256 Heights defensive operations were inevitable.

Judging from the situation of the entire battlefield, whether our army gains the absolute initiative or the enemy forces gain the initiative, the battle of the 256 heights is inevitable.

In the case that our army has gained the initiative, under the current situation that the enemy's 315th Division has entered the battlefield, the 256th Heights have replaced the 338th Heights, becoming the last node to hold the enemy's retreat route. The fact that the enemy's 315th Division sent a company of troops to occupy this place has already illustrated the importance of this place.

First of all, we must be clear about the concept, 256 Heights is already a relatively open area of this tropical rainforest, surrounded by relatively gentle soil slopes, which tanks can attack up. But despite this, the surrounding area is still densely covered with rainforests, with countless hills and hills, large and small, and the terrain must not be seen in the same way as a plain area.

In other words, there will not be many troops that can be deployed here, even if Li Lu deploys the attack, he has to divide the troops into two general directions, and leave the Tiger Company behind to provide fire support. This is the constraint of the terrain.

In fact, the high ground that can be deployed with the strength of two companies to launch an attack is already an easy position to attack and difficult to defend. And put a company here for defense, according to the combat situation in the past few years, if it is a company of our army, it can withstand the repeated impact of the enemy's battalion-level scale for three days and three nights!

The simplest and clearest proof - whether the high ground is important or not depends on the deployment of enemy troops.

Li Lu's division of the Tiger Company, which had the most powerful combat effectiveness, into reserve was precisely out of this consideration. The past few battles have shown that the combat performance of the Asian Tiger tank is significantly superior to that of the 59 Tan, especially in terms of protection and firepower, which is a notch higher than the 59 Tan. Li Mu simply used all of them as the last reserve to be used, waiting for a chance to kill the enemy by surprise, so as to save the 256 Heights position, which was very likely to collapse under the enemy's repeated attacks.

Officially, because of the characteristics of the terrain, Li Lu made the plan to arrange most of the heavy firepower in the front, because it would give full play to the range advantage of the heavy firepower, and the light firepower was on the second line, which could move forward through the trenches at any time to deal with the enemy troops passing through the heavy firepower.

However, there is a risk in Li Lu's arrangement of deploying all the heavy machine guns in front - it is easier to be damaged in battle.

However, it is necessary to take risks, so Li Lu constantly emphasized that the fortifications of the forward positions must be carefully constructed, especially the function of anti-artillery.

He set up a total of three layers of defensive firepower, and finally used tank fire as the most powerful support. He demanded that each vehicle must have three positions for reserve firing and that the shortest possible counteroffensive route be planned. That is, the battle plan is detailed to each combat vehicle group and to each combat group.

At present, when there is a lack of advanced means of communication, Li Lu has used this arrangement to mix all the troops to form a number of combat units, and each two combat units can directly contact him through a radio station, so as to obtain the largest flat command style in the current state.

The arrangement of defensive forces, the allocation of firepower, the depth of firepower, the use of mobile support forces, the arrangement of reserves, and the division of communication channels were arranged neatly by Li Lu. He didn't need the help of a combat staff officer at all, and his head was an encyclopedia of war in his two lives combined.

What he needs to watch out for most now is enemy artillery fire.

The attack on the tank regiment has shown that the enemy has long-range artillery and has infiltrated the reconnaissance team. If the 256 heights were bombarded with accurate large-caliber artillery fire, the defense would inevitably suffer great damage, even if anti-artillery fortifications were constructed.

On the one hand, he asked Niu Er to send a search team to search the surrounding woods and eliminate the threat of the enemy's artillery reconnaissance team, and at the same time, he asked each combat unit to put the anti-artillery work in the first place and step up the construction of fortifications.

After inspecting the machine gun positions one by one, Li Lu saw that Liu Xiangyang, Wade and others were still repairing the battle-damaged Asian Tiger tank at the foot of the mountain, and Huang Guanghui led a few soldiers to guard the surroundings. Li Lu took 56 Chong and walked down the position quickly, and said to the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield, "Gather these enemy corpses to the side, and don't block the shooting range." ”

"Chief, what about these wounded soldiers?" A little warrior asked.

Li Lu didn't think about it, pointed to the side, and said, "Pile up over there too, and let the hygienist treat them." ”

"Yes!"

The little soldier beckoned his comrades to start working, cleaned up the corpses of the enemy and the wounded soldiers, and notified the hygienist to treat the wounded soldiers.

