50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 388: Bad Idea

The main focus of the first phase was Laojie, while the main focus of the second phase was Liangshan.

Liangshan is located 130 kilometers north of Thang Long Province. To its north are the northern mountains with rolling hills and dense forests, and to its south are the northern plains with crisscrossing rice paddies and a dense network of waterways.

Once you cross Liangshan, the land to the south is flat and undefended, making Liangshan the northern gateway to Thang Long Prefecture.

The second phase's objective was to seize the Liangshan military stronghold and threaten Thang Long Prefecture.

From beginning to end, our ultimate goal has always been negotiation, because our main task has been determined: to do our utmost to promote economic development.

However, economic development must be based on national security. Without a secure environment, economic development cannot begin.

Therefore, this battle must be fought, to break the ice and prevent a hundred more blows.

A week has passed since the first phase of the battle ended on the 26th, and the army has successfully occupied Liangshan.

On March 5th, an order came from Beijing that the expected objectives of the operation had been achieved, and the participating troops would begin to withdraw from that day. Sun Zhiwei was also on the withdrawal list.

Since entering Annam on February 13, he has not only successfully completed his assigned mission in 20 days, but also provided the troops with 10 days of precise intelligence support.

It can now be said that the mission has been accomplished.

Later on, there were no more large-scale wars of this scale; instead, there were more small-scale local battles and responses to harassment.

Compared to the major battles of the past, intelligence support will be less important in smaller conflicts in the future.

Therefore, after receiving the evacuation order, Sun Zhiwei began to pack up the basement where he had lived for ten days.

Remove what needs to be removed, and fill in what needs to be filled in. Try not to reveal that your intelligence gathering capabilities come from underground.

On the morning of the 5th, Sun Zhiwei disguised himself as an Annamite scout and drove an empty truck northward.

Along the way, he kept seeing scattered, disorganized groups of routed soldiers, looking particularly miserable, fleeing from the north to the south.

Throughout history, defeated soldiers have always been the most dangerous, and Sun Zhiwei encountered defeated soldiers who tried to hijack his car seven or eight times along the way.

In such situations, he always acted swiftly and decisively, killing one by one until the nearby fleeing soldiers scattered again and dared not linger.

He didn't waste the corpses of these fleeing soldiers. After the surviving soldiers scattered, he collected all the corpses and used them to fill the space.

When he drove to the vicinity of Liangshan, there was not a single Annamese soldier to be seen on the road.

To prevent accidental injuries, he changed into his military uniform in the car, then loaded all 1009 sets of aircraft parts and the unused timed grenades into the vehicle before continuing northward.

Before he even entered Liangshan territory, he was surrounded by soldiers who were fully armed and lying in ambush around the road.

"Stop the car, stop the car." Perhaps it was because they saw his military uniform that the soldiers didn't fire immediately.

Sun Zhiwei dared not put on airs at this moment, and obediently raised his hand and stepped out of the driver's seat.

These soldiers have just experienced a major battle, and their nerves are still on edge.

If his actions were inappropriate and the soldiers suspected something was amiss, they might shoot him dead with a burst of bullets, which would be a great injustice.

“I am one of our own. I am ordered to transport spoils of war back home. This is my identification.”

A soldier glanced at his identification but didn't return it. Instead, he quickly ran to the side and met an officer.

"Company commander, that guy says he's one of us. Look, here's his identification."

The company commander followed the soldier closer and asked in confusion, "Why are you, a diplomat, here transporting the spoils of war?"

Sun Zhiwei didn't answer, he just smiled. There was no need to explain to these frontline soldiers, and they weren't suited to listen to matters concerning the intelligence departments.

"What's loaded on the truck?" the company commander asked as he walked toward the truck bed.

"Aircraft parts and unused time bombs." "Click, click-click," upon hearing that there were bombs, many soldiers pointed their guns at Sun Zhiwei.

"Stop!" The company commander quickly stopped them. "What are you all shouting about? Put your guns down."

The company commander leaped onto the truck bed and retrieved an L-shaped device from the pile of parts.

"Is this an aircraft part?"

"Yes, this is an pitot tube, just taken off an enemy plane."

The soldiers nearby were surprised when they heard this: "Torn off an enemy plane?"

"Company commander, no wonder we haven't seen many planes after fighting for so many days. It turns out they were taken care of by our comrades behind enemy lines."

The company commander understood, and he quickly got off the truck bed and said warmly to Sun Zhiwei, "Thanks to you, our ground troops have reduced casualties."

"That's right. You fight directly on the front lines, while we sabotage behind enemy lines to support you. We each have our own responsibilities."

"Haha, well said." The company commander was very pleased to hear him say that.

Tank drivers have always looked down on infantrymen, and airplane pilots have always looked down on tank soldiers.

This time, Sun Zhiwei managed to shoot down the enemy's plane and even praised their infantry. How could everyone not feel happy about that?

"Company Commander, my mission is very urgent, can I go now?"

"Okay, I'll report your situation to my superiors. You can just drive back."

After saying that, the company commander threw the pneumatic tube back into the truck bed and said goodbye to Sun Zhiwei.

"Remember to take the main road, not the side paths. There are still some scattered enemies who have gone into the woods and haven't been completely wiped out."

"Understood, thank you, Company Commander, goodbye."

"Goodbye."

After saying goodbye to the soldiers, Sun Zhiwei sped up and headed north.

Perhaps the company commander's report had an effect, because afterwards, no one blocked their way when they encountered their own soldiers.

Upon entering Liangshan City, he noticed that there were many more engineers there, who were installing explosives on the load-bearing parts of various large buildings.

Many of the buildings, roads, and even the roadside flowers, trees, and shrubs here were built by us when we helped Annam.

Unfortunately, they are ungrateful and dare to invade our borders.

Therefore, we must give them a crushing defeat in this battle.

Now, orders have been given to withdraw our aid, and large quantities of supplies located in the major northern town have begun to be moved back via the highway.
If there was too much to move, it was destroyed on the spot. Meanwhile, the engineers began to place explosives on various buildings in preparation for blowing them up.

Since we were the ones who provided aid for these projects, now that the two families have fallen out, we should naturally hold each other accountable for our past contributions.

As he was thinking this, an explosion occurred in a large house not far away.

Perhaps the engineers used too little explosives, because the large house did not collapse after the explosion.

He noticed that the sappers didn't replenish the pack of explosives; instead, they just left it there unattended.

After thinking about it, he realized that their method of blowing up the small houses directly and only destroying the beams and load-bearing columns of the large houses was intentional.

Since the load-bearing column was definitely damaged inside after the explosion, the enemy could not only no longer use it, but also had to spend money and manpower to dismantle it, which would only weaken the enemy.

The person who came up with this terrible idea is a genius.

(End of this chapter)