[391] The red tassel is fierce

The French defenders of Dongxi were as many as 350 men at this time, and the defense was very tenacious.

The experience of being blown up by Germany in World War II and quickly surrendering is still deeply engraved in the minds of the French army. Although the French Fourth Republic, which was faced with a mess and traumatized after the war, changed its cabinet like a change of underpants, and changed 11 cabinets in just five years, the French who were ashamed and brave fought very fiercely under the spirit of the post-war wave of nationalism.

By the way, the Fourth French Republic, which was formed after the war, was replaced by the French Fifth Republic (today's France), which was dictatorship by Charles de Gaulle in a military coup d'état and had a stalemate with the United States, and a total of 22 cabinets were changed in 12 years...... This shows how chaotic the domestic politics after the Gallic War, which was completely dependent on the United States......

From the moment Chen Liujun, an artillery instructor of the military advisory group, fired the first shot at dawn, the battle entered a stalemate. Of course, the 150-strong Chinese military advisory group to aid Vietnam could not participate in the war as a vanguard, and these experienced Chinese officers only acted as commanders, and after the battle began, the main force was of course the Viet Minh troops.

As a result of the hard training and rearmament of the Chinese military advisory group over the past few days, the Viet Minh forces have taken on the appearance of a regular army. In view of the defeat in the first Battle of Dong Khi, Comrade Ho Chi Minh handed over military command from the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Vo Nguyen Giap, to General Tran Geng.

According to the predetermined tactics, 12 companies under the command of the 174th Regiment of the Viet Minh began to launch a fierce attack on the outlying strongholds north of Dong Stream, while the 209th Regiment launched an offensive from the south of the walled bunkers, which had previously been considered impossible to storm head-on.

Originally, in history, in the face of the less than 400 defenders of Dongxi, the 209th Regiment responsible for the attack in the south did not make an inch of progress until the early hours of the morning, but the 174th Regiment in the north cleared the outlying strongholds and glared at Dongxigan. The troops that rushed into Dong Xi asked for artillery support, but the fledgling Vietnamese artillery was very incompetent, and they fired 60mm mortar shells aimlessly, which did not have the effect of supporting at all.

This time, however, with the 82mm recoilless guns and mortars of the same caliber brought by the Chinese military advisory group, and personally going into battle to guide the Viet Minh artillery operations, the Viet Minh troops attacked at an unprecedented speed -- an hour later, the 174th Regiment in the north cleared the outlying strongholds, and the 209th Regiment in the south had climbed the blackened wall of the mortar and initially occupied the southern part of Dongxi.

As for the 75mm mountain artillery positions of the French army, they were terminated under the first round of 82mm mortar covered attacks, and the French army at this time only resisted with mortars from time to time, but it did not take long for these mortar positions to be covered and shelled by Viet Minh mortars under the command of Chen Liujun and other comrades of the Chinese military advisory group.

Gradually, the French army, which was completely surrounded and had knocked out the outlying fortifications, was somewhat overwhelmed. Pierre, commander of the 701st French Colonial Infantry Battalion, wrapped gauze around his head, brandished the carbine in his hand and shouted: "For the French Fourth Republic!" We will fight to the end! I've called the Air Force, and we'll get air support right away! ”

As soon as Pierre finished speaking, a mortar shell exploded not far in front of him, and if it weren't for the thick sandbag cover, Pierre would have died on the spot.

Chen Liujun used a telescope to observe on a mountainside on the outskirts of Dongxi and said: "Comrade Viet Minh's 209th Regiment is still too tender, the speed of the forward troops is too slow, and the assault is not decisive enough. This had to be done in the old army before us, and the commander had to be removed before the fight was completed, and he was locked up and written a review. ”

Yu Mengbao, who was beside him, said indifferently: "It's okay, with us commanding the artillery to give them a firepower point, it will be sooner or later to take Dongxi." ”

Chen Liujun shook his head and said, "You can't always rely on us, right?" Among the 150 people who came this time, there were 55 artillery instructors, and this time they all went up to command, and if the battle was bigger next time, wouldn't there be enough manpower? ”

Yu Mengbao said: "Wait, just like the chief said, when we bring the apprentice out, it will be easy to fight in the future." ”

Chen Liujun shook his head again, picked up his binoculars and looked at Dongxi shrouded in billowing smoke, and muttered, "This has to be taught for a long time...... Mengbao, didn't you find it? If we don't stare at adjusting the parameters from the side, relying on the guns that these Vietnamese artillerymen have calibrated themselves, it is completely wrong! Alas......"

