Chapter 176: Steel Seventh Company, Full Force Assault!
Old Ma is the squad leader with the most seniority in the Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment. The soldiers he trained have now all entered various companies in the regiment, becoming excellent top student backbones in each company.
A squad leader with such ability, if he really retires just like that, would indeed be a loss for the troops.
When Chen Jun watched the television series back then, he already had a good impression of the honest, dutiful, and aware Old Ma, and he was quite regretful about his retirement.
At the same time, he also knew that military reform began in 1997, starting the grand 500,000 “demilitarization.”
From twenty-four group armies reduced to eighteen group armies.
Shi Jin and Old Ma, this batch of old backbones, actually had similar reasons for their retirement.
All because of ordinary personal resumes, with no outstanding contributions, and military reform requiring demilitarization, they inevitably had to regrettably leave the troops in this wave of military reform.
However.
If Old Ma wanted to stay in the troops, it would actually be much simpler than for Shi Jin.
Because the grassland training camp guards the oil pipeline, this position fundamentally cannot be withdrawn, destined to have a squad guarding it.
As long as Old Ma firmly insists on staying, Red Third Company would definitely think of various methods for him.
There is still a probability of staying.
But it is not insured.
This is also why in the original drama, all members of Grassland Fifth Squad, as well as Red Third Company’s political instructor, tried every means to attribute all of Xu Sanduo’s road-building merit to Squad Leader Old Ma.
As long as Old Ma has this merit on record, he basically would not be eliminated by military reform.
Unfortunately.
Because of the butterfly effect brought by Chen Jun, it did not affect the distant Grassland Fifth Squad, and the reaction from road-building was basically no big change from the original drama.
The only influence is that the regiment commander attaches importance to this exercise and must ensure the regiment’s highest combat effectiveness.
And the rear oil depot personnel are extremely important.
So the regiment did not approve Old Ma’s early retirement application report as in the original drama, and he had to leave the army with regret.
This delayed Old Ma’s retirement by a few months, and he appeared on this confrontation exercise field.
Chen Jun thought that if he didn’t help, after this exercise returned to base, if Old Ma had no special performance, he would ultimately not escape this “demilitarization,” letting the troops lose an excellent training backbone.
Being able to train an excellent squad leader like Shi Jin, Old Ma definitely has unique skills in training soldiers.
As long as this knife is used well, it can absolutely play a big role.
But Old Ma is relatively peripheral in this exercise, the duties and work he is responsible for are very simple, and it is impossible to make a performance in combat.
Chen Jun thought for a good while before barely coming up with a path.
If Old Ma’s awareness is high enough to exert his ability as an old squad leader, he is bound to create a small climax belonging to him in this exercise.
“Squad Leader Ma, you’re pretty lucky. I’m Seventh Company’s deputy company commander. You want to find our company’s Xu Sanduo, I’ll try my best to pass the message, but…”
Chen Jun said halfway, frowned and said seriously: “You’re now in charge of an important position in the rear supply line, you should focus more on work.
This morning Blue Army sneaked an attack on First Battalion headquarters, the frontline was completely unaware.
Blue Army helicopters might appear in the rear at any time, striking our side’s most important rear supply line. You must put in 120% effort, do this job well, and put other things aside.”
Chen Jun scolded Old Ma in the tone of a deputy company commander, but was actually revealing information to him.
Chen Jun inferred that Blue Army’s next attack target would definitely be on Red Army’s supply line. Before leaving, he specially reminded the regiment commander to increase anti-air defense forces on the supply line.
The superiors must have already taken action, dispatching an anti-air squad to protect Support Company.
But orders won’t directly reach the bottom level.
Old Ma, this backbone squad leader responsible for transportation, really hasn’t received any notification from the company commander, still just routinely completing transportation tasks.
And Blue Army attacks often happen in an instant; the reaction of the bottom-level squad leaders is sometimes really crucial.
Chen Jun understands the troops’ operation mode very well, so he specifically notified Old Ma.
As for whether Old Ma can comprehend from this the opportunity to change his fate, that can only depend on Old Ma’s own luck.
Leaving Old Ma a ray of opportunity, Chen Jun then led his team away.
After getting the required weaponry and equipment from the equipment section and pulling them all to Steel Seventh Company Camp, the time had already reached past eleven in the morning.
Chen Jun took advantage of lunchtime to have a discussion with Gao Cheng.
The main discussion was what tactics Blue Army might use in the upcoming battle, from which aspects they would launch attacks, etc.
And what playing style to use to most effectively confront Blue Army.
After eating, it was basically determined. Steel Seventh Company’s rear was fully handed to Gao Cheng, and Chen Jun led Steel Seventh Company’s five squads to start their Deceive the Heavens to Cross the Sea plan.
