Chapter 284 Everyone has their own tricks

Taking into account the limitations in personnel and material supply, it is impossible for the coalition forces to build large-scale fortifications on the mountains like those in the north. Although the South Vietnamese army has an advantage in strength, they are worried about the counterattack that may be launched at any time from the north and are unwilling to move large fortifications.

The troops continued to fight in the dense forests of the mountains near the sea, and still only sent small groups of troops to fight in circles on the mountains with the coalition forces, trying to seize the commanding heights of the two mountains.

In the past few days as the special operations company moved south, the frequency of contact battles on the two mountain tops became increasingly high, and the "advanced" weapons used by the coalition forces did not have much advantage in this kind of jungle combat.

Casualties have begun to appear continuously.

Weapons such as flintlock guns are indeed extremely lethal on the frontal battlefield, but in a jungle combat environment, the combat effectiveness gap with cold weapons is greatly narrowed, and it is even far inferior to reloading in short distances.

Rapid crossbow weapons. In addition, the environment in the mountains and forests is inconvenient for the musketeers to form a formation to fight, and the use of tactics is also greatly restricted, which greatly reduces the combat advantage of the coalition forces.

In recent battles, the battle damage ratio between the two sides has been brought close to the level of one to five. Although it seems that this battle damage ratio still favors the coalition, the command does not think so. The Military and Police Department is

The investment in each Hai Han militiaman is far beyond that of the South Vietnamese army. Five South Vietnamese soldiers tied together are not worth the flintlock rifle in the hands of Hai Han militiamen, let alone the other human, material and financial resources required to train a qualified militia.

It's worth it. And compared with the previous battles where there were almost no battle losses, the current battle loss ratio is really nothing to be thankful for.

Fortunately, there is also a group of time-travelers with black technology in the coalition forces. At this time, several members of the North American gang finally waited for the opportunity to freely display their combat effectiveness. These guys who use automatic weapons are simply killers for the South Vietnamese army, no matter it is

Whether as an individual soldier or in a team, as long as you encounter these few people, you will basically be completely wiped out without the ability to fight back. Most of the time, you will not even know where your opponent is hiding and what weapons he is using until you die.

It was the brave fighting of these North American gang members that kept the commanding heights on the top of the mountain from being taken away by South Vietnam. However, this situation certainly cannot be maintained for a long time. Although the North American gang can fight, they are still human beings after all, and it also takes time.

Come for rest.

At this juncture, the special operations company that had achieved a great victory in the south finally returned. After Qian Tiandun heard about the recent battle, he immediately asked Yan Chujie to fight and let the special operations company take over the battlefield on the top of the mountain. Compared with ordinary

Haihan Militia, Qian Tiandun has full confidence in his subordinates. Since the formation of this company, its training content and combat direction have been in the mountains and jungles. Its ability to fight in the forests and wild fields is definitely much better than those sent from the base camp.

of militia.

Starting from the second day, the special operations company took over the fighting areas on the two mountain tops. Qian Tiandun did not disappoint the command. On the first day, he wiped out two South Vietnamese teams with a total of more than 40 people, leaving only two of his own.

No one was injured slightly, and this result was enough to make the colleagues in the military and police department affiliated with the base camp feel jealous.

The special operations company's raiding campaign also began to show results a few days later. Since supplies and transportation in the south were heavily damaged and supplies could not keep up for several days, the South Vietnamese Army had no choice but to reduce the supply of individual soldiers.

To alleviate supply difficulties, the South Vietnamese army could no longer maintain the frequency of daily attacks, and the two sides entered a subtle confrontation.

The coalition forces were concerned about possible casualties and were unwilling to take the initiative to leave their defensive positions to attack. However, due to insufficient supplies, the South Vietnamese Army was unwilling to use troops with seriously reduced combat effectiveness to attack the coalition positions. The headquarters was not in a hurry at all, as long as it maintained

Given the current situation, the opponent must be much more anxious than our own side - tens of thousands of people in South Vietnam are constantly consuming supplies every day, and the requirements are at least ten times that of the coalition positions. This is true regardless of whether there is a fight or not.

