Commander Xu did not answer, but turned his attention to the political commissar.
The political commissar was silent for a long time, nodded solemnly and said: "As a real-force confrontation exercise, some adjustments to tactics are necessary. We have to report these adjustments to the director team and superiors, who will decide!"
I understand the political commissar's answer, because this is no longer an issue of an exercise, but an issue related to the reputation of our military at home and abroad, so it must be treated with caution.
But what I didn't expect was that my suggestion would arouse great attention from the top brass of our army, and even made Commander Zhang personally go to the Blue Army headquarters to negotiate with me.
When I saw Commander Zhang crouching over from the helicopter, I couldn't help but open my mouth and couldn't close it for a long time. You must know that when the red and blue armies are confronting each other, a senior cadre like Commander Zhang should be said to be unsuitable.
Just run to our Blue Army headquarters.
But after thinking about it, a few of us still went up to him and saluted Commander Zhang.
"Yes!" Commander Zhang simply returned the salute, and without saying anything, he hurriedly walked into the headquarters under the leadership of his assistant.
"I'm here to adjust your tactics this time!" Commander Zhang said straight to the point as soon as he walked into the headquarters: "Have you ever thought about the consequences if something goes wrong during this exercise?"
When Commander Zhang asked this question, we were silent. It was obvious that Commander Zhang and the higher-ups did not support us in adjusting our tactics.
"This exercise is very stressful!" Commander Zhang continued: "There is something you may not know. The Soviet side may have known the time of our exercise in advance, so they rushed to conduct a big exercise ahead of us.
This major exercise lasted for eight days. The Soviet Union called it the 'Western 81' exercise. It just ended the day before yesterday. During this period, a large number of tanks and helicopters were used.
aircraft, various types of fighter planes and warships, and even the aircraft carrier 'Kiev'. According to intelligence, its total strength is 100,000. Its pertinence is very obvious! In particular, the Soviet Union still blatantly violated the Helsinki Agreement and had no prior control over this exercise.
You made a false announcement, which only added to the smell of gunpowder! At this moment, the exercise is about to begin. Do you think it is appropriate to adjust the tactics?"
I don't know what the Helsinki Agreement is, but from Commander Zhang's tone it should be an agreement on exercises.
Later I learned that I was right. The Helsinki Accords were a series of agreements signed between the United States and the Soviet Union on limiting the nuclear arms arms race. This agreement stipulated the participation in all military exercises with a force of 25,000 or more than 2.5.
All must be announced in advance.
The Soviet Union did announce it, but what the Soviet Union announced was that more than 25,000 Soviet troops would participate in the exercise. However, intelligence showed that the actual number of troops participating in the exercise was much larger than the 25,000 troops announced by the Soviet Union.
This may seem like a small thing, but in fact it is telling the outside world a message: The Soviet Union can not take the Helsinki Agreement seriously, but does that mean it can also not abide by other agreements?
The meaning of non-compliance actually implies the use of nuclear weapons... This is undoubtedly a naked threat.
"Commander!" After a moment of silence, I mustered up the courage to say, "Actually, I think this tactical adjustment may not be a bad thing!"
"Speak!" Commander Zhang nodded and said, "I'm here just to ask for an explanation from you!"
"This is what I think!" I said: "One of the purposes of this exercise is to demonstrate our military's military power internally and externally. If we stage this exercise to the side of the Red Army... it will make people think
It's not real enough. On the contrary, if there are some minor setbacks..."
"Is this still a small setback?" Commander Zhang interrupted me and asked: "If your sneak attack is successful, the airborne troops will not only destroy the artillery troops and tank troops of the Red Army, but they will also be able to continue to occupy the high ground behind the Red Army.
With the cooperation of helicopters and other air forces, we can form a two-sided attack on the Red Army with a frontal group of tanks. On the other hand, we can cut off the Red Army's supply line. The Red Army will make dumplings for you!"
"Commander, have you ever thought..." I said: "The Red Army is the Chinese army. Although the Blue Army plays the role of the Soviet Army, it is also the Chinese Army?"
"Huh!" Commander Zhang couldn't help but be stunned.
"Even if the Blue Army wins this exercise!" I said: "Then what the Soviets see is the success of the coordinated tactics of the Blue Army's various arms. This at least shows that the various arms of the current Chinese Army are no longer counterattacking like before.
The fact that they fought independently during the war also shows that the development of our army during this period made the Soviet Union need to re-evaluate the combat effectiveness of our army!"
"Yeah!" Commander Zhang couldn't help but nodded slightly.
