Chapter 107: Exercise (8)
When the tank units of our army are finally about to go to the battlefield, I can no longer resist wanting to go to the front line to see it.
At this time, I thought about it like this: first and foremost, this is a drill, and it will not really kill people. Secondly, this is a very good opportunity to observe the tank battle between the two armies. Zuihou, the victory or defeat of this tank battle can almost be said to determine the outcome of this exercise, and at this time, even if we commanders are judged to be "killed", it will not have much impact on the outcome of the exercise...... I believe that the people in the director team will not be stupid enough to do this at this time.
So as soon as I gave the order, a large number of staff officers in the headquarters, including the instructors, all jumped into the jeep and drove towards Heights 323.
Of course, the staff officers also carried radios, walkie-talkies, and the like...... If it's on a real battlefield, these things are actually the real headquarters...... The headquarters is not a room or a tunnel or anything in the imagination of ordinary people, but a radio station, walkie-talkie, and other means of communication. In other words, if the radio is in the car, the command is in the car, and the radio is on the back of the communicator, and the command is on the back.
A group of several jeeps drove us to the 323 heights, and stopped with a "squeak" of the brakes, and the soldiers stationed on the high ground couldn't help cheering when they saw us...... They thought we were here to boost their morale!
Seeing this, I couldn't help but lean in, this is a drill and not a real battle, do you still need to cheer up?
But of course, I wouldn't say that at this time, and waved to the soldiers as a leading cadre...... The result provoked a burst of cheers from the soldiers.
I smiled wryly, in order not to miss the good show that was coming. Under the guidance of the guards, he casually looked for his sight, and the Haode salient stood up with a group of staff officers.
Climb up and hold up the binoculars to look down...... Boy. The open underground was already in chaos by this time. Everywhere there are tanks, armored transports and infantry who don't know what to do between free tanks and armored vehicles.
But these are all the Red Army's ...... The ambush point of our tank units is a little far from here, and it has not yet arrived.
"Battalion commander, look!" Zhao Jingping pointed to the armored units on the open ground and said: "Those who are still advancing with red flags are the combat units of the Red Army, and if they plant white flags, they will be destroyed or have withdrawn from the exercise!" ”
"Oh!" When Zhao Jingping said this, I noticed that there were indeed many white flags below, most of them were armored vehicles, and there were also a few tanks.
It is not surprising that the armored car has a white flag, one may have been "hit" by our mortars, and the other is because its design flaws really do not work on this rugged open field.
But tanks don't have these problems...... There are also three of these tanks with white flags......
"59 has a high failure rate!" Ding Chengdong said with a smile: "These tanks of the Red Army are also out of order and cannot be driven. Quitting three cars before they even started fighting! ”
The staff officers couldn't help laughing, but I was the only one who couldn't laugh...... You must know that these are all tanks of our army, there are only twenty in total, and three of them have been lying on their stomachs not long after they came up...... If this is on a real battlefield, isn't it looking for death!
"Battalion commander!" King Chuang looked at the battlefield and said indignantly: "The Red Army has made another dishonorable move......
"By what means?" I asked.
"Look at those infantry!" King Chuang pointed to the large group of infantry coming up behind the tank and said, "These infantry must have come down from the armored transports, and we must have destroyed four or five armored transports...... An armored transport can hold at least ten infantrymen, plus those killed and wounded by our mortars, it is impossible to have so many infantry! ”
"The Red Army is playing the game of retreating the car and not retreating the army!" Zhao Jingping said.
The so-called retreat of the vehicle without retreating the troops means that the armored transport vehicle withdrew from the exercise according to the order of the director team, but all the infantry inside was poured out and used on the battlefield again. Actually, everyone knows a little bit...... If this is on a real battlefield. The armored vehicles have been blown up, and there are still a few soldiers in it who can go to the battlefield again!
So the other staff officers scolded again. They are counting the fact that this Red Army is too unkind.
But I smiled lightly and didn't care about it, because these infantry couldn't keep up with the speed of the tanks, and they were already far behind, so they didn't really work.
From this aspect, I also know that Chen Jiahao has been in a hurry at this time...... If you are not in a hurry, you should know that even if you use this trick of cheating, it is useless, it is better to admit defeat in a bright and upright manner like a man.
At this time, the Blues' tank group appeared in the col on the other side...... Blue flags were planted on each turret, and a triangular formation was inserted into the right flank of the Red Army tank group like a blue sharp knife.
The Red Army tanks apparently also found out about the situation at this time...... The reason why the Red Army found out about our tank group so quickly was entirely because the commander of the Red Army opened the hatch and came out to direct the tank forward.
