The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 196 Absolute Terrain Advantage (Subscription Request)
The next morning.

“Beep~beep~beep~beep~”

Just as day broke, an emergency assembly whistle sounded in the camp.

Liu Tao hurriedly put on his clothes, and when he came out, he heard someone informing him to go to the command center.

As a command center, there is a battalion of troops stationed here. In addition, Koulin Mountain is already under control, so there is almost no danger.

There were no air raid sirens, meaning the danger did not come from the air.

Liu Tao arrived at the command center and found that he was the last one to arrive.

Seeing that Commander Wang looked unhappy, Liu Tao asked, "What's wrong? Is there anything big going on?"

"Just now, news came from the border defense station that there was artillery bombardment at Laoshan. Those bastards are so bold!" Commander Wang gritted his teeth.

This is undoubtedly a provocation.

This is a slap in the face of the soldiers!
What the hell?

Liu Tao was stunned.

He had never expected that the other party would be so rampant.

After suffering a crushing defeat at Koulin Mountain and suffering such heavy losses, they actually dared to retaliate at Laoshan.

It's only been two years, and the other party has expanded so much?
Liu Tao was extremely shocked. Was this the same naughty kid who was beaten so badly two years ago that he lost his way?

Not like!

Nothing like it!

"I'll call my superiors right now and have them give me a good beating!" Commander Wang said angrily.

Then he picked up the phone and reported the latest situation to his superiors.

There is no doubt that the superiors were also furious.

The 42nd Division just won a resounding victory yesterday. Everyone is very happy. The higher-ups have no plans to continue fighting. After all, the recapture of Koulin Mountain is also a warning to others in order to promote peace and resolve the issue at the negotiation table as soon as possible.

But now, this shelling was like pouring a bucket of cold water on them and slapping them in the face at the same time.

Isn't the purpose of soldiers to protect the country and the people?
Suddenly, the entire command center became busy and began to formulate a battle plan.

On the Koulin Mountain side, only one infantry regiment and one engineering regiment were left here, and all other troops were transferred to Laoshan.

The entire army was mobilized, and soon each unit headed for Laoshan after receiving the order.

The combined battalion also went to Laoshan. During the assembly, Liu Tao used the golden finger to repair 20 Type 80 tanks and 2 Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, allowing these tanks and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns to reach their peak condition.

The troops arrived at noon.

At the command center, regimental and battalion-level cadres held a meeting.

The chief of staff introduced the terrain of Laoshan, giving everyone a clear understanding of the place.

The main peak of Laoshan is 1422.2 meters above sea level. It forms a strategic location with Xiaoqingshan, Songmaoling, Balihedongshan, etc. 27 kilometers to the south is Ha Giang City, the capital of Ha Giang Province, and to the north you can see 25 kilometers deep in the north, making this large area of ​​​​the place secret-free. The main peak of 1422.2 meters may not seem high, but the vertical height from Chuantou Village at the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain exceeds 1262 meters. The entire mountain is gentle in the south and steep in the north, high in the west and low in the east.

In particular, the slope on the back side exceeds 50 degrees, and the slope near the main peak is close to 70 degrees. It is impossible for people to stand on such a slope, especially since there is a 60-meter-high cliff on the north side of the main peak.

It is conceivable that attacking from the north is nothing short of a fantasy.

Looking at the entire Laoshan area, with the main peak as the center, there are three large mountain ridges extending to the east, west and south, covered with Yuejin fortifications, presenting a tripod shape.

Under such terrain conditions, the most convenient attack route is to launch an attack along the Panlong River, in the Qingshui River area, on the south side where the slope is gentler.

But from a military perspective, this six or seven kilometer long hilly area is a dead end. This attack route means that the attacking troops must be exposed to enemy artillery fire.

This attack route will face the long and short range firepower from many highlands such as Daqingshan, Songmaoling, and Laoshan. Only by withstanding the huge casualties caused by the artillery fire can there be a chance to attack the high ground. At the same time, the required ammunition and supplies, as well as the remains of the wounded and martyrs, must also be transported from this area. The enemy can easily block the military industry and logistics supply lines.

This is the absolute terrain advantage.

The enemy's defense system here is triangular and supports each other.

And this is just the enemy's position on Laoshan. Once the fighting starts, the firepower from the surrounding highlands will provide strong support, and the relatively flat terrain will be more conducive to the rapid arrival of enemy reinforcements.

The enemy built extensive fortifications on various high grounds. Reinforced concrete bunkers and tunnels were built on the positions. These fortifications were generally not exposed to the ground. The exposed fortifications were divided into two layers, above ground and underground. After the surface fortifications were destroyed, the underground fortifications could continue to resist. The fortifications were connected to the trenches. In addition, the enemy also set up some fake positions to lure the attacking troops to expose themselves too early. Various firearms were arranged in an interlaced manner in the positions, mainly mortars, anti-aircraft machine guns, recoilless guns, and light and heavy machine guns, forming a dense firepower defense line that combined light and dark, far and near, and crossed.

In particular, the bombardment position hidden in Xiaoqingshan is equipped with medium-sized mortars with a range of about 4 kilometers.

The entire command center and each commander felt their hair tingling as they listened to the chief of staff's introduction. Laoshan was much more difficult to attack than Koulinshan.

"The 121st Regiment is responsible for attacking the main peak of Laoshan. The 2nd and 3rd Battalions will carry out frontal attacks on the left and right sides respectively. The 1st Battalion will avoid the Vietnamese army's fire blockade from the flank, and penetrate from the side and rear to seize the 1 high ground 1072 kilometer south of the main peak of Laoshan, split the enemy's defense system, and prevent the enemy from reinforcing." Division Commander Wang began to deploy the attack plan.

After Commander Wang had arranged the attack plan, Liu Tao stood up and said, "Commander Wang, can we have our combined battalion launch an attack from the Qingshui River area?"

"Director Liu, you should know from the chief of staff's introduction just now that the enemy's artillery blockade in this area is quite severe." Commander Wang frowned.

Liu Tao nodded: "I know, but I noticed that the enemy does not have large-caliber artillery. The largest artillery is the Soviet-made 85mm recoilless gun and 82mm mortar."

"These have no ability to harm Type 80 tanks!" Liu Tao was full of confidence. Artillery of these calibers could not destroy Type 80 tanks at all, and could not even destroy Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.

Unless the enemy is equipped with extremely powerful armor-piercing bullets.

But this possibility is almost non-existent.

"According to the terrain, the slope in this area is about 10 to 20 degrees." Liu Tao's mouth curled up slightly, "For a tank, it won't take much time to rush up six or seven kilometers."

Even a 30-degree slope can be climbed by a Type 80 tank.

The enemy's artillery fire and bullets hitting the Type 80 tanks were just a waste of bullets.

The Type 80 tank can continuously fire while moving to destroy enemy fortifications.

As for the mines that may be buried along the way, there are naturally mine-clearing vehicles in front to detonate the mines.

The others pose no threat to the Type 80 tank.

The only thing that could pose a threat to the Type 80 tank is large-caliber artillery, but the enemy does not have it.

(End of this chapter)