"This is our surveillance area!" It was only then that Staff Officer Wei said our mission, he pointed to the map and said: "Between the No. 12 and No. 13 boundary pillars, that is, the Laoshan area. ”

I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, could it be that the Laoshan Reconquest War is about to start?

I remember that this battle was fought in '84, two years away.

But after thinking about it, I feel that we are just using artillery aiming radar to control and measure the artillery fire of the Vietnamese army in the direction of Lao Son, just like the goal of our mission this time, it is a kind of experiment, in order to see the performance of artillery aiming radar in actual combat and provide a certain basis for our military imitation, so this does not mean that the Lao Son reconquest war is about to start.

But then again, this at least represents that the high-level has the intention of recovering Laoshan, otherwise why don't other places try this artillery sighting radar, but try it in the direction of Laoshan...... This is obviously to see how much our artillery fire can play in the future battle to recover Laoshan after adding artillery sighting radar!

"The terrain of Laoshan is more complicated!" Staff Officer Wei continued: "The elevation of its main peak is as high as 1422.2 meters, while the elevation of the bow area at the foot of the mountain is only 160 meters, the vertical ratio of peaks and valleys is 1262.2 meters, the drop is very large, the average slope is about 40 degrees, and the slope even reaches between 60 and 70 degrees when approaching the main peak. The overall topography is characterized by the main peak as the center, and three large mountain sorghums extend to the northeast, northwest and due south.

From the time our army withdrew from Vietnam after completing the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam in 79, the Vietnamese army followed our army to occupy Lao Son.

Ever since the Vietnamese army occupied Lao Son, the Vietnamese army has harassed and provoked our country countless times by virtue of its condescending superiority. So far, the Vietnamese army has fired more than 690 shots and artillery into our territory. More than 28,000 rounds of bullets and shells were fired. More than 300 Chinese border guards were killed and wounded. Bombed 67 houses in our territory.

Due to the threat of the Vietnamese army, more than 4,000 acres of rubber forests could not be harvested and more than 2,000 acres of fertile land could not be cultivated, and 24 villages were forced to move inward.

The higher-ups mean that while testing the performance of the artillery sighting radar, let us carry out a certain amount of hard strikes on the Vietnamese artillery on Lao Son to reduce the pressure on our military and civilians on this line. ”

"When will you start fighting?" Zhao Jingping asked.

"Ready to go!" Staff Officer Wei replied.

"No hurry!" I glanced at a few eager cadres around me and said, "We have to plan first." ”

"Battalion commander!" The reader said a little strangely: "What else is there to plan for this?" What we have to do is to move the radar out and turn it on, isn't it? Whether you can fire the cannon or not, that's another matter! ”

"Try it on?" I said angrily: "Staff Officer Wei also said it just now. In the past three years, the Vietnamese devils have fired more than 690 shots at our army's territory, and what we want to detect is the shells of the Vietnamese devils, deducting the number of shots...... This average of two days may not have been a shot, what do you try to turn on? ”

As soon as I said this, the reader was silent.

"Say it again!" I continued, "This sighting radar probably needs to be overhauled as well......

As I spoke, I set my eyes on Chen Weihua.

"Oh, the battalion commander is right!" Chen Weihua was stunned for a moment before he reacted, nodded and replied: "The average failure time of this artillery sighting radar is 200 hours, that is, it usually breaks down once every eight or nine days. ”

"So." I said, "We're here to test the actual combat performance of the artillery sighting radar in various situations, not to drag it here to wander around and do maintenance!" ”

"Yes!" The reader couldn't help but touch his head in embarrassment.

"But the battalion commander!" Then Zhao Jingping asked: "If we don't turn on the camera in normal times, that is, if we are not ready, then how can we capture the opportunity for the Vietnamese army to open fire?" ”

That's a real problem. You must know that the current front line has fallen into a stalemate, that is, both sides of the enemy and us are hiding in cat's ear holes most of the time. Under normal circumstances, they are at peace with each other.

Of course, if the target is found, it is different, for example, if you find a few observers or a few cars on the opposite side of the day, you will soon have a cold gun.

But the problem is that no one knows when this cold gun and cold cannon will be fought, and this cold gun and cold cannon are often over after a few shots, and then we will set up a radar when we hear the sound of the cannon...... Although it only takes 5 minutes to set up the radar, by the time we set it up and turn it on, I am afraid that this cold artillery battle will be over.

"That's why I said we had to plan!" After thinking about it, I said: "It's not difficult to let the Vietnamese army shoot artillery, and it's okay to let the soldiers on the front line make some fake movements or fake things!" But this requires cooperation with the fighters on the front line......"

