With nowhere to hide under the dazzling glow of flares, the lanky North Vietnamese soldiers joined the battle with machine guns close to the defensive points. At this moment, the quacking roar sounded to the ears of Legliss and his soldiers, and the sight of the North Vietnamese soldiers falling in pieces no longer chilled them - the more enemies died, the less threat to their survival, and they were driven by the desire to kill all these fierce rebels, rather than reflect on the French underground resistance who died at the gunpoint of the Nazis......

Reloading, firing, reloading, firing, with friendly fire already in place, Leglis mechanically repeats the firing action, thinking completely of these North Vietnamese soldiers as moving targets, and the dry rice fields soon become wet, muddy, and then dyed with a dark red color, with a terrible white light to give people a strong visual impact. This time, the North Vietnamese soldiers behaved more ferociously and tenaciously than during the day, they ran forward without fear, and there was no hesitation or fear on their faces when they stepped past the corpses of their comrades, as if they regarded the attack as a sacred mission, even if they lost their lives in the attack, it was a great honor in this life!

Due to the continuous firing, the barrel of the light machine gun quickly warmed up, Leglis clearly felt that the fire of his position was weakening, every time the two flares in the front and rear alternately intervaled, the distance between the North Vietnamese soldiers and their positions would be shortened by twenty or thirty meters, and after paying an extremely heavy price, they finally crossed the limit reached in the previous attack, the second lieutenant shouted "throw grenades", the paratroopers threw the grenades forward like throwing stones, and the violent explosion once again delayed the offensive of the North Vietnamese soldiers, Many of them fell to their knees—and it dawned on Leglis that the previous ones had taken advantage of this opportunity to lurk!

The grenade did not have the problem of heating, but its regular reserves could not withstand rapid depletion, giving the machine gunners a period of time to cool down or replace the barrel, and Legliss gave the order to "shoot", and the sound of more than a dozen semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns pouring fire at the same time was also quite amazing, and after the smoke in front of the position dissipated, only a little distance in the line of sight was still running. But with the lessons of the previous lesson, the second lieutenant did not dare to slack off on the prostrate corpses in front of him, and he deliberately lowered the muzzle of the gun to shoot, and a shuttle of bullets swept by, and there was always a body struggle and convulsions on the ground.

Shout...... Rumble!

A short, light scream led to a violent explosion, which is the normal sound of a mortar attack. The shells landed a few meters behind the trench and almost destroyed a French mortar deployed there. Seeing this, Legris was shocked: this was a mistake by his own allies. Remind them to adjust the parameters as soon as possible; If this is the fire of the North Vietnamese troops, it most likely means that the main forces of the enemy have arrived!

As the night prevented the shooter from sniping from a distance, Legliss looked up and forward, the previous flare slowly sliding down the far end of the woods. In the afterglow, the figures running through the rice fields seemed to increase unabated, and the sound from the right side also changed at this time: the fire support of machine guns and rifles turned into an interception with all kinds of weapons firing at full power, and the dark red light points that passed through the air shifted from the side to the front......

"They were also attacked by the Vietnamese at the same time!" Legliss shouted, and Sergeant Etienne beside him turned his head in surprise to look over the position, apparently from the mortars.

Just as the situation was taking a turn for the worse, Legliss suddenly heard someone calling his name "Bierre", which was addressed to only a few of his friends and close officers in the army, and the other one shouted twice. The second lieutenant heard that this was Sergeant Laurent that he had sent to the other side of the stone bridge to liaise with friendly forces. …,

"I'm here!" Legliss replied, and the tense battle situation kept him from being too distracted, so he reloaded his magazine and went back to shooting. This time, several North Vietnamese soldiers who had fallen on their stomachs during the grenade attack got up and rushed forward, and the French paratroopers did not give them any chance, and the dense bullets almost knocked them into a hornet's nest. Another North Vietnamese soldier was more clever, he took advantage of the cover of his companion's corpse to throw two grenades into the trench in succession, the first one was a little closer, but the defender's submachine gun fire failed to kill him, and the second grenade was accurately thrown into the trench, killing and wounding several French paratroopers immediately, and the French strafing still failed to hit him. However, smart people don't necessarily know how to do just that. The guy tried to find more grenades from his companions, and was shot and killed while moving sideways.

