The reason why it is said that the two artillery groups of our army, one large and one small, roared in the direction of the Vietnamese army...... It is because our army has always had an artillery group that did not participate in the battle from the beginning of the fight.

The combat of artillery is somewhat different from that of our infantry...... Infantry tries to get all combat units into the battlefield if they don't...... For example, not arriving at the destination on time, or not functioning from start to finish...... That's actually the same as not having this force.

Operational ...... of artillery It is often necessary to hide a part of the strength, such as the previous ...... Since the two artillery groups of our army, one large and one small, can already suppress the artillery fire of the Vietnamese army, there is no need for the other artillery group to expose itself.

One advantage of this is that the artillery group shifts its position too often...... It is important to know that the temporary transfer of artillery positions during the battle was easy to be followed by Vietnamese spies...... In peacetime, artillery groups can be concentrated in all directions at different times and in blocks, so as not to attract too much attention. And now the battle has begun...... With such a transfer, it is both a car and an artillery, and it is difficult not to attract the attention of others.

Therefore, the tactics of artillery are to try not to expose as much as possible without exposure.

Another advantage is that the Vietnamese army misestimated the strength of our artillery...... In the past, our army had always fought with the Vietnamese army with two artillery groups, one large and one small, which would make the Vietnamese commanders mistakenly think that our army only had two artillery groups, one large and one small, so their preparations for our artillery were also aimed at these two artillery groups, one large and one small...... So this hidden artillery group of our army can have the effect of surprise soldiers!

But this wonder ...... It's really a bit uncertain, because this trick has long been no secret to the artillery between us and the enemy, so that now...... Everyone knows that the enemy's artillery may hide its strength. For example...... It is also possible that the Vietnamese army will hide the strength of its artillery. Only after the strength of our army is exposed, they will strike first!

So at this moment, although the artillery on both sides was fighting fiercely with each other...... But the artillery group hidden by our army still held back.

Facts have also proved that this decision of Commander Li is correct...... Because when the war was raging. The Vietnamese army finally couldn't bear it anymore and used their hidden artillery group on the battlefield.

This can be seen from this...... The artillery units and shells transferred by the Vietnamese army in the direction of Phaka Hill in the past six days far exceeded our expectations.

It was only after the fact that we found out...... In the past six days, the Vietnamese army has almost emptied all the artillery units that can reach the position of Phaka Mountain, and as for the transportation of shells, they will use their old methods...... Call on the people to carry out national transportation and national transportation, day and night from all directions of mountain roads and highways to Faka Mountain......

They do it for one purpose...... That is, the artillery fire on the local direction of Phaka Hill can suppress the Chinese army, so as to seize the advantage for the Vietnamese infantry to attack Phaka Mountain.

It should be said that the Vietnamese army still did the right thing in this regard...... Because they calculated that it was impossible for our army to fight a full-scale war at this time, as it did in 79...... This is actually our weakness, that is, Chinese are the ones who say what they say, especially in politics, they often do what they say.

We are a big country, that is, we are a good word. And a small country like Vietnam...... They don't care much about the so-called international credibility, and they will even do a lot of revenge...... For example, China helped Vietnam to establish a state, helped them defeat the invaders, and gave a lot of selfless assistance, but as soon as Vietnam turned around, it turned its face and did not recognize people, and even beat it up!

Since that's the case...... The Yue devils were very sure that the battle fought by the Chinese was only a local battle against Mount Faka, so they could very confidently mobilize the nearby artillery in the direction of Mount Faka, and the artillery in other positions could almost be described by the word "blank".

This has directly contributed to the current situation...... The artillery of the Vietnamese army in the direction of Phaka Mountain is already not much worse than ours.

The artillery battle lasted more than an hour...... AND, AS I HAD PREDICTED, THE MORTAR OF THE 160MM CALIBER OF THE VIET DEVIL ONCE AGAIN PLOWED THREE POSITIONS OF OUR ARMY ON THE FRONT LINE WITH TIME-DELAY SHELLS.

At this time, not many fortifications have survived on the three heights of our army's first line...... MOREOVER, THE VIETNAMESE ARMY'S BOMBARDMENT THIS TIME WAS A COMBINATION OF ORDINARY MORTARS, 160MM MORTARS AND LONG-RANGE ARTILLERY......

The 160mm mortar is responsible for destroying our army's fortifications with the tactic of layer-by-layer bombardment, while the ordinary mortar is specially bombarded with the communication arteries between the positions on the Fakka Hill and the communication arteries between the three highlands on the first line, and the long-range artillery is to bombard the logistics supply lines of our army.

