Chapter 87 Grass Belt

Chapter 87 Grass Belt

That night, those small groups of Vietnamese troops also caused us a lot of trouble. They shot a few shots or threw grenades next to us from time to time to create some movement, and sometimes even tried to get close to us.

But none of these seemed to have any impact on us. The soldiers arranged sentries and mines around the base, and we ignored them when they fired guns and fired guns. Anyway, everyone knows that it would be good to fly a few dozen meters in such a jungle, and grenades could not be far away. For the soldiers, they were at best just a few larger firecrackers.

If the Japanese invaders and a few soldiers try to approach us, that is what the soldiers like the most. The sentry didn't need to be too concerned about them, and they didn't want any codes and codes. The sentry just lie down and don't get up. They would shoot wherever there was no sound or sound. In this dark night, the Japanese invaders couldn't do anything about us. Not only did they not catch half of their hair when they came up several times, they lost several people.

This also gave the soldiers plenty of rest. However, it was said that it was a rest, but no one could fall asleep tonight. It was not for anything else, but for the mountain mosquitoes in the jungle, that guy could not imagine many of them. They flew in their ears like a plane. They drove them away for a while and came back. They were not afraid of mosquito repellent oil. Moreover, they were big and poisonous, and they could bite through the thick military uniform. When they were bitten, they immediately hurt and itchy. They wanted to use military thorns to peel off the piece of meat.

It is precisely because of this reason that the soldiers shouted to continue the march. If they were walking around, there would be no such mosquitoes! But they couldn't help but scold them. For this reason, I scolded them hard: "What? The Japanese devils didn't defeat you, but they defeated you just a few mosquitoes? If I had known this, the Japanese devils wouldn't have to fight. I'd just give this high ground to us for two days!"

The soldiers burst into laughter for a while and went back without saying anything. In fact, I can understand the soldiers' moods very well, because even I think so myself. I would rather deal with the Vietnamese army than deal with the mosquitoes here. When they encounter the Vietnamese Japanese, we can still use guns, but when they encounter the mosquitoes... even the cannons are useless.

Isn't this? I was bitten red and swollen everywhere, and I was hit on my forehead now!

It was very late in the jungle. It was finally over seven o'clock before there was a vague light. At this time, I stood up and looked at the soldiers beside me. They were all caught here and there. Eight of them had a big swollen face... Some even looked at each other and laughed.

"What a fucking ghost!" I grabbed the lump on my forehead and ordered on the walkie-talkie: "Corps of each company hold a meeting!"

But after a while, the company commanders of each company came to me. It was not much better than other soldiers. Only the people in my hometown seemed to be fine at all, and they seemed to have had a sleep in a bright mood...

When everyone looked at him with a pair of puzzled and jealous eyes, he chuckled proudly: "What are you looking at? Have you never seen a handsome man?"

These words almost made all the soldiers present faint. Later, I realized that there was a trick to prevent mosquitoes in this hometown, and they all leaped into the dead leaves... The mosquito could not find anyone even if they wanted to bite them.

"We are not far from the main peak of Koma Mountain!" After squatting, he found a branch and drew a mountain. He said, "One of our battalions' troops gathered together to advance was too big. Once attacked by Vietnamese artillery, he was likely to cause major casualties. So I decided to advance in three parts in the company. What do you think of comrades?"

"I agree!" Xu Yongjian replied: "From the performance of the Vietnamese army last night, the Vietnamese army should have placed its main force on the main peak of Komashan. Only a small group of troops in the jungle fight guerrillas, and it is difficult to form strong combat effectiveness. As long as our companies pay attention to prevention, we can deal with the harassment of the Vietnamese army and successfully reach our destination!"

"There is no problem to move forward separately." The hometown person nodded and said, "But I don't think that each unit should be separated too far, otherwise it is very likely to get lost and lose contact. If you fail to reach the destination on time, it is very likely to cause difficulties to attack the main peak!"

"Yeah!" I nodded. In fact, what the people in my hometown said was exactly what I thought, so I immediately agreed: "Then the companies arranged communication soldiers to use walkie-talkies to keep in touch with each other in order of four, six and five, and moved in unison based on the distance from where you can see the signal flag!"

"Yes!" the soldiers responded, turned around and made arrangements.

After walking for a while, the people in my hometown turned around and said, "Battery Commander, can you make a request to you?"

"Hmm?" I was stunned when I heard this and said, "Tell me! It's rare that you can make requests!"

My words are true. My hometown people have been following me for so long. He never asks for any tasks assigned to him, and he can do it very well. So I can always give the tasks to him with confidence. But other people cannot do this. This may be the difference between a veteran and a new recruit!

"My... is actually not a requirement!" The hometown man said hesitantly: "I know you always take care of our company because of those two girls. Every time you put our sixth company in the middle, you don't let the sixth company go for dangerous tasks. But our sixth company doesn't want this, and I don't want this. So... I asked the battalion commander to either treat the sixth company equally with other companies, or put those two girls in other companies!"

