The soldiers were excited as they looked at the situation below. This was the first time they saw a real battlefield, but their eyesight was not as abnormal as Ye Han's and they could not clearly see the situation below.
Ye Han actually can't see that clearly, but he has personally experienced small-scale border armed conflicts, seen real battlefields with his own eyes, and witnessed his comrades being blown away by artillery shells, so he knows very well what will happen on the battlefield.
Although he could only see part of the situation on the ground due to the height of the helicopter, he was able to guess the situation below very closely.
But he didn't intend to explain the situation on the battlefield in detail. Some things were best witnessed and experienced personally. Speaking from his mouth, it sounded like a sermon made by relying on one's elders.
The helicopter did not fly over the battlefield, but adjusted its direction before approaching the battlefield and flew along the edge of the battlefield to have a panoramic view of the battlefield.
Ye Han and others still didn't know that the original mission of this helicopter was to collect intelligence on the battlefield for research and analysis by the command, and that it was just an additional task that they were temporarily assigned.
Ye Han suddenly saw a large group of people gathered on a bare hill in the center of the battlefield. He couldn't help but take a few more glances and found that at least half of them were Beibang officers and soldiers wearing unfamiliar military uniforms, and the other half were wearing ordinary clothes.
the common people!
Far away from the hillock, you can see large and small craters with lingering smoke everywhere, but near the hillock, not even half of the crater can be seen. It is obvious that the Air Force deliberately avoided the hillock when dropping bombs.
He couldn't help but gasp, and immediately realized that the civilians on the hill were human shields kidnapped by the Beibang Army. They were probably the hostages left behind after the Beibang Army sneaked into the convoy!
"Damn it!" Ye Han punched the bulkhead, secretly beginning to worry whether the higher-ups were going to give him the task of rescuing the hostages.
Compared with combat missions, hostage rescue has many disadvantages and restrictions. It even requires the military and police officers performing the mission to use their lives to protect the safety of the hostages. Trading lives for lives is by no means empty talk.
He would rather lead his troops to fight against the Beibang Army than accept such a task.
It would be easier to deal with one or two hostages. There are at least hundreds of hostages on the hill. The Beibang Army has more people than the hostages. Even if he has three heads and six arms, how many hostages can he save?
Moreover, if you want to get close to the hostages, you must first cross the battlefield. Before you get close to the hill, you have to be discovered by the Beibang Army, unless you use a large-caliber sniper rifle for long-range sniping.
But where could he find so many snipers and sniper rifles? Moreover, the Beibang Army might not be alert if three or five people died. Once too many Beibang Army were shot and killed on the hill, it would definitely attract the attention of the Beibang Army.
As long as you hide behind the hostage, no matter how many snipers there are, they can only stare.
However, the helicopter showed no sign of descending. On the contrary, the Beibang Army on the ground fell into a commotion due to the approach of the helicopter. Several groups of infantry gathered under the command of the officer and concentrated fire on the helicopter in the air.
The helicopter quickly lifted off and continued flying south.
After a while, a group of fixed-wing fighter planes flew past the sky, and another wave of air strikes unfolded in Ye Han's sight.
The Beibang Army had no air defense capabilities at all, and the air raid was a one-sided massacre. However, Ye Han had no sympathy for the Beibang Army who crossed the border at all. He only hated that the Beibang Army did not die early or fast enough.
No matter how tightly organized the bandits are, they are just a group of loose individuals united by interests. However, the army has strict organization and discipline. Once such an organization commits crimes by any means like bandits, its destructive power will be far greater than that of bandits.
The current Beibang Army is an army that is turning against the bandits. If they escape and are surrounded by them, the consequences will be disastrous.
The helicopter flew away from the battlefield, and Ye Han once again saw the scattered armored vehicles, and a dozen tanks lined up a few hundred meters away. Many infantrymen followed the tanks and armored vehicles with guns in hand, a standard infantry-tank collaboration tactic.
Looking in other directions, you can see some of our own troops moving step by step, forming a loose encirclement. With strong air support from the Air Force, as long as the troops performing the encirclement mission make no mistakes, it shouldn't be a problem to encircle the Beibang Army.
The Beibang Army must also be aware of the current situation, otherwise they would not gather the hostages on the hill for no reason. Maybe the Beibang Army plans to use the hostages to threaten the military to let them leave.
The tragic battlefield gradually faded away, but Ye Han's heart couldn't calm down for a long time. He couldn't help but wonder in his heart what choice the commander responsible for encircling and suppressing the Beibang Army would make in the face of the enemy's threat.
Ignoring the safety of the hostages and annihilating the North Stick Army in one go is the best choice. It can eliminate the North Stick Army to the greatest extent and ensure that the North Stick Army will not spread beyond the battlefield.
But it is also the most inhumane thing to do. Ninety-nine times the commander who gave the order will be severely punished for ignoring the safety of civilians.
Compassion does not control troops. Anyone who understands military affairs knows that on the battlefield, one cannot be kind to the enemy or one's own people. The most important task of a commander is to find ways to achieve tactical or strategic goals at the minimum cost.
, the enemy's life, one's own life, and even the lives of civilians should not appear in the commander's mind!
Just like Mr. Peng’s mantra: I’m selling my mother-in-law, I don’t want the number of casualties, I want the position!
War is not a child's play, nor is it an overly glorified performance in movies and TV. On the battlefield, the cruelest place in the world, only by freezing your heart to stone can you have the possibility of victory. Before victory comes, any participant, no matter what, will win.
Neither a commander nor an ordinary soldier can show the slightest kindness or mercy to the enemy, and the same goes for the hostages in the enemy's hands.
This is war, this is a battlefield, a place where life and death are fought.
The battlefield finally disappeared under the distant horizon, and only the black smoke column was still rising in the distance. Ye Han suddenly felt empty in his heart, as if he was hanging in mid-air with no contact with the world or the ground.
Ye Han could control his actions, but he couldn't control his thoughts. He could only use distraction methods to divert his thoughts from the battlefield to other aspects.
More than ten minutes later, a wide river appeared below the plane. A few more minutes later, the blue sea replaced the horizon. When the helicopter flew near the coast, it turned around and headed west, passing through large stretches of beaches, rocks and tidal flats. It took more than 20 minutes.
Finally, a huge city appeared in front of the right side, and in front of the left side of the plane was a harbor with more than a dozen large and small warships parked.
Ye Han unexpectedly discovered that a large amphibious landing ship was being loaded in the military port, and rows of fully enclosed trucks were entering and exiting through the bow hatch. It was unknown what items were being delivered to the ship.
