Watching the soldiers hide ammunition and supplies in the anti-artillery holes, and distribute and arrange heavy machine guns and heavy mortars in all directions, my hanging heart was half relieved.

You must know that this Zhi-5 can carry more than 1,000 kilograms of materials, and we have dispatched a total of 12 helicopters to lift the ...... In fact, at this time, we had a total of 20 helicopters, and only 12 of them were carrying supplies because some helicopters had to carry weapons for reconnaissance and fire cover, otherwise the helicopter fleet would have no power to fight back when attacked by the Vietnamese army.

On the other hand, it is due to the fact that we do not have enough manpower and time. This also means that we can not dig many anti-artillery holes, and too many materials cannot be effectively dispersed and hidden.

It turned out that we were right, because just as we were getting ready, we heard a large whistling of shells in the air.

At this time, the synthetic battalion did not need my command for a long time, and as soon as I heard the sound of artillery, I consciously hid in the trench or lay on the ground.

It was the mortar shells that hit, and from the whistling of the shells I quickly judged that they were coming from several directions.

It is clear that this is a joint mortar attack on us by the Vietnamese army from several highlands around the main peak...... This is the only correct reaction of the Vietnamese army after the battle has been fought so far.

However, this seems to be normal, we are prepared to fight or not, plus the actions of the synthetic battalion are closely linked to each other, and they also use uncommon tactics such as airborne, paragliding, and helicopter coordination on the battlefield. This was especially the paragliding and paragliding, which I know was the first time it had been used in the fighting on the Sino-Vietnamese border.

Therefore, although it is unexpected for us to have such a bad appearance as the more devils have now, it is actually reasonable.

The Vietnamese troops hit our positions with heavy shells, and I had a premonition about this. After all, something like a mortar is very convenient to transport. A car can be fully loaded with mortar shells, plus a few guns, and a few shooters can maneuver everywhere. Moreover, the USSR was also a country that attached great importance to the development of artillery. This directly determines that there is no shortage of artillery in the Vietnamese army it assists, which can be seen from the fact that Vietnam basically has no industry, but its artillery can compete with our artillery.

So, just like what we are facing now, after the Vietnamese army came to its senses and knew that we were going to plant a nail on the main peak, they immediately mobilized mortars from all directions to sabotage and suppress the main peak.

The mortar shells only blew up the main peak position, and there were occasionally a few incendiary bombs, and when they exploded, the air on the entire main peak was like being ignited, and there was a heat wave everywhere.

Hiding in the trenches, I couldn't help but secretly rejoice: it was fortunate that we were quick enough to hide the ammunition and supplies in time, otherwise I really don't know what would have blown up this cannon at this time.

That's why we can only use the helicopter to lift supplies once, and the next time we do it...... The more devils are cool. They only need to wait until the helicopter descends to the appropriate altitude and shoot a shell at the high ground of our main peak, the shrapnel of the shell is flying high, and there is no doubt that these shrapnel are likely to detonate the ammunition carried by the helicopter, and may even penetrate the armor of the helicopter and shoot it down.

Of course, we have long been prepared for the shelling of the Vietnamese army.

Just as the Vietnamese army launched an artillery bombardment on our main peak, there was also a "rumbling" sound from the direction of our army...... It was our artillery group that launched a suppressive counterattack against the Vietnamese army. Artillery is often a matter of late strike, because firing first means exposing the position of your own artillery, that is, as long as the opponent is fast enough to fire from behind. Then the first mover will suffer a more severe blow.

For example, now, our artillery has been lurking in the shadows all the time and is ready. They even allocated firepower to the eight heights around the main peak, measured the coordinates, and waited for the Vietnamese army to make a move.

Five of the eight highlands were involved in the joint shelling...... Almost as soon as they started fighting, our artillery of all types smashed a large number of shells on the high ground where the artillery was fired.

The Vietnamese army's idea may be very simple, they think that mortars, this thing has a small target and strong mobility, and after a few shots, two people can carry it and transfer, and the enemy artillery is afraid that it will not have time to react at all.

But what they did not take into account was that if the enemy's artillery had been prepared early in the morning and had the ability to cover a large area of the target, the result would have been completely different.

As a result, the fierce joint bombardment of the Vietnamese army did not last long at all, and it slowly slowed down in less than five minutes.

The reason why it could last five minutes was because our army's long-range artillery was powerless against the Vietnamese mortars on the other side of the main peak...... It was blocked by the more than 1,700-meter-high Koulin Mountain.

