Chapter 63

The battle ended after ten minutes, and the enemy could not save the lives of their comrades gathered in the woods, despite the large number of shells they had fired at us. The enemy soldiers either escaped from the woods and died under our guns, or they continued to hide in the woods waiting for the flames to suffer.

At that moment, my comrades and I didn't know where they came from, and they dared to face the enemy fire. In normal times, we would not even have the courage to poke our heads out of the trenches, but now, we can still block the enemy's retreat with fire in the sound of shells and outside the trenches full of shrapnel and rubble flying everywhere.

Our idea is actually very simple, that is, we must not let these dogs escape back, they have killed so many of us, we want them to pay with blood.

And in a short time, outside the woods, there were dead bodies of the enemy lying everywhere, and the ground was covered with the blood of the enemy. The battle ended with the woods completely enveloped in fire, for both our and enemy forces knew that it would be impossible for anyone to survive in that situation.

"Well played!" As soon as the bombing ended, I heard Scar Hahadaxiao get up: "Fucking devils, you also have today, it's fun to fight now!" ”

"Platoon commander! Now it's time to defeat a company of devils! Little Stone shouted.

"I can't stop watching!" The reader said excitedly: "There are almost more than 100 people who ran out of the woods and let us kill them, not counting the people who didn't come out of the forest and were burned to death!" ”

"That's enough!" The machine gun grinned.

"Thanks to Comrade Second Platoon Commander!" Company Commander Luo seemed to be in a good mood, patted me on the shoulder fiercely and said, "This can hurt those devils, look at them are still arrogant, what kind of ace troops!" It's not like we're going to make a mess! ”

Company Commander Luo is right, this time the enemy's 316A Division really hurt us, and in the following time, the enemy did not make any major moves except for a few small-scale harassments and occasional cold artillery. There may be three reasons for this, one is that the enemy army has lost an ideal staging area and has thrown them into disarray, and the other is that the heavy casualties have made them no longer dare to underestimate us stationed on the nameless heights. And maybe it's just their vanguard......

The sun gradually set in the west, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone through the thin clouds to the ground, laying a faint golden layer on the positions of our troops. The animals of the rainforest have also returned to their nests after a busy day of foraging, and the surrounding woods and shrubs are full of birds and cicadas......

However, this scene, which was supposed to make people feel relaxed and comfortable, was broken by the corpses all over the mountains and the smell of corpses in the air.

The air in Vietnam is very humid, with daytime temperatures reaching more than 30 degrees, which determines the speed at which corpses decompose. This is not? At night, the corpses left on the position by the Vietnamese army and did not have time to transport away all changed, their whole bodies were swollen, their stomachs bulged high, some of them opened their tattered military uniforms to reveal the gray carrion inside, some of their eyes were eaten by insects, leaving two terrifying black holes on their faces, and some of the black wounds were crawling with big green-headed flies...... Occasionally, there was a "crash" sound......

Don't worry, it's not the devil shooting, it's the corpse exploding!

I'll admit that I was a bit of a loner, and I didn't know that corpses would explode, but now that I know, I'd rather not know. A corpse explosion is when the corpses absorb the moisture in the air and are exposed to the sun, and their stomachs slowly bulge, expand and expand like balloons...... At a certain time, it will explode with a "pop", followed by yellow, green, black viscous liquid and foul smell, which is as disgusting as it is.

In this case, let alone eating, I want to vomit all day long, and my head is dizzy from the smell of these corpses...... In this respect, I would have preferred that the enemy would have fired more shots, at least the smell of gunsmoke would dilute the stench of corpses in the air.

"Second Platoon Leader!" The company commander saw that the sky was getting darker, and shouted at me from a distance of more than ten meters: "Take a few people to block the position!" ”

"Blockade?" Listening to this new term, I was a little confused by the second monk.

"Hmm!" Only then did the company commander react: "The second platoon commander doesn't know how to block the position...... Then, the first platoon leader and the second platoon leader go together! ”

"Yes!" Scar answered and raised his head at me.

In desperation, I had to order a few random people to follow, and I hated it in my heart...... Since Scar will, why not just let Scar go? Why are you dragging me on? We've been tired all day, and we finally have a task to rest for a while, and we can't let us live!

In fact, I know in my heart that this is actually the tradition of our army's warfare: learning while fighting. If I assign someone to go just because I don't know, it means that I will never learn.

Then I learned that the so-called blockade position was actually laying mines around the position in order to prevent the enemy from sneaking up.

