Of course, it is impossible for the Vietnamese army to admit defeat like this.

On the one hand, it is because the Vietnamese army has never been such an easy unit to admit defeat.

You must know that all of them grew up in the war, especially the 313th Division of the Vietnamese Army that we are facing...... Of course, this unit is not as famous as the 316A Division, but this unit also grew up in the anti-French and anti-American forces. Among them, the 122nd Regiment of the Vietnamese Army, which was stationed in Lao Son, has won many honors in decades of operations, and was once awarded the title of "Decisive Regiment" by the Ministry of National Defense of the Vietnamese Army.

It's just that what makes me feel a little ridiculous is that the commander of the 313th Division of the Vietnamese Army once put down his wild words: "The defense of Lao Son can block any attack of the Chinese army, and if the Chinese army wants to capture Lao Mountain, there must be corpses covered up!" ”

But now, the Chinese army did not lay the corpses on it, but the Vietnamese army already had a large number of corpses.

Soon, a cannon cannon was pushed up to the top of the hill with the assistance of artillery and infantry stationed on high ground, and then the muzzles of the guns were quickly adjusted to the Vietnamese fortifications in the direction of Lao Son...... As previously planned, most of these fortifications were Vietnamese bunkers or firing points discovered by the attacking troops during the fire test as they advanced.

If these bunkers and firing points are in peacetime, of course, they are quite a headache for the infantry, because in the face of these strong fortifications, no recoilless guns, mortars, bazookas, etc., will basically work...... Even howitzers have to be directly hit to destroy fortifications, which are not something that these things can blow up.

Therefore, at this time, the infantry often needs to be piled up, which is common in 79 years. Organize a demolition team. Cluster grenades, explosive packets, etc., were used to stuff machine gun holes...... But it can be imagined. If this is done, the number of casualties will undoubtedly skyrocket

But it's much easier now, because we've moved the cannon to the top of the hill, and a significant part of the infantry can observe the coordinates.

So what we have to do is actually let the infantry and artillery work together...... The infantry indicated the coordinates for the artillery as quickly as possible, and the rest was a matter of how many shells a few guns fired.

"Boom!" Soon the cannon sounded.

The shells fired by this cannon are indeed a little different, the sound of the grenade bombing on the position, that is, the loud explosion of "bang". The sound of the cannon was much duller in comparison, like rolling thunder.

I think. This may be due to the cannon's high muzzle velocity, and the reason why the cannonball quickly drilled into the mountain under the strong kinetic energy after firing it so directly, and then exploded in the mountain.

At the same time, I also know that it is precisely because of this that the kinetic energy of the shell will be absorbed by the mountain to the maximum, that is, it will form as much vibration as possible near the explosion point.

In fact, not to mention the feelings of the Vietnamese troops in the fortifications on the other side, even we standing a few kilometers away can faintly feel the shock of the ground.

It was only after the war that I really understood the power of this cannon, and it was only after these cannons bombarded a Vietnamese fortification that in addition to collapsing the fortifications, in fact, it was more important to stun, injure or even kill the Vietnamese soldiers in the fortifications.

It may sound a bit hard to imagine. But that's exactly what happened...... Sometimes the Vietnamese army's fortifications were so strong that even a cannon bombardment could not destroy them. Of course, it is also possible that this is due to the fact that the shells did not directly hit the fortifications. After all, these fortifications are all underground fortifications, and it is difficult for our infantry to judge the direction and specific location of their underground fortifications only from the perforations.

However, this did not affect the destructive power of the cannon, because after this heavy bombardment, the Vietnamese troops inside had basically lost their ability to resist, not to mention deafness, and a considerable part of the captured Vietnamese soldiers were bleeding from ruptured eardrums. There were not a few people who were shocked and lost consciousness, and even some Vietnamese soldiers had stopped breathing when they looked uninjured on the surface...... I believe that if he were to be dissected, his internal organs would have been shaken out of place.

So our army's offensive went very smoothly, and our infantry had to do the same thing as in training: find the target, plan the coordinates of the target, pass the coordinates to the artillery, and then guide the artillery fire to destroy the target.

If there is anything wrong with this, it is that there are many places with deep forests and dense grass, and it is difficult for the infantry to find these Vietnamese fortifications hidden underground, and the Vietnamese army often waits for our infantry to approach and suddenly attack, which will cause certain losses to the infantry.

But this is undoubtedly much better than before, when infantry had to charge the enemy with flesh and blood.

