Chapter 191: Offense instead of Defense

A few of us were at a loss for words around the map on the anticline of Heights 237.

"How could the third battalion be so short of ammunition?" Company Commander Luo asked.

The commander of the third battalion replied with a ashamed face: "Before the troops moved to retreat, we had been on the task of clearing out the remnants of the enemy near Sabah, and we were still fighting a minute before we received the order to retreat. But...... To tell the truth, we did have the opportunity to replenish ammunition, but the soldiers were carried away by the good news of the retreat, and they all thought that the battle was over, and many comrades thought that there were dozens of kilometers to go in this retreat...... The lighter the body, the faster you go, so you don't replenish your ammunition in time! ”

Company Commander Luo and I glanced at each other, and there was helplessness in our eyes...... For us, food and ammunition can be said to be the most important thing, but we did not expect that some troops would not even replenish ammunition in time to facilitate the march.

It's just that they can't seem to blame for this, and with troops with no combat experience and poor training, any strange appearance is possible.

"But...... We are short of ammunition, and the devils are also short of ammunition! Company Commander Luo thought for a while and said, "The Yue devil came around from the path, didn't he?" They didn't have much ammunition with them, and they fought with us on the highway bridge, so I am afraid that this ammunition was almost exhausted. It shouldn't be too hard to stop them! ”

At this point, I did not agree with Company Commander Luo's point of view, I shook my head and said: "Although the Vietnamese devils are also short of ammunition, they can transfer long-range artillery assistance, which will greatly enhance the firepower of the Vietnamese army and reduce the consumption of ammunition." On the other hand...... As time goes by, more and more Vietnamese troops will arrive, and these additional soldiers will bring some ammunition to replenish the Vietnamese army's troops. So the situation is not optimistic! ”

"The second platoon commander is right!" Scar nodded and said, "I've worked with the Yue Devil for a while. So it is very clear about the combat methods and habits of the Yue devils...... What we encountered on the highway bridge was nothing more than the top Vietnamese soldiers. After that, there will be more troops, and even they will organize people who are good at climbing and walking mountain roads to help them transport ammunition, these people are actually the logistics team of the Vietnamese army, they will carry a bamboo basket on their backs, which is full of shells and bullets, and they will not be much slower than us when they walk up the mountain roads...... As soon as they arrived, the problem of ammunition for the more devils would not exist. ”

Hearing this, the commander of the 3rd Battalion and Company Luo couldn't help frowning: In this way, our army not only does not have an advantage in terms of strength, but also is far from the Vietnamese army in terms of firepower. How can this battle be fought!

The air soon filled with an oppressive atmosphere, and everyone was thinking about their own thoughts. Some people are thinking about how to fight this battle, while others are thinking about how to be so unlucky, and they are about to go home and have such a thing...... But no matter what everyone is thinking in their hearts, one thing is the same, and that is that they don't want to die.

"Comrades......" The third battalion commander Zuihou couldn't stand this atmosphere, he looked at us apologetically and said, "That's it! I am very grateful that you can stay and fight alongside us, and the soldiers of our three battalions are not unscrupulous, let alone ungrateful...... When the battle is almost overwhelmed, you can retreat. We stay and cover! ”

"How does this work?" Company Commander Luo rejected the plan of the third battalion commander without thinking about it, and said: "Since everyone is a comrade-in-arms who lives and dies together. Then we have to share the difficulties. If we shoot a few shots like this and leave you alone, what's the difference between that and a deserter?!! The soldiers of your third battalion are not bad breeds, and the soldiers of our second company are not greedy for life and afraid of death! ”

"Company Commander Luo......" The third battalion commander persuaded: "What I'm most afraid of in my life is to owe favors, you are not ......"

"There's nothing ungrateful about it!" Company Commander Luo unceremoniously interrupted the words of the third battalion commander: "This is the task given to us by the superiors, and it has nothing to do with your three battalions!" ”

The third battalion commander glanced at Company Commander Luo gratefully, and nodded wordlessly.

"Second Platoon Leader!" Then Company Commander Luo shouted at me.

"Here!" I stepped up.

"I'll find a way to get out right away!" Company Commander Luo pointed to the map and said, "You can give a feasible combat jihua within one hour!" ”

"What?" I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, I thought that this Company Commander Luo was going to give me some order, but I didn't expect it to be for me to find a way.

In fact, I was not the only one who was stunned, and the third battalion commander also dared to look at Company Commander Luo and then look at me unexpectedly...... A company commander gave an order for his subordinates to formulate an operational jihua...... This is something that has never been seen anywhere else on the battlefield.