The Viet Minh troops found that under the command of the Chinese military advisers, the coordination of infantry and artillery was better than ever! The battle is progressing more smoothly than ever! This greatly boosted their confidence, and in the Viet Minh's forward headquarters, the radio for Chinese support was constantly blaring, and the Viet Minh commanders at all levels desperately demanded that their subordinate troops launch an all-out charge into the heart of the French army.

Just as the French army was on the verge of collapse, the roar of propeller planes sounded in the distant sky. Hearing this, the Viet Minh troops, from top to bottom, from commanders to soldiers, shuddered. Many soldiers and even commanders stopped the attack, and there was an urge to slip away.

Most of the pilots sent by France to Vietnam had experience in World War II, and one by one they flew the propeller fighter attack planes low and slow, and the ground attack was extremely accurate, and the Viet Minh troops, who had no air defense capability at all, as long as they saw the French planes, their first reaction was to find a woods to drill into.

Chen Liujun also saw the French fighter attack plane in the telescope, and he searched hard for the air force model catalog in his mind, and identified it: "Four American F4U Corsairs...... Four Japanese Zeros...... Eight Japanese Ki-30 Type 97 light critters, good guys, 16 are coming! Wang Renchu: They have work to do. ”

Yu Mengbao said anxiously: "Let me see, let me see." ”

Taking the binoculars, Yu Mengbao said while looking at it: "Good girl, it's enjoyable, Wang Renchu There are twenty people in them, and these twenty red tassel guns are scattered in various artillery positions, hehe, this time it's not happy......"

In view of the fact that the planes deployed by the French army in Vietnam were completely ground attack missions and needed to fly at low altitudes and dive in order to strafe and bomb, the central authorities decided to send 20 newly trained Hongying-5 anti-aircraft missile units into Vietnam with the military advisory group.

After World War II, France received a large number of propeller planes from Britain, the United States, and aid, as well as a number of German and Japanese compensation aircraft. In the eyes of the French army, these planes were used to fight the Vietminh, which was the most suitable.

Chen Liujun and Yu Mengbao said that Wang Renchu was an instructor of the air defense missile unit in the Chinese military advisory group, and in order to solve the air defense problem of the Viet Minh, the central authorities thought about it and decided to shiyan the Hongying-5 individual shoulder-fired air defense missile brought by Xiaoqiang on the battlefield in Vietnam.

After receiving the news that the French colonial air force had rushed to reinforce him, Wang Renchu was overjoyed. He picked up the red tassel and ordered the two Viet Minh soldiers assigned to him: "Prepare to jerk off!" ”

The two Vietnamese guys excitedly hurriedly put on Wang Renchu's backpack and equipment, followed Wang Renchu to the rear of the machine gun position, and met with another Hongying-5 firing team that had arrived.

Wang Renchu quickly unscrewed the cooling tank on the Hongying-5, and the dry ice suddenly turned into a cryogenic gas, quickly cooling the homing head of the Hongying-5 to a low temperature.

As the homing head cooled, the Hongying-5 entered a normal working state, and when the French aircraft finally appeared in the aiming range of the lead sulfide detector, Wang Renchu pressed the target lock button with his left thumb and began to lock on to the target.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...... In five seconds, as a Japanese-made Type 97 dive critique plane launched a dive towards a position with two 60mm mortars that was firing on the periphery of Dongxi, the red tassel in Wang Renchu's hand also completed the target lock, and under the electronic sound of the dudu reminder, Wang Renchu pulled the launch switch in his right hand, and a red tassel-5 individual air defense missile shot out, and after accelerating rapidly in the air, it drew an arc and blasted head-on towards the Type 97 light blast plane that had finished dropping the bomb and was pulling up into a parallel.

