Chapter 42 Comrade Battalion Commander

"Second Company Commander!" Wang Jianfu raised his head behind us and said to Company Commander Luo, "Where is your station......"

Following Wang Jianfu's eyes, we couldn't help but be stunned, it was a highland located behind the main peak of 419 Heights...... It's not that there will be anything wrong with this high ground, but let's go and defend there...... It almost means that the Vietnamese army will have to step on the corpses of the recruits before it will be our turn.

"Report to the battalion commander!" Company Commander Luo stepped forward and said, "I think we should be allowed to stay at the main peak of the 419 Highlands......"

"I said the second company commander!" Wang Jianfu looked Company Commander Luo up and down, and then glanced at us who were disheveled behind him, and said with disdain: "You mean that the combat effectiveness of the recruits is not as good as yours?" Look at you guys...... After only a few days of fighting, it has become like this, and it does not have the mental outlook that we revolutionary soldiers should have......"

"Report to the battalion commander!" Company Commander Luo stepped forward unconvinced and said, "I think fighting a war is not just about mental outlook, but also about the battlefield environment......

"No more nonsense!" Wang Jianfu ordered with a straight face: "Execute the order!" ”

"Yes!" Company Commander Luo reluctantly straightened down and led us to the high ground behind the side.

But Company Commander Luo could endure this breath, but the soldiers of our second company couldn't bear it without fear of heaven and earth, so someone immediately spoke out:

"Battalion commander...... The official level crushed people to death? ”

"That is, if you dress well, you will fight, and if you have a mental outlook, then let the groom go to the battlefield!"

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It is said that the soldiers all came down from the battlefield, and they were all small soldiers. I don't worry about dismissal or anything at all...... Removal from office is not subject to dismissal. If we are punished, we will be dragged down from the battlefield and prevented from fighting. So these words were said quite loudly, and I was worried that the battalion commander would not hear them.

What about Wang Jianfu? As the battalion commander, of course, he also knew this, so he could only pretend that he didn't hear it.

"Shut up!" Zuihou still said in a sullen voice to Company Commander Luo: "Execute the order!" ”

"Yes!" The warriors reluctantly complied.

"Come on, comrades!" I said, "Comrade battalion commander, this is for us, and he is considerate of us, and we have just come down from the position...... So let's rest in the back, we have to thank the battalion commander! ”

The soldiers burst out laughing when I said this. Then I didn't know who took the lead, and one by one I turned around and waved at Camp Commander Wang: "Thank you, Camp Commander!" ”

"Comrade Xiexie Battalion Commander!"

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The show made by the soldiers only made Wang Jianfu's face red and white. But there is no place to ...... By the way, we're thanking him, aren't we? There's no military rule or discipline violation.

Ten minutes later, we still climbed to the high ground behind the side...... From the company commander, we know that this is the 393 height, which is only a little shorter than the 419 height, because it is located behind the side of the 419 heights and the two heights are connected by ridges, so it is natural to become the covering position of the 419 heights.

Like Heights 419, Heights 393 were fortified...... I think this may be because Commander Liu considered that the troops coming down from the front line were not in a hurry to build fortifications, so he asked the engineers to reorganize in advance. What surprised us even more was ...... There is also a high-altitude position and two semi-open mortar positions on this height.

We are not new to mortars...... After all, our infantry often carries decomposed mortars to the front line, but this anti-aircraft machine gun is very rare......

In fact, it's not that we haven't seen anti-aircraft machine guns, in the Vietnamese artillery position, then we have used the Deshka 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine, right? But the high-altitude machines we see now are not like that...... Rather, it was two large-caliber tall machines mounted together, and it was even more equipped with wheels under its feet.

Later I learned that this was our army's Type 58 twin-seat anti-aircraft machine gun. The so-called twin seat is to put two 14.5 mm anti-aircraft machine guns together, which were originally intended for air defense. But neither Vietnam nor Vietnam sent planes in this war...... Therefore, this high-dodge machine gun was simply used as fire support for the infantry.

When the soldiers saw it, they thought it was a treasure...... Hula surrounded it and blocked the machine-gun position.

"Report!" A little soldier ran to Company Commander Luo and saluted: "I am Xu Yunshan, the platoon leader of the machine gun platoon, reporting to Company Commander Luo!" ”

"You know me?" Company Commander Luo couldn't help but feel a burst of surprise.

"Company Commander Luo...... You forgot? I'm Xiaoshanzi! ”

"Little Shanzi! It's really a little mountain...... It's all so big! Company Commander Luo was stunned for a moment, then hugged Xu Yunshan warmly, and then excitedly introduced to the soldiers: "Comrades...... This is my little furry boy next door, look at it...... Now it's all on the battlefield! ”

"Company Commander ......" Hearing this, Scar couldn't help but laugh and said, "You have a good memory...... Why don't you know your next-door neighbors? ”

"Alas!" Company Commander Luo said with some embarrassment: "Isn't that because I joined the army?" It's rare to go back once a year...... I haven't seen it for a few years, who knows that the little hairy children of the year have now become young men! And he was also the platoon commander of the cannon platoon...... Not lazy! ”

Company Commander Luo happily patted Xiao Shanzi on the shoulder.

