Chapter 116: *** Bureau

Another foggy day!

The rainy season in Vietnam is coming soon. As the air becomes wetter, even if it didn't rain a few days ago, it is often a thick fog. The fog vapor is densely spread under the gray sky, scattering or gathering. The whole world seems to be shrouded in a layer of gauze, and it is like a big steamer just lifted and swelling around.

This fog is more like rain than fog. I took the soldiers on the street and my face was already wet before I walked far away. In addition, the sky was not yet bright, so the place I could see was only more than ten meters away.

This has only benefits but no harm to us. After all, it is us who are attacking now. I learned from Battalion Commander Wu that although the Qiqiong River Bridge is under my control, in order to stop our reinforcements, the Vietnamese army often sends artillery observers to monitor the Qiqiong River Bridge from a distance. Once we find that our army has troops crossing the bridge, we will shoot a row of dense shells on the bridge.

I didn't expect that most of the casualties and injuries were caused by the Vietnamese artillery fire before I arrived in Lang Sang South District. The thick fog just helped us a lot.

Our forward sequence is a platoon of the fifth company, the sixth company, and the other fourth company of the Tank Battalion. This platoon of the fourth company is used as a force to cooperate with the tank troops. They are equipped with a large number of rocket launchers, recoil-free cannons, mortars and blasting barrels, explosives, etc. In addition to guiding the tanks to advance in the right direction, their mission is to provide necessary cover for the tanks, and when necessary, they also assist our tanks in blowing up enemy tanks and bunkers blocking the road.

The other two platoons of the fourth company are ready to deal with emergencies as reserves.

We turned left and right in the street full of foggy steam... Of course, this was done under the guidance of the guide. If I were asked to lead the way, I would be afraid that I would not know where it was within a few seconds.

After a while, we arrived at the Qiqiong River Bridge. Looking at the familiar highlands and the bridgehead positions filled with tank wreckage, the soldiers and I couldn't help but feel deeply moved. A few days ago, more than 200 soldiers sacrificed their lives here. When we think of this, the soldiers will feel a sense in our hearts... Every step we step on now, every step we take seems to have the blood and sacrifice of our comrades.

This made us slow down and silently look at this place where we once fought and shed blood for it.

"Follow up!" I shouted at the soldiers behind me, actually reminding the soldiers not to over-comfortably care about their comrades and delay their work. Now is not the time when we are sad, not the time when we miss our comrades.

The bridge was looming in the fog vapor, and the place we once exploded was repaired by the engineers. According to Wu Changhui, when we retreated to rest and rest, we started an extremely fierce battle for the bridge with the Vietnamese army opposite the river. Our army wanted to build a bridge and cross the river, but in order to block us across the bridge, the Vietnamese army fought against each other. In the end, it was because our artillery troops had the upper hand and successfully repaired the bridge and crossed it.

The intensity of this battle can be seen from the uneven bridge deck. The small pits were undoubtedly shot by shells, densely packed with small dots like coral... Needless to say, of course they are the masterpieces of bullets.

With heavy steps, he trotted forward all the way, and the bridge more than 200 meters long reached its end. The soldiers guarding the bridge had already received the news, and after crossing the commands to each other, we greeted us at the bridge. A soldier in cadre uniforms shook hands with our troops enthusiastically, and hugged them to say some encouragement.

This is the battlefield. The relationship between life and death has long made us abandon all the barriers. Although we don’t know each other, we don’t even hurriedly walk by in the fog and don’t come to see clearly, we are like brothers who have been with each other for decades saying goodbye.

As soon as the troops crossed the bridge and entered the southern area, the atmosphere suddenly became tense. The soldiers held up guns and protected each other and moved forward without my orders, and their speed became slower and slower.

Houses in the South District are obviously denser and bustling than in the North District, because you can see several broken signs and neon signs on both sides of the street from time to time. Occasionally there are several broken old cars, bicycles, and tricycles with a unique Vietnamese flavor on the street...

After walking forward for more than ten minutes, the guide waved to us and stopped.

The guide's surname is Lin, and he is a platoon leader of the 128th Division. Because he directly participated in the Bridge Crossing Battle and the South District battle, he was more familiar with the terrain of the South District.

Platoon leader Lin gestured to us to squat down, and then whispered to me: "It's this street, I don't know what it's called. In order not to let us argue, the Japanese devils deliberately removed all the street signs! We named this street by ourselves, called "Japanese Street"!"

"Ghost Street!" I couldn't help but smile when I heard this. This name became an image. I suddenly wanted to know what names they had given other streets.

"Walking along this street for more than two hundred meters is the *** bureau!" Platoon Commander Lin continued: "Yesterday we were ambushed here, sacrificed dozens of comrades, and a tank was blown up... It's there!"

Following the gesture of platoon leader Lin, a tank wreckage appeared in the fog more than 200 meters ahead. It was burned to the darkness and could not tell which tank it was, but it should be 59 meters in size.

