They are all in the army, who is in love?

Chapter 396: Planning, this "comrade" is too scary

"here we go again?"

Peng Tianzheng, the brigade commander of the Red Army, walked quickly to the station with a serious expression and stared solemnly at the steel torrent of the Blue Army in the distance.

"The reconnaissance battalion just came to report that the Blue Army has indeed dispatched again, but I don't know if there will be more thunder and less rain this time."

Chief of Staff Zhao Shengkui said in a low voice that they were not afraid of repeated interference from the Blue Army.

The 5th Synthetic Brigade is a heavily armored brigade. If they fight face to face, who should they be afraid of?

The problem is that if the Blues don't fight you, they just fire two shots and run away. Their main goal is to be a distraction.

If you say you're going to interfere, just interfere. Why do you still put on a show of decisive battle every time?

It seriously affected the judgment of the headquarters.

"Let's renegotiate the attack plan." Brigade Commander Peng Tianzheng said calmly. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that all the brigade commanders were here.

He almost wanted to curse.

Who among the heavily armed troops doesn’t know that their shortcoming is mobility? But the Blue Army knew exactly this. Every time they came in force, the other side retreated as soon as they fought.

If they don't fight, the other side will bomb them desperately, which is called a scoundrel.

As soon as the brigade commander said this, all the commanders in the brigade seemed to have normal expressions, but in fact they were cursing at the Blue Army's gang of grandsons in their hearts.

The battle plan has been changed again and again. They haven't had much rest since last night. Once they hear the sound of artillery on the battlefield, they must command the troops in the shortest possible time. Even if they are on standby, they have to return to their posts. There is no such thing as taking turns on duty.

In this case, who dares to sleep?

The commander of the Blue Army is Chen Ming, or it is no secret that he has something to do with it.

The officers of the Red Army at all levels were so filled with hatred that they did not need to think deeply. Today, during the day, it was still a restless day for them.

They even began to miss the first two days when they came to Niutoushan. The Blue Army was commanded by Lao Xu, who was called a general.

The two sides opened up their battle formations and fought according to their tactics. How could they be as sneaky as they are now, going back and forth, and changing their battle arrangements again and again, disturbing everyone's peace.

There was silence from top to bottom in the Red Army station. They watched the Blue Army troops appear in the field of vision. They just stared at them without orders from above to fire.

On the periphery, various mobile sentries and hidden sentries will provide truthful feedback on the detected situation.

In the Red Army artillery position, a private was unable to fire independently due to too little experience in joining the army. He stood outside to study, with his squad leader standing next to him.

Seeing the blue army's steel torrent appear again in the distance, the little soldier was so angry that he almost cried. He asked in a hoarse voice: "Squad leader, what are these stupid donkeys of the blue army going to do?"

"They have been coming every once in a while since the morning. Until now, we are still wondering whether we should fight or not."

"Silly boy." The squad leader was so angry that he gritted his teeth and his lungs almost exploded with anger. But when he saw the little soldier he was leading becoming so angry, he was too embarrassed to be angry anymore.

He slapped the opponent on the back of the head with a slap, and scolded him with a smile: "Calm down, that's what fighting is like, you haven't experienced enough."

"The Blue Army is the enemy. The enemy is using tactics to dismantle our fighting spirit. They attack repeatedly, false and true. Don't be fooled by their arrangement."

"Remember, they are so provocative because they can't beat us head-on. If they are really capable, why not just come over and start a fight?"

"Yes, squad leader, I remember." The little soldier was encouraged and his eyes became firm.

But the old squad leader who comforted him stood there weakly, with a strong sense of exhaustion deep in his eyes wrapping around him.

As a veteran, he has a lot of experience. Even if he knows that this is the Blues' enemy-weary tactic, what can he do?

They have traveled a long distance and have very limited logistical support. Niutoushan will not provide them with any further material assistance in this battle.

Because the Blue Army is simulating the enemy, let alone providing material assistance. If it drags on for a long time, the rear transportation of their Red Army will be easily discovered by Blue Army scouts.

When the time comes to cut off supplies, they will really be in a battle between trapped beasts.

How should we deal with the above this time? The veteran was confused, and a feeling of exhaustion swept through his body. This feeling of punches hitting cotton was really uncomfortable.

"Peng Brigade, should we fight or retreat?" an officer asked in the Red Army's temporary command room.

