Chapter 124: Intelligence
Then we spent another 10 days in Mount Faka.
The reason why I had to stay for ten days was because I was worried that the Vietnamese devils would have a big military operation in the direction of Faka Mountain against our army...... Originally, it stands to reason that our synthetic battalion can already leave at this time, because we have completed the task of our superiors and successfully assisted Division Commander Liang to complete the task of recovering Faka Mountain...... That's not something we need to care about.
But then again...... By the time our army had perfected the defense of Mount Faka and the Viet Nak, both artillery and infantry, were already in great discouragement, the possibility of them retaking Mount Faka was already very slim.
However, Commander Liang still strongly advised us to stay in the synthetic battalion for a while...... According to his words, it is: "Our troops are not afraid of the devils, and the soldiers will flood the water and the earth...... However, when I think about it this way, the strategic goal of the higher authorities is to re-establish the image of the army for the people in the country, and no longer use people to exchange the lives and blood of soldiers at every turn...... So this is a big problem, which means that in the next battle, we must be able to win with the least casualties. In this case...... Battalion Commander Yang, let's leave your synthetic battalion, and we can't do without your helicopter unit! ”
I think it's really ...... What the division commander said coincided with Commander Zhang.
Besides, it is not easy to achieve such a victory, and we have succeeded in establishing a "quasi-modernization" among the people of the country, and it is no longer the image of a military force that can only use "brute force" and "does not stress science...... If there are a large number of casualties in the next battle immediately...... Isn't this a slap in the mouth!
So I agreed to stay a few more days in the direction of Mount Faka...... In fact, I know that it is not possible to stay for a long time, because as long as Master Liang reports this idea to his superiors...... The order from the higher authorities will soon come down.
Later, I heard that the Yue devils really had a new offensive plan...... This plan of attack came to our ears from the intelligence services, because of the tension in the direction of Mount Faka. Therefore, the intelligence personnel of our army in Vietnam also began to strengthen their intelligence work...... The aim is also to minimize casualties among our troops.
So I really got some valuable information...... One of them is that the Vietnamese army tried to save face from the defeat of Phaka Mountain. Plan to choose another breakthrough. The target is a high ground called "Pu Fort" outside Banjuan Village, where the 8th Company of the 395th Infantry Regiment is stationed......
This information made us really nervous for a while...... Because we didn't expect that the Yue devil would think of giving up Faka Mountain and choosing another breakthrough.
But this is normal...... It is already very difficult for the Vietnamese army to take down Phaka Mountain, our army has a large number of artillery to assist in the defense, and there are also helicopter units responsible for reconnaissance and guidance...... The current Faka Mountain is only afraid that there is no one, and the devil will not be able to rob it. So in that case...... Why can't the devil grab a high ground elsewhere and go back?
For this reason, Division Commander Liang immediately sent us the topographic map and other materials of Banjuan Village and the surrounding area...... Obviously, at this time, we have to pretend not to know the information of the road, otherwise the Yue devils will give up attacking the "Pu Fort" and turn to other directions...... This means that we have wasted a valuable piece of information.
Because of this...... Therefore, we cannot move our troops in the direction of the "Pu Fort" in a big way, even the Eighth Company stationed on the "Pu Fort...... It was just a simple warning call.
Then the task of preparing for battle must have fallen on our synthetic battalion...... Because once a battle breaks out in the direction of the Pu Battery, then the only one who can quickly and quickly reinforce the Pu Battery and immediately form a strong combat force is the helicopter unit of our composite battalion.
That's the benefit of helicopter maneuvering...... Its speed and suddenness, as well as its near-impossibility of blockade, are beyond the reach of other mobile forces.
However, immediately afterwards, another intelligence ...... came: "The Vietnamese army has canceled the operational plan to attack the Pu Fort."
As for what will be canceled. Is there any new plan...... We don't know anything about it.
It was only later that we got more precise information from the intelligence officers...... The reason why the Vietnamese army canceled this offensive plan was based on several considerations:
The first thing that came to the mind of the Vietnamese army was the powerful artillery of our army and the existence of an elite unit that was mobile by helicopters...... The superiority of artillery made the Vietnamese army worried, and helicopter maneuvering meant that China's elite troops could reinforce any point in the line at short notice...... Relying on the relationship between the Vietnamese devils and the Soviets, they certainly knew that the maximum speed of the Zhi-5 now used by our army was 210 kilometers per hour.
