Chapter 147: Armored Vehicles
The suppression of artillery fire from our troops came up quickly, which could be felt from much less shaking on the heights.
So I didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately gave an order to Scar over the phone: "Go!" ”
"Yes!" Scar on the other end of the phone answered.
After I put down the phone, I only had time to nod to Zhang Zuoliang and the others beside me, so I took a gun, took two guards and two correspondents, and ran towards the warehouse at the foot of the mountain...... Our time is very limited, and it can even be said that even these five minutes were exchanged for the lives of the rear artillery soldiers, so I think any waste is a crime.
Perhaps because many artillery members of our army had endured it before, the artillery suppression in the past few minutes was still very effective, and the 518.6 heights were originally full of exploding shells...... However, the front and back of our army's position were still full of gunsmoke and dust, and even the only light of the setting sun was tightly blocked, as if it had entered the night.
It's actually good for us too...... Blocked by gunpowder smoke and dust, the Vietnamese army did not know that our forces had been transferred, and our attack would be even more sudden.
The downside is that I can't even see the way forward, it's like moving in the dark in a thick fog...... In fact, it is much more uncomfortable than the fog, because the air is full of gunsmoke and dust, mixed with some disgusting smell of blood and rancidity...... A whole day has passed since the beginning of the battle, and the corpses left behind in the first battle have begun to decompose.
This makes us feel a strong urge to cough every time we take a breath of air...... But I had to endure this desire, because I knew very well that coughing was a bit like scratching an itch...... If you don't catch it, you can bear it. If you grab it, you have to grab it to stop if you have a good time. The cough is similar...... If it's at any other time, that's fine. A few coughs are not a big deal. But the problem is that time is very tight at this time, and when you cough, it will affect the speed endlessly......
So I could only endure it desperately, and I turned all this pain into Liliang on my lap and ran all the way to the warehouse at the foot of the mountain at full speed!
Finally...... When I rushed into the warehouse in the col, I couldn't hold back my violent cough anymore, and there was a lot of coughing around me.
"Battalion commander!" At this time, the guard Xiao Zhang reported to me: "Wu Chuanxi did not follow......
I couldn't help but be stunned, Wu Chuanxi was another guard I brought up, and he was also Xiao Zhang's fellow countryman.
"When did he get lost?" I asked.
"I don't know!" The corners of Xiao Zhang's mouth twitched: "On the way, I heard him bend over and cough a few times...... Thought he was following behind......"
Before Xiao Zhang finished speaking, there was another whistling in the sky...... The shells of the Yue devils hit the 518.6 heights again in pieces.
I couldn't help but sigh...... Maybe this is the battlefield! It's just a little bit of that, though. Or just a small misstep...... But it can make the difference between a person's life and death.
I didn't stay on this matter for long, and immediately summoned Huang Jianfu, Scar, Yang Jie and several other cadres to my side for an emergency meeting:
"Here's the thing!" I spread out the map on the ground and said, "An armored unit of the Vietnamese army is interspersed from west to east towards the front of our army's high ground, and the number of equipment is unknown. Since there are many places at this angle that are blind spots for our artillery fire, and our army's line of sight is blocked, and we cannot guide artillery fire to block the enemy's armored troops, so this armored force must be solved by us! ”
As soon as I said this, Huang Jianfu and Scar's faces immediately became heavy, of course they knew what it meant.
Huang Jianfu, who was the commander of the tank company, couldn't say anything, but Yang Jie couldn't help but hesitate and asked, "Battalion commander...... This...... Isn't it too ......."
I raised my hand to interrupt Yang Jie's words and continued, "Here's what I think...... I think the Vietnamese armored units are definitely equipped with wheeled armored vehicles......"
As I spoke, I raised my head at the several armored vehicles parked next to me and said, "It's the same as what we captured, so once the fight starts, the Vietnamese army will definitely not be able to distinguish between the enemy and us!" ”
"Oh!" At this time, Yang Jie and Huang Jianfu seemed to understand what I meant, and the confidence on their faces couldn't help but increase greatly.
Actually, it should be said that they don't know me at all...... If there is no hope of victory or a worthless battle. There's no way I'm going to get them to fight.
"Specifically Jihua is like this!" I pointed to the map and continued: "We divided the troops into two parts, one is the tank unit. Under the command of Commander Huang Company, the infantry and tank coordination were still carried out in the form of tanks following the infantry, and when the Vietnamese army stopped the artillery bombardment, it immediately drove out of the mountain pass to deploy troops and prepare for battle. ”
"Yes!" Huang Jianfu replied and said that he understood.
"The other force is the armored forces!" I continued: "This force is under my command...... The soldiers of the 2nd Company carried ten wheeled armored vehicles in squads and followed me quickly around the back of the 518.6 heights, looking for an opportunity to join the formation of the Vietnamese armored forces......"
