The battle situation turned out just as I expected. When the time approached an hour, we were almost exhausted in the open field, so we pulled the troops back.
Then an observer quickly received the order from the director team, ran to me and saluted: "Report, the exercise is suspended, the fifth battalion withdraws from the exercise area to count the number of people!"
"Yes!" I responded and gave the troops the order to retreat.
This time the retreat was not just about withdrawing from the position, but also about withdrawing from the exercise area...that is to withdraw more than ten kilometers to the side. We had both cars and tanks, and it took more than half an hour to withdraw.
So it's very clear... This is the Red Army's intention to shell the Blue Army's positions, and for the sake of safety, we, the Blue Army's troops, were withdrawn far away.
After the final head count, the observer looked at his watch and said to me: "The Red Army will shell the Blue Army's position in ten minutes!"
This is part of the exercise. Because we have evacuated the Blue Army position, we should have known what the Red Army was doing to our position but now we don't know. Then the observers need to tell us some necessary information.
"Okay!" Staff officers Zhao Jingping and Pingping cheered immediately when they heard the news, which made the observers look a little confused.
Of course, we will not be stupid enough to explain anything to the observers... You must know that the director team and observers are all members of the Ninth Border Defense Division. I cannot guarantee whether anyone among them has secretly communicated with our opponent, Chen Jiahao.
Then soon there was a burst of earth-shaking explosions... The Red Army was fighting comfortably this time. An artillery battalion and a mortar battery with dozens of artillery pieces were bombarding our positions indiscriminately, but they only hit far away.
There was fire and smoke everywhere.
The Red Army's artillery preparations lasted for more than half an hour.
When the artillery fire was almost done, I cast an inquiring look at King Chuang. King Chuang nodded, put down the walkie-talkie, walked to me and whispered: "One-third of the artillery shells hit the 323 heights, and the rest were all fired."
I hit the open ground and plowed it back and forth three times!"
Observers should have told us information like this, because it is impossible for us on the battlefield not to know the distribution of the Red Army's artillery shells. But if the observers choose not to tell us, then there is nothing we can do... But this does not seem to be a difficult thing, so a few
All it takes is for an artillery observer to stand on a high place and take a photo with the steering wheel. With their experience, they can quickly calculate the location of the Red Army's artillery bombardment and judge the distribution of explosive points based on the firelight and smoke.
The Red Army was indeed fooled... You must know that although this was a drill, the shells used were real. The shells were real, which meant that the craters made on the ground were real... This also meant that the tracked transport vehicles were bound to be here.
expose its shortcomings.
So I nodded and got on the jeep and waited gradually. It was not until the sound of artillery stopped completely that the observer reported: "The exercise is suspended. The casualties of the fifth battalion are as follows: 1st company and 1st platoon suffered 20 casualties, 1st company 2nd, 3rd and 4th platoons suffered 20 casualties.
and the engineer company suffered forty casualties..."
Zhao Jingping became furious when he heard this, and immediately shouted back: "How did you calculate? The whole platoon was hiding in the 323 anti-slope position, and more than half of them were injured in a burst of artillery fire? Are the second, third, fourth platoon and the engineer company hiding in the 323rd anti-slope position?"
On the reverse slope of Highland 729, the artillery shells can’t hit, so how did the forty casualties come about?”
"That's right!" Other staff members also objected: "If we fight like this, it won't be too easy. As long as we fire artillery for an hour, all the Japanese will be wiped out. There's no use hiding on the reverse slope!"
"The most outrageous thing is that there were casualties even while hiding behind Highland 729. Did we get injured by falling?"
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"This..." the observer couldn't help but froze for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he replied awkwardly: "The casualties of the second, third, fourth platoon and engineer company were caused when laying mines. The Red Army defense line will conduct fire interference for the minelayers!"
"Then why didn't you explain it beforehand?"
"When we were laying mines, we didn't see the Red side firing**, but now we have casualties... Could it be that the Red side used silent guns or silent cannons?"
"Is it okay if you hear the sound of gunfire? We will know to take cover when we hear the sound of gunfire. Once we take cover, there will be no forty casualties!"
With a coaxing sound, all the surrounding soldiers laughed.
"Forget it!" I waved my hand to the soldiers and ordered: "Each unit will withdraw from the exercise in proportion..."
"Battal Commander!" The observer interrupted me with a red face, and said hesitantly: "The director's team... determined that the platoon had more than half of its casualties and had lost its combat effectiveness and withdrawn from the battle..."
"What?" Zhao Jingping couldn't help but became furious: "This is too much! If a platoon withdraws from the battle, it will free up the 323 position for the Red Army. What a slap in the face!"
My expression couldn't help but change after hearing this. This judgment seemed to be too much.
