In accordance with the standard operational procedures of the Fourth Tactical Region, every order issued by Li Yongliang and every decision made must be forwarded to the Tactical Region Command at the same time.

The ongoing raid operation is different from the ordinary special operation, so the tactical area must also be notified to the Phu Quoc Strategic Command in a timely manner.

The new information provided by the inside line made Wu Andong's eyes light up: "Chairman, confirm the positions of the three American prisoners of war, and we can confidently ask the Military Aid Command to provide support." ”

Li Weimin knew the Yankees too well, and said with disdain: "They are not pure soldiers, they are more like diplomats than diplomats, they don't have much autonomy, they shrink their hands and feet, and they have to consult Washington for everything." They can't do this kind of thing, and they don't dare to do it. ”

In the final analysis, it is diplomacy and politics, and the Americans will certainly fear that once the ground troops are withdrawn to Cambodia, it will cause diplomatic disputes and even push the young king, whose political position is already dangerous, to the camp of Soviet Russia.

Zhang Yinggui studied the map again and asked thoughtfully: "Is it possible to adjust the evacuation route, not to the west, but directly to the north." Cross the Saigon River from the No. 1 junction and withdraw to An Lok or Zhencheng, which is still in the hands of the Nationalist Army. ”

There are more than 20 rubber boats near the No. 1 contact point, leaving a death squad to block it and ensure that the main force is still no problem crossing the river.

Zhang Yinggui served two terms as a member of the National Assembly, and he was arguing with a group of politicians in Saigon every day, so he did not know much about the battlefield situation.

Yu Guanghe patiently explained: "The Luning Forest is too far away from An Lu and Zhencheng, and most of the areas within nearly 100 kilometers are occupied by the Vietnamese G, and the various units participating in the war are not familiar with the terrain of this area. A hornet's nest poke. Viet G will inevitably mobilize all forces to encircle and intercept it. There is little chance that they will make it safely. And the Americans don't have any concept of special things at all. If you have to go through the procedure for big things, don't say you don't dare to call the shots, even if you dare to do it, it's too late in time. ”

"So you can only pin your hopes on Ruan Gaoqi?"

"General Zhang, in fact, the situation is not so pessimistic."

"What do you mean?"

Yu Guanghe has participated in the formation of special forces, and even the training syllabus was drawn up with the help of the reserve officer training team, and he is very clear about the combat effectiveness of special forces, pointing to the map and saying: "From the perspective of troop deployment, Brigadier General Li Yongliang seems to be too childish and too light on the enemy. Everywhere you want to win more with less, and you have to face several times the enemy everywhere.

In fact, there is a reason for his arrangement, the special forces are not conventional troops, and the members are all elites who have been selected at various levels and continuously eliminated, with good physical fitness, hard military quality and excellent equipment. Especially in terms of equipment, they have been striving for overwhelming firepower.

There are two combat squads in a detachment, and the combat squad consists of spearmen, riflemen, machine gunners, signal soldiers, grenadiers, and the leader or deputy leader of the detachment.

Spearheads and riflemen are armed with state-of-the-art AR-15 automatic rifles (M16 before official designation) or Ithaca Model 37 ******, and carry at least 20 or more 18-round aluminum magazines or more than 50 deer rounds. The grenadiers are armed with M79 grenade launchers. Carry at least 40 40-mm grenades, and at the same time carry one M72 rocket launcher. The machine gunner is armed with a modified M60 machine gun. Carry at least 2000 rounds of machine gun ammunition. The detachment leader, deputy detachment leader, and signal corpsman were all riflemen at the same time, and the firepower of a squad was faster than that of a platoon. ”

Zhang Yinggui reacted and muttered: "A squadron has four detachments, and four detachments are eight machine guns. ”

"Theoretically, it should be fine, and in addition to the detachments, each squadron is equipped with two sniper groups consisting of snipers and observers, the snipers use M14 sniper rifles, and the observers are armed with AR-15s. In the parrot horn round battle, the best individual results were the sniper group, and the sniper group of the first brigade and the second squadron had set a record of killing 278 enemies. ”

When the special forces were formed, they only put forward some general ideas, but they did not expect that the combat effectiveness would be so strong.

Li Weimin asked curiously: "Colonel, isn't the AR-15's magazine capable of loading 20 rounds, why is it only loaded with 18 rounds?" ”

"Nearly 1,000 shots have proven that a 18-round load is more appropriate than a 20-round load to ensure that the bullet delivery is in the best condition."

"Oh."

