The battle turned out to be as I had expected, and when the hour was approaching we were almost tossed in the open field, so we pulled our troops back.

Then an observer quickly received an order from the director team, ran up to me and saluted: "Report, the exercise is suspended, and the five battalions withdraw from the exercise area to count the number of people!" ”

"Yes!" I answered the call and gave the order to the troops to retreat.

This retreat is not just a withdrawal from positions, but a withdrawal from the exercise area...... That is, to retreat more than ten kilometers to the side, and we are both cars and tanks, and it took more than half an hour to retreat.

So that's pretty clear...... This was the Red Army's attempt to shell the positions of the Blue Army, and for the sake of safety, we withdrew our troops who served as the Blue Army.

After Zuihou counted the number of people, the observer looked at his watch and said to me: "Ten minutes the Red Army will shell the positions of the Blue Army!" ”

This is part of the exercise, because we have withdrawn from the Blue positions, so we should have known what the Red Army was doing to our positions but now we don't, so it is necessary for the observers to tell us some necessary information.

"Good!" Staff Officer Zhao Jingping immediately cheered when he heard the news, only to see that those observers were a little inexplicable.

Of course, we're not stupid enough to explain anything to observers...... You must know that the director team and observers are all from the Ninth Frontier Division, and I dare not guarantee that any of them have secretly communicated with our opponent, that is, Chen Jiahao.

Soon after, there was an earth-shattering explosion...... The Red Army was very comfortable on this trip, and dozens of artillery pieces from an artillery battalion and a mortar company shelled our positions indiscriminately, only to a cloud of fire and smoke in the distance.

The artillery preparations of the Red Army lasted more than half an hour.

Wait until the artillery fire is almost there. I cast an inquiring glance at King Chuang. King Chuang nodded. He put down the walkie-talkie and walked up to me and whispered, "A third of the shells hit the 323 heights." The rest were all in the open field, and they were ploughed back and forth three times! ”

Information observers like this should have told us the same, because it is impossible for us, who are on the battlefield, not to know the distribution of shells in the Red Army. But the observer chose not to say it, so we can't do it...... However, this did not seem to be a difficult task, as it was enough to have a few artillery observers stand on a high ground and take a picture with the steering wheel, and the experienced ones could quickly calculate the location of the Red Army's shelling and determine the distribution of the bombing points based on the light of fire and smoke.

The Reds were fooled...... You must know that although this is a drill, the shells used are real, and the fact that the shells are real means that the craters smashed on the ground are also genuine...... This means that the crawler transporter will inevitably reveal its shortcomings here.

So I nodded, got into the jeep, and waited until the gunfire stopped completely. Only then did the observer report: "The exercise was suspended, and the casualties of the five battalions were as follows: 20 casualties in the first company and one platoon, and 4......0 casualties in the second, third, and fourth platoons of the first company and the engineer company."

Zhao Jingping became furious when he heard this, and immediately scolded back: "How do you calculate? A platoon all hid in the 323 anticline position, and more than half of the casualties were killed and wounded in a burst of shelling? The second, third, and fourth platoons and the engineer company were hiding in the anticline of the 729 heights, and the shells could not be hit, so how did the more than 40 casualties come about? ”

"That's it!" Other staff officers also objected: "If you fight like this, it will not be too easy to fight, as long as you fight for an hour, the devils will be wiped out, and it is useless to hide in the anticline!" ”

"The most outrageous thing is that there are casualties while hiding behind the 729 Heights, are we injured by falling?"

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"This ......," the observer couldn't help but be stunned. After thinking about it, he replied with some embarrassment: "The casualties of the second, third, and fourth platoons and the engineer company were caused by the minelaying process, and the Red Army defense line will interfere with the minelaying personnel!" ”

"Then weishenme didn't explain in advance?"

"We didn't see the Red side shooting guns when we were laying mines. Now we have casualties...... Could it be that the red side used a silent gun and a silent cannon? ”

"Is it okay for you to hear the sound of gunfire and cannons? When we hear the gunshots, we know that we will cover up, and as soon as we cover up, there will be no forty casualties! ”

With a bang, the surrounding warriors all laughed.

"Forget it!" I waved my hand at the fighters and ordered: "All units will withdraw from the exercise in proportion......"

"Battalion commander!" The observer interrupted me with a red face and said with some hesitation: "The director team...... It was judged that more than half of the casualties in a platoon were lost and they lost their combat effectiveness and withdrew from the battle......"

"What?" Zhao Jingping couldn't help but be furious: "This is too much!" A platoon withdrawing from the battle is to vacate the 323 position to the Red Army, then it's a fart! ”

Hearing this, my face couldn't help but change, this judgment seemed too much.

