There was a depression in the battalion headquarters, the staff officers all sat in front of the map and frowned and did not speak, and the instructors smoked one cigarette after another beside them.

As a clerk, Zhang Fan of course knew about the situation of the exercise at this time, but because of her relationship with Commander Zhang, she was in a very difficult situation at this time, so she had to say nothing and look at me with some sorry eyes from time to time.

"Comrades!" I said lightly: "Cheer up, the sky hasn't fallen again!" ”

"Battalion commander!" Zhao Jingping replied: "What's the difference between this and the sky falling......

"Yes, battalion commander!" Ding Chengdong pointed to the map and said: "This 323 Heights is clearly tailor-made for the Sixth Battalion, originally most of the highlands and terrain in Vietnam are not suitable for tank combat, but there is an open field on the right side of this 323 Heights...... Well, now the sixth battalion not only has more tanks than us, but also has an armored transport company......"

"I can't even guess what Commander Zhang's purpose is in doing this!" Zhao Jingping frowned and said, "I worked hard to build this battalion, but now I want to destroy this battalion with my own hands!" ”

"Not that yet!" I glanced at Zhang Fan, who was even more uncomfortable when I heard this, and said, "Commander Zhang naturally has his reasons and intentions, but we can't guess it. What's more, our second company has never fought any battles on the battlefield, and it has been life and death in the face of the Yue devils several times, and it is more severe than today's situation to pick it out once! ”

This was not only for the staff officers, but also for Zhang Fan.

"Yes, comrades!" At this point, the instructor interjected: "We should have faith in our troops. Have confidence in Camp Commander Yang. When a soldier fights, the most taboo is not defeated. If everyone is like you, then what kind of war are there to fight? You should all learn from the battalion commander! ”

There was silence in the command headquarters for a while, and after a while, Zhao Jingping asked, "Battalion commander, what do you mean...... Did you let the second company also go on? ”

"So be it!" I said, "Let's talk about how this battle should be fought!" ”

"There aren't many options for this!" Zhao Jingping pointed to the map and said: "First of all, this 323 Heights is located in the middle of the enemy's defense line according to the setting of the exercise, so it has been bombed and burned by the enemy and us in turn, and all the fortifications and bunkers must be built on the anticline, otherwise they will be knocked out by the opponent's artillery one by one." This dictates that we have to build fortifications on the anticline......"

"Hmm!" I nodded, Zhao Jingping's analysis and judgment of the battlefield were in place.

"But the problem is that we only have one hour to build fortifications!" Zhao Jingping continued: "Under normal circumstances, an hour is enough to build a few trenches for defense. But because Heights 323 was under the control of the Red Army before, the Red Army would inevitably lay a large number of mines on the anticline...... This will cause us great difficulties in building fortifications, and even cause considerable casualties. ”

I nodded again, Zhao Jingping is worthy of being from the military staff, and his thoughts coincide with mine.

"What's more!" Staff Officer Ding interjected and added: "The Red Army can also use the advantages of tanks and armored vehicles to openly penetrate into the rear of our army from the right flank, and directly pose a threat to our anticline position from the rear!" ”

I have encountered this situation before, just like we dealt with the Vietnamese devil mechanics on the 581 heights, and the Vietnamese armored units bypassed our anticline position...... Our anti-inclined positions will become positive slopes, and the protection of tank artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns and even armor will come into play.

"Don't we have anti-tank missiles?" I said, "Turn up the Red Arrow 73!" ”

When we were on the 581 heights, we used anti-tank missiles to defeat the Vietnamese army, but at that time we used Yankee Dragon anti-tank missiles.

"Battalion commander!" Zhao Jingping said with some embarrassment: "Red Arrow 73 is indeed equipped to the platoon. Merely...... Let's not mention that it is very difficult for this Red Arrow 73 to hit moving targets, and this exercise is also different from actual combat......"

"Oh!" As soon as I heard Zhao Jingping's words, I understood. If the armored troops of the 6th battalion were really interspersed with the rear of our army, then the exercise should be suspended, and then the referee would decide who won and who lost according to the comparison of firepower and offensive and defensive postures between the enemy and us, so there would not be a situation like on the 581 heights at all......

For example, the situation of being surrounded by Vietnamese troops on the 581 heights that we fought has long been judged to be annihilated by the entire army during the exercise.

