Chapter 26: Exploring the Hole (5)

On the battlefield, you know that it is a taboo for soldiers, but you still have to use it...... It's not our first one.

The old man has always been talking about a battle during the Anti-Japanese War...... That's what happened to the old man's grandfather.

Remember what it was called...... The ambush battle of Qiqian Village, commanded by Liu Bocheng...... To be exact, this battle should be two battles. The first battle was a very ordinary ambush, according to the old man, the terrain of that place was the high ground of our army, and directly opposite was the transportation line of the Japanese army, and there was a deep valley in between, in other words, the Japanese army was only passively beaten. So the results were very fruitful...... More than 300 Japanese soldiers and a large number of mules, horses and military supplies were eliminated.

It is said that the Eighth Route Army at that time was in dire need of equipment, so although there were not many Japanese soldiers killed, it could be said that it was a great victory if a large number of equipment were captured.

If this battle ends like this, it will be a very ordinary ambush, but even more amazing is yet to come...... Liu Bocheng expected that the Japanese commander would definitely think that ...... The Eighth Route Army had just fought an ambush in this place, and even if it had the audacity, it would not dare to appear here again, so there is a high probability that it will continue to rely on this road to transport supplies unprepared, so we can still ambush it again.

Sure enough, this matter was calculated by Liu Bocheng, and only one day later, the Eighth Route Army was once again in the same place in Qiqian Village or even about the same time period...... Once again, little Japan was ambushed.

I think...... This Japanese army, which was ambushed twice in a row by the same army in three days, was afraid that his eyes would turn green after knowing this battle report.

Because the old man's grandfather fought this battle happily, word of mouth passed on this experience to me like a family heirloom.

What this battle has in common with the hole we are now going to the Vietnamese army is...... It seems that they have all committed a taboo. The Qigan Village ambush was fought twice in a row at the same location. And we...... It is to attack the strengths of others with their own shortcomings.

I can do it now. It is to take this battle as a consolation: the old man's grandfather can come back alive, then I hope I will also have his luck!

Just after twelve o'clock I set out with a dozen of my men.

As I expected, this task naturally fell on the second platoon...... The tradition of our troops, the more we can fight, the more dangerous the mission will be. Not weishenme, who made you able to fight? If the other troops can't do a good job, if you can do a good job, who else can you send if you don't send them?

This is also the reason why I have always been reluctant to break the idea of "touching the hole" of Company Commander Luo before, although I know that this is also the time to "touch the hole...... But there is no doubt that this task has fallen on the head of our second company, and we can't run away.

Our "Touching the Hole" Jihua is like this: the three platoons of the Liang Company are divided into two parts. Some of them make small movements at the top of the mountain to attract the attention of the devils, and the other part guards the tunnel; The first platoon of Scar was responsible for pre-battle reconnaissance and cover, while the second platoon led by me entered the Vietnamese positions directly from the left flank to blow up the Vietnamese tunnels......

Just after twelve o'clock, I set out with my warriors.

In order to conserve our energy and stamina, Scar had been scouting our pre-set route for several hours, which allowed us to easily enter the flank of Heights 581.

"A few dozen meters ahead is the position of the more devils!" Scar lowered his voice and said to me: "We just reconnoitred, the defense on this side of the Vietnamese army is not tight, and there are only a few mines along the way......"

"Hmm!" I nodded, this is normal, because the sides of this 581 heights are steep and narrow. Like a blade, a dozen of us have to line up here to barely hang up. It is conceivable that this aspect is not suitable for the troops to launch an offensive at all. However, this is also the reason why we chose this side to infiltrate the Vietnamese army's position.

Having said that, it is not easy to sneak in the dark, and the main difficulty comes from the steepness of this side. You must know that even if we accidentally touch a few stones or mud blocks, it may arouse the vigilance of the Vietnamese army, and in addition, we are in the dark and we have to worry about the danger of landmines...... Therefore, we can only use military spurs very carefully and slowly find out the road conditions ahead with our hands before moving forward.

It took us more than two hours to climb a few tens of meters of this zuihou, and then I really realized that the Vietnamese army would call lurking into our positions a "snail tactic".

Over this side, there are more mines, and it is obvious that this is used by the Vietnamese army to prevent our troops from sneaking into their positions in the dark. But what surprised us was ...... Although the Vietnamese army planted mines as I had expected, they were not as dense as I thought, and we could easily pass through the minefields through the gaps between the mines without even clearing them.