"Oh!" Hearing this, the soldiers completely understood that I was going to fight an infiltration war...... It's just that this time it was not military uniforms or Vietnamese that supported the infiltration, but armored vehicles.
"Battalion commander!" Yang Jie quickly asked a question: "The back of the 518.6 heights is also a Vietnamese army, and it is very likely that our ten armored vehicles will attract their attention by bypassing it!" ”
"It's going to get dark soon!" I said: "And when the time comes, I will let the mortar fire a few smoke bombs as cover, and the Vietnamese army in Ban Wang is not very clear about the situation of the armored troops, so even if they see it, it is very likely that they will mistake it for another interspersed unit of their own!" ”
The soldiers nodded in agreement, you must know that this kind of wheeled armored vehicle has only been available to the devils so far, and our army's armored vehicles still have tracked vehicles, and the Vietnamese army is also very aware of this...... So this armored car is the most haode "ID card".
"And how do we identify ourselves?" Scar asked.
Scar's words can be said to hit the nail on the head, and the most important issue in infiltration warfare is to identify friend and foe...... We pretend to be the more devils, the more devils can't tell the difference, and of course we will have difficulty in identifying them. Of course, there are also infiltration wars that do not require identification...... The purpose is to make the enemy as chaotic as possible, and as for his own people, it is possible to kill his own people...... This is a petty incident, which is completely out of the consideration of those commanders.
But now we use armored vehicles, like this, infiltrate with the number of a company, and that's not the same...... This armored car is equipped with a squad, and if you hit the wrong one, you will destroy all your own people in a squad!
"So be it!" After thinking about it, I said: "Put a camouflage net on our armored car, and stick a tree branch......"
"Then if the more devils also have a disguise......
Huang Jianfu was only halfway through his words when Yang Jie smiled back: "The more devils have a disguise, we will take it off!" Stupid ......"
With a coax, all the surrounding soldiers laughed, only Huang Jianfu blushed and touched his head in embarrassment.
"One thing to pay attention to!" I continued: "Our purpose is to strike at the enemy's mechanized infantry and disrupt the infantry and tank coordination of the Vietnamese army...... The advantage of this wheeled armored vehicle is its speed, it is difficult for us to hit when it is in action, but it has a fatal heel ......"
As I spoke, I pointed to the exit of the armored vehicle next to me and said, "Its exit is on the side and not on the back, which makes it have to stop to lower the infantry...... And the exit is still small, and it takes a certain amount of time for the infantry to get off the vehicle...... That's when we make a move! ”
In fact, this is the biggest flaw of the Soviet-style Btr series of armored vehicles...... The reason why this is so is because this armored car is amphibious, and because its head is relatively heavy, it can only put the engine in the rear to balance the weight of the body, otherwise it will be top-heavy in the water after launching.
But the rear engine also means that the doors can't be opened back...... So I had to open the door to the side...... This creates a series of problems.
Therefore, there is no perfect equipment in the world, and any equipment will have such and such shortcomings, and even the advantages of some equipment will become disadvantages in a specific environment.
"Are the tasks clear?" zuihou I asked.
"It's all clear!"
"And is there a problem?"
"No problem!"
"Good!" I nodded and ordered: "Act immediately, the armored troops will be ready to go in five minutes!" ”
"Yes!" The soldiers immediately rushed to the battlefield as if they had gone to the battlefield and started a charge.
The reason why I was in such a hurry was because five minutes was a little less...... There are really a lot of things that the fighters have to do, such as the arrangement of the driver of the armored car, the distribution of the armored car, the camouflage of the armored car, and even the need for necessary overhaul of the armored car......
It's a bit harsh to do all of this in five minutes, but it's also something you can't do...... We must join the Vietnamese armored formation before the Vietnamese armored units enter Tong Mian, otherwise it will be very easy for the Vietnamese army to see through or will not have much effect.
This also means that our armored troops have to go around the 518.6 heights in a large circle, and then follow the Vietnamese armored formation from behind......
But fortunately, the fighters have undergone various collaborative training in peacetime...... Scar assigned the armored car to the platoon at the first time, and the platoon commander assigned the armored car to the squad, and then the squad leader immediately assigned the work to the fighters under him...... A few soldiers are responsible for putting on camouflage nets, a few soldiers are responsible for planting branches, and the squad leader has some necessary communication with the driver to coordinate the battlefield......
So everything was completed within the stipulated time and neatly arranged in front of me...... One of them was my command car, which was for me and the guards and the communicators.
Without hesitation, I waved to the fighters and got into the armored car, then grabbed the walkie-talkie and ordered: "Go!" (To be continued......)