blood of vietnam war

Chapter 190 Seven Art Troupe

Perhaps the Vietnamese army needs time to rest, or the Vietnamese army needs time to assemble, so even though our army spent more than an hour on the Tanmeng 237 highland looking for the dead bodies of the martyrs, the Vietnamese army did not dare to follow up. The gods sent a few sentries to watch us from afar with binoculars.

Later we learned that the Vietnamese army did not need time to rest and assemble, but because they were worried about fraud ahead.In fact, they had assembled two companies of troops at that time, but the Vietnamese army of the two companies was annihilated just now because they were ambushed by us in Hebian, so the Vietnamese army would murmur in their hearts... Will the front line be the same? Will there be an ambush?

Then I saw that our company was neither retreating nor building fortifications on Height 237. Instead, it was moving corpses in a leisurely manner, as if waiting for them to attack... So I was even more sure that there was a trap ahead.

This is a bit like the empty city plan mentioned in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms...but I have to declare that we had no intentions at that time.If the Yue Guizi attacked us at that time, although they might not be able to kill us immediately...but they could chase us all the way and make us unable to escape or suffer heavy casualties.

It’s just that none of this happened. It can also be said that we were lucky, or it could be said that the Battle of Hebian made the Yue Devils no longer dare to act rashly, so they watched us pack up the corpses and then retreat... The Yue Devils still Follow all the way far and dare not come up easily.

Before dark, we finally arrived at Ningkang, where the Fifth Company of Engineers was stationed.

Ningkang is also just a place name. There is not even a village here, and there is only a road bridge.Company Commander Zhang and the others have been waiting here for a long time, and even sent two cars up to help us carry the corpses and wounded soldiers.

Company Commander Zhang also thought about sending us all to Ningkang in one go with a dozen cars.But the commander of the third battalion thought it over and over again, and felt that it was too dangerous to transport by car under the eyes of the Yue Guizi... Transporting by car meant that our personnel had to be concentrated, and the Yue Guizi would follow us not far behind. When we come up, we will notify Yuncheng Paohuo that a row of shells will come... Then we won't give it to the pot, so we finally gave up.

This time, as Company Commander Zhang said, they are fully prepared to bomb the bridge...the so-called adequate preparation is to get a few more sets of detonators. It is said that a total of five sets were made: three sets of detonators and two sets The wire exploded.The purpose is that when the devils come back with shells, they won't be in trouble because the wires are blown off.

However, Company Commander Zhang was a little disappointed that the Yue Devils did not attack again, and their five sets of detonating devices were completely wasted.

I think, if the Yue Guizi could hear these words, they would probably complain about their grievances... They will be scolded if they attack, and they will be scolded if they don't attack.

Then with a loud "boom", the road bridge flew into the sky, and only then did we really feel relieved... Once the road bridge was broken, it meant that the devils had to go around again if they wanted to catch up with us A few hours of mountain trails.

What puzzled us was that the Yue Devils were very quiet before, following all the way far away and keeping vigilant, and they all appeared as soon as we blew up the bridge, shooting and shouting on the other side of the highway bridge...

"Platoon leader!" Seeing this, the scholar couldn't help being surprised: "What is the devil doing now? Go crazy all of a sudden?"

"That's right!" Bayonet also interjected, "They didn't fight just now...why are you scolding now?!"

I listened carefully, and faintly heard the Yue Guizi on the other side of the highway bridge cursing obscenities: "I have been tricked by the Chinese again, they have no ambush here!"

At first I was stunned for a while, but after I figured it out, I couldn't help but feel amused: "The Yue devils think we have an ambush over the bridge, so they won't blow up the bridge!"

With a coaxing sound, the surrounding soldiers couldn't help laughing out loud.

"This Yue devil is suspicious after eating an ambush from us!"

"Isn't that right? Let's kill the two companies of the devils in one go. I think it hurts us!"

"Now you know that [***] among us is not easy to mess with!"

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The faces of the soldiers are full of pride, even those of the third battalion are no exception.Especially the mental outlook of the soldiers of the third battalion has changed so much... If you don't see it with your own eyes, you can't believe it. What we saw half a day ago was a tired, decadent, and morale-less army. But they are full of confidence and strength...

For this reason, after the war, the commander of the third battalion came to find our troops and thanked us. According to his words...that is, they have always exchanged a relatively heavy casualty ratio for the positions of the Vietnamese army on the battlefield. The reason is that our army is poorly equipped and under-trained. The reason why the casualties in the entire counterattack will be less than that of the Vietnamese army is entirely because our army's artillery fire is stronger than that of the Vietnamese army, and it has been suppressing the artillery fire of the Vietnamese army.