Later, when I thought about it, I realized that this was because the logistics of the Vietnamese army did not keep up...... When our army retreated, the sappers were behind all the way and bombed the bridge and the road, didn't they? The roads, railways, and bridges of the Yue devils were all blown up...... Moreover, it was still the rainy season at this time, and it was difficult to repair roads and bridges, so the supplies that the Yue devils could send to the front line could only be transported by manpower through mountain roads.

As you can imagine, this is very limited, I think...... This is also the reason why the Weishenme Yue devils were unable to gather a large number of troops on the border during this period and frequently lost under us.

Imagine...... If we had to use manpower to transport supplies from the mountains, it would mean that there was a shortage of food, bullets, shells, and even materials to build tunnels, and even when we got to the front line, we had to beat, kill, and bomb them. It's no wonder that Xiaoshi has been complaining that the hoe that was thrown outside would be gone...... We thought that the little stone had been forgotten somewhere, but now that we think about it, it should have been stolen by the Yue devil.

Even the hoe steals ...... This seems to be a joke on the battlefield, but if you put yourself in the shoes of the Yue devils, you can understand that they will be depressed to this extent.

At this time, I can't help but feel a little sorry for these devils...... It was under such difficult conditions that they built tunnels and fortifications little by little, and now we want to blow up the fruits of their labor?

But this is only a fleeting thought...... I know very well in my heart that only the more uncomfortable we are to beat the enemy, the more comfortable we can be. So...... We should not let go of any opportunity to make the enemy uncomfortable. This is the reality and brutality of the battlefield.

In this respect...... This once again proves that Company Commander Luo is correct in organizing this "hole-finding" mission.

With a gun in my hand and a grenade and explosives bag on my back, I slowly passed through the minefield and soon entered the Vietnamese position.

The reason why I knew that I had entered the position of the Vietnamese army was because the sound of the Vietnamese army digging tunnels was becoming more and more obvious, and the other was because I could clearly feel the footprints of the mud under me.

I tightened my AK47 in my hand and let out a long and short cricket cry at the soldiers behind me, signaling them to move closer to me.

As everyone can see, we made some preparations before the war.

The first is that my weapon has been changed to an AK that is more suitable for melee combat.

The second is that we wrap weapons, explosive packs, grenades, etc. in black tarpaulins and tie them all behind us.

There are many advantages to this, such as being waterproof, not easy to find in the dark, and not affecting our crawling...... What's more, when the grenade is covered with a tarpaulin, it won't make much noise when it hits a stone or something.

This trick was learned from the Yue Devil, and during this time we occasionally found a few grenades tightly wrapped in rain cloths on the position, and at first we thought it was for waterproofing ...... Later, I learned that it was actually more important to be silent.

Before the soldiers came up, I judged the three tunnels that the Yue devils were building by the sound of excavation, so I assigned these three tunnels with the haode code agreed in advance.

Our jihua is like this: we agreed to blow up the tunnel in half an hour, and after the explosion sounded, a few soldiers of the Liang Company who were placed on the hilltop position would shoot for a while, and Marx would also command the artillery to fire a few shots to confuse the enemy...... You must know that this is the night, and the scene will soon be chaotic as soon as the guns and artillery are fired, and it will be difficult for the Vietnamese army to determine which ones are the enemy and which are their own people, so we can take the opportunity to escape.

As long as we climb to the side along the way we came...... Scar's troops will meet us on the other side.

But the next second I quickly pulled the warriors back, for I faintly heard a strange noise in the darkness, and it was not far ahead......

I soon realized that it was a latent Vietnamese army, just like we would be lurking in our own positions, and the Vietnamese army would also arrange secret posts on our positions in order to prevent our troops from infiltrating. It's just that the lurking direction is not right, so there will be a turning movement after noticing movement behind you...... I think this Vietnamese soldier also buried himself in the earth like us, which is why I never found him, but he made a noise with some mud when he turned.

Without a moment's hesitation, I drew my thorn and sped up...... By the time I got to the target, I saw a pile of dirt slowly rising...... Needless to say, it must have been his head, so I pressed it with my left hand, grabbed the thorn with my right hand and plunged into the dirt.

The disadvantage of being in your own soil is that you won't make a sound until you die, and the advantage is that you can save even the time to dig the grave.

I quickly got into a dilemma...... Although I was lucky enough to find and solve this dark post in time, there must be two of them, how can we not be detected and complete the task under the nose of these dark whistles?

It seems like an impossible task! (To be continued......)