blood of vietnam war

Chapter 190

A few of us sat around the map on the reverse slope of the 237 Heights.

"Why is there such a shortage of ammunition in the third battalion?" Company Commander Luo asked.

The commander of the third battalion replied with shame on his face: "Before the troops turned to retreat, we had been in charge of clearing out the remnants of the enemy near Sabah. We were still fighting one minute before receiving the retreat order. But...to be honest, we did have Opportunity to replenish ammunition, but the soldiers were all dazzled by the good news of the retreat, thinking that the battle was over. Besides, many comrades thought that the retreat back to the country would have a distance of tens of kilometers to go... the lighter the body, the easier it was to walk The faster it was, the ammunition was not replenished in time!"

Company Commander Luo and I looked at each other with helplessness in our eyes... Food and ammunition can be said to be the most important thing for us, but we didn't expect that some troops would not even replenish ammunition in time for the convenience of marching .

It's just that they can't be blamed for this. With no combat experience and insufficient training, any monsters are possible.

"But...we are short of ammunition, and the Yue Guizi are also short of ammunition!" Company Commander Luo thought for a while and said, "Did the Yue Guizi come around from the small road? They didn't have much ammunition with them, and they were on the highway bridge. They also fought with us, and I’m afraid the ammunition is almost exhausted. It shouldn’t be difficult to stop them!”

On this point, I don't agree with Company Commander Luo's point of view. I shook my head and said: "Although the Yue Devils are also short of ammunition, they can send long-range artillery support, which will greatly enhance the strength of the Yue Guizi." The firepower of the army reduces the consumption of ammunition. On the other hand... as time goes by, more and more soldiers will arrive from the Vietnamese army, and these new soldiers will bring some ammunition to replenish the troops entering the Vietnamese army. So the situation is not optimistic!"

"The second platoon leader is right!" Dao Scar nodded and said, "I have worked with Yue Guizi for a while, so I am very familiar with Yue Guizi's combat methods and habits... What we encountered on the road bridge were only the vanguard of the Vietnamese army. , there will be more troops in the future, and they will even organize people who are good at climbing and walking to help them transport ammunition. These people are actually the logistics team of the Vietnamese army. It’s full of shells and bullets, and walking up the mountain road will not be much slower than us... As soon as they arrive, the problem of ammunition for Yue Guizi will no longer exist.”

Hearing that the third battalion and Company Commander Luo couldn't help but frown: In this way, our army not only has no advantage in strength, but also far from the Vietnamese army in firepower, how can we fight this battle!

The air was soon filled with a depressing atmosphere, and everyone was thinking about their own thoughts.Some people are thinking about how to fight this battle, and some people are thinking about how to be so unlucky, and this kind of thing will happen when they are about to go home... But no matter what everyone is thinking, some people One thing is the same, that is, not wanting to die.

"Comrades..." The last third battalion commander couldn't bear the atmosphere, he looked at us apologetically and said, "Let's do it! I'm very grateful that you can stay and fight with us. The soldiers of our third battalion are not cowards." , let alone be ungrateful... When the battle is nearly overwhelmed, you should retreat, and we will stay and cover!"

"How can this work?" Company Commander Luo rejected the proposal of the Third Battalion Commander without even thinking about it, and said, "Since everyone is a comrade-in-arms who lives and dies together, we must share the burden. If we shoot a few shots like this Leaving you alone, what is the difference between that and a deserter? !

!The soldiers of your third battalion are not cowards, and the soldiers of our second company are not greedy for life and afraid of death! "

"Company Commander Luo..." The Third Battalion Commander persuaded, "I, Mr. Chen, am most afraid of being in debt, aren't you..."

"It's nothing to be owed!" Company Commander Luo interrupted the Third Battalion Commander unceremoniously: "This is a task given to us by our superiors, and it has nothing to do with your Third Battalion!"

The third battalion commander looked at Company Commander Luo gratefully, and nodded silently.

"Second platoon leader!" Then Commander Luo called out to me.

"Here!" I stood up and answered.

"Immediately think of a way for me!" Captain Luo pointed to the map and said, "You have one hour to come up with a feasible battle plan!"

"What?" I couldn't help being stunned when I heard that, I thought Captain Luo was going to give me some order, but I didn't expect it to be for me to find a way.

In fact, I was not the only one who was in a daze. The third battalion commander looked at Company Commander Luo and then at me in surprise... A company commander ordered his subordinates to formulate a battle plan... This is probably the same in other places on the battlefield. Never before.

"Oh, that's right!" Looking at the third battalion commander who was full of doubts, Company Commander Luo explained: "This second platoon leader under me... is the brains of our company. He solved it. Don't worry, the third battalion commander, this kid will definitely find a way to save the day!"