As I spoke, I set my eyes on Staff Officer Wei.

"I'll take care of this!" Staff Officer Wei agreed to it.

"Hmm!" I nodded: "Then next, we have to develop a test plan for the artillery sighting radar." We need to know the performance of the artillery sighting radar in various conditions, such as daytime, night, sunny, rainy, foggy days, in addition to the detected dead ends, detectable ranges, and so on. ”

"I'll take care of that!" Zhao Jingping answered.

"Hmm!" I said: "After all these things are ready, we can let the front-line fighters lure the Vietnamese army to open fire at a specific time, so that we can complete our test mission in the shortest possible time." ”

"Yes!" The surrounding warriors responded in unison.

The plan quickly unfolded according to my idea.

It should be said that it is not difficult to do this, such as the front-line fighters luring the Vietnamese army to open fire...... This is a piece of cake for the fighters on the front line.

As those who have dodged cat ear holes on the battlefield, we also know that although the enemy and us at this time have relatively few guns and cannons, it is only because the enemy and us have been hiding in the hole most of the time and have not come out, just like us in the past, even and pee during the day are solved in the hole, at most they are thrown out after solving it in a canned box.

In other words, you can't see people during the day, and you only come out at night when it's dark.

Since there is no one in sight, there is no goal, and if there is no goal, the enemy and us will naturally not fire or shoot...... After all, China and Vietnam are both poor countries, Vietnam is fine, the bullets and shells are provided by the Soviet Union for free, and our China is fighting its own shells, so it is not something that can be wasted casually.

But that doesn't mean you won't hit a target when you find it.

So, if you want to shoot the devil, it's actually very simple, just pile a few sandbags in a slightly more visible place, or hide them in the grass with some car wreckage...... These are enough to attract the Vietnamese army to open fire, because we know very well that it is boring for both the enemy and us to hide in the cat's ear hole on the battlefield, and some people will rely on memorizing the appearance of the enemy's position to spend time when they are bored.

Of course, this is usually done by snipers or artillery observers, and ordinary soldiers do this partly out of boredom, and partly out of hatred for the enemy, hoping to find some flaws in the enemy and inflict a certain amount of damage on the enemy.

There was an incident where a new soldier felt that it was too insecure to be supported by only a few rotten logs on the top of the cat's ear hole, so he hurried to pile up several layers of sandbags overnight...... The result was counterproductive, and the tunnel was shelled by the Vietnamese army as soon as it dawned the next day.

Because of this, it is not difficult to do this, all we have to do is to make an appointment with the soldiers on the front line, for example, tomorrow during the day, or tonight, someone will shoot a few flashlights, etc., and then set up the artillery radar and wait for the Vietnamese artillery to fire.

As for the artillery sighting radar test program, it is even less worth mentioning...... Under the circumstance that the Vietnamese army did not know that our army had artillery sighting radar, and under our strict arrangement, it can be said that there was basically no danger in the test of artillery sighting radar.

So none of that is something for me to think about and worry about...... Just leave these things completely to Zhao Jingping and others to do, and I believe that they have the ability to solve such problems.

What worries me is the problem of our army firing artillery according to the position provided by the artillery sighting radar.

"Battalion commander!" Seeing my sad face, Zhao Jingping was a little strange: "Worried about our mission? ”

I know why Zhao Jingping is strange, and this is why most people, including the cautious Staff Officer Wei, don't think that there will be any problems with our defense.

"Think we're not doing enough protections?" Zhao Jingping handed me a cigarette.

"No!" I said, "I can't think of anything else we can do!" ”

"That's right!" Zhao Jingping said: "Then what are you worried about? If you can't even think of a flaw, there must be no problem! ”

"The problem is that I believe there is no line of defense that cannot be attacked!" I said: "Just because we can't think of a flaw doesn't mean that the more devils can't think of it!" ”

"But the devils don't know we have a gun-sighting radar, do they?" Zhao Jingping said: "Without knowing it, of course, it is impossible for them to formulate any sneak attack plan for the artillery sighting radar!" ”

"They'll find out soon!" I say.

"What the battalion commander means...... We have spies in-house? Zhao Jingping said.

"No!" I shook my head.

The secrecy work of this mission was done very well from beginning to end, and no other unit except for our composite battalion knew about the storage of artillery sighting radar, which is why we brought our own artillery battalion to the front line...... The purpose of this is to prevent anyone, including our artillery, from knowing that we can quickly and accurately grasp the location of the Vietnamese artillery positions.

However, I believe that the Vietnamese army will still know about the storage of artillery sighting radar. (To be continued......)