ultimate goal of a counterattack is to gain time, and there is nothing wrong with that.

In the absence of air power, Li Lu had only one way to grasp the situation of more enemy forces - to send more reconnaissance groups.

With limited troops, Gong Linghui was sent out by him. Gong Linghui led three reconnaissance groups to reconnoiter in the direction of the wide front, and carried out reconnaissance in other directions except for the direction of the attack of the armored assault column. It was a lesson that the previous arrangement of the forward alert team was killed in a sneak attack, and Li Lu did not hesitate to select the most capable fighters from the remaining sixty or so people and send them to Gong Linghui.

In addition to the identified enemy regiment, Li Lu did not know how many enemy troops were still on the way to the 256th heights, or how many of them still hid in the dark night jungle where they could not see their fingers.

While paying attention to the progress of the armored assault column, Li Lu paid more attention to Gong Linghui's progress.

In modern warfare, more effective reconnaissance is the primary factor for victory, and achieving one-way transparency on the battlefield has always been the ultimate goal of the development of reconnaissance means by the armed forces of various countries.

This can be reflected in the fact that the tank regiment was attacked by the enemy's long-range large-caliber artillery fire, and the enemy's reconnaissance group dived into the depth of the tank regiment's marching route, sent back specific coordinates, and the long-range artillery unit carried out a covering strike. This is almost the way in which special forces arrive at close proximity to reconnoiter and guide missiles to accurately hit enemy targets 30 years later.

Therefore, I have been reflecting on why after nearly three years of fighting, our army's work in this area has not made much progress.

When he was on the battlefield, he had already taken on the task of guiding targets for artillery units. The assault team infiltrated the depth of the enemy army to find the enemy's artillery positions, and then guided our artillery fire to strike.

In the final analysis, it is still the lack of awareness, coupled with the addition of new equipment in the enemy army, which affects the change of the situation of the enemy and us.

I am afraid that the front finger does not know that the enemy is equipped with large-caliber long-range artillery capable of firing nearly 20 kilometers in one go.

Compared with others, Gong Linghui's rich combat experience made him the most suitable candidate to serve as the commander of the reconnaissance team. On the defensive side of the position, Li Lu could only let Mai Guanghua take charge of the left flank sub-position, while he was personally in charge of the main position.

Of the two sub-positions, the left flank sub-position was more important, so it was reinforced there by two T-62M tanks. Li Lu scattered the tanks to make up for the lack of firepower due to the lack of troops. However, he concentrated all the mortars, including eight 60-millimeter mortars, which could be used to suppress enemy infantry.

And the reserves in his hands are only the lame Asian Tiger tank and the 59 Tan of the Mai Guanghua crew. Mai Guanghua went to the ground and became the commander of the infantry, and his tanks were handed over to others. Perhaps, after such a violent impact, the Asian Tiger tank was not damaged to the point of losing its combat effectiveness, which is good news.

Didn't Li Lu and these people come to the battlefield to test the actual combat performance of the Asian Tiger tank on the spot? Undoubtedly, the Asian Tiger tank performed well.

"Chief, the armored assault column has begun to make a detour." The correspondent suddenly reported.

Lacking manpower, the communicator doubled as his operational staff officer. This is exactly the situation formed by Li Lu's concentration of troops in the use of armored assault columns.

How important it is to concentrate superior forces, Li Lu could not be clearer.

Li Lu hurriedly turned on the flashlight and shone it on the map, and his fingers quickly swiped to a point. Since the armored assault column has reached the detour point, it means that the cutting is basically completed, and it will immediately carry out a cross-left and right maneuver attack, mainly to kill and injure the enemy's living forces.

"Is there any news from the enemy self-propelled artillery units?" Li Lu asked.

The correspondent replied: "No! ”

"Give Gong Linghui an order to send a team to reconnoiter in the direction of the 338 heights, I always feel that the enemy's self-propelled artillery unit has slipped there, where there is a banana forest, the terrain is flat, suitable for deploying self-propelled equipment." Li Lu ordered.

"Yes!" The communicator immediately conveyed the order to Gong Linghui.

Li Lu also had a concern that if the enemy's self-propelled artillery units were in the banana grove almost ten kilometers away on the right flank, then they would be free to strike at Heights 256 and 338.

In any case, as more and more intelligence came back, Li Lu smelled the smell of a big war brewing, and the next one would obviously be a night battle.