Later I learned that the situation of the six platoons in the first battalion was much worse than I had imagined.

They are scouts who go deep into the jungle and don't carry much food or ammunition with them...... We are all deeply aware of this point, and every time we have to march in a hurry, we must carefully consider a question: whether to bring more ammunition or more food.

This trade-off is undoubtedly painful, as if you bring more ammunition, you are likely to starve, and if you bring more food, it means that you will probably face the enemy without bullets. And a person's weight-bearing capacity is so great, not to mention that you can't bring too much with you when you go deep into the jungle, otherwise it will affect the speed of the march.

Several platoons of the first battalion faced this situation of running out of ammunition and food, and the most serious thing was that the Vietnamese army deliberately trapped them in a place without water sources...... It is unbearable without food, and without water, it is a physical and mental torture.

Therefore, the soldiers who had been trapped between these two heights for several days were already digging grass roots and eating tree bark at this time, hungry and thirsty, and there was little ammunition left.

In this state, even if they see us occupying the main peak, they can only "look at the peak and sigh...... They didn't have enough ammunition to break through, and even if they did, they didn't have the strength to break through, so they chose to remain silent.

Their intention of choosing silence was good, because they saw through the intention of the Yue devils, that is, to besiege them and use them as bait to attract more soldiers to come to the rescue, so that more and more comrades-in-arms would fall into the same situation as them.

They didn't want to do that, so they could tell their comrades their location if they only had to climb a tree and shoot a few flares. They also decided not to do this after discussion among the cadres.

I couldn't help but feel a little dizzy when I learned about it afterwards. There is really nothing to say about the self-sacrificing spirit of the warriors of this era. But they didn't want to think about it, if their six platoons were completely annihilated by the Vietnamese army, then even if we could finally win the battle, I am afraid that it could only be said to be a miserable victory.

So this made us very embarrassed, and it was originally planned that we would use these six platoons as our reserve soldiers, after all, we were preparing for a "protracted war......

The so-called "protracted war", that is, we have to occupy this main peak for a considerable period of time, the meaning of which is to make it difficult for the Vietnamese army to supply. At the same time, the 703rd Regiment was storming eight positions in front of the main peak.

It's not hard to imagine that this is a war to see who can survive to the end: see if the synthetic battalion of our main peak can hold out to the end. Or the Vietnamese army was able to hold out to the end.

I'm not sure about that, the only thing that is certain is that this fight won't end so soon.

This is also the reason why we have to transport a large number of strategic materials to the main peak from the beginning, without these materials, I am afraid that we will not be able to hold on to the main peak for two days without a water source here.

Because this is a "protracted war", and we don't know how long we will fight, we need more troops to defend. This is to be able to take turns with each other to rest, otherwise fighting on this mountain for several days and nights in a row, even the iron people can't stand it, not to mention that the soldiers of our synthetic battalion are also flesh and blood.

To put it simply, these six platoons of the 1st Battalion are quite important to us.

And yet now. We don't even know where they are, only that they are between the two heights of No. 27 and the main peak. But between the two heights is a wide jungle, and although we can see some movement in the telescope, we can't be sure whether it is Vietnamese or friendly troops.

"There's only one thing we can be sure of!" Zhao Jingping said: "That is, these soldiers of the first battalion are still surrounded by the Vietnamese army, because according to our observations during this time, there will be a few gunshots in the jungle from time to time, and occasionally the explosion of grenades. ”

I didn't speak to the cadres around me, because if we didn't consider the comradeship, this message would not even be considered good news from a purely military point of view.

The reason is simple, to establish that the fighters of a battalion are alive and do not know their location means more trouble.

"How did this battalion go?!" Scar scolded angrily: "The battle of the main peak is like this, it is both guns and cannons, didn't they see it at all?" Even if the radio station is damaged by the enemy, it is okay to send a signal with a signal flag, or to light a fire with a signal bomb, but they are stunned by nothing! ”

"Maybe a battalion has a battalion of suffering!" Zhao Jingping sighed and said: "For example, the result of them doing this, it is very likely that they will tell us where they are, and at the same time, let the Vietnamese army know their location." Another example ......"

Zhao Jingping said and disappeared, because he actually knew very well that the first battalion was surrounded, and where would the Vietnamese army not know their location.