"it!" Liang Lianbing got up from the ground with a disgraced face, touched the burns on his forehead and only half of his eyebrows left, and scolded: "This dog's devil, if I am disfigured and can't find my daughter-in-law, I will let them cut off their children and grandchildren!" ”

Liang Lianbing let the incendiary bomb splash with the burning liquid, but fortunately, he reacted quickly and plunged into the mud pile without thinking, otherwise what we saw at this time might be really "burnt out".

"Yes!" Scar joked on the side: "If you have the ability, do it early, if the more devil is cut off, we won't have to fight this battle, just wait for him for a few decades, and no one will be able to hold a gun!" ”

With a "coax", the surrounding fighters laughed.

"The devil is coming!" At this moment, the fighters in charge of the guard shouted, and the fighters turned over and entered the combat position without waiting for the order.

I lowered my body and trotted in the trench for a while, and when I came to the ridge line and poked my head out, I couldn't help but feel a little funny...... The more devils, this is really outflanking our main peak position from several directions.

Having been on the battlefield for so long, I know very well that fighting this thing is about "striking with heat", for example, before launching a charge, it is usually a burst of artillery bombardment on the enemy's position, and if the shelling effect is good, it can destroy the enemy's fortifications and hit the enemy's morale and even make the enemy fearful, which is very suitable for launching a charge.

But if the shelling is not effective or even suppressed by the enemy's artillery, for example, now...... The Vietnamese army's five-minute artillery attack did not destroy our army's fortifications and did not hit the morale of our army, so why did they bother with their next charge?

What's more, the main peak position is full of minefields, bamboo sticks, and barbed wire fences laid by the devils themselves...... This is relative to the main peak of the positive slope, the positive slope was originally the defensive front of the Vietnamese army, after several years of operation, these things are naturally a lot.

In this case, what is the point of the Vietnamese army attacking us from several directions?

However, what the Vietnamese army does will always make people a little inexplicable, this aspect may also be learned from our army, and our army has always said that "not afraid of sacrifice and not afraid of hardship", isn't it? The more devils sometimes do this kind of brave thing for the sake of bravery.

Just like now, they even had a way to split into several squads to try to bypass the minefield and attack our main peak position.

Of course, it is also possible that the Vietnamese army is testing the defense and firepower configuration of our army, and only in this way can they formulate a more fierce charge in a targeted manner.

This tells me at least two things: one is that the Vietnamese army has not had time to organize enough troops, or it can be said that the Vietnamese army has not yet thought of suitable tactics to attack the main peak, otherwise the Vietnamese army would not need to use human lives to test it like this.

Second, the Vietnamese army was eager to recapture the main peak. This is certain, because our occupation of the main peak means cutting off the Vietnamese army from the rear on the eight heights on the main peak's positive slope on a considerable distance.

The reason why it is said here is that there is a kind of Cheng dù here, because the Kulin Mountain is full of jungles, and it is difficult for us to completely cut off the connection with them even if we are condescending.

After thinking about it, I ordered: "Sniper cover, send two fighters per squad to practice marksmanship!" ”

"Yes!" The soldiers answered with great interest and assigned a few soldiers into battle.

The Vietnamese army wants to spy on our firepower, but I prefer not to let them know...... And obviously, the Vietnamese army obviously underestimated the strength of our army again, with their only two squads of people per squad, although it looked a little scary to approach the main peak in six directions, but what we had in our hands was AK74, and in this case, the two Ak74s were condescending enough to suppress the two squads of Yue devils.

As for the reason why snipers should be sent to cover, it is because I am worried that the more devils will have snipers lurking in the shadows, which will be unfavorable to our soldiers.

Things turned out to be as I thought, and within a few blows of this tentative attack by the Yue Devils, we were repulsed, and more than a dozen corpses were added to the position. Some of them lost their lives by stepping on mines they had planted.

"Battalion commander!" At this time, Zhao Jingping ran to me and reported: "I still haven't been able to get in touch with the six platoons of the first battalion!" ”

"Hmm!" I couldn't help frowning when I heard this.

I didn't take this into account, I always took it for granted that if we captured the main peak, then the six platoons of the battalion trapped between Heights 27 and the main peak should know to move in our direction and join us, and we could provide fire cover for it.

But what I didn't expect was that the six platoons of the first battalion did not respond from beginning to end, and the radio station could not be contacted.

This puts us in a stalemate, have the six platoons been eaten by the Vietnamese army? Or are they already running out of ammunition and simply unable to break through the enemy's encirclement? Or maybe they didn't dare to act rashly because they weren't sure what was going on on the main peak?! (To be continued......)