War Military: From 1978

Chapter 125 The Chiefs' Cold Sweat
"Boom~Boom!"

The shells kept falling.

The number is not large, but their goal is clear.

The woods where the regiment's forward command was located, and the temporary base of the vanguard of a battalion outside the town to the south.

"After investigation, we found out that there are hidden caves on the mountainside outside this town!"

Not long after Chu An and the forward command retreated into the town, a communicator came running to report the situation.

"Knock them off!"

The chief of staff gave the order with a grim expression.

He was a little scared. If the shell had been more accurate, their forward command would have been destroyed.

"Chief, I suggest that we also remind the regiment commander and others!" At this time, Chu An also spoke.

He looked very serious now, but he didn't seem scared.

If the shell could really hit the forward command tent, he would definitely have predicted it.

He now has a clear understanding of his predictive ability.

You can only foresee danger to yourself. If you can't hurt yourself, there is no point in foreseeing it.

"Yes, remind the leader!"

The deputy commander who had retreated into the house also spoke at this time.

But at the same time, the deputy commissioner walked towards the door of the house in the courtyard with the translator.

"Fellow countryman, I'm sorry to bother you. Please forgive me!"

There is an old man sitting on a chair at the door.

"Chief, don't get too close!" Chu An reminded when he saw this scene.

"Well, it's okay!"

The deputy commissioner turned around, but he didn't get too close.

The reconnaissance platoon had already reported to the regiment how Helanshan was sacrificed, and after they captured those villages, there were also sudden attacks by the civilians.

This made him wary enough.

However, as a deputy commissioner, they had to explain to the fellow villager according to the order of their superiors after breaking into his home due to the emergency situation.

The old man didn't answer. Even after the translator started talking, he didn't say anything. He just sat there blankly.

"Let's go, let's find an empty house!"

At this time, the chief of staff also spoke.

Many people in the town have fled, and only one in ten people are left. Most of them are the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled who cannot walk, so there are many empty houses.

"Chief, let's go to the warehouse here. I think it's very sturdy!" a staff officer suggested.

"Okay!" The chief of staff agreed immediately.

Immediately, the group evacuated from the house they had just broken into.

As the platoon leader of the reconnaissance platoon and now the deputy company commander, Chu An naturally has to walk in front.

Accompanied by the second squad leader who had been promoted to acting platoon leader, the two men took the lead and walked again along the road in the middle of the town that they had passed through before.

At this moment, the troops that had been collecting supplies and searching for the Vietnamese devils in the town were also gathering quickly, but the chief of staff soon ordered them to continue their tasks.

There are other companies stationed outside, and those caves have people supporting and attacking them, so they are not needed to provide support.

"Platoon leader, I always feel like something is wrong!" Following behind Chu An, the second squad leader was not used to the promotion and continued to call Chu platoon leader.

"Ok!"

Chu An also nodded.

Walking in the town, he found that the villagers who stayed behind were unusually quiet, as if they did not hear the chaos and the sound of artillery outside the town.

For example, the pregnant woman sitting at the door in front is wearing tattered and dirty clothes.

When Chu An came just now, she was sitting at the door staring blankly at the sky.

Now she is still at the door.

Just like before.

Chu An walked past her.

Suddenly, Chu An's pupils shrank, and he pulled out the pistol from his waist, turned around and pointed it directly at her head.

"what's the situation?"

"Platoon leader!"

"Chu An, what's going on!"

At this moment, Chu An's action not only surprised the second squad leader behind him, but also stunned the leaders of the front command who were following him more than ten meters away.

The deputy commissioner hurried over.

"Stop pretending, the calluses on your hands betray you!" Chu An didn't look at the other people around him, but spoke in Vietnamese to the pregnant woman in front of him who was still staring blankly at the sky.

Yes, Chu An didn’t foresee anything, but he discovered something was wrong when he passed by.

The woman sat there with her big belly, and her hands were placed on her legs below her belly.

Chu An didn't pay attention to it when he passed by before.

But this time Chu An saw it.

Her hands were obviously dirty, with calluses on the base of her thumb.

Who would have calluses on the palm of his hand!

Chu An has it, and the soldiers of the reconnaissance unit also have it.

This happens when you shoot too many times.

Many veterans in grassroots units do not have calluses because they have not seen much combat.

"Crack! Crack!"

Suddenly, Chu An fired two shots.

Because after he said this, the woman moved. She quickly reached under her belly with both hands. Chu An could see the gun barrel that was pulled out. "Hmm~"

The woman leaned against the wall behind her with a look of pain on her face.

Two black pistols fell to the ground. She was still struggling to get up, but the two shots Chu An had just fired hit her arms, one on the left and one on the right.

For a moment, she struggled a bit, but could only fall to the ground.

"do not move!"

The guards from the front command quickly moved forward.

She was subdued and controlled in an instant.

At this moment, the Chief of Staff and others looked extremely ugly, and at the same time, they felt a little scared again.

