Chapter 38: The Battle of Tong Deng (Eight)

Chapter 38: The Battle of Tong Deng (Eight)

Three Vietnamese old men were quickly released. Although I knew they would definitely not be as simple as poor old men, I could tell from their tough bodies and bright eyes that they must have been soldiers... But then again, with the system of Vietnam's entire people being soldiers, there are really fewer people who have never been soldiers. People like them might still harass our army at night or attack the main force of our army's logistics supply line! But what can I do? Without guns on them, we can only treat them as civilians. As for the two Vietnamese women who are so stupid that they can hide guns on them, they can only be our captives.

But I soon discovered that searching like this is meaningless. Those with guns are the agents who catch them, and those without guns are the civilians who let them go... Isn't that explicitly telling the agents in Tongdeng Town - as long as you don't put the gun on them, it's safe?

As I was worried, the search did not make any progress. Even if the agents were carrying guns, they would put away the guns after seeing this scene. The soldiers also found several guns in their houses, but they had to confiscate the matter. Those guys refused to admit that it was theirs, and we should do their tricks.

"Company Commander! Look..." Seeing this, the deputy company commander couldn't help but ask. Not only us, but even the soldiers knew that there would be no results if they continued to search like this, they were just doing it.

"Get out!" I said a word and turned around and left. If I felt that some method was ineffective, I would no longer have to bite the bullet for face.

Behind him, there was a burst of laughter from the Vietnamese, as if mocking us for what we could do to them, and there were even some "civilians" who did not hide the murderous intent in their eyes... Yes! What is the murderous intent in their eyes? We can't just identify them as agents and arrest them!

But... if they really think I can't do anything to them, then they're really wrong.

Tongdeng is not far from Tanmou, only one kilometer away. In fact, Tanmoudeng is the closest triangular defense zone to Tongdeng. It is precisely because of this that the control of Tongdeng fell on our group without hesitation. But now, it seems that no one can do anything about Tongdeng's "slum".

After returning to Tan's high ground, the first thing I did was to report the search to the regiment headquarters.

Political Commissar Huang nodded and said, "You are doing the right thing! You must not act rashly when you cannot determine whether the other party is really an agent. Otherwise, it is very likely to have an extremely bad impact among the Vietnamese people, which is extremely unfavorable to our revolutionary work!"

"Political Commissar!" Captain Zhang replied with some dissatisfaction: "How could they be civilians? The real civilians had already been removed in January. I see, most of the civilians were disguised by Vietnamese agents!"

"Even if this is the case, we cannot make arbitrary judgment!" Political Commissar Huang replied: "What if they are really civilians? Are you still going to pay attention to the three major disciplines and eight items?"

After Political Commissar Huang said this, we had nothing to say. In fact, on this point, I agree with Captain Zhang. No civilian can be so calm when facing enemy troops, and even laugh at him.

"Report!" At this time, a staff officer came up to report: "The statistics came out. Last night, five companies of our army were attacked by the Vietnamese army, and the casualties reached 32. The logistics supply line was also attacked by Vietnamese agents, losing five military vehicles carrying ammunition, 47 migrant workers transporting wounded, and... "

"What else?" Captain Zhang gritted his teeth and asked.

"And..." the staff officer said hesitantly: "More than 30 wounded people we sent back were pushed off the cliff... When we arrived this morning, we found that the cliff was full of the bodies of the wounded!"

"These bitches are raised!" Captain Zhang punched the table hard, shaking the teacup so hard that it jumped high.

"Political Commissar!" I couldn't help but interject: "If we don't control those 'people', our troops will never have a rear. If we don't clear those 'old women', our transportation lines will never have peace. How can we fight such a battle?"

"Clear? Control?" Political Commissar Huang glared at me and said angrily: "It's easy to say, how to clear? How to control? Do you think of a way for me..."

"Political Commissar!" Before Political Commissar Huang finished speaking, I answered: "In fact, it is not difficult to control!"

"Well! Tell me!" Political Commissar Huang looked at me unexpectedly.

"Curruff!" I replied, "If it's a commoner, then there's no need to leave the village again at night, right? Just stay in the house and sleep well. If they leave the village, what are they going to do? Or aren't they attacking us with guns? Let's put the words down first. After dark at night, it's inevitable that they will go out. If they leave the village, we can only treat them as Vietnamese troops."

"This method is good!" Captain Zhang nodded and said, "This will not only attack the Vietnamese Japanese, but also breathe a sigh of relief for our unjustly comrades, but also not violate the three major disciplines and eight precautions. What do you think? Political Commissar?"

Political Commissar Huang thought about it and nodded, but added a sentence later: "You must determine whether it is a civilian or an enemy, and you must not kill innocent people indiscriminately!"

"Yes!" I saluted the political commissar and the leader of the regiment, and then went on happily.

