War Military: From 1978

Chapter 146: Reinforcements before the Battle, Interspersed

The battle plan formulated by Regiment C was supposed to take action in an hour.

But after Chu An followed Wang Qinghe to his class and then went to the fourth company headquarters, he found out that the plan had been postponed.

Everyone rested for three hours and took action at 1:00 p.m.

Chu An didn't know the reason at that time, because Tong Lianzhong also said he didn't know, but more than two hours later, Chu An knew why.

The higher-ups want to reinforce Regiment C.

The Second Battalion of the C Regiment, a fully reinforced battalion with more than 600 people, now has less than 400 people left. Now the reinforcement has been replenished and the establishment has been filled up again.

The additional soldiers are those who have been recalled from the army and some of the new recruits who joined the army in December this year.

The fourth company also added thirty or forty people.

To be honest, Chu An couldn't help but frown when he saw this situation.

This is real pre-battle reinforcement!
There is absolutely no break-in time.

Even though many of these soldiers were veterans with several years of military service, they underwent emergency combat training when they were recalled.

But they did not know the soldiers of Regiment C, and there was no cooperation between them before.

This intrusion is definitely a good thing for a company, after all, there is strength in numbers, but for these reinforcements, it is a bit too hasty and unfriendly.

After all, there is no coordination or cooperation with my comrades.

They definitely can't coordinate with each other on squad and platoon level tactics.

This is going to be a real fight, not a drill.

But Chu An knew that there was nothing he could do about this situation.

In fact, many of our military units are in the same situation now.

Many main forces were expanded before the war, and a large number of new recruits and veterans were officially incorporated into the army some time before the war.

The C Regiment had been expanded once in advance and was in a relatively good condition, having gone through a period of adjustment. However, it is now engaged in continuous combat and has lost personnel. Crucially, it also has to undertake important combat missions, so it cannot do without replenishing its troops.

However, the reconnaissance platoon has not yet received any reinforcements, so Chu An doesn't need to do anything now.

Soon, after the reinforcements arrived at the various units, they introduced themselves by name. Before they had time to catch their breath, the order from their superiors came down.

Each department acted according to plan.

Chu An took the lead, leading the elite squad from the Fourth Company and two scouts into the mountains.

They had to find a way that was easier to walk on.

No, we can just open a small path through the mountains.

Because the troops carried anti-aircraft machine guns and heavy machine guns.

Because we had to travel through mountain roads, mules were not available, so we had to disassemble these heavy weapons into parts and carry them by hand.

At the same time, a militia team of nearly 300 people followed the Fourth Company.

The militiamen who help transport supplies don't need to do anything now. They just need to follow the Fourth Company to the receiving location.

At that time, the Fourth Company will be responsible for security work, and they will be responsible for receiving the goods downstream.

"Kaka~"

Truck engines roared, and a fully staffed battalion and a transport convoy instantly split into three or four groups, advancing towards the west, southwest, and southeast.

At this moment, the Vietnamese devils hiding in the darkness were also dumbfounded.

what's the situation?
What is this team of flower growers going to do? Where is it going?

Aren’t they going to deliver supplies to the front line?

Why did they run away separately?

The message was passed on quickly by them, but their superiors were also confused for a while and could only give orders to continue harassing and blocking the enemy along the way.

"Mountain Eagle, Mountain Eagle, something's wrong up ahead. I see a small village ahead. Only half of the hill is left, and the other half is still occupied by Vietnamese soldiers setting up positions!"

Chu An was carrying an Type 861 rifle on his back. When he heard Wang Xiaohu's hometown dialect in front of him, he immediately raised his hand to signal the two soldiers from the 4th Company who were following him to stay on guard, while he himself quickly moved forward.

In just a moment, Chu An came to Wang Xiaohu who was exploring the way ahead.

Yes, it’s Wang Xiaohu from the artillery reconnaissance squad.

It was only when they came back that Chu An found out that Wang Xiaohu was one of the two scouts assigned to the fourth company.

But he was the only one there, and there was another person who was originally from Class 2.

