War Military: From 1978

Chapter 116 Entry, enemy traces!
"哐哐~"

One in front and one behind, two trucks with their headlights turned off were driving on a mountain road.

The night is quiet, the earth is pitch black, and the stars and the moon seem to have sensed the unusualness of this night and have hidden themselves away.

Chu An and his group sat in the truck in almost silence.

Chu An held a cigarette in his hand, and the red light on the white cylindrical cigarette butt kept approaching his fingers.

Just like the current situation of Chu An and the others.

The flames of war are gradually approaching their bodies.

The green smoke from the burning cigarette butts is now floating in the carriage, and one can even smell the smell of gunpowder in a trance.

They set off.

The regiment headquarters was actually seven or eight kilometers away from Pingshan Pass, where they were going to enter the country.

The C Regiment's army did not head there in advance.

In order to paralyze the enemy, there is now only one company of troops guarding our high ground at Pingshan Pass.

The regiment will march out in full force and charge forward at the scheduled attack time.

Of course, Chu An and the others won’t be able to see that kind of scene tonight.

They have to take the lead now.

About forty minutes.

The car stopped.

The car did not directly reach the position on the Pingshan Pass side. Chu An and his team stopped in our territory more than one kilometer away from Pingshan Pass.

"Hurry up~"

Chu An got out of the car, holding an AK47, and waved softly. The scouts quickly got out of the car and gathered together.

Yes, the gun he was holding now was not a 47-and-a-half or a -sub, but an AK.

And it wasn't just Chu An. At least half of the remaining soldiers were holding AK47s.

When sneaking into the battlefield, you naturally can't take the usual route.

Soon, Chu An simply organized the team, counted the number of people, and after confirming that there was no problem, he reported to the deputy company commander next to him.

"go!"

The deputy company commander didn't say much. After confirming that there were enough people, an old soldier who was originally the squad leader of the engineering squad quickly went into the woods on the side.

Then, one by one, the others followed, keeping their distance.

It is worth mentioning that Chu An’s reconnaissance platoon lost three people.

But later, the reconnaissance platoon directly transferred three professional veterans from the engineering platoon to supplement it.

By now, the reconnaissance platoon was full again.

There were three reconnaissance squads and one artillery reconnaissance squad, totaling thirty-two soldiers, plus Chu An, the deputy company commander, and Li Guoping, the veterinarian and guide, a total of thirty-six people.

At the moment, everyone is moving at a faster speed because the mines and traps in our territory have been cleared long ago.

After about fifteen minutes, Chu An and others officially arrived at a dense forest on the border.

Chu An raised his hand to check the time, then whispered to the deputy company commander, "Twenty-four minutes left!"

"Change clothes!" the deputy company commander whispered the order.

Immediately, all the soldiers squatted down and took off their backpacks from their backs.

The same is true for Chu An.

After squatting down and opening the backpack, he directly took out a set of Vietnamese military uniform from it.

Yes, they are going to change into the Japanese military uniforms and take action.

As for why we didn't change out before, it's because not only are there troops from our regiment guarding the high ground in this area, but there are also soldiers from the militia company assisting in the defense in the mountains and jungles.

Some of their outposts are placed directly in the dense forest, and the specific location is uncertain.

This is to prevent the Vietnamese devils from coming over to cause trouble.

In this case, if Chu An and the others changed their clothes in advance and happened to be seen while crossing the jungle, then there would be trouble.

If they were to launch a volley of bullets with the intention of making great achievements, Chu An and the others would probably vomit blood.

Therefore, the dressing work will not be carried out until here.

What's more, they have to bring their own set of clothes, and the changing of clothes is no different in the camp and here.

Amidst the rustling sounds, all the staff had finished changing their clothes in less than two minutes.

However, if you look closely, you can actually find that everyone's changed clothes is not complete.

No one changed their shoes.

Many Vietnamese people like to take off their shoes when they are tired, and some even go barefoot every day without wearing shoes.

Perhaps this is something that is incomprehensible in the eyes of future generations. Why would people go barefoot when they have shoes to wear?

But the real reason is actually very simple.

Reluctant.

I’m afraid of being poor.

The domestic economic situation of a country that has fought wars for decades is simply unimaginable to people in later generations.

A pair of slippers made from discarded tires. Before Chu An was reborn, he could only see them as treasures when watching short videos and seeing Odebiao in Africa.

But the current situation of the Vietnamese devils may be even worse than that of Odebiao.

At least Odebiao had shoes to wear, but they treated them like heirlooms and would rather run in a jungle like a ghost place with their own soles than wear them.

And now, Chu An and the others actually also have a pair of these slippers in their backpacks, but they really can't change them now, even if there are some flaws.

Because we are about to cross the border, and the Vietnamese devils have not only laid mines on the border, but also set up many bamboo stick traps.

The stab-proof shoes that Chu An and the others are wearing now have a steel plate underneath.

