blood of vietnam war

Chapter 160 IX Grenade

Two chemical defense soldiers were quickly mobilized. They were assigned to the trenches of the forward position, one on the left and one on the right. In these two positions, they could control most of the front area of ​​the position.

The order they received was: Once the fire started, they should use the fastest speed to burn out the fuel in the Molotov cocktail.The purpose is to prevent these Molotov cocktails from becoming a source of damage to our army.

Of course, it does not seem to be difficult to complete this order, because the flamethrower used by our army at this time is not large... I learned from Commander Luo that our army is using a Type 74 flamethrower at this time, and there are three of them Fuel bottles, each with a capacity of 3.4 liters, can be sprayed out after three sprays.This is still far from the flamethrower commonly used in the world with only two oil bottles, a capacity of [-] liters, and the ability to spray more than a dozen times.

From this point of view, the flamethrower of our army is less likely to be blown up by the enemy. After spraying it three times, it will be an empty bottle. It can also be used as body armor... But if this thing explodes in the trenches, it is not a joke. Yes, so it's better to be careful just to be safe.

The next thing to prepare is the soldiers of the fourth company. In addition to preparing all kinds of weapons, they also prepared seven or eight grenades each.Of course, these grenades are unscrewed safety cover.

The last is the troops of our second company. Under the dispatch of Company Commander Luo, they quickly entered the trench in the middle of the mountain, and the bayonets of the submachine guns in their hands were all opened, ready for close combat.The hilltop position has limited space to accommodate two companies at the same time, so that's all we can do.

After it was over, with the command of the regiment leader, the battle began.

Three flares rose into the sky. As soon as the white flares rose into the sky, they illuminated the front of the position like daylight.

The flare was the signal to start the attack, so the two chemical defense soldiers stood up without saying a word and pulled the trigger on the corpse in front of the position... With a sound of "teng", several fire dragons were shot from the injectors in the hands of the chemical defense soldiers one after another. When it came out, the front of the position was burned into a fiery red in an instant.However, because the range of the flamethrower is only four to 50 meters, it only ignited a small part of the front of the position.

At the beginning, those Yue Devils didn't make any movement, which made me admire the Yue Devil's will, they can keep calm in such a raging fire... I even doubted whether there was something wrong with my deduction.

However, in the next second, a Vietnamese soldier covered in fire screamed and jumped up... Finally, someone couldn't help it.

Now that someone has set a precedent, there is no need for other Yue devils to hide anymore, so the Yue soldiers who were set on fire soon rolled on the ground one by one.Roughly, there are more than a dozen Vietnamese troops lurking at a distance of more than [-] meters from the front of our army's trench... It's scary to think about it. At this distance, they can even throw grenades into our trenches. It is conceivable Once this fights, how much impact will it cause our army's position.

The rest of the Viet Minh soon realized they had been exposed.

The first thing that started was the covering firepower of the Vietnamese army, including tank guns, machine guns, mortars, and anti-aircraft machine guns... Even some tanks were carefully camouflaged with vegetation, even our army could hardly find them under flares.This also proved that the Vietnamese army was fully prepared, but they were not very lucky, and we saw through it before they planned to launch an attack.

Then, a large number of Vietnamese troops emerged from the forest and rushed towards the 217 Heights, looking like a reinforced company in front and back.It's not that the Vietnamese army doesn't have enough troops, but that the slope of the 217 highland is only enough for a reinforced company to deploy.

In the end, the Vietnamese army lurking in the corpse stood up and rushed towards our position with a gun and shouting...

It can also be seen from the order of appearance of the various units of the Vietnamese army that the coordination and cooperation between their troops is quite in place.

According to ordinary people's thinking, if the hidden troops in the corpse were discovered, it should be the hidden troops who charged first.But this creates two problems:

One: Without fire cover, the lurking troops will not be able to charge far.If they fought like this, they might be wiped out by our bullets before reaching the top of the mountain. Of course, Yue Guizi would not do such a stupid thing.

Two: There are not many hidden troops. As I predicted before, there are two platoons with dozens of people.So even if the few lurking troops can rush to the top of the mountain to fight the enemy hand-to-hand, what if the follow-up troops are wiped out by the enemy before they arrive?Such a result would still make lurk useless.

Therefore, the order of the Vietnamese army's attack was: use various weapons to suppress the firepower of our army's position, cover the hidden troops to rush to the top of the mountain, and at the same time, the follow-up troops followed up with the fastest speed.

And... all of this was the reaction after the Vietnamese army was caught off guard, which also shows the strength of the 316a division of the Vietnamese army.

