War Military: From 1978

Chapter 198 The prisoner’s confession!
On the 28th, the first phase of tasks along the entire line were basically completed.

This is the most difficult and the most costly stage.

We advanced on all fronts, but without the advantage of terrain or air superiority, and with most of our troops being Class B, and some even having less than a year's service, we paid a heavy price in the first phase.

But now we have entered the second phase, the situation has improved significantly.

After ten days of bloody fighting, even the new recruits with less than a year of military service and poor military skills have now completely transformed into real veterans in the battlefield environment where death is a constant presence.

The most important thing is the commanders and fighters.

After ten days of real battlefield training, it is clear at a glance who is the dragon and who is the worm.

Many commanders and fighters were dismissed from their posts, and many veterans were promoted directly on the battlefield.

In addition, the second phase was not as urgent as the first phase, and was mainly focused on expanding the results of the battle. Therefore, with our army's steady and solid posture, the casualties of various units were significantly reduced, and the results of the battle were further expanded.

On the contrary, the number of prisoners captured by the Vietnamese devils increased.

Man is iron and food is steel. Although the Vietnamese devils were relatively resistant, when they had nothing to eat except tree bark and grass roots, their fighting spirit was gradually eroded by hunger.

Even Chu An, who originally brought more than 50 scouts with him and only wanted to pretend to clear the troops during the day, but actually rested and got some sleep, encountered a few Vietnamese devils who came right under his nose to look for food on the 28th.
"Eat slowly and drink some water!"

Looking at the Vietnamese devils who were eating compressed biscuits desperately, Chu An threw a water bottle over to them.

Of the five Vietnamese devils, four were killed for their stubborn resistance, and the other one, after being surrounded, was tempted by the compressed biscuits and voluntarily dropped his weapon and chose to pick up the compressed biscuits.

This is a second lieutenant of the Vietnamese devils.

But now he didn't look like an officer at all.

He looked like a starving ghost, his mouth full of dry compressed biscuits.

At this moment, Chu An threw the kettle to him. He hurriedly put the biscuits in his hand into his arms, then picked up the kettle, opened it and started drinking.

After he finished eating and drinking, he looked at Chu An.

"Thank you!"

He speaks Mandarin.

Chu An was not surprised that he would say that, so he just said, "If you're not full, there's more!"

"Um"

The Vietnamese officer continued to pick up the compressed biscuits and started to eat them.

As he was chewing, suddenly, his eating movements slowed down.

Chu An squatted down in front of him, and just happened to see him with his head down and tears in his eyes.

"What? It doesn't taste good?"

"No, it's delicious!" The Vietnamese officer wiped his tears and started eating again.

But now he ate much more slowly, and this time he started talking while eating: "I used to eat these cookies a few years ago!"

"Oh?" Chu An raised his eyebrows: "Does it taste the same?"

"Yeah, exactly the same, the packaging hasn't changed!"

"Where did it come from?" Chu An asked knowingly.

The Vietnamese officer simply lowered his head sadly and said, "You gave it to me!"

At this point, the Vietnamese soldier suddenly choked up.

"Why is this happening?"

Chu An looked at him, hesitant to speak.

Why is this happening?

Don’t you have any idea?
Although the fault lies with their leaders, are they not wrong themselves?

Look at what they did and shouted at the border last year.

And now, although this Vietnamese devil looks very pitiful, he also seems to be sincerely repenting.

But Chu An knew that he was really hungry.

He was also forced into a desperate situation and was surrounded by Chu An and dozens of scouts.

He was not really repenting, he was just hungry, he just couldn't resist the temptation of food, and he was afraid of death.

Otherwise, change the location if you can't surround him.

He will definitely continue to raise the gun in his hand and continue to shoot at our army mercilessly.

Chu An didn't talk about this topic with him any more. He would feel uncomfortable if he talked too much.

After he finished eating, Chu An gave him a cigarette and then talked to him about the situation here.

This guy is very cooperative.

According to it, he was from the local armed forces.

On the 20th, they were ordered to transfer more than 200 civilians from Kou T to a nearby cave.

It was just that the higher-ups had said they would send some food every two days, but they only saw the food delivery team once on the 22nd, and since then, they haven't seen any food coming.

They had been hungry for three or four days and couldn't stand it any longer, so he took his men to check the situation!

To this day, the Vietnamese devils still don’t know that KouT has been captured.

Chu An did not hide this from him and told him directly that Kou T had been captured.

"Haha, I guessed it, but we just don't give up!"

Next, Chu An asked him some questions about the mine.

But he said he didn't know much. Chu An asked in detail and after confirming that he didn't seem to be lying, he asked someone to contact Group C to send someone to take over the affairs here.

According to the Vietnamese devils, there were more than 200 Vietnamese civilians in their cave who were starving and dizzy.

Chu An has a hard time handling this situation.

They are all civilians and cannot be killed. As for giving them food, that is even more nonsense. Although Chu An and his dozens of men brought three days' rations, if they were all given to them, what would they do next?
What's more, there are so many civilians. What should we do if they take over their own tasks?
So it’s best to let Group C come.

As for themselves, they should sleep when they should sleep and be alert when they should be alert.

In just about an hour, the second lieutenant was taken in by a platoon of soldiers from the C Regiment who had rushed over from nearby.

Afterwards, Chu An took a group of scouts and soldiers from the C Regiment to escort the second lieutenant to the cave where they were hiding.

Unfortunately, when they got there, the cave was empty.

There was only a strong stench outside the cave and more than a dozen corpses of civilians who died of starvation.

It must be the sound of gunfire from Chu An and the others that alarmed them.

But Chu An actually doesn't care about this situation.

They are all civilians of the Yue devils. If they are caught, we have to provide them with food and water. It is just right that they run away now, which saves us trouble.

As for the Vietnamese devils guarding them.

Just run away.

Now the mountains and plains are full of Vietnamese devils, so there is no shortage of these military achievements.

After saying goodbye to the soldiers of Regiment C, Chu An led his men back to where they were staying.

After waiting for nightfall, Chu An led his men to continue their march.

"Deputy Company Commander, something seems amiss. There are Vietnamese devils everywhere. I even saw some changing shifts in camouflaged holes in the jungle!"

At around eleven o'clock at night, Chu An and his men officially sneaked towards the mine from Ban Jun's side.

But when they were at least two kilometers away from the mine, they found that they could not go any further.

Through the night vision telescope, there were scattered Vietnamese sentries in the jungle ahead.

And it wasn't just here. The two squads sent out for reconnaissance on the left and right also discovered that the enemy was hiding in various places.

There were not many people, and they were scattered, and most of them were militiamen wearing civilian clothes.

But they are everywhere, and it is as difficult as climbing to the sky to sneak in under such circumstances.

"Deputy Captain, how about we capture one of them and ask about their situation? They're spread out, I'm sure I can capture them quietly!"

On the side, Ding Jianping, the former reconnaissance squad leader who retired and now serves as the squad leader of the fifth squad again, whispered suggestions to Chu An.

Chu An frowned: "No, don't alert the snake.

So, have squads one and two continue their reconnaissance, and tell them to stay away and not to expose themselves. The key is to understand the terrain and enemy situation here!"

The map in Chu An's hand was outdated. The last time the regiment issued an order, they said there was an iron mine here and simply drew a circle on the map, which was originally just a mountainous area, and then drew the road behind it with lines themselves.

The sources of this information are captured prisoners and overseas Chinese who previously defected to our country.

But in the end, this is the only way. Chu An originally wanted to infiltrate and conduct reconnaissance, but the defenses here are too tight, so he can only conduct reconnaissance first and then make other plans.

(End of this chapter)