blood of vietnam war

Chapter No.17

Squad leader Wang Shuren, from Hunan, has two years of military service, is not tall, and looks a little oily.Such a person may be able to get along well in real life or in officialdom, but in the army, especially in the army fighting...

Li Changbin, the leader of the third squad, is dark and thin. Although he is only half a year old, he is said to be a model of military quality in our platoon.Our company participated in the joint military competition of the whole army, and he was one of them. He even won a prize for shooting.But it seems that the performance on the battlefield is not very good. This also fully proves a sentence, that is, good grades in training do not mean that you can kill the enemy on the battlefield.

The second squad leader is me. It is said that although the squad leader is small, he has all internal organs.How small is the squad leader?It was so small that even cadre uniforms were not distributed.What is a cadre uniform?In the words of the soldiers, it is "four pockets".In this era, soldiers pay attention to the equality of officers and soldiers and cancel the rank system. Therefore, from the general to the commander to the company commander and platoon leader, the military uniforms are exactly the same, that is, the military uniform has two pockets on the chest, two waists, and a total of four pockets. Only two pockets on the waist... This is the only difference between cadres and soldiers in the People's Liberation Army in this era.

And I... a squad leader is in the critical zone where I am neither a cadre nor a soldier...

But having said that, the feeling of leading soldiers this time is really a bit different.Bayonets, small stones, etc. The squad leader who is left and right is my opinion, no matter what, I even ask me for instructions when I go to the side of the road during the march, which really gave me a lot. A sense of power in your hands.

Although the soldiers under me said they would obey me, the other two squad leaders in our platoon didn't treat me well.I think this is mostly because they are all veterans, so they don't think highly of me, a new recruit!

What are you pulling?I thought in my heart: You look down on me, and I still look down on you!What happened to being a soldier for a few more years?As the instructor said, whether it is a black cat or a white cat, the one that can catch mice is a good cat.No matter how long you have been a soldier on the battlefield, if you can keep your life and beat the enemy, then you are a good soldier!

After the troops rested in Laojie for half a day, our battalion received an order to go south for reconnaissance.

It was later proved that this order was inappropriate, because we had not guaranteed the safety of the old street. It can even be said that the old street was not occupied by us at all, but we thought it was occupied by us.

In less than 10 minutes of gathering, our battalion set off.

A team of more than 300 people, and all of them are holding guns and carrying cannons on their backs. If this can be brought to modern times to fight, how awesome it would be!When I think of this, I feel that I am a member of them. It's a pity that I also know that the army is not for me to fight, but to deal with the devils in front of me!

At the thought of dealing with Yue Guizi, the prestige before was quickly gone.Because I know very well that our troops cannot compare with Yue Guizi in terms of quality or equipment.

The old man himself said that the Yue Guizi held weapons from the Soviets and Yankees.Soviet weapons are supplied free of charge, what kind of submachine guns (actually ak47 assault rifles, our soldiers generally call ak56 submachine guns because of the 47-type submachine gun), machine guns, hail-type rocket launchers, everything you expect; the weapons of the Yankees are When the United States withdrew from Vietnam, it left behind all kinds of weapons.That's why the Yue Guizi's weapons look very complicated. Sometimes the militiamen have micro-punches in their hands, and the old men in the village all have rocket launchers...

On the other hand, the equipment of our infantry is still using 56 and a half. Although this kind of semi-automatic rifle does not need to be fired once and pulled like the previous 47 big cover, it is still necessary to pull the trigger to fire a bullet. How can the ak[-] be a string of bullets when the trigger is lifted!

Even if the Type 56 submachine gun equipped by our army looks exactly the same as the AK47, the quality is not as good as the Soviet-made ones. If you pull the trigger and fire a string of bullets, it will either jam, or the barrel will be too hot, or even worse. There will be an explosion...

So once this battle is fought, the firepower of a platoon of Yue Guizi is comparable to that of our company.

But fortunately, this time it is not our platoon for reconnaissance, which is definitely good news for me.Walking in front of the troops to reconnaissance is not a fun thing, what ambushes or landmines do Yue Guizi have, all of them are used on the reconnaissance platoon... But this is really uncertain, I soon knew how much I thought about it mistake.

The troops marched along the highway, and after walking for more than two hours, an order suddenly came from the front: "Stop advancing and stand by!"

