The exercise officially began, and the 1st battalion, as the attacking side, sounded the trumpet of the charge. With the sound of the military horn, the soldiers of the two companies began to move in an orderly manner on the other side of the river.

However, the soldiers of the first battalion moved, and the second battalion, as the defender, was not vegetarian, so of course they would not watch the first battalion attack them. It is obviously unrealistic to block with a rifle at once, but a distance of 500 meters is really nothing for a light and heavy machine gun.

The light and heavy machine guns on the position of the second battalion were immediately judged to have opened fire, inflicting more than a dozen casualties on the first battalion across the river. The referee immediately stepped forward and signaled to the first battalion that the casualties needed to withdraw from the battle. And when the referee said this, the soldiers of the first battalion were obviously confused, the exercise had just begun, and the formation was not lined up, so why would they have to reduce the number of more than a dozen people? Isn't everyone standing here and living well? For a moment there was a slight confusion in the positions of the opposite battalion.

Bai Lin, the commander of a battalion on the high slope, had a trace of embarrassment on his face when he saw this scene, and Yue Siliang, who saw this scene clearly, sighed secretly.

In this era, it is still too difficult to conduct an exercise, and first of all, the literacy rate and literacy of the soldiers are the biggest obstacles. If you can't improve your comprehension, you can imagine how difficult it will be to completely obey the command and complete the exercise smoothly in this exercise where there are no real guns and live ammunition. After all, in this era, many soldiers can't even tell the difference between left and right.

However, the confusion was only temporary, and the referee explained the rules clearly after a short pause. In the end, the battalion deputy who led the team decided to order more than a dozen fighters to leave the battle, and the exercise was continued.

The attackers, who had regained order, also began to react quickly, and the soldiers on the battalion side under the command of the battalion deputy did not immediately choose to charge, but began to adjust the queue.

The 1st Battalion used three Madsen light machine guns to counterattack the opposing position. The Madsen light machine gun is a light machine gun designed and introduced by Denmark between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It's not the most advanced out of the box, but it's reliable. The maximum firing range can reach 1500m, and the effective firing range can also reach 800m, and the shooting accuracy is also considerable.

These dozen or so light machine guns of the 17th Regiment were the belongings that Yue Siliang had worked hard to save over the past few years as the regiment commander, and in order to make the exercise as close to actual combat as possible, Yue Siliang took out nearly half of the light machine guns.

Under the referee's decision, the firepower of the two sides on the position was relatively evenly matched at this time. The battalion lieutenant of the 1st battalion then ordered the gunners to calibrate their only mortar.

“……”

Bai Lin, who was holding a telescope and observing the situation of the position, was a little drumming in his heart, and sweat was oozing from his palms. Their new tactics were the most thoroughly implemented by one battalion. If the new tactics of today's exercise fail, the face of their battalion will be disgraced.

With the support of light machine gun fire, the three platoons of the first company began to cross the river under pressure, raising large splashes on the knee-deep surface of the river. The referees on both sides also communicated with each other with flags.

The crossing of the river was successful, and the three-meter-wide river did not hinder them for long. After crossing the river, the first company quickly spread out, and the nine combat groups formed three rows in a "three-three-three" formation, and one after another three-person groups like sharp cones were arranged in a row. With less than 100 people, in a little more than two minutes, a large net nearly 500 meters wide was formed at a distance of 300 meters in front of the defensive position of the 2nd Battalion and began to slowly close!

"Humph......"

Huang Kebei let out a soft snort through his nostrils, in his opinion, this is meaningless in actual combat. 500 meters of nets? Even if you pull up to a thousand meters, isn't it still this one company? On the contrary, only about 100 people dared to stretch to 500 meters. It looks quite bluffing, the formation is as thin as garlic skin, what's there to be afraid of when you poke it?

However, Li Jie, the commander of the third battalion, saw this, and his heart moved, and his eyebrows raised slightly. He saw a lot of ways in this series of actions just now: to be able to do this kind of reaction in such a short period of time is not only something that the commander can do, but also requires the soldiers themselves to have a strong sense of autonomy.

Several people on the high slope had different thoughts, but the exercise ground was proceeding in an orderly manner. The rapid deployment of the first company did cause a lot of impact on the soldiers of the second battalion on the defense, and a large area of the enemy suddenly appeared in front of them, which in itself was very visually deceptive, and in this case, many people would subconsciously ignore the actual numbers.

The most intense collision of the exercise took place, and the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion in the defensive positions opened fire on every enemy they could see. Yue Siliang, who was on the high slope, used a telescope to observe the performance in the defensive position, and his face couldn't help but show a smile.

The performance of the second battalion can be said to be completely unexpected by Yue Siliang, and this is also the key to the "three-three system" tactic.

