Chapter 12 Tunnel Fortifications (3)

The biggest advantage of this kind of tunnel is that it uses local materials, and the workload is not very large, under the almost non-stop work of the people of the whole company, more than a dozen of them can be prepared in just one day......

Some people may say that the soldiers don't have to sleep or rest?

I can't experience the rainy season in Vietnam without experiencing it myself...... Of course, we also want to sleep and rest, but we will wake up immediately after being drenched by this heavy rain, especially at night, when the temperature drops and the rain blows and the wind blows, it can freeze people shivering.

We do have shelter from the elements...... But this is the battlefield, and the target of this thing is obvious, and it can't block bullets, let alone grenades, and at night, as long as any Vietnamese agent touches it and shoots a few shots according to this thing, the people inside can be eliminated, so no one can sleep in it, and they dare not sleep. In addition, I was shivering as if I was not active inside, so after resting inside for a while, I thought it was better to decide to come out and start work, at least with the soldiers, I was also sure!

This did not change until the first tunnels were built...... The first to inspect the pit was Company Commander Luo, who climbed in and lay in it for a while, then he came out and nodded at me and said, "You kid is really good, although it is not very comfortable to live in...... But saving your life shouldn't be a problem! ”

After receiving the affirmation of Company Commander Luo, the soldiers let out a burst of cheers as if they had won a battle, and they all rushed to climb in to try the feeling.

Seeing this, I couldn't help but smile bitterly, there is a saying that "the golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as their own kennels", and now we are angry that this is the case...... You know, because there is too much rain at this time. Rainwater will still seep into the tunnel from all directions through the mud. It's just that they're drained through the drains. So the tunnel is damp, narrow and dark...... It's almost like a cave full of mud.

However. It is such a cave, but because it was built by the soldiers themselves, it took more than 40 people more than two hours to build it, so the soldiers did not dislike it, but felt comfortable hiding here, at least there was no need to be outside in the wind and rain.

So this first tunnel soon became a safe haven for us, and some of the soldiers could hide in it when they were really tired, and it would be a bit of a fool to say that they were comfortable. But at least there is less threat to life and there is a greater sense of security.

"Platoon commander!" After the scholar went in and lay down for a while, he came out and said, "The mud that is all over the ground is really not very comfortable, or ...... Let's put another layer of logs on the bottom! ”

"That's a good idea!" The company commander quickly agreed: "It is much more comfortable to lay on a layer of logs, and it will not be a layer of mud when it rolls!" ”

But I didn't speak, because I didn't hear the old man say anything about the logs at the bottom...... It's not that I'm rigid, but I think the old man and the tunnels they built have been tested in battle, and they have been fighting for several years...... If the logs can increase the level of comfort in this way, then the old man doesn't do it?

Just like before, there were soldiers who said that they wanted to make this tunnel bigger, and even connect the various tunnels together...... And then I thought. If so, then weishenme old man they don't do? The more devils don't do it? Doesn't the old man know that the devil doesn't know how to do this?

The answer is obviously not, and the underground castle built by the Yue devils in Lao Cai fully illustrates this point.

Then they must have a reason for not doing it. There must be some flaw in this that is not practical. After thinking about it, I quickly understood...... The biggest enemy of our tunnel is the rain, which rains non-stop for many years, if we make this tunnel bigger or even open up to each other...... Well, being swept away by this rain can easily cause a landslide. There is no doubt that the dangers will outweigh the benefits.

Again, I believe that the idea of adding logs to the bottom for added comfort is not practical, but I don't know what the problem is.

It turned out that Scar solved my doubts: "Cut...... Lay a log at the bottom, aren't you looking for death? If the mouth of this pit is blown up by devils or washed away by rain, you will be waiting to die inside! ”

When I think about it, it's really ...... If there are no logs, if someone is trapped in the tunnel, there is still a way to save themselves, and they can dig out of the soil. But if you lay logs on the bottom...... Well, there are logs that can't be dug up and down, and digging to the side will undoubtedly cause a bigger landslide, so you have to wait for death inside.

Later, there were fighters from other units who did this...... It turned out that the logs laid into the pit could not increase the comfort at all, and it might be more comfortable at first, but because we still had mud everywhere on the side walls of the tunnel, the logs that were originally clean were quickly covered with mud after a few times, and it didn't work at all. What's even more terrifying is that sometimes when there is a war, you have to be in the tunnel day and night, which means that you have to urinate in the tunnel...... The pit with logs at the bottom was even more terrifying.

