Who is the protagonist of the exercise? (Above)

Hodgson did not seem interested in this hand-to-hand combat function, and with the firepower of German equipment, there were not many opportunities for hand-to-hand combat.

During this inspection, Major Hodgson was a little confident about future exercises, and it seemed that the three company commanders were capable of doing well.

"Okay, Company Commander Fang, you can let your soldiers gather, it's not too early, Captain House and I are going back."

"Hmm, you don't need to check out the other two companies?"

"No need!" Hodgson was in a good mood, and before leaving, he said, "Fang, you need a watch." ”

The two commanders were gone, and Bob and Biel arrived, and the positions of their two companies were a little farther away.

"Who is the protagonist of the exercise? Are the chiefs gone? They didn't say anything dissatisfied, did they? Bob was still more concerned about this, but Biel didn't care too much and looked at the distance and said, "Fang, forget to tell you good news, if nothing else, we can all wear the pistol I designed before the exercise." ”

Fang Jianxiong raised a middle finger at the triumphant Biel, and Bob also raised it, although he didn't know what it meant, but Bob was a little superstitious about Fang Jianxiong now. Especially after the training in the past few days, Bob felt that he was really eye-opening, Fang Jianxiong's methods of torturing soldiers can be described as endless, and the good vegetarianism and obedience of the German army made these training effects excellent. There are also some defensive tactics that Fang Jianxiong has figured out, which are also very magical and effective tactics in Bob's opinion. For example, the design of this anticline position, now only Bob and Fang Jianxiong know, this guy Biel is completely obsessed with his design dream, and this guy can completely ignore it.

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Half a month after the internship, a military exercise took place on a battlefield outside Berlin.

This live military exercise is mainly to test the German army's ability to attack, and defense is not the main character of the exercise in the eyes of the German army? (above) important.

The command of the Red Army, General Ma Jinsheng stood in front of the map, looking at the situation map of the exercise. Frowning and thinking all the time, no one who came in behind him noticed.

"Your Excellency, the marshal is here." The chief of staff reminded him in time, and Ma Jinsheng turned around and noticed that there were two more people in the room, the first of which was his immediate boss, Field Marshal Hindenburg, followed by a major general. Ma Jinsheng knew this major general named Ludendorff, who was from the General Staff.

"Ma Jinsheng, how is the exercise going?" Hindenburg saluted, simply raised his hand in return, and walked to the map.

Looking at the situation map, Hindenburg turned around and asked Ludendorff: "What do you think of this situation?" ”

"Judging from this situation map, our army attacked the rear of the enemy with the strength of three divisions, with the intention of forming an encirclement of the enemy's frontal group. Now it seems that the strategy worked, and the enemy could barely reach the blocking position with only one division, and after a forced march over a long distance. After some analysis, Ludendorff said bluntly: "I wonder why 308 Heights has not been taken for a long time. Instead, let this position get stuck in the choke point of my flanking legion. If I remember correctly, the Red Army's assault on this block of positions should have begun six hours earlier. According to the deployment of troops, there is only one battalion at most on this fast position. Could it be that a battalion of troops can hold out for six hours in the face of an absolutely superior attack? ”

These words were a little ugly, and Admiral Ma Jinsheng's face was a little ugly, but in front of Hindenburg, he did not argue, but saluted first: "Your Excellency, I am also more confused about this issue, the news from the front is indeed that the attack was blocked, and I was planning to take a look." According to the design of the exercise, this blocking division could not be eliminated within 24 hours, and even if the Red Army's flank attack failed this time, the entire campaign would be considered a failure. ”

Hindenburg did not immediately express his position, but stared at the map and looked at it again before saying: "I am shocked, the selection of this position is very important, the front can choke the throat of the road, and can use the advantage of the high ground to provide fire support to the friendly positions defending the front. In order to break through the defense of the division of the Blue Army from the front, the first thing is to take the 308 heights. ”

Ma Jinsheng was under great pressure, and the Seventh Army was the elite of the German army, attacking the defense of a division with absolute superiority, and it was also under the premise of suddenly suffering a flank attack, and rushed to the battlefield to block it. Although the 21st Infantry Division, which played the role of the Blue Army, also belonged to the Seventh Army, the main two divisions of the Seventh Army, which carried heavy firepower, and one division of the Imperial Guard, participated in the attack.

Blues, the headquarters of a certain regiment, Colonel Gauss, spoke to Hodgson with a gloomy face.

"Major, can you explain why the main forces of the third battalion were placed on the 308 heights, instead of the frontal defensive positions that were preset for the exercise? Although judging from the results, the effect of this arrangement is unexpectedly good, but how do you ask me to explain it to the division commander? ”

According to the exercise order, the 308 Heights are not the preset main position. The actions of the third battalion can be said to be disobeying military orders, which is a very strict thing in the German army.

