[Soldier Doujin] Inscribed

Section Three

Coming down from the hillside, Gao Jianguo hesitated for a moment and glanced around. The soldiers didn't seem too excited, so he swallowed back what he wanted to say.

In the temporary headquarters, Gao Jianguo discussed the current situation with Staff Officer Huang and the other two company commanders, so he decided to move the troops again and leave Lang Son.

From February 2th to March 17th, more than half of the battalion he led had been killed. The superiors kept sending them new soldiers to supplement them. As a result, Gao Jianguo couldn't recognize most of the personnel in this unit.

The instructor who was with him fell in a battle. As Gao Jianguo, who was only promoted to the position of battalion commander before the battle, although he was not familiar with the instructor, seeing the anger and sadness of his comrades after they fell, It still hits his mind from time to time.

Staff Officer Huang was also later transferred to supplement the battalion headquarters.

Gao Jianguo has been studying the map for a long time, especially since the current battle situation is unclear, and the supply in the rear is often interrupted. He feels that if he continues to stay here, the casualties of the troops may still increase.

He shared his thoughts with several people, and everyone agreed with his judgment, so they made a call to leave Lang Son that night.

Because the battalion signal soldier was injured and sent back to China by the medical team, and the signal soldier who took over was also gone during the battle. As the vanguard of the assault, the reconnaissance battalion could only follow the battle. A few days later, on March 3, they actually returned to Gantang.

When they arrived in Ganyong, they not only reunited with their own troops, but also finally contacted their superiors.

"Ah, retreat?"

Gao Jianguo opened his eyes wide, listening to the order from above in surprise.

Staff Officer Huang opposite him opened his mouth in surprise when he heard his voice.

Gao Jianguo waved his hand downwards, first put down the thought of Staff Officer Huang wanting to speak, listened carefully to the voice on the other end of the phone, and nodded.

"clear."

After hanging up the phone, Gao Jianguo glanced at Staff Officer Huang.

"Battalion Commander? Retreat? Do you want us to retreat?"

"Well, it's not just us."

Gao Jianguo patted his head. For convenience, he simply shaved his head a few days ago, and his green scalp felt a little prickly.

"We have been spinning around in the mountains, and we have lost contact with the outside world for many days, so we don't know."

Gao Jianguo smiled wryly, "Actually, the order was issued on March 3, requiring the entire army to withdraw to the country."

"Then this battle is over?"

Staff Officer Huang asked hesitantly.

Gao Jianguo couldn't answer his question.

The order to withdraw the troops was quickly communicated. Gao Jianguo went around to check the equipment they still had, and discussed with the commander of another unit about the preparations for the last order before the withdrawal from his superiors.

On the way back to the battalion headquarters, he heard the voices of several soldiers talking.

"...Withdraw, why, we didn't lose?"

"This is an order from the superior."

"Why, so many of our brothers have died, it's just a matter of withdrawing..."

"This is an order."

The voice of the person who spoke behind was a little familiar, Gao Jianguo thought for a while, isn't this the same Wang Qingrui!

Hearing the doubts of the soldiers, Gao Jianguo himself couldn't figure it out, but an order is an order.

This Wang Qingrui is quite interesting.

Smiling slightly, Gao Jianguo walked away.

The last task before their retreat was to blow up the main local buildings, including the Gantang government building, department store, Laojie city government building, power plant and other buildings, as well as a local phosphate mine and a large number of bridges.

Standing in the distance, watching the beautiful French-style small western-style buildings in the old street collapse one after another, and a large number of cottages containing weapons and militiamen burning in the fire in the middle of the city, they felt a little bit uncomfortable. taste.

It was only later that Gao Jianguo found out that the other evacuated troops also bombed while withdrawing in the same way, and many of the houses and facilities that were bombed were built with Chinese aid.And they were the last troops to retreat.Most of the troops had withdrawn to the country on March 3.

After the full withdrawal of the Chinese army, many towns in northern Vietnam, such as Lao Cai, Sa Pa, Tong Dang, Liang Son, and Gaoping, became ruins.