"Company Commander! Company Commander..." As soon as I returned to the trench, the soldiers surrounded me. They said one by one: "Let's go and search Tongdeng again!"

"Yes! Company Commander, the Japanese were prepared just now. Let's go without saying a word this time, and come unexpectedly!"

"Yes! I can guarantee that everyone can be searched clearly!"

...

"What's wrong with you?" I couldn't help but ask.

After I asked this, the soldiers were silent. The deputy company commander came up and explained: "Last night, we had ten wounded soldiers sent back. We just received the news that they all died on the way back. They were pushed down the cliff by Vietnamese agents and fell to death..."

After hearing this, I understood what was going on. Actually, when I was in the regiment headquarters, I heard the Chief of Staff talk about this, but I didn’t feel anything at that time. Maybe I didn’t know that the wounded were soldiers from my own troops! After listening to the deputy company commander, I realized that my comrades around me were also in trouble.

They did not die on the battlefield, but on the way to send off... I could almost imagine that the wounded soldiers who were unable to move due to injuries were watching the Vietnamese "old lady" push them down the cliff one by one. But they could do nothing and could only watch that way, waiting for the end of their lives...

"Everyone is there!" I gritted my teeth and said, "Get the time to rest!"

"Rest?" The soldiers looked at me in discomfort.

It was not until I added a sentence at the end: Action tonight! The soldiers simply responded and returned to the trenches to rest.

"Company Commander!" After the soldiers dispersed, the people from my hometown found me and asked with some concern: "You don't want to take the soldiers to the village in the dark..."

"Don't worry, I won't do such an outrageous thing!" I replied.

Although the people in my hometown haven't finished speaking, I also know that he is worried that I will take the soldiers to the village in the dark when they are in a hot head! I have to admit that several years of life on the battlefield have made me a little cold-blooded, but I know very well that I am not a butcher. All I will kill is the enemy, holding a gun and trying to be unfavorable to my comrades! This is a world where you either die or I die. If you want to survive, we have no choice.

In the evening, I gathered several squad leaders of the company together, pointed to the map spread on the ground and said, "Our mission tonight is *** Tongdeng Town. All those who attempt to group out of Tongdeng Town at night have reason to believe that they are Vietnamese agents. We can kill them without any worries, do you understand?"

"Company Commander!" Instructor Xie asked with some concern: "What if we kill the common people by chance?"

"I will be responsible for the murder!" I replied without thinking: "You must do the following: 1. Distribute the troops on both sides of the mountain roads, roads, highways and railways around Tongdeng Town, and allocate shooting coordinates in advance. 2. After the ambush, no one is allowed to move, no one is allowed to stand up, and no one is allowed to clean the battlefield. 3. As long as you see the standing person, don't ask anything, just approach and shoot the grenade! Do you understand?"

"I understand!" the soldiers responded. Although I didn't know why I made this, two or three points, I still remembered these words seriously.

"Okay! Assign tasks now!" I pointed to the map and said, "There are two sides of the two sides, and there are only two small roads on these two sides. You three classes will assign them to themselves."

"yes!"

"The second row is responsible for the west side, and there is a highway and a railway here. I lead two shifts to be responsible for the highway and the other shift to be responsible for the railway!"

"yes!"

"The third row is responsible for the south side! Although there is only one mountain road here, there is an open rice field. Be careful not to let the Vietnamese army go out of the rice field!"

"yes!"

Then I looked at the dark sky and said, "Remember the three points I just said and set off!"

Several teams set off in the night under the leadership of the platoon leaders of each squad. More than ten minutes later, I brought two squad soldiers to the destination, which is the side near the entrance of Tongliang Highway to Tongdeng Town.

The so-called Tongliang Highway is the road from Tongzhong to Lang Son, referred to as Tongliang Highway. For modern wars, a very important point is to master the traffic trunks on the battlefield, such as roads, railways or airports. Because all modern equipment, such as tanks, cannons, ammunition and other logistics supplies, are transported by these transportation facilities. In this modern war with a huge amount of ammunition consumption, it can almost be said that whoever controls or controls the traffic trunk lines will control the other party's logistics supply, and the outcome of a war can be decided.

This is also the reason why the Vietnamese army is here to defend and refuse to give up this town, because Tongdeng has railways and highways to Lang Son. As long as Tongdeng is not lost, our army will not be able to attack Lang Son. The reason is very simple, the logistics cannot be guaranteed! Without the supply of bullets and shells, no matter how many troops are sent to attack Lang Son, it will be a dead end!

After choosing a location, I waved my hand and asked the soldiers to find the right place to ambush them. Vietnam is full of thatch and jungle, and it seems easy to lurk in the dark, and it is difficult to lurk in the dark, and it is difficult to lurk in order to persevere. The insects are the ones that cost human life, which are good during the day, and they are all kinds of things that can be thought of. Sometimes they are centipedes and sometimes they are poisonous snakes. If there is no battlefield discipline, I think I will have to scare the soldiers to jump up.