If it drags on for a day, the supply pressure on the South Vietnamese Army will increase. If the situation persists after ten or eight days, then just send another fleet south to cause trouble for the opponent.

Faced with this confrontation, the only person who is still dissatisfied may be Zheng Bai. Why did the Hai Han people provide such large-scale military assistance to themselves? Zheng Bai, as a middle-level and high-level leader of the North Vietnamese Army, knows very well. This is Thang Long Palace.

They were obtained in exchange for agreeing to various harsh conditions of the Haihan soldiers. From the moment these Haihan soldiers arrived at Yong'an Port, all the expenses for food, accommodation and materials were recorded on the North Vietnamese. And when they entered the current coalition position

After that, according to the contract between the two parties, it was considered to be in combat mode. The daily military expenditure for these thousands of people was much higher than that of the North Vietnamese Army's own army, not to mention that all the ammunition consumed was calculated at sky-high prices.

Zheng Bai initially had doubts about the combat effectiveness of the Haihan Army and was worried that they would not be able to hold the planned coastal positions. However, after fighting a few battles, Zheng Bai's worries slowly changed direction - the Haihan Army clearly

They have great advantages, but they just don't take the initiative to launch an attack. Are they deliberately creating a confrontation situation in order to ask for more conditions from Shenglong Mansion?

Regardless of whether the Haihan Army fights or not, as long as the current confrontation situation is maintained, military expenditures will be calculated according to the standards of the combat period. This is undoubtedly a loss-making deal for North Vietnam - Thang Long Palace spent a great deal of money to invite

Mercenaries are not here just to look good.

Zheng Bai initially tried to exert some pressure on the Haihan Army through Feng Annan, the liaison officer, but Feng Annan was obviously not too convinced. He blocked Zheng Bai by saying, "All combat plans are based on the orders of the coalition frontline headquarters."

Went back.

Zheng Bai was definitely not convinced by such an excuse - the Allied Forces Command is also the title of the Allied Forces. How come you and the Haihan family are the ones making the decision, while our tens of thousands of troops have no right to speak. But if you want to say Zheng

Because of this, it is definitely impossible for Bai to have a conflict or even fall out with the Haihan army. Now the North Vietnamese defense line relies on the assistance of the Haihan army. If the coalition positions were not built behind the enemy lines, the mountain defense line should have been occupied by the South Vietnamese at this time.

The army defeated it. And our subsequent plan to counterattack the South Vietnamese rebels must be coordinated with the movements of the Haihan Army.

When his first plan failed, Zheng Bai came up with another plan and sent his cronies to the team transporting supplies to the coalition positions to send a message to his second son Zheng Ting, trying to get him to urge General Haihan to fight.

The North Vietnamese Confederate Army under the command of Zheng Ting undertook more than 80% of the combat missions in the coalition positions after the war began, and its performance was remarkable. From the initial nervousness and confusion, the troops under his command were shooting indiscriminately before the enemy entered the range.

Now I am gradually getting used to the rhythm of gunfire combat, and I am finally able to deal with the enemy's charge calmly.

The command headquarters was also quite satisfied with Zheng Ting's performance in combat command, and began to let him attend the command's daily combat seminars as a representative of the North Vietnamese military. Of course, regarding the details of the special operations company's raids behind enemy lines in South Vietnam, the command headquarters

I still have reservations about the North Vietnamese officers headed by Zheng Ting. After all, this involves the safety of more than 200 people, including many time-travelers and key protection targets such as the "Discovery". If the information is leaked, it is likely to be executed.

Breakthrough troops bring danger.

However, the attitude shown by Zheng Ting surprised the envoy sent by Zheng Bai. He did not agree with Zheng Bai's proposal to urge the Haihan Army to take the initiative to attack. On the contrary, Zheng Ting believed that the main force of the North Vietnamese Army was now

The mission is to cooperate with the Haihan Army's combat plan, and the coalition command will direct the subsequent battle.

In the past few days, Zheng Ting had gradually learned about the combat goals of the Haihan Army from the seminars. He knew that they were not aiming to kill the South Vietnamese Army in numbers, but that they planned to eliminate the mysterious musket in the South Vietnamese Army in an organized manner.

