War Military: From 1978

Chapter 252 Brain Trust Chu An!

"Tsk tsk, did the sun rise from the west today? Six kilometers, and the higher-ups actually told us to arrive in five hours?"

On the evening of the 17th, on our side of the border, a company sat in the valley for a short rest.

There was plenty of time, so their company commander allowed them to rest for fifteen minutes before entering the country to allow everyone to adjust their condition.

This kind of thing basically never happens!
This is not the first time they have been on a combat mission.

Including the previous counterattacks, the time of each operation was stuck, and even if we rushed all the way, we still couldn't arrive on time.

But this time, they had plenty of time and were able to rest in the middle without feeling too tired.

It's simply unprecedented!

"Hey, I heard that Captain Chu from the Special Forces Company was transferred to the Operations Unit the day before yesterday. I think it's because of this reason. After all, they are the ones who make the combat plans!"

"That's how it should be. So let me tell you! The cadres in the government offices still have to be the ones who led the troops from the grassroots level. They understand our hardships!"

"Yeah! That's great. I really hope this is Captain Chu's credit. If it's true, then our lives will be much better in the future!"

This is a company from the third battalion.

According to the scouts' findings last night, their superiors ordered them to set off at dusk today and arrive at the designated location at 12 o'clock.

At that time, the scouts will attack a Vietnamese bridgehead and destroy the bridge that they have been repairing during this period.

Their mission was to block the Vietnamese reinforcements at the mission location.

To put it simply, it's fishing.

In the C Regiment's defense zone, the Vietnamese devils' troops are now basically gathered opposite Pingguan Mountain.

At least two battalions of troops were gathered there, and the Vietnamese devils were experts in mountain warfare. They had buried many mines and booby traps around their base. If our army forcibly attacked, we would definitely not be able to achieve any good results with the company-level strength.

It may even fold itself in.

Therefore, we planned to occupy the advantageous terrain on the side of the road not far from the bridgehead in advance, ready to lure the enemy out to attack.

This may not be able to eliminate too many enemies at once.

But this is the tone of the war that Group C will wage next.

Cannibalize.

In the combat plan formulated by the combat unit, it is expected that the Vietnamese devils here will be gradually eroded and defeated over the next two to three months.

It is not realistic to eat it all in one bite.

After the withdrawal, it would be impossible for our army to mobilize division-level troops to launch a large-scale attack.

In this situation, the only way is to infiltrate behind enemy lines and gradually destroy the enemy's effective forces.

However, for this kind of infiltration mission, in order to ensure march safety and avoid exposing themselves, they would usually start the operation after it is completely dark, at least at 8 or even 9 o'clock in the evening.

But today we set off at dusk.

The change is too obvious.

Of course, this change may also have negative aspects.

If the Vietnamese devils had agents stalking around our military base, their actions might be visible before dark.

But everything has pros and cons.

What's more, they had conducted reconnaissance in advance when they set out, and they went directly over the mountain from the base into the jungle. If they were to be seen in this situation, darkness would be inevitable.

After all, the Vietnamese devils have night vision equipment.

"Boom! Boom!"

After midnight, the sound of artillery fire continued to be heard in the woods and mountains opposite Pingguan Mountain.

This was our army's artillery fire after the scouts attacked the bridgehead. We used artillery fire to cover the infiltrating troops, creating the illusion that our army was going to attack them, forcing the Japanese troops who were going to reinforce from here to not be able to send out too many people.

At the same time, Chu An and a group of staff members, who had taken a nap during the day, are still working overtime.

"Section Chief, there's a Vietnamese company of reinforcements arriving at point nine. We believe they came from this village!"

"Section Chief, the 8th Company of the 3rd Battalion is retreating. They've defeated the enemy reinforcements. We estimate the enemy has suffered at least one platoon of casualties!"

"Captain, enemy forces of unknown origin are passing through reconnaissance point number seven."

In the office, staff officers took turns bringing back the latest intelligence from the neighboring regimental headquarters. This information came from scouts deployed on the front lines and from the Third Battalion, which was spread across enemy territory to provide cover and support for the infiltrating troops.

