Chapter 212: Escort (5)
At this time, I couldn't help but secretly admire the Vietnamese bazooka shooter......
The reason is that the armored car at the head of the platoon can be said to have broken through the blockade line of the Vietnamese army...... The psychology of people is like this, when breaking through the blockade, they will naturally let their guard down, which makes the machine gunner on that armored car even turn the muzzle of the gun and provide cover for his teammates behind with fire......
But what I didn't expect was that it was precisely at this location that there was a Vietnamese bazooka shooter lurking on the side of the road.
Apparently, the Vietnamese bazooka shooter was at a time when the rest of the Vietnamese army was busy looking for cover on both sides of the road...... He retreated a few dozen meters alone, and then sneaked behind the rocks...... His lurking position was also perfect, the rest of the Vietnamese army was lurking behind the rock, but he was lurking on the left side of the rock......
Lurking on the left side is not a common sense to hide oneself...... Because as soon as our armored convoy moves forward and tilts its head, you can see him!
But here's the problem...... We were moving along the road, the left side of the rock was just the blind spot for all of us, and the armored vehicle had a limited viewing range, even if the target was nearby, it was often impossible to find it, and the view of the infantry following the armored vehicle was blocked by the rock...... So he was able to aim at the armored car without panic and pull the trigger......
Once again, we were in a dilemma...... If we don't get out of here quickly, then we will probably be trapped here and here and in a constant state of opposition to the Vietnamese army, although we still have the advantage in firepower...... But there is always a time when the bullets run out.
Just when we have a big headache...... We found out that we weren't actually trapped...... Because by this time the armored car that had been hit had already started again, and it was leaving the road and rushing in the direction of the Vietnamese army......
After the war, I seriously recalled this scene and thought that the rocket should have hit the middle of the armored vehicle...... BTR armored vehicles for this thing. The driver is in the front. The engine is in the rear...... In the forward center position is the machine gunner who controls the turret. The rest of the place was used to hold empty cabins for infantry.
So although the rocket hit the armor-piercing vehicle, exploded and set on fire, it did not cause much damage to the armored vehicle...... The driver quickly reacted after being stunned and realized that the armored vehicle had been shot and set on fire.
At this point, the driver has time to escape...... But instead of doing so, he drove the armored vehicle off the road and rushed to the enemy's position......
He did this for two purposes, one was to prevent the armored vehicles from blocking the way of our troops, and the other was to rush into the positions of the Vietnamese troops and use the light of fire to illuminate our targets.
Then there was a loud bang...... The armored vehicle exploded into a ball of fireball in a matter of seconds, just as it had hoped, at the end of its combat mission. It also lit a torch for us in the Vietnamese army's position.
"Cabbage!" I heard several fighters yelling at the burning armored vehicle.
Then I remembered that I did have a driver nicknamed "Cabbage...... The reason why he is called "cabbage" is because his surname is Cai, and his face is yellow and thin...... So the warriors called him cabbage.
He was the driver of the car I picked up from the engineer company...... Driving an armored car is actually similar to driving a car, and our synthetic battalion does not have a special armored car driver, so we simply replace it with a group of car drivers.
Originally, I thought that there were not many people willing to be the driver of armored vehicles...... The reason is simple, it is much safer to drive a car than an armored car...... Although armored vehicles are better than cars in terms of firepower and defense, it is precisely because of this that armored vehicles have to fight on the front line, and cars...... Most of the time, it is in the second line or even in the rear to run transportation.
But I soon found out I was wrong...... There are many more drivers who have signed up to drive armored vehicles than we have in Jihua, which makes us have to use the method of survival of the fittest to eliminate redundant drivers.
Cabbage is one of them...... I still remember when I asked him if he would be in a hurry to drive an armored car, and his answer was: "I don't have any skills, I have been driving a car for several years as a soldier." When the war starts, it is also in the rear...... Now we also have the opportunity to go to the front to fight with our comrades, although we still drive...... But it's finally possible to go to war! ”
So. The requirements for cabbage are actually very low...... It's just that he goes to the battlefield to fight with the soldiers, and he is willing to be the unsung hero behind the soldiers...... In fact, on the battlefield, the drivers of armored vehicles are not safer than the combatants at all, and even more dangerous than the combatants, but they basically do not directly kill the enemy and rarely have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.
But now...... I think Cabbage did it, and what he did far exceeded what was required of him, and it was beyond the imagination of all of us.
