"Captain!" After a moment of silence, I asked, "......What is the mission of our synthesis battalion?"

Although I have my own ideas, this battle is not my responsibility, and the current synthetic battalion is just a unit under the command of the 703rd regiment, so it is not suitable for me to speak on this occasion.

"That's right!" Regiment Leader Shen replied, "Before your synthetic battalion arrived, we had already launched several charges against the main peak of Kulin Mountain, but all of them were in vain. After the war, we made a summary, and felt that the main reason was that the forest and mountains were deep and dense, and the grass was dense, and the terrain was complex, for example, our army attacked along the 14th, 15th, and 16th heights towards the main peak 1705.2 heights, but it took three or four hours for our army to reach the front of the 14th position, which determined that our army could not carry heavy equipment and too much ammunition, and in the process, our army would continue to be attacked by the Vietnamese army's small detachments, so when we reached the front of the 14th position, it had become a tired army, not to mention, and more than half of the ammunition was lost. At this time, the Vietnamese troops on Heights 14 were waiting for us to attack. So the result is needless to say, although our army has the fire cover of long-range artillery, but it is difficult to move an inch, and once it took the No. 14 heights after paying heavy casualties, but it was soon snatched back by the enemy due to insufficient ammunition! ”

I can understand what Commander Shen said, first of all, our army will definitely have an advantage in artillery, there is no doubt about this.

For example, in addition to the regimental artillery of the 703 Regiment, the higher authorities have also strengthened our artillery twice.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, TWO 122MM HOWITZER BATTERIES, TWO 107MM ROCKET ARTILLERY BATTERIES, AND ONE 85MM CANNON BATTERY WERE STRENGTHENED. And then it was felt that these artillery were not enough. So an artillery battalion and an artillery battery were reinforced.

That is to say, don't look at the fact that our army attacked Kuolin Mountain is only a regiment. But there were nearly 100 artillery pieces behind this regiment. And that's not counting such small-caliber artillery as mortars.

So in terms of artillery, the more devils are definitely at a disadvantage.

However, artillery is important in war, but it does not mean that the war can be won with an artillery advantage, especially for mountain warfare with complex terrain.

Just like what Regiment Commander Shen just said, our assault team was attacked and harassed by the Yue devils all the way, and after two or three hours, they climbed to the enemy's forward position and were tired and ran out of ammunition before they started fighting, so how could they attack the enemy.

"Have you ever tried to lurk?" I asked.

Concealment is a common tactic used by our army, and of course it is also a common tactic used by the Vietnamese army. Since this is a battle on the deep and grassy terrain, then we can secretly lurk to the forward position of the Vietnamese army, and then wait for the coordination of artillery to take the enemy's position in one fell swoop, right?

"Of course I tried!" Regiment Commander Shen nodded: "But the secret posts along the way are very tightly distributed, and there are mines everywhere, and our army has been discovered by the Vietnamese army several times without success!" ”

I'm not surprised by this answer, the more devils have no words to say about their hidden skills in the forest. It is really not easy for our army to hide from their secret outposts. Of course, it is still possible to let Chen Yiyi or Chen Qiaoqiao lead the way all the way, but this risk is also quite large.

"Here's our plan!" Commander Shen continued: "We have heard that the synthetic battalion has a helicopter unit, so we hope that the helicopter unit of the synthetic battalion will assist our troops to enter the forward positions of the Vietnamese army, and then provide cover for our army to attack the Vietnamese positions." ”

"Hmm!" As soon as Captain Shen said this, I understood Captain Shen's plan.

Truth be told, it's a doable plan. With the cover of helicopters, the assault team of our army will have a lot less interference along the way...... Helicopters are equipped with rocket launchers, anti-aircraft machine guns and even snipers, which can not only greatly reduce the ammunition consumption of our troops. It can also provide early warning for our army, and even airdrop equipment or supplies when necessary.

This is also the benefit of helicopters, if the tank is the king of land warfare, then the helicopter should be the king of this harsh environment, especially in mountain warfare.

The reason for this is very simple, for example, the main peak of this Kuolin Mountain is more than 1,700 meters, and even if there is no Vietnamese army harassing the mountain at such a height and there are no Vietnamese troops on other highlands to stop it on the way, it will take five or six hours to climb this mountain in full gear. But this is just a few minutes of climb for the helicopter.

But......

After looking at the topographic map on the desktop, I frowned and said to Commander Shen: "Commander, I think it will be difficult to implement this plan!" ”

"What difficulty?" Head Shen was obviously not very satisfied with my answer.

