Chapter 39: The Battle of Tongdeng (Nine)

Chapter 39: The Battle of Tongdeng (Nine)

After the dozens of Vietnamese soldiers were knocked to the ground by us, more than a dozen Vietnamese soldiers couldn't help but run up in groups. They didn't know whether they wanted to check the situation or rescue the wounded. But we didn't care about so many of them. No one could see who was clearly in this dark night, but under my command, all the soldiers were not allowed to get up, so we just had to shoot those who stood near us.

So, there was no doubt that it became a place of death in front of us. The Vietnamese army also called a few flares in the direction of us, but what was helpless was that the jungle grass in Vietnam was high and deep, and it was difficult to see the enemies hidden inside even during the day, let alone the flares were flickering light.

After several meaningless attempts, the Vietnamese army finally gave up. All they could leave seemed to be the whine of the Vietnamese army that had not yet died on the road. As soon as the shouts were too much, the soldiers were a little upset, so someone soon threw out a few grenades in the direction where the screams came...

With the loud noises of "boom...", the screams really decreased in a series, and there were still a few "um" vaguely. I guess the wounded Vietnamese army knew the consequences of screaming loudly, so they had to endure it.

If this were in the past, I think the soldiers would definitely not attack the wounded men of the Vietnamese army, and might even rescue them. But now... when the soldiers knew that the Vietnamese army was attacking the wounded men of our army, we would no longer be polite to them.

But to be honest, the wounded are actually no threat or useless on the battlefield. Not to mention that they no longer have combat capabilities, there is little chance of being able to go to the battlefield again in the future. In some aspects, it can even become a burden to Vietnam. At least it will consume some of Vietnam's medicines or manpower and material resources, so this is no longer for the purpose of war, but a vent of anger.

The soldiers’ thoughts are actually very simple, that is, how you treat us, and how we treat you! The mutual venting anger has long allowed reason and human nature to hide aside!

It was not until the next day that the soldiers crawled out of the grass under my command. When they walked to the road, they were happy. The soldiers were all lying on the ground with "people" holding guns and magazines tied to their waists.

"Hey! It's so satisfying now!" Shunzi shouted excitedly: "Look at you, the Vietnamese Japanese, are still arrogant!"

"Company Commander! How many have escaped..." Li Shuibo was careful and found blood in the ditch beside the highway as soon as he got up, and shouted: "They escaped from the ditch!"

When I looked into the ditch, there were indeed a few clear palm prints on the mud at the bottom of the ditch, and the aquatic plants were pressed away from the side, and blood was everywhere along the way. Obviously, there were more than one escaped.

"Damn it!" Shunzi couldn't help but curse: "These Japanese devils are so slippery that they are like loaches! The company commander..."

After thinking about it, Shunzi added another sentence: "Let's follow the bloodstains to Tongdeng and pull out the Yue Japanese devils!"

"Tong Deng is going to go!" I replied, "But not to pull them out!"

Shunzi's idea is too simple. The Vietnamese have a whole night to prepare, so where will they leave any tails for us to pull out these escaped people. What if they have injuries on their bodies? The people are not allowed to be injured?

But our goal has been achieved now, and it is not harmful to let them escape a few.

"Each team reports on the situation!" I grabbed the walkie-phone in the correspondent's hand and shouted.

"The first group annihilated fifteen Vietnamese troops, and no casualties!"

"The second group annihilated twenty-one Vietnamese troops, and no casualties!"

"The third group annihilates six Vietnamese soldiers..."

The results of the battle came forward one by one. That night we wiped out a total of more than 80 Vietnamese troops, but none of our troops died in the battle except for one soldier who was bitten by a snake.

"Very good!" I nodded and ordered: "Everyone has it. I will not clean the battlefield for the time being. We must ensure that every Vietnamese army has guns and bullets on their backs. Let's send the bodies of the Vietnamese army back!"

"Yes!" the soldiers responded and began to take action.

It seems not difficult to do this. These Vietnamese people were carrying guns on their bodies, so they could help them pick them up and carry them on their backs. There were only a few hoes on their backs without guns. The soldiers also had a way to draw a few grenades from other corpses and hung them on them. These are evidence... They are all militants. Those Vietnamese should stop begging us to kill the common people!

After the trouble was done, the soldiers carried the corpses and walked towards Tongcheng. This took a lot of effort, because the number of enemies killed in our highway group was twice that of ours. Moreover, the bodies of the Vietnamese army were carrying guns and ammunition on their bodies. It was difficult for two people to carry one of them, so how could they be transported?... As a last resort, they had to call for help from other groups and successfully set off on the road.

Fortunately, Tongdeng Town was not far away. A few minutes later, the soldiers built the corpses on the street under the horror of the "people" the horrified eyes.

"Hello fellow villagers!" I smiled proudly at the "people" and shouted loudly: "For the safety of Tong Deng, we will set up defenses outside the town every night from now on. In the future, the villagers should not go out to 'work' with 'tools' at night! There are still wars outside, and there are many bandits holding guns..."

As I said that, I pointed to the pile of corpses like a hill beside me, and then said, "We have killed a batch of them for you today. What will happen in the future? Then I can't tell you!"

