However, I soon learned that the attitude of Division Commander Xu and others did not seem to indicate that there was no problem with the morale of the troops

You must know that at this point in the Vietnam War, it is basically not a problem to recover a certain high ground on the border, the question is only the length of time or the size of the casualties.

The reason for this is that, on the one hand, the support of the Soviet side to Vietnam has been reduced by a cascade.

This is mainly the reason why the Soviet Union has been dragged out on the battlefield in Afghanistan in the past few years, and the Soviet Union has already been unable to make ends meet itself, so where can it take care of Vietnam, a country that can only "stretch out its hands for food and open its mouth". Secondly, it is also because Vietnam has gradually lost its use value at this time.

This is a bit like the reason why China will be pushed to the front line in the future because of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Vietnam was originally able to play between China and the Soviet Union, but of course a small country like Vietnam will not have much political wisdom, and it will completely fall to the Soviet Union...... The most taboo in international relations is actually this, and the result of its complete fall to the Soviet Union is to provoke China and even have to launch a self-defense counterattack, and for the Soviet Union, since Vietnam has completely fallen to him, then Vietnam will have no bargaining chips, so the Soviet Union can completely treat Vietnam as a chess piece.

The Soviet Union had realized that Vietnam was an impossible side to win in the Sino-Vietnamese War, and even at this time the Soviet Union was interested in easing relations with China, so it was natural for Vietnam to fall into the embarrassing situation of being marginalized.

On the other hand, there is the problem of the Vietnamese army itself.

Since the war, Vietnam's domestic economy, politics, and population ratio have deteriorated, and these will naturally affect the military. so that its military is even worse than that of 79 years.

However, with the help of the United States, Britain and other Western countries, China is actively promoting the modernization of the armed forces. Neither in terms of equipment nor military theory can be said to be the same as in those years.

So this came and went. The current Vietnamese army can almost be said to be incapable of competing with our army.

Of course, this is only from the general direction, and there will still be unreasonable casualties in individual combat cases, such as our commanders causing unreasonable command errors due to underestimating the enemy or lack of actual combat experience, but on the whole, there is already a considerable gap between the Vietnamese army and our army, and this gap will further widen.

Therefore, under such an advantage, the fact that Division Commander Xu and other commanders are still so nervous just shows that they do not have very much confidence in the troops.

"Here's the thing!" After Mr. Xu talked to us for a while. He spread out a map on the table and said: "Battalion Commander Yang has participated in the reconquest of Laoshan, and I think I have a little understanding of the terrain of Laoshan. The terrain of this Yin Mountain is similar to that of the old mountain, which is also gentle in the south and steep in the north, and the slope on the side facing us is between 30 degrees and 60 degrees. However, compared with Lao Shan, it also has its own characteristics, that is, there are many natural limestone karst caves, hundreds of large and small, coupled with its vegetation is basically more than one meter and a half shrubs and weeds, so that the Vietnamese army has put a large number of war materials on Zheyin Mountain. ”

"Hmm." I couldn't help frowning when I heard this.

It is not that we have never fought on such a characteristic high ground, and we encountered this situation when we were engaged in a self-defense counterattack.

"Then ......," I said, "the distribution of the Vietnamese army's forces on Zheyin Mountain is scattered on the basis of these caves!" ”

"Yes!" Master Xu nodded.

It's actually quite understandable. This kind of terrain is suitable for guerrilla warfare, and the caves where the troops are scattered so that we cannot find their main force. Once our troops penetrate deep into the Yinshan Mountains to carry out the pull-out operation, then the Vietnamese army will be at the right time and the right time, which will cause great trouble to our attacking troops.

It is not impossible to deal with this tactic, just like the method we use in self-defense and counterattack is to pull the net and clear the ...... First burn the whole mountain, and then use the force to open a net on top of it, like a comb back and forth a few times, and it will be clean.

But here's the problem...... This time, we are fighting a beautiful battle to boost morale and shock the Vietnamese army, if we go back and forth to clear the crackdown, not to mention that it will take a long time, and we will also have to invest a lot of troops, that is to say, even if we win the battle in the end, we are afraid that we will not be able to achieve the strategic goal very well.

