Volume 1 Sudden Battlefield Chapter 24

  Because it was early morning, the light inside the thatched hut was sufficient and visibility was quite high, so I gave a gesture to the warriors to get ready for battle, then used my fingers to indicate "three, two, one..."

  Then suddenly the iron pot was lifted... The two soldiers with submachine guns didn't move slowly either, and almost as soon as I lifted the iron pot, they "da-da-da..." shot a few rounds of bullets inside, followed by pulling out two hand grenades and throwing them in...

  The miserable cries in the cave were immediately covered up by the explosion of hand grenades.

  This guy with a bayonet was also foolish, holding a rifle and about to jump into the pit, but I pulled him back in time.

  "You're crazy!" I looked at this silly kid in a somewhat unbelievable way: "Aren't you going to get yourself killed by going in?"

  Ci Dao was taken aback, scratched his head and said: "I thought... this is when we're going to charge..."

  Looking at him, I couldn't help but feel both angry and amused. This tunnel was likely to be infested with devils, not to mention the geographical advantages that they had designed, making it uncertain whether even a whole battalion could launch a strong attack, yet this guy was recklessly trying to charge in alone.

  "Class monitor..." The bookworm also looked at the entrance of the cave with some confusion and said: "What do we do now...?"

  I was at a loss for words, and actually I didn't know what to do either.

  "What's going on? Who fired the shot?" Just then, Li Lianzhang rushed over with a scar above his knife.

  "Report!" I hastily stood up and replied: "A tunnel entrance of the devils has been found, a fierce battle with the devils just occurred... Should have killed several devils!"

  "The devils died in the tunnel!" The scholar added: "So I don't know how many were beaten to death, but we all heard the miserable cries."

  "Hmm!" Li Lianzhang walked over to take a look at the smoldering tunnel entrance, nodded at me and said: "Our troops were badly beaten by these Vietnamese devils, but you managed to salvage some dignity for us, so we didn't lose too badly!"

  "Then this tunnel entrance..." I'm passing the buck to Captain Li now.

  Li Lianzhang was taken aback for a moment, then thought about it and replied with some helplessness: "Blow it up! Just don't let the devils get out and stir up more trouble for us!"

  "Exploded?" I felt a bit resentful upon hearing this answer: "Just like that, it exploded...... isn't that too cheap for these Vietnamese devils?"

  "What's your solution?"

  "I...". I was at a loss for words and didn't know how to respond.

  "It's blown up!" Li Lianzhang threw down a sentence and walked away without looking back.

  "Platoon leader!" After the platoon leader left, the scholar asked tremulously: "We finally found this cave entrance with great difficulty, and it's going to be blown up like this. Isn't that a waste?"

  "What can you do?" I replied irritably.

  "I..." The bookworm scratched his head innocently.

  As we withdrew from the cave, a loud explosion sounded behind us, and the entire thatched hut was blown into several pieces and reduced to ruins.

  So our current problem is that even if we find the entrance to the Viet Cong tunnel, we can't do anything about it.

  Charge in? Fighting with well-prepared Viet Minh troops in a narrow tunnel was almost suicidal.

  Why didn't they charge in? It seemed that the only options were to throw hand grenades inside or destroy the tunnel entrance, but the damage it would cause to the Vietcong would be minimal...

  The next discovered tunnel entrance also met the same fate, and some soldiers tried to use flamethrowers or smoke to flush out the Viet Cong inside, but undoubtedly had no effect.

  Who are the devils? They have been fighting for decades, and they still don't think about how to prevent fires and smoke in the tunnels they dug. I even think that measures to prevent water and poison will not be lacking.

  However, it's not entirely impossible, the old man had clearly said before that there was a way to infiltrate by sending someone in.

  How to sneak in? I remember that the old man tilted his head and calmly said, "Disguise yourself as a Vietnamese devil and sneak in. The Vietnamese devils can disguise themselves as us to make trouble, why can't we disguise ourselves as Vietnamese devils? And besides, it saves the trouble of changing into military uniforms..."

  At first, I didn't understand why they even skipped changing uniforms. At the time, I didn't dare ask and just kept it in my heart, not knowing how long it took before suddenly remembering this matter and realizing: Ah, aren't those Vietnamese devils disguising themselves as Liberation Army to cause trouble? Then we'll disguise ourselves as those Vietnamese devils disguised as Liberation Army... After completing the mission and returning to the tunnel, that way they wouldn't even need to change uniforms.

  Damn it! This back-and-forth installation is really complicated.

