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"So comrades!" The political commissar waved his hands and said, "We must clearly realize the seriousness of this problem... This is not just a simple scapegoat problem, including the brutal killing of several fellow villagers by Vietnamese army agents this time... These are not trivial matters, but will directly affect our people's trust in the army!"

"Comrades!" Then the political commissar said to us meaningfully: "Our army is the people's army, and the people have always been our foundation... If we lose the trust of the people, what does it mean... I think Comrades understand in their hearts...so...in this battle, our more important purpose...in fact, is not to regain a highland or occupy a larger area, but to rebuild the people's confidence in us!"

Hearing this, I couldn't help but secretly nodded in my heart... The matter is indeed as the political commissar said. In fact... the reason why the people's confidence in the army has been greatly reduced is entirely because of the heavy casualties and injuries suffered by our army in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam. Poor performance...Although this can't be blamed on the troops, lack of training, more time with hoes than guns...how can this ask the troops to perform when they go to the battlefield?It's pretty good to be able to make it like this!

But the people don't care about the reason...they only care about one thing, are these troops still capable of protecting us?If not... Then the turmoil in the country will probably start soon!

This is by no means an exaggeration... In history, there are many examples of domestic political turmoil due to the defeat of the army abroad!

So we need to fight a battle...a beautiful battle, the main strategic goal of which is just like what the political commissar said...not to seize high ground or occupy more land, but to stabilize and win the hearts of the people!

"That's why!" Master Liang continued, "The superior asked us to fight this battle... not only to regain Fakashan, not only to fight resolutely and beautifully... but also to end this battle at the lowest price. !"

"Teacher!" At this time, a cadre whispered: "This is the smallest price... how small is the price?"

"The superior asked us..." Master Liang hesitated for a moment, then stretched out two fingers, and said, "Keep the casualties within 200!"

Hearing this, the division could not help being in an uproar...

"200 people?" A cadre with a scar on his forehead objected: "This is too difficult... The Yue Devils have a company on Faka Mountain, let alone their follow-up troops and artillery... ...Let's attack here...I'm afraid that the casualties of more than 200 people will be exceeded in a few rounds!"

"Yes, Commander!" Another cadre echoed in embarrassment: "We have fought a lot in this battle...but I have never heard of such a control of casualties. If you don’t dare to be injured and don’t dare to sacrifice...then how can you fight this battle?”

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"Who says you don't dare to be injured and don't dare to sacrifice?" Master Liang stared at him, and then responded angrily: "The superior asked us to control casualties... This means that we should command and plan carefully, and stop fighting like before. One by one with a wave of the hand...not to mention that the soldiers dare not be injured or sacrificed!"

Master Liang got angry... the surrounding cadres immediately fell silent.

But I can understand the difficulties of those cadres... This limits the number of casualties, which is tantamount to restricting the commanders... Moreover, this is an offensive battle. It is necessary to take down the high ground where the enemy is stationed, and to minimize casualties ... It's like asking the horse to run without feeding the horse. How can there be such a good thing in the world!

"Comrades!" The political commissar said from the side: "This order from the superior... naturally has a reason from the superior. On the one hand...of course it is to change the people's views on our army. This is very important. On the other hand...the superior also Telling us...every soldier under our command is a living human life. They all have their own parents and families, and at the same time they are willing to sacrifice their lives for the motherland and the people...Soldiers like this, We have to use it carefully, because every number in your hand... is actually not a simple number, but a pawn! Do you understand?"

"Yes!"

"Understood!"

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It is easy to accept what the political commissar said, but I believe... not many people understand the true meaning of the political commissar's words.

What the political commissar said... is actually the reform direction of our army, that is, it no longer emphasizes the one-sided emphasis on spiritual strength as before, and emphasizes that it is not afraid of sacrifice and rushes forward with a gun in its hands... such a battle example is self-defense against Vietnam There have been many battlefields for counterattacks.

And in the future... at the level of command, we will pay more attention to cherishing the lives of soldiers.

This is actually a change of the previous thinking, but the rhetoric used by the political commissar is more euphemistic and easier for the cadres to accept... Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look at the political commissar a few more times, secretly thinking that the political commissar's eloquence It's really not that good.

After thinking about it... I felt that this might not be the eloquence of the political commissar, but the ideological spirit conveyed by the superior!

"Are there any other questions?" Mr. Liang looked around at the cadres.

Who would dare to have other questions at this time... So everyone shook their heads in muffled voices.

"Then let's take a look at this Faka Mountain!"

Commander Liang pointed to a topographic map spread out on the table, and said: "Faka Mountain is 500 meters above sea level, more than 150 meters long, and more than [-] meters wide... The north and south are long and narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Since then, we have occupied Faka Mountain, and condescendingly fired at our territory, and often used the terrain of Faka Mountain to send agents to infiltrate our army to carry out spy activities. Therefore, our superiors ordered us to pull out this fang and remove the Vietnamese army from Get out of our territory!"

"The positions of the Vietnamese army on Faka Mountain are like this!" Then Commander Liang pointed to several highlands on Faka Mountain and said: "There are a total of three positions on it...we will number them as No. [-], No. [-], and No. [-]." No. [-] position... Among them, No. [-] position is the main position, and No. [-] and No. [-] are the two legs of the main position of Faka Mountain... These two legs will form a pincer attack on the main position, so we have to take these three in one breath. Take all the highlands...so that there is time and space to build fortifications in the direction of the Vietnamese army!"

Hearing this... I seem to understand why we were sent here to cooperate with this unit to fight against Fakashan... It is necessary to reduce casualties and take three positions at the same time... This does not allow our helicopter unit to go up Who else can I get on? (To be continued.)