The results of air-ground coordination were simply incredible, and the Phu Quoc Strategic Command was jubilant.

The familiar names on the battle report made Wu Andong's heart surge, and he had long forgotten Li Weimin's words to wake him up at 9 o'clock, so he ran next door and pulled Li Weimin to the war room to share the joy of victory together.

Well done, but there's a reason for it.

After listening to the introduction, Li Weimin analyzed with a smile: "We know the location, number of personnel, troop deployment, and equipment of the Southern Bureau of the North Vietnamese Workers' Party, and they don't know anything about it under their noses. Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles, and the intelligence department can achieve such brilliant results. ”

"The chairman is right, I want to thank the friends of the Chinese Youth Association, if they hadn't started preparing a few years ago, how could they have planted the internal line all the way to the head of the Vietnamese G."

The matter of the "Ping Group" brought to the surface the fact that the Chinese Youth Association had formed an intelligence department before it was merged into the Republican Youth League.

However, Wu Andong only knew so much, and directly thought that the boss had found out that the CIA had picked up a big bargain, so he sent his former secretary Sang Binh Xiang to Saigon to find those insiders, and then connected some broken lines, and the embankment police department took over the internal lines that were planted in the Vietminh back then.

Huang Duqing took off his reading glasses, took the cigarette and said with a smile: "The timing is also good, when the attack was launched, it was just dawn, and many people were still in bed, and they were taken by surprise and hit them by surprise, and the other party could not organize an effective counterattack in the chaos." ”

"The main thing is that the timing is accurate, the rhythm is well grasped, and the tacit understanding of the cooperation of all the departments participating in the war."

Zhang Yinggui put down the telegram. "Attack at 5:40," he said with great interest. The landing was completed at 5:42. At 5:46, the assault force reached the gate of the southern bureau of Vietnam, and at 5:48, the two detachments that landed detoured behind the enemy's back and led the air attack at 5:50.

You see, from the launch of the attack to the fall of the aerial bomb, it only adds up to 10 minutes, what can you do with this little reaction time? In my opinion, it is not a miracle to end the nest of the Southern Bureau, it is a miracle that Ruan Zhiqing and Ruan Wenling were able to survive and escape. ”

Huang Duqing has been staying on Phu Quoc Island and going to the reserve officer training team whenever he has time.

Mention the tacit understanding. I couldn't help but sigh: "Now it seems that it is very necessary to advance air traffic control, air-ground liaison and other training subjects, and the air raid can achieve such great results, and the pilots of the air force and the ground signal corps should take the first credit." ”

The battle continued, and the O-1 observation aircraft returned to the theater of operations to take over command, directing and directing air force fighters to attack ground targets.

Thinking of the C-72 area, which was now being bombed indiscriminately, Yu Guanghe, who had been silent, said in a low voice: "Although the raid was made by the head of the Southern Bureau of the Workers' Party, the combat effectiveness of the guard unit stationed at the head office was not strong, and the will to fight was not resolute, and it was found that the east bank was attacked by air raids. With heavy losses, the morale of the West Bank army was in turmoil. Not only could they not organize a counterattack, but some even surrendered.

In a sense, they are a rabble.

The 301st Battalion of the North Vietnamese People's Army, which was on its way to help, was different, well-trained, well-equipped, and had a resolute will to fight. Having just been horizontally bombed by three B-26s and attacked by an F8F squadron, the forward air traffic controllers and ground guides confirmed that their casualties had exceeded 40 percent, but they were still marching rapidly and vowed not to give up until their destination. ”

Li Weimin groaned: "Can you fight? ”

"At least the will to fight is resolute."

Yu Guanghe paused, and added: "The 20th Company, which tried to cut off our rear road, although it was adapted from the sect army, had the same resolute will to fight, and it exchanged fire with the detective team of the 5th Division at the No. 1 contact point ten minutes ago. If Li Yongliang hadn't adjusted his deployment in time and lowered the three detachments that were originally scheduled to land on the threshing floor, and the plane landed behind them, it would have been a question of whether the No. 1 receiving point could be defended. ”

The 5th Infantry Division is Zhang Yinggui's troops, and the detective team that performs the task is the most capable of fighting in the 5th Infantry Division, he felt very uncomfortable, touched his chin and muttered: "How did Zhong Lianbo lead the troops, even the detective team is so unbearable!" ”

Yu Guanghe reacted and hurriedly explained: "General Zhang, you really can't blame the detective team. In one case, the inside line did not know that in the village of the No. 1 contact point, there was more than one guerrilla unit of only more than 40 people, and there was a North Vietnamese transport team of more than 50 people resting in the village.

It was not an ordinary porter, but a regular army attached to Unit 559 (the North Vietnamese command body for transporting them to the south), all with guns. The detective team had just annihilated twice as many enemies as they themselves before exchanging fire with the 20th Company of Viet G, and they suffered casualties of their own. Just after a battle, and there is not enough ammunition, it is normal to be unable to stop a fully equipped company. ”

Li Weimin nodded slightly, picked up the cup and asked, "Have we counted our casualties?" ”

"Preliminary statistics show that the special forces have 6 dead and 18 wounded, and the detective team has 19 dead and 3 wounded, and the reason for such a casualty ratio is that when blocking the 20th Company of Vietnam G, due to insufficient troops, all the lightly wounded participated in the battle, and most of them were killed in the battle. The Nationalist Army lost two F8F fighters, and Nguyen Gao Qi believed that it was either a mechanical failure or improper operation. ”

In order to save 33 captured people, it is really worth the loss to get in so many elites.