Pointing to the map, I explained: "First of all, the mountains are deep and densely grassed, and it is easy for the ground troops below to hide, while it is difficult for helicopters to find targets when they look down from above. But this is not the main reason, even if the target cannot be found, we can strike according to the instructions of the ground forces or according to the characteristics of the enemy's fire. What is even more deadly is that from the 14th, 15th, and 16th heights all the way up, until the main peak of Koulin Mountain, it is all the way up, and the straight-line distance between the highlands is not far, but the height difference is very large, so there will be a problem, when our helicopters are providing cover for the ground troops, because of this altitude difference, they will be subjected to the enemy's firepower side fire or even condescending strikes. ”

Hearing this, Captain Shen couldn't help but show a contemplative look on his face, this was something he didn't expect, but this is not surprising, he has no experience in using helicopters!

"You must know that the protection of our helicopters is not good in the first place!" I continued: "The protection of the helicopter is characterized by thick armor at the bottom and thin armor in other directions, if it is hit by side fire or top-down fire, even the AK47 in the hands of the Yue Devil will not be able to stand it, not to mention that the Yue Devil has a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns, rocket launchers, recoilless guns and small-caliber anti-aircraft artillery in the hands of the Yue Devil!" ”

Hearing this, Head Shen couldn't help frowning again, obviously he knew that what I said made sense, which meant that the problem had not been solved.

"What's going on with the 1st Battalion now?" I asked.

Regiment Commander Shen glanced at Deputy Battalion Commander Chen who was standing next to him, sighed and said, "I have lost contact with them, and the situation is not optimistic." ”

"So...... What is the head of the regiment going to do with this? I asked cautiously.

"Hmm!" The regiment commander hesitated slightly, glanced at Deputy Battalion Commander Chen again and gritted his teeth and replied: "There is always a time to face this problem, and now the facts are very clear, the Yue Devils trapped a few platoons of the first battalion in the valley between the No. 27 Heights and the main peak, this valley can almost be said to be unsafe, they are obviously encircling the point to send reinforcements, hoping that we will continue to invest troops in it and affect our army's fight for the whole battle, so ......"

Speaking of this, the regiment commander looked at Deputy Battalion Commander Chen with an apologetic face: "Deputy Battalion Commander Chen, I hope you can understand our hardships, for the sake of the overall situation of the battle and the lives of soldiers in other troops, I have to give up the first battalion!" ”

"Captain!" Deputy Battalion Commander Chen replied excitedly: "We don't want to drag down other troops, and it won't affect the overall situation, I only hope that the regiment commander can promise to let us go up, let our battalion troops go to save them, even if we die in the hands of the Yue devils, we ......will admit it."

"Bastard!" Deputy Battalion Commander Chen, interrupted by the regiment commander, said: "Isn't your battalion a soldier of the 703rd Regiment?" Is your life not your life? Say what you say that doesn't drag others down and doesn't affect the overall situation of the battle! ”

"Captain! Is there no way to do it? Deputy Battalion Commander Chen was still unwilling: "That's more than 200 people!" ”

"You have a way, you can talk about it!" Regiment Commander Shen replied angrily: "Aren't they my soldiers?" I'm not in a hurry when they're surrounded? If you have a way, you need to ......"

The regiment commander seems to be suffocated these days, so he can't keep his mouth shut when he scolds, and he said that he vented at Deputy Battalion Commander Chen.

I can understand the psychology of the regiment commander, the most difficult and stressful thing now is actually the regiment commander. If you save it, it will push more people into the fire pit, and if you don't save it, you will be unkind to the soldiers under you, and you will have to risk the disbelief of people. I think this is also one of the reasons why Captain Shen's eyes are red and his mental state is not good.

"Captain!" I said, "I don't think it's appropriate to give up those six platoons like this!" During this period of time, the superiors focused on building the image of the army among the people, that is, emphasizing the scientific and rational use of troops, and trying to achieve the greatest victory at the lowest cost, if these six platoons were surrounded and annihilated by the Yue devils, even if we finally won the victory, we were afraid that it would ......."

"I know that!" Head Shen interrupted me impatiently and said, "Then the situation is already like this, the lesser of two evils, we can only leave them aside temporarily, otherwise what else can we do?!" ”

"There's a way!" I say.

"Well, let's talk about it!"

Commander Shen and Deputy Battalion Commander Chen both cast their eyes on me, but the eyes of the two were a little different, Commander Shen took the dead horse as a live horse and listened to the attitude, while Deputy Battalion Commander Chen seemed to grasp a life-saving straw and was full of expectations.

"Here's what I think!" I said: "Just like the regiment commander just said, it will take more than three hours for us to reach the No. 14 position, which means that we are very directly threatening the main peak of Kulin Mountain, so the vigilance of the Vietnamese troops on this main peak must not be high!" ”

This reason is actually very simple, there are other positions in front of them, and there are a lot of open and dark posts, every step taken by the Chinese soldiers is under their control, so what do they have to worry about on the main peak? Rest assured and wait!

"You may be right, but what's the use of it?" The regiment commander asked without thinking, "Do you still want to go directly to seize the main peak?" ”

"That's right! I just want to take the main peak directly! ”

My answer stunned the regiment commander and deputy battalion commander Chen. (To be continued......)