Chapter 43: The Battle of Tong Deng (Thirteen)

Chapter 43: The Battle of Tong Deng (Thirteen)

The Vietnamese army's strafing and bombing at the railway station continued, and Battalion Commander Ding's infantry company and Battalion Commander Wu's tanks were still suffering losses, but all I could do was watch like this.

Watching comrades one by one, rows of fallen into pools of blood under the Vietnamese guns and cannons, watching the tanks explode and burn under the Vietnamese artillery fire, and the tank soldiers crawling out from inside. They were covered in flames, screaming and roaring under the pale light of the flares...

But we can do nothing. The Vietnamese army hid in the fort and we could see nothing. They could keep shooting out the flares, but we could not shoot the flares in. Even if we could hit the flares in through the perforation, we could still not see the people inside or shoot the enemy to death.

So, the battlefield suddenly became a situation where the enemy was in darkness and we were in light.

We had to wait, wait for the chemical defense soldiers to rush up to Pingding Mountain, and then use the guns in their hands to buy us a short time.

These chemical defense soldiers were temporarily arranged by Captain Zhao for our company, so that they could be useful when searching for enemies hiding in the tunnel. However, they did not expect that they would not be useful when searching for enemies, but at this critical moment they became a life-saving straw for us.

I gently moved the sniper rifle in my hand and turned my eyes to the chemical defense soldiers who were moving towards the Guitun Fortress on the inclined surface of Pingding Mountain. There were seven chemical defense soldiers in total, and each chemical defense soldiers were protected by three soldiers. After all, the chemical defense soldiers were carrying heavy gasoline barrels on their backs and were slow to move, and such a large target was easily attacked by the enemy, so there must be soldiers and they cooperated.

The three soldiers in charge of the protection mission were holding 56 and a half, and two of them holding Type 56 submachine guns. This weapon distribution method is obviously similar to that of the US military's chemical defense forces. The 56 and a half rifle is responsible for dealing with long-range targets, while the 56 submachine gun is covered at close range.

Perhaps because the Vietnamese army focused all their attention in the train station, they did not find the soldiers who were approaching Guitun Fort on the slope, which also made the soldiers' march smoothly.

But... suddenly, with a "boom", a soldier was thrown high in the flames, and then fell heavily back to the inclined surface and rolled downward. It was a bit of a disaster.

I didn't hear the roar of the shells, and the flames didn't look like grenades. In fact... at this time, the soldiers were more than 100 meters away from the turret. I believe that the Vietnamese troops in the turret could not throw the grenades so far through the turret. So, there is only one possibility - landmines!

Landmines are available on the Korean battlefield, but they are definitely not as widely used as they are now. The Vietnamese army seems to have endless mines. No matter where they defend, they must lay dense mines in front of the positions. The density is even if our army launches carpet bombing with artillery fire. It is difficult to clear the mines. Now it is naturally no exception.

But what I am worried about is not those landmines. Although there are still landmines, they are still a few. As long as the soldiers walk carefully along the craters, there will be no big problems. What I am really worried about is that the Vietnamese troops in the fort found those soldiers who were touching the fort...

Once the Vietnamese army discovered those soldiers or chemical defense soldiers carrying gasoline barrels, the consequences can be imagined. From the old militia He Guoan, I know that there are more than 300 perforations on the Guitun Fort, which means there are nearly 100 perforations on each side... Submachine guns and machine gun bullets shot out from the perforations, which is not like rain!

However, the Vietnamese army did not seem to notice the explosion, which can be seen from the fact that their machine guns did not turn. After all, the sound of gunfire and explosion in the direction of the railway station were too obvious, and the explosion could only be said to have thrown a small stone into the surging sea.

The soldiers continued to approach the fort, and my heart slowly hanged.

As a commander, it is very necessary to understand the performance of the weapons in your hands, because only by understanding the weapons in your hands, such as performance, lethality, and advantages and disadvantages, can you reasonably use these weapons on the battlefield and let them play their greatest role. So before the war started, I learned about the performance of the flamethrower equipped by our army from the chemical defense soldiers.

This is a lightweight *** device developed by our army, with its full name being the "Type 74 Flamethrower". Compared with the flamethrower used by the US military during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the largest injector of the Type 74 Flamethrower reached 100 meters, which far exceeded the range of 30 to 40 meters of the US military flamethrower.

But this is not surprising. I think that in this era of highly developed individual weapons, if a flamethrower needs to be close to 30 or 40 meters before it can be launched, it would be better to rush forward with a submachine gun.

But what surprised me was that the chemical defense soldiers had already rushed to a location about one hundred meters away from the Vietnamese fortress, but they still had no intention of stopping, but continued to run forward!

Randao they didn't know that they had reached the range of the flamethrower?

I think this is impossible. As a chemical defense soldier weighing forty kilograms and may be hit by the Vietnamese army at any time, every step or even every inch is a life-and-death juncture for them, so they cannot know whether they are already within range. But why don’t they shoot?

