War Military: From 1978

Chapter 228 Artillery battle, the high ground fell!
In fact, the Vietnamese devils' artillery fire was not that fierce.

They were all 82mm and 60 caliber small steel cannons.

Moreover, there are not many of them, no more than twenty in total, and most of them are small 60-caliber steel cannons.

This firepower is at most the firepower of a mortar company plus some small steel cannons gathered from the infantry company.

It fits the current situation of the Vietnamese devils.

The heavy artillery couldn't get through, so we had to carry the small artillery through the mountains and jungles.

And they certainly don't have many shells.

After Chu An and his men crossed the border, the Vietnamese devils only had a few small cannons still firing at the top position of Hill No. 1.

And now, on the contrary, Hill No. 3 and Hill No. 4, which are controlled by the Vietnamese devils, are now under heavy artillery fire and are completely covered by our army's artillery fire.

If they hadn't blown up our artillery observation post, we wouldn't have been able to fire.

The artillery battalion had already marked the coordinates of all the important locations on the front line.

Even if there is no front-line observation post to report the situation in real time, the attack can be carried out.

If they just fired like this, they wouldn't know whether anyone was hit or where the shells landed.

But none of it matters.

If the enemy attacks our position, there must be people on Hill No. 3 and Hill No. 4.

Even if there isn't, we have to scare them at least.

Standing in the jungle in the Vietnamese territory, Chu An couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable when listening to the gunfire from Pingguan Mountain.

Still fighting!
But even though Chu An couldn't see the details of the current situation with his own eyes, he could still guess it.

After the previous gathering, he also explained it to him at the command center in the car.

The Vietnamese devils disguised themselves as a consolation delegation and launched a surprise attack. Now, after the artillery fire cleared the way and mines were cleared, the Vietnamese devils on Hill No. 3 rushed down.

Being attacked from both sides, if our soldiers did not retreat from both sides but continued to fight, the losses would certainly be extremely tragic.

But Chu An knew that our army would never retreat.

Today's soldiers are too pure.

If Chu An was in command, he might be willing to fight and be punished, and would let the soldiers retreat first.

The situation is clearly irreversible, so while we have life, we will never run out of fuel.

But soldiers these days don't care about that.

As long as we are at the position, we will live and die with it until the death. This is the slogan from top to bottom in this era.

Therefore, Chu An feels very uncomfortable now.

The martyrs' tombs in front of the temporary base of Regiment C are full!

In this battle, we have to dig at least dozens or hundreds more!
"Company commander, the artillery has stopped, what should we do?" Wang Xiaohu asked Chu An softly.

"Search in groups, disperse, and remember to pay attention to distance. Unless absolutely necessary, do not approach within two kilometers of Pingguan Mountain."

Chu An gave the order in a deep voice.

The Type 82 rifle has a maximum range of only three kilometers.

This isn't some long-range firepower.

Especially now considering the height of the high ground, the Japanese mortars can only get closer.

In fact, Chu An guessed that the artillery position might be behind Hill No. 4.

But fighting a war is not about guessing.

The scout wanted accurate information.

As for not getting too close.

That’s because our army buried a lot of mines within two kilometers of Pingguan Mountain.

In three days, the Vietnamese devils definitely did not clear out the entire area. At most, they cleared out Hill No. 3 and Hill No. 4, as well as a road behind them leading to their territory.

And now, if Chu An and the others were running around.

These mines buried by our army will not refuse to explode you just because we are their own people.

Soon, the reconnaissance platoon split up.

Chu An continued to walk with Class 1 this time.

The booming sound of artillery continued for about twenty minutes before information came from the third squad that was in the front.

"Company Commander, Platoon Leader, and the others have spotted the enemy. There are some Vietnamese soldiers ambushing them on a small hillside at 11 o'clock, but the platoon leader said they didn't see any mortars there!"

"Write down the coordinates and tell them not to move!"