"Colonel, the impermanence of soldiers and the impermanence of water, and the improvisation of the battlefield are the basic elements of every grassroots commander. If the battalion rigidly followed the division's arrangement and put the main force of defense on the front, the Red Army only needed to take the 308 heights and set up 75 guns to bombard them. Now the main forces of our battalion are holding on to the 308 heights, and the Red Army's attack on the front is being dragged by Yan zhòng. This is why after the battle began, the most densely attacked was not the front, but the commanding heights of the flank, 308 Heights. ”

Hodgson explained, secretly smug in his heart. This time the three battalions were outstanding, and this qiē was mainly attributed to the Chinese boy. It was precisely because of his persistence that Hodgson made up his mind to put only one platoon on the front, and the rest of the troops were deployed on the 308 heights. In this way, the 308 Heights played an important role from the beginning of the battle, repelling the attack of a battalion of the Red Army at the beginning, and successfully taking advantage of the advantages of the high ground to flank the attacking enemy from the main position of the frontal battlefield with machine gun fire, so that the Red Army had to turn around and attack the 308 Heights with heavy troops.

"Colonel, the key now is to reinforce the 308 heights as much as possible, they have been holding out for more than 6 hours. In this battle, it was precisely because the third battalion was the first to rush to the battlefield at the speed of a rapid march and built an effective defensive position, which bought enough time for the defense of the main force of the regiment and the main force of the division. The Chief of Staff spoke in time, and Colonel Gauss nodded.

"Hodgson, I will give you the regimental machine gun company, and give you another company of reserves, your task must be to hold the 308 heights for 12 hours."

On the 308 heights, Fang Jianxiong squinted his eyes with a cigarette in his mouth, and observed the battlefield with a Zeiss six-fold telescope. The telescope was snatched from Biel, and it was called the interest on the design fee of the sapper shovel.

If it weren't for a military uniform, Fang Jianxiong would look more like a messy Shanghai Xiaokai, and he would be a little white face without makeup.

In stark contrast is Bob, a strong man with a telescope around his neck, a product of blackmail. Compared with Fang Jianxiong taking the interest on the design fee as an excuse, Bob was more direct, and he used his fists to force Biel to make the decision to donate a pair of binoculars. To paraphrase this behavior in Bob's exact words, it is "not to be too polite to the capitalists".

Due to the thorough preparation, the defense of the 308 heights was arranged quite rigorously. There are not only man-made traps on the front, but also three barbed wire fences to protect the relatively gentle front. There are three frontal trenches, and the communication trenches are connected to the positions of the anticline.

Glancing down at the Swiss watch, well, this one is also interest, plucked from Biel's wrist.

"Bob, how many troops do we have?"

"According to the results of the exercise referee, we only lost two platoons of troops, and your anti-slope arrangement played a heavy role. Unfortunately, this arrangement can only work in the mountains. ”

In this exercise, the performance of the three battalions can be described as perfect. Firstly, as the forward battalion was the first to rush to the blocking position at the speed of a rapid march, and secondly, in the case of the haste of the frontal defensive position of the main force of the regiment, the flank attack of the third battalion forced the first attack of the enemy to abandon. In the next few hours, the third battalion was even more excellent, but it was less than one battalion of troops, and repelled at least two regiments of the red side to attack five times in turn.

"The red side is about to start shelling again, leave the observation post behind, and the others retreat." Fang Jianxiong spit out the cigarette butt and slowly threw out a sentence. Looking at Bob's reverent gaze, his heart was stinky, and he pretended to be even more energetic.

Peat, fortunately, I have gone down to the army to implement the effect of the engineer shovel before, I have seen the civil engineering of the regular army, and I am also very curious to ask the company commander of the XX Ridge Hero Company with a glorious tradition. Civil engineering has always been our army's forte, but I didn't expect it to be able to exert such a huge combat effectiveness after crossing.

"Salute!" All the way to the back, along the way, there were soldiers looking at the company commander in adoration and saluting. Especially the sergeants, they are all veterans, and they know very well that under normal circumstances, with this amount of strength, they simply can't hold out for six hours. You know, there was at least one brigade on the opposite side, and it was the Guards Army with 105 heavy guns.

Red side, headquarters of the 3rd Guards Division.

Lieutenant General Powell's face was like water, and he had been staring at that damn hill with a telescope for half an hour. is such a small hill, so that the elite of the German army has planted a big heel. In this exercise, the Guards were shoehorned in by His Majesty William, and the original plan was that there was nothing to do with the Guards.

The distrust of the Seventh Army in the Guards was felt by Lieutenant General Powell from the very beginning. Especially Admiral Ma Jinsheng, he didn't say anything to his face, but the distrust in his eyes made people want to beat him.

Of course, the person Powell wants to beat up now is not Ma Jinsheng, but the damned exercise referee team. Under such a fierce attack, why was another attack easily repulsed?

Picking up the phone, Powell shouted: "Stop the attack." As soon as he put down the phone, he remembered the shrill ringtone, grabbed the phone and said in an odious voice: "Powell, if the Guards can't do it, let the Seventh Army go on instead." ”！！！