The Vietnamese army's attack on our army this time can be said to be a complete failure......

According to post-war statistics, the Vietnamese army suffered at least 200 casualties in this attack...... The reason why we use the word "at least" is because our army also covered one of the artillery positions of the Vietnamese army with firepower...... This shell was aimed at the Vietnamese artillery position, but how many people were killed by the Vietnamese artillery and how many guns were blown up...... This is what we can know, we only know that at least one howitzer battalion of the devils will be destroyed by our army's long-range artillery fire...... Because it lost its voice as soon as it was covered by our artillery fire.

And what about our army?

In total, only nine were killed and eighteen wounded...... The reason why the casualties increased compared to the reported time was that in the subsequent rescue operation, the soldiers trapped in the tunnel were still killed and wounded!

Obviously...... These casualties are simply insignificant compared to the corpses scattered all over the mountains and fields of the Yue Devils, so there is no doubt that our army will be a complete victory!

This made the morale of our soldiers go to a higher level, and even many soldiers of the second battalion who were replaced shouted that they had never beaten devils so happily as today.

But in my battalion headquarters...... The atmosphere is a little different......

"Battalion commander!" Scar had just returned from Faka Mountain, and he reported to me: "Everything else is fine, it's the 160MM mortar ...... of Yue Devil."

Scar shook his head as he spoke, and spit out a few words: "It's not easy to deal with!" ”

Mount Faka at this time...... We have already used Li Zuolong's second platoon to change guards with the original platoon, after all, the first platoon has been fighting a little tired and injured until now...... It's not that they can't stand it, but we still have a few platoons of fresh force in our agent company. There is no need for a row to be on top of it without interruption.

Of course. During the change of defense, the first and second platoons spent half an hour explaining the terrain, minefield, firepower configuration, and possible direction of attack on Faka Mountain in detail.

I nodded. "Tell me about it...... What will be the problem! ”

"It's still a minor problem that this fortification was blown down!" Scar thought for a moment and replied, "With the quality of our second company...... Even if there are no fortifications, we can use the crater to organize a defensive line, and we can also knock the Yue devils down from the high ground...... But here's the problem...... All of our ammunition is stored in the tunnel, and the tunnel is blown up...... We're running out of ammunition! ”

I couldn't help frowning when I heard this...... Scar's words hit the nail on the head, I hadn't thought of this aspect before...... It was just that the casualties of the soldiers without the fortifications would increase in progression, and now it seems that ...... It's not just a question of casualties, it's a question of whether the position can be held.

"You say this ammunition......" Scar continued, "we can't store it." It's impossible to put the ammunition out there and let the devils blow it up...... But this is stored in the tunnel, which is usually no problem, and a battle starts...... THE NEXT TIME, THE MORE DEVILS STILL USED THIS 160MM TIME-DELAY MORTAR TO BOMBARD...... Basically, there are few tunnels that don't collapse, and the only ammunition we can bring out is a few magazines on our bodies...... How can this battle be fought? If it weren't for the fact that this time the battalion commander had guessed the route and time of the attack of the Vietnamese devils in advance, he would have pressed them back with artillery and helicopters...... I'm afraid that this Faka Mountain is already in the hands of the Yue devils! ”

There was an immediate silence in the battalion headquarters...... The cadres are well aware that Scar's words are true...... Even if our second company is of high quality and well-equipped...... But without bullets everything is in vain, the individual weapons of this era...... It's not like the five heroes of Langya Mountain who can smash the enemy down with stones.

"Battalion commander!" After a long time, Zhao Jingping opened his mouth next to him: "The question raised by the second company commander is very important...... The more devils can come like this once, and they can come like this a second time...... This time we were lucky enough to use artillery and helicopters to defeat the attack of the Vietnamese devils, and next time we ...... I'm afraid that the devils are on guard against our helicopters! ”

"Hmm!" I nodded.

What Zhao Jingping said is very reasonable...... IT CAN EVEN BE SAID THAT THE VIETNAMESE ARMY IS LIKELY TO FIGHT LIKE THIS IN THE NEXT OFFENSIVE, ON THE ONE HAND, IT WILL USE 160MM MORTARS TO SHOOT DELAYED SHELLS. On the other hand, some air defense weapons were deployed to suppress the air power of our army...... It did not seem difficult for the Vietnamese to do this, they only needed to urgently mobilize a batch of anti-aircraft machine guns or small-caliber anti-aircraft artillery. If it's even possible...... The Vietnamese army will also mobilize large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery......

After all, on the long border between China and Vietnam, only Faka Mountain is the only place to fight, isn't it?

In a way...... Such a small-scale local battle is still quite advantageous to Vietnam, because the gap between the Vietnamese army and our army in terms of strength and equipment is not one or two points...... This can be seen in the self-defense counterattack.