Because the Vietnamese army could sneak up on them from every direction, these mines were not only laid in front of the position, but also behind the position, and even on the communication route with friendly forces......

This proved to be necessary, as the enemy always took advantage of the weak defenses of our troops towards the friendly side and launched sneak attacks. In the dark, mines are undoubtedly the most haode sentinel, and they will be the first to tell us that the enemy is approaching us by exploding at the first time.

Of course, we have to keep a note of the number and location of these mines when we lay them, so that we don't step on our own mines when we need to communicate with friendly forces, and wait until daylight to get them out accurately.

Scar took us to the makeshift ammunition depot, received six mines each, told us not to move, and set off.

We were assigned to lay mines on an unnamed high ground on the left side of the position, and since this high ground was on the other side of the enemy army, the fighters quickly relaxed.

The cat trotted for a while to reach its destination, and without saying a word, Scar dug a small hole in the ground, then pulled out a mine and pointed at the back and said to us, "See? There are a few words behind the mines, one is a safety file, and the other is a preparation file! Grab the pressure plate and rotate it in the counterclockwise direction, turn to the preparation gear to trigger the state, and bury it carefully to do a good job of camouflage......"

"What?" This was my first encounter with landmines, and I had always been curious and fearful of such mysterious things, so I couldn't believe it when I heard Scar say it so simply.

But the mine is really not that complicated, in the end it is similar to a grenade and explosive pack, the difference is that the grenade and explosive pack are exploding openly, while the mine is placed in the dark so that you can't see where it is. Some experienced veterans can easily and quickly deploy grenades or explosives packs into tricks...... Just like I did before.

Come to think of it, you don't dare to be careless when you plant landmines. Just kidding, this is a life-saving job, when we bury it, our heads are less than a meter away from the mine, and if we are not careful, our heads will be blown off...... In addition, in the past few days of war, I also know that our army's equipment always has such and such failures, for example, the Type 56 submachine gun will explode after a long time, at least one-fifth of the grenade will not explode, and the recoilless gun bazooka sometimes shoots three times in a row is a dud......

The thought of this makes my scalp tingle when I plant a mine - what if the quality of the mine is not up to par, and we spin it into ready gear or blow it up at the slightest touch?

Later, I found out that I was not the only one thinking about this problem, and Xiaoshi asked Scar this question, and Scar raised his hand and gave Xiaoshi a popping chestnut: "What else can I do?" What if you really encounter this and your head has moved, and you still need to think about it? ”

The soldiers couldn't help but burst into laughter, but everyone could see that there was a bit of helplessness and bitterness hidden in this laughter.

Did the leaders and workers who produce weapons and ammunition in the rear think about this? Did they think that because of their carelessness and shoddy work, they would not only inflict undue casualties on our troops, but also make us lose confidence in our weapons?

While laying mines at designated locations according to the markings on the map, we recorded the number and location of mines planted in various places in our notebooks, and even drew a simple map of the distribution of mines as required, so that it could be used in case someone from our army or friendly forces wanted to pass through the minefield, and at the same time, it was also convenient for the mines to be lifted at dawn the next day.

As the mines on our shoulders decreased one by one, the records on the book became more and more, and soon we came to the fifth minefield.

"Platoon Commander...... "I had just dug a pit and was about to untie the mines on my body and bury them, when a young soldier grabbed me and said, "Let me do this point!" Otherwise, this mine is not buried, and I will make others laugh at it when I go back! ”

It turned out that the soldier had been working to deliver mines, so he had not planted one himself.

"Hurry up!" Scar urged, "Make sure you do it before dark, or there's a good chance you'll make a mistake in the recording!" ”

"Yes!" The warriors answered, and they got busy again.

"What kind of reputation are you doing...... the little soldier just started for a while before he attracted a scolding from Scar: "The mine was buried before it was activated, we are here to bury mines and bomb devils, not to send mines to the enemy!" ”

The little soldier's face turned red, so he hurriedly dug out the mine from the pit, adjusted the gear, and buried it again!

At this time, a sudden explosion "boom" startled everyone......

"No...... Not me! The little soldier looked at the mine in his hand in a daze, and said nervously: "I...... My mine didn't blow up! ”

"Poof...... and the fighters all laughed. I couldn't help it, and this little soldier didn't want to think about it, if his mine exploded, would we still be able to stand here and talk so easily?

"Silence! Silence! Scar raised his hand at us, and the warriors quickly realized something and hurriedly leaned down and picked up their rifles......

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