Chapter 5 Chapter Five 1.15 Battle

At 2 o'clock in the morning on the 15th of the first month, the Vietnamese army launched a large-scale attack on the X army's defense line, which opened the prelude to the 115th battle. The dark night looked very quiet, and the few sparse stars in the sky looked very bright. The soldiers who had been hiding in the cat's ear hole for a day slowly got out, crawled on the edge of the trench, and observed the Vietnamese army's position There was a movement on the ground, a few mice scurrying around the front of the position, occasionally hitting an empty can bottle thrown by the soldiers on the hillside, which immediately attracted a burst of gunshots, followed by a quiet night.

At 2 o'clock in the morning, three signal bombs, one red and two green, flew into the sky on the Vietnamese army's position. Almost at the same time, all the artillery on the Vietnamese army's position fired violently at the X army's position. Following an order, hundreds of artillery guns of the X army fired at the same time, spraying tongues of flames to fight back at the enemy. Suddenly, shells flew overhead, and the two sides started an artillery battle. The sound of the artillery lasted for thirty minutes. The enemy's artillery fire began to extend deep into the X Army's position. At this time, at the front of the position, the enemy charged towards the A Division's position in a dense manner.The company standing at the front immediately requested artillery support, and constantly instructed the artillery to mobilize the target artillery company No. 3 to fight on the front line.Zou Jun said: “In the early hours of this morning, the Vietnamese army launched a large-scale attack on our division’s defense area. Spirit, not afraid of suffering, not afraid of death, on the battlefield must consciously develop a good habit of following orders in all actions."

The branch committee researched and decided: the 1st platoon and the 6th squad were assigned to the 8th and 9th companies, and their companies directly commanded the battle and immediately set off to fight; Zou Jun led 16 soldiers to the front station, responsible for the preparation of combat materials and the selection of artillery positions. Create conditions for the company to start fighting immediately after its arrival; company commander Zhao Guohui led the rest of the troops to follow up. The first platoon and the sixth squad, with four 82 recoilless guns, quickly rushed to the eighth and ninth companies according to the order, and marched into the position together.

Zou Jun led 16 soldiers from Manzhuang at 5:30 the next morning, boarded a car at Nanwen River at 6:30, and drove towards the predetermined war zone. The car drove and stopped, taking advantage of the gap between the enemy's shelling, going fast and slow.When passing the artillery division position, the two sides were shelling.Cannons of different calibers on the roadside positions along the way kept spraying flames, and Zou Jun led the troops to advance amidst the sound of cannons. Sanweiwan is a hillside facing the enemy. The field road makes three bends on the hillside, so everyone calls it Sanweiwan.The road circled on the hillside, completely exposed to the enemy's artillery fire, and became a key blockade area for the enemy's artillery fire. As soon as they found vehicles passing by, they immediately bombarded them. In the ravine beside the road, many destroyed vehicles fell seven scattered.

As soon as Zou Jun's vehicle entered Sanwan, it was intercepted by the artillery fire of the Vietnamese army. The shells exploded around the vehicle, and the road was full of bullet craters. At this time, a shell roared towards the car, the driver hit it in one direction in order to dodge, a wheel fell into the crater, the car lay on the road and couldn't move, the moving target became a fixed target, which was very dangerous. Every minute it stays there is a lot of casualties. Zou Jun ordered his entourage to go down and push the cart immediately. At this time, the enemy concentrated fire on the car.Shells continued to explode around the car, shrapnel whizzed and flew past the ears, and the smoke choked people out of breath.Suddenly a shell hit the car shed and blew up a chicken coop in the car, and the chicken screamed and flew towards the hillside; a backpack was set on fire, and if measures were not taken immediately, the safety of the entire vehicle would be endangered. A soldier was seen Climbing into the car, grabbing the backpack and throwing it into the ravine, the soldiers broke out in a cold sweat. If they didn't get down and push the cart, I don't know how many soldiers would be "glorious."

The soldiers did not dare to be negligent, and exerted all their strength, pushed out the car in one go, jumped into the car and ran away. Finally arrived at the designated area at 11:30 am. The battle was going on fiercely, and the two reinforced divisions of the Vietnamese Army, supported by artillery fire, launched attacks in turn.The people in front fell down, and those behind continued to rush up. The defense line of the B regiment is the tightest, and there are often tug-of-war.In order to fight for a high ground, a mountain, often you attack, I fight down, the competition is very fierce.

