Chapter 155: The Nameless Highland

Chapter 155: The Nameless Highland

"Kill!" Before the Vietnamese army broke through our defense line, Xu Fan's two platoons of reserve teams rushed forward in time and almost took back the position.

The Vietnamese army had not had much force, and they suffered heavy losses when they attacked Pingding Mountain. Therefore, after our army sent a reserve force to fill the gap in time, they soon had the problem of unsustaining troops, so they had to retreat in helplessness.

At this time, Ruan Wenqin and others breathed a sigh of relief. If the Vietnamese army had been working for a while, we would be afraid that we would have to retreat besides staying and being surrounded.

I didn't dare to stop for a moment. I took advantage of the retreat of the Vietnamese army and immediately ordered to the walkie-talkie: "Everyone has it, pass the orders down, and all the front-line troops will be retreated to the third line to build fortifications!"

"yes!"

...

With a series of responses, the soldiers put away their weapons and retreated along the traffic trench. Several company commanders under my command consciously arranged several soldiers to lay mines on the positions. This can prevent the Vietnamese army from catching up and causing losses to our troops, while the other is unwilling to leave the positions to the Vietnamese army so easily. They have been accustomed to becoming natural after being stuck on the battlefield for so long.

When I took my troops down the high ground and walked onto the railway, I saw Xu Fan's team crowding on the railway, rushing towards the rear. This scene made me frown involuntarily. Fortunately, it was because it was dark. If the Vietnamese army discovered that we were retreating in the daytime and launched a raid, I was afraid that all of us would lie here.

The group was crowded with people and finally passed through the defense line of friendly troops along the railway to reach the third line. In the dark, the new soldiers could not find their place to be stationed and ran around. Some soldiers could not even find their own troops, and kept asking about our troops...

"What's the point!" Seeing the troops like this, I couldn't help but feel angry and shouted at the correspondent beside me: "Where is Xu Fan? Call him to me immediately!"

"Yes!" The correspondent responded and ran away.

After a while, Xu Fan ran to me in a hurry, and his sweaty military uniform was covered with blood everywhere. He stood in front of me and shouted straight and reported.

"How did you become this battalion commander!" I pointed at the soldiers running around and cursed at Xu Fan without any hesitation: "I've been in such a mess just after a war. Where did your organizational skills go?"

"Report!" Xu Fan stood up and replied in a slightly choked voice: "The four rows we arranged on the front line have been completely broken up, and the cadres at each row of platoon level also died and injured, so..."

Upon hearing this, I couldn't help but feel silent. I really didn't expect that the battle that was less than half an hour ago would cause such a large casualty to our army. And I also know very well that the reason why our army's casualties were so large was that no one retreated or ran away... This was undoubtedly very rare for those recruits.

"Not you blame!" I patted Xu Fan on the shoulder and said, "Go and organize the soldiers! After selecting cadres again, I will immediately allocate the positions to make them ready for combat!"

"Yes!" Xu Fan stood up at me and immediately ran away to gather the scattered troops.

"Battery Commander! It's not a solution to continue fighting like this!" Li Zhifu came to me and said, "If this continues, the second-line troops will soon collapse!"

I don’t need to say Li Zhifu to know this, this is exactly what makes me headache. I have seen Xu Fan’s troops’ performance on the front line. Although they have tried their best, the gap in combat effectiveness is still very obvious.

Will I be able to take the troops in my hands again? Even if my troops are fine, it is very likely that I will encounter the last situation again - we just fired a few shots and let the Japanese devils figure out the truth, and then we became a war-free watching force again...

"Report!" At this time, Xu Fan ran to me again and reported: "Do we still have a reserve team... Our troops are already insufficient. If we reserve a reserve team, we are afraid..."

"Yes! The reserve team! It's the reserve team!" I couldn't help but slapped my thighs and said, "Why didn't I expect that I would need a reserve team, but you are not the reserve team, but let our second battalion be the reserve team!"

"Our Second Battalion?" Li Zhifu was stunned when he heard this and said in confusion: "Have we become a reserve team?"

I know what Li Zhifu is wondering, because the reserve team is generally served by troops with weak combat effectiveness for emergency response. If there is no emergency, sometimes it is not useful after several battles. So when Li Zhifu heard that we asked our Second Battalion to be the reserve team, he was a little unimaginable.

