blood of vietnam war

Chapter 170 Three Water Sources

Originally, I thought that the Vietnamese army would seize the time to attack our army's position. After all, the battle on the front line is getting tighter and tighter... If the Yue devils continue like this, then there will only be one...surrounded by our army and wiped out.What's more, we also got a message from the division headquarters that because we were guarding the pass, we cut off the logistics supply line of the Vietnamese army, making the ammunition supply of the 316a division of the Vietnamese army weak, which has already affected the morale of the Vietnamese army and fighting power.

However... the Vietnamese army fell silent at this moment.

Maybe it was because the Yue Guizi suffered too many casualties, or they were also tired from fighting, but the current situation is that the longer the delay, the better for us, so we are happy to spend the day at Yakou.

Especially the platoon guarding the canyon... I didn't know it before because I didn't climb the two walls of the canyon. After receiving the defense, I found that the canyon is a good place to live. There are many caves on the stone walls on both sides, some of which are natural. Some were remodeled by Yue Guizi... Although these caves are also damp and dark, they are undoubtedly much better than those we were exposed to in the trenches.

And because the canyon is narrow, long and narrow, it is easy to be vigilant, so I left a few sentries in front and ordered the other soldiers to take the time to rest.

The deployment of my troops in the canyon is like this. I only arrange one squad in the first half of the corner of the canyon. This squad is mainly responsible for security tasks, and the other two squads are located on both sides of the second half of the corner.

The reason for this is that I know that once this battle is fought...the Vietnamese army will definitely use the t62 to provide fire cover at Taniguchi.

The first half of the corner is all within the range of firepower of the Vietnamese army's t62, but our army's anti-tank weapons are helpless with it... So this is the situation where the enemy can hit us, but we cannot hit the enemy.

So there is no doubt that the first half is undefendable, but the second half has become beyond the reach of the Vietnamese army because of a corner.

It is also because of this that the order in charge of the security squad was... Once the attack starts, all other troops will withdraw to the second half except for two sentries who will report the situation to me in real time through walkie-talkies.

Another advantage of doing this is that once the Vietnamese army launches an attack on this pass...it will inevitably enter the second half of the canyon and fall into a dilemma.

Of course, the disadvantage of doing this is that if you are not careful, the Vietnamese army will break through the defense line... Lure the enemy to go deep. Although this can take advantage of killing the enemy's vital forces, it also risks being broken by the enemy.

It's just...the other end of the canyon is blocked by the wreckage of two tanks, which minimizes the danger.This is actually the reason why I dare to allocate troops in this way with confidence.

"Platoon leader!" While I was sitting in the cave and looking at the map with a flashlight, the scholar stationed on the opposite side pointed at the bottom of the canyon and shouted at me: "Look, there are a lot of fish floating in the river!"

I stuck my head out to look at the bottom of the canyon in doubt... Really, there are dead fish with white bellies floating everywhere on the river, big and small.

"So many fish..." Wang Kechang exclaimed excitedly: "Platoon leader, let's go down and grab a few big ones to roast and eat... Now we're lucky!"

"Don't eat it!" Chen Yiyi yelled: "This is poisoned by the Vietnamese army... the river water can't be drunk either!"

"What? Poisoning?" I couldn't help being surprised when I heard it.

What surprised me was not that the Vietnamese army dared to poison us. In fact, the Vietnamese army did everything they could to us. Compared with the assassinations and sneak attacks we encountered in the past, the poisoning was nothing but a big witch.

I was surprised because this river leads directly to An Bai, and there are many small villages of Vietnamese people along the river. The Vietnamese devils poisoned like this... Doesn't that mean that they don't even care about the lives of their own people?

On the other hand, I also know that the reason why the Vietnamese army wanted to poison the water source was that they realized that they would not be able to capture the 217 highlands and canyons where we were stationed in a short period of time.The reason is very simple. The purpose of poisoning the river is to make us have no water to drink, and even if we have no water to drink, we will not die of thirst in one or two days.

At this time, I didn't have time to think about it, so I grabbed the walkie-talkie and called: "Company commander... Yue Guizi poisoned the river, tell the soldiers not to drink the water in the river..."

"It's too late!" The company commander's voice came from the walkie-talkie: "I also just got the news that more than [-] soldiers showed symptoms of poisoning, most of them were wounded..."

Only then did I realize one thing: it takes time for fish to be poisoned to death, so when I saw the dead fish floating here...it meant that some soldiers had already drank the poisoned water.

"The most serious problem now is that there is no water!" The company commander sighed: "At first we thought that there was a river beside us, and we could drink water from it at any time, so we didn't think of saving it... Now the whole regiment has only a small number of people. Some of the warriors still have some water in their water bottles, drinking water may be a big problem in the future!"