Since Division A has not entered the position for a long time, the position is unfamiliar and the enemy's situation is unknown.The Vietnamese army took back the "Li Haixin Highland" from the B regiment, and the "Li Haixin Highland" fell. Li Haixin is a platoon leader of a certain regiment. In the battle against Laoshan, he fought bravely, especially when holding on to a high ground, he led the whole platoon to repel many attacks by the Vietnamese army. Even though it was apparently occupied by the enemy, he and his two comrades still stayed in the cave for seven days and seven nights until the troops regained the lost ground. Later, the troops made a decision and named this highland "Li Haixin Highland."

This is the first time that Division A has lost its position since it held its position. The division headquarters ordered to regain the high ground at all costs. Regiment B launched several charges, but was beaten back by enemy artillery fire. The battle is going on cruelly, the casualties of troops are constantly increasing, the combat effectiveness of the companies competing for the "Li Haixin Heights" has been greatly damaged, and it is becoming more and more difficult to compete for positions. The division headquarters handed over the task of recovering the "Li Haixin Heights" to the Ninth Company of the A Regiment.The two 82 recoilless gun squads of Zou Jun's company are attached to this company.

At 15:30, the Ninth Company launched its first attack. As soon as the troops approached the position, they were covered by enemy artillery fire, and more than a dozen soldiers were injured.Company commander Tian Cheng ordered the troops to retreat 200 meters and asked for artillery support. Dozens of artillery were pointed at the "Li Haixin Heights" at the same time, and the artillery shells whizzed and flew over the soldiers' heads. In an instant, the position was full of flames, and the explosion sounded.Twenty minutes later, the artillery fire began to extend forward. Under the command of the company commander, the soldiers charged forward closely following the artillery fire. The 82 recoilless gun squad followed closely behind the sharp knife squad. The enemy blocked the nine company's offensive route, and the enemy fired violently at the nine company, and the tongues of flame forced the attacking soldiers to lie down on the ground and could not move forward.Tian Cheng, the commander of the Ninth Company, ordered the 82nd recoilless artillery squad to kill this firepower point. Guo Tianxi, the first squad leader of the artillery squad, immediately ordered the whole squad to set up the artillery, and fired shells at the A-type fortifications, which immediately attracted more violent counterattacks from the Vietnamese army. A soldier Being wounded by the bombing aroused the hatred of the soldiers, shouting: "Fight hard, avenge your comrades!" They accelerated the speed of firing shells at the enemy, and the fortifications of the Vietnamese army were finally blown up, pulling out the obstacles on the way to attack, The soldiers got up from the ground again and rushed forward, and the "Li Haixin Highland" was finally recovered.

In this battle, the two squads of Zou Jun's company were assigned to infantry for the first time, and they got off to a bad start, and two soldiers were injured. After the news spread to the company, Zou Jun and all the soldiers in the company were very sad. The "Li Haixin Heights" was blown up like a tractor plowed it. There was not a single grass. If you grabbed a handful of soil from the ground, there would be shrapnel in it.The corpses of the Vietnamese soldiers on the battlefield were bombed with one arm in the east and one leg in the west, and none of them had a whole body.The bombed guns were thrown all over the place.

