The exercise entered its second day. Except for the classic encirclement and counter-encirclement battles and battles that took place on the first day, the two armies on the main battlefield on this day were mainly group battles and battles. In the head-to-head confrontation, it was clear that the Red Army of the 21st Army, although not inferior in equipment, was still not the Blue opponent of the 1st Army. If it weren't for the fact that the Blues lost almost one of their main divisions on the first day, I am afraid that the scene of parity would not have occurred at all.

Throughout the day, the reconnaissance group held back. Mainly because the main forces are fighting head-on, there is naturally no need for the reconnaissance regiment, which is mainly infantry, to intervene. Of course, this does not mean that the reconnaissance regiment did nothing, the infiltration of scouts can be said to be ubiquitous, and in order to provide the large forces of the 21st Group Army with intelligence clues about the enemy, a large number of scouts entered the enemy area and the area of engagement, and indeed played a certain function and role. It's just that the main force of the reconnaissance group, which is a fist and a dagger, is still assembled at the standby location and has not been dispatched.

As the fighting continued, so did the losses of combatants on both sides. Although the battle loss ratio seems to be about the same, in fact, the blue army has a faint advantage, after all, the steel troops are not called in vain, in terms of combat effectiveness, the Group A Army and the Group B Army are indeed not an order of magnitude, which has to be admitted.

However, the huge losses of the 1st Division of the Blue Army gave the Red Army full of confidence, and they did not hesitate to go head-to-head, even if the losses were greater than the Blue Army, they didn't care, who made the Red Army have two more regiments than the Blue Army? If this continues, I am afraid that the probability of victory for the Blues will become lower and lower.

However, just when the Reds thought that the Blues were out of line and wanted to fight to the end, something strange happened on the third day of the battle. The 1st Army of the Blue Army, which has always been stubbornly holding its position in the exercise area and not letting go, actually took the initiative to start retreating!

Yes, retreated, and it was a retreat while fighting, and the troops did not show any traces of disorganization and panic, apparently an orderly retreat. This made the Red Army a little incomprehensible, and directly caused the strange situation that even if the Blue Army gave up its position and retreated, the Red Army did not dare to rush into the depths. Because the Red Army was afraid that the Blue Army would be cunning and lay a trap against itself in the retreat, they hesitated to attack.

In the end, it was the military headquarters that issued an order to carefully enter the enemy's area step by step, not to be too greedy for merit, and to occupy the enemy's exercise territory in a steady and steady manner. As long as the enemy area is occupied more than eighty percent, even if the exercise is successful, there is no need to be in too much of a hurry. Step by step, the Blues can't play any tricks.

However, strange things soon happened again, the Red Army slowly advanced, but the Blue Army really did not dare to resist, and even dared to harass it, which was really a bit incomprehensible to the Red Army.

Don't...... The Blues are ready to abandon the exercise, intending to end in failure? Otherwise, how could they not even stick to their own exercise area, but shrunk into a ball? It's not such a lure to lure the enemy deeper, is it? But if you think about it casually, you can understand what kind of unit is the 1st Army? Is it possible if you surrender without a fight? It's impossible!

Since they will not take the initiative to surrender and give up a large area of the exercise, which play are they playing? All the senior generals of the Red Army did not figure it out. Since you can't figure it out, let's use the facts to speak. It is impossible for the Red Army to remain indifferent to this vast empty space, this is a large piece of fat! Since the Blues gave up, it would be silly for them not to eat it.

With the support of the individual communication system, the convenience of communication and the rapid mobilization of troops soon caused nearly half of the area of the Blue Army to be occupied by the Red Army in one day. However, the Blues remained silent, as quiet as dormant animals.

Just when the Reds thought they could continue their offensive on a large scale, they suddenly discovered that the Blues had already densely defended the remaining half of the exercise area as airtight as a golden city with iron barrels. It was only at this moment that the Reds knew what the Blues had in mind.

Positional warfare! The ace of the 1st Army, this is clearly going to fight a vigorous positional battle with the 21st Army. Although positional warfare has undoubtedly become very outdated in modern warfare due to the emergence of high-tech weapons, the Blues quickly told those who think this way that this view is completely wrong! As long as the position is dug just right, positional warfare can still withstand the enemy's crazy attack! What's more, the weapons and equipment of the 1st Army were no worse than those of the 21st Army, which was the Red Army, and even surpassed them, so it would be really difficult to break through this position.

On the fourth day of the exercise, the recuperated Red Army began to launch its first tentative attack, and the two sides launched a tragic positional warfare, which was doomed to cruelty to the soldiers from the very beginning under the war of modern weapons. With just one charge, the losses of both sides have already begun to be calculated in battalion ranks. Of course, the losses of the 1st Army, as the defending side, were much smaller, which undoubtedly presented a problem for the Red Army.

If we cannot break through this dense position, we will not be able to meet the conditions for occupying 80 percent of the enemy's exercise area, and we will not be able to win the victory. However, if the offensive continues, I am afraid that the strength of the Blue Army will surpass that of the Red Army at that time, and in this way, the Blue Army will definitely lose if it carries out a counteroffensive. After much deliberation, the command of the Red Army finally decided to stop the offensive and began to encircle, ready to be on standby. It's better not to win than to lose, right? It is not advisable to attack strongly, so don't fight for the time being, and the Blue Army will be consumed, after all, in terms of current strength and superiority, it is the Red Army that has the advantage. In this way, the two sides are at a stalemate, forming a semi-equilibrium state.

Fan Wei looked at the situation map in front of him, glanced at the head of Kong Linzhong who was looking at him next to him, and said with a wry smile helplessly, "Leader, I'm not an immortal, and I naturally can't guess the situation that you can't see." What the Blues are doing now seems to be clear, they want to attract all the main forces of the Red Army in this densely defended half of the area, hoping that the Red Army will attack desperately and weaken the enemy's strength, this is a scoundrel's trick, and I can't help it. ”

"That being said, I know that, but why do I feel that something is not right?" Kong Linzhong sighed a little helplessly, frowned and thought, "No matter how well the positional battle is fought, it is also a stubborn defense, an ace unit like the 1st Group Army, it is a shame to defend to the death, they can't keep defending like this, right?" That would undoubtedly be a disgrace. Being beaten like this by one of our Category B armies, no matter what, what's the difference between this and losing? ”

"I also think this is strange, you say such a big name, this arrogant army, how can you say that if you fight a positional war, you will fight a positional war? How could they choose such a humiliating way to resist with a dead face? This really doesn't quite fit the style of the 1st Army. I really don't know what the commanders of the Blues are thinking. At this time, the political commissar also showed a puzzled expression and said, "I can't guess, I really can't guess." ”

Fan Wei stared at the situation map in contemplation, in fact, he couldn't guess what the 1st Army wanted to do. It is impossible for Qin Zhentian's tiger army to be willing to retreat in this area to engage in any positional warfare. Unless there is only one possibility, that is, what plan they are brewing, what time to wait for a counteroffensive! If it were other armies, maybe it wouldn't be difficult to understand this, but the 1st Army engaged in positional warfare to play tricks, and he felt that there must be something wrong with this!