Chapter 537: Suppression
Hitler was really dazed, he did not destroy the living forces of the British, but bombed their cities, did he not know that those cities were protected by anti-aircraft artillery units? In the office, looking at Xiao Feipeng's telegram from France, Su Tong was quite helpless, according to the bloody saying of later generations, the wheel of history is still rolling forward so firmly, and the wings of his butterfly are still too small.
"Jianming, Hitler has a vision, but his shortcoming is that he is too arrogant and can't tolerate other people's provocations." Jiang Baili sighed on the side, Su Tong, who was familiar with the direction of the air battle in the British Isles, had already asked Qi Feipeng and other personnel to go to France to remind the Germans, "I didn't expect Hitler to be unable to withstand Churchill's liáo dialing, and he fell for Churchill's plan all of a sudden." This made Su Tong, who was bent on using the hands of the Germans to consume the strength of the British, couldn't help but be disappointed.
"Leave him alone, let's study the things around us." Jiang Baili shook his head, pulled over a map, put it in front of the two of them, and said, "North Korea has been successfully recovered, and our two naval bases on Jeju Island and Cheongjin Port have also been built. Since the landing craft and a series of preparations have not yet been completed, "I estimate that the reconquest of *** will not be carried out until next year", so should we turn our eyes to the south? ”
Su Tong looked at the place where Jiang Baili pointed and nodded: "Well, since the French forced the Manchu government to sign the "Sino-French New Treaty" in 1885 to recognize Vietnam, Vietnam has become a French colony.
Now that the French are already grassy chickens, we naturally can't let go of this good opportunity to fight water dogs, haven't several of our mountain divisions already finished training? It's time for them to get moving. ”,
In the dense forests of the Sino-Vietnamese border in Guangxi, "a group of soldiers armed with Type 5 or 6 semi-automatic rifles and wearing jungle uniforms vigilantly walked in the dense tropical jungle, led by two soldiers with special mountain knives in their hands to open the way in front, they were the mountain troops that Su Tong had specially ordered to set up two years ago.
Su Tong's vision was that "the southern part of the country at the junction of Vietnam, Laos and other countries was not suitable for the movement and operation of heavy armored groups, so it was necessary to set up a light force to fight in jungles, hills and mountains, so the mountain division was born."
The newly formed mountain division had only three infantry divisions, numbered from the 77th to the 79th division, "each division had 12,000 men, which was divided into three combat regiments and a light support artillery regiment."
The artillery of the artillery regiment is mainly light 105 caliber howitzers and 75 caliber infantry artillery, which "has the ability to march in jungles and mountains." The infantry, on the other hand, was preferentially equipped with Type 5 or 6 semi-automatic rifles and Suomi submachine guns, which had already been tested in actual combat.
In terms of the source of soldiers in the mountain division, Su Tong also made special instructions, the main provinces recruited by the source of soldiers are in Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou three provinces, many people in these three provinces have grown up in the mountains and jungles since childhood, "for climbing mountains and trees have a natural advantage, for example, the former Guangxi troops were called monkey soldiers, although their height is generally not as tall as the soldiers in the north, but they climb trees and drill caves are like walking on the ground, extremely good at fighting in the mountains and jungles, Naturally, the recruitment of the mountain division should be based on the source of troops from these provinces.
At this time, a soldier walking in front of the sharp knife in his hand waved, a cold light flashed, a snake head fell to the ground, a "mountain wind, the long snake body of the poisonous snake suddenly appeared in front of everyone, looking at the colorful snake body and the flat triangular snake head that was still writhing on the ground, everyone knew how terrible the consequences of being bitten by this poisonous snake were.
Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, the commander in the back gave a thumbs-up to the spearhead who opened the way in front of him before signaling the team to move on.
It was already part of the boundaries of Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam, and a regiment of the few French troops stationed in Vietnam was stationed here.
This unit, which was marching towards Dien Bien Phu, was part of a battalion of the 77th Mountain Division of the Chinese National Defense Force, and was also the pilot unit of the first Mountain Division, because they had been training for the longest time"
The officers and soldiers also had the best degree of running-in, so the task of opening the way to recover Vietnam was entrusted to them.
The procession marched into an open valley, and the commander at the head motioned for the soldiers to stop and rest, "so the soldiers who were on guard duty stopped for a temporary rest."