"Battalion commander!" The observer continued: "What the director team means...... The first time he went to the battlefield was the first time he went to the battlefield, and the military training lasted only more than three months...... The possibility of being a deserter with half of the dead and wounded is quite high! ”

"What did you say?"

"Who became a deserter?"

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The people in the row didn't agree, and they all gathered around to reason with the observers, but I quickly raised my hand to stop them.

"Execute the order!" I said, "A platoon is out of the exercise!" ”

"Battalion Commander......" As a company commander, the reader was still not convinced, but I glared at him and swallowed back the rest of the words, so he had to grit his teeth and give an order: "A platoon withdraws from the exercise!" ”

So when the convoy drove to the position again, the company lost more than 50 people, which was almost one-third of the entire army...... I really didn't expect them to do this trick again: first, to increase the number of casualties of our army...... You must know that a company and a platoon are distributed on the open anti-cline position on the 323 heights, as long as they hide in the trenches and do not move, it is impossible to suffer more than half of the casualties in a burst of artillery bombardment, not to mention that most of the Red Army is still fighting long-range artillery that does not pose much threat to the anti-cline.

And then after I admit the casualty...... It is also a fact that a platoon has lost its combat effectiveness, and if a unit that has never been on the battlefield suffers more than half of its casualties in the first battle, it is indeed very likely to collapse...... So everything fell into place, and 323 became an undefended high ground.

Good...... Since you're playing like this, then don't blame me for playing yours too!

My temper is ...... If you know enough is enough, forget it, or I'll pay it back tenfold!

It didn't take long for us to reach the predetermined positions, needless to say...... The place had been blown up by Red Army fire, especially the open field on the right...... The ground was flat just now, and it was already covered with craters of various sizes.

We then entered the position as required according to the position we had before the evacuation...... This was supposed to be the time for a full-scale offensive by the Red Army...... But before the observer could give the order, I said: "The Blues demand artillery fire back!" ”

"Artillery fire returns?" The observer couldn't help but be stunned: "Your artillery fire will be blocked by the 729 heights......"

"We're firing mortars!" I said, "Besides, the 729 Heights are just blocking the open land...... Taking into account the fact that the Red Army will most likely penetrate from the left side of the 323 heights, as well as break through from the front of 323...... That's why I felt the need to shoot at the left flank and the front! ”

It makes sense for me to think about it this way, not to mention that I have the final say on how to fight on the battlefield, and the observers and even the director team have no right to interfere!

So it was very ...... The Red Army has not yet begun to charge, as we have withdrawn from the exercise area.

By the time we received the order from our superiors that the shelling could begin, it was already twenty minutes later when the inventory of the Red Army units had been completed.

At this time, I easily beckoned to King Chuang and said, "Pass the order...... Shelling for five minutes, don't hit too much, just let a few shells in a row do! ”

"Five minutes of shelling?" King Chuang couldn't help but be stunned, and then asked again: "Where to fight?" ”

"Casual ......"

"Whatever?"

"If you are told to hit you, you will fight! What so much nonsense! I scolded angrily.

"Yes!" King Chuang answered and gave the order through the walkie-talkie.

Then I heard a chaotic sound of "boom", and dozens of shells exploded one after another on the left side of the 323 heights......

The results were not long in coming, and there were no casualties on the Red side...... This result is normal, the Red Army has not yet rushed up, and the artillery will naturally not cause casualties if it is fired in the open field.

Then it took some more time for the Red Army to enter the position, and then with a few red flares, it rose into the air...... The Red Army found a shout rushing towards our positions......

But no sooner had the Red Army shouted to the observers: "Apply for shelling!" Mortar blocking ......"

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So I went back and forth twice...... For us, it was just an "application for shelling" one at a time, and then at the time of the pause the troops were actually resting in place, and what about the Red Army units...... However, they had to withdraw from the exercise area again and again, enter the position again and again, and the most painful thing was to shout "kill" every time...... Halfway through the shout, he paused.

The director team of zuihou finally understood that I was tricked, but they were helpless against my order...... I don't break the rules, the rules are all set by you...... Zuihou had no choice but to immediately issue an order: "In the future, live ammunition will no longer be used in artillery bombardment, and the opposing troops will no longer withdraw from the exercise area, but instead report the shelling time, coordinates, and density to the director team, who will determine the victory or defeat and withdraw the fighters proportionally!" ”

All right...... It's a lot smoother to fight, but the drill is becoming more and more like acting! In other words...... It's just that everything is fake, it's just that we issue an order and the director team decides how much damage it will take to the other party...... Then why do you have to walk around with troops? It doesn't matter whether the artillery will hit accurately...... Just let me have a wargame with Chen Jiahao, and let the director team be the referee next to me!

But that's exactly what I wanted...... You must know that my soldiers will observe the coordinates and guide the artillery to fire, which is just the right time to come in handy. (To be continued......)