With a coaxing sound, the soldiers couldn't help laughing out loud as they listened to my words.

I raised my head to Hu Ziwen who was following me, and Hu Ziwen was ashamed to repeat my words in Vietnamese.

"Hey! Have you seen the face of the Yue Japanese?" On the way back, Shunzi jumped around and shouted in front of the team: "Yesterday they were still fierce. Today, they didn't dare to look at us even if they looked right!"

"That's not?" Al Ziri continued, "If we beat us like this, can we still be fierce?"

"I want me to say it!" Li Shuibo said a few words in a depressing way: "It's better that they can be fierce. Let's hit them again in the evening!"

"I'm afraid it's not that easy!" Yang Songjian smiled and said, "After suffering such a big loss, all fools know that they will restrain themselves!"

"This is a good method!" The hometown man walked to me and said, "I will not kill innocent people indiscriminately in violation of discipline, but also relieve the comrades who died in war!"

"I'll give those 'common people' a warning!" The deputy company commander interrupted and said: "Although we cannot solve the problem of harassment of our army's logistics route, at least they dare not be so arrogant anymore!"

I agree with the words of the deputy company commander, and this does not solve all the problems. The reason is that Vietnam has many mountains and deep forests, and we just control a small co-climbing, and it is still at night. The Vietnamese troops will soon come up with corresponding countermeasures, such as they can set out during the day and lurk on the mountain and then take action at night...

So if we really solve this problem, it is not something that our company can do!

"Report!" At this time, a communications soldier ran up and said, "Company Commander, the regiment headquarters phone number, ask you to go back to the meeting immediately!"

"Um!" Hearing this, I couldn't help but look at the deputy company commander beside me. There would be no more missions! We didn't sleep all night last night. However, it seemed that I didn't tell the regiment headquarters about the lurking operation last night. Commander Zhang only knew that we were going to carry out the curfew mission...

I trotted to the regiment headquarters with the deputy company commander and several guards. I saw Commander Zhang and Political Commissar Huang worrying in front of the map, including Commander Ding and Commander Wu. So I thought, it should be much different from what I expected.

Sure enough, after a while, Political Commissar Huang pointed to the location of Guitun Fort and said: "Corporate Commander Cui, yesterday the 627th Regiment had launched a fierce attack on Guitun Fort yesterday, but the situation is not optimistic!"

"Um!" I was stunned when I heard this. It turned out that the Guitun Fort had already started fighting.

Didn’t the original plan besieged Tan and Tanlong first, and then concentrate their forces to siege Guitun Fort? I think this plan is very good, that is, it can be defeated one by one, and there will be no more wars to increase the pressure on the logistics. Speaking of which, although our current logistics is much easier than during the Korean War, the current harassment of the agents of the Vietnamese army does not mean that there are as many as you want!

But now... Tan Mou had just fought and was not stable yet, Tan Long was still attacking... At this time, it was really inappropriate to start a charge against the strong Guitun artillery.

I'm afraid... it was another order from a cadre who was eager to attack and profit! Maybe they saw that we captured Tan Mou so quickly, and then Tanlong's enemy was surrounded by the 628th regiment without the power to fight back. So with the order, they couldn't wait to start the attack on Guitun Fort.

"The 627th Regiment did not have enough understanding of the difficulties of attacking the Guitun Fort!" After a while of silence, Political Commissar Huang continued: "They thought the fort was just a maximum firepower point, and they thought it was low for other highlands and thought it was not very important. However, after the failure of two attacks, they found that the Guitun Fort was an underground fortress with strong enemy defense and strong firepower. Moreover, with the nameless highlands around it, Tongdeng Railway Station and Tanlong Firepower Points formed a tight firepower zone centered on the fort!"

"Yes!" A staff officer next to him nodded and said, "The 627th Regiment made the same mistake as us, that is, the enemy situation was not clear, and the strong enemy was attacked as weak, and they did not make sufficient accuracy. I heard that their first attack was only prepared for a few minutes with artillery fire, and simply stipulated the task and started the attack. As a result, each unit did not even know the attack route and the mission were not clear. When the enemy fired violently, the communication was interrupted. As a result, the entire attacking force was divided into four parts to fight each other, and they could not form a powerful fist..."

"How big are the casualties?" I asked gritted my teeth.

The command was chaotic and the preparation was insufficient... Such mistakes have occurred many times in our army's troops, but I still watched these mistakes happen again and again.

"The specific numbers have not been counted yet!" Political Commissar Huang lit a cigarette, shook his head and said, "But I think there will be no fewer casualties, because it was just the first attack, more than 500 casualties..."

"More than 500 people!" I couldn't help but feel ache in my heart, and there were more than 500 living lives.

"We ask you to come..." Political Commissar Huang glanced at me and said, "It's because the 627th Regiment requested reinforcements. The 628th Regiment was besieging Tanlong and could not withdraw troops, so only our regiment could reinforce them. I think what do you think about it?"

"I have no problem!" Battalion Commander Ding quickly expressed his attitude: "I dreamed that I would fight another battle with Captain Cui! Nothing else, just to be happy!"

