The airborne landing went smoothly, but the process surprised me a bit.
The purpose of our airborne landing was not only to infiltrate a group of scouts into the rear of the Red Army, but also to force the Red Army's tank regiment to expose its position.
The 38th Army is an infantry unit, but as one of the most important units in the army, it has its own tank unit.
Of course, its tank force is not as large as our armored division, with only about a hundred tanks per regiment. At this point, it is in line with the comparison between the imaginary enemy Soviet army and our country. The tanks of the Soviet devils are both in quality and quantity.
They are undoubtedly stronger than us, so it is natural that the Blue Army's tank force is stronger than the Red Army, just like the Blue Army's air power is also better than the Red Army's.
Originally, I thought that after we airdropped two battalions to the rear of the Red Army, the Red Army's tank regiments would appear... It should be said that tanks or armored units have a great advantage in dealing with airborne troops. The reason is obvious. Because of their transportation capabilities, the airborne troops
The umbrella's carrying capacity and airdrop capability are limited, so even if it can carry heavy equipment, it can only carry very limited heavy equipment.
For example, rocket launchers, recoilless rifles, anti-tank missiles, etc. The ammunition of these devices is as light as 3 kilograms and weighs more than ten kilograms. The ammunition carried by a soldier can only be used for two or three times. Moreover, these ammunition
Once the battle is over, it is often impossible to replenish it in time... As for airborne troops, they are surrounded by enemies as soon as they land. If they want to replenish their ammunition, they have to wait for air power to drop it.
Therefore, what the airborne troops are most afraid of encountering are enemy armored vehicles or tanks, because once the enemy's tanks or armored vehicles reach a certain number and exceed the anti-tank capabilities of the airborne troops, the airborne troops will basically be abused.
However, what surprised me was that the Red Army did not dispatch their tank troops when our army airdropped to its rear.
"What is the Red Army doing?" Commander Xu was also puzzled by this: "The second subject is anti-airborne, isn't it? The Red Army's anti-airborne is to use motorized infantry to anti-airborne?!"
Later I realized that this was the Red Army underestimating the enemy...
In fact, it cannot be said that the Red Army underestimated the enemy. To be precise, it should be that the Red Army's intelligence was out of date.
You must know that the 38th Army and the 15th Airborne Army are both the ace troops of our army. They usually have some understanding of this potential opponent. Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the 38th Army know very well what the 15th Airborne Army is like. That is to say, they have always
They thought that the 15th Airborne Corps was the kind of "infantry that can parachute", and they even knew that the 15th Airborne Corps could not even carry much ammunition due to limited conditions, let alone any heavy equipment.
So they didn't pay attention to the two airborne battalions of our army at all... It was enough to let the motorized troops deal with it. The quality of the soldiers of the 38th Army would not be worse than any other army. The motorized troops regardless of ammunition
, their mobility, strength, and heavy equipment are much better than those of the airborne troops. So if you can't deal with them, wouldn't it be an embarrassment to the 38th Army?
In other words, the Red Army had no intention of sending the tank regiment at all from the very beginning. They arranged the tank regiment for the final finale, which was the counter-assault of the battle... What would it be like to add hundreds of tanks during the counter-attack?
So majestic!
What they didn't expect was that our airborne troops were no longer the airborne troops they were a few months ago.
Just like what we did in previous training: firstly, all the people were equipped with Type 81 rifles, which greatly enhanced the firepower; secondly, the method of separating equipment from people during parachuting increased the load capacity of the parachute to a great extent.
force; again, the airborne troops were equipped with helicopters and Beijing jeeps, and a lot of heavy equipment such as large-caliber mortars were also added.
This made the Red Army's motorized troops shout that they couldn't stand it. You must know that the vast majority of our army's motorized troops in this era still rely on three-wheelers and military vehicles to maneuver, and are only equipped with a small number of armored vehicles. Although such troops
The mobility is good, but the defense is really disappointing.
Coupled with the preparations made by our airborne troops early in the morning against the Red Army's motorized troops...this preparation is to use helicopters to lower a small number of troops to the highlands on both sides of the road before airdropping the main troops to control the Red Army's traffic lines.
Its purpose is to prevent or delay the Red Army's motorized troops from arriving at our airborne landing point and buy more time for the assembly of our airborne troops.
In fact, most of these troops are based on squads, that is, a helicopter carries ten soldiers and descends to the high ground to build some simple defenses. We simply don't think this approach can stop the Red Army.
Footsteps, because the Red Army has tanks. The tanks can easily cover the Red Army soldiers to break through the fire network and then encircle the high ground.