Chu An gave the order, and as he spoke, he took a few steps forward and came to a point where he could see the east side of Pingguanshan Hill No. 4. Hiding behind a tree, Chu An took out a telescope and looked.

He also saw people.

There are fortifications dug by the Japanese on the hillside east of Hill No. 4, and it is obvious that there are people guarding them, and there are quite a few of them.

At this moment, artillery fire is raging on the top of Hill No. 4, and artillery fire is also spreading down the mountainside behind.

This is covered by our army's artillery fire, but because of the angle of the high ground, the southern back slope of the high ground cannot be bombarded, and the two sides of the high ground are not used as artillery points. It is safe for Yuegu to hide there now.

"Give me the headphones!"

Chu An turned around, took the headphones from the communicator and contacted the artillery battalion directly.

"Cave demon, cave demon, here is the mountain eagle, here is the mountain eagle!"

"Cave demon received, cave demon received, Mountain Eagle, please speak!"

"Revision of Hill No. 4."

Our side was already firing, so Chu An didn't need to aim or measure at all.

Just direct the artillery fire and adjust the angle.

Soon, on the eastern hillside of Hill No. 4, where people could occasionally be seen walking around in the trenches, they were instantly obliterated by the artillery fire.

"Dongyao Dongyao, have Sanmen Baerpu push forward 800 meters!"

Once again, Chu An began to command.

At the same time, Chu An continued to command: "Also, let the two cannons face the coordinates XXX."

These are three rows of enemies at eleven o'clock.

Now that we have started the precision strike, there is no need to hide it anymore.

As long as the Vietnamese devils are not stupid, they will definitely know that one of our artillery commanders has entered the country.

But the current situation is that even if they knew, it would be of no use.

Their main force is still on Pingguan Mountain. There are troops at the foot of the mountain, and they must be near the artillery positions.

But Chu An and his men didn't dare to step on the mines that they hadn't cleared near Pingguan Mountain, and they were the same.

But soon, artillery fire came from the back slopes of Hill No. 3 and Hill No. 4 towards the jungle where Chu An and his group were.

This situation indicates that they also knew that Chu An and his men invaded from this side, and the reconnaissance platoon leader of the third squad reported that they were under artillery fire.

Although it didn't hit the target accurately, the shattered tree trunks and stones caused one person to be injured.

In this situation, it was obvious that the enemy on the high ground observed the movements of the third squad in the jungle, or the sentry position in front of them saw them.

"Hurry, hide, be careful of the artillery fire!"

Chu An led his men to move, while also looking for a better observation point.

But there are actually no good observation points nearby.

The best observation point is Pingguan Mountain, but now Pingguan Mountain is occupied by the Vietnamese devils.

However, in broad daylight, the trajectories of the shells fired from their positions on the top of the mountain could be directly observed, but the location of their guns was never determined.

However, even if he saw them now, Chu An had no way to get rid of them for the time being.

Generally speaking, the back of a hillside can create a blind spot for artillery shells because of the obstruction of the mountains.

This problem is more serious for heavy artillery and rocket launchers, as they have larger blind spots.

Mortars, although this problem can be avoided to a certain extent.

But to avoid this problem, the mortar must shoot at a closer distance, increase the height of the parabola, and sacrifice attack distance in exchange for attack angle.

But now the No. 2 and No. 1 positions of Pingguan Mountain have been captured by the Vietnamese devils.

If our army's mortars want to hit the back slopes of Hill No. 3 and Hill No. 4, we have to move the mortars to the bottom of Hill No. 1 and fire under the enemy's nose.

is it possible?

But at this moment
"Whoa!"

The rocket broke through the air.

At the scene, Chu An and the soldiers in the next group looked a little pale.

Because the rockets landed on the north slope and the top of the mountain of Position No. 1.

This was originally our army's position.

But now, rocket launchers are actually fired like this.

"Company Commander!" Wang Xiaohu clenched his fists and his voice trembled a little.

(End of this chapter)