"What's more!" I continued: "By adjusting our tactics in this way, firstly, we can improve the authenticity of the entire exercise; secondly, we can allow the red and blue armies to be trained in simulated actual combat to a greater extent;
Thirdly...the red and blue armies are all our own. It’s not going to be easy for the Red Army to win in the end. Let’s let the Red Army reserves come up and launch a counter-attack!”
Commander Zhang thought for a long time, and finally nodded and said: "I will hand over these ideas to the director team for discussion. Until the results are obtained, everything will go according to the original plan. Do you understand me?"
"yes!"
"yes!"
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Looking at the back of Commander Zhang leaving in a hurry, I felt helpless. If this is also a battle, then this is a battle with tied hands and feet.
The results of the discussion with our superiors came out quickly, and they agreed that we should adjust our tactics.
This made the conference room burst into jubilation... Although they knew in their hearts that the final result of this battle was still the Red Army's victory, the nature was different. At least we would no longer be as helpless as before, and we could even say
If we fight this battle well, even the Red Army will know in their hearts who will lose and who will win.
As a result, the military headquarters quickly became busy, with various arms and staffs actively preparing for war and formulating detailed attack plans.
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The next day, as three red flares trailing milky white smoke soared into the autumn sky, China's largest exercise since the founding of the People's Republic of China began.
Naturally, the Blues attack first.
Following Commander Xu's order, the densely packed black tanks of the Blue Army quickly moved in according to the planned plan under the cover of aviation and artillery fire. The Blue Army's long-range bombers also arrived at the same time and launched air strikes on the Red Army's targets deep in the battle.
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To be honest, although I have fought in many battles, this is the first time I have seen the infantry, tank, air, and artillery units advance toward the enemy's defense lines in coordination. Plus, they are our own country's troops.
, especially the close coordination between these arms can be said to come from the training of our combined battalion, so a sense of accomplishment arises spontaneously. I hold a telescope in my hand and watch them bombing and assaulting the Red Army's defense line over and over again.
It's like looking at your own masterpiece.
Of course, just as we planned before, this massive attack was actually just a feint. Its purpose was to make the Red Army underestimate the enemy and make them think that we were launching an attack step by step; second, to expose the Red Army
Their artillery units... At this time, our army already had several reconnaissance planes closely monitoring the Red Army's rear at high altitudes!
The next stage is the emergency liftoff of the Red Army aviation forces...
What surprised me a little was that the Red Army aviation was much more powerful than I thought. They were divided into three parts as soon as they came up: one part met the Blue Army fighters; one part went straight to the Blue Army long-range bombers; the third part
The main force is the joint formation of fighters and bombers to attack the Blue Army's forward airport.
This strategy is obviously correct. The reason is that our air force has the characteristics of large quantity and poor quality. Large quantity means that it can be divided into several parts to fight. This is the advantage of quantity. Poor quality means that it can fight with the enemy in the air.
It is impossible to gain advantage in frontal combat...Fighters
It is a high-tech gadget. If there is a generation difference, it means that the Red Army fighter jets will be in the embarrassing situation of being unable to hit or catch up with enemy aircraft. It is not an exaggeration to even say that they are target aircraft for enemy aircraft. That is to say
In this era of air combat, there is no longer the phenomenon of "too many ants bite the elephant to death".
Therefore, it is not realistic for the Red Army to compete with the Blue Army for air supremacy, so its best option is to use a small force to hold back the enemy aircraft on the battlefield, and use the main force to attack the Blue Army's forward airport... It is conceivable that once the Blue Army
If the military's forward airport is destroyed, then even if the Blue Army seizes air supremacy, its air power will be severely restricted because of the bombing of the airport.
The Red Army was very successful at this point. The director team quickly determined that the Blue Army had mastery of the air. However, the Blue Army's air power also suffered considerable losses due to the coordination of the Red Army's combat effectiveness and ground air defense firepower. At the same time, the forward airports were also
The main aviation force of the Red Army was almost paralyzed by bombing and attacks.
I don't know whether I should be happy or angry about this result.
Maybe I should be angry, because I am standing in the position of the Blue Army. I am the side that has more powerful air power than the Red Army but does not return with a complete victory.
But I should also be happy, because I know that our aviation forces know very well how to maximize their strengths and avoid weaknesses when facing the "enemy" to minimize restricting the enemy's air power. In other words, even if you lose, you will lose gloriously!
After the Blue Army aviation gained air supremacy, fighter jets patrolled the airspace of the theater to cover the advance of ground troops, while bombers continued to bomb the Red Army's shallow and deep fortifications and airports to suppress the Red Army's firepower.
At this time, we heard the "exercise pause" order from the director team... Then I knew that the Red Army had been fooled, and their artillery force finally couldn't help but launch blocking fire on my group of tanks. (To be continued.