Wearing this kind of shoes can effectively prevent stepping into bamboo stick traps. On the contrary, if you wear a pair of slippers and get caught in such a haunted place, you will definitely lose a lot of people.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the tension on the battlefield caused many people to want to smoke a cigarette, but no matter how much they wanted to, in the end they only dared to put the cigarette under their noses and sniff it without lighting it.

This is the borderline, smoking can easily expose the target.

"Everyone get ready!" Chu An suddenly spoke in a low voice.

Immediately, the scouts who were squatting around widened their eyes.

"Xue Chungui!"

The deputy company commander walked over a dozen meters and called out the names.

Immediately, the former engineer squad leader who was walking in front stood up, bent over and moved forward.

About to enter the country.

The order they received was to cross the border at 1:20 sharp, and then immediately move through, crossing an area of about five kilometers on the map in three hours.

Of course, the actual route is definitely more than five kilometers.

After going around in circles, it would at least add two or three kilometers.

This is not an easy task. Although it sounds like a maximum of eight kilometers in total, you have to consider that you are now moving in the mountains.

In many places there are no roads at all and you have to make your own way through.

In this case, three hours is actually extremely tight.

But no one said anything, and soon one after another they crossed the forest area and officially entered the territory of the Vietnamese devils.

The only difference from before is that now everyone is not too far apart, one after another, and at most about one meter apart.

This is because the light is too dim tonight and it is difficult to see objects at a distance.

"Brother Li, remember what I said before, step on my landing position, don't miss it!"

Chu An turned around again and whispered a reminder.

When scouts march quickly, they will keep their distance, but when marching slowly, engineers will lead the way, and the rest of the people will follow in the engineers' footsteps.

This is also to avoid stepping on mines and traps.

"Yeah!" Li Qingshan lowered his head expressionlessly.

This person has been in the camp for two days. During these two days, Chu An has also figured out some of his details.

It is said that he used to travel frequently between my country and Yue State, and would bring some small commodities to Yue State to sell in exchange for money to supplement his family income.

In fact, he himself said that he was not originally the person he is now.

He is like this now because of the departure of his wife and daughter.

At that time, Chu An could only advise her to mourn less.

He could see that this man truly loved his wife and daughter, and naturally, he now truly hated the Vietnamese devils.

Time passed slowly, and to be honest, Chu An now felt like cursing.

This road is too difficult to walk.

In the plan drawn up by the regiment headquarters, the route was based on intelligence from border residents. They simply confirmed that this area was passable and drew an intersecting route on the map without any on-site investigation.

Including Chu An and his reconnaissance platoon, they had never come here when they were scouting the enemy situation and terrain.

Even when the previous mission was changed, the regiment did not allow Chu An and his team to conduct reconnaissance in advance.

The reasons are very sufficient and we cannot alert the enemy.

The regiment's plan was a lightning assault, and advance reconnaissance might expose our strategic objectives due to the exposure of the reconnaissance.

But now look at this road.

The jungle is full of thorns and the grass is taller than a person. You must never rashly enter such a place because the Vietnamese devils will set booby traps in such places.

The grass is too dense and the thorns are stacked against each other. If you use a knife to clear a path, you may accidentally step on a mine.

So we can only find streams in the jungle or trails left by wild animals.

But you know that if you go to such places, the Vietnamese devils will also lay mines there.

Look, the reconnaissance team has stopped four times even though they are less than a hundred meters from the entrance.

The engineer squad leader in front discovered three mines and a booby trap.

He simply jumped over two mines without paying any attention to them, and spent three or four minutes removing another one. In the end, he simply avoided the trap.

Fortunately, this situation only lasts for three or four hundred meters. Although there is still jungle mountain after that, this mountain is rocky and has sparse trees and vegetation.

However, the sparse vegetation and trees do not mean that the road here is really easy to walk on.

This mountain area is obviously sparsely populated. The rocks in the mountains are covered with a layer of moss, which makes them wet and slippery, and many people have fallen.

What’s even worse is that in some places the drop can be several meters or even more than ten meters.

If you accidentally slip and fall while walking in a place like this, nothing good will happen to you.

Fortunately, this accident did not happen.

Because everyone knows that if you get injured in such a place, you will have to fall behind, and the result may be more painful than dying directly, so everyone is extremely careful when passing through these deadly places.

Finally, they bypassed Pingguan Mountain. The entire mountain road was less than two kilometers long, but it took them almost eighty minutes.

When everyone came out, they couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when they looked back.

This road was too difficult to walk on, but fortunately, the road ahead would be much easier because according to Li Qingshan's guidance, there was a road ahead.

They can march along the road.

"Change your shoes!"

Lurking beside a country road, Chu An gave orders to the soldiers behind him.

Then he took off his shoes and put on a pair of tire slippers.

It has already circled around to the back of Pingguan Mountain.

Before the war started, the Vietnamese devils would definitely not dig any traps on the road behind their own positions.

Sure enough, after changing their shoes, the reconnaissance platoon members set off on their journey without any obstruction.

If they continue at this speed, Chu An and his team will definitely be able to reach their destination in the remaining time.

However, accidents sometimes happen so suddenly.

In the middle of the night, there was a car coming on the road ahead.

(End of this chapter)