After the troops occupied the position, the rear artillery kept suppressing the enemy's firepower, preventing them from having a chance to fight back.The soldiers crawled on the ground, forming a pit with their pedals and hands, and stuck their bodies tightly in it, not daring to raise their heads.At night, sacks and shovels were sent from the rear, and the soldiers started to use the shovels to load the soil. When the shovels hit shrapnel or stones and made a sound, they immediately attracted enemy artillery fire.The soldier had no choice but to throw away the shovel and scrape the soil into the sack with his hands. After half of the sack was filled, the two men lifted it up and placed it in front to build a bunker.During the day, the enemy blew up the bunkers, and continued to build at night. Some soldiers had their fingers smashed, exposing their bones. In order to save their lives, they bandaged them and continued to work.Zou Jun took out a military map and carefully analyzed the terrain and enemy situation. According to the characteristics of the 160 mortars, he searched for suitable artillery positions, command posts, and cooking squads on the hillside in front of him.It is required that each artillery piece must be effectively concealed so that it can maximize its firepower; the command post must clearly observe the position of each artillery piece, and all the commanders can hear the order of firing; the cooking team should be as close as possible to the water source, The fire cannot be seen by the enemy, and the smoke must be dispersed. Zou Jun kept measuring and drawing on the military map with the command ruler, marking the position of each gun, and then worked with the soldiers at the predetermined position, pushed aside the grass, carefully searched for and cleared the landmines, and prepared for the follow-up troops to arrive. creating condition. Later, in order to buy time, they braved the enemy's artillery fire, crossed mountains and ridges, passed through the enemy's artillery blockade area many times, and went to the logistics supply office of the Nanlang Regiment to receive four rolls of cow hair, 300 sacks, and 250 woven bags. , 15 km telephone line and four telephones. At 8 o'clock in the afternoon, the enemy suddenly shelled the vicinity of the position. It turned out that the No. 3 Artillery Company was spotted by the enemy on the way in, and the shells chased the car and fired it. Artillery attack. The artillery was finally pulled to the position, but the muddy grass car couldn't get in, so the soldiers had to push it.Dozens of soldiers pushed their shoulders and hands, pushed the artillery into place, and immediately started to build fortifications. The telephone soldiers set up the telephone lines to the light artillery groups of the A regiment and the B regiment, and at the same time connected the lines with the observation post, so that there were three lines leading to the command post, and even if one line was blown up, the battle could be commanded as usual. 100 rounds of artillery shells were sent from the rear, each weighing 63 kilograms. The simple fortifications had been constructed. Zou Jun picked up the steering wheel, climbed up the hillside, and assigned firing directions to each artillery. The position was basically ready for shooting.The fighting became more and more fierce, and the Vietnamese army rushed to the position like crazy, one group was beaten down, and another group rushed up.The sounds of gunfire and cannons are intertwined, like endless firecrackers. A reinforced division of the Vietnamese Army launched a fierce attack on the defense area of ​​the B Regiment, and the two sides started a battle.The enemy's corpses on the hillside were connected together, and the casualties of the B regiment were also increasing. The battle became more and more difficult, in order to preserve its strength.The two sides immediately launched an artillery battle to cover the infantry at the front and suppress the opponent's firepower. In front of the 105th highland, the Vietnamese army formed a dense formation and charged towards the top of the hill. At 200 meters and 100 meters, the enemy was getting closer and closer, and the position was under great threat. They immediately asked for artillery support. The command post ordered the rocket launcher to fire three volleys, let it go! All of a sudden, the battlefield was full of flames, and hundreds of shells flew towards the enemy's position with long tongues of flame. In front of the 105th highland, there were constant explosions. Come on, burn and roll on the ground. Under the powerful artillery fire, the enemy's attack was repulsed, and there was a brief calm on the battlefield.Due to the increasing casualties of Regiment B, the division headquarters ordered half of Regiment B's defense area to be handed over to Regiment A of Zou Jun's company for defense. Days of rainy weather made the positions of the Third Artillery Company extremely muddy, resulting in poor artillery shooting accuracy.In order to ensure the accuracy of the shooting, Zou Jun ordered all the squads to push out the artillery, then dug the seat pit to a depth of two meters, filled it with stones, poured cement, and after the cement dried, spread a 40-centimeter-thick soil , which avoids the problem that the recoil force is too large when firing shells, which affects the shooting accuracy. At the same time, Zou Jun asked each