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Chapter 365 Let the monkeys regress to the agricultural society era
Inside the sturdy command post.

"What, missiles?" Upon receiving this news, Li Deying was stunned. "Aren't you going too far? We've been fighting for all these years and it's only been at the tactical level. And you're actually using strategic weapons?"
and many more!

Something is wrong!

"If it's a missile, why didn't our radar detect it?"

Even if the SAM-2 missiles that the monkeys have and the HQ-2 missiles they obtained from the north can't intercept ballistic missiles, they can at least detect them in advance!

"What? A missile flying close to the ground? What is that?"

After hanging up the phone, Li Deying was still a little confused. He really didn't know what was coming, but... since this was the opponent's trump card, there was no need to be afraid!
"Immediately issue the order: all troops and militia behind the front lines, upon spotting any aerial target, immediately open fire and shoot it down!"

Cruise missiles rely on stealth. They fly at extremely low altitudes and cannot be detected by radar. However, once detected, they can be shot down, as they are similar to a slow-moving small plane.

However, the prerequisite is discovery!

These missiles were visually detected as they broke through the enemy's defensive lines, but once they passed the positions, they immediately dispersed and flew toward their respective targets, which the Vietnamese could not see!
Below were lush green rice paddies where some women were working. When they heard a noise overhead, several women immediately straightened up and looked up at the sky with sharp eyes.

Soon, a woman spotted the target.

"Three o'clock!"

It's quite unusual to hear professional military terminology coming from the mouth of a woman working in the fields! Back then, American soldiers here would often fall into this trap. They would greet the farm woman, but as soon as they got close, she would pull out a Type 56 rifle from the field she was working in.

Same now!
The women quickly took out Type 56 rifles from the rice paddies, casually flicked the mud off the muzzles a couple of times, pointed them at the sky, and pulled the triggers.

Da da da……

The gunshot rang out, and the missile flew away!
Even when firing horizontally, you need to adjust the sights and aim at the target's chest. In reality, the muzzle is aimed at the target's head. After the bullet flies out, it will bend towards the ground under the influence of gravity and hit the target's chest!

When fired horizontally, the trajectory curvature isn't too bad. But if you fire it into the air, the bullet will fly out in a parabola with a very large curvature!
Therefore, air defense weapons require specialized aiming devices to predict the glide path of bullets in advance.

In later generations, cruise missiles were rarely hit by automatic rifles; most of the results came from small-caliber automatic anti-aircraft guns, short-range air defense missiles, or even shoulder-fired missiles.

As the missile flew by, the women became anxious and started shouting incoherently.

A few kilometers away, at the entrance of the village, there are several rows of bungalows.

On the surface, the bungalows here look no different from ordinary houses. However, there are soldiers with guns guarding the entrance. At this moment, these soldiers are also holding their guns and aiming at the missile. With a series of rattling sounds, the missile flies over their heads and heads toward the bungalows behind.

"No!" the commander shouted.

boom!
An explosion rang out, and the house in the center of the bungalow was immediately blown away.

Boom, boom boom!

Then, as if in a chain reaction, the row of houses began to explode continuously, with thick smoke billowing into the air.

This is an ammunition depot!
The monkeys are supporting the large quantity of ammunition stored at the front lines!

The flames spread rapidly, and several flying bullets splashed behind them.

Boom, boom boom!

The ammunition depot in the second row of bungalows also exploded, followed by the third row...

The guards were blown into the air, and the peasant woman in the distance watched in stunned silence.

Nearby, nestled among the trees, a kilometer-long running track is partially visible.

Back then, the monkeys and Americans played aerial guerrilla warfare, relying on this tactic: dispersed fighter deployments, taking off from bases in the woods at any time, engaging in combat, and then retreating! Even the outdated MiG-21 could shoot down the advanced F-4 with its cannons.

Right now, air raid sirens are sounding inside the base.