So...... If a full-scale war is fought, then the Vietnamese army will soon face the problem of insufficient troops and equipment.

However...... Now we are fighting a local war, so that the Vietnamese army can almost concentrate the strength of the whole country on the point of Faka Mountain, and our army will not be able to give full play to the superiority of the large number of troops and equipment.

This is the reason why the artillery of the Vietnamese army seems to be getting stronger and stronger these days...... They could concentrate their artillery on Phaka Hill from other directions, and the Vietnamese army was also equipped with 160mm mortars and used them for mobile firing...... So in the direction of artillery fire, there is a momentum that overwhelms our army!

"I think we still have time to prepare!" After thinking about it, I said, "Last time...... It took five days for the Yue devils to attack us, so I thought...... The next offensive of the Vietnamese army is likely to be about five days or so! ”

"This ......" Zhao Jingping looked at me suspiciously and said, "Battalion commander, you ...... How can you guess this? ”

The other cadres were also a little puzzled by this, and they all cast curious glances at me.

"I THOUGHT SO," I SAID...... "THIS 160MM MOTAR...... It should be that the Soviet devils have only recently equipped the Vietnamese devils! ”

"Hmm!" Scar nodded: "We haven't seen the Yue devil use this kind of cannon before...... In fact, in the 79 years of fighting, the Vietnamese devils were defending, and we were attacking...... AND THE 160MM MORTAR IS A SHARP WEAPON IN THE OFFENSIVE ASPECT, AND ITS MAIN ROLE IS TO DESTROY THE ANTI-SLOPE FORTIFICATIONS, OTHERWISE...... THIS THING IS REALLY NOT AS GOOD AS A 100MM MORTAR, SO IT'S NORMAL FOR THE DEVIL TO NOT USE IT BEFORE! ”

"SO ......," I continued, "it is very likely that the 160MM mortar of the Yue Devil was still being trained before that...... It wasn't until after the Battle of Mount Fakka that they were urgently transferred here, and then they spent another five days preparing for it...... In other words, it will take them five days to store enough shells to cause damage to the fortifications of our army on Mount Faka! ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, the cadres suddenly realized.

Zhao Jingping agreed: "In other words...... THIS TIME, THE VIETHORNS BASICALLY RAN OUT OF SHELLS FOR THE 160MM MORTARS, AND THEY NEEDED ANOTHER FIVE DAYS TO STORE THE SHELLS! ”

"That's right!" I said, "Of course...... It is unlikely that the capacity of the Vietnamese army will be so bad...... IT TOOK FIVE DAYS TO GET ENOUGH SHELLS FOR A 160MM MORTAR. But this battle ...... MORE THAN JUST 160MM MORTARS...... Just like the last battle, the Vietnamese 160MM mortar still needs a lot of long-range artillery for cover, and even the Vietnamese army will want to be equal to our army in terms of long-range artillery. So...... The more devils the devil, the more it will take five days! ”

"But ......" Scar then asks another question, "How are we going to prepare for these five days?" ”

"That's a real problem!" Zhao Jingping said: "For example, whether this fortification is done or not, and whether the ammunition should be transported up...... If this fortification is done, it will be blown up by the Yue devils in a few days, and the ammunition will be transported...... As a result, you're going to be buried in a tunnel, ......"

All of a sudden, there were different voices in the battalion headquarters......

Some cadres said that this fortification must be built, otherwise what will be used to fight with the devils; Some people also said that it was better not to waste our efforts, let's just wait for the Vietnamese devils to blow up, and then find a way to let people transport ammunition and supplies through the artillery blockade of the Vietnamese army!

It should be said that both statements have their own truths...... It's just that neither side will let anyone, so they have been fighting for a long time and have not come up with a reason.

"That's what I think!" I said, "This work must be done...... Otherwise, we probably won't even have five days, and the more devils don't need to transport so many shells at all...... You can destroy the fortifications of Mount Faka! ”

As soon as I said this, the cadres who still insisted that building fortifications was a waste of time were silent.

"And even more......" I continued, "if we don't even do the works...... Of course, the shells saved by the Yue devils will not be left still, and they will soon turn their muzzles to Puliude or Kashan! So...... This fortification has to be done anyway, but we can't do it the same way we used to! ”

"Can't you do it the same way you used to?" Hearing this, Scar couldn't help but have doubts on his face.

"Yes!" I said, "For those Tibetans...... Because the openings must be large, the sturdiness is naturally poor, and these tunnels are still likely to collapse under the shelling of the Vietnamese army in the next battle, since this is the case...... We don't need to spend too much effort on these tunnels, just make a look like we can hide from people! And on the other hand...... This ammunition and supplies are very important to our army, so we have to build some stronger, that is, smaller openings, to store ammunition...... So...... We won't run out of ammo when we start fighting! ”

"Oh!" Scar nodded, and then he understood what I meant by the other method. (To be continued......)