It's obvious...... The purpose of such a bombing by the Vietnamese army...... It is to make our army Puliude, Zhaokashan and Fakashan lose contact and fight separately. This is especially true of Faka Mountain...... The Vietnamese army has detected the communication trenches between positions 3, 4 and 5 on Phaka Hill and blocked them with mortars......

It should be said that this kind of bombing is indeed very effective...... Because this made it impossible for the sappers of our army who were preparing to deliver ammunition to rush up at all...... They can even break through the blockade of long-range artillery. It was impossible to break through the mortar blockade on the mountain of Faka, and even the lucky two-layer artillery blockade rushed through...... The ammunition that can be transported is only a drop in the bucket.

But the good thing is that we were prepared for that...... That is, to build smaller openings and stronger caves to store ammunition...... This keeps our soldiers from running out of ammunition to spare.

Of course, no one knows how long these ammunition can last, because we don't know how many troops the devils will use to attack our army!

"Battalion Commander...... Just as I was anxiously waiting at the battalion headquarters, Zhao Jingping raised his head and reported to me: "The Yue devils have begun to attack!" ”

"Let's go!" When I heard this, I didn't say a word and walked to the helicopter outside the battalion headquarters.

Flying in a helicopter seems to have become my habit now...... But this habit is also necessary, because battles like this ...... We tend to lose touch with the troops at the front......

This is a common occurrence on the battlefield, where telephone lines are blown up by artillery shells, and untrusted electrical signals are jammed by the enemy...... If I just waited for the phone call at the battalion headquarters, I would have to sit in the battalion headquarters and wait as soon as I lost contact.

But if I'm in a helicopter, it's different...... First of all, I can see at least some of the positions from the helicopter, even if I lose contact with the troops...... I can also command or relay messages to front-line troops through things like Vympel flags.

So sometimes the way to convey information is still a little more primitive...... For example, in our troops, it is quite common to use signal flags to transmit information...... If the devils want to use the high-tech of the Soviet devils to interfere, it will have no effect on our local method.

Soon the helicopter rose into mid-air...... At this point, I couldn't believe what I was seeing...... In the past, there were dots of fire, and from time to time there would be clouds of smoke or dense flames...... It was the artillery position of our artillery suppressing the depth of the Vietnamese army, and the clouds of smoke were direct-fire artillery, and the dense flames were rocket artillery......

The same scene was also played out in the direction of our army...... Each side fired dozens of kilometers into the other's defensive line, and it is said that the farthest part of our artillery fire reached Dong Deng in Vietnam.

This makes it seem as if the battle was not fought for the tiny hill of Mount Fakka at all...... Because there are only 10,000 square meters of Faka Mountain, it looks too small here, so small that there is only one point...... If you let the layman look at it, you can't believe that this battle is fought like this just to fight for a point below this......

But that's just the way it is...... Under the illumination of our flares, the Vietnamese infantry was already advancing towards Phaka Hill under the cover of artillery fire......

The Vietnamese troops came up with about four companies...... Judging from their direction, it is clear that one company is aimed at Puliude, one company is aimed at Chakashan, and two companies are flanking Faka Mountain, one on the left and one on the right......

What surprised me a little was...... There were also a dozen tanks along with the Vietnamese infantry, and I easily recognized them as T62s in the light of flares and shells.

At first, I didn't understand what the Yue devils were doing with so many tanks...... This T62 is indeed advanced, and it also has a strong night combat ability, but it can't go up the mountain!

Could it be that the Vietnamese devils sent these tanks up to provide fire cover for their infantry?

But that's not to say...... At an altitude of 500 meters, the distance from the base of the mountain is almost a thousand meters...... Although this did not exceed the range of the tank gun and the anti-aircraft machine gun on the tank, it was already beyond the range of their naked eye and their night vision devices in the dark night!

Since you can't see it...... And how else to provide fire cover?

What's more, this tank still has the problem of insufficient elevation angles...... It was difficult for them to find a suitable position to aim at the summit position on Mount Faka.

However, when I noticed the Vietnamese anti-aircraft machine gunners on the tank, holding anti-aircraft machine guns and holding a tight position in the sky...... I quickly understood...... The more devils, this tank is still driven up to deal with the helicopter that we may be dispatched!

That's a really good way to do it...... If the infantry were to prepare for this position with anti-aircraft machine guns, I am afraid that before they could make two hits, they would be knocked out by our helicopters as a key target for elimination.

But if it's an anti-aircraft machine gun on a tank...... First, this tank is maneuverable, and it is difficult for our helicopters to hit it. Second, the skin of the tank is firm and thick...... The weapons on our helicopters cannot effectively destroy the tank, so the Vietnamese T62 can be said to have almost no worries about being destroyed.

On the contrary, it is the direct five reform of our army...... If you accidentally get hit by an anti-aircraft machine gun on a tank, there is a good chance that something will go wrong. (To be continued......)