"How can you compare with Company Commander Luo!" Xiao Shanzi smiled a little embarrassedly: "I've been hearing the story of you and the second company of heroes in the rear!" I didn't expect to be able to fight with you today! ”

All right...... I have to say that our retreating troops are quite chaotic, isn't it? One moment it was the battalion commander, and the other was the machine gun platoon, who listened to whose orders and commanded whom...... It's a little unaccustomed for a while, and they're still strangers to each other...... We still calculated, the commander of the machine gun platoon attached to us is a company elder, so what if it is another company? What if it works well together?

But what is clear...... The Vietnamese army would not give us time to get acquainted with each other, and just after we had distributed our firepower on the 393 heights, the whistling of Vietnamese artillery fire was heard in the air.

This time we were hiding in a cat's ear hole in the trenches...... Before, we didn't think that the Yue devils would fight here, so there were only simple field fortifications on these heights, and those machine gun positions and mortar positions were temporarily built a few days ago, as for the tunnels...... Of course, there is no time to build.

So this makes us miserable...... The cat's hole was narrow and small, and it was full of muddy water, so let's stuff it in...... Well, the water is up to the neck, and sometimes I have to hold my head back to breathe. Then, as the shells outside smashed one by one, the stagnant water also jumped straight into the mouth and nose, and sometimes a large mouthful of dirty water was sucked in when he couldn't hold his breath.

But fortunately, the Yue devils didn't have a long time to shoot artillery, and they were suppressed by our army's artillery fire after a few minutes...... The artillery of our army finally reacted and played a role, they had nothing to do for a long time, and they all relaxed their vigilance.

"The devil is coming up!" Then we heard Company Commander Luo shout: "Prepare for battle!" ”

We nervously popped up to take a look...... Damn, because we are on the second line, the more devils are far away from us, a full six or seven hundred meters, and there is still the main peak in front of the right, so we can only see a small part of the more devils.

Company Commander Luo did not give the order to shoot......

At this distance, of course, no order was given to shoot, first of all, the Vietnamese army was outside the range of the AK47, and secondly, even if some weapons were within reach of the enemy, such as anti-aircraft machine guns...... However, although the anti-aircraft machine gun has fierce firepower, it is actually a bullet-eating machine, and it is obviously not cost-effective to sweep through such a row of bullets and only kill a few more devils.

So I set my sights on Company Commander Luo...... This is where the sniper rifle in my hand comes into play.

Of course, Company Commander Luo understood what I meant, and nodded at me without thinking about it.

With permission, I picked up my rifle and ran higher...... I need to have a wider vision and more goals, otherwise ...... The Vietnamese army only needs to hide in a dead corner after realizing that there are snipers.

Ran up to the high ground, found a spot, set up the rifle, and looked down...... The view here is much better, not only can you see the Vietnamese army at the foot of the mountain, but you can also observe the slope of the main peak from the oblique angle.

This time, it may be the vanguard of the Yue Devils, which looks like a platoon...... Obviously, they realized that the high ground in front of them was garrisoned by the People's Liberation Army, so they dispersed and launched a tentative attack on the 419 heights.

What is a tentative offense?

That's actually a kind of reconnaissance...... When fighting, it is often determined that there is an enemy stationed on the high ground in front of you, but because the situation is unclear, you don't know how many enemies there are on this high ground and the intensity of firepower...... The purpose is to find out the enemy's firepower.

What is the way to deal with a tentative attack...... Just don't expose the firepower of the side, anyway, the devils are also tempting, and there are not many people, so you can use a few people to beat them down with individual weapons.

But I soon found out...... The recruits stationed on the 419 Heights obviously didn't know this, and as soon as they heard that the Yue devils were coming, they went up more than half of the way......

Seeing this, I couldn't help frowning, originally I thought that this Battalion Commander Wang could sit in the position of Battalion Commander...... There should have been two brushes, and now it looks like a straw bale.

You must know that the strength of the offense and defense should be two to one. In other words...... That is, if the Vietnamese army with two platoons attacks, it will be almost the same if we transfer one platoon.

But now...... Then Wang Jianfu transferred two platoons in one go, what if the Yue devils detected that so many People's Liberation Army were concentrated in the hilltop position and attracted artillery fire to shine on the hilltop position for a burst of bombardment?

So I made a decision: I would use this sniper rifle in my hand to defeat this Vietnamese army.

Hope...... That comrade battalion commander would not have ordered the shooting for the sake of merit or face. (To be continued......)