By breaking up the charge formation into battle groups, the number of targets in the line of view of each warrior on the defending side can be minimized. This can effectively reduce the probability of killing the defender.

"What are heavy machine guns for?! Fire me! ”

Huang Kebei looked at the form below so anxious that he almost jumped to his feet, what he never expected was that Yilian would push forward more than a hundred meters with this thin formation, and he hadn't lost many people yet.

At this time, the men of the first battalion and the second company were already in the middle of the battle. With the 1st Company under pressure at the front, the 2nd Company was deployed very smoothly, and the counterattack in the direction of the 2nd Battalion became more and more intense.

"It's not like that! Outrageous! What did the heavy machine guns do?! The referee's unfairness! ”

The attack group of the company, which had penetrated deepest into the position, was now less than thirty meters away from the defensive position, and at a distance of thirty meters, it was already possible to attack with grenades.

In the end, this offensive and defensive exercise can be said to have ended without any accidents. When the 1st Battalion and the 2nd Battalion made contact in a white-knuckle battle, there were still 70 people left in the 2nd Battalion of the defending side, and 140 people on the 1st Battalion as the attacking side! With a two-to-one outnumber, the result is obvious if you fight with a hand-to-head fight.

As the attacker's first battalion, they won, but Bai Lin and Wang Shuangyin were not excited about the victory. Attacking twice as much, if you can't win yet, then there's nothing to say. The important thing is that in this exercise, the number of casualties judged by the offensive and defensive sides is almost the same!

Judging from past experience, it is simply impossible to take a position in a positional battle without paying more than twice as many casualties as the defender! Now it seems that this "three-three system" tactic is indeed a more advanced tactic!

"Lao Huang, your battalion has lost."

Li Jie stood beside Huang Kebei and muttered, and poked his armpit with his elbow from time to time.

"Humph! I see it! So what?! Isn't there another one?! We'll be even more beautiful in a while! ”

Huang Kebei said, took off his hat fiercely and walked in front of Yue Siliang.

"Regiment commander, I want to personally lead the team in the next attack of our battalion!"

Yue Siliang raised his eyebrows and looked at Huang Kebei with a smile.

"Are you sure? Don't take a look at it above? ”

Huang Kebei stiffened his neck and nodded vigorously. When Yue Siliang saw him like this, he knew in his heart that he was not convinced, so he didn't speak, but just nodded.

"Liu Chuan, help me take care of it!"

Huang Kebei walked down the high slope and drove his deputy battalion commander up.

"Get on the bayonet!"

Throwing off the coat on his body, Huang Kebei exposed his tendons and flesh, wrapped his hands around the cloth belt and held Hanyangzao tightly, and the shiny bayonet was dazzling in the sun.

"The second battalion, give me some spirits!"

Huang Kebei rolled up his sleeves and raised his eyebrows. He knew that he could not just let the "three-three system" tactics show off today.

"Lao Bai, what do you think?"

On the high slope, Li Jie came to Bai Lin's side again.

"What else can I see? Just stand here and watch. The second battalion has always been the strongest combat effectiveness of our regiment, and it can always achieve the greatest results in the charge battle, so it should be good. ”

Bai Lin said casually, he didn't have too many fighting thoughts in his heart, and in his opinion, as long as it was a good tactic, he would welcome it.

The second exercise was much inferior to the first, and Huang Kebei was not the kind of reckless man who only knew how to do brute force. He also knew how to cooperate tactically when charging, and was divided into three columns when charging; Fire support was also provided with light machine guns in the rear; Mortars were also used to knock out the heavy machine guns on the opposite side.

But even so, Huang Kebei lost nearly seventy people when he led the team to rush to the defensive position of the first battalion!

And the time to capture the position was also ten minutes longer than that of the first battalion.

"How is that possible?!"

Huang Kebei, who saw the result, was naturally not convinced, and ran to Yue Siliang to complain about the unfairness of the referee during the exercise.

In this regard, Yue Siliang just asked the referee to put the records during the exercise in front of Huang Kebei and let him see it for himself.

It doesn't matter if you look at it, where the referee is unfair, it is simply biased in favor of their second battalion. When the first battalion attacked, the mortars fired six shells before the heavy machine guns in the defensive positions were knocked out. And the second battalion did it with only three shells when attacking......

The more Huang Kebei looked at it, the more he couldn't stand it, although his temper was stinky, he still knew the good from the bad. At this moment, his face was flushed, and even if he was still unconvinced, he couldn't say anything.

Yue Siliang gently patted Huang Kebei's shoulder.

"I know you're probably still a little unconvinced. A soldier can be unconvinced, but he must not be stubborn! The Americans were also stubborn when breech guns first appeared, and the result was the death of more than 700,000 people on both sides in the Civil War!

Lao Huang, you have to remember. Every stubbornness you have may turn into a senseless sacrifice for your brothers on the battlefield! ”

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