"It's useless for us to guess here!" Li Zuolong said: "The important thing is how to fight this battle, how to save this battalion to this main peak!" ”

"How else can you fight?!" Scar responded angrily: "I don't even know their location and fart, and if it drags on like this, there will be more and more devils around, and I'm afraid that we won't have a chance to save them again!" ”

Scar's words weren't very good, but I knew he was right. One of the reasons why the Vietnamese army has been at an absolute disadvantage until now is that they are not prepared.

You must know that this main peak is more than 1,700 meters high, and it takes five or six hours to climb this main peak from the bottom of the mountain, which means that it will take at least five or six hours for the reinforcements of the Vietnamese army to arrive...... Who told them not to rappel without a helicopter! It would have been different if the Soviets had generously supported them with a few Mi-17s or Mi-24s.

So this seems to have set a time limit for us, that is, we must rescue the six platoons of the first battalion in five or six hours, that is, before the Vietnamese reinforcements arrive, otherwise our two troops will never be able to divide the division.

"The most important thing at the moment is to find the location of the first battalion!" I say.

"But...... How to find it? Zhao Jingping asked rhetorically.

At this moment, many methods went through my mind, such as using helicopters, or sending reconnaissance troops...... But they were quickly overturned by me one by one.

Helicopters are okay for combat, but there is no advantage in finding people in such a deep and dense forest, not to mention that this forest is also full of dangers, and a rocket or a string of anti-aircraft machine gun bullets may be fired at any time in a corner that the pilot is not paying attention to.

As for sending out a reconnaissance unit, the soldiers of the special agent company did pass the test, but the problem was that at this time, there were Vietnamese troops lurking everywhere around, even if the special agent company had the ability to track, lurk and all kinds of jungle operations, so sending a force in the past was only afraid that it would be mud cows into the sea.

Just when everyone was worried, I suddenly thought of a possibility......

"The Yue devils are besieging the six platoons of the first battalion...... In order to let others rescue them, isn't it? ”

"Of course!" Hearing this, Zhao Jingping looked at me a little inexplicably and said, "Surround the point to help, everyone knows!" ”

"So......" I continued, "what do you think will happen if the Vietnamese army knows that we have lost contact with this unit and wants to rescue but cannot carry out the rescue?!" ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, Zhao Jingping couldn't help but be stunned, and then nodded and said: "It is very likely that the Vietnamese army will indicate the location of the first battalion for us!" ”

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but be stunned, and after a long while, Li Zuolong looked at me suspiciously and said, "What does the battalion commander mean...... Let the more devils come to sue us? How can it be so good! ”

"Maybe it works!" Scar also nodded and said, "But the problem is ...... It's better not to do this by us, or our strategic intentions will be exposed! ”

From this sentence, it can also be seen that this Scar still has some brains, because this is exactly what I have in mind...... If we let the Yue Devils know that we want to find a battalion and save them to the main peak, then the Yue Devil only needs to set a trap and wait for a battalion.

"Hmm!" I nodded: "So, this matter has to be done by the comrades of the 703rd regiment!" In particular, we have another unit that is pretending to rescue a battalion, that is, the team of Deputy Battalion Commander Chen. ”

Zhao Jingping agreed: "Although there are many uncertainties in this, there is no other better way now, and it doesn't hurt to try a dead horse as a live horse doctor!" ”

So the plan was decided, just like Zhao Jingping said, even if this plan fails, we will have no loss to us, so we will have no pressure to do it.

The method is also very simple, in fact, it is to send a telegram to Commander Shen, asking him to spread the news: The Chinese soldiers occupying the main peak are actually playing the same game of attacking the east and attacking the west, ostensibly wanting to capture the main peak and posing a threat to the defense of the entire Kuolin Mountain, but in fact, they want to rescue the trapped six platoons.

However, the Chinese soldiers had problems during the rescue, and the rescue force lost the position of six platoons of the first battalion, which made it impossible to implement the rescue plan, and the Chinese army had no choice but to prepare to take back the rescue force.

This move can be said to kill two birds with one stone, not only may make the Vietnamese army tell us the location of our first battalion, but also may make them believe that the occupation of the main peak by our army is not a real strategic purpose.

Of course, it is also possible that the Vietnamese army will not be fooled by this, after all, the strategic value of the main peak is also extraordinary.

But I believe that it is entirely possible that the Vietnamese army will believe that the Chinese soldiers will want to take the opportunity to rescue those six platoons at this time, that is, when all the eyes of the Vietnamese army are fixed on the main peak.

In fact, this is also true, the difference is that we did not intend to "rescue" those six platoons, but "save them in". (To be continued......)