So they couldn't think of a good plan to save face, but it was more likely that they would lose face more and more as they fought.
The second reason is that the Vietnamese government's national and military strength can no longer support a full-scale war......
A local war like Phaka Hill is still small, but if Vietnam takes the lead now...... Our army will take the Po Fort after recovering a Phaka Mountain, so will the Chinese army admit defeat next? Even if this fort is robbed by the Vietnamese devils, the Chinese army can completely follow the Vietnamese method and grab another high ground elsewhere!
So you are fighting for me...... It won't be long before it develops into a full-scale war on the border.
And that's what Vietnam really needs to worry about...... At this time, the Soviet Union was already mired in Afghanistan, and it was a little unsustainable on its own, and its assistance to Vietnam would naturally decrease. And Vietnam itself ...... Another poor country that has been fighting for decades and whose soldiers can't even afford to wear shoes, once this kind of all-out war is fought on the border...... Who's afraid of whom?!
This is the case for a few months...... I'm afraid that the Vietnamese people will even have a problem eating.
So Vietnam had to swallow this breath...... From this point of view. In fact, starting from the battle of Faka Mountain, we have gained the upper hand in the war against Vietnam in southern Xinjiang. Or it can also be said that the strategy of Sino-US cooperation to plunge the Soviet Union into the quagmire of Afghanistan has so far shown its initial results!
Otherwise. If the USSR had not been scorched in the Afghan direction, did not invest a lot of money and military spending...... It is not a problem to help the Vietnamese devils fight an all-out war with us.
On the tenth day, perhaps Commander Zhang knew that the Daoyue devils would no longer make large-scale movements in the direction of Faka Mountain, so he gave us an order to return to the base.
At this time, Master Liang had nothing to say...... It's impossible for our synthetic battalion to stay here with them for the rest of their lives, not to mention that we also have orders from Commander Zhang.
As usual...... The departure of our troops is still a secret march...... It's just that this time the purpose of secrecy is a little different, just like what Commander Liang said: "Battalion Commander Yang...... According to the intelligence, part of the reason why the Yue devils canceled the plan to attack the Pu Fort was because of your combined battalion...... In this way, when you leave, we will keep it a strict secret, and we will not organize any farewell meetings, so that at least we can shock the Yue devils for a while! ”
Of course, I have no reason to refuse this suggestion of Master Liang, in fact...... I also think that Master Liang is a person who can afford to put it down...... If it were another division commander, it wouldn't be said to be a division commander...... Any ordinary cadre, which soldier would speak like this to a friendly unit? Isn't that obviously a loss of face for yourself!
However, Master Liang is a ...... But he doesn't seem to think about face at all, he thinks more about ...... It is the lives of the soldiers under him, and it is the overall situation of the whole battle.
In this respect, I still admire Master Liang...... Because I thought to myself, if I had a different angle, I would not be able to do this if I was standing in the position of Master Liang today. There are even times when the temper comes up...... "What's so great about the synthesis camp, we can do it if the synthesis camp can do it!" ”
Therefore, only a few people came to see him off, including the division commander and the political commissar...... At parting, Master Liang held my hand tightly and said, "Battalion Commander Yang...... It's been a pleasure working with you, but I don't want to work with you on the battlefield next time! ”
"Hmm, what's this for?" I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, this is not what ordinary people would say.
"It's very simple......," Commander Liang replied, "Troops like yours should become a model for the army and a seed for the army...... Let all the troops train as you do, instead of risking your lives to fight, every one of you sacrifices...... That's all the loss of the army, it's the loss of the country! ”
I'm a little embarrassed by what Master Liang said, but think about it...... Division Commander Liang's idea seems to be the same as Commander Zhang's idea. It's just that what Master Liang didn't realize was ...... Any tactics or training methods must be tested in actual combat, so it is only right to occasionally send us to the battlefield to test the results of training, and it should not be like what Commander Liang said...... Protect us like a national treasure and make a model list. The result of this is ...... It is that in a few years, our unit will be eliminated because theory is divorced from practice.
Of course, I obviously won't explain this to Master Liang...... Just a few polite and modest words and got into the car.
Our target is Nanning, where there is a Wuxu airport...... That's one of the benefits of being a synthetic battalion now, and now we can fly to and from now without having to squeeze the train like a normal unit.
Merely...... Sometimes I'd rather be able to take the train...... Although the train is not as comfortable as the plane, it ...... At least for a month on the train, we didn't have to think about anything, we didn't have to worry about anything! (To be continued......)