War Military: From 1978

Chapter 103 Reconnaissance team, prisoner capture team!
It was already three o'clock in the morning when Chu An returned to the reconnaissance platoon of the special forces company.

But as soon as he came back, the squad leaders of the four squads in the tent ran out immediately.

"Platoon leader!"

"Platoon leader, what's going on? Are we going to attack?"

Each squad leader asked anxiously.

Chu An looked at them, then glanced at the soldiers who were sticking their heads out of the tent behind to look.

They had been scattered to various positions before, but now they have obviously all returned.

However, after they came back, they obviously had no intention of sleeping. Knowing that he and the company commander had gone to a meeting, they were all waiting here.

"Let's talk in my tent!" Chu An said, and then walked towards the tent of Class 1.

Although he is a platoon leader, he does not live alone.

At the regiment headquarters, he was still with the soldiers from his original squad, including the "veterinarian" Li Guoping.

It is worth mentioning that because of Chu An’s promotion, Team 1 transferred Sun Dajiang back to form a five-person artillery reconnaissance squad, and Luo Yun was appointed as the squad leader.

Now that Chu An led them into the tent belonging to Class 1, people suddenly ran out from the other three tents.

They can't wait to hear the latest news.

But this tent is so small, how can it possibly accommodate so many people?

Chu An immediately frowned and scolded: "What are you doing? You want to dismantle the tent? Go back and lie down. If there is anything, wait for your squad leader to come back and tell you!"

Immediately, the scouts scratched their heads and started walking back.

After they had left, Chu An looked at the four squad leaders and his comrades in the squad and said, "Haven't you always been clamoring to kill the devils? Now they're really here, our reconnaissance platoon is going to the battlefield."

"Great, we can finally deal with them!" As soon as Chu An said this, the squad leader clenched his fists with an excited look.

Yes, he was not afraid, and even now his first reaction was like this.

And it wasn't just him. The squad leader of the fourth squad next to him also gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it, we've been holding it in for so long, and now we can finally do something big. Platoon leader, how are we going to do it? Can you tell me the specific plan now?"

"no!"

Chu An just shook his head.

In fact, the regiment commander has not yet determined the specific plan. The combat plan previously formulated by the regiment headquarters was only a rough outline because they still needed to survey the terrain on the spot. In addition, the regiment also said that this operation had to wait for a deputy commander from the division headquarters to come and be officially finalized.

"Okay!" The fourth squad leader looked regretful.

This scene made Chu An a little speechless. He originally wanted to talk to them about the seriousness of the battlefield, but the look and situation made it obvious that they were just part-time observation posts during this period, which made them also angry at Yue Houzi's true energy.

"Okay, I know you're holding it in, but I'm telling you I'm ugly, so don't act all cocky now, or you'll pee your pants on the battlefield!"

"Haha! Platoon leader, if I want to do this, you just shoot me directly. No, you don't have to do it and save your bullet. If I want to do this, I will just shoot myself!" The second squad leader grinned.

Chu An immediately laughed and scolded: "Get lost!"

After a pause, Chu An looked at the others again: "Go back and rest. Tell everyone to get some sleep. Also, each class should collect statistics on the family situations of the soldiers in each class!"

It is impossible for the entire platoon to join the battle this time.

The current reconnaissance platoon consists of four squads, with an artillery reconnaissance squad of five people and the remaining squads each having nine people.

But according to the current plan, only nineteen people will be dispatched from the reconnaissance platoon this time.

The entire artillery reconnaissance squad will be dispatched, and they will bring three scouts and a cadre with them.

The other route is a prisoner-capturing operation, which will consist of a reconnaissance squad, two soldiers from the engineering platoon, and a cadre.

Chu An was originally assigned to lead the artillery reconnaissance team, while the prisoner team was led by the deputy company commander of their special forces company.

But in the end Chu An took the initiative to ask for a change.

The reason is very sufficient. The artillery reconnaissance team should try their best to avoid being exposed and avoid fighting if possible. However, fighting is likely to occur during the capture of prisoners.

