Chapter 1203: Fattening the Body (Second update, please subscribe)
The war further expanded this afternoon.
Of course, the war cannot be limited to the dense tropical rain forests of Laos. After all, this is a company with hundreds of people trapped in a tight siege.
For the Nanyang Army, this is something that has never happened before!
The last time they were surrounded was in Bastogne! They were surrounded by the ace troops of the German army. Now that they were here, they were hunting geese all day long, but they were pecked in the eye by the geese, and they were actually surrounded by a group of local monkeys.
Although this is true, this is the uncertainty of rainforest operations. Dense rainforests are the best concealment. The reason why "defoliants" were developed back then was to help the US military clear out Japanese Japs in the rainforests.
However, it is too late to use "defoliant" now. You can't just spray it on your head.
A company is trapped in a tight siege.
Such a major event will naturally be reported to Chang'an as soon as possible.
In the "Da Ming Palace", Li Yian, who had just finished lunch, was listening to the military's report. After briefly understanding the situation and learning about the military's rescue plan, he frowned , after thinking for a moment, he said:
"Have you confirmed that they are troops from Hanoi?"
The Ho Chi Minh Trail!
It must be this famous trail.
Last May, after receiving the promise of full support from Big Sister, Hanoi decided to open up a transportation road to the south. This is a secret supply line called the "Ho Chi Minh Trail" by the Americans. Saigon calls it the "Central Corridor", a "strategic road" to support the south. Military personnel sent by the north and arms and supplies from the outside world to support the south were delivered to the war-torn south through this trail, relying on people's backs, shoulders, ox carts, and bicycles.
In the next dozen years, more than one million northern officers and soldiers arrived in the south through this rainforest trail. In the end, it was they who plunged the US military into a quagmire and was bleeding to the point of near collapse. What was the cost?
Nearly a million people were killed or injured on this "strategic road."
Unfortunately, this time a Nanyang army encountered these tough guys - these tough guys were all elites in the north, even elites who had received military training in big countries, but they happened to encounter them. ...
"They will definitely not admit it, but it must be them. Unless Hanoi, it is impossible for so many troops to emerge, and the intelligence we obtained from the corpses left by the enemy can tell that they They are all Vietnamese."
Listening to the report, Li Yi'an frowned. After thinking for a moment, he said:
"The military is responsible for the rescue plan. Remember, we have only one principle - We will never abandon any Nanyang warriors, and we will never give up on them! It is our responsibility to bring them back safely!
In short, take all necessary measures and invest all the energy you can! "
Now, Li Yi'an finally understands what "man-made money is dead". Good guy, because of Tsuji Masanobu's treasure map, the troops were trapped in enemy territory. This is not a good thing. Li Nian has no interest at all in the quagmire of Saigon, so he will never allow Nanyang to fall into that quagmire.
But Nanyang will never suffer. No matter what, it must give Hanoi a chance. A profound lesson, let them understand one thing - next time they see the Nanyang Army, they must learn to walk around
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12 hours! >
What will happen in 12 hours?
Night fell, and when the curtain enveloped the rainforest, the gunfire seemed to stop.
Although the Ninth Company was trapped in a tight siege, the helicopter that made a forced landing a few hours ago still brought supplies to them. Although one helicopter was lost, it was not without ammunition.
The most important thing is that on the hilltop six kilometers away, the reinforcements set up a fire support base. In the past few hours, relying on the fierce artillery fire of the reinforcements, the 9th Company fired many times Repulsed the enemy's attack.
In the dark night, the soldiers lying on the ground chatted softly, talking about popular stars, songs, and of course their favorite stars and football matches.
It seemed like it was a peaceful night, but the night wind brought waves of rotting stench, which was the smell of corpses and the smell of feces - the smell of feces from broken intestines. .
In contrast, there is almost no smell of gunpowder smoke. In fact, this is the battlefield - there is only the smell of corpses and feces.
“Platoon leader, it’s too quiet!”
Climbing to the platoon leader’s side, Li Feng said:
“There seems to be something wrong.”
Nodding, Song Siyi picked up the microphone and whispered:
"Owl, owl, fire flares at C511! Repeat..."
After a moment, several weak explosions sounded in the air , "Boom..." The rain forest suddenly became like daylight. With the light of the flare, Li Feng also raised his rifle.
"Enemy attack!"
Almost the moment white light shone in the sky, Li Feng saw moving figures in the rain forest, not the dozens of figures in the past, but... Countless!
Gunshots suddenly rang out in the trenches. Light and heavy machine guns spit out foot-long muzzle flashes, and gunshots and howls rang out together.
"Communications Corps, immediately direct artillery to cover area C511 and fire!"
The moment the flares illuminated the rainforest, the militants immediately quickened their pace, and they used their bodies to meet the flying missiles. The bullet howled like a wild beast and rushed towards the enemy.
"Boom! Boom!..."
With the whistling sound in the air, the continuous shells fell and exploded violently in the dense rain forest. After the explosion, the fragments flying in all directions were like sharp Like a bayonet, it tore apart the living flesh and blood, and even the wood fragments became sharp weapons for killing people. The bullets spit out from the AR15 assault rifle rushed into the bodies of the militants who were desperately charging. , but those people turned a blind eye to the explosions around them and the bullets in front of them, and still howled and rushed over,
Artillery fire, heavy artillery fire.
Now a wall of fire has formed in front of the soldiers. These are artillery shells fired from the fire base - the RT-61 rifled mortar imported from France, which has become an airborne weapon because of its long range and high power. The main artillery piece of the cavalry brigade - this is because it is the only artillery piece that can be lifted by helicopter.
