Chapter Eighty-Six: The Nameless Heights
The march was more difficult than we thought, not only because the ground was littered with unburned fires and hot sparks, but also because the battle with fire had left us with many wounded.
You must know that this was a fire in a radius of several tens of square kilometers, and although the number of casualties was only twenty, most of the soldiers were injured in various ways, especially the reconnaissance company...... They were already overdrawn, and now they were almost tired from lying down after such a toss, and most of the injuries suffered by our agent company were due to the soldiers of the rescue reconnaissance company.
Fortunately, the soldiers were all hard-headed, and after a short rest, with my order, the troops took their equipment and dived to the nameless heights of the Vietnamese army in the south.
The good thing about this fire attack was that the thatch around it was burned clean and the whole open area became pitch black, and those of us who survived the fire were also pitch black, and the sky was not yet bright at this time, so it provided us with excellent protection.
It's not ...... The Vietnamese army fired a flare down, and even a few times the flare was on top of our heads, but we only had to lie on the ground, and the Vietnamese devils couldn't see where we were at all.
I think at this time, the Yue devils thought that most of us were burned to death in the grass, after all, very few people would survive such a fire, and this open field can be said to have basically no place to hide after the thatch is burned, and this flare does not see anything in the dozen, it is indeed very like "done".
This can be seen in the distant high ground where a burst of gunfire and cheers can be heard...... The more devils still can't get rid of the bad habits they used to have, and when they are excited, they like to shoot a few shots to celebrate.
However, this is really no wonder of them, on the one hand, there is no possibility of a large-scale battle at this time. The absence of large-scale battles meant that many troops did not have a chance to shoot...... This can suffocate the Yue devil hiding in the cat's ear hole. It's rare to encounter such a good thing, of course, a few bullets will be fired.
That's certainly a good thing for us. Because this means that the Vietnamese devils will relax their vigilance, even if there is still a little vigilance, they can't imagine that we will break through from the opposite direction of escape, that is, from the south, these two points are concentrated together, I believe that it is not very difficult for us to take the nameless heights in the south of the Vietnamese army.
As I imagined, when we were secretly clearing mines on the nameless heights, we heard the sound of Vietnamese troops fetching water and cooking not far away...... At this time, it was just dawn, and it was time for the Yue devils to go to rest after eating the "night shift".
From this point of view. At this time, the life of the Vietnamese army was still quite good, because I knew that most of the Vietnamese soldiers on the front line were not in a position to cook.
However, it is not surprising to think about it, this southern highland is not a line to be precise, and its logistics and supply will naturally be better, in addition, this nameless highland is only more than 200 meters high, and its north is a mountain with an altitude of more than 1,000 meters on the 1828 highland...... This was like a big shield in front of it, making it difficult for the Chinese artillery to observe and to hit the nameless heights.
It is precisely because of this that this nameless high ground is not marked on the map of our army at all, and it is simply a high ground outside the strategic significance for our army, and unless our army will launch a self-defense counterattack again, it will not have the possibility of attacking it.
However, as the saying goes, "born in good and died in peace". It is precisely because of this situation on the Nameless Heights that the Vietnamese troops on the Nameless Heights are very lax...... I'm sure the defenses here were strained for a while. That's when my reconnaissance company was besieged. But with the Chinese soldiers "buried" in a sea of fire last night, the Vietnamese troops on the nameless heights returned to normalcy.
Chen Yiyi and Chen Qiaoqiao, who were clearing the minefield in front, turned around and sent me a code, and I knew that they had cleared a passage on the minefield.
I didn't say much, and this was a good time to attack...... The Vietnamese devils are changing their defenses, which means that most of the Vietnamese troops are on the surface position, which is almost coming out of the cat's ear hole for us to be targets, so the next second I waved my hand to signal the soldiers to attack.
Sometimes the battlefield doesn't require much strategy or fancy tricks, just the right moment to deliver a solid and fatal blow to the opponent.
I was right.
When our group of black soldiers appeared in front of the Vietnamese army, they were completely defenseless, and some of them even asked us in a loud voice in Vietnamese: "What part are you from?" ”
Of course, we didn't talk nonsense with them, and the answers to them were grenades and submachine guns, and a burst of intensive gunfire and explosions ended the whole battle in ten minutes, and our troops only annihilated a company of Vietnamese troops stationed on the nameless high ground at the cost of two wounded.