"It turned out to be for this!" I couldn't help but smile bitterly and immediately replied: "No problem, I will treat you sixth company equally from now on, but... I still say the same thing, I want to take good care of those two girls!"

"Yes!" The people from my hometown responded and left with satisfaction.

It's true that since I arranged those two girls into the Sixth Company, I felt a little hindered by the command of the Sixth Company, which doesn't seem to be a good thing. We can't just affect the entire battle for those two girls! What's more, there are many unexpected variables on the battlefield, and even the safest tasks may suddenly be at the forefront. We have experienced such a thing once a few days ago.

Therefore, whether those two girls can walk back alive depends on their own luck! From this perspective, I really admire this guy Liu Shunyi. If it were me, I wouldn't be willing to let my daughter go to the battlefield!

After taking the soldiers horizontally for a while, the three companies walked side by side in the direction of the sound of cannons. Several correspondents arranged on both sides of each company were connected with the intercom with signal flags, so they were not worried that they would get separated from each other.

Of course, it is much easier to march during the day than at night. The soldiers used machetes to open the road and be vigilant all the way. The more they walked forward, the harder it was to walk, and the fog became thicker and thicker. Along the way, there were trees that were blown up by shells, all over the ground were broken branches and broken wood, and there were craters several meters deep...

"This is probably the main peak!" the deputy battalion commander asked.

"I can't be sure!" I raised my telescope and looked upwards, but the morning mist on the top of the mountain was covered in nothing. And at this time, the battle in other directions also started, and there were gunfire sounds everywhere, so it was impossible to tell which gunfire sounds were guiding us.

But I could still feel the murderous aura and danger coming out of the deep fog. The main peak of Kumashan is here.

"Stop moving forward! Be prepared for battle!" I stood up and stopped in front of a tree stump, thinking in my mind whether to send a group of scouts to the ground? Or do I do a fire reconnaissance.

If we send scouts up, there are very likely casualties. Fire reconnaissance! We are moving forward lightly this time, and we don’t have that much ammunition…

At this time, the correspondent followed from behind, handed me the microphone and said, "Battery Commander, it's the Chief of Staff!"

"I am Cui Wei!" I took the microphone and responded.

"How is the situation?" The Chief of Staff's anxious voice came from the other end of the microphone.

I lowered my voice and replied: "The fog on the mountain is too strong. We don't know where we are, and we don't know if it's already on the main peak! I want to reconnaissance first..."

"Time does not allow Comrade Cui Wei!" The Chief of Staff interrupted me in a hurry and said, "Just just now, we received an emergency telegram from our superiors and found a Vietnamese army twenty kilometers south of Lang Son. It is estimated that it should be the vanguard of the Vietnam 93rd Army transferred back from Cambodia! If the speed is fast, they will arrive in Lang Son this afternoon, which will affect the entire combat plan at that time! So you must race against time, be sure to..."

"Chief of Staff!" I interrupted him and said, "Then let the artillery fire a few incendiary bombs at the main peak! First, we can determine the target, and second, we can also use the fire to see the terrain!"

"Okay! No problem!" The Chief of Staff responded very simply.

After a while, he heard Political Commissar Huang ask anxiously: "What if he beats you?"

"If we beat us, we can only admit it!" I gritted my teeth and replied.

If one of the Vietnamese troops was allowed to arrive in Lang Son first, I also know the consequences. There is no favorable terrain that both of our troops can defend, let alone any encirclement points to attack and aid.

"Then you have to be careful! Try to keep a secret!" Political Commissar Huang explained again.

"Yes!" I replied, for some reason, a hint of warmth actually rose in my heart.

A few minutes later, the Chief of Staff shouted in the microphone: "Are you ready, are you ready?"

"It's ready!" I responded.

In fact, it’s just a moment, but it’s a fire bomb... If you really want to prepare, you will have to dig an air-raid shelter for at least half an hour, and the time is not enough for us to do so much.

"Okay! Listen to my order!" The Chief of Staff elongated his voice in the microphone and shouted: "Prepare... let it go!"

"Woo..." The whistling of the shells came from far to near, and the corners of my mouth couldn't help but twitch.

At this time, even if our location was not on the main peak of Kumashan, it was not far from the main peak. If one of these incendiary bombs hits us, everything would be over.

Fortunately, this did not happen...

With a few sounds of "boom...", several fireballs suddenly appeared in the thick white fog hundreds of meters away in front of us.

This is indeed the main peak. Seeing this, I couldn't help but feel ecstatic. I quickly raised my telescope to observe with the fire of the incendiary bomb. But I was shocked when I saw it. The main peak was like a single high ground, with a concave area at the connection. In other words, if we want to attack, we must move down for a distance and then rush up the main peak.