"I have no problem either!" I smiled.

Actually, I know very well that even if there is a problem at this time, it is useless. Political Commissar Huang is not called a request, it is an order. If I agree, it will be fine. If I don’t agree... that ideological work is inevitable. After being scolded, I still have to accept the task. Why bother?

And I also know that it makes sense that Political Commissar Huang sent us to reinforce the 627th Regiment. It is nothing else, that our troops have cooperated and had a life and death experience such as breaking out of the Vietnamese encirclement, so only we can work closely together. This is to keep the troops of Battalion Ding and Battalion Wu in the regiment, and the regiment headquarters may not be able to command them!

"Battleman Wu, what do you mean..." Looking at Captain Wu who had not expressed his opinion, Political Commissar Huang asked with some concern.

Political Commissar Huang really needs to worry that the tank unit has an extraordinary position in our army. Although Battalion Commander Wu's official rank is only a battalion commander, if he really refuses, Political Commissar Huang will really have no choice but to do anything to him.

So Political Commissar Huang added another sentence afterwards: "We only need to build fortifications now. There are not many places where we can use tanks, but Guitun's attack...is very necessary..."

"Political Commissar! I'm not thinking about this!" Battalion Commander Wu interrupted before he could finish his speech, saying, "It's no problem to reinforce the 627th Regiment, but who is the command of this unit?"

"Well!" Political Commissar Huang smiled thoughtfully and replied: "Then let Battalion Commander Wu lead the command!"

"No!" Unexpectedly, Battalion Commander Wu refused: "I have a request, that is, to let Captain Cui come to command!"

"What?" Hearing Battalion Commander Wu's words, Political Commissar Huang, Captain Zhang and others couldn't help but look at each other. The result was obviously beyond their expectations. Not only them, but I couldn't even think of this answer. Moreover, the company commander was responsible for commanding the two battalion commanders, which seemed...

"I also requested this!" Battalion Commander Ding nodded and said, "I'm not sure if it's true! If it's not possible, demote me to company commander, and everything else will be done!"

Political Commissar Huang and Captain Zhang smiled bitterly at each other, so the matter was settled.

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"What's going on with this Tongdeng Railway Station?" After going back and making some preparations with the soldiers, I took the soldiers to the Guitun Fort. As I walked, I asked in confusion: "Aren't that Tongdeng... all of us controlled? Why did another Tongdeng Railway Station suddenly appear? "

"Tongdeng Railway Station is not in Tongdeng Town!" Instructor Xie replied: "Look at the map..."

Instructor Xie ran and flipped out the map and said, "This train station is between Tan Mou and Guitun Fort, and it is a few miles away from Tongdeng!"

"Um!" I understood after hearing this.

Speaking of which, in this war era, especially when Vietnam and the US military had just finished fighting, it is indeed impossible to build such an important facility as a railway station in Tongdeng Town. Trains are the lifeline of the military! If they are built in Tongdeng Town, it wouldn't be too obvious? Moreover, Tongdeng Town is full of residential houses and anti-aircraft guns can't be placed, so it's not obvious that the plane to tell the US military - come and blow it up! I won't fight back...

So it makes sense that the Vietnamese army would build the railway station near the Guitun Fort.

"Comrade of the People's Liberation Army! Comrade of the People's Liberation Army..." At this time, a militia caught up behind him. He looked like he was in his fifties, his dark face was full of wrinkles, and he was carrying a Type 56 rifle that was very inconsistent with his age.

"Comrade! What are you doing with us?" Shunzi turned around and shouted, "We are going to fight! Danger..."

"Comrade of the People's Liberation Army!" The militia seemed unable to keep up with us and waved to us in a hurry.

I couldn't help but stop in confusion and ordered to the communications soldier beside me: "Go and ask the fellow villager what you need help!"

"Yes!" The communications soldier responded and turned around and ran towards the militia.

Maybe it is because of the war abroad that we always have a very special intimacy with our own people. Especially in Vietnam, where the people regard us as their mortal enemies, so there is no reason why we do not accept help from fellow villagers.

But soon I discovered that the fact was not as I thought. The old militia was not here to ask us for help, but to help us.

"Company Commander!" After a while, the correspondent ran back and reported to me: "He wants to see you and said there is something important to tell you!"

"Um!" I couldn't help but stop again when I heard this, but I felt a little unhappy. I thought to myself what happened to this fellow villager? We are fighting! If the military plane is delayed, it will not be a trivial matter!

"Comrade of the People's Liberation Army!" The old militia ran to me panting and said unhurriedly: "You... are you going to fight... the fort?"

"That's right!" I nodded, and couldn't help but feel alert: How did he know that we were going to Taiwan? Could it be a Vietnamese agent?

"My name is He Guoan!" The old militia explained with relief: "When I was thirteen years old, I was arrested by the French... and arrested..."

Upon hearing this, I couldn't help but frown. Is this fellow villager crazy? At this time, I was talking to me about the incident when he was a child by the French? But unexpectedly, his next words made me stunned on the spot...

The old militia took a deep breath and continued, "When I was thirteen years old, I was arrested by the French to repair the fort..."
Chapter completed!