Master Xu may have seen what was on my mind, so he continued: "And this limestone cave is only one of the points, the Vietnamese army has also laid a large number of mines on the mountain, and all kinds of tunnel fortifications combined with these caves, so this Yin Mountain looks like nothing on the surface, there are shrubs and weeds everywhere, but in fact, it is full of murderous opportunities. Under such circumstances, if our army rashly attacked, I am afraid that there will be considerable casualties. ”

This is to the point, if you pay considerable casualties to take this Yin Mountain, I am afraid that not only will it not be able to achieve the purpose of boosting morale and shocking the Vietnamese army, but it may also have the opposite effect.

"The division commander must have a plan." I say.

I believe that as a front-line commander, Division Commander Xu has already made a plan.

"There are a few options." Master Xu nodded: "One of the ideas is like this......"

After a pause, Division Commander Xu said: "Because the Vietnamese army is preparing to fight a guerrilla war on Zheyin Mountain, coupled with the lack of its troops, it has to deploy the main force in the area of Lao Mountain, so the composition of its troops in Zheyin Mountain is very mixed. According to the information we have obtained, the Vietnamese troops on Zheyin Mountain include the 3rd Independent Battalion of An Minh County, the 6th Company of the County Team, the 105th Public Security Tun, the 5th Battalion of the 8874th Regiment, the 21st Battalion of Special Agents, the Command Reconnaissance Team of An Minh County, and the Youth Stormtrooper Unit. ”

"So much?!" I couldn't help but be surprised.

"Yes!" Division Commander Xu nodded: "The more devils have no soldiers, all kinds of troops have been sent to make up the numbers." However, we should not underestimate these troops, most of them are militia members from the area of Anming County, and they are very familiar with the terrain of Zheyin Mountain, and judging from our previous combat experience, the military quality of their militia is not low. ”

Of course, I know that in the self-defense and counterattack war, there were also cases in which several militiamen of the Vietnamese army caused heavy casualties to a company of our army.

"In that way...... "their coordinated command is a problem," I said. ”

"That's right!" Master Xu laughed and said: "It's really the same as the hero's vision, our plan is to fight the snake and hit the seven inches, and the composition of the Vietnamese army on the Yin Mountain is so complicated." The coordinated command of its various departments, such as the reduction of the whole into parts and the reduction of the parts into the whole is a big problem. Once we can destroy its chain of command. Then their guerrilla warfare will have to fight on their own, and they will be divided and surrounded by us. ”

"That's right!" I nodded in agreement.

"So." Senior Commander Xu nodded at me: "This requires you to synthesize the battalion and helicopters." ”

"Oh!" At this time, I realized that the core of Commander Xu's plan was to use our special agent company to conduct a special operation against his command system.

"The position of the command system of the Vietnamese army is ......," I asked.

"It's on the Yin Mountain." Division Commander Xu replied: "These troops are all under the unified command of the 5th Battalion of the 8874th Regiment of the Vietnamese Army, and they are located in this ......."

Saying that, Master Xu pointed out a position on the anticline of Zheyin Mountain.

After thinking about it for a while, I replied, "The plan is feasible, but the chances of success are not very good." ”

The reason is very simple, is it better for us to rappel or parachute down on terrain like this? You must know that there is grass everywhere on Zheyin Mountain, and it is very likely that there are Vietnamese troops hidden in the grass, and whether we are parachuted or rapelled, we are very likely to be ambushed.

It's not that I'm holding back from a mission or worrying about the casualties of my troops. Rather, it is likely that it will not achieve its strategic objectives even after paying a heavy toll on the plan, and the whole plan is based on our success.

"There are difficulties." Master Xu also understood this, and he nodded in understanding and said, "But other than that......"

Needless to say, I understood that there seemed to be no better way than that.

The weakness of the Vietnamese army lies in the fact that the composition of the troops is too mixed and it is difficult to coordinate with each other, so the focus is on attacking its command system, and this is a matter of attacking the command system...... Naturally, it is not our synthetic camp.

"I don't know much about the special operations side of things." Master Xu said: "So I hope that Camp Commander Yang can come up with a suitable and feasible plan. It's okay, we have time, Camp Commander Yang can think about it slowly, I'll wait for your good news. ”

As he spoke, Master Xu got up and shook my hand. Before leaving, he patted me on the shoulder and said, "It's up to you!" ”

I couldn't help but smile wryly. Our synthetic battalion is not omnipotent, even if it is equipped with all kinds of advanced equipment, it doesn't mean that it can hit the enemy's command system, otherwise it would be good to send us up to take the enemy's head first in every battle?!

