Chapter 109: The Battle of Mount Faka (14)
Since the more devils want to rush up and send them to death like this...... Then we're welcome, the more devils rush up one by one, we just pile up the shells one by one, anyway, we have some shells, and it doesn't take many shells to block this Faka Mountain, so if it continues, it's not a problem to blow up for a few hours...... It depends on whether there are so many people piling up on the more devils.
After more than ten minutes, the more devils were a little breathless...... At this time, the Vietnamese commander made an even more erroneous decision, allowing long-range artillery fire to suppress our mortar positions......
Maybe it's not a bad decision either, because there is some truth to it...... It is true that the Vietnamese commander will definitely take into account that once this long-range artillery fire is fired...... Next, the Chinese army will in turn suppress the Vietnamese artillery. And the Vietnamese artillery is clearly in a weak position...... So the result can be imagined.
But there's a problem here...... That is the moment when the Vietnamese army's long-range artillery fire suppresses the Chinese mortar position, and the Chinese army's artillery blockade on Phaka Mountain will definitely have loopholes or be vacant for a period of time, and even its mortars are likely to be greatly reduced due to the blows...... As a result, the blockade of Fakka Mountain was also less effective after that!
At this time...... It is very likely that the Vietnamese army will rush to position No. 3 and then expand the results......
So what the Vietnamese commander thought...... In fact, it is to sacrifice artillery to reduce the pressure on the infantry, if in the end it can be exchanged for the victory of Faka Mountain...... Then the sacrifice of the artillery will be worth it!
It does seem to work...... Just like the intel I got......
"Battalion commander!" Zhao Jingping yelled at me: "The Vietnamese artillery suppressed my mortar...... Our mortar unit had to urgently shift positions! ”
"Did you report to Captain Li?"
I didn't finish my words...... I heard the whistling of shells in the air...... It is clear that the long-range artillery units of our army also received intelligence and reacted at the first opportunity.
Artillery units...... The most important thing is speed. What's more, these artillery units were still one step ahead of our early warning, and they were ready for battle a long time ago.
So the question I just asked didn't need to be answered.
"How's the situation at Position 3?" Then I asked again.
"Because my mortar firepower ......has been sharply reduced," Zhao Jingping replied, "so a considerable part of the Vietnamese army has already broken through the artillery blockade of our army." The Yue Devils are attacking Position 3 with all their might. The commander of the second company is organizing defense! ”
"Good!" I nodded and ordered, "Send the helicopter up!" ”
"Yes!" Zhao Jingping answered, and immediately conveyed my order through the walkie-talkie.
Soon ten helicopters appeared in the sky and flew straight towards the anticline of Mount Faka......
Now they can play as much as they want...... It is conceivable that the Vietnamese troops were used to charge at Phaka Mountain, and it was unlikely that they would carry many heavy weapons such as anti-aircraft machine guns or small-caliber anti-aircraft guns, plus the scars on Phaka Hill that they cooperated with to indicate their targets...... So this is the time for them to show their skills and slaughter the Vietnamese army to their heart's content.
Just like I thought...... As soon as the helicopter came up, it fired a volley of rockets into the crowd of Vietnamese soldiers in the direction indicated by Scar...... The reason why you need instructions from infantry such as Scar is because the sky is getting darker at this time, and the battlefield is full of gunsmoke, so it is difficult to find the exact location of the target below on the helicopter at this time.
This round of rockets will blow up those Yue devils who are charging...... Then the helicopter began to fire freely. The so-called free fire is to use the anti-aircraft machine gun in the nose to chase down the targets they can find...... Most of these targets were the Vietnamese troops at the foot of the mountain who were preparing to reinforce Phaka Mountain.
Although the pursuit of these Vietnamese troops will not relieve the pressure on the No. 3 position in a short time...... But in reality, in the long run, this is interrupting the continuity of the Vietnamese army's charge and offensive...... The Vietnamese army can't follow up wave after wave, so there will be an offensive fault in the middle, and the soldiers of our army's defense can take advantage of this time to reorganize...... For example, replenishing ammunition, deploying troops, replenishing firepower, and so on!
So the difference between attack and defense between the enemy and the enemy is great...... It is not difficult to imagine that as long as this time gap persists, then the Vietnamese army's charge will be a kind of suicide to some extent......
The Vietnamese commander apparently realized this, and finally reluctantly pulled the charging troops down...... And our helicopter units don't seem to have had enough, still chasing these deserters with machine guns and rockets from behind......
After the last battle, the battlefield finally calmed down, and gradually subsided with the sound of a single cannon...... To make sure that the Vietnamese army had retreated. Helicopter units fired several flares into the battlefield in quick succession...... What caught our eyes was the bombed Faka Mountain, which was almost unrecognizable. and patches of corpses on the mountain.
"Report to each unit!" I gave the order into the walkie-talkie.
"The second company lost three people and injured five people!" Scar reported.
"The second battalion sacrificed five people, injured seven people, and six people were buried in the tunnel, life and death are unknown!"
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"Organize a rescue immediately!"
"Yes!"
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Judging from the numbers, the number of casualties is not very large, even compared to the casualties of the Vietnamese army...... It's a small number, almost insignificant.
But...... This does not mean that these casualties are not important, because every number reported here ...... All represent a warrior!
"Battalion commander!" Zhao Jingping analyzed on the side: "The casualties of the second company are small...... It was because of his rich combat experience that he grabbed out of the tunnel at the first time and built a ballade pit outside. The second battalion suffered heavy casualties because there were still many soldiers who would rather hide in the tunnels than dare to come out......"
I couldn't help but be silent...... But it's understandable, in that case...... It is indeed not easy to face the world outside that has been blown up by shells, although I know in my heart that it may be more unsafe to hide in the tunnel.
"Generally speaking......" Zhao Jingping continued: "The casualties of our army are not large, but the fortifications are completely destroyed...... In other words, our efforts in the past few days have been in vain! ”
"Hmm!" I nodded.
Actually, I thought to myself...... But it's not a wasted effort...... We can continue to build the fortifications after they are bombed, it just takes us some time and effort, it's not a big deal compared to survival!
But here's the problem...... We can build fortifications, but the next time the Vietnamese army attacks, we can continue to destroy them in this way...... So will we build this fortification well or not?! (To be continued......)