Later I learned that the 100-meter range of the Type 74 flamethrower is the maximum range on the flat ground. This thing is like a water spray gun of a fire truck. If there is a large inclination angle upwards, the range will naturally be shortened. The limit is that when the gun is raised by 90 degrees, the range will be zero. Of course, no one will do this, because it is undoubtedly burning itself...

The Guitun Fort is above the soldiers, so if the soldiers want to use the *** device to burn the turret, they have to walk at least twenty meters forward. Twenty meters. If the chemical defense soldiers run fast, they only take a few seconds, but only a short distance of twenty meters, something happened in just a few seconds!

With a "boom!", another soldier stepped on the landmine.

If it was an ordinary soldier, it would have no effect. The Vietnamese army might not have noticed this place, but the soldier who stepped on the landmine was a chemical defense soldier.

If the chemical defense soldier was killed or sacrificed, there would be no big difference, but... he was blown up and rolled down the incline, and another landmine was triggered.

So with a loud "boom!", the oil bottle group exploded, and a ball of flames burst out from the inclined surface. The flame not only dragged everyone's eyes, but also exposed all the soldiers on the inclined surface to the Vietnamese fortress to the fire...

"Dadadada..." The gunshots quickly rang out, and the soldiers who covered the chemical defense soldiers raised their weapons and rushed towards the Vietnamese army at that moment, but unfortunately, their charges seemed to have no effect on the Vietnamese army hidden in the Guitun Fort. After a burst of gunshots, they fell one by one in a pool of blood.

There were also two chemical defense soldiers unable to resist and stood up and rushed forward, but they all fell under the guns of the Vietnamese army without exception. Fortunately, the gasoline bottle on their backs was not exploded, otherwise, I was afraid that all chemical defense soldiers would be burned to death by the exploded flames.

What to do? Looking at the rows of dense bullets fired from the fort, I couldn't help but worry about the few remaining chemical defense soldiers. Under the suppression of the firepower of the Vietnamese army, in such a fire, the chemical defense soldiers carrying the heavy oil bottle group could almost be said to have no chance. It can be said that as long as they stand up or even look at their heads from a hidden place, they may be killed by the Vietnamese army.

I think even if I were there, I couldn’t find any way to complete the task... We seem to be the only way to declare failure!

But what surprised me happened at this moment.

With a "ten" sound, a flame ejected from the gun in the hand of one of the chemical defense soldiers. It was like a long snake or a long whip of a devil, waving and whipping on the scorched earth in front of the turret. But the flame could never hit the turret, just a little bit... Daqing was only one or two meters away...

Only then did I understand why the chemical defense soldiers still had to move forward when they stepped forward a hundred meters.

At this moment, the gunshots of the Vietnamese army stopped at the same time.

Seeing this, I couldn't help but say a secret praise. The chemical defense soldiers knew that the flamethrowers could not spray the turret, but the Vietnamese army did not know that under the stimulation of heat waves and fire, no matter who was evasive, they would conditionally reflex to make dodge, even if they were well-trained Vietnamese army.

So the gunshot stopped instantly, and there was only the whistle and sound of the flames burning.

But I know that this situation will not last. At most, in just over ten seconds, the Vietnamese army will soon find that they are just outside the range of the flamethrower...

This was a good time for the soldiers to charge, and I quickly realized this. More than ten seconds were enough for the chemical defense soldiers to rush into the range, but it was just a few meters away!

However, when I fell to the open ground in front of the fort, an excited heart became cold as if it had fallen into an ice cellar. Because at that time, it had already been burned into a sea of ​​fire by the flamethrower!

Before I could react, I suddenly saw several soldiers jumping up in the fire. They were chemical defense soldiers because I saw three oil bottles on their backs. They didn't say anything, grabbed the gun and rushed into the flames in front of the position...

With a "Teng!", the moment the gunfire sounded again, three flames rushed towards the Guitun Fort like waves.

What surprised the Vietnamese army was that this time it was not scaring them. The flames hit the wall of the turret, and then they were splashed around and scattered the flames everywhere. Soon the flames swung up and down in the hands of the soldiers, and this side of the turret was quickly burned into a fireball...

This is enough. I know that this is not enough to kill the enemy. After all, the Vietnamese army is hiding behind a few meters thick steel and concrete wall, and even this heat may not be transmitted to the fort. However... these flames will block the perforation holes, making the Vietnamese army unable to see the outside world.

Of course, if you are lucky, the flame may also be sprayed into the turret along the perforation hole...

Looking at the chemical defense soldiers, the flames had already climbed up their upper bodies along their trousers, and then climbed up their heads and faces. Soon they were surrounded by flames and became a fireman, but they still held the flame gun in their hands and continued to spray at the Vietnamese turret... until they slowly fell down without any strength and finally lay in the blazing flames.

