Chapter 144: The Battlefield Ahead
It was not difficult for Zhang Dongliang to arrange for these two South Vietnamese women, as they could just be placed in Hong Kong Island. It was just a bit troublesome to travel through the war zone, as they could not participate in many of the excitement.
During the conversation, I learned that Lin Lizhen was arranged to join the army for training after graduating from high school. She did not actively ask to be a signal soldier, but she had no choice.
Li Caizhu was persuaded to join the guerrillas as a nurse.
Her family lives in the southern government-controlled area, but the guerrillas are also very strong here. You have to stand on one side clearly, otherwise both sides will deal with you.
Because one of Li Caizhu's brothers had already joined the guerrillas, she had no choice but to choose the Northern Guerrillas.
Zhang Dongliang didn't want to worry about the internal affairs of their country. As long as the two women were willing to follow him, he would find a way to save their lives.
As long as he got to the beach, Zhang Dongliang had 1 ways to go. Not to mention other things, Zhang Dongliang had many yachts in the future.
Today's ships can never catch up with that kind of high-speed speedboat.
You said sending a plane to chase? I've already considered that. The outer shell of a high-speed speedboat is painted black. How can a plane find it when it's running on the sea at night?
Even if the plane can find you during the day, if they get anxious, they will use future missiles to attack you, preventing any of your planes from returning.
No matter what you do, it will be easier once you set goals and directions.
"Then let's do this. Lizhen will rest and recover these days, and Caizhu will stay here with you. I'll go out and investigate."
Just as he was about to leave, Zhang Dongliang suddenly remembered something: "Lizhen, is the radio you brought still usable?"
"It should work, but it's a walkie-talkie, so the communication range is not that long, only about 20 kilometers. In mountainous areas, if the terrain is bad, it's only 5 to 10 kilometers."
"That's fine. I'll tune it to a specific frequency and we'll agree on a call sign.
If I can't get back in time, I will try my best to seize an enemy radio and contact you. You must not go out to look for me.
If I don't come back in three days and don't contact you, you will leave on your own. Do you understand?"
"Okay, Brother Zhang, then you must pay attention to your own safety."
"We agreed to talk. My call sign is: Who goes to bed first tonight? Your call sign is: Pearl, let's go together. We will turn on our phones once every day at 12:00 and 18:00.
After you turn on your phone, don't take the initiative to call, wait for my call. I ask you questions and you answer them, remember?"
"I'll remember that, Brother Zhang." Lin Lizhen was a little reluctant to let Zhang Dongliang leave.
There is no way to agree on a call sign. The call quality of current military radios is very poor. If you are not very familiar with the voice on the radio, it is difficult to distinguish who is talking on the radio.
Therefore, it is very necessary to agree on a call sign in advance for confirmation, so as to avoid someone impersonating you and attracting the enemy.
In order to record the communication time, Lin Lizhen had a watch issued by the camp. Zhang Dongliang compared the watch with her, said goodbye to the reluctant two, and left the camp.
There was no way, Zhang Dongliang was a soft-hearted man. Since the two women had given themselves to him, he didn't want them to take risks and fight to the death.
But he didn't want to miss this opportunity to gain experience, so he had to settle them in a safe place and go to the battlefield to gain experience alone.
After leaving them for a distance, Zhang Dongliang released the drone. The visibility in the jungle was too poor, and without releasing the drone for high-altitude reconnaissance, there was no way to understand the overall situation.
The Dao of the small world belongs to the level of the rules of the great way, and does not belong to the power system. It is not affected here, but because there is less interference, the stretching distance is still longer.
The laws of the small world are covered on the drone and can support a distance of 1 kilometer, which is enough.
The drone is not very big, so as long as it does not come into direct contact with a US helicopter at close range, there will be no problem in the air and it is very safe.
After the drone took off, Zhang Dongliang operated the drone's camera to conduct reconnaissance of the nearby area.
By looking at the terrain and comparing it with the terrain of South Vietnam on the map, Zhang Dongliang can basically confirm that this should be the Truong Son Mountains in South Vietnam.
This is also the narrowest part of South Vietnam. It is only 50 kilometers from the Laos-South Vietnam border to the sea. This mountain range extends between Da Nang and Hue and enters the sea to the north of Da Nang.
That is to say, if you go east along the mountains, you will reach Da Nang.
This mountain range is basically the 17th parallel north, which is the dividing line between the control areas of the northern and southern governments.
The forces of both sides are intertwined in this area, which is also the main battlefield of the war.
It seems that Xiaodie threw himself to this place for a reason.
The images sent back by the drone showed that two groups of people were fighting fiercely in the direction slightly south of due east. Judging from their clothing, they were probably North Vietnamese regular troops and American soldiers fighting fiercely.
However, what puzzled Zhang Dongliang was that the south side of the mountain should be south of the 17th parallel, so how could the North Vietnamese regular army be fighting here?
Although they often sneaked in, they usually commanded and trained guerrillas, and it was rare for them to engage in direct combat with the US military.
A straight-line distance of one or two kilometers on the map may be an unattainable distance in mountain jungle combat.
Just as Zhang Dongliang was about to lower the drone for a closer look, he spotted a group of US helicopters flying from the direction of Da Nang in the east. Zhang Dongliang hurriedly piloted the drone to retreat.
Zhang Dongliang was very envious of the US military's frequent deployment of helicopters. The Huey helicopters, which participated in the Vietnam War on a large scale, also made great contributions.
When we get to Da Nang, we must go to their base to get a few planes. We must not make this trip in vain.
The battle below was fierce, and Zhang Dongliang was in no hurry to join in. Zhang Dongliang stroked his chin and thought for a long time, and decided to do some preparations first.
The first thing to prepare was to modify the paramotor, and he decided to fly there at night.
If you are not afraid of the cold, the flying altitude of the powered parachute can reach 4,000 to 5,000 meters. The only disadvantage is that in order to maintain the power of the engine, the muffler is very simple, and the engine is very noisy, so it needs to be modified.
This was not a problem for him. He installed a good muffler on the engine of the tandem parachute. Although it reduced the power a bit, it was no problem to install it on a single parachute.
This can solve the noise problem while maintaining sufficient power. Without an air searchlight, it is impossible to detect a powered parachute flying high in the sky in the dark.
The batch of naval gun shells he had obtained from the warships of the Northern Big Brother two years ago might be useful this time. The second thing to prepare was to install fuses on all the shells.
There is a helicopter in the small world, but it is not convenient for Zhang Dongliang to drop shells from a helicopter.
Xiaodie had specifically warned him that it would be dangerous if there were any obstructions nearby. If a shell got stuck in the cabin, Zhang Dongliang would be finished.
There were no grenades in the small world, but there were quite a few hand grenades, so a lot of them were prepared.
The naval gun shells were all 240mm in caliber, which was much more powerful than small-caliber mortars. Just thinking about the power of hundreds of heavy shells was enough to make one shudder.