soldier to dig a cat's ear hole, prop it up with corrugated steel, and must withstand the enemy's artillery fire. Zou Jun led the three members of the company headquarters to build a command post under a huge rock. They dug out the soil from the cracks in the rock, then ran to the abandoned fortifications to scrape off old wood, built the fortifications, and cut some grass on the hillside. It is laid on the ground for sleeping, and several telephones and radio stations are placed at the entrance of the cave to command operations. In the afternoon, Zou Jun led a few soldiers to the comprehensive logistics support team at the bow of the ship to collect combat supplies. The bow of the boat is a production team of Tianbao Farm close to the border, only 300 meters away from the border.None of the houses here are good. They were blown up and down, and the wood on the houses was burned to charcoal.In a collapsed building, the walls were bombed with several holes, and logistics personnel built fortifications in the house.It is completely exposed to the enemy's artillery fire, and all personnel receiving supplies must run through the 100-meter artillery blockade. The cooking squads of several companies in the third battalion were all concentrated in a tunnel near the bow, and Hou Tianshun, the deputy instructor of the third artillery company, was in charge.They delivered meals twice a day. The frontier positions were scattered and the enemy situation was complicated. The cooks carried the meals and vegetables on their backs. Every time they went to a position, each person had a spoonful of rice and half a spoonful of vegetables. They packed them in plastic bags and handed them to the person who picked them up.The most dangerous thing is to pass the "100-meter life-and-death line". Because it is a stone, there is no way to dig a trench, so you can walk quickly at night, but you can only crawl during the day.The closer to the front position, the deeper the ditch and the steeper the mountain. If it is not done well, it will roll down the ravine. Go for breakfast at 3 o'clock and return at 7 o'clock; go for dinner at 18 o'clock and return at 21 o'clock, and can't rest all night.There are many spies in Vietnam, and their activities are frequent. They often dress up as migrant workers and sneak into the positions, chasing food delivery personnel, spying on intelligence, and taking cooks as prisoners whenever they have the opportunity. The battle has been going on to the fifth day. Due to the fierce artillery battles in the past few days, the shells in various positions are in a hurry. The X Army urgently telegraphed the Kunming Military Region to request the delivery of shells. A head of the logistics of the military region said: "Your troops have not been fighting for a long time, and the ammunition used has exceeded the sum of other troops for several months. It is a bit difficult to transfer the artillery shells now, but we must do everything possible to meet your requirements. Please wait patiently. " Seeing that it was a bit troublesome to ask for shells, the X Army had to walk on two legs, and at the same time asked for help from the Nanjing Military Region where their troops were located. Because the transportation regiment of the Kunming Military Region went out to perform tasks, there was a problem with the transportation vehicles, so the Logistics Department of the Military Region immediately activated the wartime mobilization mechanism and mobilized 200 trucks from the Kunming Transportation Company to rush to transport ammunition. A clear river rushes around a bay near the position and flows into the distance.Because the river water is relatively clear, the local people named it Qingshui River. A steel bridge on the river is an important traffic road from Yunnan to Vietnam. After the Sino-Vietnamese War broke out in 1979, the road on the Vietnamese side was destroyed by itself. Now the bridge has become a bridge. The only channel for a certain army to deliver ammunition to the front line. Vehicles and people on the bridge were constantly flowing, and the traffic was very busy. Since the battle on January 15, in order to guide the vehicles, an adjustment post was set up on each side of the bridge to direct the vehicles to pass quickly. On the right side of the bridge, a certain engineer regiment under the command of the X Army was digging a tunnel to build a command post.At this time, five young women with slender figures and full breasts, typical southern beauties and Miao costumes, each carrying a basket full of bananas, pineapples, and mangoes, came to the construction site to condolence to the troops.One of the girls, holding a mango, danced and sang. She was very cute and attracted the attention of countless male soldiers. She glanced at the sentries on both sides of the bridge and quickly delivered the mango to the sentries. They soon became acquainted with the soldiers standing guard at the bridge head, and they chased and laughed on the Qingshui River Bridge, sometimes east of the bridge, sometimes west of the bridge, and sometimes climbed on the railing to look at the river below the bridge, looking through the clear ground. The river saw that the underwater was covered with dense plastic mines. These girls have been wandering around the bridge for several days.They are the agents led by Lieutenant Colonel Ruan Wenhui of the Northern Vietnam Military Region. Their main task