"The most infuriating thing is ......," an artillery staff officer interjected, "This exercise is also designed to render our artillery useless...... Most of the open area to the right of 323 was blocked by Heights 729 on the Blue Army defensive line, making it impossible for our artillery to shell the armored forces passing through the open field, so even if they knew that they would pass through this open field, it was useless! ”

This artillery staff officer is called Li Zhicheng, because it is pronounced the same as Li Zicheng's name, so we all call him King Chuang...... Chuang Wang is from the Fifth Artillery Regiment, it is said that this guy is very good at the command of artillery, and once used an artillery company to bombard an infantry company of the Vietnamese army in an instant in a counterattack......

This may not sound like much at first glance, but you must know that an artillery company has only ten guns, and the Vietnamese army is a veteran of the war, and they all know that they need to lie down to find cover when they hear the sound of artillery, so they use ten guns to bombard a company in an instant...... It's a little hard to believe.

I only know when I ask...... The hand he played was called the simultaneous landing of cannonballs.

In his words, it was: "When a cannonball hits an infantry, an experienced infantry will react in two seconds, and at most eight seconds will all lie down......"

As soon as I heard this, I thought of one word: "professional"...... This counts the time for the infantry to react.

"So this cannonball is fast, more!" King Chuang continued: "When we say fast and more, we don't mean fighting for a long time, but we must shoot as many shells as possible in the first time, and then it will have no effect!" ”

I think this is true, because on the battlefield we ourselves lie down to avoid the shells, so if the first shells come in a large area, and they all hit the ground at the same time...... Many people haven't reacted yet!

"But there's no way to hit a company with ten cannons!" I said, "The first batch of ten guns can only fire ten shells, right?" ”

"Not ten rounds! It's forty rounds! ”

"Forty rounds?" I couldn't help but be stunned: "Ten cannons...... Let forty shells land at the same time? Are you kidding? ”

"Of course not!" King Chuang said: "The trajectory of the cannonball is a parabola...... As long as the calculation is good, different parabolas will point to the same coordinates, the difference is only the time when the shells arrive, and there is a time difference between them......"

"Oh!" When I heard this, I understood: "You fired four batches of shells according to this time difference, and these four batches of shells hit the ground at the same time......"

King Chuang nodded: "Under normal circumstances, I can only shoot three batches, because the preparation time of rifled guns takes ten seconds, and if the time difference is less than or close to ten seconds, there is no hurry to shoot out...... That time, I just had the mentality of giving it a try, but I didn't expect it to be done! ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but secretly praise, I have seen artillery tactics very well, in such a short period of time, according to the coordinates to calculate several trajectories and times that are likely to land at the same time, but also to command the artillery to pinch the time and change the angle to shoot the shells...... It's not as easy as King Chuang said.

King Chuang did it, so he turned ten guns from one artillery company into forty...... So in an instant, they bombed an infantry company of the Vietnamese army.

"Will the tank units have a way to stop the Red Army from interspersed?" I asked.

"Battalion commander!" Ding Chengdong replied: "During this period of time, our training is indeed very effective, because of the popularization of communication equipment between infantry and tanks and a series of training, the tank's response has been much more flexible and rapid than before. If it were the same number or about the same number of tanks, I believe we would not have lost to the six battalions, but ...... Not only do the six battalions have more tanks than us, but also the armored transporters we don't have! ”

After a pause, Ding Chengdong pointed over there and said openly: "If we fight against the Red Army tank forces here, the Red Army will confront us head-on with twenty tanks, and then use the mobility of armored transport vehicles to quickly outflank us and the infantry from both flanks...... And then soon our army will lose its advantage in coordination and collapse completely! ”

I know a little about tank tactics, and I know that what Ding Chengdong said is right...... The advantage of the armored transporter is not in its armor and firepower, in fact, its armor can only block the bullets of the infantry, and the firepower is only an anti-aircraft machine gun. Its strength is mobility...... To put it simply, it is faster than the tank, and the tank fire control system of this era is still quite backward, especially in the 59 of our army, so it is difficult to hit fast-moving targets...... This is what makes the armored forces of the 6th Battalion also overwhelming for us.

Besides, this is also a drill and not a real fight...... If we had sent tank units to fight head-on with the armored units of the six battalions, it would probably not have been necessary to fight at all...... The referee group directly ruled that our army's tank unit had withdrawn from the exercise.

At this point, I couldn't help but regret it...... I knew that I should have transferred some armored transport vehicles to deal with this exercise, but now I have taken advantage of the loophole for Chen Jiahao. I now know that guy is using the old tactic of "breaking through head-on and outflanking on both wings", but he has no way to wait to be beaten passively......

But...... I don't think it would make a difference even if I transferred the armored transporter, because this open field, although not under the fire of our artillery, was within the range of the Red Army...... This is clearly a bureau set up by the Chen family's father and son. (To be continued......)