The sky in the distance slowly changed from gray to gray black, and then from gray to black. After a while, the moon came out, a faint silver light was sprinkled on the black. The bamboo houses and tile houses that climbed together also appeared in the outlines under the moonlight. A few lits of fire jumped in the village like stars, which was a thick night view of the countryside.

If it weren't for the sound of gunfire behind me, I would almost have thought that the Tong Deng in front of me was my hometown, and I would almost have wanted to walk up and have a few drinks with the fellow villagers who lived there.

But this is obviously impossible, because I know very clearly that it is the enemy living there, not the fellow villagers!

Time passed by minute by minute, except for the bombing like thunder and lightning in the distance, there was no movement. But I knew that the Vietnamese agents would definitely walk along this highway into our ambush circle. Because behind us was another defensive group.

The geographical location of Tanlong is very important, because the road and railway pass through the south side of Tanlong. In other words, Tanlong is the gateway between Tongdeng and Lang Son. If the failure of Tanlong, it means that the Vietnamese army in Tongdeng and Lang Son was cut off by our army. At this time, the troops of our division's 638th Regiment were surrounding Tanlong defense group, fighting the defenders inside and resisting reinforcements from Lang Son outside, fighting fiercely with the enemy!

This is a great opportunity for a sneak attack! If I were a Vietnamese agent, I would also find a way to take advantage of the night to arrive at the 638th Regiment’s troops and come hard.

Moreover, the Vietnamese agents seemed to have done a lot of success in several attacks, sneaking into our army's logistics supply line, sneaking into the wounded, and even launching infiltration wars directly against the offensive forces. Over the last few days, they did taste a lot of sweetness. But... what they didn't expect was that tonight would be a little different from before...

The battles in Tanlong area became more and more intense, and the sound of gunfire became more and more intense, and my vigilance became higher and higher. Because I knew that it was often the best time for Vietnamese agents to dispatch when the battle was fierce.

As expected, a few black shadows flashed out in the direction of the same boarding soon, and looked at us sneakily, then hugged and touched us along the road.

"Don't shoot for the moment!" I whispered to the intercom: "Wait for my order!"

"Yes!" The soldiers' low response came from the intercom.

I believe that not only these puppet army agents dispatched from this direction are just a few people. It is too important to explore the ridges. Moreover, there is a regiment of our army in that direction, so these people cannot play any role.

So they must have come to explore the way. When they got closer, I was even more convinced of this because I found that none of these people were carrying weapons, and they all carried hoes on their shoulders!

Obviously, they are the common people who pretend to work. Speaking of which, in Vietnam, there are actually ordinary people who come out to work at night. They are hot during the day and cool at night... However, the people who work are not as scattered as they do. Moreover, during the war period, ordinary people are easily killed by accident when they go out to work at night. They will not misunderstand this common sense.

These "common people" walked around the entrance of the village twice, and found no suspicious places, so they learned a few bird calls into the village. Good guy, this call came out dozens of Vietnamese soldiers with cunning skills, and they were very skilled in jogging along the road towards us.

Of course, they were still wearing the costumes of ordinary people. This was a must. Once they were discovered, they would just throw away the ak47 in their hands and immediately become civilians. But this time, they were afraid that it would be too late...

One thing I have to make is that I did not notify the "people" of Tongdeng in advance to implement the curfew. In Tongdeng's implementation of the curfew was actually telling the Vietnamese agents that we have actions at night, so you should pay attention to me at night!

I'm not stupid, so it's not too late to tell them tomorrow. The difference is whether those restless agents will get us disabled!

I don’t know if they were in a hurry to clear the siege of the ridge, or if the success in the past few days has come too easily. The Vietnamese agents advanced very quickly and soon ran into our encirclement.

"Fight!" With my order, the gunshots quickly rang out. The soldiers *** the submachine guns, machine guns and grenades in their hands were fired at the Vietnamese army. Before the forty Vietnamese troops could react quickly, they screamed and fell under the rain of bullets in our army. The speed was so fast that I had only had time to fire two shots...

By the way, our army was lurking here at this time, only two squads of twenty people, and the number of enemies was twice as many as ours, but we still knocked them to the ground without any effort.

This is how modern warfare is. Often, it is not something that can determine the outcome if there are too many people. Instead, after the individual weapons are highly developed, it only takes a few seconds of initiative to end the battle before the other party can fight back!

However, it is inevitable that some of the Vietnamese troops were only injured and not dead. I had an order before the war - no one was allowed to clean the battlefield, and whoever stood up would beat him! So no one dared to stand up and catch prisoners or anything, just let them make a cry of yelling like a pig in the pool of blood.
Chapter completed!