Chapter 139 Artillery Tactics

"Originally, our army planned to prepare for a few more days before fighting ......" Company Commander Luo glanced at me again and continued, "But in view of the heinous crimes committed by the Vietnamese army against my wounded and medical personnel...... Therefore, the superiors decided to launch an attack on the Vietnamese army in advance, and the time was initially set for the 25th, that is, two days later! The current situation is like this......"

The company commander picked up the baton and pointed to an area on the map and said: "The target of our army is here - Sapa, it is located about 20 kilometers southwest of Lao Cai, the Vietnamese troops stationed in Sabah have established a Sabah defense line here, they will directly threaten the flank security of Lao Cai that has been occupied by our army, and the higher authorities ordered our army to quickly occupy Sapa, so that it can echo with the defenders of Lao Cai from afar, and secondly, it can also open the door of An Pei!" ”

It should be said that this strategic intention of the superiors is very necessary, although the battle that took place in Lao Cai was not very fierce...... It took only 61 hours and 45 minutes for our army to capture Lao Cai, which means that it took less than three days, and less than a regiment of Vietnamese troops were killed, and most of them were still in the tunnels......

However, the location of Lao Cai is too important, and it is of great significance to our army both militarily and politically. The capture of Lao Cai actually opened the door for our army to penetrate deep into Vietnam and cleared the way for our army to march towards Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.

Some people may wonder how the Vietnamese army can only deploy the strength of one regiment in such an important place, but after thinking about it, it quickly became clear that this was due to the lack of troops of the Vietnamese army, and the Vietnamese army also deployed most of its troops on the border line. So most of the troops have the feeling of piercing the eggshell when they cross the border - it looks quite the outside. It's all empty.

Of course, the Vietnamese army also knew the importance of Lao Cai. So they stationed troops in Sabah and set up a Sabah defensive line, obviously looking for an opportunity to take Lao Cai back. If we can successfully take Sabah, it will consolidate the victory of our army in the direction of Lao Cai.

"Company commander!" Scar asked, "Which unit of the Vietnamese army is stationed in Sabah?" ”

"It's the main force of the 316A Division of the Vietnamese Army!" The company commander replied.

"Hey! Old rivals! Scar couldn't help but show a sneer on his face: "It's really not that enemies don't meet!" ”

The company commander nodded and pointed to the map and continued: "The situation is like this, the defense characteristics of the 316A Division of the Vietnamese Army in Sapa are: the main defense is carried out along Highway 10, and its forces are large at both ends in the area north of Bridge No. 4 and Xinzhai, and small in the Sabah area in the middle. The formation of positions was a combination of field fortifications and existing fortifications. A combination of light and dark firepower is used to defend the way. Judging from the overall situation, the superiors believed that the Vietnamese army was ready to retreat when the situation was unfavorable while holding on. The purpose of our army is to eat the 316A Division in one bite, in view of the experience of our division and the 316A Division fighting and winning battles, so our regiment is the main attack, the 119th Regiment and the 120th Regiment attack the left and right flanks of Sabah respectively, and a battalion of the 117th Regiment is responsible for the interspersed task, is there a problem? ”

"No problem!" We replied in unison.

As for the strategy of the superiors, what problems can a small platoon commander have, and even if there are problems, it is an individual problem, and he must obey the unified command of the superiors.

But to be honest, when I heard this attack jihua. I really think it's a bit of a problem.

It is clear that this offensive is another interspersed encirclement. It should be said that this trick really works. In the era of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, our army used this trick to defeat the United Nations forces led by the United States again and again.

Interspersed with surrounding, isn't it?

In modern and modern warfare, the fight is all about supplies and ammunition, and once a unit penetrates into the rear of a large army, it threatens the supply line and makes the supply of ammunition unable to supply it...... All right! This large army will soon face the danger of being eaten because of the lack of ammunition, at this time it is useless to have a large number of people, and it is useless to have good guns and artillery, and all things without ammunition are tantamount to burning sticks, so on the battlefield of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, the United Nations army is far better equipped than the volunteers...... Again and again, he was forced to retreat.

But what is the problem now? The trick of interspersed encirclement has been used for the rest of the year...... In other words, our army has not changed or made any progress in tactics in the past few decades, and in the era of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, it was an art to intersperse encirclement, but now we are doing a rigid routine. In particular, there are many Yue devils who have learned it in our army's infantry schools...... For example, the head of the Vietnamese army's secret service regiment is Scar's classmate, so they still don't know the tactics of our army?

If the enemy had known the tactics of our army for a long time, and had known that we would carry out interspersed encirclement before the start of the battle, our army would still continue to use it without making any changes...... That can only be said to be a lack of innovation and inflexibility in tactics, and such a result is very likely to lose the opportunity and be controlled by the enemy.

However, things like strategy are not something that a small platoon commander like me can control, so I simply don't say anything.

