"So comrades!" The political commissar waved his hand and said: "We must clearly understand the seriousness of this problem...... This is not just a simple matter of carrying the black pot, including the brutal killing of several fellow villagers by Vietnamese army agents this time...... These are not trivial matters, but will directly affect the level of trust of our people in the army! ”

"Comrades!" Then the political commissar said to us meaningfully: "Our army is the people's army, and the masses of the people have always been our foundation...... What does it mean if you lose the trust of the people...... I think the comrades understand it in their hearts. So...... This battle, our more important purpose...... In fact, we don't want to regain a high ground or occupy more area, but we hope to rebuild the people's confidence in us! ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but nod secretly in my heart...... Things are indeed as the commissar said, in fact...... The reason why the people's confidence in the troops has been greatly reduced is entirely due to the heavy casualties and poor performance of our army in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam...... Although this can't be blamed on the troops, the lack of training has more time to pick up a hoe than a gun...... What else does this require of the troops to behave when they go to battle? It's pretty good to be able to play like this!

But the people don't care what the reason is...... They only care about one point, do these armies still have the ability to protect us? If you can't...... Then the turmoil in the country will soon begin!

This is by no means an exaggeration...... There are many examples in history of the political turmoil at home because the army has lost a war abroad!

So we need to fight...... Fight a good battle, and its main strategic goal is like what the commissar said...... Not to seize the high ground or occupy more land, but to stabilize the people's hearts and win public opinion!

"That's why!" Master Liang answered: "The superiors asked us to fight...... Not only can you recover Mount Fakar. It is not only necessary to fight resolutely and play beautifully...... And to end this battle with minimal cost! ”

"Divisional Commander!" At this time, a cadre whispered: "This is the smallest price...... How small is the price? ”

"The superiors asked us to ......," Master Liang hesitated. He stretched out two fingers. said: "Keep the casualties under 200 people!" ”

Hearing this, the division couldn't help but be in an uproar......

"Two hundred?" A cadre with a scar on his head objected: "It's too difficult...... The Yue devils have a company on the Farka Mountain, not to mention their follow-up troops and artillery...... Let's attack it...... I'm afraid that there will be more than 200 casualties in a few rounds! ”

"Yes, Commander!" Another cadre also echoed the embarrassment: "We have also fought a lot in this battle...... But I have never heard of such a control of casualties, such a control...... Everyone is estimating, not daring to be hurt, not daring to sacrifice...... So how is this battle still fought? ”

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"Who said that you don't dare to get hurt and don't dare to sacrifice?" Division Commander Liang glared at him, and then responded angrily: "The superiors let us control the casualties...... This means that we should command and plan carefully, and stop rushing one by one with a wave of our hands as we did in the past...... It's not that the soldiers don't dare to get hurt or sacrifice! ”

Commander Liang was angry...... The surrounding cadres were immediately silenced.

However, I can understand the difficulties of those cadres...... This limits the number of casualties, which is tantamount to shackling the commanders...... And this is still an offensive battle, both to take the high ground where the enemy is stationed. And as few casualties as possible...... It's like asking a horse to run and not giving the horse grazing, how can there be such a good thing in the world!

"Comrades!" The political commissar said on the side: "This order from the superiors...... Naturally, there is a reason for the superiors, on the one hand...... Of course, it's important to change the people's perception of our military. On the other hand...... Our superiors are telling us...... Every soldier under our command is a living human life, they have their own parents, their own families, and at the same time, they are willing to sacrifice their lives for the motherland and the people...... We have to be careful with soldiers like this, because every number you have in your hands ...... In fact, it is not a simple number, but a soldier! Do you get it? ”

"Yes!"

"Got it!"

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What the commissar said was still very acceptable. But I believe it...... Not many people understood the true meaning of the commissar's words.

These are what the commissars said...... In fact, this is also the direction of reform of our army's troops, that is, it no longer emphasizes spiritual strength as one-sidedly as before. Emphasizing that he was not afraid of sacrifice, he grabbed the gun and rushed forward in a daze...... There have been many examples of such battles on the battlefield of self-defense and counterattack against Vietnam.

And in the future...... At the level of command, we pay more attention to cherishing the lives of soldiers.

This is actually a change from the previous kind of thinking, but the rhetoric used by the political commissar is more euphemistic and easier for the cadres to accept...... Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look at the political commissar a few more times, and secretly said that the eloquence of this political commissar is really not ordinarily good.

Think about it later...... I feel that this is not the eloquence of the political commissar, but the ideological spirit conveyed by the superiors!

"Any more questions?" Division Commander Liang looked at the cadres around him.

Who would dare to have other questions at this time...... So they all shook their heads in muffled voices.

"Then let's take a look at this Faka Mountain!"

Master Liang pointed to a topographic map spread out on the table and said, "This Faka Mountain is 500 meters above sea level, more than 150 meters long, and more than 70 meters wide...... The Vietnamese army has occupied Phaka Mountain since January last year, and has condescendingly opened fire on our territory, and often uses the terrain of Phaka Mountain to send agents to infiltrate our army to carry out agent activities, so the higher authorities ordered us to pull out this poisonous tooth and drive the Vietnamese army out of our territory! ”

"The position of the Vietnamese army on Phaka Hill is like this!" Then Commander Liang pointed to several high ground on Mount Faka and said, "There are three positions on it...... We numbered them as positions No. 3, No. 4, and No. 5...... Among them, the No. 3 position is the main position, and the fourth and fifth positions are the two legs of the main position on Mount Faka...... These two legs will form a flanking attack on the main position, so we have to take all three high ground in one go...... Only then will there be time and space to build fortifications in the direction of the Vietnamese army! ”

Hear this...... I seem to understand a little bit why I'm going to send us here to cooperate with this force in fighting Faka Mountain...... It is necessary to reduce casualties and take three positions at the same time...... This doesn't allow us to go on the helicopter unit, and who else can we put on it? (To be continued......)