Chapter 12: Entering the Frontier (3) The Battle of Life and Death (Part II)
The contest between life and death, this is a battlefield without gunpowder, seemingly ordinary military exercises, determine the fate of a decades-long Red Army, if the B regiment is defeated, it will become history, replaced by the national army uprising troops, the importance of this exercise can be seen in general, from the headquarters to the Northern Xinjiang Military Region, from the old Red Army, the old Eighth Road, to the ordinary soldiers who went out from the B regiment, everyone is paying attention to this exercise, even the head of the armed police headquarters, also came to Jingbei to observe, They want to see how their future subordinates will lead their troops.
Accompanying the head of the headquarters to Jingbei is the No. 3 commander of the 'Northern Xinjiang Military Region', and also the 'old fourth company commander' of the B regiment, facing the old troops of the past, he can only be neutral today, "It's really a different era, this Guo Kaishan I watched him join the army, he was my communications soldier in the early years, and today he has grown into a general, and he also represents the B regiment, the commander of the R army, is there no one in your Red Army division!" ’
'Report to the chief, Guo Kaishan can return to the B regiment as the commander, the reason is recommended by Liu Dart, I don't know much about the people in the B regiment, the commander of the Red Army division said okay, I agreed! The commander of the R Army has always thought that Guo Kaishan is the person of the 'old fourth company commander', but listening to the tone of the chief, it doesn't seem to be quite like it.
'Where is the exercise position of Regiment B?' ’
'Report to the chief, this exercise is a simulated encounter between mobile troops, only the scope of the exercise is specified, and there is no attack and defense, according to the exercise regulations, both sides can attack each other! The commander of the Red Army division is the "commander" of the "commander of the exercise", and the two regiments in the exercise may be his subordinates, and as long as whoever wins, he can join the battle sequence of the Red Army division.
'Old man, which of my soldiers do you want?' The old fourth company commander said to the head of the armed police headquarters on the side.
A Red Army team with the glorious history of our army, a heroic team that fought in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, to be honest. I still like, 'Without a clear goal, the head of the armed police headquarters is still a slippery head.'"
'Report to the chief, Regiment B requests to declare the start of the exercise! ’
'Report to the chief, a certain regiment requested to announce the start of the exercise! ’
'Let's go! ’
When the convoy of several kilometers long drove to a certain mountainous area in Jingbei, all the people of the regiment abandoned their vehicles and rushed into the undulating mountains.
The iron flow is rolling, and a certain regiment is not a Jingbei unit, but their mobility ability is very good. A large number of tanks and soldiers of a certain regiment in the infantry chariots waited for a while, and within a few hours, they also arrived at the exercise position designated by the B regiment.
Sun Wang, who got off the tank, stood on the highest hill nearby, looking around with his binoculars, and there were one or twenty colonel-level officers around him. Where is the dragon and tiger roaring into the mountains and forests, who can tell me, what is the position of Guo Kaishan's regiment headquarters now? ’
As soon as Sun Wang's words were finished, the commander of the police investigation company who had sneaked in here earlier reported. 'According to the reconnaissance of the men I have sent, most of the enemy forces have entered Area No. 2 before, and it is about fifty miles away from us! ’
'Fifty miles? In just a few hours, can they run fifty miles? Looks like it's really faster than our legs! 'A few hours of mountain marching. It is quite okay for a normal person to be able to walk one or twenty miles, and fifty miles is obviously the limit of the army.
'On my orders, the first battalion followed the direction of the scouts. The artillery battalion of the second battalion advanced in a roundabout way to the left, the battalion directly under the third battalion followed the regimental headquarters to advance in a roundabout way to the right, and the whole regiment assembled in the No. 2 area. Sun Wang's judgment was very accurate, when a certain regiment came to the second area after several hours, the B regiment had disappeared.
'Radio silence, come here today!' Sun Wang has always been taking care of the 'search equipment' that Guo Kaishan borrowed from the 'Engineer Corps'.
Long night, looking at the starry sky every day, Guo Kaishan has already sent a guard post at various intersections, according to the time gap between the two sides today, it is impossible for a certain regiment to catch up with them, and now the location of regiment B is between the No. 2 area and the No. 3 area, after the No. 3 area, it is a large forest area.
'Look at what! Liu Dart, the political commissar of the B regiment, couldn't find Guo Kaishan in the big account, so he also ran up the hill, Guo Kaishan was followed by a guard, and when he saw the political commissar coming, he also walked away.
When I was a child, I heard my mom say that there is always a star in the sky that represents me, so when I was a child, I was always looking for it, I wanted to see if my star was still there! ’
'Do you believe your mother's words, then let me ask you, is it still there?' Liu Dart thought that what Guo Kaishan said was a joke.
'It's here, it's always been there, look at that one, it's that one! Guo Kaishan pointed to a shining star and said.
