[392] Dongxi Victory

The commander of the French Colonial Air Force, Jean-Victor, who served as the commander of this air support, pulled his F4U pirates to a high place, overlooking the Dongxi position from the air, and saw that the Viet Minh troops below were densely packed, with about ten battalions of troops surrounding Dongxi, and the mortar positions on the periphery were divided around, which seemed to be very scattered, but it was obviously very orderly, and it was not at all like the Viet Minh before, all of which were all messed together.

Jean-Victor is still unsure what kind of anti-aircraft weapons can shoot down five of his planes at once. Seeing that there were no anti-aircraft guns or machine guns spewing flames on the ground, he was puzzled.

Suspicious to the point of having a headache, Jean-Victor finally commanded on the radio:

"Bashir, you, together with another Zero, are diving into mortar positions on the dirt slopes to the east. Be careful, drop the 60 kg bombs you bring with you and quickly pull them up, beware of the Vietnamese anti-aircraft fire. ”

For this air support, the French Colonial Air Force dispatched 16 fighters from Hanoi airfield, including four Japanese Navy Zero fighters, but two were just shot down. Now, because of the mobility of the Zero, the remaining two aircraft have been favored by Jean-Victor to carry out the mission of ground fire reconnaissance.

The French pilot, Bashir, agreed, and this was an order from his superiors, and he could not disobey it.

After the Second World War, France learned from the pain and strictly enforced military discipline, and the superior officers had the supreme command over the subordinates, and any cowardly performance such as desertion or disobedience would be severely punished by military courts.

Bashir took another Zero fighter that had not had time to drop bombs just now, and relied on his excellent maneuverability, dived one after another, circled one after another, quickly reduced his altitude, and pounced diagonally at the mortar position outside the Dongxi city wall. In Bashir's mind, the mobility of the Zero is very good, and it is not a problem to quickly raise and evade anti-aircraft fire after dropping bombs.

At this time, the operators of the Hongying-5 individual anti-aircraft missiles on various positions had already completed the second reloading, and the battle strings in their heads were tight, waiting for the second dive of the French Air Force.

Sure enough, Bashir and his teammates hit the muzzle of the gun, and the four red tassel-5 individual anti-aircraft missiles seemed to have eyes, "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" rushed out of the sheath, drew a beautiful death arc, locked the two Zeros, chased them from behind, accurately inserted the Japanese gasoline fighter that was seriously stalled and vulnerable due to the dive and pulled up, and turned the two Zeros into torches in the air, emitting black smoke, and crashing into the vast jungle of Vietnam.

Jean-Victor could see it at an altitude of 3,000 meters, and the four bright arcs that looked like eyes were clearly some kind of rocket, and it was an unknown rocket that could track fighter jets! Oh, my God!

The addition of two flaming Zero wreckage in the jungle is a testament to the power of this rocket.

Jean-Victor was in a state of grief and was forced to order:

"Attention everyone! The Vietnamese have a new type of anti-aircraft rocket! That thing has a certain tracking ability, you pay attention to maintain the altitude, do not fall below 1500 meters, do not dive, that thing has a limited shooting height, as long as it does not enter the low altitude, it should not be attacked, everyone looks for the target of the attack by themselves, and leaves immediately after dropping the bomb at high altitude. ”

If it was really a rocket, Jean Victor was right. But that's not a rocket, it's a missile.

As a result, the remaining four American-made F4U Corsairs and five Japanese-made Type 97 light bombers lowered their altitudes slightly like headless flies, intending to bomb them at an altitude of 1,500 meters.

Wang Renchu, from his hometown of Hebei, looked at the French plane in the air, and muttered to himself: "Come on, grandson, I'm waiting for you......

This time, however, the cunning French pilots circled around 2,000 meters or so like frightened rabbits and began to drop bombs at high altitudes.

"Damn it, are you ready to slip away? You think if you don't come down, I won't be able to beat you. ”

Wang Renchu quickly unscrewed the depleted cooling tank on the Hongying-5 in his hand, and took a new one from the Vietnamese deputy next to him.

The Hongying-5 can hit 2,500 meters, and in fact, it can hit 2,700 meters, with a maximum speed of 936 kilometers per hour. The target-2 propeller remote-controlled target aircraft that our army fought during training is small in size, light in weight, and has strong maneuverability. It can be said that the Hongying-5 is a nightmare for propeller attack aircraft in this era.

Wang Renchu once again locked onto a Japanese-made Type 97 light explosion and pulled the trigger for firing.

At various air defense positions, other operators of the Red Tassel missile had also realized that the French plane was going to drop bombs at a high altitude and then fled, so they did not care about the best attack mode, and locked on to the target as soon as possible before launching.

All of a sudden, the golden snake danced wildly, and 16 Hongying-5 missiles were fired at the French Air Force planes that were about to drop bombs two thousand meters below.

Jean-Victor saw strange fires rising from all sides of the ground, and knew something was wrong.

He didn't aim either, and quickly pulled down the bomb dropping switch of the F4U, only to see that the fuselage of the 'Corsair) suddenly lightened after the bomb was dropped, and it flew up violently. The pilots of the rest of the planes were also veterans, and after seeing this, they no longer bothered about whether to aim or not, and they only hoped that after dropping the bombs, they could successfully escape from this terrible rocket attack.

But behind them, the red-tasseled missiles that had locked onto the scorching air currents from the propeller engines would not stop. One by one, like spears in the hands of cavalrymen charging with horns, they pulled dazzling tail flames and pierced into the sky unstoppably.