is to blow up the bridge, cut off the rear transportation line of the × Army, and prevent the supply of ammunition, thereby losing the initiative on the battlefield and taking the opportunity to capture × army position. In a natural cave, Ruan Wenhui and his companions are studying the plan to blow up the bridge.The original plan to approach the bridge from the water was abandoned because there were too many mines in the water and it was impossible to approach the bridge. Based on the geographical location near the bridge and the fact that there are many troops around, they adopted a quick battle.It was decided to adopt the second plan, a group of two, turn over from the side of the bridge to place explosives, and use a timer to detonate.They packed TNT explosives into two packs and put them in the back basket. Under the cover of night, they came to the bridge and lurked. At two o'clock in the morning, the soldiers of the engineering corps all entered Mengxiang, and the sentry at the bridgehead also lost their energy for the day and sat in the post to doze off. Ruan Wenhui observed for a while, but there was no movement. As soon as the searchlight swept across the bridge, she waved her hand, and the four agents rushed towards the bridge like arrows. Suspend yourself in the air with the safety belt, quickly fix the explosives on the steel beam, install the timer, turn over the bridge, and immediately disappear into the night. The whole process only takes a few minutes. On the hillside a few hundred meters away, Ruan Wenhui and the others stood there, quietly watching the Qingshui River Bridge.I saw that she pressed the remote control in her hand. Suddenly, there was a flash of fire, and there was a "boom", and the bridge was blown down. They succeeded, and several people hugged each other tightly to celebrate the victory. Vehicles transporting ammunition in the Kunming Military Region formed a long queue on the other side of the Qingshui River, and were in danger of being attacked by enemy artillery fire at any time. The heads of the army and the division all came to the site of the bombed bridge. The head of a certain engineer regiment who was working on the bridge was so scolded that he couldn't lift his head. The head of the army ordered them to repair the bridge within five hours to ensure the safe passage of ammunition vehicles. Otherwise, deal with it seriously immediately. The searchlights illuminated the bridge brightly, and the engineers were busy transporting bridge repair materials. An engineer company commander was directing the removal of mines under the bridge. They tied explosives to steel pipes and sank to the bottom to detonate the mines. A steel pipe sank, two meters wide. In the six-meter-long area, all the mines were cleared, and as the steel pipes were continuously sunk into the water, the mines were quickly cleared. The engineers quickly erected the bridge piers in the water, the steel girders were placed by the crane, and the square sleepers neatly paved the bridge deck, which was basically ready for traffic. Four hours had passed, and the sky was already bright. The army chief decided to let the transport vehicles pass first, otherwise, after dawn, the transport convoy would be discovered by the enemy and attacked by artillery fire, and the consequences would be disastrous. Under the command of the adjustment post, the vehicles slowly passed the Qingshui Bridge one after another. The battle continues. The Vietnamese army continued to launch attacks, and calls for artillery support continued to reach the artillery positions, and the information that the artillery positions were basically out of shells was collected one by one to the front-line command post.Frontline positions are at stake. The sound of artillery from Division A gradually faded away, and the attacks of the Vietnamese army became more violent each time. "Position 128 requests artillery support!" "Highland 146 requests artillery support!" ... The news of the crisis at the front line spread to the command post along with the radio waves. All positions are anxiously awaiting ammunition. The sound of the car's motor finally reached the position, "The ammunition truck is here." Unknowingly, the sharp-eyed soldier called out first. Zou Jun ordered each squad to keep three gunners to fight persistently, while the rest of the soldiers rushed to transport the shells.The soldiers rushed to the ammunition truck immediately, climbed up the truck before it stopped, picked it up and ran to the position. The artillery roared again. The position was saved.The seven days and seven nights of fighting finally came to an end. The front line began to quiet down, and the soldiers were busy repairing fortifications and replenishing ammunition. Due to the fierce battle, the company has not eaten fresh vegetables for several days, and can only eat vermicelli every day. Today Zou Jun sent Chief of Staff Liu Hongcan to the rear to buy vegetables, and he did not come back until 5 pm. The troops finally ate delicious dishes, soldiers very happy. The company was rushing to repair the bunker, requiring the thickness of the soil layer above the cat's ear hole in each squad to be no less than two meters, and those that were not up to standard should be piled on top with sacks, so as to prevent ordinary shells from attacking and reduce unnecessary casualties. A two-meter-high bunker was built around each artillery position, and