Chapter 869 Close the door and beat the dog
Just as we were experiencing frequent successes and invincibility on the eastern front of the plateau, we also launched an attack on the western front of the plateau, not far from the "Sindhu Kush" Mountains.

The traffic conditions here are better because it is close to the northern Xinjiang. In fact, some of the battles were originally fought by troops from the northern Xinjiang.

However, there is a not-so-good condition here. In order not to provoke Dirty Three, although the plane has taken off, it is only on guard from a distance to ensure air supremacy and safety in the air, and there is no intention of advancing to the border.

After all, this place is too close to the dirty third city of New Delhi, only 500 kilometers away from the border.

It is a self-defense counterattack, and directly attacking the other side's capital is not a good thing from the perspective of public opinion. Some things are not good if they are too direct.

There is another reason for doing this. This place is different from the Eastern Front. The enemy on the Eastern Front took advantage of the terrain and climatic conditions to occupy large areas in an organized manner. If you want to drive them out, you will have to take considerable action.

On the western front, the enemy's main presence in our territory was in the form of some small strongholds that had been pushed in. These strongholds were also connected to the strongholds outside the border from the perspective of the fire line, supporting each other.

What we mainly need to do here is to eliminate these points. Compared with the eastern front where we need to eliminate organized enemies, the action here does not need to be that big.

Why do we need an air force? Just bombard them with artillery!

There is another reason, that is, the air force here is much weaker than the eastern front, which can be supplemented and supported by multiple airports in the three southwestern provinces. If the enemy does not send out the air force, we have no intention of sending out the air force.

Suppress the scale of the conflict and make sure we have a legitimate reason to do so. Anyway, we have much better control over the situation on the Western Front than on the Eastern Front, so there is no need to make such a big fuss.

It looks cool to charge forward with an F2A, but when it comes to war, there are still many things to consider.

Especially in this era when the S2 order has only been established for more than ten years and international relations are still turbulent.

Simply put, the fighting here is a replica of the fighting on small battlefields on the Eastern Front.

After rocket artillery fire preparation, the soldiers began to infiltrate and divide the enemy with the latest infantry equipment. Who said that they couldn't infiltrate and divide the enemy with just a few dozen strongholds?

A large number of mortars and 75mm shells were used for close support, and the infantry would start fighting as soon as they called for it.

The light infantry carries a large number of disposable rocket launchers. When they encounter a firing point, they will fire it without hesitation.

This kind of tactic made Zang San very uncomfortable. What happened to the agreed upon rushing forward and blasting?

Even if our comrades see a tent, they will first fuck it up.

With this style of fighting, a large number of enemies didn't even see our faces. They just saw a few vague figures swaying around a hundred meters away, and then a rocket flew over.

It's not that they don't want to suppress, but it's too difficult for them to suppress our troops in the wide area more than 100 meters away. After all, although there are only a few dozen light infantrymen who can be seen, there are still a large number of mortars and 75mm no-range mortars behind these light infantrymen.

It was mainly mortars, and the 75mm was neither far nor close, and its direct-fire attack method made it difficult for the comrades in the artillery crew to follow or not follow.

It would be difficult to fight if they didn't follow, but it seemed useless to follow. The disposable rocket launchers in the hands of their comrades meant that they had no chance to use their weapons before they had a chance to fight.

At Hongshankou, one of the enemy's largest strongholds, explosions rang out one after another, and bursts of foreign accents saying "surrender your guns and you will not be killed" were heard from time to time.

"There is a group of entrenched enemies 7 meters south of Hongdi's No. 150 stronghold." A soldier from the spearhead squad called on a walkie-talkie.

These enemies are new and are not on the enemy's troop distribution map before the war. It is obvious that Zang San is not idle either. We don't know when he will attack us. But this time, they have no chance.

Not far behind, the three mortars responsible for supporting this direction immediately adjusted all parameters and aimed at this place. They did not need to see, because the soldiers attacking in the front were their eyes.

About a minute after the call, 1 mortar shells whizzed in, killing or wounding more than half of the enemy. The rest cried for their parents and fled in all directions.

The soldiers raised the two guns of the spearhead squad and hung grenade launchers on them, and fired two grenades at the fleeing enemy with "bang...bang...", and then they rushed forward holding their guns, taking turns to provide cover.

"Surrender your guns and you won't be killed! Come out!" Outside an enemy bunker in a famous river valley, several soldiers surrounded the bunker and roared at the inside.

I don’t know if it was because our foreign language was not pure enough or if the enemy wanted to fight to the last, but the only answer they got was a series of gunshots coming from deep in the bunker.

This bunker seems to be very deep. The firing ports on the surface have stopped firing, but those deep inside are still returning fire.

"Explosive bomb!"

"Clang, clang", a white explosive bomb was thrown in.

After a loud bang, the enemy was still shooting, and it sounded somewhat methodical, not like they were incapacitated.

