Chapter 197: Art Troupe

Maybe the Vietnamese army needed time to rest, or maybe the Vietnamese army needed time to assemble, so although our army spent more than an hour looking for the bodies of the martyrs on the 237 heights of Tanmeng, the Vietnamese army did not dare to follow, but sent a few sentries on the road to look at us from a distance with binoculars.

Later, we learned that in fact, the Vietnamese army was not because they needed time to rest and assemble, but because they were worried about fraud ahead. In fact, at that time, they had already assembled two companies of troops, but the Vietnamese troops of the two companies had just been wiped out because of our ambush in Hebian, so the Vietnamese army would mumble in their hearts...... Will there be an ambush ahead?

Again, our company did not retreat or build fortifications on the 237 heights, but carried the corpses in a hurry, as if waiting for them to go up and attack...... So I was even more sure that there was a trap ahead.

This is a bit like the empty city plan in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms...... But I have to say that we were unintentional at that time. If the Vietnamese devils attack us at that time, they may not be able to kill us immediately...... But they can chase us all the way and make it impossible for us to get out, or we have suffered heavy casualties.

It's just that none of this happened, and it can be said that we are lucky, or it can also be said that Hebian's battle made the Yue devils no longer dare to act rashly, so they watched us pack up the corpses and then retreat...... The more devils still follow all the way away, and they don't dare to come up easily.

Before dark, we finally arrived at Ninh Kham, the station of the 5th Engineer Company.

Ninh Kham is also just a place name, there is not even a village here, there is only a road bridge. Company Commander Zhang and the others have been waiting here for a long time. Even before two cars were sent to help us carry the corpses and wounded fighters.

Company Commander Zhang also wanted to simply send a dozen cars to transport us all to Ningkang. But the commander of the third battalion thought twice. I felt that it was too dangerous to transport it by car under the nose of the Yue devil...... Transporting by car means that we have to concentrate our people. And the Yue devil is not far behind us, and if he sees a large number of cars coming up, he will notify the transport of artillery fire and a volley of shells...... Then we won't serve a pot yet, so Zuihou will give up.

This time, as Company Commander Zhang said, they were fully prepared to blow up the bridge...... The so-called adequate preparation is to get several more sets of detonation devices, and it is said that a total of five sets were made: three sets of fuse index explosions and two sets of wire detonation. In order to prevent the more devils from coming back to the shells because the wires were blown up.

However, what made Company Commander Zhang a little disappointed was that the Vietnamese devils did not attack again, and their five sets of detonation devices were completely wasted, so the soldiers of the engineering unit complained fiercely about the Vietnamese army.

I think. If the devil can hear these words, I am afraid that he will also cry out for injustice...... They will be scolded if they attack, and they will be scolded if they don't attack, and they are not human inside and outside the veritable name.

Then with a loud "boom", the highway bridge flew into the sky, and then we really put our minds at ease...... As soon as the highway bridge is broken, it means that if the devils want to catch up, we will have to detour for several hours on the mountain road.

What puzzled us was that the Yue Devils were still very quiet before, following them all the way far away and keeping their vigilance, and as soon as we blew up the bridge, they all came out, shooting and shouting on the other side of the highway bridge......

"Platoon commander!" Seeing this, the reader couldn't help but wonder: "What are the devils doing?" Suddenly going crazy? ”

"That's it!" The bayonet also interjected on the side: "They didn't fight just now when they had the chance...... What are you scolding here?! ”

I listened carefully. I faintly heard the Yue devil on the other side of the highway bridge swearing and swearing: "It's the Chinese again, they don't have ambushes here!" ”

At first I was stunned. Then after thinking about it, I couldn't help but feel a burst of amusement: "The more devils think that we have ambushes on the other side of the bridge, so we won't blow up the bridge!" ”

There was a coax, and the surrounding warriors couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"This more devil is suspicious after eating one of our ambushes!"

"Isn't that right? Let's knock out the two companies of devils in one go, I think it hurts us! ”

"Now you know that our Chinese soldiers are not easy to mess with!"

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The faces of the fighters were full of pride, even those of the three battalions. In particular, the mental outlook of the soldiers of the three battalions and the entire unit has changed greatly...... If you don't see it with your own eyes, you can't believe it, half a day ago we saw a tired, decadent, and unmorale army, but now we see them full of confidence and liliang......

For this reason, after the war, the commander of the third battalion came to our unit and thanked us, according to his words...... That is, they have always exchanged a rather heavy casualty ratio on the battlefield to exchange for the positions of the Vietnamese army, which is very common on the battlefield of the counterattack war, the reason is that our army is poorly equipped and undertrained, and the reason why the casualties in the entire counterattack will be less than that of the Vietnamese army is entirely because our army's artillery fire is stronger than that of the Vietnamese army, and it has been pressing the Vietnamese army's artillery fire.

