lcionline Chapter 621 Melee
Chapter 621 Melee
"Dad, I'm going back!" After finishing the things here, Zhao Weidong took Li Kuiyong and others back to the Lang Son area.
"Let's go! I get angry when I see you now!" said Zhao Cheng.
Weidong ran away in embarrassment. "Uncle Zhao, we're leaving!" Li Kuiyong came up to Zhao Cheng, saluted him, and said solemnly.
"Go! Be careful! Don't be too impulsive during combat! After all, you are not ordinary infantrymen. You are trained by the country at great expense. Don't make unnecessary sacrifices easily! Do you understand?" Zhao Cheng patted Li Kuiyong on the shoulder and said with a smile.
"Yes!" Li Kuiyong suppressed his excitement, saluted, and followed Weidong's footsteps. Looking at the group of people leaving, Zhao Cheng was speechless for a long time. "Your battle has just begun, you must take good care of yourselves!"
After seeing Weidong off, Zhao Cheng stopped in Gaoping. He would never forget the 2nd Battalion of the 448th Regiment, which had suffered the greatest losses.
This battalion was arguably the greatest disgrace of our self-defense counterattack, a greater disgrace than the annihilation of the 180th Division in North Korea. Several inexplicable errors led to the battalion being heavily encircled by the Vietnamese army during its retreat. Ultimately, only a dozen or so men from the entire battalion made it back to China; the rest either surrendered or died.
In the end, this incident directly led to the entire 50th Army, from the military to the grassroots, being sent to military courts. It can be said that it has become a shame for our army.
Although the troops participating in the battle this time did not have as many new recruits as in the previous life, and the combat effectiveness of the troops was greatly improved, there was no guarantee that the same thing as in the previous life would happen again.
Zhao Cheng didn't want those soldiers who shed blood and sacrificed their lives for the country to be wiped out because of the mistakes of a few people. Some soldiers were even led by their superiors to surrender without knowing why. Isn't it too unfair to them?
That incident happened after we received the order from the Military Commission to retreat, specifically on the night of March 10th.
It was only February 28th, ten days before that incident. So Zhao Cheng started to strangle the Vietnamese army in the Gaoping area!
Zhao Cheng would kill all the Vietnamese soldiers he encountered, no matter if they were regular soldiers, militia or public security forces, or even if they were armed with guns!
However, this massacre also caused confusion for both the Vietnamese and our troops. A lot of intelligence was gathered and reached the desk of General Xu, the commander of the Eastern Front Corps, and the Vietnamese commander.
"What's going on recently? Why are there so many telegrams from Gaoping area? What exactly happened there?" This is a common question for both the enemy and us.
The Vietnamese army was completely bewildered and had no information at all, but we quickly learned the whole story.
"Is the incident in Gaoping area related to Xiao Zhao? I remember that the eldest brother of their family reported there last time that the commander and deputy commander of the 346th Division on the opposite side were killed?" General Xu looked at the summarized intelligence and turned to ask the political commissar next to him.
"Oh, I remembered it as soon as you mentioned it! That's true. You were angry at that time and agreed to cooperate with the 55th Army in the battle. But you ended up running to their side to steal the credit!" The political commissar joked with a smile.
"Then there's no running away. Send a telegram to the front-line troops and tell them to continue fighting according to the original plan. The Military Commission has issued an order for us to withdraw to the country and end the war after March 5th, after we have dealt with the enemy in front of us. Xiao Zhao in Gaoping can also curb the Vietnamese guerrillas and those special forces battalions over there! The losses they have caused us are not small! The troop supply lines west of Gaoping are suffering huge losses every day." General Xu said.
"Yes, there are indeed heavy losses over there, but if we continue to let Xiao Zhao kill like this, will it cause resentment from international public opinion? After all, he kills anyone with a gun! He won't leave anyone alive, and there won't be any prisoners!" The political commissar said a little worriedly.
"Your worry is unnecessary! Will they be worried if we kill a few enemies? They can say whatever they want, don't bother with them! I think it's a good thing. When they know we have such a man-eating tiger, they will probably have to sleep with one eye open! This guy can be used as a strategic human nuclear bomb! I believe that in this world, no one can be stronger than him in individual combat capability! It is also a deterrent to those with bad intentions!" General Xu has always advocated killing as many Vietnamese troops as possible. Knowing what Zhao Cheng did, he was only happy!
The commissar said nothing more. After all, this was a battlefield, and the people being killed were all armed with guns, not civilians! Besides, he was alone, and if he wanted to capture the enemy, there would be no one to transport them, right? He couldn't just defeat them and then let them go, could he?
In this way, all the front-line troops knew that we had a tough guy on our side, who was hunting down the Vietnamese soldiers alone on the front line. No matter whether they encountered a few people, a squad, or even a platoon, he would wipe them all out!
A true enemy of ten thousand men! This gave a great boost to our army's morale. However, some people felt that the headquarters had simply fabricated this person to boost morale. Many people did not believe that one person could completely wipe out an entire enemy squad or even a platoon.
However, such remarks disappeared soon. It was not because they were suppressed by the higher-ups, but because more and more people saw that there was indeed such a person on our side on the battlefield. Although his specific appearance could not be seen clearly due to the camouflage on his face, it was indeed a person!
The Vietnamese army hated the elusive Zhao Cheng so much that they couldn't understand how one person could be so powerful!
No less than two hundred of them were killed by this lone wolf, including two complete platoons, more than ten complete squads, and the rest were combat teams of three or two people.
Although those two platoons, one was a public security platoon and the other was a militia platoon, they were still full platoons of more than 40 people! They were slaughtered by this person just like that!
This made the Vietnamese army want to ask for an explanation from the flower-growing countries, but unfortunately, the two sides were now in a state of war, and they could not get an explanation.
In the end, they could only endure Zhao Cheng's massacre while continuously sending more manpower to fight in Gaoping area.
When Comrade Nguyen Van Hung, the ace sniper of the Vietnamese special forces battalion, heard that he would be sent to Cao Bang area to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the killer, he begged and pleaded with everyone in the hope that he would not participate in this operation. Unfortunately, it was of no use and the order came down soon.
Ruan Wenxiong looked at the order in his hand, with only fear flashing in his eyes. He really didn't want to face the person who could take his life in the blink of an eye.
But what else can I do not go?