Then we conducted a regimental exercise.

Needless to say, the purpose of the exercise was, on the one hand, to test the results of the training during this period. On the other hand, it is to provide a basis for the whole army to popularize new tactics.

I didn't care about this exercise at all, and the main reason was that the object of the exercise was the Airborne Forces...... The training regiment is the Blue Army, and the Red Army is the 260 Regiment.

The reason why we chose the 260th Regiment as our opponent was because this regiment was strongly opposed to the use of new tactics to train troops, including Staff Officer Xu, who had the greatest opinion on our synthetic battalion.

Originally, I thought that there was no suspense in this exercise, the Airborne Forces...... I know exactly what they are equipped with. If nothing else, even if we don't have new tactics and new equipment, just the fact that we have to change to the Type 81 rifle can have the overall advantage.

But as soon as I opened the exercise materials handed to me by Commander Xu, I knew that things were not as simple as I imagined.

"Here's what I think!" Xu Jun raised the text in his hand and said: "The purpose of our exercise this time is to reflect the advanced nature of the new tactics of the training regiment, so there should not be too much gap between the red and blue armies in terms of equipment, and they should even be at the same level, so that we can know whether the training of our training regiment is effective!"

We took this into account in advance, so from the beginning of the training regiment, the 260th regiment, which was preparing for the Red Army, also began to be equipped with Type 81 rifles, recoilless guns, and sniper rifles. The difference is that the 260th regiment uses traditional training methods, while the training regiment uses coordinated training of various arms. It was the mules and the horses that were pulled out for a walk. It is clear which training method can effectively improve combat effectiveness! ”

I couldn't help frowning when I heard this. Commander Xu's words may sound fair, but in fact, there is a problem.

"Commander!" Before I could speak, Regiment Commander Wu preemptively said: "The training regiment is set up as an airborne force, and its mission is to sneak attack the enemy's airfield, headquarters or bridge, which means that the Blue Army is attacking the Red Army or defending. For the Blues, their supplies would be limited by transport planes and umbrellas for a large distance, but the Red Army had no such worries at all, not to mention that the Red Army was still building fortifications to rest on its feet. This seems a little unfair to our Blues. ”

Commander Xu nodded and said, "The problem you said is true, but the battlefield will never be truly fair, so let's not fight in the face of an enemy stronger than ourselves?" When the time comes, will we still tell the enemy that the public is unfair? ”

As soon as Commander Xu said this, we had nothing to say.

But I don't think that's the only thing that's unfair, as on the surface of this exercise does seem to be a collision between the new tactical theory and the old tactical theory. However, the problem is that our new tactical theory has only been trained for more than a month, and it can even be said that it has just formed combat effectiveness. However, the old tactical theory, the 260th regiment has been practiced over and over again, and it can almost be said that it is familiar with it.

On the other hand, the commander did not allow us to participate in the exercise...... So if this fights, it's really impossible to say who will lose and who will win.

Commander Wu also felt very troubled by this, and after he returned to the headquarters, he complained to me: "Battalion Commander Yang. Look at the setting of this exercise...... It was a small matter for our regiment to lose the exercise, but if others thought that this new tactic was useless or not suitable for us after we lost. Then I will be a sinner! ”

I just smiled, casually handed a cigarette to Commander Wu, and said, "Admit defeat before this battle starts?" ”

"It's not obvious who is strong and who is weak!" Regiment Commander Wu said with some frustration: "If we were to practice for another month or two, then I dare to say that it would be no problem to fight this exercise, but now...... The cadres of our regiment have no command experience, and if they are not careful, they will be disrupted! ”

"The Red Army has the strengths of the Red Army, but the Blue Army also has the benefits of the Blue Army!" I said, "Our Blues are using new tactics, while the Reds are using old tactics." To put it simply, we know what tactics the Red Army will use, and the Red Army will not know what tactics we will use. Besides, the 260th Regiment is usually the same unit as you, and you are familiar with their regiment commanders and staff officers, so it is not clear how they will command you? ”

"Hmm!" Hearing this, Head Wu couldn't help but nodded.

"So!" I continued: "You just have to put yourself in the role of the Red Army, and think about how you would have fought according to your previous tactics, and you will almost be able to predict the future. Then you use the new equipment in your hand to take it by surprise, won't this drill be taken down? ”

"Makes sense!" Listening to my words, Regiment Leader Wu couldn't help but feel sad, he patted me on the shoulder and praised excitedly: "It's really a synthetic battalion, fortunately the two of us are not enemies, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep well now!" ”

What I put forward is only a big direction, and the specific strategy has to be arranged by Regiment Commander Wu himself, and I will not interfere too much in the rest, otherwise I am afraid that some people will say that this battle is not fought by the training regiment, but by the composite battalion.