"Battal Commander!" the observer continued: "What the director team means is... a company and a platoon are on the battlefield for the first time, and their military training has only been more than three months... With half of the casualties, the possibility of deserting is quite high!"
"What did you say?"
"Who became a deserter?"
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The people in the row refused to agree and gathered around to argue with the observer, but they were quickly stopped by me raising my hand.
"Execute the order!" I said: "The platoon exits the exercise!"
"Battal Commander..." The scholar, who was the commander of the first company, was still unconvinced, but he swallowed the rest of his words with a glare from me, so he had to grit his teeth and give the order: "The first platoon quits the exercise!"
So when the convoy drove to the position again, the company lost more than fifty people, almost one-third of the entire army... I really didn't expect that they would resort to this trick: first, to expand the number of casualties of our army...
...You must know that a company and a platoon are distributed on an anti-slope position as wide as the 323 Highlands. As long as you hide in the trench and don't move, it is impossible to lose more than half of the casualties in a burst of shelling. What's more, most of the Red Army's enemies are not very sensitive to the anti-slope.
Threatening long-range artillery.
Then after I admitted the casualties... I then decided that the platoon had lost its combat effectiveness. This is true. 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 went smoothly, and 323 became an undefended high ground.
Okay... Since you are playing like this, don't blame me for playing with you too!
My temper is...if you know when enough is enough, forget it, otherwise I will pay you back tenfold!
It didn't take long for us to arrive at the predetermined position. Needless to say... the place had been bombarded by the Red Army's artillery fire, especially the open space on the right... the flat ground just now was already covered with various large and small objects.
Waiting craters.
We entered the position as required and based on the position before the evacuation... At this time, it was supposed to be the time for the Red Army to launch a full-scale attack... But before the observer gave the order to start, I said: "The Blue Army requires artillery fire to return fire!"
"Return artillery fire?" The observer couldn't help but be stunned: "Your artillery fire will be blocked by Highland 729..."
"We are firing mortars!" I said: "Not to mention that Hill 729 only blocks the open area... Considering that the Red Army is likely to penetrate from the left side of Hill 323, and break through from the front of Hill 323... So I think it is necessary to
Implement blocking fire on the left wing and front!"
It makes sense for me to think this way, not to mention that it is up to me to decide how to fight on the battlefield, and the observers and even the director team have no right to interfere!
So soon... the Red Army evacuated the exercise area just like us before they started charging.
When we received the order from our superiors to start the artillery bombardment, it was already twenty minutes before the inventory of the Red Army troops was completed.
At this time, I waved to King Chuang easily and said: "Pass the order... shelling for five minutes, don't hit too much, just let one of them fire a few shells!"
"Five minutes of shelling?" King Chuang couldn't help but look shocked, and then asked again: "Where?"
"casual……"
"casual?"
"I'll beat you if I tell you to! There's so much nonsense!" I cursed angrily.
"Yes!" King Chuang responded and gave the order through the walkie-talkie.
Then there was a chaotic "boom" sound, and dozens of artillery shells exploded one after another on the left side of Hill 323...
The results came out quickly, and there were no casualties on the red side... This result was normal. The Red Army hadn't rushed up yet, so shooting in the open space would naturally cause no casualties.
Then the Red Army took a while to enter the position, and then as several red signal flares took off... the Red Army found a burst of shouts and rushed towards our position...
But as soon as the Red Army started shouting, I shouted to the observer: "Apply for artillery! Mortars to block fire..."
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So we went back and forth like this twice... For us, it was just "applying for artillery fire" once and for all, and then during the pause, the troops actually rested in place, but the Red Army troops... had to do it again and again.
Withdrawing from the exercise area again and again and entering the position again and again, the most painful thing was that I had to shout "kill" every time... and paused halfway through.
In the end, the director team finally understood that I was being fooled, but they had nothing to do with my order... I didn't break the rules, the rules were all set by you... In the end, they had no choice but to immediately issue an order: "Shoulder the bombardment from behind.
Live ammunition will no longer be used, and the opposing troops will no longer withdraw from the exercise area. Instead, the time, coordinates, and density of the shelling will be reported to the director team, who will determine the outcome and withdraw combatants in proportion!"
Okay... This fight is much smoother, but the exercises are becoming more and more like acting! In other words... everything is fake, we just issue an order and the director team will do it
Determine how much damage it will cause to the opponent... Then why do we still have troops walking around? It has nothing to do with whether the artillery can fire accurately... Just let Chen Jiahao and I do a war game with the director team beside us.
Just be a referee!
But this is exactly what I hope for... You must know that my soldiers can observe coordinates to guide artillery fire, and this will come in handy. (To be continued.)