However, the real original intention of launching Operation Left Hook was to deal a heavy blow to the North Vietnamese leaders in the south, so that they could not care about causing chaos in the six provinces that were carrying out agrarian reform, political reform, and economic reform. By the time they have licked their wounds and recovered their strength, the three major reforms have been completed, and if they persist for another two years, they will be able to turn the Jinou Peninsula into a monolith.

As for the rescue of captured officers and soldiers, it is only one of the purposes of the operation, and it can be said that they are beating rabbits with grass.

In the long run, from the overall situation, it is still worth paying such a price, Li Weimin sighed secretly, and asked again: "What about the three American prisoners of war?" ”

Yu Guanghe touched his nose and said lightly: "Maybe the information is wrong, or it may have been transferred, Major Zhu Wensong didn't find the American prisoners there." ”

I didn't find it, but I guess it was blown up and there were no bones.

Several big fish were caught during the operation, and Ruan Gaoqi needed those fish to make a special fuss. Lansdale didn't leave, even if he went to Richardson, he had to be interrogated, the paper couldn't contain the fire, and he would know it as soon as he asked, and it would be a pity to kill those few fish to extinguish his mouth, which was indeed a troublesome matter.

Li Weimin frowned slightly, Huang Duqing realized what he was worried about, and said meaningfully: "Chairman, the authorities are obsessed with bystanders, some things are not what you imagined. To the U.S. Embassy and Military Aid Command, those captured guys aren't as important as you think. ”

Just like a traffic accident, for some unscrupulous drivers, hitting and killing people is better than being disabled.

It is really clear that the authorities are obsessed with bystanders, how can there be immortals in war, and since Washington sent people to Vietnam, it has this mental preparation. It's just that someone was captured and lost face, and after a hundred deaths, he folded a Star-Spangled Banner, awarded a medal posthumously, and gave his relatives a pension.

Li Weimin understood as if he had been empowered, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "That's true, but since you can't hide it, it is necessary to explain it privately to the Military Aid Headquarters." ”

………

At the same time, the headquarters in Satun was busy.

The red arrows just marked on the combat map indicate that the Vietnamese G troops are moving towards the theater of operations, not only is the village where the Southern Bureau of the Workers' Party of North Vietnam is located in the encirclement, but not only is the No. 1 and No. 2 contact points attacked on three sides, but even the Satun camp is not safe.

The O-1 observer, which had just finished guiding the fourth wave of ground attacks and was conducting aerial reconnaissance around the theater, reported that a Vietnamese army of four to five hundred people was searching and advancing along the "Changshan Highway" (Hu Zming Trail), about 13 kilometers from the camp.

If there was a regiment on hand, Li Yongliang would definitely expand the results, but he didn't.

Not to joke with the lives of the brethren, he weighed it a little and resolutely ordered: "Send a telegram to the tigers to evacuate the battlefield immediately, and they must arrive at the No. 1 receiving point by 8:45." Send a telegram to the dog farm and Tan Son Il, asking them to overcome the difficulties and mobilize and guide the air force to carry out several waves of air strikes against the enemy in the C-54, C-57 and C-62 areas. ”

"Yes!"

"And."

Li Yongliang stared at the map, and then ordered: "Telegraph to Director Shen and Mr. Yang Shizu that due to the change of the enemy situation, the raid, rescue and blocking forces will adopt Plan B, and ask the Khmer guerrillas to move closer to the No. 1 contact point to ensure the safety of their flanks, and then cross north under the cover of the air force and our helicopters and withdraw from the north bank of the Saigon River." ”

Avoiding two enemy forces is undoubtedly the only way to do it at hand.

Tao Wenguang nodded slightly, and handed over a telegram he had just received: "General Liang, Ruan Gaoqi has said that the paratrooper brigade is moving, and two paratrooper battalions are boarding, and he asks us for intelligence support." ”

Just poked a hornet's nest, and the entire enemy-occupied area was fully mobilized.

The Vietnamese G armed forces, who did not dare to act during the day before, for fear of being discovered by reconnaissance planes, were outflanking the war zone from all directions, not to mention the airdrop of two paratrooper battalions without heavy weapons, even if two regiments came, they would be gnawed to the bone.

However, it is certainly better than not coming, at least it can greatly relieve the pressure on the special forces and the Khmer guerrillas.

Li Yongliang pondered for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Arrange a helicopter to send the Nguyen Zhongnan detachment to the C-91 area." Staff Officer Wang, this bad idea is yours, you go with Nguyen Zhongnan's detachment. ”

Wang Gongzhong was a squad leader who had an outstanding record in the parrot corner area.

was transferred to the headquarters as a staff officer, he was always unhappy and wanted to run all the time, so he came up with the idea of encouraging Nguyen Gao Qi to pull the paratrooper brigade into the water. Because the paratrooper brigade is eager to fight a turnaround, and at the same time is unfamiliar with this area, it definitely needs intelligence support.

You can lead troops to fight again, and you can search for Ruan Zhiqing and Ruan Wenling, not everyone has such an opportunity, Wang Gongzhong was overjoyed, and agreed without hesitation: "Yes!" ”

Li Yongliang glared at him fiercely, and said angrily: "Come back alive." ”

Wang Gongzhong scratched his head and said with a smile: "General Liang, don't worry, my luck is better than Du Gaozhi, and the bullets that can kill me have not yet been produced." (To be continued.) )