Chapter 114: Classroom Axe

Chapter 114: Classroom Axe

Our rest camp was only ten miles away from the 43rd Army's garrison. We turned left and right along the road in the not-so-dense buildings, and sometimes under Wu Changhui's leadership, I was a little dizzy and couldn't figure out where it was.

Fortunately, I didn't need to worry about this. I just led the soldiers along the way with Wu Changhui. More than half an hour later, I saw more and more military vehicles and soldiers coming and going on the roads and streets, and occasionally I could see a few cars and tanks pulling howitzers roaring past us. Gunshots and cannons were also ringing not far ahead.

Looking at the howitzers and medium tanks, I couldn't help but sigh. If I saw a few cannons or tanks from our army on the battlefield of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, it would definitely be regarded as treasures by the soldiers. Not to mention these large-caliber howitzers now, I still remember that during the Battle of Shangganling, I couldn't bear to throw away several small-caliber mountain cannons handed over from Japan!

But now, these equipment seems to be nothing to make a fuss in the eyes of the warriors.

"Here!" Just as I was thinking about it, Wu Changhui pointed to a black and dong alley ahead and said, "It is the base of our camp. The house is still empty, enough for you to stay in!"

I looked up at the alley. Although I didn't know where it was, I saw the house on the south side of the alley tightly beneath the foot of a highland mountain, so I quickly realized that this place was another selected location to guard against long-range artillery bombings by the Vietnamese army.

By the way, my wound was not completely alive, and my physical strength was much worse than before after a few days of high fever, so the march for more than half an hour really made me feel a little unbearable. When I saw that I had arrived at the destination, I hurriedly waved to the soldiers and took the lead in crawling into the alley, but I was pulled by Battalion Commander Wu after walking a few steps...

"What are you doing? You don't look in front of you when you walk?"

"What?" I looked up and found that there were a series of tanks parked neatly in the alley. Because the alley was pitch black and I was a little dizzy, I didn't notice it at all. I almost hit a tank in front of me that moment.

"Battery Commander!" Al Ziri followed from behind and joked: "It doesn't matter if you hit the tank, I'm afraid that our Health Officer Liu will feel distressed..."

There was a "eating" sound behind me. It was Liu Yun's special care for me during this period that had long made these monks in the army "envious" them.

I smiled bitterly and joked: "I think I won't hit you anymore. If the tank is damaged, I, the Eighth Route Army, cannot afford to pay!"

With a coaxing sound, all the soldiers following behind were amused by my words and even Battalion Commander Wu endured it with a smile.

Because the alley was filled with tanks, it was very narrow. The troops felt that they had changed from two columns to one column and walked forward along the tank. Wu Changhui was in front of me and ordered: "The Fourth Company, ten rooms here, the Fifth Company, five rooms on the left, five rooms on the right, and sixth Company... Walk twenty meters further forward, there are seven rooms there, enough for you to live!"

"Battlefield Commander Wu!" Looking at such a small space, I said with some concern: "The exits here are all stuffed with tanks. If there is an enemy sneak attack or artillery attack, then our battalion will be over!"

This is actually a common military knowledge. Both barracks and garrisons pay attention to smooth traffic. In this way, once they encounter enemy attacks, it is easy to unleash troops or retreat. The enemy will not block one, and the two exits will be stuffed.

"Hey! Don't worry, what other enemy can attack here?" Battalion Commander Wu said indifferently: "There are all troops of our 43rd Army nearby. Besides... here is on the back slope of the highland, and the enemy's cannons cannot be blown up!"

It should be said that what Battalion Commander Wu said makes sense. This is the time when our army launched an attack on Lang Shan South District. The Vietnamese army was afraid that it would be too late to take care of itself, so there would be no more energy to attack our army.

But after thinking about it, I still felt a little worried. Such an arrangement may not have any problems with Battalion Commander Wu's tank battalion. Each tank has only four crew members. If they encounter an enemy sneak attack, they just need to run out and drill into the tank. But for our infantry unit, a battalion is crowded in, and the tanks are stuffed in the alley. I really can't imagine what the consequences will be if something happens.

Thinking of this, I ordered to the walkie-talkie: "All units should pay attention to opening up the adjacent houses and opening a door hole in the back. The size of a person can enter and exit freely."

"Yes!" The soldiers responded and immediately took off the engineer's shovel and started to attack.

It is said that houses in this era are rarely made with reinforced concrete structures, especially in Vietnam's relatively backward country. Therefore, although Lang Sang North District is a new district, the houses are also ordinary brick and tile houses. Most of the soldiers come from the countryside and are very good at dealing with such houses. They first use engineer shovels to scrape off a house of mortar outside the wall, and then knock off a few bricks on the wall. After a while, they opened door holes and scattered all the houses together. This not only strengthens the connection between the troops, but also has a lot of exits.