What's even more terrifying is that there are bunker fortifications on the main peak, and there seem to be quite a few. These bunkers can completely kill and injure our army in the process of our charge. I really don't understand how the Yue Japanese brought the materials for building bunkers up!

"Battery Commander!" At this time, the communications soldier handed the microphone up again.

The chief of staff asked anxiously in the microphone: "How is it? Is the position right?"

I replied absent-mindedly: "Yes, right! But this main peak..."

"Then there is no problem!" The Chief of Staff breathed a sigh of relief, paused and said, "At 8:30, I will provide you with fifteen minutes of artillery preparation. When the artillery fire extends, start a charge immediately! Take down Kumashan as quickly as possible!"

"Yes!" I responded helplessly. At this time, I had no choice. I had to fight if I could fight, and I had to fight if I couldn't fight!

After looking at the watch, there were still twenty minutes left before 8:30. It was a gunman who would take time, so we still have some time to prepare.

However, it seems that time is useless. I know very well about the fortifications in front of us. Our army has poured at least thousands of shells into the main peak of Kumashan in the past few days. These shells have plowed the "little highland" in front of us several times. However, those fortifications can still "survive" under this situation, which is enough to know that our army's shells have no effect on them.

This reminds me of when I was in Shangganling, the Americans also built a bunker several meters thick on the front incline to resist our army's artillery fire. There is no need to have many bunkers, just a few. However, although their number is small, it has a great effect, because it can cooperate with the maximum number of positions on the top of the mountain to kill and charge the enemy. The purpose of the Vietnamese army is obviously the same.

How to hit it? I put a big question mark in my head.

If we attack according to the conventional method, we must first move downward and then rush upward under the muzzle of the Vietnamese bunkers, and then rush upward. Then we will undoubtedly suffer huge casualties. Even if we can rush up to blow up the bunkers, we may not have enough military service to deal with the Vietnamese troops on the reverse slope.

At this time, I seemed to understand why the warrior who found the main peak was knocked down in a confused manner before he could see the terrain clearly.

Avoid these bunkers and detour to the back slope of the main peak?

I raised my telescope again and pointed it at the burning high ground. The situation I saw immediately made me quickly dispel this idea because the main peak is surrounded by cliffs dozens of meters high, which cannot be crossed at all.

I also thought that maybe we could go around a large circle to attack the Vietnamese back slope, but we quickly gave up this idea. What if the Vietnamese back slope also had such a bunker? What if the back slope was also difficult to fight? On this side, we at least have artillery fire support, and on that side, we would have nothing! What's more, we don't seem to have so much time to go around a big circle at the risk of getting lost and being blocked.

I couldn't help but sigh. Could it be that I really only have to attack?

I put down my telescope and stared at the main peak. At this time, I should have used these twenty minutes to allocate the battles of each company and be injured, but now I have done nothing because I feel that any allocation and arrangement is futile on this terrain. We seem to have to push our lives forward one by one...

The main peak is a little different from the jungle where we are. There are at least a few trees invisible here, but the side facing us on the main peak is already full of scorched earth, and there are only a few bunkers on it that look particularly dazzling.

This seems not surprising. For several days, our army's artillery fire has been blowing towards the main peak. Even if it was originally a dense forest, it will become like this now.

At this time, I noticed a grass belt that was only a few meters wide on the left side of the main peak. This grass belt extends from the jungle where we are, and then passes through the *** area between the two bunkers to the halfway mountain. Then I will turn a "z"-shaped bend and go up. This grass is very common in Vietnam, as if it is called "ba" thatched grass, which is more than one person tall. Of course, at this time, they were also bombed by shells and were staggered.

The reason they caught my attention was that there was scorched earth everywhere else, but only this grass still retained a little gray and green.

What does it mean after so many bombings? I quickly realized that there is only one possibility, that is, this grass belt is the blind spot of our army's artillery bombing.

It can be imagined that the trees on this main peak may have been cut off by the Vietnamese army. It should have been covered with scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel excited, and a bold and crazy plan formed in my mind.

"The company commander is here for a meeting right now!" I looked at the time, and there were still twelve minutes before the artillery fire was prepared, so I hurriedly gave an order to the intercom.

"Yes!" The company commanders of each company responded and ran to me with the fastest speed.

"Did you see that grass?" I pointed at the main peak.

"See it!"

"See it!"

...

"Li Zhifu!"

"arrive!"

"Immediately organize all the soldiers of the Fifth Company to record the shape of the grass belt!" I ordered: "You only have ten minutes to ask every soldier to rush up along the grass belt under the state of artillery fire!"

"Yes!" Li Zhifu responded without thinking.

I then ordered: "The Sixth Company organized a feint fire attack on the front, and the Fourth Company was the reserve team. The attack was launched with the sound of artillery!"

"What? The guns attacked with a sound?" The soldiers thought they had heard it wrong.
Chapter completed!