"You have to be careful!" Platoon leader Lin looked at the person behind me and explained: "We rushed forward several times but didn't rush over. The Vietnamese Japanese had at least one company in the bureau. They had ammunition and had light and heavy weapons, and they were all veterans..."

"Don't worry!" I patted Platoon Leader Lin on the shoulder and said, "You just wait and see the show!"

As he was speaking, a rumbling motor sound came from behind him, Battalion Commander Wu's tank came up with the soldiers of the Fourth Company.

"Prepare for battle!" With my order, the soldiers took off the sledgehammers that had been prepared from the tanks, and smashed the doors of the houses on the street in a few "bangs". Then the fifth company was on the left and the sixth company was on the right, and each lined up in with ammunition in carrying them.

Platoon Commander Lin was stunned when he looked at it, and came up to ask, "Aren't you going to attack? Why are you going into the house?"

While taking the soldiers skillfully tied the flashlight to the barrel of the rifle, Li Zhifu raised his head at him: "How is it? Do you want to see how we fought the Japanese?"

Platoon Leader Lin smiled dissatisfiedly: "I am also the one who fought the Japanese, so I have to watch you fight..."

But he said that, but he didn't look like he left at all. He obviously wanted to see what we had.

"The fifth company is ready!"

"The Sixth Company is ready!"

"The shooting team is in place!"

...

The walkie-talkie reported one after another from each other. I nodded with satisfaction. The soldiers' preparation time was much faster than when they were training. Moreover, the tacit understanding they showed now also made me feel like I was directed by an arm, which was undoubtedly a great improvement.

He raised his hand to look at the watch. As he watched the pointer jump to six o'clock step by step, he ordered: "Action!"

"Boom..." The first thing that started was naturally the tank troops on the street. Although this street was not very wide, it was enough for three tanks to advance side by side. Battalion Commander Wu's three 59s immediately snatched up and fired guns into the street in front, followed by a dense roar of heavy machine guns...

Of course, in this fog, the tankers hiding in the tank could not see the target at all. Their guns and machine guns were actually fired randomly. Their real purpose was to hide the sound of infantry knocking on the walls and holes on both sides. More importantly, they could also attract the attention of the Vietnamese army, but when the Vietnamese army focused their eyes on the tanks in the center of the street, they did not expect that our infantry had advanced without them noticing it.

Seeing that the time was ripe, I waved my hand at the soldiers, and the soldiers who had already prepared by the wall immediately swung their hammers... At this time, the houses were built with bricks and mortar, so how could the soldiers beat them like this? I heard a few dull "bang bang" sounds, and after a few hammers, a small hole appeared on the wall.

Without saying a word, the two soldiers ignited the grenade and threw it into the hole... After a few "boom" sounds, the soldiers lit up the flashlight tied to the barrel and raised their guns and drilled into the hole.

"Oh!" At this time, Platoon Leader Lin showed a sudden look of enlightenment, and the dissatisfaction on his face quickly turned into admiration.

"Everything is OK!"

...

The soldiers' reports came from the walkie-talkie, telling me that there were no enemies in that house.

We opened several private houses in the same way, and we meticulously inspected them one by one. After opening a private house, the first thing we had to do was to search the private houses up and down as quickly as possible. If the floor is relatively high and there is a suitable position, the members of the shooting team will also be arranged to cover up the building. Their mission is to use the long-range sniper rifle to cover other troops and observe the reactions of the Vietnamese army.

Of course, this also includes myself.

But after a while, no movement was found in the Yue Japanese. Except for the found several highly corrupt corpses in one of the rooms, there were no living people. The Vietnamese army in the *** bureau did not respond at all. The Vietnamese army obviously wanted to wait until we got closer before starting the fight. If it was normal, the distance of more than 200 meters was close enough, but under the thick fog, it seemed that it was not enough.

But what the Vietnamese army didn't know was that when they were tense and staring at our tanks, our two companies had actually rushed toward them quietly in front of the tanks...

"One group of reports, another group of reports!" At this time, Li Shuibo's voice came from the walkie-talkie: "Anti-tank weapons were found in front of the Fifth Company. Repeat...the anti-tank weapons were discovered, and it was a rocket launcher!"

This is the benefit of the shooting team seizing the commanding heights. With the sharpshooter's keenness and the magnification of the SVD scope, the shooting team can first discover the enemy situation and warn us. By the same token, we can also discover the enemy situation across the street and warn us to the Sixth Company.

After receiving this news, I immediately ordered: "Slow down the tanks, pay attention to the fifth company, there is an enemy situation ahead!"

"Yes!" Each unit responded quickly and responded according to my order.

Li Zhifu knocked on several private houses and was empty. At this moment, he heard that there was an enemy situation in front of him and became excited. He gestured to the soldiers and immediately more than a dozen people took their seats.

Then he rushed in with a wave of the hammer...

"Bang bang..." Several gunshots came, and the battle ended just now.

Li Zhifu's voice came from the walkie-talkie: "The target is cleared, there are two enemies, kill one and capture the other alive!"