Li Lu walked quickly to the repair site, Wade happened to get out of the turret hatch, covered in oil, he exhaled heavily, and said to Liu Xiangyang, "Liu, we didn't bring spare parts, this Asian tiger has lost its ability to maneuver." ”

Liu Xiangyang was trying to repair the induction wheel, but he also shook his head and sighed, saying, "I can't help it here, I have to replace the induction wheel." ”

Rachel was checking the fire-control system, and she said, "It's not a big problem on my side, it's not a big problem with the artillery, but I'm afraid the turret rotation will have to use manual mode." ”

Niu Jun translated their words and told the car group on the side that this was a new car group, and the original car group had all been sacrificed.

At this time, Niu Jun saw Li Lu and avoided his gaze.

Li Lu nodded slightly at her and said to Wade, "Mr. Wade, give up this Asian Tiger, it's not safe here, we have to return to the position immediately." ”

The edge of the woods at the foot of the mountain is the position where our army launched an attack before, and it will naturally become the position where the enemy counterattack is launched, which is more dangerous. After all, the reconnaissance team that went forward could not fully grasp the movements in all directions, and if there were enemy troops that slipped over, the precious technicians of the battlefield research team would be in great danger.

Li Lu was completely relieved, especially when he saw the sun that began to set in the west, and the worry in his heart was a little heavier.

Two or three o'clock in the afternoon is the most energetic time of the day, and the energy is the most energetic. The enemy's will to fight is already very strong, and it happens to hit this time period, so you can imagine what kind of vicious battle will take place in a while.

Under such a mentality, once these people in the battlefield research team, who have no combat effectiveness to speak of, are far away from him, his heart will not be able to settle down.

Wade frowned at this time and thought about it and said, "Lu, I know that one more tank will help you a lot. Give me a little more time, and I can think of a way to solve the problem with the walking system. ”

He is quite right, even at a critical moment, a tank can change the outcome of a battle.

Li Lu thought about it for a moment and said, "Okay, it can't be more than thirty minutes, my hunch is not very steady." ”

"Trust me." Wade jumped down and drew on the ground with Liu Xiangyang to study solutions.

Li Lu walked over there, looked at the damaged induction wheels, frowned and said, "Why don't you try to shorten the track and simply give up the induction wheels in front." ”

Wade and Liu Xiangyang were stunned for a moment, and then their eyes lit up, and Liu Xiangyang slapped his head violently, "That's right!" I couldn't have thought of such a simple solution! Third brother! Or you can do it! ”

"That's because you didn't calm yourself down, your mind was imprisoned." Li Ludao immediately said it to Wade in English, and Wade also shook his head a little awkwardly - it is normal for many solutions to be unable to think of when he is nervous.

A very common solution, the tracks can be disassembled section by section, shorten the tracks, avoid the damaged induction wheels, and the tank's walking system can be restored to use, of course, it will be more difficult to use, but most importantly, the tank will not lie on its stomach!

Li Lu said to Zhang Weiwei and Zhao Xu on the side, "Didn't I ask you to bring a lot of mine grenades, in our car, go and move here, and follow me to set up a minefield." ”

Zhang Weiwei and Zhao Xu hurriedly went and drove the LC70 over. When they were in the field hospital, Li Lu told them to bring as many of these things as they could, including the ammunition needed for weapons. Li Lu was just in case, he knew that all kinds of landmines could play a big role in the jungle.

I didn't expect it to come in handy at this time.

Gong Linghui brought a few soldiers and brought a lot of explosives. At present, most of the troops are loaded with 200 grams of solid explosives, 25 kilograms in one box, and 125 pieces in one box. Such small pieces of solid explosives can be freely combined into explosive packages of various specifications, which can deal with very hard objects such as bunkers, fortifications, armored vehicles, obstacles, etc.

"Chief, all the explosives you want are here." Gong Linghui said.

Li Lu asked, "Can you achieve double detonation?" ”

Gong Linghui's eyebrows jumped, and he asked, "Chief, are you talking about two ways: wired and wireless detonation?" ”

"Yes." Li Lu nodded.

Gong Linghui shook his head and said, "No, you can only use wired detonation or tripping detonation." ”

"Then adopt the method of two-line detonation and pull two detonation lines to the position command post." Li Lu said, motioning for Gong Linghui to follow him, until he walked to the foot of the mountain, he pointed to the grass in the middle of the open field and said, "From here, in a series way, arrange an explosion zone with a width of ten meters, arrange one at a distance of three meters, and combine three explosion lines to form an explosion belt of ten meters." ”

Gong Linghui looked at the distance and said worriedly, "Chief, from the left wing to the right wing, the distance is too long, and there is not enough explosives!" ”

"Look, here in the middle lane, leave a gap, understand?" Li Ludao.

Gong Linghui immediately understood that this was to force the enemy's attacking forces to concentrate in the direction he most wanted to see, so as to gain the opportunity to concentrate superior firepower to annihilate the enemy.

