Commander Xu did not answer, but turned his gaze to the political commissar.

The political commissar was silent for a long time, nodded solemnly and said: "As a real confrontation exercise, some tactical adjustments should also be made, we have to report these adjustments to the director team and superiors, and the superiors will decide!" ”

I understand the political commissar's answer, because this is no longer a question of an exercise, but an issue related to the reputation of our army at home and abroad, so it must be treated with caution.

It's just that what I didn't expect was that this construction of mine would attract the attention of our army's top brass, and even Commander Zhang personally went to the Blue Army headquarters to negotiate with me.

When I saw Commander Zhang coming from the helicopter, I couldn't help but open my mouth wide and couldn't close it for a long time, you must know that it is now the time for the confrontation between the red and blue armies, and a senior cadre like Commander Zhang should say that it is not suitable to run to our blue army headquarters.

But after thinking about it, a few of us still greeted Commander Zhang and saluted.

"Hmm!" Commander Zhang simply replied, and without saying anything, he walked into the headquarters in a hurry under the leadership of his assistant.

"I'm here for your tactics!" As soon as Commander Zhang walked into the command headquarters, he said straight to the point: "Have you ever thought about what the consequences will be if something goes wrong in this exercise? ”

When Commander Zhang asked us this, we were silent, and it was obvious that Commander Zhang and the top management did not support us in adjusting our tactics.

"There is a lot of pressure on this exercise!" Commander Zhang continued: "There is something you may not know, the Soviet side may have known the time of our exercise in advance, so it rushed to conduct a big exercise ahead of us. The exercise lasted eight days. The Soviets called it the 'West 81' exercise. It just ended the day before yesterday, during which a large number of tanks, helicopters, all kinds of warplanes and warships were used, and even the 'Kiev' aircraft carrier, according to intelligence, its total strength is 100,000 people, and its pertinence is obvious! In particular, the Soviet Union still blatantly violated the Helsinki Accords and made a false announcement in advance about this exercise, which aggravated the smell of gunpowder! At this juncture, it is now seen that the exercise is about to begin. Do you think it's appropriate to adjust your tactics? ”

I don't know what the Helsinki agreement is, but I listen to Commander Zhang's tone that it should be an agreement on the exercise.

Later, I realized that I was right, and that the Helsinki Accord was a series of agreements signed between the United States and the Soviet Union on the limitation of the arms race with nuclear weapons, and this agreement stipulated that participation in all military exercises with 25,000 troops or more must be announced in advance.

The Soviet Union did announce it, but what the Soviet Union announced was that the Soviet Union would have more than 25,000 troops participating in the exercise. However, intelligence suggests that the actual number of troops participating in the exercise was much larger than the 25,000 announced by the Soviets.

This may seem like a trivial matter, but in fact it is a message to the outside world: the Soviet Union can not take this agreement in Helsinki as one thing, and can it also not abide by other agreements?!

Non-compliance means the use of nuclear weapons...... This is undoubtedly a naked threat.

"Commander!" After a moment of silence, I plucked up the courage to say, "Actually, I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing to make this tactical adjustment!" ”

"Say!" Commander Zhang nodded and said, "I came this time to ask you to give an explanation!" ”

"Here's what I think!" I said, "One of the purposes of this exercise. It is to demonstrate the military strength of our army internally and externally, and if we show this exercise to the side of the Red Army...... That would feel unreal. Contrarily. If there are some minor setbacks in the midst of this......"

"Is this still a minor setback?" Commander Zhang interrupted me and asked: "If your sneak attack is successful, the airborne troops will not only destroy the artillery units and tank units of the Red Army, but also continue to occupy the high ground in the rear of the Red Army in the future. ”

"Has the commander ever thought about ......" I said, "this Red Army is a Chinese army, and although the Blue Army plays the role of the Soviet Army, it is also a Chinese army?" ”

"Hmm!" Commander Zhang couldn't help but be stunned.

"Even if the Blues win this exercise!" I said: "What the Soviets saw was also the success of the coordinated tactics of the various arms of the Blue Army, which at least shows that the various branches of the Chinese army are no longer fighting separately as they did in the previous counterattack war, and it also shows the development of our army during this period, so that the Soviet Union must reassess the combat effectiveness of our army!" ”

"Hmm!" Commander Zhang couldn't help but nod slightly.