A Vietnamese reporter wrote in the article, "The Chinese didn't even leave a single house to the Vietnamese people."

When the troops retreated, the Vietnamese troops who had been driven to the south by the Chinese army began to counterattack, chasing all the way back to the bank of the Red River.

The two sides fought fiercely again in this area. The personnel of both sides hated the soldiers of the other side so much that they gritted their teeth and fought endlessly.

After returning to the country and reorganizing his troops, Gao Jianguo found that his troops had been reduced by one-third.

Holding the statistics sheet in his hand, Gao Jianguo felt dejected.

"battalion commander?"

Hearing someone calling him, Gao Jianguo raised his head and forced a smile on his face.

"what's up?"

"Finally got in touch with the regiment headquarters, and the regiment headquarters said that you should go to the regiment headquarters quickly."

"Oh, got it."

Nodding his head, he stuffed the report into his pocket, tidied up his military uniform, Gao Jianguo got on a truck transporting the wounded, and headed for the regiment headquarters.

As soon as he jumped out of the truck, Gao Jianguo heard someone shouting his name, and when he turned around, it was an acquaintance.

"Huzi, why are you here?"

Zhang Xinghua, 25 years old, is a small staff officer in the military region. The two of them are old acquaintances. Speaking of which, Zhang Xinghua's father was once Gao's subordinate, and the relationship between the two families has always been close.

"Brother Jianguo, I thought it was you."

Zhang Xinghua was so happy that he gave Gao Jianguo a firm hug, "I'm so worried. I've been worried about you since I heard that you went to the front line. The communication has been intermittent. I don't even know about you at the military headquarters." News, by the way, did you know that Brother Yang from our courtyard is also here."

"Yang Zi, why did he come?"

Gao Jianguo asked strangely.

The few of them were all brothers who grew up in a large compound, but when he joined the army, even he himself did not expect to be assigned to the south. It is not unusual for Huzi to be here, he knew it was Because Uncle Zhang was transferred to the military region here.But Yang Zi, he remembered that he should be in Beijing?

"Hey, it's not because of it." Looking around, Huzi lowered his voice, "something serious happened."

"what?"

Gao Jianguo was surprised.

"The deputy political commissar and deputy commander of your division died."

"What, how is it possible?"

Suddenly stopped, Gao Jianguo stared wide-eyed, "How is this possible?"

"Nothing is impossible, this is war."

Gao Jianguo frowned in dissatisfaction with the teasing tone in Huzi's speech.

Noticing his dissatisfaction, Hu Zi chuckled, "Brother, my brother, if it weren't for the fact that too many people were beaten to death, why do you think the leaders in Beijing sent people over in such a hurry? Then follow the leaders!"

Gao Jianguo couldn't help pressing his hand on the pocket where the report was placed, and Gao Jianguo felt a little dazed. The battle has reached this point, is it possible to stop?

On December 1978, 12, the Communist Party of China officially issued an order to fight against Vietnam.

1979年1月8日，广州军区完成战斗准备：共集结了4个野战军、3个地面炮兵师和高射炮兵师，3个铁道兵团、1个通信团、1个防化团、13个航空兵团外加6个大队全部进入待命地点。空军、高炮和导弹部队同时完全战术部署。海军在川岛以西各港口集结各型舰艇120余艘，作战飞机170余架。

After the war, according to the "Summary of the Work of Self-Defense Counterattack Against Vietnam", from February 1979 to March 2, 17, the Guangxi and Yunnan People's Liberation Army and former militiamen who participated in the war sacrificed 3 people and injured more than 16 people. The Vietnam People's Army, the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam, stated in a report that the Chinese army injured more than 6954 people and killed 14800 people.

And the development of the situation after that, just as Gao Jianguo predicted, the war did not end...

The author has something to say: PS: Lin Fengyun, the deputy political commissar of a division in the Guangzhou Military Region, and Yue Lianyu, the deputy commander of the division, died in battle on February 1979 and March (the exact date is unknown), respectively, in 2. They were killed by the Chinese army in the Sino-Vietnamese War The two highest ranking military officers.