Chapter 145: The Cruelty of War

"Boom ......" As soon as I followed the flow of people to the Vietnamese army's hilltop position, several explosions were heard nearby.

Experience on the battlefield told me that it was not a shell, because I did not hear the screech of the shell, and I quickly judged that it was the muffled sound of the bombing tunnel...... I heard this voice a lot when Lao Cai attacked the underground castle of the Vietnamese army.

At first, I thought it was a soldier throwing grenades or explosives packets into the Vietnamese tunnels, but I soon felt that something was wrong...... Because soon after the sound of the explosion disappeared, the screams of our soldiers were heard.

Some might say...... How do I know if this scream is from the People's Liberation Army or the Vietnamese Army?

Indeed, although the words spoken by our army and the Vietnamese army are different, there is still not much difference in the screams. It's just that along with the screams, there are also shouts and cries for help in Mandarin:

"Fuck you, the more devil ......"

"The more devils, the more you are your ancestors!"

"Hygienist, hygienist...... Someone got hurt! ”

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It seems like a normal thing, it's not too normal to have an explosion or get injured on the battlefield, and I think most people unconsciously ignore the past when faced with it, and continue to do what they have to do.

However, I felt that something was wrong...... It was the People's Liberation Army (PLA) that was injured, which means that it was not the PLA that bombed the mouth of the tunnel...... No matter how untrained our troops are, they will still see if there are any comrades of their own around before blowing up the mouth of the pit.

If it weren't for the mouth of the pit that our army bombed...... That is, the Vietnamese army did it? The Vietnamese army is going to blow up the mouth of the tunnel? Ordinarily...... This hilltop position has been occupied by our army, and the Vietnamese army has not sealed themselves in the tunnel when they bombed the mouth of the tunnel?

As far as I know. The tunnels dug by the Vietnamese army on the high ground were not comparable to the tunnels dug on the "Undefeated East". Even the underground castle of Lao Cai is comparable to ...... This is not to say that the Vietnamese army does not have the time or ability to dig. It's not necessary.

The tunnel dug on the "Undefeated East" is used to hide the fingers of the Vietnamese army's secret service regiment, the underground castle under the old street is used to preserve the living liliang, and there are also houses on the ground that can be combined to fight guerrilla warfare and can be held for a long time.

But what about on this high ground? Not to mention, this high ground is vulnerable to artillery bombardment, and the entire summit is lowered by several meters...... Although most of the Vietnamese tunnels are built on anticline planes, it is difficult for artillery fire to blow them directly, but the violent vibration when the artillery group covers them will cause many tunnels to collapse.

But this is secondary, and more importantly, the rainy season in Vietnam is coming soon. The climate in Vietnam is the rainy season, and when it comes, it is half a year...... Just imagine, if the Vietnamese army spends a lot of time, manpower, and material resources on this high ground to build a huge and complex tunnel network, then okay...... As soon as the rainy season comes, you can flush it clean or fill the pit with water.

This is also the reason why our army was able to build huge, interconnected, and multi-functional tunnel fortifications in Korea during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, but during the 10-year war against Vietnam, it could only hide from the cat's ear hole.

The simple pit means that there are few vents, and if there are fewer vents, then the pit mouth is even more important...... So I don't understand that the Vietnamese army weishenme is in a hurry to blow up the mouth of the pit, not to mention ...... It seems that the Vietnamese army does not need to do this, the tunnel is easy to defend and difficult to attack, isn't it? A random machine gun or an AK47 can cause us a lot of trouble.

"What's going on!" I heard Company Commander Luo's shout, and he obviously had doubts about it as well.

"Report to the company commander!" Someone responded in the dark: "It's the Yue devils, they pulled the explosives bag in the tunnel...... Blow up the mouth of the tunnel! ”

This confirmed my judgment, but I still don't understand that the more devil weishenme wants to do this.

At this time, I suddenly remembered what the old man said: "The more devils are fine." If you think that you will win the battle by capturing their high ground, you will suffer...... The devils calculated the elements of the mortar long before the war. Aimed specifically at their own forward positions, and some even aimed at the trenches of the forward positions...... As long as the forward position is lost, we haven't had time to cheer yet, and the devil shells will come! ”

Thinking of this, I suddenly understood that the more devils weishenme were going to blow up the mouth of the tunnel, they were waiting for the shells to come, and we didn't even have a place to hide!

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but shout: "All retreat!" Withdraw from positions...... The devil's cannonball is coming! ”

The soldiers couldn't help but be stunned when they heard my order, and the butt of the position they had just occupied was not yet hot...... And I'm just a platoon commander, and the company commander hasn't spoken yet, so the soldiers all look at the company commander and look at me, and they don't dare to move!

"Company commander!" I anxiously shouted to Company Commander Luo.

Company Commander Luo looked at me suspiciously, and just wanted to ask something but saw the anxiety in my eyes, so he quickly gave an order: "All of them have ...... Get out of position now! Move fast! ”

The people of the whole company were a little puzzled after receiving this order, but they still followed me and Company Commander Luo to the other side of the hilltop position according to the order......

However, we can command our own troops, and we are somewhat powerless against the company that has also attacked this high ground.