One by one, fighter jets slid out of the hangar in the woods and onto the runway. The MiG-21 is still the main fighter jet of the monkeys. It may be a bit of a stretch to deal with the powerful Eastern Air Force, but it can still be useful for intercepting missiles, right?
Near the runway, an air defense radar was spinning at a speed of six revolutions per minute. Even though smoke was rising in the distance, the air defense radar still did not detect anything. Next to it, several missile soldiers were wearing chemical protective suits and gas masks, refueling the missiles.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, the missile soldier who was refueling looked up and gazed into the distance.

A missile flew by, almost skimming the treetops!
"Oh, damn it, missiles, quick, missiles!"

"What?" The person next to him was puzzled, and then... seeing the liquid from the pipe in the missile soldier's hand spraying around, he was instantly terrified: "Damn it, what are you doing!"

The liquid spilled onto the ground, where smoke began to rise; it also landed on the chemical protective suit, causing the rubber suit to show signs of corrosion…

The next moment, the missile soldier who had caused the chaos simply threw the pipe in his hand to the ground and ran away!

He couldn't run with a gas mask on, so in an attempt to increase his running speed, he actually took off the gas mask. The next moment, he felt short of breath and his lungs hurt...

Just as he fell to the ground, boom!
There was an explosion.

The missile, specifically designed to destroy air force bases, exploded!

Everyone was stunned.

The missile didn't land; it exploded in the sky. There was no fire, no smoke, only...

Countless small balls flew out of the missile and scattered in all directions, like a shower of flowers from a fairy maiden...

This thing...

Most of the monkey soldiers had never seen anything like it before, while a few looked grim: "Damn it, cluster bombs!"

As they were talking, some small balls had already landed on the ground.

Boom, boom!
Explosions erupted everywhere!
A small ball landed on the MiG-21 that was preparing for takeoff, and with the explosion, the aircraft immediately burst into flames!
Boom, boom!
The explosions are still going on!
On the anti-aircraft missile site, countless people were running, fuel was still flowing and evaporating, and several missile soldiers wearing chemical protective suits had already fallen on the spot, their bodies corroded, the scene was too gruesome to bear...

boom!
A small ball landed on the fuel truck, and the next moment, the entire truck burst into flames! The flames roared, and the nearby woods quickly followed suit...

The entire air force base has been completely rendered combat ineffective!

Everywhere there were explosions and flames, and everywhere there was billowing black smoke.

A monkey jumped down from a tree and ran outside. After running a few steps, it saw a shiny little ball next to it. Without thinking, it raised its foot.

boom!
He intended to kick the ball away, but unexpectedly, it exploded! His entire leg was blown off, and he screamed and howled in agony…

Cluster bombs, also known as submunitions, are area-effect weapons. They can explode in clusters, like a shower of flowers, to kill targets, but some of the submunitions will not explode.

Fuse malfunction, falling location issues, etc., these unexploded parts are the essence of cluster bombs. This area will become a minefield, and anyone who wants to enter will face the constant threat of death!
At this point, the monkeys had not yet seen it, but blood and death would teach them that the powerful East was not something they could mess with!
Back at headquarters, inside the fortified command post, the phone rang incessantly, bringing one piece of bad news after another.

"So far, we haven't intercepted a single missile, and instead lost three ammunition depots, two air defense positions, and an air force base!"

As Li Deying watched the signs representing damage being added to the map, his heart bled.

Those were supplies and provisions they had been transporting over the past few months. Now, with these being bombed one after another, their chances of success in their next defensive operation are becoming increasingly slim!
"Hmph, this just proves that the Easterners are afraid of us!" The man in the main seat said firmly, "They want to launch a large-scale counterattack against us, but they dare not deploy ground troops, or even their air force. They only dare to use some missiles. These missiles are nothing. We have been bombed for so many years, and we still drove the Americans away..."

Click!

As they were speaking, the light bulb above their heads went out, plunging the entire command post into darkness.

Fortunately, they were all well-trained, and even when the lights went out, no one panicked. A few seconds later, someone turned on a flashlight.