a one-meter-wide door was left behind to allow personnel to enter and exit to transport ammunition.Soldiers packed soil in sacks and built layers, covered the outside with mud, and planted turf for camouflage.Some squads planted grass outside the fortifications to form the slogan "Severely Punish the Viet Bandits and Defend the Motherland". The position is low, and when it rains, there will be water everywhere, muddy, and it is very inconvenient to fight. In order to solve this problem, Zou Jun made a plan to dig a drainage ditch from east to west, and a branch ditch for each gun, and the water will be discharged into a pit , so that the rain no longer erodes the position, and also solves the problem of water use in daily life. The staff officer of the regiment king came to the position of the third artillery company and conveyed the spirit of the military management education on-site meeting.The army commander instructed: "First, we must strengthen the management of positions and build them into regularized and combat-oriented positions; second, the troops must be prepared to attack and resist the enemy's counterattack; third, we must preserve our strength and strive to persist until May." In order to implement the spirit of the military meeting, regiment A decided to inspect the evaluation positions on February 5. Zou Jun immediately held a meeting of cadres and squad leaders, conveyed the spirit of the military meeting, and asked all squads to act quickly, respond to the call of their superiors, and establish a model position, which must be beautified before February 4. According to the requirements of the regiment, each position must be beautified, so that the soldiers have a comfortable combat environment and welcome the inspection of their superiors. The soldiers of the Third Artillery Company planted various trees on both sides of the field road leading to the position, built a jump gate, planted banana trees around the artillery, and dug up cannas, cacti, overlord whips and many unknown species. Flowers and plants, planted in shell boxes and cans, are neatly arranged.All kinds of strange rocks have been turned into beautiful and colorful rockeries by the skillful hands of soldiers; the drainage pit has been beautified into "Little West Lake". Float freely. On the artillery bunkers, the slogans written by the soldiers in large characters, "Life is the Great Wall, death is the loss of the country", "Shock the enemy's courage, defend the country's prestige", "Serve the country with loyalty", "Defend the country with the five borders, severely punish the Yue bandits" are particularly eye-catching. .The beautification of the positions enriches the cultural life of the soldiers, cultivates their sentiments, and is also a supplement to the battlefield culture. It also reflects the regularization and combatization of the positions and creates a beautiful living environment for the boring combat life.The head of the regiment and the political commissar gave a high evaluation when they came to inspect the position. Receiving the enemy's report from Regiment A, Vietnamese agents have been active recently. At the same time, a mechanized division has assembled at the front of Division A's position, storing more than 90,000 shells, ready to counterattack against Division A's position at any time, in an attempt to save the tragedy of failure. It indicates that another war is about to begin. At 8 o'clock in the morning, the Vietnamese army suddenly shelled the 107th highland where the A regiment was defending. The A regiment did not fight back temporarily, because the superior ordered the troops to rest and prepare for a new battle. Ruan Wenhui, the lieutenant colonel of the Vietnam Army Special Service Brigade, dispatched a special agent squad, dressed as a military engineer, to wander between positions to spy on Division A's intelligence. When they were found at the bow of the ship, they immediately organized a search, but they slipped away like loaches up. In the morning, Zou Jun led the clerk Cao Xuejun and the correspondent to the command post of the 128 Highland Battalion to go through the formalities for the military school cadets who were practicing in the company. The road leading to the 128 highland is very difficult. The mountain is high and the slope is steep. Some places have to be climbed, and some places are like rock climbing. If you are not careful, you will roll down the mountain. On the way back from the battalion command post, Zou Jun went to Highland 148 and Highland 908 to visit all the comrades of the sixth squadron of the company. Multiple attacks to ensure that the position is not lost. Zou Jun brought them home letters, parcels and cigarettes.When the soldier heard that the instructor had come to the position, he happily crawled out of the cat's ear hole and crawled up to Zou Jun. With tears in his eyes, he held Zou Jun's hand and asked this and that. .When he learned that Zou Jun hadn't eaten yet, he brought canned chicken, lit the kerosene stove and said, "Instructor, you are from Henan and love noodles. I'll cook a bowl of noodles for you." Zou Jun learned about their living conditions in detail, and once he asked them to protect themselves, they were too close to the enemy, and they must pay attention to safety to reduce unnecessary casualties. The soldiers said: "Instructor, we are very excited to see you and hope to see you more times, but we are