Chapter 179: Old Ma Saves The World!
Both Red Army and Blue Army sides had infiltrated each other’s positions, and the rhythm of the exercise suddenly accelerated.
Various battles erupted in concentration!
Yuan Lang compiled a large amount of intelligence from the reconnaissance team and confirmed that the discovered target was indeed a Red Army battalion headquarters, not a camouflaged bait.
Regardless of which Red Army battalion headquarters it was, he immediately reported the precise coordinates to Tie Lu.
Tie Lu had absolute trust in Yuan Lang’s enemy rear reconnaissance ability. As the actual overall commander of the Blue Army, he also had courage and action.
The Blue Army had absolute suppression in the airspace and absolute control in communications.
Now having obtained the desired Red Army intelligence, the Blue Army Army Aviation Brigade, under Tie Lu’s order, took the lead in launching a new round of attacks on the Red Army.
In less than half an hour.
Two armed Z-9W helicopters used the old method, flying ultra-low from the side to bypass the Red Army frontline and appeared on the left side of the Red Army First Battalion Headquarters.
“Puff puff puff…”
A barrage of more than a dozen rockets.
The entire First Battalion Headquarters, including the battalion commander and political instructor, had almost the entire command post wiped out in one go, with only the deputy battalion commander who was out escaping the disaster.
The First Battalion Headquarters was indeed unlucky enough, probably because they didn’t check the almanac before going out for the exercise.
In the morning, they had just been hit by a round from Blue Army helicopters. Fortunately, Chen Jun had given an early reminder, and everyone in the battalion headquarters evacuated from the command post.
They only left an empty shell for fishing, and in the end successfully caught three big fish.
As a result, in the afternoon, they relocated and barely set up the battalion command post again, only to be hit by Blue Army helicopters again.
This time it was really gone!
Regiment Commander Wang received the report of the First Battalion Headquarters being hit and thought that the Red Army had almost completely stopped using radios, yet the Blue Army could still accurately find the position.
He immediately realized there was a problem; the Blue Army ground forces must have already infiltrated.
He wanted to strike against the infiltrating Blue Army but lacked sufficient infantry units and couldn’t provide any truly effective help to each battalion command post.
He could only notify the remaining Second Battalion and Third Battalion to heighten vigilance.
If conditions allowed, relocate the battalion headquarters again.
At the same time, notify the frontline tank unit to accelerate the mission of occupying the Blue Army position.
This way, the attacking tank unit and the anti-aircraft unit responsible for protection could be withdrawn to switch to protection, ensuring the safety of the battalion command posts.
The Blue Army obviously knew how the Red Army would react, and Tie Lu had already anticipated the Red Army’s countermeasures.
So Tie Lu deployed in direct opposition, sending out all of the Army Aviation Force’s armed helicopters in pairs to launch large-scale attacks.
Including but not limited to frontline tanks, highland Red Army forces, rear supply camps, supply transport lines, and so on.
Attempting to use a tactic of blooming everywhere to make the Red Army overwhelmed and exhausted, delaying the Red Army’s rhythm and preventing effective targeting of Yuan Lang and others.
The Red Army’s communications relied entirely on legs and mouths for transmission, with very low efficiency to begin with.
The Blue Army’s sudden all-out bloom really left the Red Army command post completely unable to command, basically only able to rely on the lower units to react on their own.
It was equivalent to the Red Army’s massive regiment being forced into more than a dozen small units fighting independently.
Fighting independently, each relying on their own strength.
Some Red Army units, under Blue Army helicopter attacks, could react in time and suffered no major losses, still able to continue completing their missions.
Some tank company commanders had limited ability and simply couldn’t adapt to the fast-paced combat.
They suffered heavy losses in the Blue Army’s attacks.
Even the armored infantry company holding the position suffered considerable casualties under the elusive strikes of the Blue Army’s armed helicopters.
However.
Although the Blue Army’s offensive was extremely sharp and indeed caused heavy damage to the Red Army, with casualty rates rapidly approaching 50%.
But the Red Army was not lambs to the slaughter after all; the tank units all had anti-aircraft companies for protection.
Most importantly, there was the anti-aircraft squad personally planned by Chen Jun, led by the Steel Seventh Company’s anti-aircraft platoon, assembling anti-aircraft forces from other armored infantry companies.
In the Blue Army’s all-out bloom attacks centered on armed helicopters, it played a very significant role.
In one afternoon until before dark, the Blue Army dispatched armed helicopter squadrons no less than thirty sorties, and the anti-aircraft soldiers managed to shoot down three helicopters.
Plus the three shot down before, the Blue Army had already lost six armed helicopters.
The Blue Army Army Aviation Brigade had a total of 18 helicopters, with logistics transport command and other utility helicopters occupying 6 slots.
Armed helicopters totaled only twelve.
Now having lost six armed helicopters, only six combat helicopters remained, with combat effectiveness halved.