'Come on, you said that it represents you, and I also said that it represents me, this star has been said, it has been written in the book a long time ago, what is it called, what is this seat of yours, it will not be a saddle! ’
Guo Kaishan also smiled, "Why did the words change taste in your mouth, I want to ask you, if you were the head of Group B, what kind of method would you take to do it with Sun Wang?" ’
"Not in his position, not in his politics, I don't dare to say nonsense, I am now the political commissar of the regiment, my duty is to cooperate with your work, if you want to ask, you go to ask the deputy regiment commander and chief of staff, don't ask me!" ’
Guo Kaishan looked at Liu Dart, "I don't believe it, you can be so honest, don't sell it to me, seriously, if you were the head of the regiment, where would you do it with them." ’
'The assessment results of a certain regiment in the past few years are not worse than our B regiment, to be honest, in some places, we are really inferior to them, if I were the commander of the B regiment, I would fight him at the end of the No. 3 area, adopt smoke tactics, and directly behead Sun Wang! ’
'You and I want to go together, look at it, on the edge of my star, I also chose two for you and Jianguo, the big one is Jianguo, and the one on the side is almost as bright as me, do you like it! ’
'With the big one being Guan Jianguo, I can't be that big? ’
'Yes, of course you can, maybe after the drill, you'll be the big one!' ’
In the early morning of the next day, in accordance with the order of regiment commander Guo Kaishan, the entire B regiment still rushed straight to the No. 3 area at any cost; due to the different physical qualities of the officers and men of the regiment, the infantry battalion quickly arrived at the designated position, the artillery battalion and the battalion directly under it were slower, and some companies scattered some useless equipment and materials in order to arrive early.
"Regiment commander, Guo Kaishan really wants to take us to drill into the woods," turned on the wireless walkie-talkie, and the commander of a battalion of a certain regiment followed Regiment B the most, and they picked up a lot of useless things along the way.
"Drill and drill, it's not that you haven't drilled, you remember, don't follow too closely, try to keep a certain distance from the second battalion, don't be caught off guard by Guo Kaishan's way, according to the regulations of the exercise, the enemy is three times with you, you have to withdraw from the battlefield!" ’
"I know the regiment commander, I am pulling the long snake formation, they can't surround me, by the way, the regiment commander, our legs have really not been practiced in vain in the past two years, so far, our battalion has not even blistered on one foot!" ’
"You kid just blow it, don't take it lightly, the exercise is only five days in total, I want to see how Guo Kaishan plays this trick with me!" ’
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the B regiment entered the No. 3 area as a whole, and Guo Kaishan gave an order to the commander of the artillery battalion, ordering the headquarters to enter the woods immediately, which made Liu Dart very incomprehensible.
"I said open the mountain, are you used to being picked up, let the artillery battalion take the lead, isn't this slowing down, I think the distance between a certain unit and us can be shortened today, tomorrow morning, maybe you will have to hit the butt, you don't let the infantry battalion rush forward, what do you want!" ’
Guo Kaishan looked at the 'engineer corps' personnel debugging the 'search equipment', and ignored Liu Dart's stubble, Liu Dart also saw a small dot on the screen on the device, "This is their radio signal, right?" ’
"Yes, political commissar, although they are also walking very fast, they will not be able to catch up with us today," the platoon commander of the 'engineering regiment' who was in charge of the radio station later introduced the equipment to Liu Dart.
After listening to the introduction, Liu Dart patted his head and said, "I finally understand, this is playing mahjong to see the cards of the four houses, it's strange to want to light a gun, unless you touch yourself, how much does this thing cost?" ’
'We're not the latest, the latest is more than a million, there's a thermal imaging device!' ’
"Value, value, it's worth it, every regiment has such a thing, how fun it is," Liu Dart couldn't put down the communication equipment in front of him, jumping back and forth between the equipment and the sappers.
There are a lot of infantry radio stations in a certain regiment, in order to prevent Guo Kaishan from listening to the frequency of the infantry radio, Sun Wang did carry out a systematic study, he handed over all the infantry radio stations and radio stations of the second battalion to the hands of the first battalion, which also formed the illusion that the first battalion and the second battalion were advancing simultaneously, and the whole second battalion had jumped out of the main road at the beginning of the march on the second day, and copied the small road to advance towards the No. 3 area. Sun Wang promised the officers and men of the communications company that they would set up wires at night and rest during the day, and that their lines would all be carried by the second battalion.
"Battalion commander, we've arrived at the place, aren't we starting to set up the line!" A communications company platoon commander ran over sweating profusely.
'How far is it from the Commander?' ’
It's about a dozen kilometers in a straight line! ’
'So far?' What if it's a curved distance? ’
'At least 30 kilometres!' ’
'That's hard work for you, I'll transfer you a platoon of people to help you wiring!' ’
The reason why Sun Wang dared to do this was only one purpose; for a certain regiment communications company, this exercise was a big battlefield for military training, and these signal soldiers were worthy of him. (To be continued......)