Chapter 132: Highway Bridges

Aidian is 23 kilometers from Banwang, and the marching speed of our army is about 40 yards...... This was already our limit speed, and although the tank could reach a maximum speed of 50 yards, it was driving in the dark with the lights off, and the road conditions were not good...... This is still the speed of the side three wheels with the cooperation of night vision devices, which if other tank units are allowed to drive, it will be difficult to walk thirty yards without lights.

That is to say...... It takes us at least half an hour to get to Banwang.

But it's actually even slower...... Originally, I thought that it should be the 121 heights that slowed down the troops.

There is something special about 121 Heights, it seems to have slashed in the middle of a serpent-like highway...... The whole road here is a half-circle around this highland, and there are several hundred meters of straight roads at both ends. So without a doubt, this is a great stopping point.

As for weishenme, the word "excellent" can be used...... Anyone who has fought knows that it is not good to use the high ground for blocking the attack, and too high means that the distance from the hilltop position to the road is too far, and the distance is beyond the range of AK47s and rocket launchers. It's not good if it's too low, and too low means there's not much geographical advantage...... On the high ground of several tens of meters, the enemy casually entered the range of throwing grenades with a single cannon and another charge.

But these 121 highlands are blessed...... Not too high and not too low, this height makes it only more than two hundred meters from the base of the mountain...... A large stretch of the road is within range of its AK47s and rocket launchers.

I think this may be the reason why the Vietnamese army will station troops on this high ground, and it is also the reason why I will send a squad of troops in advance to "pay attention" to this high ground.

Vietnamese troops were stationed on this high ground. It means that they are prepared. Being prepared means that there is a high probability of a stalemate. Once there is a stalemate...... It also means that we are interspersed with bankruptcy this time.

So, from the very beginning, I saw this 121 Heights as a thorn in my side...... For this reason, I even made the main force wait for five minutes, specially transferred three additional tanks to the reserves, and prepared a total of five tanks to launch an attack on the 121 heights.

The attack was the same as before, first calling for artillery fire...... This artillery fire only fired one shot, but as usual, it was still "three shots hitting the ground at the same time" fired by an artillery battalion, which was equivalent to an instantaneous bombardment by an artillery regiment.

The reason why it is only one shot......

One is that the starter is the most lethal, just like King Chuang said. The devils are all veterans, and if the first shell can't kill them, then the role of the next shell is almost to destroy the fortifications. We didn't have time to use artillery shells to blow up the Vietnamese fortifications for more than ten minutes, so just one shot was the best choice.

The second is that the Vietnamese army is not psychologically prepared...... The psychological preparation here is that the Vietnamese army is not prepared for the incoming artillery shells, and the other is that it is not prepared for the charge of our army. To put it simply, the Yue devil was first accidentally blown up by a shell, and then hid in the tunnel in a panic, and waited for a long time to find that the enemy had stopped firing, and drilled out of the tunnel to take a look...... The enemy has already rushed halfway up the mountain!

So. Sometimes, playing cards that don't follow common sense can have some unexpected effects.

So with a roar on the 121 heights...... Five tanks of our army covered the infantry and rushed towards the Vietnamese army's high ground, and the tank guns rushed to the high ground for a while. The anti-aircraft machine guns on the tanks also followed the infantrymen with a "whoosh" sound, and then the infantry alternately covered the charge in the direction where the bullets and shells were hit......

Originally, I thought this battle would be a bit difficult, but what I didn't expect was that it would be the same as the previous battle...... A charge took ten minutes to take.

I was surprised by this result...... After the war, the prisoners were interrogated and learned that although the 121 Heights were dangerous, it could be said to be the choke point of Highway 4, but it was already some distance from the Sino-Vietnamese border, and the Vietnamese commander did not expect that the Chinese army would really penetrate along the highway...... You know, it's easy to spot by artillery observers, and once you do, you just need to block the road with artillery fire.

With this in mind, the garrison on the 121 heights had only one squad, that is, a dozen Vietnamese soldiers...... So half of them were killed under a burst of artillery fire, and the other half of the fire was simply not enough to withstand the charge of our troops.

This is also one of the benefits of Blitzkrieg...... The enemy along the way is either this one I didn't expect, or that one is unprepared, while our army is all kinds of preparations and all kinds of coordination, and it is needless to say who can have the advantage in this coming and going.

But I also have things that I don't think through...... The problem is with the highway bridge.

"Battalion commander!" After successfully solving the 121 heights, the troops continued to march along the road against time, but it didn't take long for Scar's anxious voice to come from the walkie-talkie: "Battalion commander...... Highway bridge No. 1 has a situation ......"

