After the first day of tentative attacks, Red seemed to be trying to get a taste of it.

After tasting a little sweetness, there was no movement for the time being.

As the main defender, the blue side also has to reflect on its own mistakes.

During the entire exercise on the second day, the two sides only dispatched firepower units and made a few brief tentative attacks on the periphery, and then there was no follow-up.

The seemingly calm situation disappointed the observers somewhat.

However, on the third day of the exercise, the situation suddenly changed significantly.

After a day of preparation, the Red side finally dispatched its main force for the first time.

In the conference room of the director's department, seeing the lonely figure of the shipping brigade on the screen, several bigwigs in the N Military Region frowned a little.

"What's going on? The shipping brigade of the red side is not protected by frigates? That's too paralyzing, isn't it? ”

Zhong Yuannian said with an ugly face.

Wang Dong was also a little puzzled, and he subconsciously turned his gaze to Li Shuliang.

Apparently I want to get an explanation from this person.

As the deputy commander of the D Sea Fleet, Li Shuliang's understanding of naval warfare is naturally higher.

After seeing the actions of the red side, he said meaningfully: "Deputy Commander Zhong, in a naval battle, neither side will directly dispatch a shipping team. ”

"If nothing else, this should be a decoy for Red."

Zhong Yuannian's expression froze, and then he seemed to understand something, and his face softened a little.

However, looking at the two transport ships of the Red Shipping Brigade, the big man frowned again.

"No, if it's just a decoy, there shouldn't be so many amphibious tanks and armored vehicles on this ship?"

Li Shuliang smiled and explained, "If you don't bring these armored troops, this bait will be too easy to see. ”

"I reckon that the red side is behind the shipping brigade and must be hiding other ships. Even large destroyers, it is possible. ”

Zhong Yuannian sighed, waved his hand to the staff of the information department, and said: "Let the front zoom in closer, we want to see the situation around the ships of the shipping brigade." ”

"Yes, Chief."

After listening to Zhong Yuannian's orders, an officer hurriedly whispered instructions to the observation group in front.

After a while, the close-up view of the two transport ships of the shipping group was zoomed in on the big screen in the center.

"Well, sure enough, there are two destroyers trailing behind."

Seeing the picture on the big screen clearly, Zhong Yuannian nodded with relief.

Indeed, as Deputy Commander Li said, several warships were following behind the two transport ships of the DA Division's shipping brigade for more than a dozen nautical miles.

Although the situation of several warships is not very real.

But judging by the appearance, there is no doubt that it will definitely be the main combat ship.

At that time, Zhong Yuannian nodded with relief: "It seems that the red side is ready to compete with the blue side today." ”

"These combat ships are already the limit of what the DA division can take, right?"

The last sentence was asked by Zhong Yuannian to Li Shuliang.

After listening to the big guy's question, Li Shuliang explained with a smile: "Yes, Deputy Commander Zhong. ”

"The shipping brigade of the DA Division is only responsible for water transportation, the transportation of wartime combat force materials, offshore reconnaissance and vigilance, coastal defense patrol duty and other tasks."

"In a real naval battle, a couple of their frigates are simply not enough."

"In this exercise, we supported two destroyers at the S base of the D Sea Fleet, which solved their urgent need."

"Otherwise, relying on the escort of the frigate alone, the transport ships and landing ships of the shipping brigade will not be able to complete the beach-rushing landing."

Speaking of this, Li Shuliang turned his head to the rear.

"Comrade July, you are the chief operational analyst handpicked by Deputy Commander Zhong. What do you think of this red move? ”

As soon as Li Shuliang's words fell, Zhong Yuannian raised his hand and said, "Yes, Comrade July, you can tell us in detail about the combat intentions of the red side. ”

"Do you think they're putting on a show, or are they really planning a landing operation?"

Listening to Deputy Commander Zhong's question, everyone in the conference room showed a knowing smile.

After two or three days of contact, everyone is already very convinced of the theoretical level of Su Qiyue, a young man.

Everyone is also looking forward to his operational analysis.

However, the request put forward by Deputy Commander Zhong at this time is undoubtedly difficult for some strongmen.

After all, Su Qiyue is not the roundworm in the stomach commanded by the red side, how can he analyze all the actions of the other party clearly?

Su Qiyue didn't seem to notice everyone's "sympathetic" gaze.

After listening to Deputy Commander Zhong's question, he groaned a little and then told his judgment.

"Personally, I don't think that the move made by the red side today after two days of detailed analysis cannot be just a tentative attack."

"And judging from the draft of the two transport ships dispatched by the shipping group, the armored troops they are loaded with are real."

Su Qiyue pointed to the picture on the big screen and said: "From this point, we can basically conclude that the red side really wants to have a large-scale naval battle with the blue side. ”

"It can even be said that they have made all the preparations for a beach-grabbing landing."