  But I don't dare say that. If I say it out loud, my superiors will immediately say: "Great! This method is great! You came up with it, so this task will be assigned to you!"

  Kidding, sneaking into the enemy's tunnel... Am I asking for trouble?

  Besides, if history develops as the old man said, then even if I don't say it, others will think of it too, right?

  So I just waited like this, no matter how others made a fuss, I had an idea in my heart that I wouldn't say.

  But after all the fuss, I found that something was not quite right. The warriors were still blasting tunnels without any sign of changing their strategic direction.

  As the sky was about to slowly darken, I couldn't help but secretly lament: If it gets dark, those Vietnamese devils will come again like last night... my life might not be guaranteed. Last night we were fine, but that can only be said to be luck, the main reason being that the Vietnamese devils' disturbance range didn't reach our position, otherwise... We were fighting against the Vietnamese devils, the PLA thought we were Vietnamese devils, and we thought the PLA was Vietnamese devils... In such a mess, who could still guarantee their own life?

  And I'm also worried about one more thing: could it be that this has developed historically just because I thought of this method?

  Damn it's a headache, anyway, either way is death, let's just go for it!

  I slung my rifle over my back and ran a few steps forward to Li Lianzhang, saying: "Commander, I'd like to offer an opinion!"

  "Hmm!" The company commander was studying a map and marking something on it very seriously, so he didn't even lift his head to respond with just one word: "Speak!"

  "I think..." I gritted my teeth and continued: "I think this way of fighting isn't going to work, can we... send a unit to infiltrate the tunnel!"

  "Hmm!" The company commander nodded absent-mindedly, and it wasn't until he realized what I said that he suddenly looked up at me in surprise and asked: "Huh? What did you say?"

  "Report to the company commander!" I stood up straight and said: "We can disguise ourselves as Vietnamese and sneak into the tunnel!"

  "You... you're crazy!" Lian Chang looked at me with a somewhat disbelieving expression and said: "Do you know how dangerous this is?"

  "I know!" I said: "But there is a saying that 'how can you get the tiger's cub without entering the tiger's lair?' The Viet Cong can disguise themselves as us, why can't we disguise ourselves as the Viet Cong? Moreover, in the tunnel, the most important things are food and ammunition. Once we successfully enter the tunnel and blow up their ammunition depot, this tunnel will become the Viet Cong's graveyard!"

  Lian Chang was speechless after I said that, he paced back and forth a few times then nodded his head saying: "There's still some meaning to it, you go down first, I'll study it some more..."

  He went to the phone without looking back and started dialing, presumably to report this method to his superiors.

  I walked out with a nervous heart, and the reason for being uneasy was not worrying that this method would not be adopted by my superiors, but rather worrying that my superiors would assign this task to me...

  Who knew which pot wouldn't open and which one would, I hadn't even returned to the campsite when I was called back by the security guard.

  Lian Chang excitedly said to me as soon as he saw me: "Comrade Yang Xuefeng, the superior has approved your suggestion and ordered us to rush to make preparations before nightfall. I heard you can speak Vietnamese? Don't know if it's true?"

  "Hmm, that..." I hesitated for a moment, knowing that this must be the rumor leaked by the Vietnamese sniper we caught earlier.

  Are you lying? Looking at Lianchang's expression, it seems like he already knew about this matter. The reason why he didn't say anything all along, I think it's completely because he was worried that I might be a spy for the Vietnamese... After all, there aren't many Chinese people who can speak Vietnamese, especially among our young generation.

  So I thought for a moment and had no choice but to tell the truth: "Report to the company commander, my mother is Vietnamese, so I learned some Vietnamese from a young age, but it's not very fluent!"

  "Hmm, good!" The company commander nodded in satisfaction: "Considering the task of disguising ourselves as Vietnamese devils and entering the tunnel, we need soldiers who can speak Vietnamese, so this task is assigned to your squad. What do you think?"

  What's coming will always come, and I couldn't help but let out a sigh in my heart.

  This arrangement can be considered a real two birds with one stone. If I were a Vietnamese traitor, then this would be an opportunity to reveal my true identity. If not...then either complete the mission or sacrifice myself in the tunnel!

  But I didn't dare show any of this on my face, and instead stood up straight and replied in a crisp tone: "Yes, I guarantee to complete the task!"

  At this time, I really don't know whether it's right or wrong to say this method, and it seems that I'm not just pushing myself into the fire pit... should say earth pit, and following me down are also those brothers under my command!

  I spent the last two days playing with family, so I didn't update. Sorry about that. Tonight to tomorrow morning will have three updates, making up for the previous two days.