I casually shook the kettle hanging on my waist... the half-pot of water jingled, and only then did I realize the seriousness of the problem.

If everyone has half a jug of water in their hands, then maybe it's not a big problem... After all, the main force of our army will be here in a few days, right?It's not a problem to save half a pot of water for a day or two, but the problem is that there is no... Our army has at least five or six hundred people including the wounded, and only those few have water storage, and we There are still fortifications to be built, there are still to be exposed to the sun, and fortifications to be built...

"Second squad leader!" I called out to Chen Yiyi who was below, and after a while she ran up to me like a civet cat.

"Are there any other sources of water around here?" I asked.

Chen Yiyi thought for a while, then nodded and said, "There is a river near An Pei, but... it's three hours away!"

I shook my head without thinking about it... Our army's troops at the pass are not many. If we spread our troops to find water three hours away, it is easy to be ambushed by other Vietnamese troops. I'm afraid it will not be guaranteed.

After thinking about it, I asked again: "Are there any wells or springs in the nearby villages?"

"Yes, there is, but..."

"Just what?"

"It's useless!" Chen Yiyi replied: "There is spring water in 2681 next to us, but I will know and the Vietnamese army will know, so..."

Although Chen Yiyi didn't finish her sentence, I also knew what she meant... The reason why the Vietnamese army didn't poison the river until now is that they had already contacted the guerrillas in other villages of the Vietnamese army.It is very likely that those wells or springs have already set up an ambush at this time, and they are just waiting for us to throw ourselves into the trap.

"Second platoon leader!" At this time, Company Commander Luo's voice came from the walkie-talkie: "The leader ordered you to go to the group leader for a meeting immediately, and bring the second squad leader!"

"Yes!" I replied, knowing that the head of the group must have asked us to go because of water problems.

Sure enough, when Chen Yiyi and I came to the regiment headquarters, the regiment leader asked almost the same questions as me, the difference was that Chen Yiyi had to mark the wells and springs on the map.

"Head!" Seeing this, I knew that the leader was going to send someone to find the source of water, and I couldn't help objecting: "Isn't it too dangerous to do this, the Yue Guizi would have already set up a trap and waited for us! "

"That's right!" Company Commander Luo also nodded: "Also, even if we are superior in strength and can regain one or two wells or springs, the Vietnamese army will poison the wells at the last moment, and we will still get nothing in the end. !"

The head of the group sighed, and asked back: "Then do you have any other solutions?"

We couldn't help being stunned when asked by the leader.

"The Yue Guizi hit us right now!" The head of the regiment looked very ugly, and he said helplessly: "You know...we have soldiers from two companies in combat mode, even if the others can't drink water It's only enough to hold on for half a day. After half a day... how can we fight this battle without water? At that time, we will still be dead! So... even if we know that this is a trap, we still have to jump into it!"

I have to admit that the head of the regiment is right. Because the combat troops consume a lot of physical strength during the battle, especially when fighting in the sun during the day, the water consumption is still very large. Without water, it is simply a nightmare.

"In fact, what we lack is not just water!" At this time, the political commissar interrupted: "Our task is to pass through. Before we came here, we marched in a hurry. In order to ensure the speed, we passed here on time... We ordered the soldiers to drop the excess load several times. And that includes food too. So...we are running low on food, and many comrades have run out of food!"

"No one would have thought that we would stand here for five days!" The head of the regiment frowned and said, "When the superior gave us the order, he said that our main force would be able to defeat the Vietnamese army and join us in two or three days at most. , I didn't expect that there is still no shadow..."

Hearing this, my heart sank. At first, I thought that we even had less food on our bodies, but I didn’t expect that the 447 regiment had less food than us... How can we fight this battle without food and water? !

"So I think..." Then the head of the regiment looked at us and said, "We should use water and food together, and use water and food where they are most needed. On the other hand, we will send troops to find water sources And food, as long as it lasts, do you have any opinions, comrades?"

"no comment!"

"no comment!"

……

This is also a way out of nowhere.

"Commander Luo!" Then the regiment leader held the commander's hand and said, "Please bear with me in this critical time, don't worry... Your second company is the lifesaver of our regiment, not to mention you are still fighting on the front line... No matter what we do, we will not make people thirsty or hungry!"

"The head of the group is out of touch now!" Company Commander Luo quickly replied: "We are all comrades, and we should help each other in the same boat, and we can't specialize!"

But I have nothing but helplessness in my heart, the water and food are so scarce, even if I want to specialize, I can't help it! (To be continued.)