There were even some soldiers in the first company who sneered at our backs: "Cut, didn't you say that the second company can fight a tough battle?" How to run faster than a rabbit! ”

"That's it...... Even if the devil really wants to fight, then don't we still have ready-made trenches? ”

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Originally, I wanted to tell them to retreat, but after hearing these words, I knew that I couldn't persuade them, and at the same time, I didn't have time...... So I could only sigh in my heart: I don't know how many casualties there will be this time.

Sure enough, the soldiers and I had barely had time to climb over the hilltop position when we heard a scream from the sky...... Then came shells bursting across the hilltop position, with anti-personnel shells and more incendiary bombs...... Just like the old man said, the Yue Devil must have adjusted Zhu Yuan in advance, so these shells were all accurate and ruthless, even if they didn't directly hit the trench, they were all nearby.

If these shells are anti-personnel shells, then fine, the fighters just need to duck into the trenches, as long as the shells do not hit the trenches directly, there is no big problem. But it's the incendiary bombs that are scary...... This thing doesn't hit the trench directly. That would also cause a fire. And the incendiary agent sprayed everywhere like a goddess scattering flowers. In a matter of moments, the trenches became a veritable wall of fire.

Maybe the more devils didn't have enough shells, or maybe the more devils felt that a few minutes of bombardment was enough, so the cannonade quickly stopped, followed by a series of terrible screams......

The scholar lying next to me couldn't help but gasp and asked, "Platoon commander, how did you know that the Yue Devil was going to shoot artillery?" If it's too late, we'll be gone! ”

"What are you talking about?" Company Commander Luo scolded loudly: "Don't hurry up and save people!" ”

"Yes!" Where did the warriors dare to slacken, they turned around and rushed back.

But how can we save it...... Everywhere there were fighters who had been blown to smuffs and severed arms. Or maybe it's a burning man who is lit by an incendiary bomb, and he can't save this after saving this, and he can't save this after taking care of that......

A soldier was covered in fire, and under the severe pain, he only knew to wave his arms and run and jump, several warriors threw dirt on him around the sapper shovel he was holding, but to no avail, the soil splashed on him was quickly shaken off by himself, Zuihou finally fell to his knees weakly, and curled up in an extremely painful posture to say goodbye to this shijie.

There was also a soldier who was on fire whose feet had been blown off, and he could only crawl and clutch on the ground. It seemed that only by venting all his strength could he alleviate his pain a little...... The soldiers hurried up to extinguish the fire on him with earth, and the rescued man still had a breath...... But I believe. He would rather he hadn't been saved......

I scrambled up to crush the wound of a young soldier whose chest was pierced by shrapnel and blood gushing out like a fountain...... I tried to help him stop the bleeding, however, I had no time to remove the bandage from the first aid kit when I noticed that he had lost his life after a few convulsions and a tilt of his head.

I sat on the ground, helpless as I watched the blood, fire, and death in front of me. I have to admit that on this battlefield I learned more about how to kill than how to save people!

I don't know how long it took for the scene to finally get under control...... But it's not so much about control as it is about cleaning.

The corpses and wounded were transported back by the militia who caught up with them, and after a rough count, there were only about forty people left who were still capable of fighting, which means that there was only such a bombardment just now...... Most of the casualties were killed and wounded in one company.

At this time, I couldn't help but be glad that the three companies in charge of the feint attack did not rush up with a single brain, otherwise the three companies crowded on this high ground and let the Yue devils blow up...... The loss is not as simple as a few dozen people.

"How did you know that the Yue Devil was going to shoot?" Luo Lianchang's face was blackened by smoke, and he sat in front of me and asked in a muffled voice.

"The devil is blowing up his own tunnel!" I replied: "They bombed the tunnel for two purposes, one was that they were worried that we would rush into the tunnel in desperation when the shells came, and the other was that they were worried that the incendiary bombs would blow themselves up!" ”

"Hmm!" Company Commander Luo nodded, and then let out a long sigh: "If the company commander is ...... It's good that the reaction has you so fast! ”

I don't know how to answer because I know...... The commander of a company was killed in the shelling of the Vietnamese army just now, and his body was burned with several soldiers, and the only thing that could be identified was the pistol on his body......

"The more devils are too ruthless!" Xiao Shi interjected on the side: "There are still their own people on this position, why are they ......?"

Xiao Shi said that this situation does exist, and every time a battle is fought, there are usually wounded and prisoners. Just like in this battle, the Vietnamese troops stationed on this high ground had a company, although many Vietnamese soldiers committed suicide by pulling grenades when our troops rushed to the hilltop position, but there were still more than 20 people captured by our troops, and most of these prisoners were injured and unconscious or could not even commit suicide because they were so seriously injured, and some were still pressed and tied up by a few of us......

But even so, these wounded are still soldiers of the Vietnamese army after all, and they can even be said to be heroes of the Vietnamese army...... So I also can't figure out how the more devils can do this ruthlessly.

However, this seems to be a reasonable thing to do.

The battlefield is so cruel, and the Vietnamese army, which has been in a state of war for many years, has formed a set of combat styles like beasts for the survival of the fittest, which is not something that people like us who have lived in a state of peace for many years can imagine. (To be continued......)