【396】Kraft Candy Tactics

General Chen stood on Doujia Mountain, observing the battlefield in the distance with a telescope.

After a while, General Chen smiled and said to General Wei Guoqing beside him: "The Vietnamese army and the French emperor are really a pair of wonderful opponents, and the combat effectiveness of both sides is comparable. You see, the French emperor has never taken the initiative to rush to the front, and every time he is beaten, hoping to get a higher exchange ratio by holding on. ”

General Wei shook his head and said: "Compared with the French army, the Vietnamese army relied on a group of students and brought a group of proletarian fighters. The French army relied on a group of World War II veterans to bring a group of immature African recruits. One is a sheep with a wolf pack, and the other is a tiger with a rabbit, which is naturally comparable. ”

General Wei grumbled: "Don't talk about it on paper. Many of these Vietnamese student cadres can't even talk on paper! Lack of the most basic operational common sense. Two days ago, Xiao Liao, who went to the 209th Regiment, reported to me that the company-level cadres in the regiment saw the empty cans in the field when they were transferred, but they didn't know how to be alert, and they didn't understand that this was the trace of the French scouts, which was really anxious. Before the Dongxi attack, many student cadres did not bring troops up at all, and hid in the rear after giving orders. ”

General Chen sighed: "I was surprised by the sluggishness and inactivity of the Vietnamese troops. Therefore, every time you fight, you almost have to form a stalemate. If the Vietnamese combat effectiveness is further improved, the French emperor will be expelled!

The national youth has become a top priority to help improve the combat effectiveness of the Vietnamese side. As for now, the only way to do it is to rely on kraft candy tactics. ”

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The so-called kraft candy tactics were tailor-made and created by General Chen after racking his brains for the Vietnamese army, which was large in number and poor in combat effectiveness.

In the words of General Chen, it can be summed up: "Catch up with the fastest speed, surround layer by layer, entangle the enemy to the death, and wear down the enemy piecemeal." If the enemy wants to maneuver to break through, he will block it layer by layer, and pounce on it one by one to attack, so as not to let the enemy breathe. ”

In this way, even if the French army escaped by chance, after such layers of killing, it would have already suffered all casualties.

In this way, the battle went on from 18 July to 21 July, and the 1st Parachute Battalion of the Foreign Legion, the western half of the Bayard battle group, had been surrounded and annihilated by the 174th and 209th regiments. The main force of the two Moroccan battalions in the eastern half of the Shegu Valley, which broke through the siege, was also crumbling and almost collapsed under the siege and consumption of the 308th Division.

In the past few days, although the French army knew that the Vietnamese army had mysterious anti-aircraft rockets, they still insisted on dispatching planes every day. Of course, every day there is bad news of being shot down.

In three days, after a total of 41 Hongying-5 planes were shot down, the French pilots were already frightened and did not dare to carry out the dive bombing mission to the ground. They did not dare to fly at a low altitude to strafe the ground, so they could only throw iron bombs indiscriminately at high altitude, and then hurriedly return with their tails between their legs.

Faced with the unfavorable situation of the siege of the army, Admiral Revos was worried and had no choice but to order the 800 French troops of the 705th Infantry Battalion, which was remaining in Qixi, led by Colonel Naben, to reinforce the besieged Bayard battle group of Colonel Leba, leaving only more than 900 Baoda puppet troops to garrison Qixi.

Revos also ordered Colonel Sakdon, who had broken through from Gaoping City in the north, with two battalions of 1,600 men and 1,000 Baoda puppet troops, desperately moved south to move closer to the besieged Bayard battle group, hoping to form a situation of confluence of the upper, middle, lower and three forces, in order to successfully break through.

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It is said that as soon as the Sakdong Army came out of Gaoping, it was targeted by the militia troops responsible for besieging Gaoping, and on the way to the breakthrough of the Sakdong Army, the Vietnamese army rushed up one by one, and launched harassment again and again against the Sakdong Army that was struggling to trek in the valley road, cold guns, and ambushes. The rain of grenades has not stopped for a moment, and the mines that have just been sent from China have also been used, and they are simply blooming everywhere. The Vietnamese army was like a swarm of mosquitoes in the tropical jungle, and the nailed French soldiers were covered in bags. This made Colonel Sakdon's troops go south, bleeding with every step.

Colonel Sakdong gritted his teeth and ruthlessly abandoned more than 500 pro-French Christians brought out from Gao Ping, most of whom were full of blood debts, and if they did not follow the French army, they would fall into the hands of the Vietnamese army and die.

However, Sakdong could not care about these minions at this time, as in history, he ordered the fire of more than 50 cars and more than a dozen cannons brought out of Gaoping, and led the army into the mountains and left Highway No. 4. In Colonel Sakdon's opinion, it seemed safer to dig through the ravine through the forest than on the mountain road, which was full of ambushes and mines......

Now, he couldn't go faster.

The situation is very good......

But at this moment, Brother Wen, the teacher, began his third chain drop!

He sent a telegram to General Tran to inform him that in view of the fact that the two French troops going south and northbound were about to converge with Colonel Le Ba's battle group, and that for a while, the Vietnamese army could not eat Colonel Le Ba's besieged troops, he asked for an end to the battle, and began to retreat, and attached the opinions of several major generals of the Viet Minh armed forces whom he had previously subscribed.

In short, one sentence sums up the meaning of Brother Wen, that is: "I can't move, I'm going to retreat." ”

General Tran had no choice but to send a telegram to Ho Chi Minh asking him to stabilize the various troops.

Ho Chi Minh looked at the telegram in his hand: "...... At present, the enemy army has become a battle of trapped beasts, and the end of the crossbow. As long as we persevere, victory is inevitable. We must not tolerate the current trend of right-leaning capitulation in the troops! It is necessary to continue to mobilize troops to overcome difficulties and completely crush the opponent in the momentum of the offensive...... To learn from the heroic courage of the Korean People's Army, the French army is obviously inferior to the American army, but is the Vietnamese people far less heroic than the Korean people? ”

Ho Chi Minh thought about it and felt that if he retreated at this moment, wouldn't he lose everything? It will become an international laughing stock! The base area has been swept away by the French, and if the French army is not wiped out, won't this battle be fought in vain?

Although I have never seen such a big scene in my life, isn't there still Chen Geng in charge?

Immediately following General Chen's telegram, a telegram from the chairman in the northern capital was also sent.

“…… It is correct to concentrate the main force first to annihilate the enemy surrounded by us in the southwest of Dongxi, and then to encircle and annihilate the enemy fleeing south from Gaoping depending on the situation. If the enemy southwest of Dongxi can be annihilated within a few days, the enemy at Gaoping is captured again, and the enemy at Langshan and other places does not come to the rescue, or if our army can divide a part of it to block it, so that it cannot hinder our army's operations against Dongxi and Gaoping. Then you can win two battles.

Therefore, in addition to the enemy southwest of Dongxi, it is necessary to annihilate them quickly, resolutely, and completely, and even if the casualties are large, do not hesitate or waver (it is necessary to estimate that such a situation may occur among the cadres). In addition, it is necessary to catch the fleeing enemy of Gaoping and not let him escape. It is also necessary to make arrangements for the enemy who may come to the aid of Lang Son and other places. As long as the above three points are dealt with properly, the victory is yours. ”

The Chairman and General Chen are of the same opinion!

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