Chapter 289 Conspiracy
Due to years of war, South Vietnam was severely lacking in manpower, so it recruited many female soldiers.
However, the group of women in front of them did not seem to be female soldiers. They raised their hands in the air and waved them continuously, which is an internationally recognized surrender gesture to show that they were not carrying weapons.
Those who come with ill intentions will not come; those with good intentions will not come.
The fact that this group appeared during a fierce battle between the two sides clearly indicates they were not there to offer condolences.
In a flash, Jiang Ruzhen suddenly remembered that South Vietnam had once established a "Black Widow Suicide Squad".
Could these women be members of a suicide squad?
Or perhaps because of their diverse and colorful attire, they should be renamed "Flower Widows" would be more appropriate.
Thinking of this, Jiang Ruzhen immediately reminded Xiaolin.
"They must be a suicide squad sent up by the South Vietnamese. Go and remind Company Commander Luo Hu and Platoon Leader Li Hai not to be fooled by the appearance of these women."
"If they pull out grenades and explosives from their pockets and throw them in our direction, we'll definitely suffer huge casualties."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Lin immediately went out to inform Luo Hu and the others. While Luo Hu and the others were hesitating, they listened to Jiang Ruzhen's advice and immediately understood.
When the group of widows were only fifty meters away from the position, he decisively ordered: "Stop! No more climbing!"
But the group of widows seemed not to understand and continued to dawdle as they climbed up.
Li Hai immediately shouted at the group of women, "Hey! You all stop right there, or we'll start shooting!"
Despite the language barrier, the group of widows could still sense the severity in Li Hai's tone and immediately stood still.
However, their expressions were strange, with a slight upturn at the corners of their mouths, a smile that was not quite a smile, exuding a chilling eeriness.
When Jiang Ruzhen realized this, her heart immediately jumped.
She noticed that some women secretly lowered their hands to touch their waists when the soldiers weren't looking, and then raised them back up.
He immediately shouted, "Fire! Fire now!"
In the blink of an eye, she attacked the leading woman first, and with a loud bang, the leading woman fell to the ground.
The soldiers also fired at the women's heads, bullets whizzing past them.
Everyone initially thought that these "flower widows" would pull out their weapons and fight back for a while, but to their surprise, as soon as they heard the gunshots, they scrambled down the mountain, making the soldiers laugh.
It seems that Jiang Ruzhen overestimated the courage of these widows from the South Yue region. They must have been forced to come here and were very afraid of losing their lives.
These South Vietnamese, when they were unable to capture the city after a long siege, suddenly came up with a ridiculous scheme—to send women to feign surrender, a tactic that would lull our troops into a false sense of security.
If they get any closer, the grenades thrown up by these "human shields" will surely throw the position into chaos, and then the South Vietnamese troops lying in ambush in the ravine will take the opportunity to rush up.
Seeing that they could not capture Hill 602 after a prolonged siege, the South Vietnamese army had run out of ideas.
However, they also knew that our army was a benevolent force and would not kill the women and children of South Vietnam. Therefore, they gathered a group of women to act as vanguards, both to probe the situation and to cause sabotage.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Ruzhen became an unexpected variable on our side.
In her eyes, there was no difference between men and women.
All the South Vietnamese were enemies. If she hadn't killed a female soldier first, those women would probably have been emboldened to climb up and throw bombs.
Just one hour after scaring the women away, our troops launched a fierce counterattack.
In an instant, artillery fire raged, blasting the South Vietnamese positions to pieces.
They were no longer able to organize an offensive and retreated back to the border, with the main force even withdrawing hundreds of meters away from the border.
It seems that the South Vietnamese have been terrified this time, and they dare not launch an offensive, yet they are unwilling to retreat.
The stalemate continued at the border.
This stalemate lasted for a month and a half.
Although they initiated the war, the decision of whether to go to war and how to go to war rests entirely with our country. They have no way of guaranteeing the outcome of this matter.
They have no ability to wage war, yet they still think they can gain some benefits by intimidating us.
Who knew that our country was not afraid at all, and even seemed to be thinking of starting a large-scale war with them.
South Vietnam was caught in a dilemma and could only stand guard on the border in fear every day, hoping that we would not attack.
In order to protect their territory, they did not hesitate to recall all their troops from neighboring countries such as Cambodia and Thailand.
All of the country's main forces were used to defend the northern border.
However, they were worried about the safety of the southern capital city, and in order to prevent the capital from being attacked, they began to send troops back to defend it.
