Chapter 234: This Play Style Baffles Everyone!
To figure out exactly what Sun Dongping was up to and what medicine he was selling in his gourd.
The Division Commander, unable to interfere with the Confrontation Exercise or personally ask Sun Dongping, directly ordered the Directing Staff to switch the broadcast screen on television to the five companies under the Blue Army.
There were a total of eight Broadcast Teams on the battlefield, with three groups each placed on the Red Army and Blue Army positions, and the remaining two groups placed on the defending Green Side.
On the Blue Army side, one Broadcast Team was at the Command Post, and the other two were respectively located at the front line and the rear line.
The front line was at the Tank Company 1, and the rear line was at the Artillery Company.
The Director switched the dedicated line to the front-line Broadcast Team, and the screen of Tank Company 1 appeared on television.
Tank Company 1 at the Command Post, which had been completely still, had all its tanks already completed preparation and assembly, and now they had all driven out of the camp.
From their driving direction, it was clear they were heading straight for the Green Army Position 10 kilometers away.
The television screen switched back to the rear Broadcast Team, where all the artillery of the Artillery Company could be seen, now also fully entered into combat readiness.
From the movements of these two companies, it was not hard to infer that the remaining three companies had definitely also been activated.
The Command Post showed no movement, but the troops below were working tightly and densely; from this, it could be calculated that they must all have received orders.
“This Sun Dongping seems quite extraordinary; as expected of the candidate sent down by the Military Region.”
The Division Commander felt a different experience, seeing a unique command mode, full of novelty, and couldn’t help but praise Sun Dongping.
Compared to Li Fuguo’s traditional mode, Sun Dongping was indeed eye-catching.
“Yeah.”
The Chief of Staff agreed and said: “The Red Army side is still holding a pre-war meeting, but the Blue Army Unit has already set off; this efficiency is indeed much higher.
The startup speed is faster, which in actual combat can bring them great advantages.
Just from this point, the Blue Army is indeed superior to the Red Army; conservatively estimated, the Blue Army can at least launch the attack two hours earlier.”
The Chief of Staff’s analysis was quite accurate, provided that the current rhythm remained unchanged.
“What’s the use of moving fast? They have to win the fight.”
Regiment Commander Wang had a different view; his stance was naturally on Li Fuguo’s side, and he retorted: “The Blue Army is doing a one-man dictatorship where the Battalion Commander calls all the shots; who can guarantee that the tactics he designed are the best?
The Red Army gathers the company commanders for discussion and can definitely come up with the best tactics, advancing with a steady playing style, and may not necessarily fall behind.”
Under the immense pressure, Li Fuguo’s current playing style was indeed seeking stability.
Only aiming to win this confrontation in the steadiest way possible.
“Regiment Commander Wang is not wrong.”
The Division Commander also agreed with Wang Qing Rui’s analysis, slightly furrowing his brows and saying: “Dictatorship-style command is indeed a double-edged sword; good or bad is just a thought away, and we can’t make a judgment now, so let’s keep watching.”
Sun Dongping’s combat style was extremely unique, and the Division Commander clearly didn’t want to make too many evaluations.
The others also didn’t want to continue saying anything and refocused their attention on the television screen, following the Director’s lens to watch the broadcast screen.
After watching the Blue Army, it switched to the Green Army.
Through the screen, it was very clear to see that the Green Army Position had long set up a defensive formation.
The two Tank Companies were deployed on both sides, paired with the trench positions dug the previous day, targeting the defense against the Red Army and Blue Army from these two directions.
The Infantry Company split into two and entered the position, relying on the trenches to assist the tanks in defense.
All the offensive forces and tanks were camouflaged; from a distance, no abnormalities could be detected at all, unless using a helicopter for aerial reconnaissance.
However, this battle was just a battalion-level confrontation, with no air forces participating at all.
In the future 21st century dominating the battlefield, the small drone, known as the strongest aerial killer in an individual soldier’s hands, had not yet been developed in these times.
The Green Army Artillery Company had also completed deployment, positioned in a sufficiently safe central location.
With infantry paired with trench defense in front, tanks prepared for immediate charge against the enemy, and artillery in the rear both safe and fully threatening.
As long as the Red and Blue Armies dared to appear in firepower range, the Green Army’s heavy artillery would teach them a lesson.
Moreover, occupying absolute terrain advantage, it would be very difficult for the Red and Blue Armies to rush onto the Green Army Position, as long as they didn’t join forces to create too much pressure.
But the two armies were in a competitive relationship and fundamentally impossible to join forces.
After going around the deployment situations of the three camps, the screen returned to the Red Army Command Post, where they were still in the midst of the meeting.