"Oh, that's right!" Looking at the third battalion commander with a puzzled face, Company Commander Luo explained: "This second platoon commander under me is ...... It is the brains of our company, and he has solved the difficulties we have encountered several times. The third battalion commander can rest assured, this kid will definitely have a way to save the day! ”

Listening to Company Commander Luo's words, I couldn't help but be stunned...... I'm not a god, what else can I do if the army doesn't have ammunition?

"Oh!" It was obvious that there was also the third battalion commander who did not agree with Company Commander Luo, and he just nodded at me out of politeness, but his eyes were full of suspicion.

Then Company Commander Luo handed me a cigarette, lit each other and said in a deep voice: "Boy, can we go home alive with more than 100 people...... It's up to you! ”

"Company commander, this ......" I was full of embarrassment.

"Don't do this or that, think of your way!"

I couldn't help but lean in my heart, Company Commander Luo will really push the responsibility, can I still bear this burden?

Didn't we analyze the situation of the enemy and us very clearly just now, there are more devils and more guns than us, and the most important thing is that we have no ammunition...... Even if you have the ability to pass through the sky or give a pass, you can't defend it!

Hey...... If you can't defend it, then you can only attack?

Thinking of this, I patted my head and said, "There is a way, but ......"

"Speak quickly!" Luo Lian was overjoyed: "I knew you could do it, I limited you to one hour just now, and this minute is less!" ”

"What's the solution?" The third battalion commander also had some expectations, but he still didn't believe that my small platoon commander could reverse this one-sided situation.

"Company commander!" I crouched in front of the map and said, "In our current situation, we can't defend it if we want to." Even if we can hold it, we can't retreat, the devils will stick to us all the way, and then I'm afraid that we will be killed and injured before we retreat to the highway bridge! ”

"Well, to the point!" Company Commander Luo urged impatiently: "Is your solution just to let us retreat now?" ”

"I mean......" I bit and said, "Since we can't defend, what if Weishenme doesn't attack?" ”

"Attack?"

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

"With our little ammunition, we can't defend it and still attack?" It didn't take long for objections to be raised.

It was a company commander of the third battalion who said this, and it seemed that his name was Xu Rui when he heard the introduction of the third battalion commander, and it was said that he was the only company commander of the third battalion who did not sacrifice, so you can imagine how tragic the battle of the third battalion has been in the past few days.

"Absolutely!" I said, "First of all, we have just withdrawn from Hebian, and the more devils are so sneaky that we will kill a horse pistol." Secondly, the highway bridge in Hebian has been blown up by us, and the more devils have to cross the jungle and make a big circle to get around Hebian, which gives us time and opportunity to go back and set up an ambush. Again, only by setting up an ambush in advance, the long-range artillery fire of the Yue Devils did not have time to play a role, and at the same time, it could not play a role. At the same time, this is the only way to destroy as many enemies as possible with limited ammunition to win a battle and replenish ammunition from the enemy! ”

I said so violently that I heard the soldiers around me all stunned on the spot.

After a long time, the third battalion commander nodded at me with a surprised face and said: "The second platoon commander's analysis is reasonable, there is a saying that offense is the most haode defense, and now may be the time for us to replace defense with offense!" ”

"Battalion commander!" Company Commander Xu objected loudly: "Isn't it too dangerous for us to do this, in case the Yue Devil discovers that the ambush is unsuccessful, or the Yue Devil does not appear on Hebian but goes directly to a farther place, then we don't even have a chance to retreat?" ”

I have to say that Company Commander Xu's worries are still reasonable, the main reason is that the highway bridge in Hebian has been blown up by our army, so Hebian will lose its value, and it is useless for the devils to take it.

But......

"This can't be!" I said, "The more devils will definitely appear in Hebian!" ”

After a pause, I continued: "If the Yue Devil does not appear directly in Hebian, but directly through the jungle and goes farther away...... That would undoubtedly take more time, and it's not a matter of an hour or two. And we only need to hold out for a few hours, and when the engineering units are ready to blow up the bridge, we can retreat......"

"That's right!" Company Commander Luo nodded and said, "The Yue devils don't have time, they have to walk the shortest distance to get out of Hebian and then attack our army along the road, and only in this way can they stop our engineer troops from blowing up the bridge." So...... We are not afraid that the devil will not be ambushed! ”

"One more bonus!" The third battalion commander added: "Once our sneak attack is successful, then the Yue devils will not dare to be so rampant in the next pursuit, and we must pay attention to whether there are ambushes along the way, which will also give us more time and opportunity to get rid of them!" ”

"That's right!" Company Commander Luo and the third battalion commander looked at each other and smiled, nodded and said, "That's it!" ”

"Yours is yours!" The third battalion commander patted me on the shoulder and said, "It is worthy of being the brains of the second company, and he thought of such a way so quickly!" A dead game of chess has made you come alive! ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but sweat, this is what Company Commander Luo said casually, and the third battalion commander took it seriously. (To be continued......)