A few hours later, we arrived at our destination and moved into our camp under the arrangement of Deputy Battalion Commander Chen.

I was a little embarrassed to talk about this camp, because the tents here were all set up in advance, the bedding was neatly folded, and even white rice and a large pot of cabbage were prepared, and when we arrived, the soldiers served it to us.

I am also a person who has been on the battlefield in Yunnan, and even the highlands where we used to fight are not far from here, and they are also within the scope of Malipo County, that is, a few kilometers east from Kuolin Mountain. So I and my soldiers are well aware of what life is like on the front.

Tents, bedding, these things are okay, the military supplies will definitely be prepared for us, and this battle will have more soldiers in the border area, and if there are more soldiers, there will definitely not be enough places to live, so camping is necessary. It's just that the superiors will definitely not let people set up an account for us and wait for us to come, so I think this must be Deputy Battalion Commander Chen's idea.

White rice and cabbage are even more unimaginable, this is on the front line, a fire and a little smoke may be shelled by the Yue devils, so where did the white rice and cabbage come from!

Later, I learned that the rice and cabbage were slowly cooked by Deputy Battalion Commander Chen in the cave with a kerosene lamp, and they were divided into several places as a task.

Because considering that the scale of the battle to be fought this time is not small, this time our synthetic battalion is almost dispatched, a tactical company, a special agent company, a sniper company, and a mortar company...... Even the backbone of the tank and artillery units were brought in, the purpose of which was to strengthen the coordination between the various arms of the 703rd Regiment and our composite battalion.

Collaboration is not a matter of synergy. It has to go through a lot of training and trust with each other. For example, now let our synthetic battalion fight a battle, but we have to coordinate with the artillery and tank troops of the 703 Regiment, which are basically unfamiliar. Then we don't know the bottom of our hearts, because we don't know whether an order will be strictly implemented in the rear, or we don't know how long it will take for the artillery to respond and how big the hit rate will be when a coordinate is sent back.

So we came up with a solution, that is, to bring some backbone of tank units and artillery units, and these backbones will take over a group of tank or artillery units to coordinate with the composite battalion when necessary.

Of course, if this is not enough, it is not too late to transfer the artillery and tank crews of the composite battalion from Beijing, after all, it only takes a few hours to fly. The problem is that the equipment may not be so competent, for example, the tanks equipped in our army are generally 59, and our synthetic battalions are using T62 or 69 type.

Therefore, there are more than 800 people in our synthetic battalion this time, but Deputy Battalion Commander Chen can still arrange this qiē in advance, which is really difficult for him.

But I know what he is doing this for, just like now, when the soldiers of our synthetic battalion are eating, there are soldiers around them who are diligently serving us tea and water.

"Deputy Battalion Commander Chen!" After a few bites, I put down the dishes and chopsticks in my hand and screamed a few times.

"Here!" As soon as Deputy Battalion Commander Chen heard the shout, he immediately stood straight in front of me.

"These comrades...... It's all your battalion! I raised my head at the busy warriors.

"Yes!" Deputy Battalion Commander Chen nodded.

"Don't do it again!" I say.

"What?" Deputy Battalion Commander Chen didn't understand what I meant.

"I said don't do it again!" I said in an accentuated tone: "I know that you really want to rescue your comrades trapped in the mountains, and I am also a person who has fought in battles, and I have encountered this situation, so I completely understand your thoughts." If it's possible. Needless to say, we'll get them out too. Not why, just because they are soldiers, Chinese soldiers. It's also our comrades-in-arms, so you don't need to do it at all! ”

"Battalion Commander Yang!" Hearing this, Deputy Battalion Commander Chen couldn't help but be moved and replied: "I'm relieved to have your words!" ”

"Don't worry yet!" I said, "As you know, we are soldiers." To be a soldier is to obey orders, and if the superiors think that these comrades must be sacrificed for the sake of the overall situation, then there is nothing we can do, we can only do our best, what do you think? ”

"Yes, yes!" Deputy Battalion Commander Chen nodded hurriedly: "I know, I understand!" Thank you, thank you Camp Commander Yang! ”

"Let the comrades all go down!" I patted Deputy Battalion Commander Chen on the shoulder and said, "We are not old soldiers, we will take care of ourselves." You and I are also our own people, don't see each other too much, the soldiers are busy and worried until now, they must be too tired to do it, let them rest! ”

"Yes!" Deputy Battalion Commander Chen saluted in front of me, and there were tears in the eyes of this iron-clad man.

However, Deputy Battalion Commander Chen didn't go down long before he came back, and when I was confused, Deputy Battalion Commander Chen reported to me: "Battalion Commander Yang, the regiment commander asked you to go to the headquarters!" ”

"Hmm!" I nodded, looking at the sky that was just a little white, this battle really gave the 703 regiment a headache, and the regiment commander and the others may not have fallen asleep until now.