Fight, then give the order now to launch artillery fire on the large Blue Army troops, just like the previous two times. Even if the Blue Army retreats in the end, at least the problem this time will be solved.

If you want to retreat, then retreat a few kilometers away from Niubei Mountain. You can still disrupt the Blue Army's attack. Because the distance is too far, the Blue Army has lost the cover of Niubei Mountain. How dare you come over like this?

Just because their main battle tanks have a maximum range of three kilometers, they cannot reach the Red Army and can only cross Niubei Mountain. How dare they?

If tanks are not used to open the way, without this kind of protection capability, the Blue Army will be even more vulnerable.

At present, it seems that they only have these two options.

Brigadier Peng Tianzheng's eyes flickered, he pulled the map and stared at the route on it, silent.

He knew that Chen Ming's tactic was to force them to retreat, keep them away from the Blue Army's station, and then find a way to disintegrate the main force of the Red Army.

But, can I withdraw? Further back is Niutou Lake, which has been stipulated by the director to have an unlimited extension length and a width of two to three hundred meters. If you retreat further, the losses will be even greater.

Chen Ming is not Xu Wenqian. That kid is not that principled. He wants his troops to retreat.

Peng Tianzheng knew very well that they could not withdraw at the moment, at least not from Niutou Lake. Otherwise, Chen Ming would never give them a chance to cross again.

This kid is really difficult to deal with, and he is extremely wicked.

"Come, let's re-formulate the battle plan."

Peng Tianzheng silently praised the immoral thing that was more than ten years younger than him. Although he was angry, he had to admit it.

Chen Ming did have the talent to lead troops into battle, and by changing the tactical arrangements at will, he disintegrated all their arrangements and fell into passivity.

However, the war has just begun, and it is still unclear who will win and who will lose.

"Inform the first battalion, the second battalion, and the reconnaissance battalion. Well, except for the necessary reconnaissance teams, all the reconnaissance battalions will be divided into two battalions."

Peng Tianzheng raised his hand and pointed at the side of Niubei Mountain and said: "Order the troops, we will retreat another four kilometers."

"Then arrange two battalions, and the east and west are at odds with each other. They will block here and confront the blue army."

"Don't they want to have fun? Aren't they harassing us 24 hours a day? Then we will send two battalions over. I want to see how the Blue Army can get past my people this time."

"Come and interfere with my main force."

"Order to withdraw again and not face this Blue Army attack."

Although the arrangement seemed to be orderly, Peng Tianzheng seemed to have exhausted all his energy.

"Tell other combat units to recharge their batteries. We cannot be restrained by the Blue Army all the time. We will launch a general offensive tomorrow morning and we must capture Niubei Mountain no matter what."

"Take the backbone of the Blue Army's survival."

"Yes!!"

After receiving the order, all the officers in the conference room immediately walked out of the command room and issued instructions to retreat again.

"What about the arrangements for the first and second battalions?" Chief of Staff Zhao Shengkui asked.

"How else can we arrange it? Just go and ambush them in front of the Blue Army. Being sneaky is useless against a host like the Blue Army."

"Didn't Chen Ming want to disgust me? I just let him watch. My two battalions still blocked their entire Blue Army's offensive intentions."

"This little brat has really grown up."

Brigadier Peng Tianzheng laughed and cursed, and began to retreat with the troops.

the other side.

Inside the Blue Army command room.

Chen Ming was quite surprised to learn that the Red Army retreated without a fight this time.

This is not the style of the 5th Synthetic Brigade. The heavy-armed troops are not going forward and will attack anyone who blocks the way. They are displeased with everyone.

How can I withdraw?

"All retreated?" Chen Ming looked up at Xiong Jiuchang in disbelief.

"Report, not all retreat. The forward reconnaissance battalion is reporting. The Red Army has reserved about three battalions of firepower. It is currently gathering and has a forward posture."

"Three battalions?" Chen Ming shook his head. The main force of the Red Army only had five battalions in total. What's the point of arranging more than half of the battalions to join the battle?

If they were eaten, they would not even have the chance to fight back in the end.

The other party is not that stupid, and he is not that easy to fool.

The remaining troops may be to break up the rear, or may have other tasks, but they are definitely not to fight against our own side.

That would be too much.

Chen Ming stood up and accompanied brigade commander Xu Wenqian to the electronic sand table of the brigade headquarters.

Start studying the Red Army's intentions.