It is precisely because the troops of the third battalion always exchanged more casualties for very few Vietnamese troops on the battlefield, so even if they took the position of the Vietnamese army, they did not think it was a victory, so as the casualties increased, , There were only more than 100 people left in one battalion... As a result, the morale of the entire army became lower and lower and even reached the verge of collapse.

It should be said that our army is pretty good at this point, because according to the standards of the US military...it would be a strange thing for an army to not collapse if it suffered more than half of its casualties in battle.

However, this is a common occurrence in our army. For example, the Second Company where I belonged also suffered more than half of its casualties, but it still maintained its combat effectiveness.

The same is true for the third battalion. Although the morale is not optimistic, they can still go to the battlefield.

According to the words of the commander of the third battalion, it was fortunate that he went to the battlefield... The battle in Hebian completely boosted the morale of the soldiers. The confidence of the soldiers was strengthened, and then the soldiers on the 237 Heights counterattacked by suicide to ensure the retreat of our army... This has become a proud history of the third battalion, and it has also become a spiritual pillar that will never fall in the hearts of the soldiers of the third battalion. , So since then... Whether it is training or combat, the third battalion has demanded itself with higher standards and restrained itself with stricter military discipline.Over time, the third battalion became a veritable hero battalion.

The reason why the commander of the [-]rd Battalion came to thank us is because he thinks... the [-]rd Battalion took our [-]nd Company as an example to fight the Battle of Hebian, and this battle completely changed the fate of the [-]rd Battalion, otherwise their troops would be very It is possible that, like many troops, it will cease to exist due to disarmament.

So life is so strange sometimes, just because of an accidental opportunity, the whole development track afterward has been changed.

But... I don't think we are the role model of the third battalion, because for the soldiers of the third battalion on the 237 Heights... it seems more appropriate to say that they are our role models.

These are all things for later. Although the highway bridge was blown up, the Vietnamese army did not catch up so quickly, but the third battalion commander, company commander Luo and other cadres still did not dare to neglect, and immediately contacted their superiors to report the situation and wait for the next order.

Originally we thought... since the highway bridge in Ningkang has been blown up, our mission has been completed, and Ningkang has no strategic value, so we should retreat like Hebian did.

Although it was already dark at this time, the forces of the Vietnamese army have not penetrated into this area yet, and we are eager to return and we still have cars... so retreating is not a problem for us at all, and the superiors should also consider it. We are exhausted from fighting one after another and the ammunition is low, so let us retreat.

But...unhappy things happen very often in life, what we never expected is that there will be tasks ahead.

When I thought about it later, it wasn’t because our superiors were making things difficult for us or anything else, but simply because we were the last to retreat... Our army’s lack of training and retreat was chaotic, which would inevitably cause some mistakes and negligence, so these mistakes Naturally, it will be left to those of us who are at the end of the team to solve it.

So, just as the soldiers and I were chatting relaxedly while eating food, the commander of the third battalion and company commander Luo showed gloomy faces.

As soon as we saw that the faces of the third battalion commander and company commander Luo were not right, we felt "thumped" in our hearts... Our intuition told us that what they brought would definitely not be good news.

Sure enough, after a while, the two troops assembled and began to assign tasks.

"Comrades!" Luo Lianchang's face was full of apology, and he seemed a little unsure how to deal with us soldiers.

However, in the end he mustered up the courage to raise his head and said to us: "The situation is like this. The retreating troops of the 119th regiment of our army were attacked by Vietnamese army agents in this area last night. Some troops got separated in the chaos. This includes the art troupe..."

Company Commander Luo's words quickly caused quite a stir among the soldiers, because everyone knew...there were many female soldiers in the art troupe, and if the female soldiers got separated, they would be in danger of falling into the hands of Yue Guizi. This is something that the entire army does not want to see.

So the soldiers' reaction was beyond Company Commander Luo's expectation, and before Company Commander Luo gave an order, the soldiers said one by one:

"Company commander, the superior ordered us to rescue the troops of the art troupe, right? Give the order!"

"Yes! Company Commander, give the order! Even if we risk our lives, we can't let the comrades of the art troupe fall into the hands of Yue Guizi!"

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Captain Luo couldn't help being stunned by what the soldiers said. He never thought that this mission would be arranged so smoothly, and it could even be said that he didn't need to arrange it at all. (To be continued.)