The suppressive fire of the North Vietnamese forces was not fierce, but their cover tactics during the offensive left the French paratroopers somewhat confused, and as his combat effectiveness continued to dwindle, Leglis was once again trapped in the daytime, and he even felt that his position could be lost at any time. Sergeant Laurent, who had returned from the stone bridge, carried on his shoulders a new hope for him and the defensive force. However, Laurent's first words made his mood fall to a freezing point: "Their battle casualties are very large, many wounded are waiting in line for treatment, and they cannot accept our wounded in a short time!" ”

"We can't stand it!" Legliss said with frustration.

Laurent looked around: "Why don't you ask the command for reinforcements?" ”

Legliss said without raising his head: "The lieutenant colonel has already sent a squad, but looking at this situation, even if there are two more squads, it is useless!" Such a defense simply could not withstand the concentrated attack of the Vietnamese! ”

Another grenade exploded nearby, and the two men pressed down in unison, and their verbal communication was halted by the effects of the explosion, so they each opened fire with their guns in front of them. In the face of the attack of the North Vietnamese soldiers, regardless of casualties, the two of them quickly ran out of bullets, and when they squatted down again, Laurent remembered and said: "By the way, the 1st Battalion has found a relatively open flat area on the other side of the stone bridge, and they have set up a guidance signal, and there will be planes to transport combat infantry and equipment and ammunition tomorrow morning!" ”

"When did you say?" Leglis asked aloud.

"Early tomorrow morning, the plane will be transported!" Laurent said.

Leglis nodded to indicate that he had heard the answer, and immediately after, the signal soldier in charge of radio liaison came to him with a walkie-talkie on his back: "Sir, I have connected to the command headquarters, and the lieutenant colonel wants to talk to you!" ”

"Thank goodness!"

Leglis hurriedly put down the submachine gun, picked up the headset microphone in the background of gunfire explosions, and said roughly: "Lieutenant colonel, I'm Bier. Leglis, the situation is not optimistic, the enemy attack is quite fierce, we suffer heavy casualties. To make matters worse, wounded soldiers could not be transported in time...... Is it? That's great, sir, and that's great news for us! Let's hope they get there soon...... Okay, I get it! ”

Putting down the headphones and microphones, Legliss looked like a different person, his face flushed and his eyes lit up, he poked his head in the direction of the river for a moment, and then took out a pyrotechnic stick the size of a detonator from the officer's crossbody bag. After pulling the fire, he thrust it behind the trench, completely ignoring the possibility that his head and arms could be hit by stray bullets at any time in the process.

After this move, Legliss said to Sergeant Laurent: "The Foreign Legion has sent two combat companies by boat, and I can't wait to hear the heavy metal noise of the Browning M2!" ”

Sergeant Laurent had just finished firing another cartridge of ammunition. He asked as he reloaded, "They've arrived?" ”

Legliss replied: "The lieutenant colonel said that they have red navigation lights on their boat, and I see red spots of light on the river, maybe a few kilometers away, so it would be better for them to see our position in advance!" ”…,

The sergeant has the role and duties of a sergeant, and Laurent did not continue to ask, but muttered "I hope so". Before the battle knew it, a quarter of an hour had already begun, and the North Vietnamese commanders on the front seemed to have lost patience with the endless attrition, and the whistle that had appeared during the day sounded again, and the North Vietnamese soldiers, who had rushed halfway, quickly retreated. The fact that more than three times as many corpses were left in front of the rice paddies and riverbank positions this time made Leglis wonder if the North Vietnamese rebels had always suffered such casualties in battles with the French, they should have been exhausted rather than as they were now, and the French paratroopers were not so superior to the infantry on the ground.

Before Leglis's paratrooper superiority lasted two minutes, Sergeant Etienne, who was on the right side of the trench, hurried to report that the right flank defense had been breached by the North Vietnamese army!