Just kidding, the synthetic battalion at this time is famous on the battlefield, and even the Soviet devils are under us, so who would dare to practice with our synthetic battalion.

In fact, for those of us who have fought the Soviet devils, in addition to the relatively advanced equipment, the Soviet devils are much worse than the Vietnamese devils in terms of their individual soldier quality and combat will.

But the soldiers of the Airborne Forces did not know about this, and also, like the previous composite battalions, they were psychologically vulnerable to the Soviet army...... Most of the equipment of our army is copied from the Soviet Union, and even all the Soviets and socialism come from the Soviet Union, so it is normal to have this kind of mentality. So as soon as I heard that our synthetic battalion had even fought Soviet devils, it was terrible, and I simply came to see our synthetic battalion as a celestial person.

But in fact, I don't want to get too involved in this matter, because I believe that Commander Wu and his training team can win the exercise, especially after I reminded Commander Wu.

As I expected, this exercise made the 260th regiment a big heel......

The exercise was based on the assumption that the Blues would use airborne troops to attack the airfields, bridges and headquarters of the Red Army, and that the Blues would only need to capture one of the objectives to win.

This is mainly for the fairness of the exercise, if there is only one goal of the Blue Army, then the Red Army will determine where the Blue Army's airborne troops will be airdropped, then the battle will not be fought, the Red Army only needs to concentrate its troops near the target and wait for the Blue Army to jump off the net and throw themselves into the net.

Now the Red Army has to garrison three targets, and at the same time it is not known which target the Blue Army will choose, which simulates the uncertainty of actual combat.

So Commander Wu came up with a plan: he first parachuted two battalions of troops near the airport with great fanfare and launched a fierce attack on the airport.

The reaction of the Red Army was needless to say, it must have been to transfer the defensive forces of other targets to the direction of the airport for defense, and even to surround the airborne troops of the two battalions of the Blue Army by virtue of their familiarity with the terrain and complete fortifications, and these two battalions were about to be eaten by the Red Army...... At this time, suddenly a commando team appeared near the headquarters of the Red Army and, in coordination with helicopters, occupied several heights.

Needless to say, this assault unit used a helicopter to maneuver near the headquarters of the Red Army at night and opened up another battlefield, and the task of this assault team was to clear the airborne obstacles for the airborne troops of another battalion.

So soon the Red Army headquarters was surrounded by the Blue Corps, and the Red Army urgently transferred troops back to help, but because several heights along the way were occupied by commandos...... Of course, the method of occupation is to use helicopters to maneuver, and helicopters are the best way to occupy high ground, as long as the conditions allow it to go from one high ground to another in a matter of minutes.

To put it simply, in the later stages of the war, the Red Army's transportation was basically paralyzed, and the reason for this state was only a commando of the Blue Army maneuvering in helicopters.

In this way, the result of the exercise can be imagined: although the Red Army command had complete fortifications and two companies of troops to defend, it eventually ran out of ammunition and food because supplies and reinforcements were cut off.

Staff Officer Xu and Li Ji, the commander of the 260th Regiment, were dumbfounded by this result, they could never have imagined that this seemingly inconspicuous helicopter would play such a big role on the battlefield.

Staff Officer Xu sighed and said: "It's because we have no experience, if we know that the Blue Army still has such a way of playing, we will strengthen the defense of the highlands on both sides of the road!" ”

I shook my head and said, "There are more than a dozen high ground on both sides of this road, and the Red Army still has to defend three important targets, how many troops will there be to defend these high grounds?"

As long as one of these high ground falls into the hands of the Blue Army, it basically means that the transportation will be cut off, and the Blue Army can use helicopters to quickly transfer troops to other high ground, and it is even possible to transfer a large number of troops to the direction of Qiaoliang...... So the Red Army is invincible! ”

Staff Officer Xu was dumbfounded by me, because the truth is just like what I said, a regiment of the Blue Army is equipped with a total of more than 30 helicopters, and if three helicopters can carry a platoon of infantry, then these helicopters can transfer several companies to another battlefield at any time.

As the Red Army, they had to get to the guò road, so it was easy to be played around by the enemy and always follow behind the enemy's ass.

"So it looks like there's no problem!" Commander Xu seemed to be in a good mood, he crossed his waist and waved his hand: "This exercise fully shows that the training of the synthetic battalion is quite effective, so I think we should do our best to promote the reorganization and training to the whole army!" (To be continued......)