"What's more!" I went on to say, "By adjusting our tactics in this way, we can improve the realism of the whole exercise; Second, the red and blue armies can be tempered by simulated actual combat on a larger scale; Three to ...... The Red and Blue armies are their own people, and in the end it is not too easy for the Red Army to win, let the Red Army reserves come up and launch a counter-assault! ”

Commander Zhang pondered for a long time, and finally nodded and said: "I will hand over these ideas to the director team for discussion, and before the result is reached, I will follow the original plan, do you understand?" ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

……

Looking at the back of Commander Zhang leaving in a hurry, I only felt helpless in my heart. If this is also a battle, then this is a battle that ties hands and feet.

The results of the discussions with the superiors soon came out, and it was agreed that we should make adjustments to our tactics.

This made the room jubilant...... Although they also knew in their hearts that the final result of this battle was still won by the Red Army, but the nature was different, at least we would no longer be as powerless as before, and it could even be said that if we fought this battle well, even the Red Army knew in their hearts who would lose and who would win.

As a result, the military headquarters soon began to get busy, and all branches and staff officers were actively preparing for war and drawing up detailed offensive plans.

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The next day, China's largest exercise since the founding of the People's Republic of China began as three red flares dragged with milky white smoke trails burst into the autumn sky.

First of all, of course, the Blues attacked.

With the order of Commander Xu, the Blue Army cluster tanks under the cover of aviation and artillery fire quickly advanced according to the predetermined plan, and the long-range bombers of the Blue Army also arrived at the same time and launched air strikes on the Red Army's campaign targets.

To tell the truth, although I have fought a lot of battles, it is the first time I have seen such a scene of infantry, tank, air, and artillery units coordinating to advance to the enemy's defense line, plus they are still our own troops, especially the close coordination between these arms can be said to be from the training of our synthetic battalion, so a sense of accomplishment arises spontaneously, and I hold a telescope in my hand and watch them bomb and assault the Red Army defense line over and over again, as if I am looking at my own masterpiece.

Of course, as we had planned, this massive offensive was in fact a feint, and its purpose was to give the Red Army the intention of underestimating the enemy, so that they would think that we were attacking in a step-by-step manner; The second is to expose the Red Army to their artillery units...... At this time, our army already had several reconnaissance planes closely monitoring the rear of the Red Army at high altitude!

The next stage was the emergency lift-off of the Red Army aviation......

To my surprise, the Red Army Air Force was much more powerful than I had imagined, and as soon as they came up, they were divided into three parts: one part to meet the Blue Army fighters; Some went straight to the Blues' long-range bombers; The third part is the main force, that is, the combined formation of fighters and bombers to attack the forward airfields of the Blue Army.

This strategy is obviously correct, because our army's air force is characterized by a large number of air forces and poor quality, and a large number means that it can be divided into several parts to fight, and this is the superiority in numbers. Poor quality means that it is impossible to take advantage of the enemy in a frontal battle in the air...... Fighter planes are high-tech things, and if there is a generation difference, it means that the Red Army fighter will have the embarrassing situation of not being able to hit or catch up with enemy planes, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a target plane of enemy planes, that is to say, there is no longer the phenomenon of "ants biting elephants to death" in air combat in this era.

Therefore, for the Red Army, it is not realistic to seize air supremacy with the Blue Army, so its best choice is to drag the enemy aircraft on the battlefield with a small part of the force, and use the main force to attack the forward airfields of the Blue Army...... It is conceivable that once the Blues' forward airfield is destroyed, then even if the Blues seize air supremacy, their air power will be limited by the bombing of the airfield.

The Red Army was very successful in this regard, and the director team quickly determined that the Blue Army had air supremacy, but the air power of the Blue Army also suffered considerable losses under the coordination of the Red Army's combat effectiveness and ground anti-aircraft firepower, and the forward airfields were almost paralyzed under the bombing and strikes of the Red Army's main aviation force.

I don't know whether to be happy or angry about this result.

Maybe I should be angry because I'm in the position of the Blues, and I'm the side that has more air power than the Reds but doesn't come back with a total victory.

But I should also be happy, because I know that our aviation is well aware of how to exploit its strengths and avoid weaknesses in the face of the "enemy" and minimize the limitation of the enemy's air power. In other words, it is glorious to lose even if you lose!

After the Blue Army Air Force gained air supremacy, fighter planes patrolled the airspace of the theater to cover the ground troops' advance, while bombers continued to bomb the Red Army's shallow, near, and deep fortifications and airfields to suppress the Red Army's firepower.

At this time, we heard the order of the director team to "suspend the exercise...... Then I knew that the Red Army had been fooled, and their artillery units finally couldn't resist the blocking fire of our cluster of tanks. (To be continued......)