"What's the situation?" My heart immediately lifted: "There are more devils who want to blow up the bridge?" ”

"It's not!" Scar replied, "This bridge...... Maybe the tank won't pass! ”

I couldn't help but faint when I heard this, and then I sent the engineer unit without thinking about it......

I asked the driver to rush to the front to take a look...... It soon became clear: our army blew up this bridge too the way to retreat after the self-defense counterattack, and even the roadbeds on both sides were blown up in a mess...... It's okay to get a car or something like this, but the tank is a little unbearable.

But it's not surprising to think that in these areas...... The more devils are cars and armored vehicles, and tanks basically do not play a role in the stalemate in the mountains, so it is almost impossible for this bridge to be built temporarily, so this will make us suffer......

I quickly set my eyes on Yang Jie, who had just caught up, and asked, "How much time does it take?" ”

Yang Jie looked up and down and replied: "Ten minutes to ensure that the task is completed!" ”

"Hmm!" I nodded: "Do it right away!" ”

"Yes!" Yang Jie answered and led a group of sappers to work in a hurry.

I knew that in ten minutes I could get a messy wooden bridge in order to fit a dozen tanks through...... This is already the limit for Yang Jie's engineer company, but it also means that our tank troops will have to wait here for seven or eight minutes...... What if the same was true for another bridge? That means we're ten minutes late than Jihua.

Ten minutes may not be a big deal for an ordinary person, but for a battle...... It's enough to make the difference between winning and losing.

Thinking of this, I immediately asked Scar on the intercom: "Second Company Commander, how is the situation on the No. 2 Bridge?" ”

"Battalion commander!" At this time, Scar had already reached the No. 2 bridge, and he replied without thinking about it: "The No. 2 bridge is in good condition, the Yue devils have been reinforced with steel bars, and the tank can pass through." But when the enemy situation was discovered, two cars came up from the devils...... It should have come to seize the second bridge! ”

"Call for artillery fire!" I didn't think about it, so I gave the order.

"Battalion commander!" Scar replied, "Can't use artillery fire...... This section of the road has been blown up by our troops, and artillery fire may blow it up! ”

"Hmm!" At this time, I remembered that when our army retreated, it not only blew up the bridge, but also bombed the roads in some sections, but these roads were repaired by the Yue devils, but if our artillery fire blew up again......

Thinking of this, I secretly said something bad...... Our army has only two squads of troops at Bridge No. 2, while two vehicles of the Vietnamese army will have two platoons at the limit.

Two platoons against two squads...... Moreover, our army cannot use artillery fire, and tanks cannot go up...... Now Bridge No. 2 is in danger!

So I didn't think much about it, and immediately ordered the reader: "Immediately transfer the reserves to reinforcements, and be sure to hold the No. 2 bridge!" ”

"Yes!" The scholar answered, and immediately went up with the soldiers of the three wheels to reinforce him.

But I knew it was probably too late, because Scar's location was at least a dozen minutes away from us.

The battle soon began...... Things are so coincidental, as the so-called "jihua can't catch up with the change", no matter how good our jihua is, we didn't expect that at this moment there was still a situation where artillery fire could not be used and tanks could not pass, and it turned out to be a battle between two pure infantry, and at this special time, our army was much less than the Vietnamese army!

But fortunately, the battle ended smoothly after ten minutes, and Scar's two squads completely annihilated two platoons of the Vietnamese army before the reinforcements of the scholars arrived!

It may be hard to believe, but that's how it happened......

The reason for this is also due to the fact that the soldiers of the second company are all wearing the uniforms of the Vietnamese army...... So Scar had an idea, and immediately ordered the soldiers stationed at Bridge No. 2 to turn their guns and aim at the other side of the bridge, and then let two soldiers tie them under the bridge with explosives packages before the Vietnamese car came up...... In fact, those explosives bags contained a few stones that had been put in temporarily.

Waiting for the Yue devil to come up to see the situation, plus Scar is fluent in Vietnamese...... Of course, the Vietnamese army thought that other troops had already occupied Bridge No. 2 ahead of them, so this vigilance was quickly relaxed...... So much so that more than half of the people in the two cars did not get out of the car......

Naturally, Scar wouldn't be polite to them, and while haha with the Vietnamese officer, he signaled his subordinates to quietly surround him, and then the AK47 in his hand shot at the car...... The Vietnamese soldiers who stayed in the car didn't have a hurry to figure out what was going on, so they went to see Hades.

Afterwards, I asked Scar how he came up with this solution, and Scar replied like this: "Cleverness is contagious, and if you fight more wars, your head will naturally be bright!" (To be continued......)