On the other hand, it was also because of the deep forests and dense grass in the old mountains, so the artillery was not able to find the targets indicated by the infantry many times...... It's all covered in trees and vegetation.

But this problem is not difficult to solve, first of all, the infantry indicates a big position, which the infantry of the 40th Division has done quite well in peacetime training, and can clearly point out the position in a few words.

Then howitzers were used to bombard the position indiscriminately, and all trees, vegetation and vegetation were blown up into the sky. The next thing is easy to do, the more devils only need a dozen guns...... The muzzle of the gun could be seen from afar, or the infantry would also use tracer shells to indicate the location of the enemy's firing points for the artillery, so it was another cannon blast.

Of course, this is a problem only in the direction of the old mountain on the right flank, and the situation is much better in the direction of Songmaoling on the left flank, and the infantry of the 119th regiment rushed all the way with the cooperation of artillery, and it did not take long to hit halfway up the mountain.

Seeing this scene in the telescope, I couldn't help but secretly say in my heart: "No wonder this battle in history ended at noon in this battle in Songmaoling, but Laoshan fought for several days before occupying it, and paid quite heavy casualties."

Only now, history may be rewritten.

However, just as I expected, the Vietnamese artillery finally couldn't hold back at this time.

In fact, this does not mean that they can't hold back, I believe that this is the infantry side to put pressure on the Vietnamese artillery...... You must know that our large row of cannons is as obvious as lice on a bald head, and these cannons have also become a big killer weapon for the Vietnamese infantry, and it is impossible for the Vietnamese artillery to watch the infantry slowly being shocked to death by these cannons on the front line and do nothing!

So twenty minutes later, the whistling of artillery shells sounded again in the direction of the Vietnamese army.

It should be said that this shelling by the Vietnamese artillery had a somewhat tragic color, because many of them knew that this artillery might leave this world as soon as it was fired. And because of this, this time they were extremely cautious......

"Howitzers, two, azimuth ......"

Chen Weihua's shouts made me feel that something was wrong, two, this is the Vietnamese artillery test firing!

After reacting, I immediately ordered Zhao Jingping: "Immediately withdraw the artillery, remember, you are not allowed to bring artillery, all the people are withdrawn!" ”

"Yes!"

Obviously, the Vietnamese knew that their artillery could not survive our counterattack, so they hoped to pull as many as possible to pad their backs before they died. So their target this time was a hilltop position where our army had gathered five cannons, and in order to be able to hit it with one hit, they also launched a test shot at this hilltop position.

As I imagined, although our howitzers quickly suppressed the Vietnamese artillery fire, the Vietnamese army soon had five more howitzers covering our cannon positions at the same time.

Of course, in the end, the howitzers of the Vietnamese army were unexpectedly covered by our artillery fire, but the five cannons on the hilltop position of our army were also blown into the sky with a loud bang.

Fortunately, there were not many casualties among our artillery, as most of them were withdrawn in time by my orders.

The reason why I say "majority" here is because there are still some artillerymen who want to push the artillery down against my orders...... They did succeed, and it is said that this part of the artillery had long thought that this would happen, so when they were building the road, they built a simple hidden artillery point on the hilltop position, which was actually a simple trench-like thing, but a trench where the cannon hid, and it was next to the cannon.

As soon as they received my order to retreat, they desperately dragged the artillery into this trench.

As a result, the artillery was saved, but the two artillerymen were seriously injured by shrapnel because they were exposed.

I couldn't help but sigh when I heard this...... Just as infantry use rifles for their lives, artillery is for their lives, so as long as there is any possibility, they will not give up the opportunity to save artillery, even if it costs them their lives.

But should this point be advocated or criticized on the battlefield?

I think that in the era of shortage of equipment, it should be advocated, for example, in the era when our army was still millet plus rifles, when the role of a cannon on the battlefield was indeed more important than the life of a soldier, which is not to say that there is no respect for life, but it is precisely respect for life, because this gun is likely to save more lives.

But now, when our army's artillery fire has reached a considerable amount, and when our army's artillery fire has suppressed the Vietnamese army's artillery fire in the current battlefield situation, the lives of our soldiers should be our greater property. It's like when a fighter plane breaks down in the air, we should think more about saving the life of the pilot than the fighter.

From this point of view, the concept of our soldiers may still not have changed from the old concept of the past.

However, who can bear to criticize these fighters? They were protecting the artillery with their lives. (To be continued......)