Chapter 57: Zheyin Mountain (22)
The battle of Yin Shan in the reconquistad was fought without any suspense, just as we had expected, because of the complex composition of the Vietnamese army, its troops stationed in various positions were basically unable to coordinate defense after the headquarters was controlled by our army.
For example, one such thing happened, when the vanguard of our army hit the 1052.4 height, the third independent battalion of Anming County, stationed on it, even sent a company to try to surround our army......
The soldiers of the 51st Division also felt a little inexplicable about this abnormal move of the Vietnamese army, and they must know that now our army has launched a general attack on the high ground of the Vietnamese army, and our army has an absolute advantage in both strength and firepower...... We are using a division to deal with a regiment of the Vietnamese army, and this does not count a large number of artillery units, in this case, the Vietnamese devils should take advantage of the geographical and defensive advantages to defend, how can they send the main force to fight with our army?!
After the war, I learned from the captured Vietnamese devils that the commander of the third independent battalion of the Vietnamese army in Ningming County underestimated the enemy, but in fact, it cannot be said that he underestimated the enemy, but because the command of the Vietnamese army was already under the control of our army, so that the Vietnamese troops on various heights did not know the basic information, and the commander of the independent third battalion did not even know that the Chinese soldiers were going to launch a general attack. So without thinking about it, he immediately sent a company out to prepare for a beautiful battle of annihilation.
Of course, soon the Vietnamese army found out that this platoon was only the vanguard of our army, and our troops in this direction had a battalion, which was twice the strength of the Vietnamese army on the 1052.4 heights.
But they discovered it too late, and our troops quickly seized the fighter plane after judging the enemy's situation. It was decided to set up an ambush. That is, two squads of troops were used as bait to pretend to be defeated and retreat. The Vietnamese army was completely unaware that it had fallen into the encirclement of our army during the pursuit...... At that time, the sky was just bright and the sky was full of gunsmoke and fog, and the visibility was only a dozen meters, so even if the Vietnamese army was familiar with the terrain in this area, they did not find Chinese soldiers ambushed in the grass and bushes.
Needless to say, as soon as the order was given, our troops suddenly stood up from the grass and opened fire on all sides...... At that time, the situation was really firing from all sides, that is, a company of the Vietnamese army was surrounded to death from four directions, and a company of the Vietnamese army was destroyed in just a few minutes.
After easily annihilating a company of the Vietnamese army, the remaining strength of the 1052.4 heights was only a few guards from the reinforced platoon and the battalion headquarters of the independent battalion. Of course, this was not a problem for our troops, and a charge was taken after a storm of artillery fire.
This phenomenon has not yet occurred in other highlands. I think this is also because most of the militia organizations stationed on other highlands are militia organizations such as the Public Security Tun and the Youth Stormtroopers, although most of them also have combat experience...... A significant number of these militias were dismantled by Vietnam after the U.S.-Vietnam War.
However, there is still a gap between a militia organization and the regular army, and this gap is not in terms of equipment or individual soldiers. Of course, there are differences between the two, but the difference is not huge, especially in terms of equipment, and the equipment of the Vietnamese militia is sometimes better than that of the regular army.
This is actually not surprising, the equipment of our militia is sometimes better than that of the regular army, and many militiamen rushed with 56 and a half when we were still holding 56 and a half. The main reason for this was that the regular army was too large and had to be equipped with weapons according to uniform standards. For example, in a class, the squad leader takes 56 punches, and others use 56 and a half. The former militia is much smaller than the regular army. So it's not uncommon to have some equipment left over and equip them better.
The same is true of the Vietnamese militia, which also looks no worse than the regular army in every way, plus they are also veterans.
However, the problem is that every army has such a thing as a "military soul", and this "military soul" is, according to my understanding, the sweat, tears, blood, and lives shed by all commanders and fighters in the process of establishment, growth, and maturity of this unit, which is simply the military history of the unit
Because of this military history, we only think about it when we fight...... It was once in our army, and although it is difficult for us to be like them, we must not disgrace them.
This is the soul of an army.
It is precisely for this reason that it is difficult for laymen to understand when our army is carrying out a million-dollar disarmament...... For certain units or soldiers, isn't disarmament just a matter of changing the number of the same PLA and the same soldier, and which unit uses which number is not the same?
But this is really different, the difference is that after the number is gone, the "military soul" is gone, and that is what the soldiers defended with blood and life on the battlefield. Therefore, when many commanders and fighters knew that the troops were going to withdraw and merge, they were sighing, "The temple is gone, where will I burn incense in the future?" ”。
For them, it is not just a number, but a home, the root of the army, and their wall of honor.