"One!

Two!

…………

Six!

Heptad!

Boy! Seven more killed! Wang, they are really good! ”

Chen Liujun, who was holding a telescope on the mountainside in the distance, patted his thigh and shouted excitedly.

Seeing that the planes of his comrades around him exploded after being hit, they rushed to the ground with black smoke. Enraged, Jean-Victor, the only one who survived, drove his pirate on several sideways rolls in succession, followed by a dive, and then accelerated to a low altitude in the valley in the distance.

"Hey, the pilot of that F4U is a good guy, and he almost hit it." Wang Renchu on the ground said lightly.

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Pierre, the commander of the French 701st Colonial Infantry Battalion, was already cold in his heart at the moment, after four hours of fighting, his two companies of 350 men had lost more than half, and now, even pinning his hopes on him, the group of planes that came to air support was also wiped out by the Vietminh with a terrible tracking rocket, and only one escaped.

Ed Ade, the combat staff officer beside him, shouted in a sharp voice: "Battalion Commander Pierre, what can I do about this? The Air Force is finished! We can't hold it anymore! ”

Pierre's face was full of flesh, the wound on his head ruptured again, and bright red blood trickled down the bandage and ran all over his face along his big nose.

"I order, abandon the city and break through."

Pierre listened to the shouts of killing from all sides, listened to the explosions of the Vietminh's almost inexhaustible grenades, and finally hung his head like a defeated rooster.

……………………

"Big win! Victory! ”

In the Viet Minh Front Command, Ho Chi Minh was extremely excited and shouted to General Tran Geng.

"General Chen! This is the first time that our Vietnamese People's Army has eliminated the French invaders in a structured manner! Two whole companies! 160 people were captured, 140 were killed, and only more than 30 people broke through and fled to the stronghold of Seven Creeks! ”

General Chen smiled elegantly, quickly returned to seriousness, and said:

"In fact, the fight was not very good, our army suffered more than 500 casualties, this number is a bit large, in this operation, it can be clearly seen that the tactics of each unit are still very rusty, the main attack unit lacks the spirit of sacrifice, and the courage is not enough.

Commanders at lower levels, especially those at the squad and platoon level, lack fighting spirit and combat experience, and they are accustomed to fighting with cold guns and guns in normal times.

However, it is still worth affirming that we were able to achieve a historic victory, and this victory can inject confidence into the whole army, and the next battle will be even easier to fight. ”

Ho Chi Minh looked at General Chen with admiration, the image of this person in front of him was already tall in his eyes, he was about to look up to him, this person took his advisory group, commanded the Viet Minh army, and took Dong Xi in one morning after the siege of nearly 10,000 militia of the Viet Minh before and after, and compared with the loss of more than 7,000 people before and after the last time, the total casualties this time were only 500 people, which is incredible.

Ho Chi Minh's face was full of admiration and said: "General Chen, you can fight as you say, we will all listen to you, you are the commander-in-chief." ”

General Chen said: "Fighting is not a simple tactic of adding fuel, and it will not work to fill it in batches. During the first Battle of Dongxi, you took the No. 2 high ground with thousands of casualties, and this time you only suffered more than 30 casualties and took it, what did you rely on? It is a combination of earthwork and close blasting.

And now with the new weapon of our army, the 82mm recoilless gun, it has become more convenient to attack fortifications. The attack on the bunkers on the city wall of Dongxi is a very good example. In addition, the training of qualified commanders is a top priority at the moment. ”

Ho Chi Minh hurriedly picked up the notebook and recorded it.

General Chen continued: "Next, we will encircle the point and send reinforcements. ”

He pointed to the map and said:

"On the defense line of Highway No. 4, Gaoping, Dongxi, Qixi, Tongdeng, Liangshan, and Mong Cai are connected in a line.

Since we took Dongxi on the defensive line of Highway 4 and cut off the connection between Gaoping in the north and Qixi in the south, the French army was bound to attack Dongxi frantically. Otherwise, the defenders of Gaoping will lose supplies and will be unsustainable.

Our militia had previously drawn out ten battalions, three thousand people, and had already surrounded Gao Ping, and now continue to encircle, but do not attack.

When the 174th and 209th regiments of the main 308th Infantry Division attacked Dongxi, they had already set up an ambush in the mountains southeast of Qixi.

We left 1,000 militiamen to hold Dongxi, and the 174th and 209th independent regiments set up an ambush on Highway 4 from Qixi to Dongxi, preparing to annihilate the reinforcements who were going north from Qixi along Highway 4 to counterattack Dongxi.

Once the French army was dispatched from Dongxi, the 308th Division penetrated directly into the rear of the French army from the southeast mountains of Qixi, cutting off the reinforcements from Qixi's rear route. ”

Ho Chi Minh was excited to hear this and said: "This is what Chairman M said, is there a way to destroy the enemy?" ”

General Chen nodded and said, "In the early stage of the war, only by destroying the enemy's living liliang can we gradually weaken the enemy army, train the team, and strengthen ourselves.

As the balance of strength between the two sides becomes clearer, we will be able to start a large-scale battle with the French before we can finally take North Vietnam in one fell swoop. ”

Ho Chi Minh's thin body trembled a little under the excitement, he held General Chen's hand and said, "Please give an order, we will resolutely obey the command of the Central Committee of Asia under the leadership of Chairman M!" ”

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