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In the evening of the same day, the artillery unit of our army in Lao Cai opened fire on the Vietnamese troops in the direction of Sapa.

The soldiers and I were sleeping in a single tent...... There is basically no entertainment at night on this battlefield, and if you want to build a fire, you have to worry about being attacked by the mortars of the Vietnamese army agents; If you want to smoke a cigarette, you have to worry about being beaten by Vietnamese snipers...... Although the Vietnamese army agents have been much more restrained under the search and suppression of our army during this time, any ordinary person in Vietnam will have a few guns and a few cannons in their hands, and who would dare to take this risk and joke with their lives!!

So as soon as it gets dark, there is basically nothing to do except the sentry, so go into the tent and rest!

But to be honest, I wanted to sneak into Chen Yiyi's tent several times...... It's not for anything, it's always Zhang Fan's shadow dangling in my head, and I always feel sorry for her in my heart...... Sometimes I even wonder how good I would have been if I had stayed in the field hospital for a few more days, maybe I would have been able to see some clues, and maybe I would have been able to defeat the one-eyed dragon...... In this way, Zhang Fan does not have to sacrifice, and those comrades-in-arms in the field hospital do not have to sacrifice, as well as the old dean......

When I think of this, my heart is empty, I regret and feel guilty, and I want to have someone by my side...... Maybe that's what people often say about the need for comfort!

However, because Chen Yiyi was a female soldier, her tent was specially arranged to the side by the instructor, and even a sentry was specially arranged in that position...... Although the instructor's arrangement is clearly said to be for Chen Yiyi's safety, I don't have to think about it to know that it is aimed at me! Because everyone knows the relationship between Chen Yiyi and me, and at the same time, they also know that Chen Yiyi is not a character to be messed with, so ...... Which soldier would have the audacity to sneak into Chen Yiyi's tent? It's almost like dying if you want to die! Unless it's me who Chen Yiyi won't refuse......

But come to think of it, the instructor's arrangement does make sense.

Imagine, this is the battlefield, if the instructor didn't arrange it like this, I'm afraid that I would have already taken advantage of the darkness to touch her sail and turn the clouds and rain...... Of course, Chen Yiyi and I won't have any opinions, but what about the other fighters? Other Warriors...... If you hear a little wind or a shout, do you still have the heart to fight?

So think about it zuihou or give up, in the end I'm still a long line...... We still need to pay attention to this "style problem", otherwise my soldiers will not be willing to listen to my orders, and this will never be a good thing in battle.

In order to stop thinking about Zhang Fan, I forcibly pulled my thinking to the battle I was about to face.

It should be said that the arrangements made by the higher authorities during this period were reasonable, first to search for and suppress the Vietnamese army agents in the occupied areas, and then to further attack Sabah after they had achieved results.

Some people may say that the search and suppression of Vietnamese agents in the occupied areas are all small-scale, low-intensity battles, and that they are nothing.

From this point of view, it is indeed impossible to compare with a big battle like Dai Naishan, but the victory of the search and suppression is not at all less important than any previous battle.

Imagine if the Vietnamese agents in the occupied areas did not search for them clearly or still organized and kept in touch with the Vietnamese army in the outside world...... At the same time as our army was attacking Sabah, there were ace troops of the 316A Division of the Vietnamese Army in front, and Vietnamese agents behind them cooperating with the attack on our army's transport and supply lines, sneaking attacks on our army's arsenals, supply warehouses, artillery positions, and so on...... So is there still a battle to be fought? I'm afraid that at that time, let alone win the battle, so that after a stalemate for a few days, the 316A Division will have the ability to counterattack and take Lao Cai!

Therefore, the army did not rush to attack Sapa after conquering Lao Cai, but carried out a search and suppression of Vietnamese agents in the occupied area, which is quite wise......

It was at this moment that the cannon sounded.

Without prior notice, I jumped up as if I had been pricked by a needle, grabbed my rifle and ran out of the tent...... The soldiers also came out at about the same time, and even Company Commander Luo was shouting, "What's the matter?" Where to shoot? Is it the devil or us? ”

Our camp is located between Lao Cai and Sapa, only a dozen miles away from Sapa, so I really don't know if the Yue devils are beating us or we are fighting the Yue devils.

After seeing the direction of the fire, we were relieved...... It was Sabah that was bombed, which means that it was our artillery that was firing.

Then some of the fighters wondered: "Didn't you say that you attacked two days later?" Why do you start fighting now? ”

Later, we learned that this was nothing more than the tactics of the artillery unit before the war, and the tired soldiers, to put it simply...... It was to make the Vietnamese army think that we were going to attack, but they did not attack...... After a while, there was another bombardment, which made them think they were going to attack again...... So when the Vietnamese army got used to all these inappropriate things, it was the time for our army to really attack.

This tactic is of course correct, but it also reflects the untimely transmission of information between our infantry and artillery in this era.

This is not? This cannon scared us infantry half to death...... (To be continued......)