I guessed correctly, when I took Zhao Jingping and Deputy Battalion Commander Chen to the regiment headquarters in a jeep, I saw that the regiment headquarters was brightly lit and busy.

"Captain!" Deputy Battalion Commander Xie saluted in front of a cadre lying on the map and reported: "Battalion Commander Yang is here!" ”

"Hmm!" Looking up, there was a weathered face, and although I was wearing a military cap, I could still see the white hair on both sides of the brim in the light, and the bloodshot eyes were telling me that he hadn't slept well for days.

"Battalion Commander Yang, hello, hello!" I don't know if it was because I was happy to see the guests or because of the arrival of our support soldiers, but the regimental commander, who was originally full of sadness, looked better at this time.

"This is our Captain Shen!" Deputy Battalion Commander Xie introduced beside him: "He is also the commander-in-chief of the attack on Koulin Mountain!" ”

"Hello Chief!" I hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"Hmm!" Head Shen nodded at me: "You guys are finally here, the situation is like this......"

As soon as he spoke, he turned around and brought me to the map, and said, "The Vietnamese army stationed in Kulin Mountain has a regiment, which is the 14th Regiment of the 313th Division of the Yue Devils. This 313th Division is not simple, several regiments under its command were formed in the late stage of the Vietnam War of Resistance against France, and then experienced the War of Resistance against the United States, in the long-term struggle with the Yankees, not only gained experience in fighting with the American army, because many of them were directly trained and equipped by our army, so they are very familiar with the equipment and tactics of our army! ”

Hearing this, I asked suspiciously: "Regiment commander, this Yue devil is a soldier trained by our army's equipment...... How did they all get together in a division? ”

"This is intentional by the more devils!" Regiment Commander Shen replied: "Their purpose is to 'know themselves and know that they will not be defeated in a hundred battles', and several of these regiments are not from the 313th Division, but in order to seize the border cavalry point in a more organized manner, the Vietnamese army will transfer the troops familiar with our army's tactics and equipment to the 313th Division." For example, the 14th Regiment stationed in Kuolin Mountain was drawn from other units. ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, I couldn't help but nod in realization.

This is indeed a good method, because to fight against us Chinese, so we put those soldiers who have dealt with the Chinese army before into a division. In this way, not only will they take advantage of the "knowing the enemy" in battle, but there will even be many Vietnamese troops who can speak fluent Chinese, and this will play a role in confusing our army in battle.

Later, I learned that my guess was correct, the Yue devils used this trick to lead our reconnaissance troops into the ambush circle, the method is actually very simple: our reconnaissance troops usually sneak into the enemy's positions at night to conduct reconnaissance, and when the Vietnamese army found our scouts, they took advantage of the darkness in front of them to whisper in Chinese to guide the way, and the dark night was coupled with the deep forests and dense grass, and our reconnaissance troops saw that the other party was proficient in Chinese, so they walked forward in a daze for a while. In the end, it fell into the trap of the Vietnamese army and became a bait to attract more reinforcements from our army.

"This is especially the 14th regiment we are facing!" Commander Shen continued: "Because this unit has an outstanding performance in the War of Resistance against the United States, it is called the 'decisive regiment' by the Vietnamese army, which means to decide victory. Just like now, we have always thought that there are not many Vietnamese troops stationed on Phaka Mountain, so we have not paid enough attention to this battle. In addition, the secrecy work was not done well, so that the Yue devils got the news that our army was attacking and detaining Lin Mountain, but let them strike first! Now we know that the Vietnamese devils are actually hiding their strength, and we preliminarily estimate that the 14th Regiment of the Vietnamese Army has at least two infantry battalions and an artillery company stationed on this Phaka Mountain! However, many of them are hidden in tunnels and bunkers, and we don't know where they are! ”

I couldn't help frowning when I heard this, this is indeed a tricky question, in fact, I have been thinking about this all the way from Beijing to Yunnan.

As the saying goes, "knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles", but now the Vietnamese army is very familiar with our tactics and combat preparations, not to mention the position, they are condescending, as long as we are dispatched, we will not be able to escape their eyes. And we don't know anything about the Vietnamese army......

If you say that you don't know it at all, we can also see the fortifications and troops on the various heights of Kuolin Mountain, but it's just the surface position of the Yue Devil, and the real power is the opponent who hides in the shadows and doesn't know where or how many people there are.

Our only advantage now seems to be our synthetic battalion, because at this time, the Vietnamese army is afraid that they don't know the equipment, tactics and combat effectiveness of our synthetic battalion at all, so only we can catch the Vietnamese devils off guard! (To be continued......)