Chapter 214: 7.12 Battle (13)

Under the command of Huang Jianfu, another massacre took place in the direction of the 142 heights.

What particularly made the Vietnamese army feel angry was that the situation of this massacre seemed to be similar to the previous one, and the tank unit of the same Chinese soldiers penetrated and seized the 142 heights from both flanks with lightning speed to surround the Vietnamese army, and also used tanks to inflict large-scale casualties on the Vietnamese infantry.

That is, the Vietnamese army made two identical mistakes in the same place. The difference is just ...... The first time it took place when the Vietnamese army was completely unprepared, and the second time when the Vietnamese army was prepared. It's just that the Vietnamese army didn't expect that our artillery would suddenly be able to suppress its anti-tank troops.

Of course, in this battle, because the Vietnamese army had anti-tank units, although our army killed and wounded more than 200 Vietnamese infantry, and destroyed five Vietnamese armored vehicles and three T72 tanks, it also paid the price of five tanks.

It turned out that the T72 was not a big threat to the 59 in this terrain, and as mentioned before, it was very difficult for the tank to aim at the target on the move on rough ground, even the T72 was no exception.

So in this battle, three of the five tanks of our army were destroyed by Vietnamese infantry with bazookas...... The position was full of gunpowder smoke and craters, and Vietnamese rocket shooters could pose a considerable threat to the tanks by casually hiding in the craters with a bazooka.

One of the other two tanks broke down during the battle and had to be abandoned, and only one was hit by a Vietnamese T72.

Similarly, the tanks destroyed by our Vietnamese troops were also carried out by our infantry with rocket launchers and recoilless guns, and some armored vehicles were blown into the sky at once under the cover of our artillery fire.

Although our tanks can be regarded as paying a heavy price. But in general it was a big victory. Because this battle made the Vietnamese army realize one point: they simply could not use anti-tank units to stop our tank units from penetrating. In other words. The shape of the battlefield has not changed, on the surface they did occupy the 142 heights, but in fact it was not much different from not occupying it.

What's more, as we expected, it is very likely that the Vietnamese army will once again jump into the trap we dug, that is, estimate the reserve time of our artillery shells based on the amount of shells fired by our troops at the 142 heights. Because just after this battle, the Vietnamese army's offensive against our defense line became more and more fierce, and the bombardment of its artillery became more and more unscrupulous.

But because of this, it became more and more difficult for the infantry, who were already on the front line. Even the 1072 heights of Laoshan were lost...... Needless to say, the importance of this high ground means that its loss means that the anti-aircraft machine guns on it can condescendingly suppress several surrounding high grounds, which means that the defense of other high ground becomes more difficult.

Even later, even Division Commander Jiang couldn't help but call me: "Do you have a good reserve of shells?" The front line is almost unbearable, can you first knock out part of the artillery of the Yue devils? ”

It was only after the war that I learned from the infantry soldiers that the Vietnamese army was an infantry army that launched a group charge against our army under the cover of artillery fire and the advantage of troops, which made the defense line garrisoned by our soldiers not be breached, and once it was breached, it was basically the end of the total annihilation...... At this time, the Vietnamese army had already killed the red eye, and once they entered the position of our army, they would not leave a living mouth.

I can also understand this, if I can put myself in the shoes of the devil. If our comrades had been bombed so badly by enemy fire before, they would have done the same thing at the first opportunity.

However. This does not mean that the Vietnamese army will achieve a final victory. What they don't know is that with every step they take, they get closer to death.

I wanted to grit my teeth and refuse, but when I thought about it...... Acting can't be too much, even if we want to give the wrong information to the Yue devils, but after so long, we should have stored some shells, and our army has an artillery sighting radar, if you don't do it in such a situation, isn't it too unreasonable? This may instead arouse the suspicion of the Vietnamese commanders.

Thinking of this, I immediately agreed, but it was still the same as last time, and it was the first cannon with ten shells, and after destroying four artillery batteries of one artillery of the Vietnamese army, it died down again.

The time interval was about the same, and the number of shells fired was the same, so the Vietnamese commander was more convinced that his calculations and estimates were not problematic.

It was only after the war that I was convinced of this: the Vietnamese artillery expected that it would take at least 24 hours for our army to reserve enough shells to fight a battle, that is to say, the Vietnamese army was prepared to fight for 24 hours before moving to the defensive.

But in fact, at 12 o'clock in the evening of the same day, that is, 12 hours after we finished firing the shells, all the artillery had a base number of shells, and because of the transportation of hundreds of civilian vehicles by the people, as long as we had planned use, the shells would basically not have the problem of not being able to supply them for such a long time as before.