Yu Guanghe paused, and then introduced: "The special forces not only have an overwhelming advantage in firepower, but also in communications. Each combat squad has a radio station, and the squadron leader and group leader can flexibly command according to the situation on the battlefield. ”

Huang Duqing always thought that there was something wrong with Li Yongliang's combat plan, but he was not in his position and did not seek his own politics, and he was not too embarrassed to say that since Zhang Yinggui had started, he simply asked bluntly: "Colonel Yu, I am convinced of the combat effectiveness of the special forces, but I am a little unexpected, why did Li Yongliang have to let several squadrons of the three major teams land, instead of letting the three major teams and the second team set off together." ”

"Helicopter landing is a new tactic, there are too many uncertainties, and it does seem like a bit of a redundant move, and it will become a refueling tactic. However, judging from the battle plan, Li Yongliang is not grandstanding, but has more far-reaching considerations. ”

"More far-reaching?"

"Yes."

Yu Guanghe nodded slightly, and analyzed it in a meticulous manner: "First of all, in his opinion, it is not dangerous to launch an attack. Because they have undergone various trainings and are able to cope with complex battlefield environments. The most dangerous part of the operation is to infiltrate from the Satun camp near the target village, and once the troops are exposed, they will face the encirclement and interception of the G.

After investing so much manpower and financial resources, a total of three brigades were trained, and he didn't dare to make a desperate bet and send the two brigades to Yue G's mouth at the same time. By using helicopter landing, he can avoid the risk of annihilation of the whole army, at least preserve a certain amount of strength, and at the same time leave more room for maneuver, after all, his troops are too tight, he has no mobile forces on hand, and he does not have any reserves. ”

is worthy of being the uncrowned principal of the "Military Academy of the Department of Industry and Investment", and the analysis is the first to be true.

As he said, if Le Vinh Luong sent out the 3rd Brigade and the 2nd Brigade together and received important information that there was a battalion of the North Vietnamese People's Army in the theater of operations, but he did not have a single soldier in his hands, let alone order the 9th Squadron of the 3rd Brigade to delay the possible reinforcement of the battalion, he would not even be able to carry out the reconnaissance operation that had just been suspended.

Li Weimin is very pleased to have a commander like Le Vinh Luong, even if he is Vietnamese.

Yu Guanghe didn't know what the boss was thinking, and continued: "Secondly, this is an opportunity to test the new tactics in actual combat. Back three years ago, we discussed the possibility of launching a surprise attack on the enemy using the maneuverability of helicopters. If the new tactics can be tested in real combat, then we can form an 'air cavalry'. ”

Li Weimin muttered: "The U.S. Army is engaged in it, as if it is training at the Fort Benning base, and it is of an experimental nature. ”

The Reserve Officer Training Corps has a special team, which is responsible for studying new tactics and new equipment, and keeping up with the world trend, Yu Guanghe is more concerned than him, and replied without thinking: "We have heard that we have been planning to organize a group to observe, and the application has been submitted early, just waiting for the news from the Military Aid Command." ”

Minute by minute, just over 40 minutes left before the attack was launched.

After listening to Yu Guanghe's introduction and analysis, just when everyone thought that even if there was no air support for Li Yongliang, he would be able to fight this battle, Sun Ningyu walked into the war room quickly and reported excitedly: "Chairman, Colonel Yu, colleagues from Wells Fargo Airlines have found Colonel Nguyen Gao Qi, and according to the contact information he provided, General Li Liangquan has already briefed Colonel Qi on the phone after introducing the general situation.

Colonel Qi did not disappoint you and was willing to provide fire support to the ground forces, but he needed time to contact and convince more people that he needed time to prepare for the air attack, and strongly recommended that the ground forces delay the attack for an hour. ”

The Army of the Republic of Vietnam is younger, and the Air Force of the Republic of Vietnam is even younger.

After Ruan Van Xin got out, Ruan Gao Qi became the most senior air force officer, and he let go of Ruan Zhengshi and Wang Wendong and other renegade officers in the "Double 11 Coup", won the support of many people, and became a leading figure in the air force in one fell swoop, with influence and appeal even exceeding that of the air force commander.

Participated in Operation Left Hook, raided the North Vietnamese Command, and rescued American prisoners of war. With his showy personality, he will definitely not miss such a face-showing. Anyway, for those of them who are "proud of the sky", it doesn't matter if U Dinh Diem is unhappy, what matters is whether the Americans are unhappy or not.

How could a person who had repeatedly participated in and even staged coups d'état in later history be content with the status quo.

Li Weimin knew that he would not refuse, and couldn't help but smile: "Immediately report to Li Yongliang, Li Liangquan is clear about the situation, from now on, the three of them will coordinate to decide the final attack time, and see if they can fight a beautiful air-ground coordinated battle." (To be continued.) )