"Keep going!" I gritted my teeth and gave the order.
At this time, we have only one way to go, and that is to break out of the fire blockade of the Vietnamese army...... And at this time we can achieve our goal and get out of danger, and the armored car driven by Cabbage plays a key role in this, which allows us to successfully suppress the Vietnamese army with firepower once again.
Maybe it's because of feeling it...... A Soviet prisoner began to stir.
According to his ideas...... He probably thought that these Vietnamese agents were here to rescue them, but now that we were about to highlight the encirclement, there was no hope for the rescue of the Vietnamese army, so he made a small move.
Taking advantage of the tense battle of the fighters, he pretended to fall and rolled to the side of the road...... Anyway, at this time, there was a war, and there were bullets flying everywhere around him, so it was normal to make a tactical move, and no one would think it was strange.
But his next move soon revealed his intentions......
He got up and ran a few steps, not running towards us, but quickly hiding behind a rock with his back to us!
"Mihainovich!" Eugene yelled at the fleeing Soviet soldier.
But the Soviet soldier, who was called Miha or something, ignored her, and instead shouted in half-baked Vietnamese in the direction of the Vietnamese agent: "Hey, I'm Soviet, I'm your comrade!" Help me! ”
Because he shouted in Vietnamese, although it was not standard and there were some sick sentences in it, I could still understand what he meant.
The gunfire on the Vietnamese side really stopped...... But it was only a moment, and in the next second, several rows of bullets rained down on the Soviet soldier's location, and the one named Miha or something was beaten into a sieve by Eugenya's screams.
So I understood a little bit...... Vietnamese agents did not come to rescue these Soviet prisoners, but to kill them. Judging by the ugly face of the Soviet lieutenant colonel, I knew that he understood this as well.
No wonder the Vietnamese army launched this operation...... What I thought before could be said to be right or wrong.
I think the right thing is that it is too difficult to save people, because we have time to get rid of these Soviet soldiers at the Zuihou juncture.
Where I think wrong...... It's the Vietnamese agents who want us to do that!
What would the Vietnamese agent Weishenme want us to do? Wasn't Vietnam an ally of the Soviet Union? It can even be said that Vietnam is a pawn or a little brother of the Soviet Union! What are the benefits for Vietnam?
The next second I quickly thought of ...... Not only is this beneficial, but it's also very beneficial!
The Soviet Union was in a state of wanting to fight and had many concerns, or it did not have a very good excuse to send troops...... But what if the Chinese servicemen shot Soviet prisoners? What if the Chinese army does not comply with the Geneva Conventions? Then the Soviet Union can justifiably send troops, and even international public opinion may fall to the side of the Soviet Union. If that's the result...... Then there is no need to say much about the benefits for Vietnam.
But isn't Vietnam afraid that we will tell the truth?
Then I quickly thought about it...... Even if we knew what the truth was, what could we do? If the Vietnamese agents can wipe out all of us here, they don't even need to wipe us out, they just need to kill all these Soviet soldiers...... So what can we do? We say it was done by Vietnamese agents...... Does anyone want to believe it?
There are only interests between countries, and this is proven here again!
But now these Vietnamese agents have clearly taken the wrong step...... They shouldn't have shot Miha without being sure that they would kill the Soviet prisoners, which made me understand the real purpose of the Vietnamese agents......
So I immediately gave an order to the guards: "You guys! Protect the safety of the captives no matter what! Do you understand? ”
"Yes!" A few guards quickly formed a circle of Soviet soldiers, and the guards were originally trained to protect the chief, so they were naturally good at this set.
After another hail of bullets, we quickly highlighted the Vietnamese blockade under the cover of armored vehicles.
That's when I breathed a sigh of relief and ordered Scar: "Blow up the car and retreat to join us!" ”
"Yes!" Scar answered, planted explosives on the car as fast as he could, and then laid a few more mines...... They ran in our direction with the wounded.
Their retreat was much easier than ours, because the Vietnamese platoon had already paid a heavy price in the blockade of us, and at the same time we had deployed our forces on the other side to cover Scar's retreat with firepower...... At this time, the platoon of the Vietnamese army was even under the attack of the two armies of me and Scar, so of course it couldn't make any big waves.
So Scar and his party quickly rushed through the Vietnamese blockade line to join us, but at this time...... The two squads led by Scar had already suffered more than half of the casualties, and all this was only a few minutes, so you can imagine how fierce the battle was on their side! (To be continued......)