Chapter 49 After the Battle
The ensuing battle went well, and the troops of our side and the Shay's Federation gradually narrowed the encirclement and completely wiped out the remaining enemy. During this time, the task of our advance battalion was to occupy the key point of Mount Canasee and prevent the enemy from escaping towards Port Hywell.
After another 10 days of purging, almost all the remaining terrorists were wiped out, and when our main force came out of the Custrlo Mountains to the Carnessee Mountains, the operation was also announced.
After the war, according to statistics, a total of 2,478 enemies were killed in this battle, 68 of our people were killed, 1 tank and 2 armored vehicles were damaged, and 26 people were killed and 1 armored vehicle was damaged in the Shaya Federation.
Our casualties are extremely minor compared to the terrorists, but no one can be happy. The enemy is only a terrorist, not a regular army, and we have sent such a powerful force, and we are still in alliance with the Shayya Federation, it is still so difficult to fight, there is no joy at all, there are only two words to describe this war, difficult. Here's my assessment of this fight.
After the war, the troops participating in the war did not immediately return to their original units, but gathered together for nearly a month of discipline and work style education. This is the tradition of our army, and after the war, we must stabilize everyone's thinking.
In the month of the teaching team, only three things were done, meeting, studying, and practicing the queue, the meeting was for summarizing, the study was for thinking, and the queue was for style. These three things made everyone cry and cry for their mothers, and kept complaining, even if they were asked to train and fight, it would be more interesting than having a meeting here to learn and practice. I didn't pay much attention to it, this month can at least be used to think, the previous period of time, it was really too intense, especially this year, there are so many things that have happened, whether it is work or life, whether it is business or private affairs, the impact on me is really great, and the mind is always in a tense state, it's time to relax and relax.
This month, in addition to completing the tasks of meeting, studying, and practicing queues from my superiors, I read books every day, or listened to Liu Chaoju talk to He Yao or others. Of course, in the teaching team, mobile phones are still not allowed to be used, and everyone's mobile phones are not around, so they can't use them if they want to. This month, I am also in a state of losing contact with the outside world.
There is no impermeable wall in the world, as long as you have done and said it, it will always be known by others, and even by everyone.
And in the past month, I have heard a lot of news, of course, most of the news was told by Liu Chaoju to me and He Yao, here, the three of us are still the same as before, often get together to chat and communicate.
For these news, I don't say no, I don't care whether I believe it or not, it's just like watching entertainment news on my phone, just as an after-dinner conversation, and it doesn't affect my work and life, no matter what the news is, I still have to be like it every day.
Still, there was a few pieces of news that caught my eye and got me to pay more attention.
When we were in the training team, the first thing I heard was about the summary of operations. This is the third day after the troops arrived at the training unit, and in accordance with the requirements of the higher authorities, they must sum up the lessons and lessons of this operation and lay a good foundation for the next step in adjusting the direction of training. Just as the summary was in full swing at all levels, I heard the news from Liu Chao's mouth.
It is said that the head of the Military Commission was so angry that it could be described as a shock. It is said that the chief severely criticized or scolded the army leaders who reported to him on the spot. It is said that the secretaries outside heard the thumping of desks in the office. It is said that the chief criticized three questions, the first of which was about training, and the words were as follows: How exactly is the usual training practiced? After training for so many years, we have been pulling out and fighting like this, and they are still fighting terrorists, so if we fight the regular armies of other countries, will we still fight? The second is about equipment: With so much military spending every year, why is it that the equipment of the troops is still not complete? They all went to war, and there was still a shortage of weapons and ammunition? The third is about command: will you ever command a war? Can you command a war? Is there uniformity? Who in the end didn't listen to the command of the command, they all fought, and they all reported to me with a drone, how can they win the war?
Liu Chaoju said at the time that he had a nose and eyes, as if he was at the scene. I asked, "Where did this news come from?" How do you say it's true? It's like you've seen it with your own eyes. ”
Liu Chaoju replied: "I have heard from others, but this news is absolutely true, it is said that it came from the headquarters, and it seems to have been transmitted intentionally, as if the headquarters is going to make a big move; on the one hand, the head of the headquarters is very dissatisfied with this operation, and of course he is also dissatisfied with the current state and situation of the troops; on the other hand, it is for the sake of being able to win the war. Xiaofei, we are all soldiers, we have been in the army for so many years, and the army is like this, do you think we can win the war? ”
I didn't answer Liu Chaoju's question, because everyone already has an answer to this question, and in the current state, it is really difficult to win a battle, unless you rely on people, and modern warfare can no longer solve problems by relying on people.
This was the first news that came to my heart, did the army really make a big move? I can't figure out what the big move is.
And the second news shocked me even more, and I even said that it was impossible, absolutely impossible. The second news came on the seventh day after the troops arrived at the teaching corps. On this day, everyone was doing queue training on the playground, and during the break, I did not go to the toilet with everyone to smoke, but sat in the shade of a tree to rest. And after Liu Chaoju came back from the toilet, he brought back the news. This news is about the war, and it is absolutely true news, because it came from the mouths of other personnel of the troops participating in the war, and it is basically impossible to be false.
The man said that they were an infantry battalion, and that they were landing in the helicopter gunships of the air assault battalion to intercept the retreating enemy, but you don't know that at that time there were quite a lot of enemies, thousands of people, and all kinds of equipment, and most of them had already been withdrawn abroad, and we had no right to pursue them at all, so we could only surround the small number of enemies who had not yet withdrawn, and these enemies were two or three thousand people. However, we only have one battalion, and we still carry out airplane landings one after another, and the planes are landing in different positions. One of our planes landed on a hill, not far from the enemy ranks, and we were able to observe a part of the enemy's ranks, nearly 1,000 people, and all kinds of equipment. At this time, if this class rushes up, it will definitely die, what should we do? What else can I do? Call for support. We have all seen a large number of foreign films, and after discovering the enemy's main force, we can use the radio to directly call the bombers to bomb it, or call for artillery fire to bomb it. However, this squad kept calling and reporting the situation, from the platoon commander to the company commander, from the company commander to the battalion commander, and from the battalion commander to the command headquarters. In the end, it was only by contacting the Shaya Federation army that the bombers sent by the other side carried out the bombing and crushing the enemy in one fell swoop, and only then did the encirclement and suppression take place. The man said, if we had bombed it, it would have been a victory for us, a victory that could be trumpeted. The reason why we don't publicize it now and why the head of the headquarters is angry is because there is a problem in the course of our operation, a huge problem, and if it were not for the alliance with the Shaya Federation, we might not even be able to defeat the terrorist organization.
As for the second news, I don't want to admit that this news is true, and I don't believe that our army has fallen to such a point and its combat capability has been so poor. But I know very well that the man should be telling the truth, everyone is a participant, they have all been through this battle, and everyone knows the situation of the battle. From my own experience, I can feel that in this operation, our strategy is not clear, there are great changes in tactics, and our intelligence is not accurate; it can be said that we have been improvised to adapt to the situation, and we have been fighting for nearly a month.
Although I don't want to think about these two news, I don't want to go to my heart, but the situation is in front of me, and I have to think about it more, this is the responsibility and responsibility of a soldier, and as an active-duty soldier, I very much hope that the army can build a stronger army and defeat all enemies, and I am also willing to make my contribution to the development and construction of the army. But now, the troops turned out to be like this, they turned out to be like this, I was disappointed, the troops I had been fighting for turned out to be like this, I was a little confused again, I didn't know what I should do anymore.