There were five people in the artillery reconnaissance squad. Wang Qingwa died in the previous battle and Sun Dajiang was seriously injured.

The remaining three people, Luo Yun and Liu Xi are in another company.

Chu An came to his side, took out his binoculars and looked ahead. He could see that there were indeed some Vietnamese devils moving around on the top of a hill about eight or nine hundred meters away, several dozen meters above the ground.

Chu An looked left and right again, then retreated back into cover and took out a map from his pocket.

After quickly unfolding it, there was a piece of white paper inside the map.

This is the marching route map that Chu An recorded on a drawing as he walked.

There are errors on this map. Over the past few decades, some changes in terrain are not on the map at all. For example, there is no village here on the map.

This mountain was also intact, but now half of the mountain in front is missing.

"Go around! Go east!"

Chu An made a decision after just taking a quick look at the map.

Their current task is to infiltrate, and the time is very tight, at most six hours, and they have to infiltrate about thirty kilometers.

They have no time to fight any offensive battles on the road.

"Yes!"

Wang Xiaohu immediately used the 861 radio to contact the large force four or five hundred meters behind.

We still use our hometown dialect. In the fourth company, there were also fellow villagers like Fen Chuan. Although this fellow villager was not a communications soldier, it was still possible to let him carry a radio as a microphone during a temporary transfer.

"go!"

Soon, as Wang Xiaohu conveyed the order, Chu An called on a squad of infantry from the nearby fourth company to follow.

Time passed slowly, and along the way, Chu An and others continued to fight with the Vietnamese devils.

But they were basically ambushed by scattered Vietnamese militia.

When Chu An chose a place, he would rather take a detour than go to a dangerous place. Without the advantage of terrain, the Vietnamese devils would not dare to rush out and fight head-on.

They are just militia, and some rocket launchers are considered their heavy firepower.

They also had mortars, but they were all small steel cannons, and after they fired them a few times, they didn't dare to fire them anymore.

The firing range of the small cannon is limited, and the infiltrated troops do not march in a line or crowded together.

After entering the mountains, the Fourth Company let the supporting militia and units carrying heavy firepower walk in the middle, while the infantry troops of the Fourth Company were divided into threes and marched around the team.

The Vietnamese devils could only attack one person by shooting, and after the attack, they would be immediately counterattacked by others.

And if they dare to fire, a platoon of units will immediately rush over and kill them.

Chu An and Tong Lianzhong both knew very well that just marching forward would only encourage the enemy's arrogance.

So when you walk, you have to keep showing your fangs.

If you treat the enemies as just poisonous snakes hiding in the dark, then if you get bitten, you can chase them and hit them. Whether you kill them or not depends on your luck.

But if the enemy dares to fire artillery openly, we will absolutely not tolerate it.

They are just some militiamen with no heavy firepower and no positions. Now the Fourth Company and the supporting militia have more than 500 people. If you don't fear them, they will just keep chasing you and biting you.

However, if we continue in this way, it is inevitable that there will be continuous reductions in the team.

The militia teams that were originally only used in local areas are now constantly carrying wounded soldiers and even the bodies of fallen soldiers.

Everyone was very angry.

There were even soldiers who shouted that they wanted to stop and set up heavy machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns to give them a hard blow.

But that's just talk.

Once you set up your heavy machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, the Japanese won't know where they've run away.

What's more, everyone has a mission to complete and it is impossible to stop.

War is so helpless, especially when the whereabouts cannot be completely concealed during interspersed marches. There are some attacks that you can only bear.

But when it was getting dark, everyone finally had a chance to vent.

In front of them, an unnamed hill about three hundred meters high blocked everyone's way.

Through the telescope, we can see that the Vietnamese devils on the high ground are urgently repairing fortifications and setting up defensive lines.

If they had encountered such a place before, Chu An and others would definitely have taken a detour.

But this time it's different.

Because the river is only three or four hundred meters away from this high ground.

Moreover, this high ground is the highest one within a radius of two or three kilometers on this side of the river.

This is a place that must be conquered and occupied.

(End of this chapter)