This woman is sitting here, she's disguised as a pregnant woman and has a gun hidden in her big belly.

If Chu An hadn't noticed that the woman suddenly pulled out a gun and shot at them when they walked past him, they would have suffered heavy casualties.

"Press it down!"

The chief of staff gritted his teeth and gave the order as he looked at the woman whose eyes were no longer dull.

Then, he gritted his teeth and ordered again to the soldiers who had gathered around him after hearing Chu An's gunshots: "Pay attention to these fellow villagers, gather them together and keep them under guard. Be careful, there are Vietnamese devils among them!"

The Chief of Staff's order was considered a violation of his superior's order.

The superiors ordered him to abide by discipline, not to be rude to the people, and not to disturb them, but how could he care about these things now?
If Chu An had not recognized this woman in time, these front-line cadres might have become martyrs now.

His face turned ashen. After giving the order, everyone was more vigilant during the march.

After arriving at the warehouse, the chief of staff ordered the guards to quickly move the rice over and build some defensive fortifications.

"Commander, our current thinking is obviously wrong. We are not fighting on home soil, and the people here are not our people.

To them, we are invaders, just as foreigners were when they entered our territory.”

Chu An waited until the Chief of Staff finished giving the order before speaking to him: "They hate us from top to bottom. If we continue to enforce the discipline we use to treat the people at home, we will definitely suffer more losses!"

"I know!" The Chief of Staff looked over and said with a wry smile, "But we are not the Japs. We can't do that, let alone do something so utterly heartless!"

The deputy head also nodded and said, "Yes! Everything that happened today has clearly exceeded our expectations.

We thought that the Vietnamese people had long accepted our aid and would not be too aggressive towards us, and that it was only their leadership that wanted to confront us, but now it seems that this is clearly not the case! "

"Actually, the reason should be very simple!"

Chu An pointed at the rice around him and said, “I think our aid may not be of any use to the common people.

The people of Yue State were obviously very poor. When we were doing reconnaissance before, we often saw people of Yue State digging wild vegetables and even tree roots outside.

Along the way, there were traces of tree roots and even bark being removed in many places.

I didn't think much of it before, but now look at all this pile of rice, it smells musty!"

Chu An's words made everyone frown.

Everyone naturally understood what Chu An meant.

The aid we provided may not have been distributed to the people of Yue State.

They did accept these, but stored them all, probably to supply the combatants, but obviously did not give them to ordinary people. Otherwise, it would not explain why there was so much food piled up here, but the ordinary people seen outside were thinner and frailer.

They also dig wild vegetables and eat tree bark.

"Damn it!" Cui Jiying gritted his teeth and punched the rice beside him.

"I have to report this situation. We can't go on like this!" The chief of staff also spoke seriously and called the communicator.

At the same time, the deputy commander looked at Chu An and said, "Chu An, go back first and take your reconnaissance platoon to thoroughly check our surroundings.

If the situation is really that serious, I think there may be people hiding around us!"

Chu An looked at him, but did not obey the order. Instead, he spoke again: "Commander, I feel that you may need to come with me. Our reconnaissance platoon has occupied a high ground in the south, where we can urgently build fortifications. I don't think it's safe to spend the night in this town!"

At this point, Chu An suddenly had an idea, and then his eyes widened a little: "Yes, Chief, you must come with me!"

"What's going on?" The Chief of Staff also looked over. "This warehouse is pretty sturdy. We'll set up an isolation zone later. Shouldn't that be a problem?"

"No!" Chu An looked around and said seriously, "Chief, this is not about the quarantine area. I suspect there may be a tunnel here.

Don't forget, they have learned from us for decades and they know everything we have.

And when they were fighting the Eagle Empire, they also used endless tunnel warfare to give the Eagle Empire a lot of headaches!"

"Ok?"

At this moment, everyone was confused, and even everyone looked around, becoming a little suspicious.

"Chu An is right. The cannon just now only hit our periphery. They might be trying to force us into the town.

It's getting dark now. If there really is a tunnel here, what if they crawl out at night?"

"go!"

The chief of staff waved his hand and ordered a transfer.

He broke out in a cold sweat.

We fought all day today, and the troops were advancing desperately to support the main force.

Moreover, under the order not to disturb the public, basically no one entered the houses of the people to conduct a thorough search.

For example, now the troops in the town are searching the homes of ordinary people.

But how did they search?
They are knocking on the door!

I would knock on the door and ask if anyone was home. If they were, I would ask for their permission before entering. If not, in order to ensure that the people's property was not damaged, I would just break down the door and do a quick check.

It’s no use rummaging through drawers and cabinets, so you can only simply check for places where people can hide, and if there is none, retreat.

In this case, there is actually nothing to be found.

And no one really saw the Vietnamese devils.

Originally, everyone was so happy about the victory today that they thought the Vietnamese devils had escaped.

But now think carefully about the various desperate attacks carried out by the Vietnamese devils.

Are they really so vulnerable?
(End of this chapter)