"Battalion commander!" Hearing this, Zhao Jingping couldn't help but ask a little strangely: "What does it mean to do nothing?" ”

"Yes, battalion commander!" King Chuang also asked suspiciously, "Could it be ...... Let's just give up the No. 4 and No. 5 positions to the Yue devils? There are comrades from the 2nd Battalion above! ”

"What do you mean by doing nothing...... Just wait! I casually spread out the map on the helicopter deck, pointed to positions 4 and 5 on the map, and said, "Look...... The Yue devils are fully prepared for this battle, and they are ...... for the No. 4 and No. 5 positions They were a two-tier blockade with long-range artillery and mortars...... It made it difficult for our army to reinforce the two positions of No. 4 and No. 5, and even if our troops were reinforced, they would suffer heavy casualties...... But there is a question here, if the Vietnamese mortars have sealed the No. 4 and No. 5 positions, how can the Vietnamese devils attack? ”

"That's right!" King Chuang nodded and said, "When the Yue Devil launched an attack on the No. 4 and No. 5 positions...... Mortars will definitely stop the artillery blockade ......"

"Oh!" Hearing this, Zhao Jingping couldn't help but suddenly realize: "What the battalion commander means...... We're waiting for this moment to send reinforcements! ”

"That's right!" I nodded: "It's relatively easy to break through the blockade of long-range artillery, and mortars are more troublesome, if the more devil mortars stop bombing......"

This is clear to those of us who have been on the battlefield, there is a saying that "veterans are afraid of guns, and new soldiers are afraid of artillery"...... In fact, there is still a difference in the artillery here, long-range artillery...... Because this thing is far away from us, it is basically blindly typed according to the coordinates...... It is impossible for the artillery to see the target position, is there anyone passing, isn't it? Not to mention a straight-line distance of more than a dozen kilometers or even tens of kilometers!

So...... The blockade of long-range artillery generally has a certain pattern, such as five rounds every ten minutes. And the whistling of the shells can be heard from afar. As long as a soldier with battlefield experience can basically tell whether the bombardment point of the flying shell is far or near...... So you can react in a targeted manner. If the explosion point is far away, ignore it, keep running, and lie down if it is close!

Of course, there are surprises...... Some people will just be hit by a shell even if they lie down...... However, this is only an occasional situation, and it is rarely considered on the battlefield.

Mortars are another matter...... Especially light mortars...... THESE THINGS CAN HAVE A VERY CLOSE RANGE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 60MM MORTAR RECENTLY HAD A RANGE OF 70 METERS......

As a result, mortars often play the same role as machine guns on the battlefield...... That is, to react quickly and chase the target!

And even if the mortar gunner does not see the target...... There will also be Vietnamese artillery observers for their coordinates, if they cooperate well with each other...... It can also chase after the enemy's infantry.

That's why we haven't dared to send troops up to reinforce Mount Fakar so easily...... Of course, the small size of the position at the top of Mount Fakka is also one of the reasons!

"Yes. Just hit it like that! King Chuang clenched his fists and said, "When the Yue devil mortar stops bombing...... Our reinforcements rushed up...... In this way, the devil is caught in the middle by us! ”

"But the battalion commander ......" After thinking about it, Zhao Jingping frowned and said: "The situation in positions 4 and 5 is not optimistic, there is insufficient ammunition and no fortifications, and the quality of the soldiers in the second battalion is not very good...... I'm just afraid of ......"

Zhao Jingping's worries are also reasonable, and there is another point that Zhao Jingping did not mention...... That is, the difference in strength is too great, the strength of the Vietnamese army for the attack is one company, while our army has only two squads on positions 4 and 5...... In this case, it is very likely that our reinforcements have not yet gone up, and the Yue devils have already taken the No. 4 and No. 5 positions with a single charge.

"My thoughts are like this......" I said, "based on the previous combat ...... We found that the Vietnamese devils lacked communication equipment, and the coordination between the various units was not very good......"

This is the scar reaction...... After a few days of stationing on Mount Faka, he found that the Yue devils always used a red flashlight (a flashlight similar to a signal lamp emitting red light) to draw various circles to communicate with the troops in the rear. And our snipers often target these Vietnamese soldiers who send signals, and the most frightened Vietnamese soldiers are so frightened that they have to hide behind the mound every time they send a signal. Don't dare to signal when you're not exposed.

This can actually be solved now...... The devil is a poor country, and the army is very large...... The Vietnamese army also cut its army several times before 79 years, in order to save military spending, but in 79 years, this battle was ...... The frightened devils immediately increased their conscription, and even engaged in the practice of all the people being soldiers.

Therefore, despite the assistance of the Soviet devils, the Vietnamese army's communication equipment can only be popularized to the company level...... The connection between platoons and platoons, or between companies and artillery units, tank units...... You still have to use the most rudimentary ones, such as using a red flashlight to send a signal for transmission!