"Yes, we are the reserve team!" I immediately summoned the other two company commanders and said to them: "I decided to divide our second battalion into two parts to serve as the reserve team. The first part is composed of the fourth company and the sixth company commander, and the second part is composed of the fifth company and the shooting team members, and I am commanding. Are there any problems?"

The people from my hometown, Xu Yongjian and others couldn't help but look at each other, and they didn't know what I was selling in this gourd.

"Battery Commander!" After a while, the people from my hometown responded: "This battle is so fierce, let our Second Battalion be a reserve team...it seems not very suitable!"

"Even if we go to the front line, it's useless!" I replied: "Our military strength is not enough to build a line of defense. The soldiers of the 608th Regiment must assist in the defense. The Vietnamese army only needs a round of tentative attack to find out the reality of our army. At that time, we will still be as war-free as last time to watch friendly forces suffer casualties. But if we divide them into two parts to serve as reserve forces, it will be different... This means that we can break away from a fixed position and become a mobile force. We can turn passively into actively lurking behind the defense line to find suitable fighter jets to take the initiative to attack, or we can support friendly forces in time when there is a danger in a friendly force. Are the tasks clear?"

"I'm clear!" After listening to my explanation, the cadres suddenly realized.

"There are all!" I immediately ordered: "The fourth company, the sixth company immediately lurked to the left of the nameless high ground, and the fifth company lurked to the right of the nameless high ground. Do you understand when I ordered the Vietnamese army that was attacking the attacking attack immediately? "

"I understand!" The cadres responded in unison.

"Set out!" With my order, the troops put away their weapons again and divided them into two routes to follow the railway toward the second line.

The second line consists of four high grounds, large and small, connected into one line, and two companies stationed in the 608th Regiment. The nameless high ground is in the middle and is also the highest elevation among these high grounds. Since it occupies the commanding heights and can cover other high grounds with firepower, it can be foreseen that the Vietnamese army will most likely use this high ground as the main attack position, which is why I let the troops lurk here in advance.

"Fourth Company, Sixth Company is ready!"

"Fifth Company is ready!"

When I found a location at the foot of the nameless highland, reports from various troops were soon heard from the walkie-talkie.

Our location is only more than 400 meters away from the second line, so we arrived at the nameless high ground in just a few minutes and lurked from left to right. At this moment, the sound of the Vietnamese army's cannon also came with the wind.

This round of bombing was even more short. The Vietnamese army just symbolically fired dozens of shells into our positions, and the artillery attack ended within a minute.

I raised my telescope and carefully poked out from the lurking ground and looked forward. I saw the Vietnamese army running around in the grass ahead like mice. There were not many people coming up in this group. This could be judged by the shaking grass. There was only one in the whole world.

According to the general principle of offensive, the attacking party's troops should be twice that of the defensive party to be considered to be of equal strength. However, the Vietnamese army only attacked the positions of our two companies with the strength of one company. This shows that the Vietnamese army's confidence in its infantry qualities has reached a point of arrogance.

But after thinking about it, I felt that the configuration of troops such as the Vietnamese army was also in line with their tactics. Because these troops were not strong attacks, but were used to reconnaise the strength of the firepower of our positions. Once the situation was discovered, their main forces lurking behind would soon enter the battle to launch a fierce attack on our defense line, and we were waiting for this moment.

"Dadada..." The Vietnamese army started shooting at the mountain at the foot of the mountain far away. They shot at the far away, but actually not to kill anyone, but to test firepower. If I were commanding on the position, of course I would not be fooled by them. Unfortunately, it was not me who was guarding the above, but the recruits.

New recruits are prone to nervousness in wars. When they see the enemy shooting, they feel panic. So the gunshots suddenly sounded "hustle and bustle". They fought down without even seeing people. No wonder they would suffer such great casualties if they fought just one battle.

However, the Vietnamese army was also calm. They did not immediately put their main forces into the battle and launched an attack, but continued to test our army's firepower on other high grounds.

After more than ten minutes like this, our army's front line was formed into a group, but the Vietnamese army still had no reaction. At this time, I couldn't help but wonder what were they waiting for? Then I quickly understood that they could not find our army, so I didn't dare to easily determine the direction of the main attack.

But I am not in a hurry. Our mission is to protect the main force from retreating. The longer the time passes, the less likely the army will catch up with the main force, so I am happy to wait like that.
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