"This hole is quite deep. It may be connected to their troop station cave. The explosive bomb will not be effective at a long distance." The squad leader was looking at the hole and was about to ask someone to find out where the other end was.

A soldier next to him handed over something, a brown-yellow "grenade".

"Sergeant, try this?" "Irritant smoke bomb? You brought this thing?" The squad leader patted the soldier's shoulder.

"I thought this thing was distributed together with the stun bomb. The stun bomb is so useful, so this thing should be pretty good too. It's good to have some with you, hehe." The soldier smiled very honestly.

The squad leader took the smoke bomb and threw it deep into the bunker. Then they retreated outside the bunker and waited.

After a while, the enemy did not come out, but smoke came out from a mound about ten meters away from them.

It seems that the enemy is well aware that they will die if they come out, so they are determined not to run out even with tears streaming down their faces.

"Ventilation hole!" Several soldiers were overjoyed. They ran over and started digging with bayonets. They quickly expanded the ventilation hole and found the main passage.

Here the enemy is constantly squeezing forward little by little. The fortifications are temporary in nature and have not had time to be reinforced and organized. For such temporary fortifications, it is good enough to have ventilation holes. As for turning corners to defend against grenades, at least this ventilation hole has not been taken into consideration.

The soldiers threw several grenades down through the ventilation duct.

The enemies inside could no longer tell the directions, and several grenades exploded in the crowd.

This fortification, which hid more than a dozen enemies, became their burial place.

"Let's go, next one!" The squad leader led the soldiers and rushed towards another enemy stronghold.

Compared to the Eastern Front, the fighting here seems a bit more monotonous.

The artillery bombarded and the infantry charged. The infantry fired rockets when they got close. After the rockets were fired, they continued to charge and broke into the stronghold and performed great deeds.

By noon, the most important enemy invasion support points in Hongshankou and a certain river valley had all been recaptured, and some peripheral strongholds had also been recaptured.

The troops need to get ready and rest, as they still have battles to fight, so eating well and replenishing ammunition are the important things to do.

At 4 p.m., news from various battlefields was not only transmitted back to the headquarters, but also back to the capital.

"Very good. Our troops started the formal operation at 8 am and basically wiped out a brigade of the enemy on the eastern front by 4 pm in just eight hours. A small part of the brigade fled to a third country and a small part continued to flee southward. Most of the brigade has been wiped out. Unfortunately, their brigade commander was not found."

The leaders of the troops looked at the battle situation with smiles on their faces. Our troops are still as sharp as ever.

The enemy's Western Brigade had a total of more than 3000 people, and so far more than 2700 people have been confirmed killed, wounded, or captured, of which less than 600 were captured. It can be said that it took only 8 hours to basically wipe out this enemy known as the "Ace Brigade."

"What about the casualties of the troops?"

"It's much smaller than expected. According to reports, more than 40 people have died and more than 100 have been injured."

Originally, more than 300 people died in this battle.

The reasons for such a big change are that, firstly, there are fewer cases of altitude sickness and getting lost and falling from heights; secondly, the emergence of new weapons and new equipment has greatly reduced our casualties.

"Hiss~~~~~~" To be honest, this number was completely beyond the expectations of the troop leaders, "Are you sure?"

"Sure, there may be changes, but it shouldn't be too big. Now the battles on all battlefields have basically been completed. Except for the comrades who are cleaning up the battlefields, other troops have already rested on the spot. Like the reinforced battalion that attacked the enemy brigade headquarters, they are preparing to switch to pursuit mode and prepare to pursue southward along the river to expand the results of the battle."

"I am confident that we will win, but I really didn't expect this ratio of casualties."

"I have a little bit of that, too. Once this phase of the battle is over, I want everyone to sit down and sum up their experience as quickly as possible."

"What is the enemy's movement like now?"

"According to the enemy telegrams we intercepted and deciphered, the enemy's divisional tactical headquarters of the Western Brigade on the north-south section of the river has ordered a retreat, started burning documents, and fled to the important town on the north bank of the east-west section of the river, which is their military headquarters."

This river flows from north to south, then turns to the northeast. The northern bank of the middle section from west to east is their important town, supply base and command center in the western part of the eastern front.

"In addition, in addition to the enemy in the northwest of the important town that we have already annihilated, small groups of enemies distributed in other directions such as the north and northeast of the important town also showed signs of fleeing."

"For this small group, order the nearest troops to attack as quickly as possible and eliminate them. Complete the encirclement of the important town within two days."

"You're thinking?"

"Look, according to the intelligence we had before the war, the troops in this important town are two battalions and an artillery regiment, a total of about 2700 people, plus a small number of people who fled back, that's 3000 people..."

Another comrade from another unit looked at the map and asked: "Are you planning to close the door and beat the dog?"

(End of this chapter)