Chapter 11 Tunnel Fortifications (2)

"Boom!" A bang made the fighters all nervous.

"What's the situation?" Luo Lian shouted loudly to the sentry who was looking at the ridgeline.

"Company commander......" The sentry replied from a distance: "It seems that the devil came up and stepped on a mine!" ”

"What a name!" Company Commander Luo scolded, waved his hand and ran up with the soldiers, and scolded at the sentry: "Why don't you report when the devil comes up?" That's when I found out ......"

"Company commander, this ......" the sentry looked innocent.

We walked up to the position with our guns in hand, and soon understood the reason: the rain was falling as if a veil had been lifted in front of us, and the visibility was only a few tens of meters...... It is no wonder that the Vietnamese army has stepped on mines, and the sentries have not yet found any trace of the Vietnamese army, and they still say "as if".

"Company commander! What to do? One of the fighters asked.

Company Commander Luo raised his binoculars and looked into the rain, and said, "It looks like it's still far from here, don't worry too much!" ”

The company commander's judgment was right, in fact, I heard the position at the moment of the explosion...... Although the explosion was loud, the sound that came from it was a little dull, and it was obvious that it had exploded in the river valley.

In other words, at this time, the Yue devil was still trying to cross the river valley. I remember that our engineering troops had planted a lot of mines in those neighborhoods, and the devils were afraid that they would have to toss for a while if they came up.

"It's been fine during the day! It's troublesome at night! Scar raised his head at the fortifications on our hilltop.

So everyone quickly understood: the fortifications we had built before were ...... by this heavy rain The cat's ear holes either collapsed or were filled with water, and even the trenches became ditches from which people could not hide. If this is done at night, the devils will come back to engage in an infiltration war...... That's not easy to deal with.

Company Commander Luo also frowned at this, and quickly turned his gaze to me.

After thinking about it, I said, "I want to ...... In this or two days, it will be difficult for the devils to come up. Our engineer unit has laid a lot of mines in front of us. Now it's raining so hard again. The stream will rise soon...... Even if the devil is familiar with the terrain, it will take a lot of work! ”

"I know that!" Company Commander Luo said impatiently: "But what about a few days?" Will the devil just give up? ”

"Company commander...... That was not what I meant! I said, "I mean...... We have at least two days to prepare! ”

"Hmmm! Tell me how to prepare...... "Company Commander Luo took out a cigarette from his coat pocket, but when he saw that it had already been soaked by the rain, he couldn't help but fall to the ground in annoyance.

This is not to say that Company Commander Luo has a bad temper, in fact...... Everyone under the rain was very upset, including me.

"Let's start making a tunnel right away!" I said, "I hope to be able to make a roll call in two days......"

"What?" As soon as they heard what I said, the soldiers had an opinion: "Platoon commander, this rain is so heavy...... You mean let's brave the rain to dig tunnels? ”

"Yes, platoon commander!" The reader interjected, "And the pit is this thing...... It's not suitable for digging in rainy days, let's dig a little rainwater and pour it in, and it's easy to collapse......"

"So what can be done?" I smiled wryly and said, "Do you want to wait for a sunny day?" Then wait for next year! ”

When the soldiers heard what I said, they couldn't help but be stunned. You look at me, I look at yours, I don't know what I mean by that.

"The second platoon commander is right!" Scar explains: "The weather in Vietnam ...... It's the half-year dry season and the half-year rainy season, and now it's almost the rainy season, and I want to wait for a sunny day to work...... It's really going to wait until next year! ”

Before Scar could finish speaking, the warriors let out a wail of dissatisfaction...... Except for the border with Vietnam, when have we Chinese ever seen such ghost weather, it is strange to think that we will stay in this rain from now on.

"What's it called?" Company Commander Luo scolded angrily: "Can you do a good job of the pit by shouting?" Can you hold your ground? ”

Then he turned his head and shouted at me and Scar: "Platoon leader, you will be responsible for building the tunnel, just mention me if you need anything, I will be responsible for contacting my superiors!" Be sure to come out within two days! ”

"Yes!" I answered with the soldiers.

So the construction of the tunnel fortifications soon began...... It should be said that I have no experience in building tunnels, just like Company Commander Luo and other soldiers. I know. Only I vaguely remember some of the words that the old man said.

I remember when I was a kid on Arbor Day, I broke my hands because I moved a hoe at school...... When he got home, he was laughed at by the old man: "Alas! Young people nowadays are so pampered. We were all on the battlefield like you......"