"It's a conspiracy." After looking at the electronic sand table for a while, Chen Ming smiled.

"It is indeed a conspiracy. The Red Army did not even pretend to be pretending this time, and directly arranged three battalions to block the road, hoping to intercept our main force and buy time for their rear troops to recuperate."

Xu Wenqian said with a smile.

"You want to expand the war? It's not that easy." Chen Ming saw the Red Army's intention.

"If you want to break my plan of dragging the enemy, you must have enough courage to retreat far enough away."

"You want to hold down the entire Blue Army with three battalions? What a beautiful idea." Chen Ming turned to look at Du Longfei in the command room. This guy is now the commander of the combined regiment. Naturally, he does not need to follow the troops to fight. He only needs to sit in the rear. Can.

"Lao Du, at the current speed of our troops' march, how long will it take for the vanguard and the Red Army to come into contact with each other?"

"Firefight? It will take about ten minutes for the vanguard to arrive." Du Longfei said matter-of-factly.

There is no need to question this. Even though the Blue Army dispatched troops on a large scale, in fact, most of them were main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, which are durable weapons.

There was no intention to start a full-scale war with the Red Army, but to scare them and delay their early tactical arrangements.

The attack range of this kind of main battle weapon is far inferior to that of artillery vehicles. No matter how fast it is, it will take about 10 minutes to engage the Red Army.

"That's too late."

"Lao Du."

"arrive."

"Immediately mobilize the entire regiment to rush to Niubei Mountain for reinforcements, notify the drone brigade, and interfere with the three remaining battalions of the Red Army."

"Including the three regiments stationed in Niubei Mountain, coordinate the dispatch and help me face the Red Army in the shortest possible time."

"You want to stop me with just three battalions? Don't even think about it. Either you follow the main force and retreat voluntarily, or you let the main force of the Red Army lie there for me and protect the three of them."

"We can't be stingy when we play dirty tricks with me."

"Also, order all combat units to immediately summon all teams that can return in about half an hour and return to defense immediately to wait for the next order."

"When the Red Army takes action, I have to take action."

"Are you worried that the main retreat of the Red Army is fake, and you mainly want to use the three battalions as bait to lure us out of Niubei Mountain and fight them?"

After listening to Chen Ming's instructions, Du Longfei quickly realized the possible intentions of the Red Army.

Maybe they are not playing a conspiracy, but they are trying to lure you out? There are just three battalions all alone there, how can you not be tempted?

"It's not that simple. If the commander of the Red Army can only think of this kind of arrangement, then there is no need for them to deal with it." Chen Ming smiled, showing a row of big white teeth in his mouth, looking quite sunny.

Even when he was commanding, he showed no mercy.

"You want to use three battalions to catch the main force of the entire Blue Army? He is not afraid that my fish is too big and will eat the bait and drag the pole into the water for him."

"Go, let the troops that have been dispatched stop advancing and wait for the troops in the rear."

"No matter what, we cannot allow the Red Army to leave two or three battalions here."

"clear!!"

Du Longfei responded and strode out of the command room.

Chen Ming stayed in the command room and waited for news. The current battle situation was actually unclear to both sides. Until now, the battle situation has remained stalemate.

Neither the red nor the blue sides have a predetermined goal, they just focus on consuming the other side's main force.

This overall style of play is already very passive for the Blues.

Because they have a large number of people and are still playing at home, if they lose these favorable conditions, the battle situation will probably be even more miserable.

Therefore, Chen Ming's tactics of delaying the enemy were nothing more than trying to find a breakthrough for the Red Army to disrupt the situation.

There is no doubt that the Red Army is unwilling to withdraw. Maybe the gap lies in the three battalions.

Chen Ming firmly believed that the Red Army could not watch its three battalions being besieged without rescuing them.

Even if there are three heavy-armed battalions, no matter how strong their combat effectiveness and how good their coordination is, they can withstand three to five hours. But can they withstand ten or twenty hours?

Chen Ming's purpose is to force the Red Army to constantly change their combat plans. In the process of changing, more and more loopholes will be created.

In the end, if there is no way to end it and you have to fight passively, then the goal will be achieved.

Xu Wenqian, who had been listening to Chen Ming's analysis next to him, shook his head in silence, feeling inexplicably sorry for Lao Peng, who had formed the 5th Brigade.

He clearly had heavy armored troops in his hands, but he did not dare to cross Niubei Mountain and attack directly for fear of being blocked from the front and back.