still reluctant to let you come because the road is too dangerous. We are waiting for you to take us back safely." Woolen cloth!" The soldiers at this time were so cute. They lived in a difficult environment, couldn't sleep well, couldn't eat enough, and never complained. After seeing the instructor, it was like seeing relatives. When Zou Jun left, he told each other to be more careful. Be sure to take care of yourself. Zou Jun left Height 908 and came to Height 145. During the battle on the 15th of the first month, this place was the most fiercely contested place between the two sides. There was less than a blade of grass, and only the trenches in the east and west sections that were bombed could be seen, and a few soldiers were rushing to repair the fortifications. Zou Jun took the binoculars from the communicator and climbed into the trench to observe the terrain.On the 140th highland 200 meters in front of the right, the activities of the Vietnamese army are the most rampant. They often kill and wound the soldiers of the A regiment with sniper rifles. Voice.100 meters in front of the left is Highland 142, which is the famous "Li Haixin Highland". It was taken away by the Vietnamese army for nine hours on the 15th of January. Stay there. Zou Jun wanted to visit a row of soldiers in "Li Haixin Heights" very much, but his superiors did not approve, so he had to contact them by phone. The first platoon leader Jiang Shan reported the situation to Zou Jun. He said: "Instructor, in the 115th battle, the soldiers of our platoon fought very bravely. Together with the Ninth Company, they regained the 'Li Haixin Heights' and repelled many enemy troops During the attack, Zhu Shunliang, a soldier from the first squad, stepped on a landmine, and the soles of his feet were blown off. When Li Genfu carried him to the ground, he was shot through the arm by the enemy's sniper rifle, and then shot through Zhu Shunliang's buttocks. Zhou Fangnan, a soldier from the third squad, The leg was injured by the Vietnamese army when they were standing on the ground the day before yesterday. Now the three of them have been sent to the field hospital in the rear. There is a shortage of water here. Since they went to the battlefield, no one has washed their faces or brushed their teeth, and their lunch boxes have not been washed. Each person is given a jar of water every day. Now the soldiers are a little depressed, and the squad leader and I are trying to find a way to solve it." Zou Jun said: "We know that your place is very difficult. The battalion headquarters has informed the company of the situation and commended your deeds. On behalf of the officers and soldiers of the whole company, I would like to express my condolences to you. Please take care of your health and safety. To be able to overcome difficulties and stabilize the emotions of the soldiers, I will definitely visit you when I have the opportunity, the people of the whole country are looking forward to the news of your victory." Zou Jun left Height 145 and climbed to Height 146. 146 is 80 meters higher than 145, and it is full of wolf teeth and strange rocks. Zou Jun grabbed the tip of the stone with his hands, stepped on the cracks of the stones, and climbed up bit by bit. The cracks under his feet were tens of meters deep. If he was not careful, he would fall into the cracks and get stuck in them.After a lot of effort, they finally climbed up to Height 146, where the terrain is high and it is the best place to observe the terrain. Zou Jun took the telescope from the hand of the clerk Cao Xuejun and began to observe the terrain. The Qingshui River flows at the foot of the mountain, the water is clear and transparent, and the oval-shaped stones underwater can be clearly seen through the river.The river circles a bay and joins the Chuantou River, and a bridge flies across the banks of the torrential river. This is one of the three main passages leading to Vietnam from our country. It was blown up during the Sino-Vietnamese War in 1979.There are two bombed tanks crawling by the side of the Chuantou River. 200 meters to the south, there is a suspension bridge hanging on the river. Two bridgeheads are built with stones at both ends of the suspension bridge. The bridge deck is 2 meters wide and 50 meters wide. long.At this time, two Vietnamese soldiers ran into the bridgehead. After staying there for a few minutes, they quickly walked across the suspension bridge and entered another bridgehead. After staying for a while, they quickly burrowed into the bushes on the mountain. There is an open field by the Qingshui River, about 1,000 meters wide. The Vietnamese army dug a trench and built a garrison hole in the middle.The second squad of the Third Artillery Company and the first row of the Ninth Company stood on a small hill close to the open ground. They dare not speak loudly.The front of the position is covered with landmines, which the soldiers jokingly call "humanitarian mines" because they are plastic mines with a diameter of 12 centimeters, stepping on them and blowing up a foot will not harm life.Arc-shaped landmines are distributed on the front of the trenches. This kind of landmines are filled with steel balls. When encountering a large number of enemies charging, the landmines will form a 120-degree angle and spray steel balls at the enemy, which is extremely lethal. The positions of the Vietnamese army and the positions of the A division