Chapter 219: Encirclement
The gaps of our army were located in two positions, one was on the 593 heights and the other was on the 261 heights.
There are two gaps...... I'm worried that if the Vietnamese agents find out that they only have one way to go, they will wonder if this is a trap we have set.
But now...... We have placed two gaps to give them a choice, so that the suspicion of the Vietnamese agents will naturally be much lower.
However...... What the Vietnamese agents didn't know was that they didn't really have much of a choice, because the two gaps weren't equal.
Heights 593 is located close to the base between the Synthetic Battalion base and the two platoons of agents led by Scar...... It took only five minutes for the armored units of the synthetic battalion to reach this position...... In other words, if the Vietnamese agents choose this direction as a breakthrough, they will only have five minutes to break through...... It's almost impossible to do that, unless they can unknowingly get rid of all the sentinels in the area.
As for 261 Heights...... It is not only at elevation, but also at the right end of our military defense zone...... It would take four minutes for Scar's armored troops to reach this high ground. Although the time is short, only one unit of Scar can be reinforced, and the strength will only be one reinforced platoon at most.
So this gives the Vietnamese army agents operability...... If the Vietnamese agents arrange for a few more people to plant mines or set up an ambush or something at the position where the armored vehicle will pass, they can buy their main force more than ten minutes or even longer, and they will not be attacked from both sides like the 593 heights.
What's more...... I also know from snipers that 261 is not very tall, but it is very suitable for stealth and penetration due to the difficult terrain. A small plateau full of ravines, ditches, grass, and rocky hills. During the day, the sniper can barely control the area from the vantage point. At night, because of the difficulty of sight, only one major intersection can be controlled.
So there is no need to say more...... The Vietnamese army seems to have two options, but in fact there is only one.
This also created the conditions for our ambush...... In order not to make the Vietnamese agents suspicious, of course we could not mobilize the troops for routine patrols, and the base had to be guarded, so there were only two platoons of agents who could be mobilized...... If these two platoons of agents had to defend in two different directions, it would obviously not be enough to wipe out the two platoons of Vietnamese agents.
We don't have to think much about this arrangement, just put the two platoons in the direction of the 261 heights.
As for this conductor...... Unfortunately, I was asked to go out in person. The reason is that the secret service company really lacks command talents, and this time it is also a poisonous snake that encircles and suppresses the Vietnamese army agents...... If you are not careful, you may not only fail to catch the snake, but will also be bitten by the snake.
It is precisely for this reason that although Zhao Jingping and his staff officers knew that my injuries were not yet healed, they did not stop me from leading the team, so they had to arrange a few more guards for me and repeatedly told the guards to protect me.
It also proved afterwards that it was absolutely necessary for me to command this encirclement and suppression...... Even I was surprised by the cunning of the Vietnamese agents.
Before dark that evening, I infiltrated Heights 261 with two platoons of fighters...... Of course, we did a lot of work before infiltrating Heights 261, starting with getting the snipers to make sure that there were no Vietnamese agents lurking near Heights 261...... This is not a problem during the day, after all, the snipers of our army are professionally trained in this area, and they are still in good sight during the day, and the snipers have been guarding this 261 heights during this time. It can be said that the terrain of this area, even the grass and trees, know their location.
When the Sniper is lurking in the sniper position, when he has nothing to do, he writes down the terrain on the sniper card. After that, they would be compared with the real thing every few hours, so even if there were animals passing by and overpowering some thatch or something, they couldn't escape their eyes.
This is also the foundation of our lurking...... Otherwise, if there are Vietnamese soldiers hiding in the shadows, watching us lurk on the 261st Heights...... Then we will only work in vain.
And then we did not enter the 261 heights with armored vehicles on our shoulders...... The thoughts of Zhao Jingping and his staff officers were...... Anyway, our armored vehicles have to patrol every day, so wouldn't it be enough to send our two platoons of troops to the 261 heights while patrolling? We are hiding in armored vehicles, and the Vietnamese army agents can't see how many people are inside, aren't they?
But after thinking about it, Zuihou still didn't take the risk of coveting this convenience.
The reason is that I understand the tracking capabilities of Vietnamese agents...... Just like Chen Yiyi, they are very good at observing clues, and even by looking at the wheel prints, they can guess how many people are inside.
