Chapter 43: Zheyin Mountain (8)
Needless to say, what these two hundred coffins mean, it means that it is estimated that two hundred people will be sacrificed.!
If the casualty ratio on the battlefield is generally about 1 to 5, that is to say, Division Commander Xu estimates that there will be thousands of casualties in Yinshan.
If that were the case, it would have been a pyrrhic victory, but fortunately it wasn't.
As soon as the matter was smooth, I soon received a telegram from Chen Yiyilai.
This telegram is just some simple numbers written in ciphers, but these numbers are exactly what we need.
I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when I received this telegram, which means two things, one is that Chen Yiyi and others are generally safe, and the other is that the plan is going very successfully, at least we are now taking a critical step.
The translated information was quickly handed over to me, and we further grasped the distribution of the Vietnamese army's forces on Zheyin Mountain, as well as the location of some caves and fortifications that were a great threat to our army.
Undoubtedly, these are the basis for the victory of our army.
"Here's the thing!" At the subsequent meeting, I pointed to the map and said: "According to the first information, the headquarters of the Vietnamese army is located on the southeast side of the 1142 heights, and the 1142 heights are very well defended, and they are equipped with five 82 mortars, seven 6o mortars, three 75 recoilless guns, five anti-aircraft machine guns, one heavy machine gun, more than 10 light machine guns, and eight 4o rocket launchers, with a total strength of two reinforced companies. In addition, there is a communication trench between Heights 1142 and Heights 11 that is 2 meters wide and 1.8 meters deep, which can be used to move weapons, troops, mules and horses, and once Heights 1142 is attacked. Heights 11 will soon be able to reinforce them. More importantly, still. The headquarters of the Vietnamese army is located in the dead end of our artillery fire. And there are a number of reinforced concrete fortifications nearby, and our helicopters are afraid that it will be difficult to destroy these cement fortifications in the first place. ”
Hearing this, Zhao Jingping couldn't help but gasp: "Battalion commander, it will not be easy for us to attack the headquarters of the Vietnamese army." ”
Of course, Zhao Jingping's words are reasonable, what special operations need is to be fast, otherwise once they are dragged down by the enemy, even if our army is well equipped, it will form a kind of ending in which ants bite and kill elephants.
But now, there will be strong reinforced concrete fortifications around the Vietnamese army headquarters...... This has never been done before. Because it is an anticline, in traditional warfare, the two sides mainly fight for the hilltop position, that is, the geographical advantage, and the headquarters in this artillery fire corner does not seem to need many strong fortifications at all.
However, the Vietnamese army on Zheyin Mountain did the opposite, which presented us with a problem: we could be said to be helpless in the face of such strong fortifications, and if we could not destroy these fortifications quickly, then our plan to surrender and take the Vietnamese army headquarters would also be bankrupt.
"I think ......," I continued, after a pause, "Maybe it's because the Yue Devils know that we have helicopters and have mastered tactics such as rappelling." ”
Zhao Jingping couldn't help but nodded.
It has been a year since we first used the rappelling tactic on the battlefield in Vietnam. Therefore, it is natural that the Vietnamese army will also be wary of us surrendering and directly attacking its command system, so there will be such a defensive headquarters on the anti-slope with pillboxes.
"Can you ......" Scar said after thinking about it: "Bring the anti-tank missile, it may be able to destroy the fortifications of the Vietnamese army." ”
I shook my head: "Anti-tank missiles may be able to do it." But what is known is that the operation of anti-tank missiles in our army is complex and the targets are large. On the other hand. The terrain around the Vietnamese army headquarters was very unfavorable for the anti-tank missiles, and by the time we reached the position where we could attack the Vietnamese pillboxes, it was already only a few tens of meters, and the anti-tank missiles could not be used at all. ”
What I'm talking about is precisely the weakness of our army's anti-tank missiles, and it's good if anti-tank missiles attack long-range targets...... At a distance, it is difficult for the enemy's ordinary weapons to threaten the safety of the missile shooters, and the shooters have enough time to adjust and fire, but now the distance is only a few tens of meters, and before we can set up the missiles, the machine guns of the devils have already been strafing.
"Can you shoot at a helicopter?" Staff Officer Yang asked.
I turned my gaze to Scar, who shook his head and said, "This method is theoretically feasible, but on the one hand, anti-tank missiles are complex and inaccurate, and it is difficult to hit the target when fired at a shaky helicopter." On the other hand, anti-tank missiles are very expensive, tens of thousands of yuan each...... We have only fought so many exercises in North China, and if we ask for more than a dozen in one go, I am afraid that it will not be realistic. ”
This is right, if we ask for a dozen anti-tank missiles just to hit a few pillboxes, I am afraid that the superiors will think that we are crazy.
If a dozen anti-tank missiles can really solve the problem, then I will ask for it, after all, for me, the lives of soldiers are priceless, and a dozen missiles are only hundreds of thousands, and I will make up for it with the money earned by advanced companies.
But the problem is just like what Scar just said, our army's anti-tank missiles are still first-generation missiles, and they are still the kind of missiles that are connected by wires and controlled with joysticks, and it is not easy for this thing to hit the target even on the ground, let alone on an unstable helicopter.
"What then?!" Hearing this, Staff Officer Yang couldn't help but be stunned.
After being silent for a long time, I pointed to the map and said: "I have an idea, the Vietnamese army headquarters is so tightly defended, it does not mean that the hilltop position of the 1142 Heights is also so tightly defended. So, we can take the hilltop position first. ”
"Hilltop position?" Zhao Jingping couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "It may be possible to take the position on the top of the mountain, but this will make us prolong the time and guide the Vietnamese army to be prepared." Second, how to take the command of the Vietnamese army if you take the position on the top of the mountain? You must know that most of these bunker fortifications of the Vietnamese army are hidden in the mountains, and from the top of the mountain down, even anti-tank missiles cannot attack these pillboxes. ”
"The problem that the Vietnamese army is prepared for is easy to solve." I said, "Just use a helicopter to block the communication trench from Heights 1142 to Heights 11." As for the question of the bunkers...... I did not intend to destroy them with anti-tank missiles. ”
"That's ......," everyone couldn't help but be more puzzled when they heard this.
"My plan is two rappelling!" I said: "The first rappelling was from the helicopter rope down to the vicinity of the 1142 heights, and then with the cooperation of the artillery units, the hilltop position was taken as quickly as possible, and then the second rappelling was carried out, and the rope from the hilltop position was lowered to the Vietnamese army headquarters, and so on...... The pillbox fortifications of the Vietnamese army lost their due role! (To be continued!)
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