"Catch it alive?" I was stunned when I heard this. The fifth company has always taken action heavier than other companies. Will he still capture it alive in this case?

Of course, when I passed through the door with doubt and saw the "captive", I quickly understood that it was just a teenager, thin and dry, not tall. He was angry and murderous intent that was not commensurate with his age. His tender left face was bruised and swollen, and there was a bloodshot on the corner of his mouth. It was supposed that the soldiers were beaten in the battle just now.

Looking at him carrying two rockets, I quickly understood - he was a rocket launcher. The Vietnamese army had insufficient troops and limited personnel, but weapons and ammunition were relatively abundant because of the free supply of the Soviet Union and the backlog of the past. In order to make full use of these resources to resist our army, they often let the people participate as deputy shooters. For example, machine gun deputy shooters, recoilless cannons, bazooka deputy shooters, etc. But they are not so much secondary shooters, but more suitable for carrying ammunition...

This little boy is obviously one of them.

"Damn it! This little rabbit is so handsome!" At this time, Li Zhifu rushed up and kicked him to the ground.

"Li Zhifu!" I spoke out and stopped Li Zhifu's extreme behavior. At the same time, I was also surprised that Li Zhifu is not so cruel at ordinary times, so why he beat the child so hard.

"Battery Commander!" Li Zhifu raised his bandaged left hand and pointed at the little boy angrily and said angrily: "I saved his life for this boy. Look? Unexpectedly, this guy bit Lu Dongbin and bit off one of my fingers... Why do you think all the Japanese invaders have a conscience? If I had known, I would have shot him!"

I shook my head helplessly, waved to ask the two soldiers to take the child away, and then ordered coldly: "Continue fighting! Don't catch prisoners..."

"Yes!" The soldiers responded and continued to wave their hammers in front.

At this time, the gunshot suddenly sounded and the explosion started. I quickly realized that the Vietnamese army had begun to fight back. I leaned out my head and looked out. Sure enough, I saw a dense array of bullets and rockets coming from the Vietnamese army. The flying bullets only made the nearby houses "pong-pong" sound. The whole world was like an earthquake, with broken glass and various signs, and the windows were smashing down...

However, these bullets are difficult to pose a threat to our army's tanks in 59. One is because of the fog, poor visibility, and the other is because it is difficult for the bazooka to penetrate the front armor in 59 directly.

"Tank! Discover enemy tanks. Repeat, discover enemy tanks..." At this time, Li Shuibo's voice came from the intercom again. His position was facing the corner of the street, so he could discover the enemy situation first.

After a while, Li Shuibo continued to report: "There are five vehicles in total, model t54..."

A big battle is about to begin soon, but this is exactly what I want. Because only when the enemy is fighting in chaos on the front, we will not notice that our side wall has been penetrated...

So I immediately ordered to the walkie-talkie: "Tank Battalion is ready to pick up the enemy! Fifth Company and Sixth Company, speed up the pace!"

"Yes!" With a few straightforward responses, the soldiers quickly accelerated their movements.

"Boom..." With a burst of explosions, the tank battle on the streets quickly began, and in an instant, the sound of machine guns and explosions passed.

But no matter how fierce the guns were fired outside, we would knock forward one by one in the private houses. Most of these private houses were not as good as the Vietnamese army. A few of them would ambush some Vietnamese army, but the number was only a dozen at most, and without exception, they were all ambushed by the window.

This is understandable. Our army attacked along the street! How could they ambush without lying by the window? So what we have to do... in fact, it is just to make a hole in the wall, and then suddenly appear behind them and make a shuttle...

As the sound of gunfire and cannons of the Vietnamese army became closer and closer, the movements of the soldiers became more and more cautious, because even the fools knew that we were about to approach the Vietnamese army's *** situation. It can be imagined that the enemies in the *** situation are not as easy to deal with as these shrimp soldiers and crab generals along the way.

"A set of reports! A set of reports!" Li Shuibo's voice came from the intercom: "The fifth company is the Vietnamese defense line in front of the defense of the Vietnamese army, be careful! Repeat, the *** bureau is ahead! The *** bureau is ahead!"

"The *** is ahead!" I ordered Li Zhifu: "Be prepared to open three words and wait for my order!"

"Yes!" The soldiers responded and spontaneously divided into three batches and selected three positions to prepare.

"Do it!" With my order, the soldiers swung the hammers on the wall and three large holes appeared. Almost as the hole was smashed, four or five grenades were thrown into the hole with white smoke.

"Boom..." There were explosions and screams next door, and bloody dust suddenly rushed out of the entrance of the cave. The soldiers rushed into the entrance of the cave without saying a word with weapons.

Almost at the same time, the Sixth Company on the right side of the street also launched an attack on the enemy. The gunshots and explosions quickly became a whole. The firepower of the Vietnamese army obviously weakened at this moment. Our tanks took this opportunity to charge under the cover of infantry.
Chapter completed!