There must be a staff member from the operations unit who stays next to the chief of staff.

While making suggestions for the latest command situation, we must also summarize the latest intelligence and continue to make various contingency plans.

Perhaps these plans may eventually become documents and will not even be looked at by the Chief of Staff.

Because the regimental commander and chief of staff may directly command the troops to make various adjustments, or directly issue orders.

But that's what combat stocks are like, no matter what's said above.

They have to do their job.

You must be able to provide appropriate plans when the chief of staff and the regiment commander need them.

To put it bluntly, the combat unit is like the staff and think tank in ancient times.

Give advice but don't have the final say.

For the whole night, when all our military units dared to return before dawn, there was no latest news. Chu An and his men made several more contingency plans, and then left one person on duty while the others went to sleep.

In the next few days, Chu An became a night owl.

Scouts have been on the move every day recently, and some reconnaissance units are even lurking abroad and have not returned.

Therefore, as intelligence is constantly updated, some combat plans also need to be constantly adjusted and updated.

But this kind of life lasted less than a week.

Once the scouts have basically ascertained the enemy's intelligence and information, even if there are other subsequent incidents, the various contingency plans of the combat unit will be sufficient to deal with them.

At this point, the role of the operations department has become a real think tank role.

Chu An's job also became to follow the chief of staff every day and give him advice.

"call!"

At the end of April, in the headquarters, the chief of staff lay in a chair and exhaled a puff of smoke. After rubbing his temple, he looked at Chu An and said, "I have decided to suspend the operation for the time being. What do you think?"

"Okay!" Chu An nodded as he stood in front of the chief of staff's desk and said, "The Vietnamese devils' defense has increased significantly recently, although each of our operations has still made some progress.

But now the combat situation has basically evolved into a quick attack and retreat of the reconnaissance platoon, and the opponents and targets have all become scattered sentries everywhere, which is a bit off from our original intention.

It's good to stop for a while, just in time to give the soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon a break!"

"Haha, indeed!" The Chief of Staff smiled and stretched lazily. "The reconnaissance platoon has been deployed frequently recently. They've really been working hard!"

"That's it, let's stop for a while and wait for the devils to relax a little before we go and beat them!"

Chu An hesitated for a moment and then said, "Actually, there's no need to stop completely. The new artillery reconnaissance recruits in the special forces company are almost done with their training. We can arrange for them to lurk on the high ground near the enemy road as observation posts.

When the Vietnamese transport team arrives, we will attack again and use long-range artillery to knock out their supplies!"

The Vietnamese devils have gathered about a thousand troops in Pingguan Mountain, and the daily material consumption of these people is also a large number.

During this period of time, the Second Battalion fought against the Vietnamese devils at night, and the captured prisoners revealed that they often had no food to eat due to our operations behind enemy lines, and some even went hungry for one or two days.

If we suspend all operations behind enemy lines now, it will definitely give the Japanese invaders in Pingguanshan time to recover.

"Okay, but are you sure these new recruits are capable of carrying out this kind of mission?"

"If we let the veteran scouts lead the way, there will definitely be no problem!"

It has been almost a month and a half since the new recruits joined the company.

Their training direction is exactly the same as Chu An and his team’s original artillery reconnaissance training route.

By now, they have almost mastered professional skills such as ranging, lurking, camouflage and mountain marching.

Perhaps they still have a big gap in individual combat military qualities compared to reconnaissance veterans.

But as a pure artillery scout, eyes are actually the most important combat tool, and firearms are for self-defense!
"Okay, that's it. Make a plan right away and I'll take a look at it later. If there's no problem, we can go to the Special Agent Company together!"

"Okay!" Chu An nodded with a smile.

Chu An would actually go to the Special Forces Company whenever he had time, after all, they were now stationed in the same base.

Moreover, the reconnaissance platoon often goes on missions according to the orders of the regiment headquarters, and Chu An is also very concerned about their casualties.

(End of this chapter)