"There are all!" I gritted my teeth and ordered: "Find out the secret passages and tunnels as fast as possible and blow them up!"

"Yes!" the soldiers responded and immediately took this time to transport explosive packs and blasting tubes to the secret passages and tunnels. With the sound of explosions, the entrances of all the tunnels we could find on the nameless high ground were blown up by several explosive packs, and the secret passage was also blown up again with the blasting tubes.

The train station is also undergoing the same process. We have long known the location of the secret passage, so it won't take much time for us to explode this time.

After completing these, the soldiers retreated to their own camp like a tide. When I walked down the top position, I turned to look at Pingding Mountain. The Guitun Fort was still burning. Although some Vietnamese troops were shooting outside, they were all aimless and could not pose a threat to us at all.

Looking at the locations of the chemical defense soldiers, there was already a sea of ​​fire and no one could see any figure. We even... we couldn't tell who they were. But we thought it didn't matter, because they were all good, and they were all our heroes, including those soldiers who died under the enemy's guns to cover the chemical defense soldiers!

Although they have no combat experience and are not well-trained, they use the greatest courage to do what a soldier should do, what a soldier should do, and what a hero should do...

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In the cave of the regiment headquarters, all the cadres remained silent, including Leader Zhao and Political Commissar Wang.

Although we won a victory, we can say that we have achieved the predetermined strategic purpose and greatly compressed the living space of Guitun Fortress. However, the heavy casualties made us all unable to be happy. Especially Battalion Commander Ding and Battalion Commander Wu...

Commander Wu was injured in the head and tied with a bandage. He was injured by shrapnel when he poked his head out to guide the tank's attack. What's more serious was Commander Ding. His two fingers on his left hand made the flying iron sheets cut off Qi Gen. The military uniform that was almost blown up seemed to tell us how fierce the battle was.

"Tell me about casualties!" In the end, I broke the silence. Although reality is cruel, it still has to face it.

"Nothing to say!" Battalion Commander Ding took a deep breath of cigarette and replied: "We are even injured. If I don't say that I can beat you, half of the ones that are severe!"

That is, almost 60 soldiers were seriously injured or sacrificed. I can understand Battalion Commander Ding's current mood. For battalion commander who cares for his subordinates as much as he does, he dare not count the wounded now!

"The tank troops are fine!" Battalion Commander Wu replied: "Only five vehicles were lost!"

Although Battalion Commander Wu said this, we all know that the battle only took more than twenty minutes before and after, and the Vietnamese army only had only a few minutes to start fighting. Five tanks were lost within these few minutes, and the loss could not be said to be "not bad".

I looked at Commander Ding and Commander Wu with some apology and said, "I'm sorry, the two commanders, I..."

"You can't blame you!" Battalion Commander Ding interrupted me and said, "It's a sensible person who knows. Captain Cui, you leave us the easy-to-beat place! This is everyone has a conscience, and we understand it in our hearts!"

"Battery Commander Ding is right!" Battalion Commander Wu nodded at me and said, "We finally won this battle. This shows that there is no problem with Company Commander Cui's plan and command! And at the last critical moment, Company Commander Cui could still think of using chemical defense soldiers to burn the fort. Thanks to those brothers of the chemical defense soldiers, they bought us time to save our lives!"

"Yes!" Political Commissar Wang also agreed: "This Guitun Fort is like a big octopus, with several tentacles stretching out around through secret passages. Through this battle tonight, we cut off all its tentacles. Now he has only one head left, and no matter how arrogant he is, he can't be arrogant!"

"As for the accidental casualties that our army suffered tonight..." Captain Zhao said: "The casualties on the battlefield are always inevitable, and the battlefield is changing rapidly. No one can guarantee what will happen in the next second. So... I hope that comrades can face this problem with a good attitude! We have won the battle! We should be happy..."

"I'm not happy!" Captain Ding interrupted Captain Zhao's words in a muffled voice.

"Comrade Ding Zhiping!" Political Commissar Wang continued, "Captain Zhao is right, casualties are inevitable! We can't blame the comrades in the artillery unit, right?"

"I don't blame the artillery!" Battalion Commander Ding replied with his head down.

"Then who are you blaming?" Zhengcommander Wang couldn't help but ask in confusion after hearing this.

"I..." Battalion Commander Ding raised his head and gritted his teeth and said, "I blame the agent of the Yue Japanese, and the three major disciplines and eight points of attention!"

"I'm talking about you comrade!" After hearing what Battalion Commander Ding said, Political Commissar Wang was a little unhappy: "The more Japanese agents, the more Japanese agents, the more Japanese agents, why did they blame the three major disciplines and eight items?"

"If there were no attention to the three major disciplines and eight items, would those Japanese agents dare to be so arrogant? Can they be grouped together?" Battalion Commander Ding's words left everyone speechless.
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