This should be said to belong to another kind of cheating, which is known to anyone who knows a little about tank tactics...... Mortars may not be able to penetrate the armor of a tank, but will the shrapnel not kill the commander who is leaning out? So the commander should have shrunk into the tank a long time ago!
But whether this tank has been trained in coordination is clear at a glance, the Red Army tank group hurriedly turned to deal with the blue tanks, but because the open ground is full of craters, it is always impossible to form an ideal formation, and even some of these tanks continue to penetrate the 323 position flank...... I believe that this part of the tank, because it was too noisy to hear the order, plus it was in front of me, and I always thought that the other tanks were following me!
So the two tank units soon met......
At this point, the observer who had been following us called a timeout.
Of course, it was to be suspended, because this was an exercise, and the tanks did not have shells, so at this time, when they should have fired artillery and fought each other, it could not be continued.
The soldiers and the staff officers around me also burst into cheers...... Judging from the situation on the battlefield, it is already obvious who will win and who will lose, and the exercise should almost end here...... We have thwarted the offensive of the Red Army, which is no longer capable of recapturing the 323 heights.
But the observer or the director team apparently didn't think so, because after a while...... The observer saluted in front of me and said, "Commander Zhang asked you to go to the division headquarters!" ”
"Hmm!" I nodded, told Zhang Zuoliang to be in charge of the affairs of the battalion, called Zhao Jingping and brought another guard, and jumped into the jeep and drove towards the division headquarters.
Weishenme wants to call me to the division?
In fact, my heart is bright...... This is a battle that can decide the outcome of the exercise, but the director team felt that it was controversial...... The drill is like this, there is no real fight who knows who wins and loses! So as long as the referee is unfair or biased and biased, it is possible to find a reason to win in a bad battle. Again, no matter how well we play...... If you have to pick the bones out of the eggs, you will be able to pick them out.
So be it...... It's because it's controversial, that's why I, the commander, have to explain to the director team, otherwise it's okay to directly decide that blue wins!
When I arrived at the division headquarters, the entire division looked at me with a strange look. I knew what it was, and it was a little surprised and a little ashamed...... They were surprised because they couldn't believe that I was in such a situation that was clearly one-sided with the Red Army, and that it could almost be said to be a show battle...... The Blues, who played the side of the loser, were able to turn defeat into victory; They are ashamed because they know in their hearts that this exercise has a lot of injustices for the Blues.
I think it's enough to see them in their eyes...... They all knew in their hearts that we were the winners of this exercise.
What surprised me a little was...... Zhang Fan was also here, and the expression on her face was complicated, and she didn't know if it was pride or worry, or both.
When Commander Zhang saw me walk in, he greeted me, shook my hand and said, "Comrade Xiao Yang, you played well!" It's so beautiful...... Originally, I had faith in you, but I didn't expect you to be beyond my confidence! ”
And that Master Chen's face was as black as a ghost, and when he saw Commander Zhang coming up to shake hands, he squeezed out a little smile and shook hands with me and said, "Comrade Yang Xuefeng, you played well, but ...... The results of zuihou still need to be discussed before conclusions can be drawn! ”
"Squeak!" At this time, another jeep stopped at the door, and it was Chen Jiahao and his staff officer who came down, so I knew that I had guessed correctly, and this was to ask us to analyze the battle of Zuihou in front of the director team.
But let's be honest...... In fact, there is no need to analyze this, everyone's hearts are bright.
Plus I have a grudge in my heart...... This hatred began when the director team judged that more than half of the casualties of a platoon of a company had withdrawn from the exercise, and my soldiers were easily judged as deserters before they had even gone to the battlefield to fight...... They had no idea what a disgrace it would be for a unit, for a soldier.
So from that moment on, I decided that I would not give them any more face...... I want to get a breath of relief for my men!
Chen Jiahao's expression was a little strange when he walked in...... He wanted to pretend to be confident, but he couldn't pretend to be like it.
He glanced at the crowd and quickly avoided me when he saw me...... But in the end, he mustered up the courage to come and said, "Battalion Commander Yang, you fought well!" Sure enough, it is worthy of the second heroic company......"
"Camp Commander Chen!" I unceremoniously interrupted Chen Jiahao's words: "You are wrong! The second company of heroes did not participate in the performance at all, and stayed behind all the time...... All the companies participating in the exercise were made up of new cadets! ”
Chen Jiahao looked at his father and teacher not far away in disbelief...... Seeing that the teacher nodded slightly, he knew that what I said was true. (To be continued......)