"Yoho!" Seeing the soldiers squeezing the barracks that were already very crowded in a short while, Wu Changhui couldn't help scratching his head and said, "You are still awesome guy! Why did I think of this method!"

"You are so caring for every tree and every tree that protects the Vietnamese people!" I joked.

"Who...who said!" Battalion Commander Wu denied.

It is a little different now than when the war started. "Protecting every tree and every tree of the Vietnamese people" during the war was the order of our superiors and the combat discipline of our army! But now, this has gradually become a shame, so no one of the soldiers is willing to wear this hat.

In fact, I also know that Battalion Commander Wu did not expect that this was not due to this discipline, but in his understanding, he lamented that the place occupied by our army belonged to us, so he should be protected. But what he didn't know was... After we defeated Lang San in a few days to achieve the goal of teaching the Vietnamese Japanese a lesson, our army will soon withdraw its troops in full swing!

After looking at the nearby terrain, I was still a little worried, so I ordered to the intercom: "All units have arranged sentinels. Li Shuibo, immediately organize a shooting team to occupy the commanding heights, and report any movement in a timely manner!"

"Yes!" The company commanders and Li Shuibo responded and immediately carried out my order.

When Wu Changhui saw our army's rapid reaction, he couldn't help but sigh: "You really are! When you rescued us from Dongxi in the past, I thought it was just because of luck. Now it seems that it has a lot to do with the quality of your troops!"

"Praise me less!" I replied with a smile: "It's just a necessary vigilance!"

At this time, I was really tired. I casually said a few words to Battalion Commander Wu, and then took the guards into the battalion headquarters arranged by Battalion Commander Wu for me!

After entering the house, he sat back on the bed with difficulty, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. A burst of fatigue and fatigue quickly crawled all over his body. Commander Chu was right, I am not suitable for leading troops to fight now.

Not long after I sat down, there were several knocks outside the door. After the guards got the command, they opened the door. It turned out to be Liu Yun.

After she came in, she didn't say anything, put a stinky face and held a basin of water in front of me, and said coldly: "Change the dressing!"

I struggled to untied my armed belt and unpacked my backpack. When I unbuttoned my button, I accidentally touched the wound on my left shoulder and couldn't help but make a sound.

Liu Yun, who was preparing potions for me, hurriedly ran over and asked nervously: "What's wrong? Does it hurt?"

"It's okay!" I replied, "It's just the left shoulder that's heavy!"

"Who told you to go to the battlefield!" Liu Yun gently took off his military uniform for Duo and blamed him: "So many battles have been fought, even if he takes a turn to rest, it's your turn! Besides, you are injured, which makes you keep holding on!"

Somehow, Liu Yun's words made me feel illusioned, as if she was not blaming her chief, but blaming her husband...

I secretly looked at the two guards standing at the door. They also glanced at me with a smile on their faces, which made me feel embarrassed.

"Look! The wound is broken again!" Liu Yun didn't care about so many things, gently untie me, and after cleaning, he applied medicine and then wrapped it with a new bandage.

"Recovering quite quickly!" After that, Liu Yun said in an orderly tone: "Try to move your left arm as little as possible. If you don't heal, you are not allowed to shoot again!"

Looking at the strange expressions on the faces of the two guards, I could only smile bitterly.

With the help of Liu Yun, I slowly lay down on the bed. Only then did I feel a little relaxed, and my physical strength and energy are also recovering slightly.

"Guardian!" I shouted lazily to my side.

"arrive!"

"Let the correspondent report to the regiment headquarters that our battalion has arrived at the 43rd Army base and is waiting for orders!"

"Yes!" The guard responded and turned around and was about to leave, but soon I stopped him again.

"Wait!" I continued: "Notify the deputy battalion commander to contact Battalion Commander Wu to replenish the ammunition and supplies needed by our army as soon as possible, and... bring me two hundred machine gun bullets and four grenades!"

After fighting for a long time, when there is no ammunition, I feel like I am missing something. I don’t know whether it is a good habit or a bad habit. It may be a good habit on the battlefield, but... one day if I still have this habit after leaving the battlefield, how can I live!

After explaining these things, I breathed a long sigh of relief, relaxed, closed my eyes and rested. I knew that my physical condition is not good now, and my top priority now is to use all the time I can use to restore my physical strength.

Ammunition and supplies were delivered after a while, which made me a little admired Battalion Commander Wu's efficiency. Later I realized that these were not actually what I asked for or arranged by Battalion Commander Wu, but Commander Chu had people ready for it first. He even specially brought me a svd sniper rifle to the svd...

When I had a brand new military sting on my hand and two hundred machine gun bullets added to my backpack, I somehow felt that I was more energetic and more powerful, and the wound on my left arm didn't seem to hurt much.

"Captain Cui!" At this time, Battalion Commander Wu pushed the door and said, "Captain asked you if you can eat or not..."

"Are there any tasks?" I sat up from the bed and replied, "It's okay! Just give us the task!"

