blood of vietnam war

Chapter 190 Dilemma

"Retreat! Retreat..."

Company Commander Luo and Company Commander Zhang yelled at us, so we got up and ran wildly backwards along the road.

The highway bridge being blown up means that our mission has been completed, and it also means that the Vietnamese army is temporarily blocked on the other side, so this is the best time for us to retreat.

It's temporary... because the road bridge is just a shortcut for the Vietnamese army's large troops or heavy equipment to pass through. The Vietnamese army can bypass the road bridge from the jungle and continue their pursuit.Of course, that would take more time and energy.

Maybe the Yue Guizi watched the highway bridge being blown up and hadn't recovered from the failed blow, so he didn't shoot at us at all... This also made our group retreat along the highway without any danger. After turning a corner, we saw more than a dozen cars waiting for us, all of which were running.

We climbed into the car without saying a word, and drove forward with a "boom" before we sat firmly in the car... This shows how nervous the car soldier is.

The car drove for a while, and the soldiers seemed to have just recovered from the battle just now.

"Success! Platoon leader..." Xiao Shitou looked at me with admiration on his face: "Just now, I thought it was going to be over this time! I didn't expect you to have this trick..."

"That's right!" The scholar nodded with guilt and said, "The highway bridge has been unable to be blown up, so we have to let the Yue devils suppress and beat them. As time goes by, there will be more and more devils... I also think that this I can’t go anymore! Who would have thought that our platoon leader could easily solve this problem..."

"Easy?" I scolded angrily, "My little life was almost lost there..."

"It doesn't matter!" The scholar replied solemnly: "If the platoon leader dies, it happens to be my turn to be the platoon leader..."

With a sound of "Coax!", all the soldiers laughed at the scholar's words.Scholars generally seldom make jokes, and what they say now is nothing short of shocking.

"I don't want you to be the platoon leader!" Perhaps influenced by the scholars, the other soldiers soon relaxed, and Wang Kechang said in an unconvinced tone: "If our platoon leader can bring us home alive, can you ?"

"I can do it too..." the scholar joked, "I can take you to escape..."

There was another burst of laughter in the car.

In fact, I know that the reason why the soldiers can joke around so reassuringly and easily at this time is entirely because we are on our way home at this time, and it is because we are heading in the direction of the motherland in a car.

In fact, at this time, I was also yearning in my heart. Even if the future is uncertain after returning to China, it is better than staying in Vietnam anyway.

It's just... what we don't know is that the journey home looks very short, but it's a long, long journey...

The car staggered and drove for a few kilometers, and we saw many friendly troops on both sides of the road one after another, so a hanging heart was let go.

"Comrade, comrade..." A cadre stopped our car, and he asked us with a nervous look: "Comrade, what's the matter with the gunshots ahead? Has the Yue Devil chased us here?"

"It's Yue Guizi!" I replied, "Dagui has a company with only light weapons, but with long-range artillery support!"

I saw the cadre's face turn pale, and he asked with disbelief, "Why so fast? Isn't the road full of mines in our engineering army?"

"Yue Guizi walks the mountain road!" Seeing the cadre's appearance, I comforted him: "Don't worry too much, the highway bridge was blown up by us, and it will take them at least one or two hours to get here Woolen cloth!"

But it was obvious that this did not comfort him, and the cadre still had a worried face.

"Dididi..." At this moment, I heard a whistle, and then Captain Luo's call: "Erlian's...get off the car and assemble!"

"What? Get out of the car?" The soldiers sounded a little puzzled, but they still got out of the car according to the order and lined up in an open space by the roadside.

"Comrades!" Company Commander Luo straightened his military uniform and stood in front of us and said with some embarrassment. The attack on Sabah resulted in heavy casualties, and the entire battalion was capable of fighting with only a hundred men left, so the superior ordered us... to assist the comrades of the third battalion in Tanmeng to garrison!"

"What?" The soldiers were a little confused when they heard the order.

"Company commander!" Liang Lianbing said a little unconvinced: "Our company also suffered heavy casualties, and we fought all the way back. We haven't even taken a breath!"

"That's right, company commander!" Some soldiers said, "Why do we have to fight all the way back, this exhaustion will also kill people!"