Blue Army had no troops stationed in the frontline positions; all positions were in empty state.
Chen Jun personally went to scout the combat zone and finally chose the left side of Position
This side looked very concealed, and Blue Army hadn’t set up sneak attack ambushes here. In fact, two Blue Army old A’s were guarding in the dark.
These two old A’s were wearing jungle ghillie suits, the same model as Yuan Lang wore in the original drama.
Lying in the grass pile, they really seemed invisible.
Unfortunately, there are people beyond people and skies beyond skies. In front of Chen Jun, who once served as special warfare chief instructor, the two old A’s camouflage had nowhere to hide.
Chen Jun did not alert these two old A’s, because he needed their cooperation.
“All remove military ranks, check equipment…”
Chen Jun ordered completion of action preparations, then under Gao Cheng and the political instructor’s watch, quickly arrived at the already controlled 022 highland.
Next was the display of acting skills.
Chen Jun acted as if he completely hadn’t discovered the Blue Army snipers, just leading five squads from the forest at the foot of the mountain, crossing the exchange of fire line straight to Blue Army war zone.
The two Blue Army snipers discovered Red Army but did not impulsively open fire.
Even if they were confident they could run after shooting.
The opponent’s military ranks were all removed, impossible to tell who was the highest commander; the benefit from shooting was really too low.
Better to play a long line to catch big fish than to alert the enemy and scare them away.
“Report squadron, this is Venomous Snake One. Discovered large numbers of Red Army, visually four to five squads, have now crossed the exchange of fire line, rapidly infiltrating toward us. Request instructions.”
The sniper reported the discovered situation to Yuan Lang first thing.
“Large numbers of Red Army infiltrating?”
Yuan Lang revealed a playful smile, corners of mouth raised high as he smiled slightly: “We’ve fought so many confrontations, first time encountering Red Army that can shoot down our helicopter, sneak attack our old A’s, and even wants to find Blue Army command post.
This game seems more and more fun. I actually have a feeling of hot-blooded surge. Qi Huan, don’t you think that’s very strange?”
Yuan Lang spoke lighthearted words, but his eyes betrayed his heart.
The vigilance deeply buried in the depths of his eyes proved he already attached great importance to Red Army, put away his previous playfulness, and began treating Red Army as a real opponent.
The disdain and mockery on his mouth now were just tactical contempt.
“Just that group of Red Army armored infantry dares to penetrate the jungle to find our command post? Who gave them the guts? They just got lucky and won two games, really think they have that strength?”
Qi Huan was very displeased and volunteered: “Captain, give me two squads, I guarantee to take care of them all before dawn tomorrow, make sure they come but not return.”
Jungle combat has always been old A’s advantage, and Yuan Lang also believed in Qi Huan’s strength.
After all, he was his capable subordinate!
Seeing Qi Huan’s high combat enthusiasm, Yuan Lang himself still needed to find a way to locate Red Army command post and had no time to deal with this group of infiltrating Red Army.
So he readily agreed: “Alright, then I’ll give you two squads. Quickly resolve them. We have more important tasks.”
“Captain, just wait for my good news.”
Qi Huan raised a confident smile, strode out of the tent in high spirits to gather men outside and set off.
“Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment has only one reconnaissance company, yet sends five squads for infiltration reconnaissance at once, daring such great risk. Really hard to see through.”
Yuan Lang muttered to himself, recalling the intelligence sent to him by Captain Tie Lu just an hour ago, his facial expression increasingly intriguing.
“Chen Jun, a military academy graduate of just over a year. If all this is orchestrated by you behind the scenes, you’re really an interesting guy. I’m actually a bit anticipating a direct confrontation with you.”
Yuan Lang’s mentality was already calm enough, yet at this moment he couldn’t control that competitiveness.
“Since you like staying in the command post, let me drag you out. We’ll meet soon. Don’t disappoint me.”
Yuan Lang abruptly stood up from the chair and strode toward outside the tent.
Standing at the tent entrance, hands on hips, he shouted loudly: “Don’t just stand there, time to get up and work. Today, I’ll take you to play something stimulating.”
With Yuan Lang’s shout, the atmosphere in old A camp immediately surged.
“Assembly, full assembly.”
The duty officer’s call resounded through the camp.
Because last night they were sneak attacked by Red Army, losing eleven men, the Blue Army special forces soldiers old A’s had been holding a fire in their hearts.
Wanting revenge, wanting to recover the field.
By now they had held it for a day, the anger had reached the bursting point, foreshadowing that this afternoon and evening would be even more intense than last night.