"As long as the red side has the upper hand in the naval battle, it will not hesitate to choose to occupy the blue side's islands."

Listening to Su Qiyue's categorical judgment, there was silence in the conference room.

Everyone didn't expect that when this young man was doing analysis, he didn't leave himself a way out.

You must know that this kind of operational analysis can completely use words such as "very likely" and "high probability" to avoid risks.

As long as this word is added, even if the judgment is wrong, there is room for reversal.

But this Colonel Su is good, and he gave a positive judgment as soon as he came up.

If his analysis is wrong, the fun will be great.

Even if the bigwigs are in the way of face, they won't blame him for anything, at least they will give him a lot of discounts in their evaluation.

It is impossible for Su Qiyue not to know the risks involved.

Why is he so sure of this analysis?

Compared with everyone's doubts, Zhu Haipeng's eyes showed a look of appreciation.

In his opinion, Su Qiyue's answer just now may not be tactful enough.

But as a young officer in his 20s, he should have such momentum.

If everybody says those ambiguous things, it's too boring.

The only thing that is uncertain is how sure Su Qiyue's judgment is.

Just when Zhu Haipeng was secretly puzzled, Deputy Commander Li Shuliang had already continued to ask questions.

"Comrade July, tell me how you came to this judgment."

Su Qiyue answered and told her thoughts.

"When it comes to naval battles, the closest official one to the present should be the Anglo-Argentine conflict in 82."

"This is a small operation on a small scale but complete in all elements, with a relatively high technical content on both sides, and is a typical joint operation of land, sea and air. One of the most classic pictures left is the super military flag attack plane of the Arab country, which launched Exocet air-to-ship missiles to sink the British Type 42 Sheffield destroyer......"

Su Qiyue suddenly told this paragraph, which aroused everyone's great interest.

Even big guys like Zhong Yuannian and Qin Zhongpei have colorful ripples in their eyes.

"There are many opinions about this military conflict. Among them, Britain, which won in the end, is naturally the object of everyone's pursuit. ”

"A lot of the time, the Afghan side is a loser who is considered worthless."

But in fact, in this conflict, the performance of the Afghan Air Force is eye-catching. In addition to the destroyer Sheffield, they have a lot to offer. ”

"Even if the Falklands have been blockaded for many days, before the surrender of 9,000 troops, the heroic Afghan Air Force is still trying its best to support the army."

Su Qiyue said in a calm voice: "The reason why the Argentine side failed in this conflict is because of the army. In more than half a year, the Afghan army stuffed more than 10,000 troops on the island. ”

"But they didn't even do a good job of basic material reserves and garrisons. The most critical thing is that the airfield on the island is not very well built, which drags down the Air Force. ”

Looking around, Su Qiyue continued: "Of course, this is also what the top level of the Afghan army did not expect to lead to a large-scale conflict, tens of thousands of army forces thought that they had engaged in occupation in the past, but they did not expect the British army to react quickly, and the task force soon launched a blockade of the Falklands." ”

Eyes shot at the big screen, the neatly arranged tanks and armored vehicles on the transport ship, Su Qiyue said word by word: "If the landing force of the Albanian side was equipped with a sufficient number of armored troops at that time, then it would be difficult for Britain to turn defeat into victory in this conflict......

Hearing this, the bigwigs in the conference room naturally understood.

Obviously, Su Qiyue used the Anglo-Afghan naval battle as an example to explain the reason why the Red side dispatched a large-scale landing force in this first naval battle.

There was silence in the conference room for a moment, and Wang Dong couldn't help but open his voice.

"I partially agree with Comrade July's point of view. Indeed, the Falklands conflict shows us how modern naval warfare should be fought. For example, the combination of peacetime and wartime, electromagnetic control, laser blinding, medium and low-altitude air defense, submarines, anti-ship missiles, and other elements can all be used for reference. ”

"But we also need to recognize that this naval battle is now more than 20 years old. The changes in the mode of warfare in the two periods can be described as vastly different. ”

"In this case, is it still necessary for us to learn from the tactics of the time in the exercise?"

After Minister Wang asked this, some echoing voices sounded in the conference room.

Indeed, the current actions of the red side are undoubtedly trying to learn from the tactics of the Argentine side in the battle of the Falklands.

That tactic at that time was very successful, and it also gave the Afghan side the opportunity to start the war.

At the moment, the DA Division wants to do the same, open a gap with naval warfare, and then send their ground troops to the enemy's islands to form a confrontation situation.

From the perspective of modern warfare, this tactical style of play is still too aggressive.

After all, the fortifications of the islands are much stronger now in the face of ships than they were back then.

Once the red side fails to complete the set goal, the armored forces of the entire two transport ships will have only one end - there is no return.