But the problem was in front of me and had to be solved, and what was even more hateful was that even I agreed with Master Xu's plan, so I fell into contemplation as soon as I arrived at the front line.

The difficulty lies in the fact that we cannot guarantee the safety of the absolute, and it is undoubtedly very dangerous to absolute, which is why the British special forces have to send an advance team to open up a parachute point when they are parachuting on the Falklands.

Can we follow the example of the British special forces and send an advance team to open up a drop point?

So I quickly thought of the reconnaissance brigade, which could accomplish such a mission, and now some of them may still be lurking in the territory of the Vietnamese army.

However, our current situation is somewhat different from the special operation of the British army on the Falklands...... The Falklands are large in size and the Argentine army is small, so the British advance team can easily blend in and open up a rope landing point.

But we are now facing only one Zhiyin Mountain, which covers a small area but has deployed at least one regiment of troops, and there are weeds, shrubs and caves everywhere, and it is difficult to open up a rope landing point in such a place.

When the synthetic battalion was conducting adaptive training, I repeatedly discussed this issue with the General Staff, and even contacted Chen Yiyi and asked them to command the reconnaissance team to conduct a live exercise...... To be precise, this is not a real exercise, but a real battle, because we really sent a squad of scouts to infiltrate the territory of the Vietnamese army, and then disguised themselves as the Vietnamese army infiltrators Yin Shan for reconnaissance.

It is said that at this time, the battle of Zheyin Mountain has not yet started, and the Vietnamese army has focused most of its attention on the area of Lao Mountain, and the composition of the Vietnamese army on Zheyin Mountain is also very complicated, so they still successfully mixed into the anticline of Zheyin Mountain.

However, I was disappointed by the results of the reconnaissance, that is, it was too difficult to open up a rope landing point, and it would be too dangerous to force a rope drop, mainly because the grass was deep and dense, and the visibility was only a few meters, and it was difficult to find out if there was enemy firepower nearby that could pose a threat to our troops.

"it!" I couldn't help but curse when I heard this, I didn't expect to be defeated by weeds and shrubs.

We can't go up and set a fire to burn these weeds clean, even if the Vietnamese army is willing to let us do it...... At this time, it is also the rainy season, and the fire can't be burned.

Just when I was at a loss, I suddenly thought of what Master Xu said when he was leaving: "We have time!" ”

Do we have time? It is true that we must know that we are prepared to fight a war, that is, it is up to us to decide when and how to fight, so we should say that there is quite plenty of time.

So I came up with a solution.

"Report to the Divisional Commander!" After I contacted Master Xu, I asked, "I want to know how much time we have." ”

"This ......" Master Xu may not have considered this problem, and after being stunned for a moment, he replied: "Try to do it within a month!" ”

"Then there's no problem!" I say.

"Got a solution?" Master Xu on the other end of the phone couldn't help but be overjoyed, he just wanted to ask me what the solution was, so he changed his mouth and said: "In this way, you come to my division headquarters at night, and we will discuss it carefully!" ”

"Yes!" I answered.

I certainly know that this is for reasons of secrecy.

But I replied lightly, but I didn't expect that I would not be able to fly in a helicopter for the same reasons of secrecy...... So the bitterness in my heart, what could have been solved in just a few minutes, had to be rocked in the jeep for hours. What makes me even more reluctant is that I have been going back and forth for more than ten hours, so that I may just say a few words......

So this person's heart is really a very strange thing, you must know that I felt very satisfied to have a car to sit in, but now I am used to using a helicopter and sitting in a jeep is like being tortured.

A few hours later, the jeep stopped in front of the anti-artillery hole at the division headquarters.

At this time, I felt Cheng Dù, who felt a little affected by the morale of the troops, to say that this was the division headquarters, and the surrounding area should be a place where the guards were on high alert, but the guards I saw were unconsciously gathered in groups of three or five to discuss something, and at the same time all of them had helplessness on their faces.

Needless to say, they must be talking about disarmament.

This division is like this, so what should the soldiers who are fighting on the front line be? (To be continued......)