Of course, the number of people killed is not the most important thing, the important thing is that we opened a gap in the encirclement of the Vietnamese army, and it was also the end of the battle in a short time to buy the most precious time for our subsequent escape.
On the other hand, because we completely annihilated the Vietnamese devils on the nameless heights in a short period of time, the weapons and equipment of the Vietnamese army were basically well preserved, which also enabled us to make up for the ammunition just consumed and even the lack of equipment of the reconnaissance company.
"Battalion commander!" Just as we were hurrying to clean up the battlefield, Scar and a few soldiers ran up to me with a few anti-aircraft missiles and said, "You guessed right, look at these ......"
I took it and looked at it, this batch of anti-aircraft missiles is no longer the Sam-7 that the Soviet Union supported to Vietnam during the US-Vietnam War, and I don't know what model it is, but I think it should be the new missiles of the Soviet Union.
Later it became known that this was the latest portable anti-aircraft missile that the Soviet devils had just equipped the troops...... Sam-18, compared with Sam-7, its performance has been greatly improved in all aspects, for example, its range has reached more than 5,000 meters, nearly twice that of Sam-7, and its anti-jamming ability has also made a qualitative leap...... This may be because the Vietnamese devils learned from the experience of their Sam missiles being interfered with by our army's incendiary bombs last time, so they strongly demanded this kind of missile.
From this point, it can also be seen that the Soviet devils are really not good people, although they still need us strategically, that is, they need us to provide them with light industrial products to relieve the pressure at home, but on the other hand, they are still willing to provide Vietnam with the most advanced equipment on the battlefield to deal a blow to us.
But this is also normal, there are only interests in the world, and there are no real friends.
However, this is cheaper for us, and I quickly thought of it...... Although the Vietnamese devils did not have helicopters or fighters to fight us, this anti-aircraft missile is an excellent equipment for long-range attack tanks, with a range of more than 3,000 meters, and it can be automatically tracked regardless of the fight (at that time, I didn't know that the range of this SAM-18 missile reached more than 5,000 meters, but to be honest, it doesn't make much sense to deal with targets on land for more than 5,000 meters, especially in Vietnam, one or two kilometers away from touching a mountain is unusual).
"How many are there?" I asked.
"Ten in all!" Scar replied.
I couldn't help but curse secretly, just this nameless high ground has ten such advanced missiles, so I don't know how many are in this entire encirclement, so ...... If we really send helicopters to rescue the reconnaissance company, we don't know how many losses will be made.
"Bring them all!" I weighed the weight of the anti-aircraft missile and ordered: "If necessary, you can reduce some other equipment, such as bazookas, and you must learn how to use it on the way!" ”
"Yes!" Scar answered.
The reason why I gave this order is because we are on the run...... Although the Sam-18 missile was not very heavy, only 17 kilograms, it was a big burden for our troops, who had to rush to the evacuation point and had many casualties.
As for learning how to operate on the road, I am very confident in this, after all, our agent company has long learned how to operate a variety of missiles, such as the Yankee Stinger and our own anti-tank missiles...... As the so-called all-in-one know, after having these operational experiences, it is natural to learn this Sam-18, not to mention that the more advanced the weapon, the easier it is to operate.
The ammunition was slightly replenished, and the reconnaissance company changed a few more guns...... The guns in the hands of the reconnaissance company have been fighting in a harsh environment for a long time, and it has been more than ten days since they infiltrated the Vietnamese defense line, so many of them have broken down, and most of the supplies we brought are ammunition, so this battle is really timely and our equipment has been replenished.
Then we ran along the trail south as planned.
We didn't dare to run from the road for the time being, which was also discussed and planned in advance...... Although it will be faster to walk from the road, but we who have no means of transportation for the time being will undoubtedly be caught up soon, and the more devils only need to send dozens of side three-wheelers to chase us along the road.
So the best way now is to take the pursuers into the forest first, so that they can't figure out where we are going, and we will even give them the illusion that we plan to bypass the 1828 heights from the mountain road and then take the road north, which should be said to be a method.
If the Viet Nacks believe this, they will take us by surprise when we suddenly turn to the extraction point in their hinterland.
But as the saying goes, "it is up to man to do things", I can't guarantee that the devils will be so stupid that they will be deceived by our plan, at least I know that one of them is not easy to deceive, that is, he is good at special operations and is also my old opponent...... Cyclops. (To be continued......)