At that time, I replied unknowingly: "Can touching a gun be the same as touching a hoe?" ”

This provoked the old man hahadaxiao, and then there was a whole lot of things about how they dug tunnels in the Vietnamese highlands...... I just said that my ears were calloused.

All right! What I used to be impatient with is now really useful.

What's the first tool to use?

Saws, axes, hoes, nails, spikes...... Anyway, I made a lot of lists, and the old man didn't tell me about these things, and the old man couldn't have said it in such detail, right? I just walked through the old man's instructions in my head, and then thought about what tools I would need to do it.

And, of course, landmines are indispensable.

Anyway, this thing is too useful on such a battlefield, so I remember telling the old man: "When the two armies face each other in the rainy season, Vietnamese agents often come to touch the hole at night...... What is it called touching a hole? It's just feeling the dark to find a hole, understand? The more devils can't see where our hole is, they can only touch it with experience, and when they do, they will stuff grenades and explosives bags into it...... What is the best way to deal with the hole? It's a landmine, and it's full of mines outside the mouth of his cave, so that the devils can touch it......"

Therefore, there is no doubt that the mine reserve must be large, considering that with the deepening of the rainy season, the traffic will become more and more inconvenient, so he simply asked Luo Company Commander to transport two trucks up at this time and store them in the cave at the foot of the mountain in case of emergency.

After that, it is the construction of the tunnel, the most haode is the natural cave, which is solid and will not collapse at every turn like a mud cave, if it will not be poured in, it is a unique fortification, but the problem is that there are not many caves, and they are often not in important positions, and they cannot meet our operational requirements.

For example, there are two suitable caves on the 581 heights, one at the foot of the mountain and the other in the middle of the mountain, if we hide all of them, it seems that the devils only need to occupy the position on the top of the mountain and then have the firepower to ...... That's all over.

Therefore, such caves are only suitable for storing combat materials, such as mines, ammunition, food, etc., and several cat caves should be built around to protect them in case they are blown up by the Yue devils.

And then there's the single soldier or the man-soldier cat hole, according to the old man...... At this time, our country was still poor, and strategic materials were also in short supply, so it was unrealistic to build reinforced concrete fortifications in a short period of time...... Therefore, it is necessary to construct the fortifications as much as possible from local materials.

But this one...... I think it would be difficult if every unit used reinforced concrete fortifications, after all, our army is too large, but there is no difficulty for our army.

First of all, our company is a company of heroes, and it is easy to talk about whatever the xiangshang level requires. The second is that Company Commander Luo seems to be a bit of a "back door" at his superiors...... Otherwise, it would not have been possible to deliver the items on my list in just one hour in three cars!

So...... If the xiangshang level requires reinforced concrete, I don't think there is any problem.

I just thought about it later...... This cement fortification can not be completed in two days, and the high ground on this border often changes hands between the enemy and us, and the target of the cement fortification is too obvious, so the Vietnamese army does not need to touch it when they come to "touch the hole", they can see it...... So it's often hard to build half of it and it will be blown up by the devils.,So Zuihou still resisted this temptation and didn't ask for reinforced concrete.。

To know...... If you can build a bunker with reinforced concrete, then it will be comfortable to hide in it and sleep in the rain, just for the sake of your life, it is better to endure it first!

So the material used to construct this single soldier tunnel was logs, which were found everywhere on the mountain, and the soldiers only had to use axes and saws.

The most difficult problem to solve here is the drainage of the tunnel...... If we dig a hole with great difficulty, but then we find that the rain will pour in...... Well, in vain, there is a good chance that people will be buried alive due to the landslide.

The solution is to solve the drainage problem first...... To put it simply, it is to dig a deep ditch first, which is generally high at the top and low at the bottom, which can be drained naturally, and then try to drain the rainwater of this deep ditch with a drainage ditch...... After that, it is capped with a combination of logs and stone water.

Of course, this cap is also exquisite, the bottom is supported by herringbone logs, just like the humanoid fortifications of the Yue Devil, the butt of the log is sharpened with an axe and nailed with spikes. A few bamboos were inserted into the middle to make vents, and then a nylon bag filled with gravel was piled flat......

The reason why you use a nylon bag is because it doesn't rot easily, and it also has a certain waterproof effect. Then a layer of logs, then a layer of earth and stones, then a layer of logs, and another layer of earth and stones...... Zuihou also has to use mud to camouflage the outermost layer, and if you don't look closely, it's really hard to find that there is a pit below that can hide people. (To be continued......)