Chapter 32: Supplies
Seeing that the anti-artillery hole had been dug almost as soon as possible, I ordered Zheng Liangqiang, who had already been contacted, on the walkie-talkie: "Action!" ”
"Understood!"
Immediately after that, I made a gesture to Scar, who immediately directed the soldiers to deploy around the ridge line of the hilltop formation...... Needless to say, this is why, in order to cover the incoming helicopter.
The advantage of us is that we are condescending, and in order to facilitate the defense, the Vietnamese army has cut down all the woods within a few hundred meters around the main peak, and even some rocks or caves where they can hide have been completely blown up. This makes us see every move of the Vietnamese army below very clearly.
Of course, there are exceptions...... That is a high ground with a total area of less than 100 square meters in the back left, and this high ground is numbered as High Ground 30 on our map.
The peculiarity of this highland is that it is close to the main peak, only about 300 meters away. What's even more bizarre is that this No. 30 position is equivalent to the main peak, which is a protrusion, just blocking the view on the other side.
Terrain like this is also found elsewhere but is not common, and we often call it a tactical summit, which means that although it is not an actual mountaintop, it has the same tactical value militarily as an actual mountaintop.
Needless to say, the importance of this highland...... If the Vietnamese army moves from the direction of Heights 30 towards our main peak, then we will not be able to see them at all, which means that the Vietnamese troops can safely assemble on the other side of Heights 30.
Then this 30th high ground is only 300 meters away from us...... If this were to be captured by the Vietnamese army, it would have become an excellent place to charge towards the main peak and provide fire cover, although the 30th high ground was still a little shorter than the main peak.
So don't think about it. Of course, this high ground is an important place that must be fought for.
It's just that the area of this highland is so small. But more than 100 square meters. So we were able to arrange only one squad of troops there.
It's not because we don't have enough troops or because I'm reluctant, in fact, I won't frown even if I need to be divided into a platoon to the importance of this high ground.
However, sometimes the more people in a battle, the better, and if a platoon is assigned on the high ground of more than 100 square meters, I am afraid that after a single shell, there will only be about one squad left.
But fortunately, there is only one high ground like this, otherwise this main peak is really not easy to defend and difficult to attack.
"Bang!" The first to shoot was the Liang Lian soldiers.
He was a well-known sharpshooter in our agent company, and he had SVD in his hand that had been confiscated from the Yue Devils. The shot was followed by a scream from the jungle below.
The fallen was a Vietnamese recoilless gun shooter, although the recoilless gun is not as good as mortars and bazookas, but in some cases it is indispensable.
For example, now, there is basically no vegetation that can be hidden within a few hundred meters around the main peak, which means that the bazooka is useless, beyond the range of the bazooka, even if it does not exceed the range, it is difficult for the bazooka to hit the target at a distance of more than 200 meters.
Mortars were also difficult to use, as the Vietnamese had to hide in the forest...... Hiding in the forest means that when the mortar hits, it is very likely that it will be detonated by a tree branch and explode on top of one's head.
Of course, the Vietnamese army can also use the method of delay lead or tree certainty, but neither method is ideal.
Let's use a delay lead. Although it is possible to avoid the situation where the cannonball is detonated overhead, as is the case with the instant lead, the accuracy of the cannonball will undoubtedly be greatly affected after passing through the branches and leaves before hitting the main peak.
Cutting down a tree means cutting down a circle of trees in a certain part of the forest. That way there won't be any problems like those mentioned earlier. But a new problem arose, and the missing circle of trees was clearly the location of the artillery position, which was to tell the enemy's mortars or snipers: "Come and hit me!" ”
So at this time, it is still easy to use without recoil, the range is farther than that of a bazooka, and there will be many problems like mortars.
It's a pity that our army snipers generally don't give them this opportunity.
"Bang!" Another shot rang out, this time a Vietnamese sniper fell.
Before the battle began, the battle between the snipers had already begun, especially for the Vietnamese army at this time, they hoped to gain some advantages in the sniper battle.
The reason is very simple, if the Vietnamese army's sniper battle falls to the downside, it means that their forces and firepower cannot be carried out safely, which will inevitably affect the impact of their subsequent attack on the main peak of our army. Just like the recoilless gun shooter that the Liang Lian soldiers knocked out just now, if the machine gunners and bazooka shooters of the Vietnamese army are all locked by our army, then what will the Vietnamese army use to charge?!
"Bang Bang ......"
Next, the gunfire of our army's position was like bursting beans one after another, and the Vietnamese army, of course, did not show weakness, and immediately fired a string of bullets at our army's position.
