Chapter 53

By the time we reached Heights 239, it was already three hours later.

We can't really be blamed for the slow pace of the march, in fact, we are already trotting all the way. The problem is the road in this part of Vietnam...... Although it is a highway, it also winds around the curve, and it seems to be only a few miles on the map, but after such a detour, it will be several times more out of thin air.

In addition, there was a big battle on the way, and I had to worry about whether the Vietnamese army had other ambushes...... So it wasn't until dawn that I arrived at the designated destination, 239 Heights.

Scar and I climbed up to the high ground with a few soldiers to reconnoitre, and found that there were no Vietnamese troops on it, so we sat down in the grass like a puddle of mud.

A night of rapid marching and a battle exhausted us.

Chen Yiyi's physical strength also surprised me, she didn't sleep all night and walked so far, she seemed to be a person who was fine, Shi Shiran sat down next to me and took out a compressed biscuit and bit it......

Being teased by her like this, the soldiers and I all felt hungry and growled, but we were too tired just now to feel it. So they all followed Chen Yiyi's example, and they were digging out compressed biscuits and canned food.

The company commander worked harder, and as soon as he arrived on the high ground, he immediately set up a radio station to report to the regiment headquarters:

"Yes! We have reached 239 heights! ”

"Accurate, there are no enemies!"

"Is there a road to the west?!"

The company commander glanced at me, and I had to jump up and run a few steps to the west, and when I looked down, there was really a road that made a bend at the foot of the 239 height, and then went all the way north.

I nodded to the company commander.

The company commander immediately replied:

"Yes, there's a road on the west side!"

"Yes! It's ......"

After the company commander hung up the phone, he waved at us and shouted, "Get up for me, build the fortifications immediately!" ”

The soldiers wailed, especially the platoon under Scar, one platoon was the most cheerful because of the large number of recruits:

"Company commander, we've been on the road all night, and the bones are about to fall apart, so we have to let people take a breath when we hang ourselves!"

"Yes, company commander, our stomachs are still empty, and we have the strength to do the work when we fill our stomachs!"

"It's not a big deal if this fortification is done late......

"Get it all up for me!" Scar shouted at the grumbling soldiers, "Are you going to die?" Will you starve to death if you eat dry food late or what's wrong? Rest later and you'll be exhausted? What if there are no fortifications and the enemy will come right away? What to dodge the devil's cannon? Rise up for anyone who wants to live! ”

As soon as Scar shouted like this, the soldiers were silent, and they all stood up with their tired bodies and drew their sapper shovels.

To be honest, I was on the side of resting first, but Scar shouted at me...... It feels like that, the troops in battle, maybe when they will be able to meet the enemy, if the enemy comes and the fortifications are not done, it is a fatal thing.

As for being tired and hungry...... As soon as the enemy comes, under the threat of death, this tiredness and hunger will soon be forgotten.

The standard of the trench is one meter deep and five wide and one meter, which is just right for a person to stand up and shoot, and then dig a hole about seventy-five centimeters high in the back side wall of the trench, because this hole looks like a cat's ear, so it is also called a cat ear hole, which is mainly used to avoid shells, and of course can also be used to store ammunition. Ammunition placed inside will neither block the trench passage nor be detonated by enemy artillery fire, so it can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

After digging the cat's ear hole, I still felt fresh and deliberately hid in it, but after a while, I couldn't stand it and crawled out of it. The reason is that it is stuffy and damp inside, and the height of seventy-five centimeters and the small space make people have to squeeze in it as if practicing bone shrinking skills, and the sand on the top of the head falls into the neck from time to time. What's even more unbearable is that this hole is dug and the first to move in are swarms of mosquitoes, and we will be besieged by them as soon as we hide in, but we are often unable to resist because we shrink up......

Some people may say that dig this cat's ear hole bigger!

That's right! At first, I thought the same thing, and I did the same, I wanted to dig a bigger space and hide comfortably, but I was quickly stopped by Scar!

"You're looking for death, aren't you?" Here's what Scar said: "If you dig a little bigger, it's not thick enough, and a single shell will bury you alive!" ”

Listening to this, I also think it makes sense, for a small hole like Mao'er Cave that has no log support and no reinforced concrete roof beams, there is no doubt that the larger the space, the easier it is to collapse, for the sake of small lives, it is better to spend less effort!

As soon as the fortifications were finished, the soldiers were all so hungry that they lay down, and as soon as they sat down in the trenches, they couldn't wait to stuff biscuits and pour water. Some of the soldiers were so tired that they were holding a kettle in their hands and biting half a biscuit in their mouths, but they had already leaned against the wall of the trench and fell asleep......