"Comrades!" At this time, the cadre who asked me a question came forward and said with a sigh: "I am Chen Zhisheng, the commander of the third battalion. To tell you the truth... our battalion... not only suffered heavy casualties, What's more serious is that the Yue Devils are still far away from us, and after the battle and march all the way, the soldiers are too tired, they haven't even repaired the fortifications, and there is still a serious shortage of ammunition..."

After listening to what Battalion Commander Chen said, I understood something.

First of all, the superiors were a little ignorant of the situation, thinking that it was enough to send a battalion to form a defense line, but they didn't expect that this battalion had suffered heavy casualties in the battle against Sabah long ago, and only one company capable of fighting was there.

Then the soldiers of the third battalion also thought that this task was no big deal, the more devils were still far away from the line of defense, and there were other troops ahead... When the more devils hit here, they might all retreat, maybe the superiors did the same Therefore, the third battalion was arranged to garrison here casually without considering the number of casualties.

So all kinds of negative sabotage, all kinds of unprepared...even lack of ammunition.How to fight against the attack of Yue Guizi's elite troops in this situation...

"Comrades!" The third battalion commander finally seemed to have made up his mind, puffed up his chest and said, "We can understand your feelings, so let's do this! We only ask you to keep the ammunition, and leave the rest to us! The superior then we will explain..."

The soldiers are also soft-hearted people. When the commander of the third battalion said this, they just looked at me and I looked at you, and there was a bit of resentment in their eyes.

I couldn't help but sighed, and said: "Comrades! The retreat order we received before was only more than a dozen kilometers away... it's only a few kilometers away from here. If the third battalion collapses... more than half the devils It will hit our defense line in an hour, isn't that the same as fighting?"

"What the second platoon leader said is true!" Company Commander Luo nodded and said, "We are all comrades on the same boat now, helping the third battalion is helping ourselves, not to mention this is an order from the superior!"

"Let's stay here!" Liang Lianbing replied in a muffled voice: "The orders of the superiors...have to be carried out even if they are not obeyed!"

"Yes!" Someone said: "Anyway, so many battles have been fought, this time is not bad!"

"Thank you...thank you comrades!" The commander of the third battalion hurriedly shook hands to express his gratitude.

"Captain Luo..." At this time, Captain Zhang stepped forward and held Captain Luo's hand and said, "If possible, I also want to stay and fight with you, but we have also received a new mission. There is also a highway bridge waiting for us to blast... How about it! We will leave the ammunition for you, anyway, we don't need it very much, and we can replenish it on the second line... Don't worry, we will do everything right this time The preparations are waiting for you to come over and blow up the bridge!"

Company Commander Luo and the Third Battalion quickly expressed their thanks to Company Commander Zhang.

The soldiers of the Fifth Company of the Engineer Corps waved goodbye to us after leaving the ammunition. Looking at the cars passing away, we felt lost... We thought we could go back to China in these cars, but we didn’t expect The butt came down before sitting hot.

Then our first thing is to build fortifications. This time it will be much better than guarding the bridge... The reason is that we can choose the terrain that is beneficial to us to fight, that is, the 237 highland next to the road... It is said in Vietnam There are actually many highlands like this, because the road basically runs along the foot of the mountain, so you can block a section of the road by grabbing a highland beside the road.

It's just... Our real difficulty is not this, but our ammunition is still not enough to support a battle.

Our army, including the [-]th Company of Engineers, fought a battle at the highway bridge before. The soldiers of our [-]nd Company were not bad, and they knew when to fight and when not to fight. The consumption of ammunition was not too high.However, many soldiers in the engineering unit are on the battlefield for the first time...the tension is that the trigger is pulled all the way to the end, and a magazine is gone in a few seconds.

So... even though the Engineer Corps left us with all the remaining ammunition, it was a drop in the bucket.

From the second line?

The entire army is retreating... It is difficult for us to contact our superiors, let alone adjust the ammunition, not to mention that the devils can arrive in one, two hours or even less time, but the ammunition is impossible. It was delivered in such a short period of time, so even if there is, it will not be able to quench the near thirst.

Back off?

I believe that if we explain the situation to the superior, the superior may agree to our request. After all, the battle cannot be fought without ammunition.But... our withdrawal will not be able to get rid of the Yue Guizi's pursuers, and there will be another highway bridge soon, and Company Commander Zhang's engineering troops also need enough time to prepare for the blast.

So we realized very quickly that ... we had just escaped from a dangerous situation, but we were caught in another dilemma. (To be continued.)