"what happened?"

"Power outage? Start the generator!"

Command centers of this level definitely have their own generators and usually use electricity supplied from outside. After all, thermal power plants are more economical, while fuel-powered generators consume precious fuel, which Yuehou is reluctant to use in normal times.

A minute later, with a buzzing sound, the power supply was restored. Li Deying picked up the phone: "Hello, connect me to the Mong Cai Power Plant!"

Back when Vietnam was at war with the United States, the East provided money and equipment, helping Vietnam a great deal. In northern Vietnam, power plants, military factories, mines, railways, and so on were all built with East's help. Sixty percent of Vietnam's electricity depends on East's assistance.

Who would have thought that Yuehou would turn his gun on his former benefactor?

Therefore, after the self-defense counterattack in 79, during the withdrawal, almost all the buildings we helped build along the way were blown up. There were a few exceptions, such as a certain factory that avoided disaster because it had a portrait of the great man hanging on it.

Currently, Vietnam's main power supply comes from the south, and this command center relies on the power supply provided by the Mong Cai power plant in the south.

"Hello, hello, is this the Mong Cai Power Plant?"

There was still no response on the phone, and Li Deying's expression grew increasingly grim.

Could it be... that something happened at the Mong Cai power plant as well?

"Report!" Just then, someone ran in: "We just received a telegram that the Mong Cai power plant has been hit by a missile, and the entire plant is on fire..."

"What? That's impossible. Aren't the attacks all coming from the north?"

So far, the reports of attacks they have received have all been in the north, about 300 kilometers inland from the front lines. But now, in what they consider to be their safe rear area, in the south, they have also been attacked.
The industrial base in the north of Vietnam was destroyed, and there was still some in the south, or rather, only the southern part remained, barely surviving. Now, the southern part has also been attacked...

"Impossible, impossible!" The person in the main seat stood up: "The Mong Cai power plant is more than a thousand kilometers away from the front line of fire. How did they manage that? Their missiles can't fly that far!"

Currently, information is being compiled, and intelligence suggests that the missile used by the Easterners is likely a modified version of the C801, which proved its prowess in naval warfare. The fact that the Easterners have improved this missile, which has a range of tens of kilometers, to three hundred kilometers is already quite remarkable.

To say it could fly even further, even thousands of kilometers... the Yue monkeys absolutely refused to believe it! It was beyond their comprehension!

This is not a ballistic missile, it's just a regular cruise missile. Even if it flies this far, the error would be very large. How could it possibly hit the target accurately?

The roar of the generator filled them with a sense of pride, but at that moment, Li Deying's mind was blank. If the entire Vietnamese territory was no longer safe, then...

and many more!

"Our Peace Hydropower Station! Damn it, contact them quickly and see how things are going!"

The terrain of Yuehou is complex. To put it simply, it is a landscape of mountains and rivers, with countless mountains and a great many rivers!

Among them, there are two main rivers. One is the Yuanjiang River, which originates in China and is called the Red River after flowing into Vietnam because there are many red sandstone and shale formations in its basin, which makes the river water appear red. The other is the Mekong River, as you can see from the movie Operation Mekong.

People live off the land and water; Yuehou has had hydroelectric power stations for a long time, but they were all small in scale.

Vietnam is rich in water resources, with an average total water resource volume of up to 9300 billion cubic meters. Moreover, there is a rainy season every year, during which the river water swells dramatically.

On the one hand, hydroelectric power stations can generate electricity, and on the other hand, they can also store floodwater. Therefore, in the late 1970s, with the help of the Russians, Vietnam began to build the Hoa Binh Hydroelectric Power Station, 125 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City.

This is one of the key power stations in central Vietnam, responsible for supplying electricity to the two major cities of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. It can also store floodwater during floods to ensure the safety of the capital.