Troops. Zheng Ting quite agreed with the combat goal established by the command. After many battles, Zheng Ting had fully realized the advantages of the musketry troops in fighting against traditional troops, and also understood why the North Vietnamese army would

Under the attack of the opponent's musketry unit, they were defeated in succession and retreated for hundreds of miles. If the South Vietnamese musketry unit had not been eliminated, it would always be a poisonous thorn that could threaten North Vietnam's security.

Of course, more importantly, since the war began, all the decisions made by the command have been proven correct afterwards. This has also caused the North Vietnamese Army, including senior officers like Zheng Ting, to feel that the command is "absolutely wise" and "absolutely wise".

"Correct" impression. For opinions that are inconsistent with the orders of the headquarters, Zheng Ting will subconsciously think that the arrangements of the headquarters must be more correct. If he wants to win the battle, he must follow the opinions of the headquarters. Since the orders of the headquarters are now adhered to

position, so everyone did as they were told. Why risk casualties and attack the South Vietnamese army's camp?

Zheng Bai felt a little helpless after receiving the reply. He could vaguely sense that the army trained by the Haihan people seemed to have a different view of war from his own. This difference did not exist at the tactical level, but at the tactical level.

The position held by the commander - for example, Zheng Ting agrees more with Haihan's approach, which is to turn immobility into initiative, and exchange time for strategic advantages. As for how much materials, money and food are spent, that should not be a matter for soldiers to consider. Soldiers

Just knowing how to win the war is enough.

On February 5th, after many days of calm, the South Vietnamese Army finally lost their composure. They opened the camp early in the morning and began to set up troops outside the camp. The observation post on the top of the mountain also promptly passed the news back to the camp.

Headquarters, let the defenders on the position prepare for battle in advance.

This time the South Vietnamese Army did not disappoint the coalition forces again. The "long-awaited" musketry unit by the coalition forces finally appeared in the South Vietnamese Army's combat formation. When this news was transmitted back to the headquarters via the radio, it even triggered

There was a burst of cheers. Counting from the time of departure, it has been more than half a month now. Even if the battle situation has been dominant, the soldiers have been feeling very tired after many days of continuous field combat. Many of them have already been fighting in the field.

I look forward to ending this battle as soon as possible and leaving this hellish place of Annan.

The command headquarters issued an order to withdraw the North Vietnamese Confederate Army from the front line, and mobilized the musketeers and artillery of the Haihan Militia as the main force. Yan Chujie's combat purpose was very clear, which was to use the advantage in firepower to attack the enemy at once as much as possible

This will cause enough damage to the opponent's musketry troops - the firepower advantage possessed by the Haihan Army will be exposed in just one battle. After this battle, don't expect the South Vietnamese Army to be fooled again and use the precious

The musketeers came out and fought hard.

"After this battle, the South Vietnamese Army should probably retreat." Yan Chujie put down the telescope and said with unfinished meaning.

"Since it may be the last battle, we have to find a way to inflict pain on them." Harugong continued: "I have already contacted Feng Annan and asked him to notify the North Vietnamese army on the mountain position and choose an opportunity to attack.

"

"The North Vietnamese infantry behind the position has also been in place." Mu Xiabai added. The North Vietnamese infantry he mentioned were more than a thousand spearmen that the headquarters asked Zheng Bai for before the war started.

They did not have any big use in the battle. Most of the time they played the role of civilians building fortifications and transporting supplies. At this time, the command headquarters believed that there might be a rout after this battle, so then they would pursue the enemy and so on.

Tasks with lower technical content can be left to the Xie Congjun.

What was slightly unexpected by the command was that compared to the previous battles, the South Vietnamese army had many more "new toys" in the formation this time - there were widened and thickened shield vehicles, trebuchets, and several more.

The artillery was dragged out on an oxcart. It seems that during the days of truce, the South Vietnamese army was not idle, and they also made a lot of preparations on how to conquer the coalition positions.

