War Military: From 1978

Chapter 144 Chu An’s plan!
captive?

Group C has actually always wanted to catch him and has taken action.

The reconnaissance platoon led the elite squads of each company to go out for reconnaissance and exploration. In one night, they did succeed in capturing two enemy prisoners. In addition, another squad took another shortcut and tried to obtain intelligence from the Vietnamese civilians.

But all this information turned out to be useless.

First, the civilians in the enemy country will not really help you. They will often talk nonsense and ask him to lead the way, or they may even deliberately lead you into the ambush circle of the Vietnamese devils.

And the information given by the two prisoners was unreliable.

Because they were all small soldiers of the Yue devils, they didn't know much information.

For example, they couldn't actually tell where the enemy ambush circle was beyond their defense zone, or where the road was destroyed.

So the current dilemma remains unresolved.

Chu An frowned deeply.

At its root, the biggest problem is actually the need to drive.

Trucks transporting supplies have very high requirements for passability.

The Vietnamese devils destroyed the roads and set up ambushes at various advantageous points along the roads that were passable.

If they force their way through, Regiment C will be short of manpower. The key point is that they are now out of the range of the heavy artillery in the rear, and they will not be able to get any cover from the heavy artillery as they move forward.

In this situation, it is basically an impossible task to deliver the supplies as quickly as possible.

After all, you have to fight hard all the way, and the time required is a big problem.

And you have to build roads and remove obstacles along the way.

"Captain, how many of our fellow soldiers can we muster?"

Chu An suddenly looked up.

The regiment commander and the deputy division commander looked over.

Chu An didn't keep the secret at that moment.

Leaning over the map on the table that had the captain and the others gnashing their teeth, he picked up a pen and began to draw lines while speaking.

"It's obviously unrealistic to deliver supplies quickly by land, especially for vehicles. They require too much mobility. If the enemy temporarily digs some pits on the road or blows up some rocks to block it, we'll be stuck for a long time.

But if."

Chu An pointed to the starting point of the line he drew. It can be seen that the line he drew was actually a point at least four kilometers west of everyone.

On the map, there is a river here, and the line drawn by Chu An flows along the river all the way to the southeast until it reaches a certain point.

Here, it should be only seven or eight kilometers away from the location of the infiltration group.

Although it looked like there was no road there from behind.

"If we drive our vehicles here and then use boats or rafts to transport supplies, we can avoid being chased and intercepted by these Vietnamese devils on land!"

Chu An's plan obviously stunned everyone.

"It's unrealistic, isn't it? The river map doesn't clearly show the situation. If the water is too shallow somewhere, or there's a drop or something like that, all our supplies will be ruined!" This was said by a regimental staff officer in his thirties with a frown.

Chu An looked over and said, "This is just an idea. As for feasibility, we can determine the river situation through the translators accompanying the army and the captured prisoners.

The Vietnamese devils can blow up roads and bridges, but they certainly can't block a river in a short time, and they probably wouldn't have thought that we would abandon our vehicles and take the water route.

At best, they'll plant mines in the water, but that's easy to counter. We can just place some trees and float over to clear the mines."

After a pause, Chu An said: "Of course, there are problems here too!"

Chu An pointed to the intersection of several roads and rivers on the map: "There are several bridges in this distance, we have to go over and occupy them first.

There are also high ground along the way. We need to get there first, and our forces may have to be divided into squads. Of course, if we do this, only our supplies can pass through, and the scattered troops behind us can continue to gather! "

After Chu An finished speaking, the tent became quiet.

Everyone is considering the feasibility of this plan.

At this time, Chu An spoke again: "Our mission is to deliver supplies. We will definitely have to fight if we go this way, but it is definitely better than going all the way overland and entering a route where the Yue devils have set up ambushes.

But there is another problem with doing this: we have to abandon the vehicles. Even if the supplies are delivered here by water, the next seven or eight kilometers will have to be carried entirely by manpower."

“That’s feasible. Let’s first find the translators and ask them if anyone knows anything about this river.
If this river can meet the conditions for a waterway, then we'll give it a try!" At this time, the deputy division commander made the final decision.

"Okay! Let's do it this way. Go and notify everyone!" The regiment commander immediately gave orders to the staff officers in the tent.

"Yes!"

The staff officers turned around and left without saying anything.

In fact, the main reason is that they really can't think of any other solution now.

Water transportation doesn't sound very reliable.