I was also tired and hungry, and I only felt sour in my heart when I watched this scene, and tears almost poured out. This is the hard life on the battlefield, we have to not only starve and be stranded, but also be threatened with death all the time, can ordinary people endure all this?

To be honest, I can't stand it, but I have to endure it because this is a battlefield and I don't have a choice.

What makes me angry is...... I hurriedly took two bites of compressed biscuits and poured a few mouthfuls of water, and just wanted to lean on the trench to sleep for a while, the correspondent Xiao Liu ran all the way along the trench and shouted: "Platoon commanders, go to the company headquarters for a meeting......

No way! I couldn't help but scold fiercely in my heart, do you want anyone to live?

I was so tired at this time that I deliberately pretended not to hear and closed my eyes, and slept on my own, anyway, this is also at night, isn't it? Who knows if I'm really sleeping or fake?

Unfortunately, shortly after I closed my eyes, Scar came up and kicked me hard: "Hey, didn't you hear the meeting?" ”

"Hmm!" Reluctantly, I stood up and followed Scar with my gun like a wilted cabbage.

In modern life, I have never suffered like this, I can't sleep, and at this time, I wish someone would remove this platoon commander on the spot, so that I can sleep well like other soldiers.

Following Scar in the trenches for a while, he soon turned to the company headquarters. It is said that it is a company but in fact it is only an air-raid shelter that can only accommodate three or four people, but the location is slightly better, and there are very few shells that can be blown up in the col, and I don't know how they got a few logs to support the roof of the cave, and it looks like they can hold a few shells.

Of course, there are radio soldiers hiding in this bomb shelter, so we have to have a meeting outside.

"Sit!" Company Commander Luo warmly invited us to sit on a thatched field by the trench, and after a few people formed a circle, Company Commander Luo habitually took out cigarettes to distribute them......

As a result, no one dared to take it except the instructor.

"You guys are ......," the instructor looked at us a little strangely.

"Report to the company commander, instructor!" I replied, "We're worried that the more devils will shoot cold, even though there is no enemy now...... But maybe there will be a sniper lying in the dark. And they lit the fire according to the cigarette butt......"

"Hmm!" Company Commander Luo, who was taking out the lighter, hurriedly put the lighter back again, kicked me a little angrily and said, "You kid! I didn't say it sooner...... You just want to watch me and the instructor get shot by the devil sniper, right? ”

I'm wronged...... If I wanted to see you guys shot one by one by devil snipers, would I still say that?

"Here's the thing!" The company commander spread out a map in front of us, carefully illuminated it with a black-clothed flashlight, and then pointed to a location and said: "This is the 239 Heights where we are located, and next to us is Highway 10, where the 345th Division of the Vietnamese Army is, about 15 kilometers west of Lao Cai. There is intelligence that an unknown Vietnamese army is attempting to flank our troops in Lao Cai with the 345th Division of the Vietnamese Army through Highway 10. So the order from the higher authorities is, let us hold on to the 239 heights, and not allow a single Vietnamese soldier to pass through here! ”

"Comrades!" The instructor answered, "Our task is very serious! Comrades, please think of the battle in which Vietnamese agents attacked our artillery battalion yesterday. We guessed that the original Jihua of the Vietnamese army wanted to use the strength of the underground castle of Lao Cai to join forces with the 345th Division to eat us, but they did not expect it...... A regiment of the underground castle was eaten by us in just a few days. Therefore, the 345th Division of the Vietnamese Army was alone, and when it arrived in the northwest of our army, it did not dare to launch an attack easily. That's where we are today. ”

"The instructor is right!" Company Commander Luo nodded and said: "The total annihilation of the underground castle in Lao Cai has undoubtedly disrupted the overall Jihua of the Vietnamese army, so the Vietnamese army has formulated a new Jihua. It is very likely that this jihua first sent agents to attack our artillery battalion, which not only hit our artillery Liliang, but also hit the morale of our army, and at the same time tried to distract the attention and strength of our army...... It is hoped that our army will be able to hunt down this Vietnamese special forces. Then secretly crossed Chen Cang and sent another force to attack Lao Cai back and forth, and pressed back to the important place of Lao Cai in one fell swoop! ”

"The location of Lao Cai is very important!" The instructor said meaningfully: "It can be said to be the supply base and artillery position of our army's frontline, and its safety is directly related to whether the soldiers on the front line of our army have food, bullets, and artillery support!" This is related to the victory or defeat of the whole battle, so we must not let Lao Cai fall into the hands of the Yue devils, we must block the Yue devils in the south and completely smash their jihua! ”

When the company commander and instructor said this, I think it's really ...... Anyway, I've always been a small soldier fighting in a daze, and I've never thought about any connection between these battles, but now after listening to these words, I feel that all the battles I fought before have been strung together, for the sake of actually only one place - Lao Cai!

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