But as the saying goes, "If you plant flowers intentionally, you will not be able to plant flowers, but if you plant willows unintentionally, they will become shades." I thought the Red Army's anti-tank capability was not that strong, but the Red Army caused heavy losses to our tank troops; I thought our airborne troops would not do much, but it turned out
But it surprised me...
Because the Red Army did not dispatch tank regiments but only sent motorized troops with no defense capabilities, the road was basically blocked by our army.
Although our army only had one squad in the highlands at this time, this squad brought enough ammunition from the helicopter during the rope descent and was equipped with Type 81 rifles, sniper rifles and a heavy machine gun, plus
They occupies a favorable location and have helicopter fire support, so the Red Army's motorized units simply cannot get through.
This left us wondering what to do. Originally, we thought that these two battalions, except for the scouts, would be quickly eaten by the Red Army. Now, not only were they not eaten, but they were able to assemble very smoothly.
"Order the airborne troops to immediately occupy favorable terrain and organize defense!" Commander Xu issued the order without thinking: "And let the aviation troops be prepared to drop supplies or fire support for the airborne troops at any time!"
This actually gave us a good opportunity to successfully drive a nail in the rear of the Red Army.
The function of this nail is particularly useful for our airborne troops. On the one hand, it can prevent the Red Army from advancing or retreating. On the other hand, this nail provides a very safe parachute platform for the subsequent airdrops of the airborne troops, at least for the next batch.
Airborne troops don't have to worry about being targeted by the enemy while still hanging on the parachute.
Only then did the Red Army realize that they had made a mistake, but people tend to make another mistake immediately after making one mistake. The same was true for the Red Army commander, who hurriedly sent out tanks at this time
The troops rushed to reinforce, trying to remove the nail while our airborne troops were not yet firmly established.
But anti-airborne forces are often like this. They must fight quickly, otherwise once the airborne troops occupy a point, this point will become a spark that can dodge the enemy. The reason is that the blue army has air supremacy and subsequent troops and equipment.
You can continuously use this point to parachute to the rear of the Red Army.
So after a fierce fight between you and me, the Red Army can be said to have used all means: continuous infantry attacks on our airborne troops' stations to limit the further spread of our airborne troops, various fighter jets, tanks, motorized infantry, etc.
The artillery units advanced in multiple directions, and then each unit, under the cover of fighter jets, launched a fierce attack on the high ground where our airborne troops were stationed.
It should be said that the follow-up command of the Red Army was quite in place, especially in the airborne coordination... I was surprised to see the Red Army firing smoke grenades into the Blue Army's position to indicate targets for fighter jets. This is enough to show that the 38th Army at this time had already
There is a sense of coordination among all arms.
However, because the Red Army was inferior to the Blue Army in terms of air power and had missed the best anti-airborne opportunity, it was still unable to capture the high ground where the Blue Army was stationed.
In this way, we not only achieved our original strategic goals, but the results far exceeded our expectations.
From this point of view, the Red Army commanders are not strict in anti-airborne or actual combat command, but this does not seem surprising. Our army has never had experience in dealing with airborne troops, even the 38th Army is no exception.
In addition, the changes in the airborne troops have been so rapid in the past few months, and it is normal that the 38th Army has not been able to adapt at once.
But the training ground is just like the battlefield. The battle situation has developed like this and it is impossible to go back and do it again, so this is the only way.
"Battal Commander!" When the exercise was paused, the correspondent handed the phone to me and said, "It's Commander Zhang's call!"
"Hmm!" As soon as I heard it was Commander Zhang, I knew it must be because of the drill just now.
Sure enough, as soon as I received the call, I heard Commander Zhang scolding on the phone: "I tell you, kid, be careful with your hands, don't make the Red Army look so ugly that you can't clean it up!"
"Commander, you can't blame me for this!" I explained on the phone: "We didn't expect it to end like this..."
"Definitely!" Commander Zhang interrupted me on the other end of the phone: "I don't want to hear any explanations. What I want is the results. Do you understand?"
"Yes!" I responded.
This time it was really embarrassing for me. Now I know that some parts of this exercise are like fighting. Once it evolves, some uncontrollable things will often happen and I can't help it. What's even more embarrassing is the final result.
Let the Red Army win!
Commander Xu also realized this, so he walked up to me and asked: "Look...are we going to cancel our raid tonight?"
I understand what Commander Xu means. We haven't launched a surprise attack yet and the situation is already like this. If this happens again at night, it will probably be out of control. If such a situation really occurs, it will never be possible.
Let us, the Blue Army, collectively launch a suicidal charge and intentionally lose to the Red Army!
However, we still underestimated the Red Army, because the next second Zhao Jingping reported to me: "Battal Commander, the Red Army implemented radio interference on our airborne troops, and we lost contact with the airborne troops and reconnaissance troops!" (To be continued.