Hearing this, Legliss was shocked. He hurriedly ran to the far right of the position. The night defense must rely on flares, and the friendly defense points have indeed been firing flares before, but at this time there is no artificial lighting, and there are not many flashes around the position, indicating that although the battle is not over, the fierce confrontation has ended because one side has gained an overwhelming position.

"What the hell is going on?" Leglis didn't want to believe what his eyes saw, could a defensive point of the same size just fall in the face of a charge from the North Vietnamese army? At the suggestion of Sergeant Etienne, he had his men fire a flare from the mortar to the right. When the white light illuminated the area, he saw that the locust-like North Vietnamese soldiers had taken the defensive point, and the worst of all was that, four French paratroopers were retreating towards him, and the light of the flares pulled their figures out of the ignorance of the night, providing excellent aiming conditions for the North Vietnamese soldiers. The sound of hard rifles suddenly exploded. In the blink of an eye, four French paratroopers fell one by one, some of them not immediately dead, but struggling to crawl on the river beach until more bullets ended their suffering.

"Ah............h

"Sir! Sir! ”

Laurent's call pulled Legliss back to reality from his near-madness, and he looked up at his companion blankly, suddenly feeling that his chest and back were wet and cold, and his tank top seemed to be wet with sweat.

"Sir, one of the ships of the Foreign Legion has docked, and the leader of the team is Lieutenant Forley, who seems to be a Frenchman, and he has brought about a platoon of soldiers!" Laurent reported in a low voice.

"Oh! Lieutenant Forley! Legliss stood up in a bit of a distraction, and suddenly turned around, and the right flank defense point was completely hidden in the night.

By the time Legliss returned to the middle of the position, a tall, lanky officer was already waiting. The skin color and appearance of the other party could not be seen in the night, but the French paratrooper helmet in 1948 was fastened to his head like a farmer wearing a hat, and the heavy atmosphere obliterated all the senses associated with humor. Leglis saluted solemnly: "Sir, the commander of the tenth temporary defense point, the second lieutenant of the paratroopers. Leglis salutes you! ”

The "farmer with a hat" gave a military salute with a blank face, and with a wave of his right hand, he let his soldiers enter the position.

Instead of being unhappy with the other party's "dove occupying the magpie's nest", Legris was ashamed that his subordinates were not serious enough in building fortifications, and then turned to the lieutenant and said: "Sir, 500 meters to the north is the defensive position of the 11th Provisional Formation, which was still in our control a quarter of an hour ago. The Vietnamese have just captured there, I don't know what is going on with our people, maybe there are ...... captured by the Vietnamese"...,

"Ensign!" The "farmer with the hat" interrupted Leglis's statement with a blank face, and he turned his head to look north: "Being captured by the Vietnamese is not too bad, they often exchange prisoners with us, but the conditions of the detention are a little worse. ”

"However, the loss of the 11th temporary position also means that we have lost contact with the 1st Airborne Battalion on land." Legliss reluctantly said that, in his opinion, a well-equipped infantry platoon should have a chance to recapture the lost positions.

"Wait until dawn!" The lieutenant replied in a lifeless tone.

Legliss was inconvenient to refute, but followed the lieutenant of the Foreign Legion. The lieutenant made his rounds of the position, instructing his able-bodied soldiers to fortify the fortifications.

At the northernmost end of the position, Legliss took the opportunity to ask: "Sir, will the Vietnamese take advantage of that breach to swim across the river overnight?" ”

A grim smile tugged into the corner of Lieutenant Forley's mouth: "Preferably, because they can't move as fast in the water as they can in the woods and in the flats." Our combat boats had searchlights and machine guns, which were enough to stain the entire Song River with Vietnamese blood. ”

Hearing the lieutenant say this, Legliss had in his mind the scene of countless corpses floating on the surface of the river, and although it was just a fantasy, he still felt sick to his stomach.

Probably sensing Leglis's disgust, the lieutenant said in a deep voice: "I have been in Indochina for two years and five months, and I have fought many times with the North Vietnamese forces, and to be soft on them is to risk my own life. Remember, don't take any chances when facing them unless you raise your hands in the air, their fierce nature is simply stuck in the primitive stage of human beings! ”