Chapter 223: Inside The Red Army Command Post
Geng Jihui led B Group to transfer to the new rendezvous point, finally feeling relieved.
Heaven knows how nervous he was earlier watching the others eat and drink, feeling time pass so slowly, like years dragging on!
He was deeply afraid they would be discovered by Blue Team’s scouts, then B Group would withdraw from the exercise.
If that happened, he wouldn’t even know how to explain it to He Da Dui and Gao Zhong Dui.
It would really be too embarrassing to say, humiliating!
“Everyone eaten and drunk well?”
Geng Jihui’s expression was extremely cold, indicating his current mood was very unpleasant.
No military commander wants to see his team members so undisciplined and disorganized.
This is an exercise, not an excursion, yet these people blatantly lit a fire in Blue Team’s territory!
Utterly outrageous!
Geng Jihui grew angrier the more he thought about it.
Seeing Xiao Geng unhappy, the others didn’t dare make any excessive moves, afraid of accidentally stimulating him into a volcanic eruption.
Seeing the team members all behaving so obediently one after another, Geng Jihui laughed in anger, thinking what took them so long.
But now wasn’t the time to reprimand them, so he temporarily held back his anger.
“Tell me about your gains.” Geng Jihui said after calming his mood.
No sooner had he spoken than Chang Ning said, “We blew up one of Blue Team’s logistics transfer stations!”
Geng Jihui nodded: “Last night, Qiang Zi and I took out the radar station too.”
“Eagle Division is already wiped clean.” Ostrich said, pretending to be sorrowful.
“Right, the last chicken went into everyone’s stomachs.” The medic added from the side.
“So skilled, looks like Ostrich often steals chickens from the common folk’s homes.”
Chang Ning’s teasing made everyone smile knowingly.
“Don’t talk nonsense, would I do that?
I always buy them with my own money.” Ostrich explained.
If this wasn’t cleared up, the image of him as a chicken thief would take root in his comrades’ hearts.
Seeing the atmosphere had livened up just right, Geng Jihui opened the map: “Based on the intelligence Qiang Zi and I got at the radar station yesterday, Army Aviation Regiment has relocated to the wartime airport.
If we don’t take it out, it poses too great a threat to Red Team.
So we’ll act tonight and take out Army Aviation Regiment!”
“How are we few people going to take out those helicopters? We don’t have enough explosives on us.” Ostrich said.
Xiao Zhuang smiled: “We’ve learned aviation weapon usage, Paratrooper!”
Ostrich panicked greatly: “But we don’t have helicopter pilot licenses, unlicensed flying is very dangerous!”
Shi Dafan chuckled: “Cut it out, you’ve done this plenty of times!”
“Indeed, among us brothers, you’re the best at flying helicopters, now you’re acting modest.” Chang Ning joined in.
“We’ve each flown over 30 hours, that’s enough!
Army Aviation Regiment’s models are the same as what we’ve flown, they won’t expect us to fly helicopters!” Geng Jihui set the tone.
“Why does this kind of thing have to be done by us?”
Everyone was very surprised to hear Chang Ning’s statement, their eyes full of confusion.
Special forces are exactly for this kind of job, what’s there to ask.
Xiao Zhuang even raised his hand to touch Chang Ning’s forehead.
“No fever either, how come you’re starting to talk nonsense?”
“Why go through all the time and effort to take out Army Aviation when there’s an easier way?”
With Chang Ning’s reminder, Red Team had been guarding against Lei Keming destroying their important units from the start.
Therefore, up to now in the exercise, Red Team’s combat power was holding up well, unlike in the original plot where they were suppressed by Blue Team.
“You mean have our missile unit strike?”
Geng Jihui was still sharp; Chang Ning’s reminder made him react immediately.
“Right, we just need to report Army Aviation’s coordinates to command post, no need for us to go all the way there ourselves.” Chang Ning said, spreading his hands.
“Good idea, I’ll send the telegram!
You all rest, I’ll stand the first watch.”
Geng Jihui simply arranged the guard order and excitedly headed to Red Army Command Post.
The radio for sending was one that Geng Jihui and Qiang Zi had taken from the radar station.
Inside Red Army Command Post, the communicator quickly approached Red Army Commander.
“Report, there’s an intelligence report from Wolf Fang!”
Hearing the communicator, Red Army Commander put down his pen and took the telegram.
He quickly glanced at the telegram in his hand and said loudly: “Good!”
This praise drew sidelong glances from the senior staff officers and political commissar in command post.
Since the exercise began, Red and Blue Sides had been locked in a stalemate, and Red Army Commander hadn’t been this happy in a long time.
The officers in command post were all very curious, what exactly was written on the telegram in the commander’s hand?
“Old He, what’s it say? Making you so happy.”
Seeing everyone’s curiosity, the political commissar stepped forward to ask.
His action earned grateful looks from the staff officers.
Lately the battle situation had been deadlocked, and the commander’s mood had been low.
This made the staff officers afraid to ask directly, fearing they’d hit a nerve and become punching bags.
“It’s nothing…”
The commander’s voice came from the head seat; the staff officers busied themselves with their tasks, but careful observation would reveal their actions were repetitive.
For example, one staff officer kept sorting the documents in his hand, but they were already neatly arranged.
Clearly, the staff officers’ minds had long flown to the telegram in the commander’s hand.
Commander He was well aware of the situation below, but Wolf Fang’s intelligence put him in a good mood now, so he turned a blind eye and didn’t plan to pursue it.
“Wolf Fang’s report passed us important intelligence: Army Aviation’s airplanes are all concentrated at a certain Blue Team airport preparing to take off for air strikes against us.
They’re bullying us for not having air force!”
The commander’s words greatly piqued the political commissar and staff officers’ curiosity; if the telegram only had this intelligence, it wouldn’t make the commander beam with joy.
Perhaps noticing the political commissar and staff officers’ confusion, Commander He then revealed the answer.
“Of course the intelligence also includes the detailed coordinates of that Blue Team airport!”
The answer was revealed!
The staff officers thought, no wonder the commander was in such a great mood after seeing the telegram.
With this intelligence, Red Team could gain absolute advantage in this exercise, tipping the scales of victory toward them.
Up to now in the exercise, Red and Blue Sides’ loss ratios were about even; just a small variable could change the stalemate.
“But our artillery force is too far away to reach Blue Team’s airport.
If we deploy missiles, they’ll be locked by Blue Team’s radar, and they’ll definitely counter.
Trading missile unit for Blue Team’s Army Aviation might be a bit of a loss.”
The political commissar calmly laid out his views.
“If artillery can’t reach, advance it forward, and have missile unit prepare for rapid redeployment!”
With opportunity right in front of him, how could Commander He let it slip away? And if they didn’t move, wouldn’t Army Aviation bomb their positions relentlessly?