"This is a posture to attack the city!" Yan Chujie was also a little surprised by the formation of the South Vietnamese army. However, he didn't feel any nervousness. After all, no matter what tricks his opponent could come up with, he was just struggling to death in the face of absolute strength.

That's all.

With the sound of gongs and drums, the South Vietnamese army began to attack the coalition positions. The leader was undoubtedly the shield truck. This time the shield truck was much bulkier than the previous models. The shield wall was made of logs.

It is thicker than before, and various reinforcement structures have been added behind the shield wall. Of course, its weight has also increased accordingly, so the traveling speed is slower than before.

However, the power of the trebuchet surprised the coalition forces. The first stone bomb fired by the opponent hit only seven or eight meters in front of the obstacle area, only about ten or twenty meters away from the defensive wall made of wooden planks. Look.

Looking at the pile of rocks that weighed at least ten kilograms and sunk into the ground, the commanders' faces were a little solemn - if this thing hit someone, it would definitely be destroyed on the spot, although the effective area that can kill is very small, almost point-to-point.

It is an attack, but the psychological deterrent it can cause to people is huge. After all, rocks will fall from the sky at any time and smash their heads, which is not a fun thing.

"Hurry up and calculate the range of the trebuchet, and let the artillery take a preview!" Yan Chujie gave the order.

Although the wooden ceiling on the defensive position can prevent the enemy's arrows, it can never withstand the stone bullets falling from the sky. According to what has been observed so far, there are at least a dozen catapults in the opponent's camp, and their long-range strike capabilities

It can no longer be ignored.

Soon the staff reported further news: "The South Vietnamese army used grenade-belt catapults, and we believe their range may reach 350 to 400 meters...which means they can attack beyond the effective range of their rifles.

us."

"The South Vietnamese Army has been busy building catapults for the past few days since the war ceased." Yan Chujie nodded and said, "There is no other way. It seems that we must strike first."

No one responded. The purpose of the South Vietnamese army's use of trebuchets was very clear, which was to first destroy the defensive walls on the coalition positions, force the coalition forces to abandon their fortifications and engage in face-to-face fighting, and then use their superiority in strength to overwhelm the coalition camp.

If the coalition uses artillery to attack the opponent first, it can certainly quickly knock out the opponent's long-range firepower, but on the other hand, it will definitely expose its own firepower advantage, making it difficult for the opponent to send out musketeers to fight.

"How about letting the Xie Congjun serve as cannon fodder first, and then wait for the opponent's musketry troops to come out and then replace our people with them?" Wang Tom brazenly proposed a combat plan. Of course, he had already determined it before proposing this plan.

There were no North Vietnamese soldiers present within a ten-meter radius.

"If we change it now, the intention is too obvious." Yan Chujie shook his head and said: "These people in North Vietnam are not fools. Even if they are used as cannon fodder this time, I'm afraid they won't be able to command them next time. Use artillery to knock them out first.

ARVN catapults!”

Yan Chujie is the supreme commander of the coalition forces, and his order is the final decision. Now that the military order has been issued, even if some people still have objections, they can only follow it.

In the second round of attacks by South Vietnamese catapults, rocks had already hit the defensive wall. Although no one was hurt, it directly broke apart a multi-functional flatbed truck that was used as a defensive wall, causing a small exclamation.

.At this time, the defensive walls in front of several gun emplacements on the coalition positions had been moved away, revealing the 12-pound army guns behind them.

Within a range of one mile, the accuracy of artillery was much better than that of trebuchets, so the concentrated fire of ten 12-pound guns hit one trebuchet in the first round, and immediately killed more than ten South Vietnamese soldiers.

The sudden firing on the coalition position did shock the South Vietnamese Army. In the previous days of offensive, the coalition had only used four 6-pound guns as auxiliary firepower. The South Vietnamese Army also believed that this was the heavy firepower possessed by the coalition.

level, so we formulated a strategy of using catapults for long-range attacks - the four small cannons seemed unable to threaten the catapults at this safe distance, both in terms of range and accuracy, so we could attack our opponents with confidence and boldness.

That hateful defensive wall. But now they discovered that their so-called clever plan seemed to be a joke. It was only then that their opponents began to show their fangs that had been hidden.
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