Chapter 69 Internal Hidden Dangers of the French Army
The army is the soul of the soldier, and the general is the courage of the soldier! The general's incompetence exhausted the three armies! ————"Quotations from Kong Chen"
Leaving aside how Chiang Kai-shek and the French ambassador quarreled and argued with each other afterwards, let me return to the Hainan Army's battlefield in Vietnam.
Since the Gaoping Air Force Base was exposed, the intensity of the French attack has become increasingly fierce, and the Langya special operations soldiers have fallen into passivity.
In terms of individual combat effectiveness, they are undoubtedly the strongest in the Hainan Army. However, they have one biggest shortcoming, that is, the number of troops is sparse.
From the time Li Weidong first ordered the formation of the Langya Special Forces until now, the super high elimination rate has meant that the total number of Langya Special Forces soldiers has never exceeded 200.
In addition to the huge training funds, elite soldiers must be drawn from various units and undergo strict screening. Basically, only about one-tenth of them can be retained.
After passing the test, you will have to systematically learn various combat skills in the training camp, such as driving, lurking and camouflaging, unarmed combat, etc.
The bits and pieces spent were enough for Li Weidong to build a brand new Thunder fighter at the base. This also shows how valuable a special forces soldier is.
This mission is very important in the overall combat link of the Hainan Army. They are responsible for protecting the Hainan Army's current operations in Vietnam and can get the only air force support.
And if the Hainan offensive force loses strong support from the air force, it will have a serious impact on the force's plan to conquer Vietnam, and may even lead to the Hainan Army's frontline battle defeat.
After all, France also has an air force base in northern Vietnam, which is also a thorn in Li Weidong's heart. The Gaoping Air Force not only has to support the ground army, but also competes with the French Air Force for air supremacy.
The Hainan Army's limited land force was unable to quickly defeat the French soldiers, so the importance of the air force was self-evident.
These Wolf Fang warriors, who can be said to be armed to the teeth, possess powerful combat effectiveness. Each of them has a submachine gun, which can make each of them a vitality point to suppress the other.
But even though they are well-equipped and have very strong fighting ability, they are unable to defeat four people with just one fist, and a hero cannot stand up to a group fight.
The enemy troops were so numerous that they formed an arc and pressed toward the air base. With the ability of the Wolf Fang warriors, it was very easy to break through, and those Vietnamese soldiers could not stop them.
However, the order given to them by the high command was to ensure the safety of Gaoping Air Force Base at all costs before the arrival of supporting troops.
This forced them, the sharpest bayonet of the Hainan Army, to turn into a strong shield. They had to fight the enemy head-on and try their best to slow down the opponent.
Jungle in Cao Bang District, Vietnam.
Although on the surface, the French have invested a brigade of troops in Gaoping County, there is a lot of moisture in it. The total number of troops is actually only 4,000.
Among these four thousand troops, the vast majority were indigenous soldiers recruited by the French in Vietnam, and only about one-fifth of the remaining soldiers were French soldiers.
Although these indigenous soldiers are not very effective in combat, sometimes having more people is an advantage.
In order to cope with the enemy's attack, Niu Meng and the others deployed many minefields in the jungle. Although it did work at first, making it difficult for the enemy to move forward.
But then the other side's commander also became ruthless and formed a war supervision team, letting the indigenous Vietnamese soldiers go in front.
Of course there was resistance! But they were all quickly knocked down by the French soldiers with rifle butts, or sent directly to see the Buddha in the West. The other indigenous Vietnamese soldiers dared not speak out and were resentful.
There are bayonets behind you and minefields in front of you. If you retreat, you will die. If you move forward, there may be a glimmer of hope. Vietnamese native soldiers also know how to choose.
The lucky ones passed through the minefield safely, but behind them was a passage forged by blood and death. But what the French didn't know was that they had personally planted a time bomb for themselves.
The minefields only played some role. Thanks to the "selfless dedication" of the Vietnamese indigenous soldiers, the French soldiers soon exchanged fire with the forward special operations soldiers.
But how hard can those indigenous Vietnamese soldiers who are full of resentment against the French work hard? Charge after charge, and retreat "gorgeously" again and again!
And the French commander was not an idiot. He knew not to push the Vietnamese soldiers too hard, otherwise he would really provoke a mutiny.
But after the special operations forces repelled the Vietnamese offensive several times, the French commander supervising the battle behind them began to go crazy.
Wang Tiezhu, the leader of the cooking team, looked up carefully with his helmet on. This time he did not pass on his iconic cooking oil skirt.
"Ta...ta...ta!" Suddenly, a stream of bullets swept past, and Wang Tiezhu quickly buried his head.
Although this bullet did not "open" his head, the flying wood chips and gravel still scratched his face.
"***! If the tiger doesn't show off its power, do you think grandpa is a sick cat?" Wang Tiezhu felt deeply aggrieved and decisively took out a grenade, pulled the string and threw it out without even looking at it.
You know, sometimes luck can go against the grain, like now!
"Boom!" The grenade thrown by Wang Tiezhu swirled and landed in a simple machine gun fire point. Blood and flesh flew everywhere, killing the machine gunner and loader on the spot.
"Hey! It seems I'm still good at throwing sandbags!" Seeing this situation, Wang Tiezhu sighed.
[Throwing Sandbags]: A folk game played by children. It is sewn with broken steps and filled with grain husk. Children dodge or throw them during the movement, which is similar to a snowball fight!
The machine gun's firepower was knocked out by a grenade from Wang Tiezhu, who was out of luck. Wu Qiang, who was next to him, decisively seized the opportunity, half straightened his body, and fired at the Vietnamese soldiers.
"Thud...thud...thud!" The P-30 submachine gun in his hand rang out softly, and bullets were scattered like a gust of wind and rain. The Vietnamese soldiers on the opposite side suddenly fell like wheat.
The bullets in the magazine were quickly exhausted, and the firing pin inside the submachine gun made an empty sound, "click...click...click!"
Wu Qiang, who fired the shot, didn't look at his own performance. He quickly leaned down and lay down without even a second's hesitation.
Because he knew that a second of hesitation might make him lie here forever.
Then, as he expected, as soon as he lay down, a torrential rain of bullets passed over his head, leaving deep bullet marks on the thick tree trunk behind him.
The fighting will of these indigenous Vietnamese soldiers was not strong in the first place. When encountering such a situation, they all retreated slowly.
The French military headquarters in the rear.
Seeing that the Vietnamese indigenous soldiers in front were once again defeated by the Hainan Army and retreated, the French commander suddenly became furious.
"You, you, and you, all lead my troops! If anyone dares not to go, I will kill him!" The French commander was furious and pointed at several Vietnamese officers.
These Vietnamese officers had led their men through minefields before. Their men had suffered heavy losses and were full of resentment towards the French commander.
The officers who were called out suddenly felt angry, but there were now French soldiers here, so they had to hold back.
However, they still raised their heads and looked at each other secretly, and they both saw the same thing in each other's eyes.