But this kind of competition who loses and who wins is clear at a glance, our army is condescending and has no pressure to aim, this kind of aiming is targeted, plus the soldiers of the special agent company are all good marksmanship, so soon the forest heard a scream of the Vietnamese army.
On the other hand, the Vietnamese usually do not dare to fire more than one shot in the same place, because this often means that they will be excellent targets for our snipers. So they could only show their faces, hurriedly fire a few shots, and then hide in another bunker. So there is no threat to our soldiers at all.
It should be said that this scene is a bit weird, I don't think even the Vietnamese army expected us to fight like this.
Our army is the defender, and the Vietnamese army is the attacker. The defenders can wait until the attacker launches an offensive on the main peak before starting, not to mention that according to the Vietnamese army's idea, the Chinese soldiers on the main peak are still short of ammunition, so it is even more important to save ammunition and not start such a shootout with them, right?!
In fact, this is true, not to mention that we are indeed short of ammunition and supplies, but we are also doing it for ammunition and supplies......
After fighting like this for more than ten minutes, the Vietnamese army naturally retreated into the forest, and the pressure was too great.
Afterwards, we knew from the Vietnamese prisoners that at this time the Vietnamese army knew that the army they were facing was not an ordinary army, and even the Vietnamese devils cursed: "When did the Chinese become so powerful, they can't compete with them by hiding in the forest!" ”
This is actually our goal, which is to press the Vietnamese army into the forest.
It was only then that I ordered Zheng Liangqiang on the other end of the walkie-talkie: "Execute the second step as planned!" ”
"Yes!"
Soon there was the sound of a "whirring" propeller breaking through the sky above our heads, and then a black helicopter appeared in the air, and there were more than a dozen of them at random, and each helicopter was carrying a large amount of stuff underneath.
Needless to say, we know what it is, the ammunition and supplies we need. Ammunition naturally includes bullets, shells, some heavy mortars, heavy machine guns, etc., and supplies include the necessities needed for survival, such as water, food, medicine, and so on.
It is said that because the supply in the army is not sufficient, the water and food are better, and the army can't eat all the things like compressed biscuits. Medicines are more troublesome, especially when there is still a war, and the medicines that were originally stockpiled have long been used up.
However, Regiment Commander Shen believed that it was necessary to resolutely support the needs of front-line operations, especially the needs of our army's special agent company in this operation, so he did not hesitate to turn the field hospital upside down.
I feel guilty about this, because these medicines include many drugs that are necessary to save lives, such as fever, fire suppression, hemostasis, anesthesia, etc., which also means that because we want to support our fighting, many wounded soldiers will suffer and even get timely medical treatment and their lives will be in danger.
But on the other hand, I think it's necessary, because we probably only have one such transport......
Under normal circumstances, it would be quite dangerous to use helicopters to transport supplies like ours, because the defense capability of the Zhi-5 is too poor, and any few machine guns mounted up and fired at it may cause the consequences of plane destruction and death, and even after these helicopters are shot down, they may become a bomb and fall directly into the hilltop position, causing heavy casualties to our troops...... Some of the helicopters are carrying munitions!
But the problem is that the Vietnamese army at this time was unprepared, and it had been pressed deep into the forest by our firepower.
At this time, the Vietnamese army was so angry that they screamed "wow", they wanted to use a bazooka to hit a helicopter but they were out of range, and they wanted to set up a machine gun to shoot but because there were trees everywhere in the forest.
It is true that the branches and leaves above their heads cannot stop the machine-gun bullets, but the problem is that when the bullets hit these branches and leaves, they lose their accuracy because they deflect the original trajectory. Moreover, the leaves and sawdust that had been knocked down overhead like scattered flowers would also obscure the Heavy's view for a large extent.
So the Vietnamese army can only do it in a hurry, or just use the machine gun to shoot indiscriminately into the air, of course, this will definitely not have any effect, not only will it have no effect, but it will also attract a strafing shot from the helicopter responsible for cover or a rocket fire.
At this time, the Vietnamese army realized our intention to shoot like that, so they wanted to rush to the edge of the forest again and start firing, but it was too late.
Where will we give the Vietnamese army such an opportunity, machine guns, automatic rifles and sniper rifles are fired indiscriminately, and the Vietnamese army is crushed in the forest and cannot be raised. In case the Vietnamese army rushes faster in any direction, the helicopter will soon be in flames with rockets!
Inside, we had to do as fast as possible to disperse the ammunition and supplies dropped from the helicopter and hide them in the freshly dug anti-gun holes. (To be continued......)