are very easy to distinguish. Most of the positions of the A division are steel fortifications, and the bunkers are also built with sacks and nylon bags.The Vietnamese army's position could not see these things at all, only the traffic trenches covered with wood. Usually no one can be seen on the positions of the two sides, and anyone who shows his head will be shot immediately. Seventeen people have been killed or injured since Jiulian took the position. Zou Jun observed the forward positions in detail, learned about the life and combat conditions of the frontline troops, which was conducive to combat command, and returned to the company at 18:20. In recent days, various artillery positions have taken turns to test-fire the targets. The artillery regiment first test-fired, and the four battalions fired at different targets, which immediately attracted counterattacks from the Vietnamese army and continued to fire at the position of Division A. Regiment A ordered all positions to prepare for artillery defense immediately, and all troops without combat missions should enter the bunker and hide to reduce unnecessary casualties. In the afternoon, it was the turn of the third artillery company to test fire. Zou Jun carried the steering wheel, climbed up the hillside, and checked the shooting direction of each artillery again. The accuracy of the inspection results was good, and he was ready for the test firing. At 5:20, the Vietnamese army shelled the position of the third artillery company, firing a total of six shells, all of which fell on the hillside behind the position, and there were no casualties. At 6:15, the test firing began in the order of three shots, four shots, one shot, and two shots, and a total of 17 shells were fired.The gun finger is very satisfied with the test firing effect. The impact point spread area is small. When the commander corrected, the shell can hit the target according to the requirements, and the error is very small, which was praised by the circular. For the past few days, all the artillery groups have been preparing for another big battle that is coming, and they have been conducting test fires non-stop, which also attracted the enemy's shelling, and the artillery battles between the two sides continued. On the mountainside on the east side of the Chuantou River, a car was driving, and the artillery fire of the Vietnamese army chased it. When turning into the recess, the Vietnamese army couldn't see it, so they stopped there to rest.The Vietnamese army also stopped shelling. After waiting for a while, seeing no movement, the car rushed out of the valley again and drove forward. At this time, a shell from the Vietnamese army just hit the car, and the car rolled down the mountain. The ammunition suddenly exploded, and the car immediately burst into flames. Zou Jun received the order to fight back, and immediately shelled the enemy's artillery positions to combat the enemy's arrogance.The Vietnamese army immediately fought back, and the shells fell on the hillside behind the position. A tent in the logistics of the A regiment was blown up and a soldier was injured. On February 10, Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, accompanied by Yu Qiuli, Director of the General Political Department, came to the front line and met with the leaders above the division who participated in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam. The commander of Army A reported the situation of the 115 battle to General Secretary Hu. Later, Director Yu Qiuli gave a high evaluation of the combat situation of the A Army. He said: "We fought against Vietnam four times. The first time was the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam in 1979; The third time was to attack Laoshan; the fourth time was the battle of your troops on the 15th day of the first month of this year. The Laoshan battlefield is a good place to train troops. The military and political quality; test the organizational and command ability of cadres. The Central Military Commission decided to use Laoshan as a university for training troops in peacetime, and will organize troops to take rounds here. The troops in the future have set an example and hope to fight better in future battles." General Secretary Hu Yaobang said: "From the perspective of last year, you are the best fighting force, which has greatly encouraged the people of the whole country to carry out the construction of the four modernizations. On behalf of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, I would like to express my sincere condolences to the troops participating in the war. , The Spring Festival is coming soon, I wish all officers and soldiers on the front line a happy and safe Spring Festival.” Director Yu Qiuli used to be the political commissar of Army A. He had a special liking for Army A, so he met the army commander alone.The army commander reported in detail the situation of the troops since their participation in the war, especially the shortage of ammunition during the 115th battle, and the poor fortifications of the former garrison troops, which led to unnecessary casualties in the battle. Division A requires that the important instructions of the head of the central government be conscientiously conveyed. The head of the Central Committee visits the front line to inspect in person during his busy schedule, which is a concern and encouragement for the troops participating in the war.