It was only then that I breathed a sigh of relief, and after distributing the positions of the Vietnamese artillery positions, I made a phone call to Division Commander Jiang.

"One qiē ready!" I said, "Counteroffensive at any time!" ”

"That's what you're waiting for!" Division Commander Jiang on the other end of the phone jumped up and shouted in a hoarse voice that he had already shouted: "Get ready for battle, wait for my signal!" ”

Ten minutes later, three red flares rose into the night sky like a talisman.

Suddenly, our army's position was fired with 10,000 cannons, and the Laoshan battlefield once again presented a scene of our army's overwhelming superiority.

We don't even need to do much preparation for this fight...... Because it is almost the same as the previous battle, all units only need to fight step by step according to the original plan.

For example, a regiment of our artillery battalion and the 4th Artillery Division is still responsible for attacking the Vietnamese artillery, and the blockade of other artillery units and the blockade of the Vietnamese infantry are bombed according to the coordinates. Moreover, because of such an actual combat experience not long ago, all units were very skilled in fighting, and only one round of artillery fire blew up the Vietnamese army silently.

However, I think this may also be because the Vietnamese army has experienced the baptism of our artillery fire before, and they originally thought that our army was not ready so quickly, but now they were suddenly hit by such a fierce artillery fire from our army...... It made them realize that they had made a big mistake.

This mistake was not only a miscalculation of timing, but also a large number of troops thrown into this battlefield and once again blockaded by Chinese soldiers.

This can be seen from the number of artillery positions of the Vietnamese army monitored by the artillery sighting radar: the Vietnamese army thought that they only needed to work harder to recapture Lao Son before the Chinese soldiers had stockpiled their shells, so they continued to send more artillery and infantry in the direction of Lao Mountain.

I don't know the exact number of infantry, but the artillery can be seen from the number of divisions, and after an additional artillery division, an artillery regiment and two mortar regiments were transferred.

And these artillery positions, I'm afraid that they have all fallen into a sea of fire at this time.

After a five-minute pause, a second round of shelling resumed.

The reason why I had to stop for five minutes was to see how the devil reacted. In fact, at this time, we still hope that the Vietnamese army can fight an artillery battle with us, after all, the artillery radar can only detect the shells of the Vietnamese army, and if the Vietnamese army does not fight artillery, we will have no way at all.

But I regret that the Vietnamese artillery did not return fire.

At first, I thought they were getting smarter, knowing that fighting back would only cause them more casualties. But it turned out that this was not the case......

The reason why the Vietnamese army did not return fire was entirely because at this moment they had completely collapsed.

On the one hand, this is because the horrific scene of our army blowing up a wall of fire with artillery shells is still vivid, which also makes them know that now that the general situation is gone, they will not have any hope.

On the other hand, it was because during the period when our army did not have artillery shells, all units of the Vietnamese army suffered heavy casualties, and their morale was dealt a rather severe blow.

As I said before, the Vietnamese army's offensive in these 12 hours was to launch a group charge against our army with a large number of artillery and men, which is what we often say: "Concentrate superior forces to fight a war of annihilation."

From this point of view, the Vietnamese army has really received the true inheritance of our army, especially when we face this 316A division, which was trained and equipped by our army back then, and many of its cadres were trained in our army's infantry school.

The advantage of this kind of battle is that it can buy time and fighters, but the disadvantage is that it will cause considerable casualties to the troops, especially after the 40th Division has been equipped with 81 guns.

So, don't look at the fact that Division Commander Jiang has been screaming nervously before, in fact, he is just watching the positions on the map lose one after another. However, in terms of casualties, the Vietnamese army was several times or even more than ten times that of our army, even if the Vietnamese army was supported by artillery fire.

For example, the 2nd Battalion of the 119th Regiment was besieged by nearly two regiments of the Vietnamese army, resisted the repeated attacks of the Vietnamese army, and killed a total of 292 Vietnamese soldiers and wounded more than 100 enemies in the ten-hour battle, while our army only suffered more than 40 casualties.

Another example is the 2nd Battalion of the 122nd Regiment in the direction of Dongshan of the Bali River, which continuously repelled the siege of the 148th Regiment of the Vietnamese Army and a special agent company, killing 252 enemies and wounding 240 enemies. Our troops suffered only 26 wounded and 5 killed.

Examples of various other positions like this abound, as is the case with Heights 142.

As a result, under this asymmetrical casualty ratio, even the 316A, the ace department of the Vietnamese army, was beaten in horror.

But they have always held on to a hope, they thought that if they persisted for a while, they would be able to take all the positions in Laoshan.

It was not until the sound of our artillery rang out again that their hopes were completely dashed. (To be continued......)