So, if we do that, there's a good chance that the Vietnamese agents will see something from the wheel prints...... When I went, there were more than a dozen people in the armored car, and when I came back, the armored car was empty, so where are these people?!
So we chose another method, moving on the ground of the front-line border guards...... It is normal for some soldiers to come and go between the border guard garrisons and the garrisons, so even if the Vietnamese agents see us, there is nothing to make a fuss about, until we move to the 482 heights corresponding to the 261 heights, we stop and rest for a while, and then do the necessary camouflage and try to enter the 261 heights along the observation blind spots.
"According to the intelligence of the sniper! The Vietnamese army may pass through the 261 heights from two roads! "Before the sun had completely set, I held a short meeting on the ground: "One is the jungle behind the ridge, and the other is the rocky mountain under the ridge...... I guess the Vietnamese army agents would choose Stone Mountain because it is easy to get scattered or make noise when walking in the jungle at night, and the speed of progress is not fast. On the contrary, it is much easier to go along the rocky mountain...... But no matter which way they go, their target will always be the canyon between Highlands 482 and Highlands 819. ”
I pointed to the gorge and said, "Only by passing through that canyon can the Vietnamese army return to Vietnam...... But there was nothing to worry about in that ravine, the reconnaissance company of the 3rd Frontier Division would be there to guard it, and mines would be planted when it was dark...... Our mission is to form an encirclement with the reconnaissance company and annihilate all the Vietnamese agents in one fell swoop, understand? ”
"Understood!" Li Zuolong and Sahaide replied in unison.
This time, I brought out the second platoon and the fifth platoon, and Li and Sa were the platoon leaders of these two platoons...... The main reason why I took the two of them with me was because I felt that these two were a perfect match, one was liliang type but not careful enough, and the other was intelligent and cautious enough...... In this battle, we are going to fight a night battle with Vietnamese agents, so it seems that both are needed.
Then we quickly dispersed around the mouth of the canyon to form an encirclement...... Li Zuolong's second platoon was on Taniguchi's left flank, Saheide's fifth platoon was on Taniguchi's right flank, and I lurked behind the second platoon with a few guards and communicators.
As you can imagine...... If the Vietnamese agents had intended to pass through the valley as we had expected, then our two platoons and the reconnaissance company of the 3rd Frontier Division would form a pocket and would have surrounded them in the middle.
"Company Commander Zhang! Please answer when you receive it! Complete! "I turned on the walkie-talkie and tried to talk to the commander of the reconnaissance company.
"Roger!" Company Commander Zhang replied: "Good call!" You're all set, done! ”
I didn't say anything more and turned off the radio...... I don't know if the Vietnamese army has listening devices nearby, so I didn't dare to turn it on for too long.
Then came the long wait...... Except for the rustling sound of the evening wind blowing through the thatch, there are only the cries of various insects...... These sounds may sound to those of you who live in peace, but for those of us who lie in the grass to be with them, there is only one word to describe them...... Bother!
This is especially the mosquito, which is not just screaming and noisy...... That sound is also threatening and lethal to you, because it won't be long before it sees that you haven't chased it away, and soon stops at you for a deep kiss on the cheek......
But the good news is that we have a lot of experience now...... After all, I've been lurking, so I've already tied up my cuffs and pants before entering the lurking position...... In this way, although there are some places such as the face that cannot be protected, at least the insects and other things can't crawl into the clothes.
Then came the long wait...... I don't know if the Vietnamese agents deliberately manipulated us or what, I just watched the moon on the treetops go from side to side, and the minutes passed...... But he never waited for the appearance of Vietnamese agents.
From this point of view...... Sometimes I really admire the soldiers of the sniper company, I personally think that this lurking is the hardest errand, it seems easy but it is a test of willpower, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it will make a person crazy, so I sometimes really don't understand how the soldiers of the sniper company have a way to lurk for dozens of hours.
But it may have something to do with the person's personality...... Some fighters are quieter, so they don't feel that lying on the ground and not moving is torture, but for me it's completely different.
Later, I learned that it was not only because of the character, but also because of the times...... As I know, in this era, television was not yet popular, and they were very happy to watch a movie once in a while, so most of their mentality was relatively peaceful and stable, because they were usually bored when they had nothing to do.
It's hard for me to do that...... When have I ever been so bored in modern times, and computers, television, movies, and the Internet have not yet gone to the sea. (To be continued......)