Hearing Company Commander Luo's words, I couldn't help being stunned... I'm not a god, what can I do if the troops don't have ammunition?

"Oh!" There was obviously the third battalion commander who disagreed with Company Commander Luo. He just nodded at me out of politeness, but his eyes were full of doubts.

Then Company Commander Luo handed me a cigarette, lit each other and said in a deep voice, "Boy, can the 100 or so of us make it home alive...it's up to you!"

"Company commander, this..." I was full of embarrassment.

"Don't do this and that, think of your way!"

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, Captain Luo really knows how to shirk responsibility, can I bear this burden?

Didn’t we analyze the enemy’s situation very clearly just now? The Yueguizi have more people than us, and more guns than us. The most important thing is that we have no ammunition... Even if we have the ability to reach the sky or give us a pass, there is no way to defend it. ah!

Hey... If you can't defend, then you can only attack?

Thinking of this, I slapped my head and said, "There is one way, but..."

"Hurry up!" Luo Lian was overjoyed: "I knew you could do it. You were limited to one hour just now, and this is less than one minute!"

"What way?" The third battalion commander also had some expectations, but he still didn't believe that a small platoon leader like me could reverse this one-sided situation.

"Company commander!" I squatted in front of the map and said, "With our current situation, we can't defend if we want to. Even if we can defend, I'm afraid we won't be able to retreat. The more devils will stick to us all the way and fight. I'm afraid we'll be dead and wounded before we get to the highway bridge!"

"Well, let's get to the point!" Company Commander Luo urged impatiently, "Is your solution just to tell us to retreat now?"

"I mean..." I bit my teeth and said, "Since we can't defend, why don't we attack?"

"attack?"

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help being stunned.

"With our little ammunition, how can we attack even if we can't defend?" Soon someone raised an objection.

The person who said this was a company commander of the third battalion. I heard Xu Rui from the introduction of the third battalion commander before. It is said that he was the only company commander of the third battalion who did not sacrifice. One can imagine how tragic the battle of the third battalion has been these days .

"Of course!" I said, "First of all, we just withdrew from Hebian just now, and the Yue Guizi didn't even mention it so much that we would fight back. Secondly, the highway bridge in Hebian has been blown up by us. To get to Hebian, we have to go through the jungle and make a big circle, which gives us time and opportunity to go back and set up an ambush. Again, only if we set up an ambush in advance, the Yue Guizi's long-range artillery fire will not have time to play a role. At the same time, it can’t play a role. At the same time, only in this way can we use limited ammunition to destroy as many enemies as possible to win a battle and replenish ammunition from the enemy!”

I spoke so loudly and loudly that all the soldiers around me were stunned on the spot.

After a long time, the commander of the third battalion nodded at me with a full face of surprise and said: "The second platoon commander's analysis makes sense. There is a saying that offense is the best defense. Now maybe it's time for us to replace defense with offense! "

"Battalion Commander!" Xu Lianchang objected loudly: "Is it too dangerous for us to do this? What if the Yue Guizi finds out that the ambush failed, or the Yue Guizi didn't appear in Hebian but went to a farther place, then Don't we even have no chance to retreat?"

I have to say that Company Commander Xu's worry is still justified. The main reason is that the road bridge in Hebian has been blown up by our army, so Hebian has lost its value, and it is useless for Yue Guizi to take it.

but……

"This is impossible!" I said, "The Yue Guizi will definitely appear in Hebian!"

After a pause, I went on to say: "If Yue Guizi doesn't appear in Hebian directly, but goes directly through the jungle to a farther place... It will undoubtedly take more time, it's not an hour or two hours But we only need to hold on for a few hours, and we can retreat after the engineering troops are ready to blow up the bridge..."

"That's right!" Captain Luo nodded and said, "The Yue Devils don't have time, they have to take the shortest distance from Hebian and then attack our army along the highway. Only in this way can they stop me The engineering troops blew up the bridge. So... we are not afraid that the devils will not fall in ambush!"

"There is another advantage!" The third battalion commander added: "Once we succeed in this sneak attack, the Yue devils will not dare to be so rampant in the next pursuit. We must pay attention to whether there are ambushes along the way, and it will also give us a lot of trouble." We have more time and opportunities to get rid of them!"

"That's right!" Company Commander Luo and the Third Battalion Commander looked at each other and smiled, nodded and said, "Just do it!"

"It's really you!" The third battalion commander patted me on the shoulder and said, "As expected of Erlian's think tank, he came up with such a good solution so quickly! You've made a dead game of chess!"

Hearing this, he couldn't help sweating, Company Commander Luo said it casually, and the Third Battalion Commander took it seriously. (To be continued.)