This coordinated attack by the Vietnamese army seems to be very effective. The soldiers of the fourth company on the top of the hill have to bear the firepower from the Vietnamese army.In an instant, there were cannonballs and bullets again, only to make howls everywhere over the entire hilltop position.

I think, this is because the Yue Guizi had already adjusted the various elements or shooting angles during the day, otherwise...they would not be able to grasp the positions of the firepower points of our army's mountaintop positions in this night.Of course, there are also t62 tanks with night vision capabilities, but there are not many t62s left in the Vietnamese army.

Then, when the various weapons of the Vietnamese army frantically suppressed our position, the Vietnamese army lurking in the corpse launched a final charge on our position...

From this point of view, the commander of the Vietnamese army is quite far-sighted. He made sufficient preparations for the night battle during the day, and thoughtful consideration of all aspects of the details.

So the situation is very critical for our side. Our soldiers are all pressed in the trenches and cannot be lifted up, while the latent troops of the Vietnamese army are getting closer and closer to our position. Once they get close to our position 50. At [-] meters...they can throw rows and rows of grenades into our trenches.

There is no doubt that the lethality of grenades at this time is definitely stronger than those of tanks and anti-aircraft aircraft. Maybe only such a row is needed... Our army's first line of defense will be broken by Yue Guizi.

It's just a pity that Yue Guizi is not the only one who is prepared.

"Dididi..." Just as the enemy approached our defense line, the fourth company commander blew his whistle with all his strength.

This is a common communication method used by our army. On the battlefield, because the guns are too loud, it is difficult to ensure that all soldiers can hear and execute orders, so we will make an appointment before the battle to do what we hear. Sometimes the length and frequency of the whistle are used to express different information. This time... the whistle is the order to throw the grenade.

The advantage of the grenade is that you don't have to poke your head out to throw it... This can be thrown out with just one throw while hiding in the trench.Some people may say, is it accurate to throw it like this?Can you blow up the devils?This is also using grenades, so if we can blow up the Yue devils, why can't the Yue devils bomb us?

This is the advantage of being condescending. We don’t need any accuracy when throwing the grenade, all we need is to blow up a barrage outside the trench so that the devils can’t move forward; the same grenade, just because we are condescending, we can throw it. Farther away... So it is true that we can bomb the more devils, but the more devils can't bomb us.

So let the tank guns and anti-aircraft machine guns of the Yue Devils blare above our heads, and we just hid in the trenches and threw grenades with our eyes closed.

In order to keep all the soldiers in step, the soldiers had to wait for the fourth company commander's whistle to throw a grenade every time they finished throwing a grenade.So I just heard the rhythmic explosions of "boom" outside the trench, and the outside of the position was blown up like a wall bursting up a cloud of dust and thick smoke.

As the grenades become less and less, the problem will come... Our grenades are also limited, right?This kind of throwing one after another is not a solution, is it?

In fact, there is really no need to throw one after another. Our purpose of doing this is not to blow up many enemies or prevent them from coming up forever, but to delay the charge of the Vietnamese army.

Is there any use in delaying the charge of the Vietnamese army?

Of course it is useful. Isn't the coordination and cooperation between the various units of the Vietnamese army very good?

So...can the Vietnamese army's fire cover continue when the Vietnamese army's lurking troops rushed to the top of the mountain?If the firepower continued to fight indiscriminately, it is very likely that the fight will be one of our own!

However, the moon was dark and the wind was high at this time, and the Vietnamese army could not see when their assault troops rushed to the enemy's position, nor did they know when to stop shooting.

As a result, the coordination between the troops serving as fire cover of the Vietnamese army and the troops lurking to charge became a problem.

In my opinion, the coordination of these two units of the Vietnamese Army has the following options:

First, using a walkie-talkie to communicate, this seems unlikely, because if the hidden troops carried a walkie-talkie on their backs, the target would be too big. Even if we pretended to be dead, we would smash the walkie-talkie with guns and cannons... ...and the sound of guns and guns on the front line will also affect the call of the walkie-talkie, which seems inappropriate on the battlefield where fighter jets are fleeting.

The second is to use the night vision capability of the t62 tank to judge.However, this method was quickly denied by our army's flamethrowers. Although the fire in front of the trenches was getting smaller and smaller, it was still enough to affect the night vision ability of the T62.

The third is to judge by the explosion sound of the grenade.

According to Yue Guizi's plan, it was to use firepower to hold us in the trenches, and then the lurking troops rushed forward to throw rows of grenades and then charged... How would they know the rows of exploding grenades? Is it the enemy's or our own.

So, just as I expected... After our army's grenades exploded a few times outside, the Vietnamese army's fire cover quickly stopped. (To be continued.)