For three full days, Island No. 1 was subjected to missile bombardment!
This allowed Ji Feng and the others to see the madness of the Vietcong, and at the same time, they also gained a lot of information from it. Even without contacting the top, just from this crazy action of the Vietnamese, they could tell that the Vietcong was desperate!
Obviously, the Vietcong’s northern army can’t hold out any longer and may be eaten by the Southwest Chinese Army at any moment!
You know, this missile is not an artillery piece that can just be fired. Every missile that is fired is money. Back when Rice was fighting some Middle Eastern country, it was said that each missile cost around a million, and not even in Chinese currency, let alone for Vietnam, a country that had to rely almost entirely on imports for its weapons?
The money spent on three consecutive days of bombardment was, I’m afraid, close to being able to arm a mechanised division, which was definitely not a small amount for the Vietcong.
Moreover, even with missiles there was no continuous bombardment after another. This was still using the Chinese fleet to intercept the Vietcong’s missiles, and if they weren’t intercepted, you can imagine how many missiles would have landed on Island One.
“The Vietcong can’t hold out any longer, this is the final madness!” Xiang Yongzhan said with a cold smile, “I’m afraid it’s up to us next!”
“If the missile bombardment doesn’t work, the Vietcong will definitely send people to secretly land on Island One, so we have to be careful.” Tan Yong nodded and said.
Ji Feng asked, “Is all the surveillance on the whole island still functioning normally now?”
Tan Yong looked at Xiang Yongzhan, among the troops on the island, the only ones who could play around with those complicated equipment were those special soldiers from the Special Warfare Brigade, so the island’s surveillance and firing systems and so on were being handled by the Special Warfare Brigade.
Xiang Yongzhan nodded and said, “Basically it’s all functioning normally, but the missile bombardment has destroyed quite a few places, so there are still gaps.”
Tan Yong immediately said; “Then one has to be careful.”
Xiang Yongzhan pondered for a moment and said, “From tonight onwards, we can’t continue to hide in this hole in the ground, seeing how crazy the Vietcong are, I’m afraid it’s about time tonight, unless they want to lose their entire fleet, I guess they’ll sneak in for a landing tonight in 8`9 cases out of 10.”
“Should we do a division then?” Tanyon asked.
“Of course!”
Xiang Yongzhan nodded and said, “According to the fortifications built by the Vietcong on the island, there are three places where it would be best to land.
Tan Yong immediately nodded and said, “No problem.”
The first thing is that the eastern side of the island is a cliff, it’s not impossible to land from here, but it’s too difficult, it’s only a precautionary place, not focused on the deployment of troops, so you still have to work hard to go around this side! ”
Ji Feng smiled and nodded: “OK, no problem! I’m just here to learn this time, I have no other ideas!”
Ji Feng was still very measured about the battle team, he knew that although the battle team were all ex-soldiers by birth, he and Zhang Lei were both rookies to this kind of warfare and both needed to learn properly.
“Well then, since none of them have any opinions, let’s settle it!” Xiang Yongzhan said, “Now let’s take some time to rest for a while, once the missile bombardment stops, I’m afraid that’s when the fierce battle will come.”
Ji Feng frowned and asked, “But what if the Vietcong is deceptively bombing?”
The Vietnamese are not stupid, this kind of conventional tactics everyone knows, once the missile bombardment stops, definitely will send troops to land. So what if the Vietcong made a time difference?
For example, the missiles are now directly positioned, and the Vietcong know where the missiles will hit Island One, the high precision of which will make the error within a small margin.
If the Vietcong wanted to land from the west side of Island No. 1, then they would deliberately bombard the south side, in which case it would still be very deceptive!
This side was still foolishly waiting for the bombardment to stop, but in fact they had already sent troops to land, and it would be too late if they didn’t know until they had hit the island!
Xiang Yongzhan laughed: “Do you think I’m just a special operations brigade that eats rice? I guessed that the Vietnamese would definitely take a sneak attack, so I had already made the arrangements and was waiting for them to come over.”
Ji Feng asked with a smile, “Then if the Vietcong are really just stupid and they don’t adopt this deceptive tactic, but instead, like you said, wait for them to launch an attack as soon as the bombardment stops, then your arrangement is not a waste of troops?”
“All these scenarios have been taken into account!”
Xiang Yongzhan said, “Older brother, do you know what our biggest advantage is now? It’s the terrain of this island! There are only a few places on this island that are suitable for landing, so as long as we hold it, then we can respond to every change with no change! Even if the Vietcong conduct an airborne attack on Island No. 1, I’m not afraid! Besides, even if I still have any oversight, there will still be you when the time comes!”
Ji Feng shook his head at once and smiled, “You shouldn’t count on me too much, you’re still the one to make the arrangements when it comes to fighting battles!”