Later I found out that the company commander who was walking in front saw the dangerous terrain ahead and was worried that he would be ambushed by the Vietnamese army, so he ordered the troops to stop and planned to let the small troops go up for reconnaissance.Facts have proved that the company commander's worries are also justified.I also saw that terrain at that time. The road meanders like a long snake in a large open field, with rice fields hundreds of meters wide on both sides. There are two unnamed highlands directly in front of the road. In case the Vietnamese army ambushed there, It is very likely that our entire army will be crushed in the rice fields, and there is nothing to cover.

But the superior didn't think so. Later, according to Dao Scar, the company commander reported the situation to the battalion commander immediately, and the battalion commander contacted the superior through the walkie-talkie.

The superior asked: "How is the reconnaissance platoon in front?"

"Everything is normal!" The battalion commander replied truthfully.

"Then it's no problem!" The superior was a little impatient: "I said, what's the matter with you, the marching speed is so slow? Our brother troops have surpassed us by more than ten kilometers... How can you complete the task? I ordered: Gather the troops immediately and advance at full speed, and race against time to reach the designated place!"

Scar’s evaluation of this order from his superior is: “The superior will sit in the office and have a ruler to measure the map. How can they know the actual situation? They thought this battle was still the same as fighting the Kuomintang. Running around like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves!"

So the troops could only continue to move forward according to the orders of their superiors, and they still ran forward without any precautions in a long snake formation.

The reason why I followed the order to move forward is because the military order cannot be disobeyed, and the other is because I don't remember the old man ever talking about this battle.Afterwards, I was thinking that the reason why I didn’t hear the old man talk about it may be because the old man didn’t want to recall this painful past at all...

There are always sacrifices in war, but sometimes such sacrifices are completely avoidable!

When I followed the troops out of the mountains and into the rice fields, I regretted a little. Although I didn't know much about military affairs, I also discovered one thing-at this time, our troops were as obvious as lice on a bald man's head.

The road was very quiet, so quiet that there were only the sound of soldiers' footsteps and the "clang" sound of their equipment colliding with each other.I mechanically ran forward with my two feet, but my eyes were nervously staring at the two highlands a few hundred meters ahead, for fear that a row of bullets would suddenly shoot out there and take my life...

I have to admit, at this time I was only thinking about myself. It wasn't until Xiao Shitou called me from the side that I realized that I was already the leader of the first squad, and there were seven or eight soldiers staring at me!

"Squad leader!" Xiao Shitou shouted from the side: "Why do I see something wrong with this road, look..."

Talking about the little stone, he pointed at me to the new soil dug up by the side of the road, and said, "Why does this road seem to have just been repaired, and the soil has not yet been stepped on?"

Hearing this, I couldn't help being taken aback, the road just built?

I raised my eyes and looked to the side, and soon realized that a few hundred meters ahead on the right, there was also a road stretching along the edge of the rice field into the jungle. There were many trees and stones beside that road as cover, so I started walking It's much safer.

So obviously, this is the trick of Yue Guizi. We should take that road, and I don't know what trick Yue Guizi used to block the intersection of that road and lead us into this ghost gate!

Thinking of this, I couldn't bear the fear in my heart anymore, and shouted at the bayonet walking in front: "Platoon leader! This is the enemy's trap!"

Scar also felt that something was wrong, but he kept silent because of the orders from his superiors and unsure reasons. At this time, he heard me yell, so he immediately ordered: "Stop advancing! Get ready for battle..."

But it was too late, with a loud "boom", the soldiers on the road ahead stepped on a landmine.Machine gunfire and explosions soon followed.Bullets poured towards us from the two high grounds like raindrops, the soldiers walking in front screamed and fell down in groups, and the others ran back in groups like ants, but Soon they were blocked by the soldiers following behind and huddled together. A few shells came and threw more than a dozen soldiers into the air...

"Spread away! Scatter..." Scar waved at the soldiers and shouted loudly, lying down on the side of the road with a submachine gun in his hand, shooting a stream of bullets towards the high ground.

Instead of running back, I turned over and rolled into the rice field to hide on the inside of the ridge.

Because I know it's useless to run back, and there will be no result other than huddling together and killing the Yue Devils.What's more, the Yue Guizi are not fools. They set up this trap painstakingly, and it is impossible to leave us with a way out.

Looking back in the direction we came from, as expected, the intersection where we came out was already full of shells and machine gun bullets, and the Yue Guizi obviously blocked the intersection with long-range mortars and machine guns.

In other words, a battalion of our soldiers has been crushed by the Vietnamese army on this open land!