It weighs less than 600 kilograms, but the maximum range when launching grenades is 8,135 meters, and when using rocket extended range bombs, it reaches 13,000 meters, plus a maximum rate of fire of 20 rounds per minute and a bomb weight of 18.7 kilograms Heavy artillery shells, this kind of mortar with a long range that is no worse than the 105mm howitzer, became the favorite of the air cavalry as soon as it was equipped with the Nanyang military.
Although there were only six RT-61 rifled mortars in the fire base, in a short period of time, with its amazing rate of fire, it immediately built an insurmountable wall of fire in the rain forest.
For a time, the battlefield was filled with flesh and blood.
That night, the artillery continued to use artillery shells to build a barrage curtain wall for them in front of the Ninth Company's defense line, and it never stopped all night long. Although armed helicopters and butcher birds can cause heavy damage to the enemy, for the front line , what can protect them day and night continuously is our own artillery. Although helicopters cannot transport heavy artillery, they rely on the powerful firepower of the RT-61 rifled mortar. The Ninth Company still held firm in the siege of superior enemy forces.
It was also from this day on that an additional "firebase" was added to the tactics of the Nanyang Army. Tactics, inadvertently, the Nanyang military explored a new type of helicopter and ground combat tactics.
It is to use air superiority, especially the advantage of helicopters to take off and land anywhere, to open a fire base behind the enemy, use violent artillery attacks to suppress the enemy, turn offensive operations into positional warfare, and give full play to firepower and air superiority .
When the sun rose the next morning, in the rainforest in front of the Jiulian Company, there were blown-up trees everywhere, and more of them were corpses, one after another, like broken pieces. Scattered in the rainforest like flesh.
After a night of fierce fighting, the air here is even more smelly!
This place is no longer a slaughterhouse, but a composting ground, with bodies as piles and human beings as fertilizer.
......
"With such heavy casualties, they should have stopped..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a "chirp" whistled overhead.
"It's broken, the mortar shell!"
The thought flashed through...
"Bang, bang, bang..."
It suddenly became a problem near the river valley. Sea of fire.
Zhao Gang shook his buzzing head, squinted his eyes and looked around: the brothers were still fighting back, and his comrades were still shouting, but he could only hear his own "ping ping" heartbeat.
A stone the size of a fist hit his head hard from the sky, making a muffled sound on the helmet.
Picking up the sniper rifle in his hand, Zhao Gang looked into the distance - where are the Vietnamese mortars?
The explosion is a bit like a 60 force, which means that the enemy is definitely not far away.
Suddenly, there was a flash of fire deep in the rainforest, and mortar shells came crashing down with a whistling sound of "chirp".
“Fuck.”
After escaping this round of shelling, Zhao Gang observed for a while, then took up his sniper rifle, closed his left eye and took a look, then switched to his right eye to confirm again...
"700 meters, This distance is really not close, it’s great, grandma, I really think my gun is a fire stick!”
Although Nanyang’s weapons are approaching NATO, and the ammunition has been changed to 7.62 NATO caliber, However, sniper rifles still use 7.92mm. A few years ago, Nanyang Defense Company developed a special sniper bullet for it. The warhead mass is 13.6 grams, and the cartridge case is filled with 3.8 grams of double-base propellant smokeless powder, making it The effective firing rate far exceeds that of NATO bombs, and the terminal kinetic energy at 1,000 meters is nearly 2 times higher than that of 7.62 NATO bombs. Because of its excellent performance, it has been used by the military as a sniper bullet.
Adjusted the scope, raised the gun and aimed it for a while...then pulled the trigger.
The moment the gunfire fell, an armed artilleryman who was holding a cannonball and was about to load it suddenly froze, and fell straight to the ground. The reserve gunner hurriedly ran over to pick up the shells and was about to turn around.
With a "boo" sound, a bullet streaked through the rain forest. Although it missed, it hit the pile of artillery shells hard...
"Boom, boom..."
Huge ground The explosion flooded the artillery position, and the explosion caused by the explosion of the artillery shell even caused an even more violent explosion. Not only were the mortar crews killed and injured, but even Wu Wenming and others who had just arrived at the front were also affected.
“What’s going on?”
Wu Wenming got up from the ground in disgrace.
"Captain, maybe their shells hit our shells, causing the explosion."
Staff Li supported him.
"Artillery..."
"Yes." Staff Officer Li replied. He pointed to the top of the mountain a few kilometers away and said:
"Commander, the Nanyang people are there. A position was set up on the top of the mountain and artillery was deployed. They have been bombarding us with artillery..."
Suddenly, his left eye exploded with a "pop", and a piece of red and white flew out immediately, and his head was completely broken like a ripe watermelon...
"Captain! "The guard quickly pushed the leader to the ground.
"Why are you panicking? It's just a sniper, what's the big deal!"
He calmly raised his binoculars and looked towards the top of the mountain, only to see several helicopters coming from there. Taking off and landing, at the same time, the top of the mountain was filled with smoke again.
The scene in front of him made Wu Wenming feel an ominous feeling in his heart. He suddenly realized that what he encountered this time was not just hard bones, but also the kind that were armed to the teeth. Hard bones.
Will they send a large number of people and materials over by helicopter? In contrast, the supplies he carries here are limited.
“What a tough group of guys to deal with!”
Thinking of this, Wu Wenming racked his brains to recall the tactics taught by his teachers during training in Guangxi Province.
Damn it, no one can deal with the helicopter soldiers...
(End of this chapter)