As for power generation capacity, the planned annual output is eight billion kilowatt-hours, enough to make it the largest hydroelectric power station in Southeast Asia. It can be said that this is the most important water conservancy project for Vietnam, as it is crucial to their economic development!

Now, will the Easterners take action against their largest hydroelectric power station?
Of course! This operation aims to completely destroy the monkeys' war potential and force them to regress to the most primitive agricultural society!

Later generations of Lang Tuo kept shouting about taking revenge on the squid, but in reality, they didn't dare to attack high-value targets. They even had to consult with the other side before attacking. If they really made up their minds to take action, then a single wave of attacks on the squid's power plants, military factories, etc., would have made the squid suffer greatly!
Now that we're going to do it, we have to do it decisively and efficiently!
Two CJ-10 cruise missiles have already reached the middle of the monkey. This long and narrow country has almost no strategic depth. It only takes a few dozen kilometers to fly from the sea to the land to reach its destination.

Ahead, a turbulent river appeared.

To date, the Heping Hydropower Station is still not completed, and even the dam is not fully closed; only a portion of the river has been blocked off from both sides toward the center.

Having received advance warning that the Easterners were about to take action, the Russians working on the construction site had all gone back for vacation, leaving only the local monkeys to continue working. Heavy trucks were advancing along the roads cleared on both sides, transporting various supplies to the center of the river.

On a Kamaz truck, the monkey driver carefully reversed onto the dam. At this time, the driver's side door had been opened. He held onto the door frame with one hand, turned the steering wheel with the other, stepped on the accelerator with one foot, and put the other foot on the pedal outside the door. This action allowed him to lean out to observe the situation behind him, which is the most classic way for an experienced driver to reverse.

Those who can drive like this are all experienced and skilled drivers. Now, with his diesel heavy truck, he doesn't actually need to do this anymore. The engine has plenty of power, and the side mirrors are wide. However, the driving habits formed in the early days are impossible to change.

The engine roared as the car slowly reversed. He needed to back up to the working surface of the dam and unload the large stones directly into the river.

This job is dangerous. If you dump the stones too early, you won't be able to get into the river. If you dump them too late, not only will the stones go into the river, but your truck will also have to go in. If it gets to that point, you can just jump out of the truck.

Fifty meters, ten meters, five meters...

Seeing that the car was about to stop, he quickly climbed into the car, pressed the clutch with his left foot and the brake with his right foot. Just then, as if he had a premonition, he looked up and gazed into the distance.

Downstream, two bright spots flew in. The two bright spots rapidly expanded and soon turned into two... missiles?
It's long and narrow, with short wings in the middle and four cross-shaped tail fins at the rear. This thing looks just like a small airplane!
Upon seeing this thing, the monkey driver felt a chill run down his spine. He opened the tipper while shifting into drive, and before the tipper was fully raised, he floored the accelerator. He wanted to get away from this dangerous place as quickly as possible; it was an instinctive reaction to the crisis!
The cargo that wasn't unloaded into the river was instead left behind the truck, creating a small hill. With the accelerator floored, the truck began to accelerate, and accelerate some more!
Unfortunately, how can a car outrun a missile!

The missile had already flown over when it was still dozens of meters from the riverbank. At this moment, the anti-aircraft artillery positions on both sides of the riverbank also noticed the situation on the river. Countless people shouted and quickly turned the barrels of the anti-aircraft guns over. The loaders were also loading shells at a fast pace, but they still couldn't catch up!
The two missiles separated and slammed into the two dams on either side of the river!

The semi-armor-piercing warhead pierced deep into the dam, and just as it was about to emerge, the explosives inside ignited.

boom!
In an instant, the mountains collapsed and the earth shook violently. Countless rocks flew into the sky, and the dam, like gravel, began to disintegrate under the impact of the river!
Years of hard work, all wasted in this moment!

The truck also flew into the sky. The monkey driver jumped out of the truck and into the water, swimming vigorously. When he swam ashore, the dam behind him had completely disappeared.

It feels so good to be alive!

(End of this chapter)