However, because the capture operation had to be carried out lightly, with at most a light machine gun, the firepower would be insufficient if the battle broke out.

Chu An's suggestion was to carry a small steel cannon to ensure firepower. The small steel cannon was a 60mm mortar, which could be dismantled with the gun mount and sights, and only the barrel was carried to reduce weight, and the barrel could be used directly to fire shells during combat.

Of course, this requires a lot from the gunner.

The gunner is required to have the ability to quickly and easily find the distance.

To put it simply, you need to master the thumb observation method, be able to quickly use this observation method to measure distance in the complex environment of the battlefield, and then directly adjust the angle of the barrel without sights by holding the barrel with your hand.

The ordinary soldiers in the reconnaissance platoon do not have this kind of ability.

Although they were trained in the thumb observation method, their calculation ability was relatively weak, and they basically did not train in firing artillery in their daily training.

Only Chu An and his fellow soldiers in the artillery reconnaissance squad have this ability.

However, the other five members of the artillery reconnaissance team must form a squad to verify the coordinates, so if a small cannon is needed to supplement the firepower, Chu An is the best candidate to lead the team.

When necessary, he can just grab the barrel and do it.

That night, many people in the reconnaissance platoon suffered from insomnia again.

Even Chu An himself lay in bed for a long time and couldn't fall asleep.

Although he was very angry with the Vietnamese devils during this period, even when he was on the battlefield before, if his superiors gave the order, he would really do it without hesitation, set up artillery to bombard the opposite position, and then rush over with a gun.

But now we know that the war is coming and we know that we will go to the battlefield soon, but we haven’t gone yet.

This kind of pre-war waiting is the most tiring.

In the end, Chu An didn't know what time he went to bed. Anyway, he felt that he had just fallen asleep when the alarm sounded outside.

The horn was blown late today, but only at half past six, which was only about three hours since Chu An and the others went to bed last night, not to mention Chu An who had suffered from insomnia.

Maybe Chu An only slept for an hour or so.

But it is not important.

After a quick wash, Chu An went to the company headquarters for a meeting.

After breakfast, Chu An led his men back to the reconnaissance platoon and lay down in the tent again to catch up on some sleep.

It was not until around eleven o'clock that Captain Cui came to wake Chu An up and ask him to go to a meeting.

"Chu An, do you really want to lead the prisoner-capturing team?" On the way, the deputy company commander standing side by side with Chu An looked at Chu An again and asked in a low voice.

In fact, he told Chu An at the morning meeting that he would lead the prisoner-capturing team.

He said that he was the deputy company commander and that Chu An should lead the dangerous mission. It would be embarrassing for him to lead the relatively less dangerous reconnaissance team.

But Chu An's question of "Can you have sex?" suffocated him to death.

And now, he obviously still didn't give up.

Just like he said, what he is thinking about now is the problem of embarrassment.

He is the deputy company commander. According to convention and the current habits of the army, the deputy company commander should charge at the front.

But now that this is happening, if people find out, they will think that he, the deputy company commander, is afraid of death, so he chooses the easy work for himself and lets Chu An, the platoon leader, do the dangerous work.

"Deputy Lieutenant, stop arguing. The overall situation is more important. If you can use the small cannon, I won't fight with you!" Chu An smiled and took out the small cannon again.

Immediately, the deputy company commander shut up again.

Soon, Chu An and the other two arrived at the regiment headquarters, where they met the deputy division commander that the regiment commander and the others had mentioned last night.

Thanks to his arrival, the general battle plan was finally finalized.

That afternoon, Chu An led his men out. This time, the entire platoon, the company commander, the deputy company commander, and the platoon leader of the engineering platoon, along with two soldiers, set out together.

Go out and survey the terrain on the entry and exit routes they had finalized on the map.

Of course, this time it's only within the country.

If you want to go out for survey, you can only wait until night when the real action is taken.

(End of this chapter)