So in the end, we still didn't do this kind of thankless work, the whole company worked together to dig more than a dozen tunnels in 24 hours, Commander Luo calculated that each tunnel can hide two or three people, then it will be about the same if there is a few more days to dig a few, and a few more spare, in case which tunnel collapses or there are additional soldiers coming up, there will be no place to hide.

It's just that what we didn't expect was that the time given to us by the Yue Devil didn't have two days at all......

It was noon the next day, and we had just hid in the pit and rested for a while after eating biscuits, and were about to start our work...... Suddenly, there was a terrible whistling sound outside, followed by a muffled explosion that shook the mud on the top of our tunnel and the side walls of the pit "snapping" down.

We didn't dare to slack off, grabbed our rifles, got out of the pit and waited outside...... The reason why we did this is, firstly, because we know that the artillery of the Yue devil will not be able to hit our anticline; second, they were worried that the tunnel would be collapsed by artillery and buried alive; What's more...... At this time, we were not ready, and the communication network between the tunnels had not yet been established, which meant that the company commander could not command us to fight in a unified manner.

"What are you doing?" Little Stone asked, "Is this going to attack?" ”

"How can it!" The scholar replied: "Our sappers are covered with mines over there, and the devils can finish it in one day?" ”

"I see ......," Xu Guochun quipped: "The more devils want to test whether the pit we dug is up to date!" ”

The warriors burst out laughing.

Scar listened carefully, shook his head and said, "The more devils are demining!" ”

I also agree with Scar's statement, because the sound of this cannon is not dense, and the explosion point is very scattered, and there seems to be no target at all.

Sure enough, Company Commander Luo contacted the sentry on the hilltop position through the walkie-talkie...... There was no shadow of the enemy in sight, and the artillery of the Yue Devil still exploded without a sound, and it was not until ten minutes later that it completely stopped.

But the cessation of the cannon does not mean that it is quiet, and a loud bang in the rain curtain will follow...... Don't think about it, it's the devil who is using grenades and detonating cords to clear mines.

Company Commander Luo took us to climb to the top of the mountain and take a look...... I can understand the reason why the Vietnamese devils are so relieved to clear mines under our noses: the visibility is already low in this rain, and at this time, the Vietnamese army is bombing indiscriminately in front of our position with artillery, so there is smoke and evaporated water vapor everywhere...... The whole shijie is a blur.

Where does this vapour come from? There is a temperature for the shell to explode...... Although I don't know how high the temperature was, it was obviously enough for the surrounding rain to evaporate, so it was like a thick fog floating in front of our position, providing a good cover for the Vietnamese army to clear the mines.

"Marx!" Company Commander Luo shouted at the artillery observer following him, "Is there a way to get him a few shots?" ”

Marx climbed up with his hands and feet in hand, poked his head out to observe for a while, and then said, "Company commander...... The more devils are on the anti-slope, and long-range artillery fire can't hit it! The mortar is fine, it's just that the target is not visible...... You can only judge the location of the big sigh from the sound! ”

"Then shoot a few shots!" Company Commander Luo immediately ordered: "Fight the arrogance of the devils!" ”

"Yes!" Marx answered, and quickly waved to several of the other artillery observers to get ready.

Several pale-faced artillery observers quickly directed the fighters to set up mortars...... At this time, we have a total of two 82 mm caliber mortars in our hands, originally this cannon is generally not worthy of a pure infantry company like us, for no other reason, we are not trained to fight and are not accurate!

If you really want to match it in battle, it is also a battalion with a machine gun company, and sometimes in order to cooperate with the company, this company will be equipped with a machine gun platoon...... To put it simply, even the gunner strengthens it with the cannon.

But at this moment, the superiors were busy retreating on the one hand, and on the other hand, they were busy arranging defenses on the border, and they were in a big mess at both ends, so how could they care about what kind of machine gun platoon was assigned to our company. So we didn't care so much, and when we came up, we went to the logistics department and got two mortars and a batch of shells...... Anyway, we are heroes, and the superiors don't say anything if they want equipment, that is, don't be in vain!

Originally, we couldn't fight if we had a cannon, no one had ever shot it, right?

Someone would say...... Aren't many of the soldiers in the Second Company veterans? How many years have you been a soldier and a mortar haven't hit?

This is not uncommon in this day and age, and veterans spend most of their time with hoes and sickles...... Not to mention this mortar, there are many people who have never seen a bazooka.

However, it happened that the superiors sent us a few artillery observers, so we could let them be free teachers. (To be continued......)