After a pause, I continued: "We can make good use of this, for example, we can also get some red flashlights to interfere with the coordination between the various arms of the Yue Devils, if we use it well...... And it is possible for them to beat themselves up! On the other hand...... The mortar company of the second battalion can also play a role in jamming, so that the Vietnamese devils do not know whether this artillery was fired by us or by them, so that the coordination between the various arms of the Vietnamese army will soon be chaotic......"

"Oh!" Zhao Jingping nodded: "Once there is confusion in the coordination of the various arms of the Vietnamese army, it will greatly affect their combat effectiveness, and even make the Vietnamese mortars unable to support the Vietnamese infantry because they are worried about accidental bombing...... In this way, the pressure on the 4th and 5th highlands will also be reduced. ”

"Yes!" I said, "Now is the time for us to beat the water dogs, as for the 4th and 5th positions...... Pass down the order, let the soldiers of these two positions hold these two positions no matter what the price is, until our reinforcements arrive, and at the same time order the 7th and 8th companies of the 2nd Battalion to reinforce the 4th and 5th positions respectively! The mortar company is responsible for fire cover! ”

"Yes!" Zhao Jingping responded, and immediately passed the order.

Of course, the response of positions 4 and 5 was: "Guaranteed to complete the mission!" "Swear to live and die with the position!" ”。

This is a characteristic of this era, or it can be said that a soldier should answer...... But I didn't let go of the 4th and 5th positions...... Obviously, the focus of my plan is whether the No. 4 and No. 5 positions can hold out a little longer...... Otherwise, if you let the Yue devils occupy these two positions first...... The consequences would be dire.

The next offensive of the Vietnamese army turned out to be exactly what I said...... Under the cover and guidance of the tanks, the two companies bypassed the No. 3 main position in front and inserted one from the flank of Mount Faka to the No. 4 and No. 5 positions......

This action of the Vietnamese army can be seen very clearly on our helicopter, after all, we can change the angle of observation at will, and we can even shoot a few flares into the sky over the Vietnamese army if necessary......

Because our helicopters are always dangling in the dark sky, and they are still out of range of the Yue Devil's anti-aircraft machine guns, the Yue Devil can only stare at our three helicopters. A few of the more devils were still unwilling, so they picked up their anti-aircraft machine guns and fired into the sky...... But as you can imagine, such a long distance coupled with the speed of a helicopter ...... Such a move of theirs is doomed to be a waste of bullets.

Then the Vietnamese army continued another round of intensive mortar bombardment...... Needless to say, this round of bombardment was to clear the mines for the infantry...... Then the Vietnamese troops of the two companies rushed towards the No. 4 and No. 5 positions as if they were crazy...... It was only then that the Vietnamese mortars' artillery blockade of positions No. 4 and No. 5 came to an abrupt end......

But this did not mean that the Vietnamese mortars stopped bombing, and they quickly turned the bombing point to positions 4 and 5...... Obviously, the reason why they were able to turn the bombing point to positions 4 and 5 so accurately was because the Vietnamese infantry had artillery observers to guide them.

In this respect, the Vietnamese army's infantry and artillery coordination is quite in place, but I believe that this is only temporary...... Because at this time, the Vietnamese army still had a radio station and a walkie-talkie, and once the battle reached a fever pitch, and the Phaka Mountain was full of gunsmoke and night...... If you don't fire flares, the visibility is only a few meters, and in this case, it is not enough for the company headquarters to have a telephone to contact the superiors!

"Up!" At my command, two companies from our camp jumped out of the darkness and rushed in the direction of Mount Faka......

These were the 7th and 8th companies of the 2nd Battalion...... Their mission was to blockade and reinforce positions 4 and 5 through the artillery fire of the Vietnamese army, but rather to reinforce positions 4 and 5 than to annihilate the Vietnamese devils who attacked positions 4 and 5...... The summit position of Mount Faka is so big that it can't accommodate so many people.

But this movement of our army can only be seen by us on the helicopter on our bodies...... As for the Vietnamese troops, on the contrary, because of the smoke from the gunfire of those transports, they did not even notice that a force was coming straight towards their flank.

However, I looked at the pace at which the troops of the second battalion were advancing...... I couldn't help frowning.

One thing I didn't take into account was...... The quality of the second battalion was not very good, and the density of the Vietnamese artillery blockade made it possible for them to pass through the blockade area in several groups......

Later, I learned that they had divided a company into ten batches, and each batch of more than 10 people passed through one by one...... This is right, after all, many of the fighters of the second battalion are new recruits...... They don't all know the impact point of the projectile like we agents, so they have to do it to reduce casualties.

However...... As a result of this, the time for them to reinforce positions 4 and 5 has been greatly extended! (To be continued......)