Of course, the Vietnamese army is no exception, and this is the biggest difference between the regular army and the militia.
On the one hand, the militia is highly mobile, and in many cases, a few here and there come together to form a unit, and there is no military history or military soul at all. On the other hand, the tasks they performed during the war were relatively few or relatively secondary, so there were no heroic deeds to make even if they wanted to make a military history.
This determines that the militia organizations are less enthusiastic about fighting and will passively obey commands in battle.
Now that the command has asked us to take charge, these guys from the public security tun or the youth stormtrooper don't know where to go, so they fight indiscriminately, sitting on a large number of fortifications and caves, but they don't know how to cover each other and reinforce each other... They can't be blamed for this, they are militia, and it is good to be able to hold their ground without command, but it is a bit harsh to ask them to coordinate as effectively as the regular army.
Of course, this is exactly what we want, so we can easily divide and surround it, and then slowly eat it piece by piece.
As for the caves scattered in Zheyin Mountain, these things would be a good killer if they could be coordinated with the main force, such as the Vietnamese army hiding in them could act as mortar observers, and for example, they could be used as reverse fire or side fire to cooperate with the defense of the main position.
The problem is that at this time, the Vietnamese army was no longer able to carry out unified command, and it could not coordinate even if it wanted to. For example, when the Vietnamese army in the cave noticed a large number of Chinese troops sneaking into his line of sight, he asked for mortars to cover them, only to be told that the mortars had been moved to other directions for defense. Another example is that when he wanted to cooperate with the defense of the main position, he found that his comrades in the main position no longer knew when to withdraw to the second line of defense.
So the fate of these caves is not difficult to imagine, they are only one of them discovered by our army, and then exploded with explosives or flamethrowers burst into flamethrowers.
None of this is something I need to worry about, I received an order from Senior Commander Xu that we only need to continue to guard this headquarters and bunker group...... This was quite easy for us, because by this time the Vietnamese army had already given up the attack on the pillbox group, and I did not intend to let the soldiers take advantage of the victory
Scar and other soldiers asked Ying to lead the troops to expand the results of the battle, but I did not hesitate to veto.
The reason is very simple, we are a special agent company, we are carrying out special tasks with more strategic value, if we rush out without any target and fight with the ordinary troops of the Vietnamese army, it will undoubtedly be a waste of resources.
In fact, the soldiers knew this very well, but they heard the sound of gunfire and cannons outside, and we stayed in the bunker in a daze, feeling itchy and unbearable.
Finally, two hours later, we saw several figures approaching us with guns out of sight.
"Password!" Scar tore apart and shouted at them in a hoarse voice.
"The Long River!" The other side also asked, "Password!" ”
"Huang Jiang!" After Scar answered, he turned back to me and said, "It's my own person!" ”
This is the code we made in order to meet ourselves in case we run into it, and in order to not be so easy to guess, we will also disassemble the "Yangtze River" and "Yellow River" for mixing.
"Is it Camp Commander Yang?" The other party shouted loudly: "I am Zhao Jiali, deputy company commander of the second company of the first battalion of the 153rd regiment, we have already taken the 1142 heights, and the division commander asked us to replace you!" ”
"Good!" The soldiers couldn't help but cheer when they heard this.
I soon saw this deputy company commander named Zhao Jiali, and when he walked towards us with a group of soldiers, he looked at the corpses of Yue all the way and opened his mouth wide in surprise, and he didn't come back to his senses until he walked in front of me.
Under the reminder of the soldiers beside him, Zhao Jiali hurriedly stepped forward to me and said: "Report to the battalion commander, Zhao Jiali, deputy company commander of the second company, report to duty, please instruct the battalion commander!" ”
"Hmm!" I saluted back and casually asked, "How's the battle going?" ”
"Battalion commander!" Zhao Jiali replied with some dissatisfaction: "Do you still need to ask?" Look at the more devils in front of this bunker, there are hundreds of corpses, and all of them have been beaten by you. Look at our ......."
As he spoke, he spread his hands and shook his spotless military uniform again.
I couldn't help but feel amused when I heard this, knowing that he meant that they hadn't encountered the decent resistance of the Yue devils yet.
Then Zhao Jiali said again: "Battalion commander, leave some for us next time!" ”
Hearing this, the soldiers couldn't help but laugh out loud. (To be continued......)