Another launcher next to him pressed the launch trigger almost at the same time as Wang Renchu, and at this moment, two Hongying missiles flew towards the same target. Because the design of the Hongying-5 takes into account the problem of hit rate, it allows two pairs to be spaced 5 meters apart on a position, and up to eight doors can be launched at the same time to attack the same target, and there will be no problem of missiles interfering with each other and locking on their respective heat sources. In actual combat of our army, it is generally three groups to attack one target at the same time. In Vietnam, our army chose the mode of attacking in groups of two and in a coordinated manner.

At other air defense points, the operators of the Hongying-5 have also been prepared at this moment, and they have completed the target locking and deducted the launch switch. For a while, more than a dozen golden dragons dragging arcs and swaying and dancing flew towards various targets one after another.

The French pilot René drove the Japanese compensation Type 97 light explosion, his height of 1.75 meters was crammed into the narrow operation compartment of the Japanese plane, feeling awkward, and as soon as he finished dropping the bomb, René saw two bright points of light appear head-on.

"What is this?"

Before he could react, the red-tasseled missile launched by Wang Renchu hit his propeller head-on, and as the explosion in the air sounded, René and his Type 97 light explosion turned into a brilliant gasoline fire cloud in the air, and René was killed on the spot.

According to later statistics, the first actual combat launch after Hongying went abroad, with 12 rounds in 5, achieved the proud record of shooting down three Type 97 light explosions and two Japanese Zero fighters.

This is the old refrigeration tank Red Tassel-5, not the much easier to operate electric refrigeration system. Considering the difficult conditions of the Vietminh and the inconvenience of temporary charging, the Chinese military advisory group brought Vietnam the most junior of the 600 Hongying-5 purchased by Xiaoqiang. Each refrigeration tank can only support 20 minutes, during which time if it is not fired, the refrigeration tank can only be replaced to maintain the low-temperature locking capability of the homing head.

Seeing the five planes disappearing below in an instant, Jean-Victor, the commander of the French Colonial Air Force fleet that was dispatched this time, was immediately frightened.

"What's going on! What kind of witchcraft do the Vietnamese use! Damn it! Everyone immediately pull me up, stop diving, and go into the sky to observe! ”

As the remaining planes flew up like frightened birds, the positions of the Viet Minh troops were filled with jubilation.

"The plane of the French devils escaped! That's great! Long live the great unity of the Chinese and Vietnamese peoples! Long live President M, long live President Ho Chi Minh! The Viet Minh troops shouted the slogans they had just learned, full of confidence. Now that with the support of China, even the planes of the French can be shot down, what are you afraid of? As long as the infantry is not afraid of death, they can fuck it!

The shadow cast by the French Air Force on the hearts of the Viet Minh troops was too great, and every time the little monkeys who were beaten by the French army through countless air raids saw the French plane, they even threw down their guns and fled. Every time the French dive bombers and fighters dropped an iron bomb with precision, the Viet Minh would have to kill or wound a large number of soldiers, and the commanders who died under the bombs were also counted. The French Air Force's unscrupulous strafing after the bomb dropping scattered the Viet Minh troops like sheep every time, crying for their father and mother.

Seeing the five French planes shot down, the Viet Minh commanders were at first as if they were stupid and completely stunned.

"The Chinese comrades were able to shoot down planes! Mommy!! ”

Suddenly, as if they had taken an aphrodisiac, the Vietnamese comrades jumped to their feet and shouted the slogan of liberating Vietnam over and over again, constantly ordering the soldiers to speed up the pace of the offensive! The French army launched a charge in depth at the East Stream. The various mortar companies and platoons under the command of the Chinese military attachés continued to resound in the rear, constantly harvesting the firing points and living liliang of the French troops in the encirclement.

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