Holding a pre-war meeting for such a long time showed just how cautious Li Fuguo was.
There was nothing interesting about the meeting screen, so the Director switched the screen back to the Blue Army.
The Blue Army side was much more exciting!
The tank phalanx formed by the two Tank Companies, followed by two rows of Armored Personnel Carriers and Infantry Fighting Vehicles, formed a majestic armored torrent.
From the Blue Army’s momentum and dynamics, anyone would think they were about to launch an attack.
But the result was jaw-dropping!
Sun Dongping had indeed learned something abroad, and plus he had already obtained a master’s degree domestically; his military basics were extremely solid.
The combination of the two in him formed his unique style of play.
Just when everyone thought he was going to seize the initiative with a hard attack, the Blue Army’s steel torrent suddenly stopped two kilometers from the Green Army Position.
Then it spread out the troops’ formation very wide, with spacing between each tank exceeding thirty meters.
After forming a strange net-like formation, all the tanks began local camouflage operations on the spot, showing no intention of continuing forward.
Seeing this screen in the Broadcast Room sparked another wave of intense discussion.
“The Blue Army rushed to pull out the troops in such a hurry; isn’t it to catch the Green Army off guard and attack before they were prepared?”
“Soldiers are valued for speed; the opening was indeed fast enough, but why suddenly stop?”
“What’s the meaning of waiting halfway like this? And from this position, they can’t even see the Green Army Position; what’s the point?”
“Could it be fear of the Green Army’s heavy artillery strikes, waiting until night to attack? If just waiting for night, why not stay in their own position? Setting off after dark wouldn’t affect anything either?”
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The cadres all had their own ideas, but no one could guess what Sun Dongping was up to.
“The Green Army occupies the high ground, plus the Heavy Artillery Company; armored forces attacking in daylight, if locked by heavy artillery, the losses would be severe. Waiting here until evening is indeed a good idea.”
Gao Cheng didn’t like Sun Dongping much, but that didn’t affect his evaluation of his personal ability.
“The Green Army Artillery Company actually doesn’t dare to fire easily either; after all, both Red and Blue sides have Artillery Companies. Once the Green Army artillery exposes its position and doesn’t quickly maneuver, it will soon be locked and attacked. Red and Blue sides attacking in daylight can completely exploit this point.”
Hong Xingguo’s military basics were not bad, and his analysis was quite logical.
Fortunately, small drones hadn’t been developed yet in these times; otherwise, tank units in front of drones would simply be live targets one by one.
Even without suicide-style attacks, they could easily locate the tanks.
As long as the precise positions of the tanks were exposed, unless in dead angles, within a 10-kilometer radius, heavy artillery firing would silence them one by one.
Precisely because there were no aerial reconnaissance units, the tank and artillery units of the Red, Blue, and Green sides were currently a blank slate to each other.
All three sides wanted to find each other’s positions and were wary of their own positions being found.
After all, everyone’s configurations were the same; whoever exposed first would suffer first.
No second path!
“You’re right.”
Gao Cheng nodded and said: “Just use small forces for a feint attack to draw Green Army artillery fire, find the artillery position, and counterattack it.
As long as the Green Army’s Artillery Company is destroyed, without the heavy artillery threat, Red and Blue sides can go all out, and close-in charges wouldn’t be a problem.”
“Then…”
Hong Xingguo puzzledly said: “Since there’s a method to threaten the Green Army’s artillery, why did the Blue Army suddenly stop halfway?”
“I think the Blue Army did it on purpose, pretending to attack the Green Army, seizing the green flag first, forcing the Red Army to launch an attack on the Blue Army in haste, thereby making the Red Army consume the Green Army’s troops.” Gao Cheng analyzed.
When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman profits.
This was an old story everyone knew, and also one of the most classic tactics.
“Old Seven, I’ve been listening beside you for half a day; your analysis is quite spot on.”
The Third Company Commander of the Red Third Company, sitting to the left rear of Gao Cheng, leaned forward and joined in: “I have the same view as you; that Sun thief from the Blue Army is definitely playing tricks, wanting to force the Red Army and Green Army to fight first, then he reaps the fisherman’s profit.”
“The Red Army shouldn’t be fooled so easily; these are all worn-out old tricks.” Although Hong Xingguo said this, he was actually a bit worried inside.
After all, they had the god’s perspective overlooking the whole audience through the Broadcast Team’s lenses.
The Red Army didn’t have their perspective; not knowing if the Blue Army’s attack was real or fake, they might really worry about the green flag being seized and be forced to attack early.
After all, whoever gets the green flag first is the victor; who knows what tricks the Blue Army would use to grab the green flag.