A sergeant major looked up at the sunset that had begun to set, and said to a major officer led by some concern: "Sir" Seeing that the sky is about to get dark, should we find a place to rest for one night before advancing tomorrow, otherwise it is too dangerous to march late at night, so there will be non-combat attrition if we march at night. ”,
"No way!" The Major shook his head, "If we can't get to Dien Bien Phu before dawn tomorrow, we won't be able to indicate the target for the Air Force," then the 1st Airborne Division would have to force a parachute landing without guidance, and their casualties would have been as heavy as ever. You have to remember that our battalion must rush to Dien Bien Phu airfield before dawn anyway" to prepare for the 1st Airborne Division to clear the ground passage and occupy the airfield!" ”
"Yes!"
At Dien Bien Phu Airport, the French Consul General in Vietnam, Major General Wimbor, stood by the runway of the airport, watching a transport plane soar towards the sunset.
With the defeat of France and the rise of the Vietnamese Social Workers Party led by Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam's movement was in full swing, and the French Vietnamese colonies that had lost their native support were getting worse and worse, and so far, only Dien Bien Phu and Saigon were still in the hands of the French.
"What an eventful season!" Major General Wembol sighed and was about to turn back to his office, when a second lieutenant hurried to report: "General, news has come from the city, the Vietnamese have begun to make trouble again" They organized *** in the city, and the Vietnamese Social Workers also took the opportunity to wreak havoc in the city, and Major Ottawa called, asking for reinforcements and authorizing him to open fire at will. ”
"These damn yellow-skinned monkeys really don't give me peace for a moment." , Major General Wembol cursed hatefully, "Order Major Ottawa to use high-pressure water cannons and tear gas canisters to suppress" I will let the third battalion enter the city immediately to support him, and", Major General Wembor hesitated for a moment and then let out a hint of hideousness: "Tell Major Ottawa that if necessary, you can shoot and suppress those mobs" Dien Bien Phu can't be chaotic anymore! ”
Inside Dien Bien Phu, tens of thousands of Vietnamese people are gathering in the streets for a massive mass hust, shouting "Get out of Vietnam, French!" "We want to be free!" and other slogans approached the French troops who were stationed at the Dien Bien Phu City Government Building.
The French troops stationed in the city hall were only a battalion of more than 300 men, and compared with tens of thousands of Vietnamese, they were like a small sampan in the sea, which could be swallowed by the waves at any time.
Faced with an overwhelming number of Vietnamese, the commander, Major Ottawa, could only order the soldiers to constantly fire tear gas and spray high-pressure water taps. But just now a soldier came to report that the water pipe of the high-pressure faucet had been cut by those damn Vietnamese, and without the barrier of the high-pressure faucet, it was really powerless to use tear gas to expel tens of thousands of Vietnamese people who had already been aroused.
"Sir, those Vietnamese are getting closer and closer to our city hall building, our soldiers are almost overwhelmed, and the company commander asked me if you would allow you to shoot." A soldier panted and ran to report to Major Ottawa.
Major Ottawa gritted his teeth but couldn't make a decision for a moment, when another soldier arrived"
"Sir" Major-General Wembol ordered that you may open fire if necessary to protect our property and personal safety from being violated. ”
"Great!" The authorized Major Ottawa immediately grabbed an iron microphone and shouted to the crowd in front: "Everyone listen, I am the commander here, Major Ottawa, I order you to stop advancing immediately, otherwise I have the right to shoot at you!" "All the soldiers have it, the bullets are loaded!" ”
"Whoa!"
Hearing the order, the French soldiers pulled the bolts of their guns one after another, and the "ammunition men also quickly loaded the machine guns with chains", putting on a posture of firing at any time.
At this time, "on a corner of the street, several Vietnamese in straw hats were surrounding an old man for advice. "Comrade Ho Chi Minh, the French have already moved out all their machine guns, should we let the masses retreat first?"
Ho Chi Minh waved his hand and said: "Comrades, we must not be frightened by a few broken guns of the French" The more the French raised their butcher knives and rifles in their hands, the more it proved their cowardice "We must not back down for this" On the contrary, at this time, we must tǐng xiōng chamber and use our blood to prove our loyalty to the people, we ......"
"Da Da Repentance"
As soon as Ho Chi Minh's words fell, "a crisp sound of machine guns began to resound through the streets, as well as the gunfire of the French standard rifle MAS 7.5mm 1936 rifle.
The sudden burst of gunfire quickly calmed the minds of the crowd, who had been stirred up with blood, "and with it a visceral fear."
The Reibel machine guns, which were erected on a dozen vantage points......, slanted towards the street with its rate of fire of 500 rounds per minute, and the crowd in front of them fell to the ground one after another, and there was chaos in the streets.