However, even with only six armed helicopters left, Tie Lu still did not stop the attack rhythm.
At 5:30 pm.
Yuan Lang led the team deep into the Red Army rear as if it were uninhabited territory. After taking out the Red Army’s First Battalion Headquarters, he found a second Red Army battalion headquarters.
Still that familiar taste, still that familiar method.
Yuan Lang reported the position to the Blue Army Command Post. Tie Lu issued the attack order to the Army Aviation Brigade, and the armed helicopters launched attacks relying on their advantage.
“Puff puff puff puff…”
Rockets rained down.
The Third Battalion Headquarters became the second battalion-level command post taken out by the Blue Army after the First Battalion Headquarters.
Fortunately, with the lesson from the First Battalion Headquarters, the Third Battalion Headquarters personnel had been dispersed, leaving only the battalion commander still commanding at the battalion headquarters.
The Third Battalion Headquarters only lost its battalion commander.
As long as the deputy battalion commander and political instructor were still there, there was still the ability to restore the battalion command post.
And this time, the two armed helicopters that came to attack, unlike the previous attack on the First Battalion Headquarters, did not return the same way immediately after completing the airstrike.
After taking out the Third Battalion Headquarters, the two helicopters did not return the same way but turned toward the southwest direction.
And this direction was extraordinary.
Because that side was the Logistics Support Company’s camp!
The fuel supplies for the entire Seventh Zero Two Regiment were stored in the Logistics Support Company’s camp, making the Logistics Support Company’s importance second only to the regiment command post.
Therefore, when selecting the camp location, the Logistics Support Company was arranged in the rear area.
And in a valley.
Far from each command post, even farther from the combat frontline.
They thought being far from the regiment command post would be safe. Supplies needed at the frontline were sent up by convoys, avoiding discovery by Blue Army scouts.
If confronting ordinary troops, finding the Red Army rear supply camp would be very difficult.
Unfortunately, Old A was just too strong.
As the ceiling of individual soldier combat effectiveness, they were extremely skilled at enemy rear reconnaissance, with abilities far surpassing ordinary reconnaissance units.
Even if the Logistics Support Company hid ever so concealed, they ultimately could not escape the eyes of Old A.
When Yuan Lang reported the Third Battalion Headquarters coordinates to Tie Lu, he also reported the Logistics Support Company’s position, to facilitate the helicopters taking it out on the return.
The two helicopters flew at extreme speed, and the attack rhythm was very fast.
The news of the Third Battalion Headquarters being hit by helicopters had not yet reached the Logistics Support Company from the frontline when the two helicopters arrived first.
The logistics company full of various fuel and ammunition was like a woman defenseless holding a box of gold.
Extremely tempting, completely harmless.
No accidents.
The two armed helicopters roared in, leaving behind a scene of devastation.
Soon the directing staff deduced the result: the Logistics Support Company camp was judged 100% destroyed, with all personnel and supplies in the camp completely destroyed.
When this news reached Regiment Commander Wang.
Regiment Commander Wang felt a wave of dizziness and sat down heavily on the chair.
The core of heavy armored units is armored vehicles and tanks, with huge fuel consumption as the most typical feature, equivalent to combat being extremely dependent on logistics capability.
Without continuous logistics, there is no combat effectiveness.
Now with the Logistics Support Company 100% destroyed, all tanks would lose fuel supply and become immobile iron lumps parked on the battlefield.
Even all of the Seventh Zero Two Regiment’s anti-aircraft forces would completely disappear along with it.
Because the mechanized regiment’s heavy artillery unit was equipped with self-propelled heavy artillery, with the guns mounted on vehicles that move, and procedures like adjusting artillery angles also required engine power output.
Without fuel, the vehicles not only couldn’t move but couldn’t even fire the guns anymore.
Turning into true scrap iron!
Although the confrontation had entered the final stage, the Red Army tank unit’s mission was almost complete, needing only to take two more positions to meet the standard.
But even with only the last two positions left, the tanks’ remaining fuel was fundamentally insufficient.
Without logistics support, they would soon stall.
With victory seemingly in sight, yet dropping the ball at this critical moment, how could Regiment Commander Wang not black out and suffer a heavy blow.
Compared to the Red Army side full of wailing, the Blue Army was full of confidence in victory.
With Yuan Lang collecting intelligence unimpeded in the enemy rear, Tie Lu believed finding the Red Army command post was only a matter of time, and it would absolutely be completed tonight.
Now successfully taking out the Red Army rear supplies was equivalent to advantage upon advantage.
The Blue Army’s chances of winning were already very high!
However, what Tie Lu and Yuan Lang did not expect was that they thought they had hit the Red Army’s vital point, completely depriving the Red Army of resistance capability.
Little did they know that this flawless plan of theirs was completely changed by three people.
To be precise, it was Old Ma!!
At noon, Old Ma met with Chen Jun, and what Chen Jun said to him, Old Ma really took to heart and kept pondering afterward.