We should have been moving forward bravely, but because of worries, we could only retreat again and again, but we were caught by a mountain ridge.

Of course, Xu Wenqian also knew, and Chen Ming also knew that the Red Army was not afraid of Niubei Mountain, let alone the reverse slope layout.

These only reduced the battle losses of the Blue Army, but they could not stop the attack of the heavy troops. The reason why the Red Army was timid was because Niutoushan no longer provided this strategic material.

Everything has to be transported from the rear.

If the Red Army advances straight in and the rear becomes unstable, or is cut off from supplies, then no matter how much firepower there is in the front, they will still have to hunker down.

Without logistics, the main force is just a toothless paper tiger, which may not even have the strength to roar.

"Old Chen, are you so sure that the three remaining battalions of the Red Army are not meant to be used as bait to induce us to arrange troops to attack?"

"If it's a bait, if you arrange a group to block it like this, I'm afraid you'll be in trouble."

In the command room, Xie Canxiong, commander of the air defense battalion, ran over to ask.

Currently, there is no mission for their battalion, so he himself is free.

Hearing this, Chen Ming ran to the side calmly, poured a cup of tea, and drank it in one gulp.

"will not."

"Judging from the firepower distribution of the heavy armored brigade, even if they want to send out decoys, they cannot show the courage of three battalions."

"According to my estimation, the Red Army left three combat battalions, either to form a major resistance on both sides of Niubei Mountain, to block the Blue Army's interference attack, and to give the Red Army troops in the rear a chance to recharge their batteries. "

"Either we stay where we are and concentrate the firepower of the three battalions to advance, attack, retreat or defend."

"Being a bait is not very tempting. The three battalions of the heavy armor brigade are equivalent to the main force of our regiment. Have you ever seen anyone use such a large main force as bait?"

Forehead.

Xie Canxiong was speechless for a long time. Just when he was about to raise his head and say something, he lowered his head again.

When he was studying at Shimen Army Command College, he was Chen Ming's neighbor.

There wasn't much difference between the two of them back then. How come it was only a few years ago that Chen Ming was able to command a brigade in combat?

He is so confident that he seems to be able to cheat. Did he hear the Red Army's strategic plan?

They say that the Red Army's strategy is a conspiracy, but what does Chen Ming mean?

Why! !

Xie Canxiong sighed softly, and looked at Chen Ming with an indescribable awe in his eyes.

He has been in the military for many years.

This was the first time he felt that fighting could be so difficult, because the comrade in front of him was so terrifying.

Good at analyzing opponents, good at finding their weaknesses, and even better at analyzing situations.

In comparison, he is far inferior.

After returning from Shimen Joint Warfare College, Chen Ming rose through the ranks. He was still a battalion commander. He was still a little unconvinced before, but now he is no longer convinced.

If you were to give him a brigade, he wouldn't be able to command it.

After Chen Ming finished setting up, he stretched out and sat on the sofa nearby with his eyes closed and resting, waiting for news about the battle ahead.

Now he no longer needs to go to the battlefield in person. He has no choice but to go to the front line when he comes back. He must understand whether there is any gap between the current combat capabilities of the Blue Army and the Red Army.

How big is the gap?

If you don't understand these things, no matter how stable your tactics are and how reasonable your analysis is.

He was superb all the way in the rear, but he was defeated all the way on the front line. What the heck is that?

Know yourself and your enemy and you will be victorious in every battle. Chen Ming dare not say that he can command a hundred battles and achieve complete victory.

At least he has just taken over as chief of staff, so he should fight the battle more beautifully, right?

Facts have proved that Chen Ming's guess was correct.

In other words, his analysis would not be wrong. It was not like he had never been to the 5th Synthetic Brigade. He had stayed in the 5st Army for so long and was quite familiar with the commander of the th Brigade.

Niutoushan is his territory. Combining the two, he can get too many reasons for analysis.

He knows what the Red Army is worried about, how it will fight next, and how to arrange the situation to maximize its success.

If this continues, it is not surprising that the Red Army was restricted in every aspect in the early stages of the war.

Why was brigade commander Xu Wenqian restrained? Isn't it because the two commanders of the Red Army are too familiar with him? Isn't it better for the two of them to work together to study someone they are already familiar with?

War is a game between commanders.

The so-called soldiers are raging.

(End of this chapter)