Even if just stealthily sending a few people onto the position to stealthily pull out the Green Army’s flag, even if the Green Army defending troops didn’t lose a single soldier, they could still be judged as winners.
Killing enemy numbers is not the victory condition!
The discussion in the Broadcast Room was very intense, all guessing the intent behind Sun Dongping’s move; finally, the Red Army Command Post’s pre-war meeting ended.
The combat core emphasized four words—
Seek victory in stability!
So the Red Army’s formulated combat plan was to advance steadily step by step, solidly winning the confrontation without any risky moves.
This was also the tactical play most suited to Li Fuguo, baptized by traditional play all along.
If forcing to learn combined arms tactics ideas, even Chen Jun’s past battle records worth learning, it would probably end up imitating clumsily.
Sharpening a spear in battle.
Not everyone can do it.
Li Fuguo knew his own learning ability couldn’t replicate Chen Jun in a short time.
Since there was no way to use Chen Jun’s play, better to use his own most proficient traditional play, at least guaranteeing no major mishaps.
The combat plan developed based on the seek victory in stability thinking had no highlights but won in steadiness.
The first step was dispatching the Vanguard Squad, split into two Reconnaissance Teams, heading respectively to the Green Army and Blue Army to recon their situations.
Only after truly figuring out the opponent’s situation could further actions be taken.
This very much conformed to knowing oneself and the enemy leads to a hundred victories.
The Vanguard Squad was an elite trained by Chen Jun; not mentioning other combat abilities, just their reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance abilities rivaled special forces soldiers, amounting to dimensional strike in this level of confrontation.
Shi Jin immediately acted upon receiving the mission; he and Bai Tie Jun each led a group, splitting into two routes to set off.
The reason for letting Bai Tie Jun lead a team and serve as the team leader of that group, instead of more senior Xie Chong, Gan Xiaolin, and others.
The reason was just one: everyone was convinced.
That was his super strong survival ability!
Wu Liu Yi had once sneakily teased Bai Tie Jun that even if an atomic bomb exploded above his head, Bai Tie Jun could find a way to survive.
The reason Shi Jin let Bai Tie Jun lead the group was precisely because of his survival ability.
Survival is the most important on the battlefield.
Only alive can you output; dead and it’s all over.
And as long as Bai Tie Jun could ensure the group’s survival, he didn’t need to handle other aspects; veteran non-commissioned officers like Xie Chong could take care of everything.
Even retreating ten thousand steps.
Even if unable to complete the reconnaissance mission, Shi Jin believed Bai Tie Jun could bring everyone back, avoiding the worst outcome he didn’t want to see.
No intelligence gathered, and the group lost.
Bai Tie Jun suddenly became the team leader, which made him cocky; he immediately found his buddy Gan Xiao Ning, deliberately posturing to make him quickly call him team leader.
As a result, Gan Xiao Ning neatly took him down, and added: “Iron Plate Bai, even if you were team leader, if you were squad leader I’d still flip you.”
Bai Tie Jun was a circle slimmer than Gan Xiao Ning and really wasn’t his opponent in a fight.
After getting beaten, he immediately behaved.
Becoming the most powerless team leader in history, teased by the veteran soldiers in the group, he had to put away his barely warmed official airs.
After a brief frolic, the Vanguard Squad quickly split into two vehicles and set off.
Bai Tie Jun’s group was responsible for reconnoitering the Green Army situation; since the Green Army was not allowed to attack proactively per regulations, this side was relatively safer.
Reconnoitering the Blue Army was more dangerous, so Shi Jin personally led the group.
Since the Blue Army had already set off halfway, Shi Jin’s small team drove around half a circle from the left side and soon discovered the camouflaged Blue Army main force.
Fortunately, it was the combat-experienced Shi Jin; otherwise, ordinary people really wouldn’t have spotted it.
If driving straight into it and getting surrounded by dozens of tanks and armored vehicles, even with three heads and six arms, there’d be no way out.
The Blue Army main force appeared ahead, stationary three kilometers from the Green Army.
This was big intelligence!
Shi Jin immediately used the vehicle-mounted radio to report this intelligence to the Command Post first thing.
To prevent discovery by the Blue Army Unit, Shi Jin deliberately drove the car back several hundred meters, found a concealed spot to hide the car.
Then, through even more concealed foot approach, quietly moved back near the Blue Army main force.
Wanting to obtain more information through close-in reconnaissance.
Closer distance allowed clearer viewing; Shi Jin confirmed this was all the Blue Army’s attacking forces by counting the tanks and armored vehicles.
Two Tank Companies and one Infantry Company had all arrived at this location.
After feeding this intelligence back again, Shi Jin continued leading the people to squat nearby; what reaction the Red Army made was no longer his concern.