Xiang Yongzhan laughed, “I’ve already made the arrangements!”
“That’s good!”
Ji Feng nodded and smiled, he was still at ease with Xiang Yongzhan coming to command, after all, Xiang Yongzhan was not a rookie, he had participated in the war not once or twice, both his experience and ability were first cla*s.
But in fact, Xiang Yongzhan was very surprised by Ji Feng’s performance.
A person who had not really been in battle, yet he was able to think of several possibilities and analyse them in a sensible manner, which was simply like the performance of only a veteran who was used to fighting in wars.
Originally, it would be fine if Ji Feng had performed quite well in all other aspects, but Xiang Yongzhan didn’t expect him to be so thorough in this regard.
“This guy, he’s really something of a blow!” Xiang Yongzhan couldn’t help but mutter.
As it turned out, Ji Feng’s fears were correct.
The Vietnamese really didn’t follow the routine, and while it was not yet nightfall, there were clearly a lot more missiles landing on Island No. 1, with one landing on the island almost every ten to twenty minutes.
At the same time, the fighters who had been monitoring the whole island spotted traces of the enemy.
The Vietcong, from the southwest corner of the island, had secretly landed.
Ji Feng and the others glanced at each other, and Xiang Yongzhan sneered, “The Vietcong really know how to pick places, this happens to be the weak point of the entire island’s defence, and also the place that has suffered the most intensive missile bombardment.”
Tan Yong said, “This shows that the Vietcong had prepared for this. I’m afraid they had already made this battle plan as soon as Island No. 1 was lost. If the Southwest Army hadn’t dumpled the Vietcong’s northern army, I’m afraid the Vietcong’s strategic objective would have been achieved.”
Xiang Yongzhan nodded and said, “The Vietnamese are not idiots either!”
Ji Feng smiled, if the Vietnamese were idiots, then they wouldn’t have fought against China for so many years and still managed to get strong support from countries like Rice.
On the contrary, in fact, since the last war, the Vietcong had been learning China’s tactics and strategic thinking over the past few decades, and the army’s combat strength was not all dregs, in fact, the Vietcong army was still very capable of fighting, at least in terms of equipment alone, China’s southern sea fleet was no match for the Vietcong’s fleet.
“Without further ado, let’s get moving! Let’s each do our own job, keep in touch at all times and set off!” With a wave of Xiang Yongzhan’s hand, everyone fishtailed out of the air-raid shelter and ran to their destinations.
When they had taken down island number one, they had already looked around the whole island, and most of the soldiers were already familiar with the terrain of the island, and had memorised it in their minds.
So when the order was given this time, everyone moved quickly.
After separating from Xiang Yongzhan and Tan Yong, Ji Feng led his team to the east. Although the east side of Island No. 1 was a cliff, it wasn’t completely impossible to land here, and if special forces were coming, they could really be caught off guard by landing from here!
Zhang Lei looked grave, through this war, he had realised his own shortcomings, so he had been in a learning mindset and did not dare to be careless in the slightest.
The Vietnamese had similarly built fortifications along the cliffs to the east, and upon arrival, Ji Feng immediately excluded three men from stepping out of the fortifications to the cliffs and taking charge of concealed reconnaissance.
“Boom boom!”
At this time, there were explosions in the distance as well as, apparently the special battle brigade or the pioneer battalion had already engaged the Vietcong.
“Lei Zi, you are responsible for leading the men to guard here, I will take a few men around!” Ji Feng said, they had no movement here for the time being, Ji Feng intended to take a look at other parts of the island.
“You have to be careful.” Zhang Lei said.
“Don’t worry!” Ji Feng patted his shoulder, turned around and left with Bai Zhu and the two battle team members.
The battle was fought in the southwest, while Ji Feng was angling from the east towards the northwest, not only did he have to patrol, but he also had to see if all the surveillance along the way was still working.
“Young Ji!”
Suddenly, Bai Zhu, who was walking at the front, jerked to a halt and turned back to gesture repeatedly.
Ji Feng looked aghast and instantly understood that there was someone in front of him!
He immediately quietly went forward and came to Bai Zhu’s side, and saw Bai Zhu pointing towards the front, where there was a burned wood, but it hadn’t finished burning, there were still some charcoal trunks, and the ground was even pitted, the original jungle had been blasted into a hilly terrain by the missile.
At this time, Ji Feng and his team were lying behind a mound of earth. When Ji Feng looked out, he immediately saw that in the distant woods, there were shadows of people shifting, and there seemed to be quite a few of them in the shadows.
These people were also wearing camouflage uniforms and carrying a large number of weapons, but they were definitely not Chinese, which could be seen at a glance.
The Vietnamese!
They had really sneaked up!