"But the explosives are still not enough." Gong Linghui said.

Li Lu scolded, "Let your fucking bullshit!" Use all the explosives! ”

"But what happens next?" Gong Linghui was also anxious.

The explosives were sufficient, but Gong Linghui left half of the amount for later use.

Li Lu stared at him and said, "Platoon Commander Gong Linghui, listen." The enemy's attack will not last long, as they will be sure to attack Heights 256 in rotation with all available forces before dark. They can't take the 256 heights, their 315th Division is just an ornament, not only can they not support their main force, but even when our main force completes the basic cutting operation command, the 315th Division will also fall into the predicament of being surrounded. This process does not last until dark. ”

"Therefore, 256 heights are even more important for them, and with time running out, they will definitely attack with all their might at the beginning. You keep the other explosives and, believe me, it won't come in handy, because maybe there is no chance of using them at all. ”

Gong Linghui saw the solemnity in Li Lu's eyes, he believed in Li Lu, because, because it was the person in front of him, he led the troops to turn defeat into victory and won the 256 heights, otherwise the consequences would be very bad.

"Chief, I see." Gong Linghui said to a soldier, "Go and collect all the explosives, call two more squads to come over, and set up the blast belt!" ”

"Yes!"

They got busy right away.

Li Lu returned, took Zhang Weiwei and Zhao Xu into the woods at the foot of the mountain, and began to lay out the mines. The use of grenades to make tricky mines is all too familiar to Li Lu. In the dense jungle, there are places everywhere that can be laid out. And those anti-infantry jumping mines and anti-tank mines are completely put to use. The mountain roads in the jungle that the tanks had run over were carefully planted with anti-tank mines, and anti-infantry jumping mines were planted in the weeds on the side of the road, and the two were connected with fishing lines, and no matter which mine was triggered, it would be detonated at the same time.

This kind of deployment is mainly to kill and injure the enemy's deminers, or when the tank crushes the anti-tank mine, at the same time detonate the anti-infantry jumping mine on the side, so as to achieve the purpose of simultaneous killing.

This kind of laying method is the simplest, after Li Lu taught him for a while, Zhang Weiwei and Zhao Xu both mastered the skills and helped Li Lu speed up the layout.

More than 60 anti-infantry jumping mines and 20 anti-tank mines were skillfully sprinkled into the jungle by Li Lu, forming a barrier. Even if the enemy's attacking forces would bypass here, it would serve the purpose of blocking the enemy's offensive frontal range, so that our troops could concentrate their fire on other positions.

It took half an hour for Li Lu to handle all this, and the speed was very fast.

In the battle-damaged Asian Tiger tank, Wade and Liu Xiangyang were still busy, and Rachel was also trying to repair the hydraulic system and try to restore the turret's ability to rotate, without the need for a hand joystick to achieve the purpose of turret rotation.

Li Lu looked at the time, jumped on the tank, and said through the top hatch, "It's time, we have to go back to the position." ”

Wade half-lay there to fix the starter and said, "Give me a few more minutes, road, the starter motor is repaired, and this Asian Tiger can be started." ”

Liu Xiangyang sat in the driver's seat, waiting for Wade's order to try to start the tank. There are very few technicians and workshop workers in the Guangming Factory who can't drive tanks. It can be said that the first thing the technicians of the technical department of the Guangming Factory did after arriving at their posts was to master the skills of using the production of tank models. If you want to make this thing, you have to learn how to use it first.

Otherwise, if the Guangming Factory can produce a thousand tanks, then the Guangming Factory alone will be able to form a tank army. There are many examples of teenage factory children sneaking into the test site, sneaking into the tank and starting to spread wild all over the training ground.

Rachel clapped her hands and said, "Okay, the turret is back to normal, but I don't know how long it will last." Mr. Wade, I'm waiting for you. ”

"Roger, soon, I'll fix this soon." Wade seemed to be cracking a buckle and gritting his teeth.

Li Lu straightened up and said to Niu Jun, who was also standing on the tank, "Teacher Niu, you go back to the position first." ”

Niu Jun has been standing here, responsible for the communication between Wade and the car crew.

"Okay, then be careful." Niu Jun nodded obediently, squatted down and prepared to jump off the tank.

Suddenly, the sound of gunfire began, and then I heard the sound of the freshly laid mines in the jungle constantly being triggered and exploding!

"Be careful!"

A series of bullets hit the tank, Li Lu roared, rushed towards Niu Jun, jumped down with her, and when he landed, he rolled a few times to unload most of the strength, and before Niu Jun could react, he almost dragged Niu Jun to climb over to several hidden reverse firing points built at the foot of the mountain, and rolled directly into the right-angled fortifications hidden in two boulders......