After all, this was ten cartloads of supplies, and using rafts and boats instead of cars sounded unsafe. But driving overland was even more precarious.

You know, they were harassed by the Vietnamese devils more than a dozen times in the short distance from Tong L, and two of them were hard battles in which they pushed away the roadside heights occupied by the Vietnamese devils.

If they continue like this, it will be difficult for them to reach the position of the infiltration group with such a small number of people, not to mention having to carry the supply vehicles which have no defensive capabilities.

"This plan, if it succeeds, is very risky. However, if we can deliver the supplies here, we should be able to have the infiltration battalion send some people over to support us if we're short on manpower!"

Inside the tent, the deputy division commander spoke while smoking a cigarette.

The team leader thought about it and nodded, "I hope it works. There's really no other good solution at the moment!"

Having said that, he looked at Chu An, and for once, he forced out a smile: "Comrade Chu An, you are indeed worthy of being the top soldier of our C Regiment. We were troubled for a long time before, but I didn't expect you to give us advice as soon as you arrived!"

Chu An smiled and shook his head: "Captain, it's still unclear whether it will work. If this method doesn't work, I guess we'll have to fight hard!"

"Well, I hope so!"

Soon, translators from the regiment headquarters down to the companies were summoned.

This is not about the current situation of the road, so there is no need to look for any prisoners. If one of them is familiar with this place, they should be able to know whether the river is passable.

In fact, to everyone's disappointment, among the six translators summoned, two had some knowledge of this place, and one said with certainty that this river could definitely be crossed.

Because he knew that the Vietnamese devils had deployed rafts in this river. Although the rafts were not big, no matter how big or small, as long as they could deploy rafts, they could definitely transport supplies.

When Chu An heard what he said, he was actually quite surprised as to what it meant.

Release?

He soon found out what rafting was.

According to some staff officers at the regiment headquarters, they also have rafts at home, which uses water transportation to bundle wood together and then transport it downstream along the river.

There is no doubt that this is definitely good news. The water flow can meet the needs of rafting, which means that the river can definitely transport supplies.

Immediately, in the regimental tent, everyone urgently discussed the specific combat plan according to the plan proposed by Chu An.

It didn't take long, because time was tight.

About twenty minutes later, the regimental commander sent a telegram to the headquarters of the 1st Division requesting the mobilization of militia to support the front and reported the battle plan.

It is worth mentioning that Regiment C has now been incorporated into the command of the 1st Division.

They are auxiliary attacks, and a division as the second line has long been divided into different tasks.

Soon, the reply from the First Division came.

Agreed to the battle plan and also agreed to provide Regiment C with a support militia of about 300 people.

But the 1st Division also had a requirement: supplies must be delivered to the infiltration regiment in the front within 24 hours.

This is also a very time-sensitive task.

You know, their battle plan is still on paper. If they want to take action, they have to drive west first, and then find a boat or make a raft.

However, the team leader and his men did not complain, because this trip was actually a plan where they would either succeed or die.

Once the supplies were put into the water, there was no turning back.

The speed of water flow is the speed of everyone's attack.

Looking at the map, the winding river meant that the distance from their starting point to their end point was at least twenty kilometers.

According to the translators, the flow rate of this river is about four to five kilometers per hour downstream.

In other words, the supplies will reach their destination in four to five hours.

So there is actually still enough time.

"Comrade Chuan, you and Captain Tong have the heaviest task. I'm giving you two recoilless gun platoons, two Type 82 mortars, three heavy machine guns, and two anti-aircraft machine guns. You must hold your ground here and absolutely don't let the enemy get past you!"

Regimental headquarters, all officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion are gathered here.

Chu An saw Tong Lianzhong again.

And now he has to fight side by side with Tong Lianzhong and command the battle together.

"Yes, I promise to complete the mission!"

Chu An and Tong Lianzhong stood at attention together.

Their task on this trip was to quickly travel along mountain roads and small paths to the place where they wanted to block the river and unload the goods.

After arriving at the designated location, occupy a favorable position at least one or two kilometers along the river to ensure that subsequent supplies flowing downstream can be safely brought ashore.

The task is very heavy. When the supplies go down the river, the Vietnamese devils will definitely guess our purpose, and then gather troops to seize the advantageous position and prevent us from blocking the river and unloading the goods.

At that time, Chu An and the others will be under a lot of pressure, but no matter how big it is, this is a mission and must be completed!
(End of this chapter)