Chapter 225: Lei Keming’s Choice
“Are you saying we should leak some real intelligence to them?”
Being able to reach the position of Blue Team Commander, Commander Wen’s strategic and tactical literacy was not low. After hearing Lei Keming’s words, he immediately extracted the intrinsic meaning from them.
The intelligence on the Army Aviation Formation was obtained by Geng Jihui at the Radar Station, and Commander Wen was unaware.
“Does this count as us collectively defecting? Hahaha~”
Commander Wen stared at the real-time map of the Red-Blue battle situation for a long time. The stalemated war on the front lines needed an opportunity to break the deadlock. Perhaps he could make use of this Red Army Special Forces Team deep in the Blue Team Heartland.
“As long as we can capture them, it won’t count as colluding with the enemy or defecting.” Seeing Commander Wen joking, Lei Keming knew his suggestion had been adopted, so he reassured.
“No!
I don’t just want to capture them alive; I also want Old He to suffer a major loss!” Commander Wen said firmly.
This exercise was his last showdown with Old He, and he didn’t want to lose!
The curtain of military reform was slowly opening. Commander Wen was transferred to the public security system due to work needs, while Commander He had reached the age to prepare for retirement, and the report had already been submitted.
It could be said that this military reform, apart from some important departments that were hard to move, had basically replaced the senior generals up and down in the Southeast Military Region.
Commander Wen had a huge appetite; he wanted to use B Group to lure the Red Army.
What was terrifying was that the intelligence the Blue Team was preparing to reveal to B Group was all real, whether it was position deployment or personnel configuration; the Red Army frontline positions could verify it.
And the Blue Team’s real trump card was the secretly mobilized Armored Combined Brigade. They would cooperate by acting as the bait unit to annihilate the Red Army, achieving the effect of blooming from the center.
By then, B Group would be captured, and the Red Army would suffer heavy losses—Commander Wen would kill two birds with one stone.
The idea was good, but to successfully implement it still required numerous staff officers and Lei Keming and others to carefully fill in the details of the plan. The more fully prepared, the greater the probability of success.
“Report, urgent telegram from the front!” The Communicator said loudly.
“Hm?”
Commander Wen’s expression changed abruptly. An urgent telegram at this time definitely meant something had gone wrong on the front lines, and the side suffering the loss was the Blue Team.
“Read it!”
Everyone in the Command Post was important personnel who could participate in formulating the Blue Team combat plan; there was nothing to hide. Commander Wen directly had the Communicator read the contents of the telegram aloud in front of everyone.
This telegram from the front lines made everyone in the Command Post gasp. Their Army Aviation Formation and Airport had been attacked by Red Army missiles.
What was even more embarrassing was that they still hadn’t locked onto the position of the Red Army Missile Unit afterward.
Undoubtedly, this was a planned and premeditated attack targeting their Blue Team.
Commander Wen felt his face burning as if scorched by fire.
He had just been thinking of sending warmth to Old He, but the other side had beaten him to it by delivering the fruit basket right to his face.
What a slap in the face!
Lei Keming was also surprised in his heart by B Group’s destructive power against the Blue Team.
Now, the Blue Team’s Airborne Division, important Logistics Transfer Station, Radar Station, and the earlier Army Aviation Formation had all withdrawn from the exercise because of B Group.
You don’t realize until you calculate, and once you do, it’s shocking.
Leaving such a Special Forces Team in the rear would really make one unable to eat or sleep in peace.
Previously, Lei Keming thought B Group was just a few newcomers fresh out of the oven; even if they caused some damage, it would only be a minor nuisance.
Now it was clear they were a group of strong prospects with real strength.
Thinking of this, Lei Keming felt a surge of excitement.
Their Black Tiger was having tough times; there were too few newcomers with talent.
Compared to Wolf Fang, it was like one was a poor relative and the other a dual-income family.
“He Da Dui, anyway, you Wolf Fang have plenty of good prospects. I poach a few, and you probably won’t get mad at me, right?”
Although Lei Keming didn’t say it out loud, he was actually very covetous of these people in B Group.
“Little Lei, what are you muttering to yourself about?”
Commander Wen noticed Lei Keming’s unusual expression beside him, mumbling to himself. He wanted to get closer to listen but gave up due to his position.
“Nothing, Commander Wen. Let’s perfect the plan.”
Lei Keming didn’t explicitly state his intentions.
Although he and Commander Wen had good tacit understanding, no matter what, he was from the Southwest Military Region. Saying in front of the Southeast Military Region leaders that he wanted to poach their people—would they agree?
This kind of thing had to be done quietly, like going back to greet the leaders, finding a reason to borrow B Group over, and whether to return them would depend on each side’s skills.
Fighting on their home turf, Lei Keming didn’t believe he would lose!
“What bait should we put in the trap, you think?”
Commander Wen consulted the group of staff officers, showing great caution about this.
The current exercise situation was very unfavorable for the Blue Team. Commander Wen was still hoping to turn the tables with this move.
If it flipped, the Blue Team would be extremely passive.
Their military strength had suffered quite significant losses so far, and Commander Wen was starting to feel the pain. If the plan failed, he felt the Operations Department could directly rule the Blue Team as defeated.
Choosing the bait was a relatively difficult task. If the unit chosen was too insignificant, the Red Army Special Forces Team would hardly believe the orders came from the Blue Team Command. But if it was too substantial, in case of any accident, the Blue Team really wouldn’t be able to turn things around.
So now, they needed a combat unit that could threaten the Red Army but not fatally—one to act as bait.
“We’ll do it.” Lei Keming said loudly.
Due to Chang Ning’s reminder, the Red Army had become vigilant. After Black Tiger joined the exercise, although they destroyed a few Red Army firepower deployments, compared to B Group, the effect was minimal.
After the Army Aviation and Airport were taken out by the Red Army, the Blue Team’s offensive against the Red Army shifted from stalemate to fatigue.
How could Lei Keming tolerate this? Black Tiger could lose, but not without achieving anything!
Commander Wen didn’t expect Lei Keming to volunteer. Upon careful thought, he realized Black Tiger was indeed suitable to act as bait.
Special Forces were not the protagonists on the frontal battlefield of large-scale cluster operations, but they still had some role. When used properly, becoming a turning point was routine.
Revealing such a team to the Red Army, Commander Wen didn’t believe the Red Army wouldn’t take the bait.
To be fair, if the Red Army exposed Wolf Fang, he would also go for a bite to see if he could annihilate Wolf Fang.
“The heavy responsibility of acting as bait is entrusted to you.”
Commander Wen agreed to Lei Keming’s request.
As a participant and formulator of the plan, Commander Wen knew acting as bait wasn’t easy.
Black Tiger needed to withstand the Red Army’s offensive when it launched and preserve their effective strength. The problem was, how many people were in a Special Forces Captain unit? And they were fighting in frontal combat, which they weren’t good at.
So, from the moment the Red Army launched the offensive until the Blue Team’s Armored Brigade arrived, it would be a severe test for Lei Keming and Black Tiger—every minute and second would be torment.
Lei Keming taking on this mission surprised Commander Wen greatly at the time.
Black Tiger was just there to help him; there was no reason to stake Black Tiger’s reputation on this plan.
People who didn’t know the detailed process of the exercise wouldn’t know what Black Tiger and Lei Keming faced this time; they would only know Black Tiger was annihilated by the Red Army, while Wolf Fang, as fellow Special Forces, had brilliant battle records.