However, they were still worried that our army would launch a surprise attack, act unpredictably, and attack South Vietnam from another side.
After some thought, they redeployed their troops from Laos to defend the border.
Under such circumstances, before our army could even deploy a single soldier, South Vietnam exhausted itself half to death.
Their large army was repeatedly redeployed and deployed under government orders, keeping them extremely busy.
It seems that they don't even need our army to launch an attack; their energy has already been exhausted by military deployment.
In March of the same year, our army once again adopted a posture of pressing in with a large force and being ready to launch an attack at any time.
All main divisions and artillery regiments are poised for action.
Meanwhile, to create a more tense atmosphere throughout the war zone, hundreds of radios were used to issue various orders 24 hours a day, with the authenticity of the orders difficult to discern.
Unable to determine the main direction of our attack, the South Vietnamese army could only passively follow our movements and continuously send troops to defend.
After more than half a month of turmoil, the South Vietnamese army was completely outmaneuvered by our army, which was truly rare.
At this moment, the air defense forces and air force units made their move.
An exciting message came from the front lines: South Vietnam's largest air force base had been suddenly attacked.
Hundreds of aircraft were simultaneously rendered inoperable, and the base suffered a devastating bombing.
When Jiang Ruzhen received the news, she was both happy and worried.
The battle finally began, and our troops deployed hundreds of artillery pieces to fire on the enemy positions.
For a time, artillery fire raged along the border, with waves of shells flying toward the South Vietnamese army's positions. The intensity of the artillery fire was far greater than during the counterattack against South Vietnam in 1979.
Moreover, the fighting continued from morning till night, which further convinced the South Vietnamese army that our hundreds of thousands of troops were about to attack South Vietnam.
For the next 20 days, our army continued to conduct large-scale artillery bombardments.
The South Vietnamese army lived in constant fear and trepidation.
They didn't know where we got so many shells from, or how we transported them to the high ground.
Amidst the raging gunfire, Jiang Ruzhen was transporting supplies over mountains and valleys.
We also have logistics units here transporting supplies to other places at the same time, but it consumes a huge number of personnel. All the supplies delivered by all the personnel are not as fast as the supplies delivered by Jiang Ruzhen herself.
In this current situation, it's a race against time.
Just twenty days into the continuous transport, Jiang Ruzhen received a notification from above.
No more supplies need to be transported; we've won!
South Vietnam surrendered, and the war ended.
Jiang Ruzhen jumped and danced with joy on the spot.
Xiao Lin wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled at Jiang Ruzhen. Having followed Comrade Jiang for so long, this was the first time he had seen her so happy, like a child.
Jiang Ruzhen was naturally happy. She had been reborn and was able to do her part on the battlefield, which she felt was especially meaningful.
Moreover, she saved so many adorable young soldiers on Hill 602, allowing them to survive.
That is the value of her rebirth.
If one can live a good life, who would want to become a martyr or a hero?
"Comrade Jiang, you deserve credit for this victory, do you know that? All the soldiers you rescued from Hill 602 were brought back to life after being sent to the rear field hospital."
"They're clamoring to meet you, their savior!" Xiao Lin said with a smile.
"Tell them to take good care of their injuries. My most important thing right now is to go back to the command post so I can meet up with my husband and go home together."
Jiang Ruzhen happily jumped into the car and directed Xiao Lin to drive the car back to the command post as quickly as possible.
Zheng Xin personally came out to greet the greatest contributor, and he held Jiang Ruzhen's hand tightly, expressing his gratitude repeatedly.
Jiang Ruzhen's mind wasn't on any achievements at all. She tilted her head and looked into the command post. "Chief Zheng, has Lu Mingzheng returned?"
Upon hearing this, Zheng Xin's hand, which was holding Jiang Ruzhen's, immediately stiffened.
His eyes darted around, and he seemed hesitant.
Jiang Ruzhen's heart leaped into her throat upon seeing him like this. "What's wrong? Did you receive some news?"
"Comrade Jiang, you must promise me you'll hold on!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ruzhen felt a chill run through her body. She forcibly suppressed her trembling hands and said expressionlessly.
"You said I could hold on."
"The news from the front lines is that Major General Lu's air strike force achieved a great victory, but they were ambushed on their return journey."
Major General Lu was shot down by the enemy while covering his comrades' planes, and his whereabouts are currently unknown. It's very likely he's already...
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