It is precisely because the troops of the third battalion always exchange more casualties for very few Vietnamese troops on the battlefield, so even if they take the position of the Vietnamese army, they do not think it is a victory, so as the casualties are getting bigger and bigger, only more than 100 people are left in one battalion...... As a result, the morale of the entire army became lower and lower, and even on the verge of collapse.

It should be said that at this point, our army is quite good, because by the standards of the US military...... It would be strange if a unit suffered more than half of the casualties in the battle, and it did not collapse.

However, this is a common thing in our troops, for example, the second company I am in should also be said to have suffered more than half of the casualties, but it still maintains its combat effectiveness.

The same is true of the third battalion, which can still go to the battlefield despite its morale.

According to the words of the third battalion commander, it was fortunate that he went to the battlefield...... The battle of Hebian was a complete blow to the morale of the soldiers, first with a company ambush two companies of the Vietnamese army successfully, to a great extent to inspire the confidence of the soldiers, and then the soldiers on the 237 heights with a suicidal counterattack to ensure the retreat of our army...... This has become the proud battle history of the third battalion, and it has also become the spiritual pillar that will never fall in the hearts of the soldiers of the third battalion, so since then...... The three battalions, whether in training or combat, set higher standards for themselves and discipline themselves with stricter military discipline. Over time, the third battalion became a veritable heroic battalion.

The reason why the commander of the third battalion came to thank us is because he thinks...... The 3rd Battalion was the example of our 2nd Company in the Battle of Hebian, and this battle completely changed the fate of the 3rd Battalion, otherwise their troops would probably cease to exist because of disarmament, as many units do.

So life is sometimes so strange, just because of a chance to change the entire trajectory of development.

But...... I don't think we are an example for the three battalions, because for the fighters of the three battalions on the 237 heights...... It seems more appropriate to say that they are our role models.

Although the highway bridge had been blown up and the Vietnamese army did not catch up so quickly, the third battalion commander, Luo Company Commander and other cadres still did not dare to slack off, and immediately contacted their superiors to report the situation and wait for the next order.

Originally, we thought ...... Since the highway bridge in Ninh Kham has been blown up, then our mission is considered to be completed, and this Ninh Kham has no strategic value, so we should also retreat like Hebian.

Although it was already dark at this time, the Shili of the Vietnamese army had not yet penetrated into this area, and we were like arrows and cars...... Therefore, retreat is not a problem for us at all, and the superiors should also take into account the exhaustion and lack of ammunition from our successive battles and let us retreat.

But...... Life is not as expected, and what we never expected was that there would be tasks ahead.

When I thought about it later, it wasn't really my superiors who were making things difficult for us or anything, but it was simply because we were left in Zuihou retreat...... Our army is undertrained and retreating in a chaotic manner, which will inevitably cause some mistakes and negligence, so these mistakes will naturally be handed over to those of us who are at the back of the team to solve.

Therefore, just as I was chatting with the soldiers while eating food, the third battalion commander and Company Commander Luo came with gloomy faces.

As soon as we saw that the faces of the third battalion commander and the commander of the Luo company were wrong, our hearts "chuckled...... Intuition tells us that what they bring is certainly not going to be good news.

Sure enough, after a while, the two armies gathered and began to assign tasks.

"Comrades!" Luo Lianchang's face was full of apologies, and he didn't seem to know how to face us soldiers with a look on his face.

However, in the end, he still mustered up the courage to raise his head and said to us: "The situation is like this, last night the retreating troops of the 119th Regiment of our army were attacked by Vietnamese agents in this area, and some troops were scattered in the chaos, including the art troupe......"

Company Commander Luo's words quickly set off a lot of waves among the soldiers, because everyone knew it...... There are many female soldiers in this art troupe, and if the female soldiers are separated, they are in danger of falling into the hands of the Yue devils, which the whole army does not want to see.

So the reaction of the soldiers was beyond the expectations of Company Commander Luo, and before Company Commander Luo could give an order, the soldiers said one after another:

"Company commander, did the superior order us to rescue the troops of the Art Troupe? Give the order! ”

"Yes! Company commander, give the order! Even if we fight for our lives, we can't let the comrades of the art troupe fall into the hands of the Yue devils! ”

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The soldiers' words couldn't help but make Company Commander Luo stunned, he never thought that this mission would be arranged so smoothly, and it can even be said that he didn't need to arrange it at all. (To be continued......)