"There is no mission!" Battalion Commander Wu shook his head and said, "The Commander asked you to go to his military headquarters!"

"Well!" I replied angrily: "Then what else can I eat and can't bear it? I'm not here to sleep!"

As he said that, he got up and put on his military uniform with the help of the guards, and hung up his armed belt.

"Captain Chu hasn't rest yet?" I asked casually while following Battalion Commander Wu.

"He hasn't had a good sleep in the past few days to attack Lang Shan South District!" Battalion Commander Wu replied, "Isn't that? I heard that you woke up. He went to see you as soon as he had time. He hasn't had a rest tonight yet!"

Upon hearing this, I couldn't help but shook my head and thought to myself that Commander Chu was still the same! When he was on the battlefield of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, he often didn't rest for a few days because he was busy with war. He was still young and reasonable at that time, but now he is so old, and he is still struggling like before...

Following Wu Changhui, he turned left and right in the dark alley. After passing several checkpoints, he finally stopped in front of an inconspicuous bungalow.

I looked around the bungalow and could feel a few pairs of eyes staring at me vigilantly in the dark. But that's all. I could only feel their existence, but I couldn't determine where they were. I think they were all not inferior to the sniper level.

But this is not surprising. As the saying goes, there are no weak soldiers under the command of a strong general, so the troops brought out by Commander Chu will naturally not be much worse.

After Captain Wu gave the command in front of the door, we were put into the house. Of course, we could not bring in the weapons on our bodies, so I had to work hard to remove them again. I couldn't help but curse, why didn't I expect this! I had known that I would not bring the weapons. Although this is nothing in normal times, it is a torture for me now...

The guard was very familiar with Battalion Commander Wu, so he searched me casually and let us in.

As soon as I walked into the inner room, I found that the inside was brightly lit. Kerosene lamps with glass covers that were very popular in this era were lit in every corner of the house. Several People's Liberation Army in cadre uniforms were discussing in the center against the sand table. One of them was Commander Chu!

Seeing that they were discussing it in a daze, even if Battalion Commander Wu and I came in, we didn't dare to disturb us and stood quietly aside and listened.

"I suggest that infantry launch an attack on the southern area under the cover of tank troops!" One of the cadres wearing glasses pointed to the sand table and said: "Infantry needs the cover of tanks in street fighting, otherwise relying on infantry charge alone will cause our army to suffer a lot of casualties! And it is difficult to eliminate the Vietnamese army in the civilian houses. With its familiarity with geographical location, the Vietnamese army used civilian houses to fight guerrilla warfare with our army. The civilian houses in some areas were clearly cleaned up by our army the day before, but after a night, the Vietnamese army was ambushed again, which often caused our army to suffer a great loss!"

"Yes!" Another cadre with wrinkles on his face frowned and said, "The Vietnamese Japanese always knocked down here and came out again. When will it be the end if they continue like this? We can only watch our soldiers sacrifice one after another, but they can't get in... If you ask me, no matter what foreign journalist he is, we will use cannons to bombard the houses with tanks and level them all, so that they can still play house games with us!"

"Old Wang!" Commander Chu replied at this time: "Didn't we tell you that we can't do this recklessly? What is the purpose of this battle? Is it to attack cities and plunder land or kill a few more Viet Japanese? No! We are just to teach the Viet Japanese a lesson in international public opinion. If you fight like you and do a massacre indiscriminately in front of foreign journalists, what's the point of fighting this battle? Isn't that smearing our motherland?"

"The commander makes sense!" A thin and tall cadre continued: "We just want to compete with the Vietnamese Japanese in front of foreign journalists. Even if we fight street wars on their territory, we can defeat them, so that we can truly achieve the goal of teaching them a lesson to win glory for the motherland! Otherwise, the battle will sacrifice so many comrades and consume so much manpower and material resources, and it will all lose its meaning!"

"Fight? How to fight?" The cadre wearing glasses said angrily: "The enemy's advantage in the ground is obvious, and the advantage of military quality is also obvious! We are attacking the opponent's strengths with our own shortcomings. Our soldiers are sacrificed every day, and bleeding every hour and every minute!"

The house suddenly became quiet. Everyone understood the great principles, but no one could do anything without a solution...

"Actually... there is a compromise!" I couldn't help but interrupt.

"A compromise method?" The cadres then found that Battalion Commander Wu and I, standing next to me, habitually put their hands on the pistol holster on the right waist, and asked at me: "Who are you?"

"Well! He is Battalion Commander Cui!" When Commander Chu saw me, his face was unbroken and introduced to the people beside him: "What I told you is Comrade Cui Wei who rescued our tank troops in Dongxi. A few days ago, he fought a beautiful blocking battle at the Qiqiong River Bridge!"

"Oh..." The cadres then lowered their vigilance and came up enthusiastically to shake hands with me.

"This is Commander Chen from the 127th Division, this is Commander Wang from the 128th Division, and this is Commander Li from the 129th Division..."
Chapter completed!