I asked you to repeat your senior year of high school, but did you miss out on joining the military

Chapter 530: Racing in the Line of Fire, Perfect Equipment Beyond the Outline

The opening ceremony lasted until noon. As the morning mist dissipated, the participating units became clearer on the scene.

During the ceremony.

Chen Jun stood on the training platform. During the whole process, he hardly looked at other teams.

The Peace Exercise involves not only the 179th Brigade fighting against the Russian 169th Brigade, but also some other units conducting joint anti-terrorism exercises.

However, the participating units had very few tanks, and many of them were not even equipped with heavy armor. They were all special forces equipped with individual weapons.

That's just some pitiful firepower.

To the heavy armored brigade on the battlefield, they were no different from a firewood stick. They probably couldn't even defeat a tank company under the main battalion, so Chief of Staff Chen naturally ignored them.

As the General Staff issued the order, the opening and welcoming ceremony ended, and the troops from all parties evacuated the parade ground and waited at the designated location.

Chen Jun didn't have time to reminisce with Feng Lu, and he said goodbye to Ma Jianbang in a hurry.

Fatty He was found immediately and arranged for Old He to bring two firepower staff officers to launch a drone on the spot to capture all the wheel tracks of the Russian 169th Brigade as they withdrew from the parade ground.

After all, the opening ceremony parade was a grand occasion.

Faced with that endless group review, the detailed organization of a brigade could not be discerned by the naked eye.

Chen Jun only knew that when the other side reported, the total strength of the 169th Brigade was more than people, which was more than less than his own side.

But this does not mean that you have an advantage.

You know, the Chebarku training base is originally a contract training area of ​​the Russian Central Military District, and the other party must have come here more than once.

In the past half month, Chen Jun has been strolling here every day, surveying the terrain. He has never seen the Russians coming here to survey the terrain, so he knew it.

The enemy this time must be very familiar with this combat zone.

They were so familiar with the battle that no preparation was needed before the war.

The ceremony had just ended and the director's office had not yet issued any notice.

Chen Jun gathered all the battalion commanders of the brigade in the conference room.

A group of old comrades who had not seen each other for many days reunited in a foreign country, and a fierce battle ensued.

Everyone could not hide their excitement and anticipation.

Before arriving in Chebarku.

Some commanders of the 179th Brigade were somewhat nervous about this battle, but now that they have really come, they are only thinking about fighting.

Chen Jun's eyes swept across the faces of the people in front of him. He saw several people who seemed to be hesitant to speak, as if they had a lot to say. Chen Jun quickly waved his hand and smiled, "Okay, comrades."

"There is plenty of time to reminisce about the past. The most important thing now is that we arrange the next battle as soon as possible."

"According to my estimation, the directorate will soon issue an order to move to the combat zone."

"I have prepared a map of the combat zone."

In their territory, the operations room was too simple and not equipped with electronic screens.

Chen Jun had no choice but to follow the local customs and spread the map drawn by the staff on the conference table.

A group of battalion commanders gathered on both sides of the table, staring at the map.

"The combat zone for this operation is numbered A17, covering a total area of ​​about 160 square kilometers. In this area there are abandoned factories, small towns, fuel depots, baggage depots, bridge buildings, etc."

"The terrain is much more complicated than in previous military exercises."

"We may have to fight street battles this time, which is what the field army is least good at."

"Plus, the directorate only divided the combat zone and did not clearly mark the enemy and our positions. Therefore, I infer that once the exercise begins, the enemy will definitely seize the advantageous terrain as soon as possible to prevent us from entering the A17 area."

"From here to the combat zone, we need to march 100 kilometers, and it will take at least two and a half hours for a full brigade to travel such a long distance with heavy equipment."

When Chen Jun finished speaking, all the battalion commanders present frowned.

This is not their first time participating in a military exercise, so they can understand some combat issues without the chief of staff having to say much.

Two and a half hours.

During this period, who knows whether the Russians will have other options or take a shortcut to get directly to the combat zone?
After all, this is their home court.

If the enemy arrives first and sets up a sniper line, the offensive power of artillery will be greatly reduced in terrain with rivers, bridges, and buildings.

By then, the enemy will hide in the fortifications and attack leisurely, and our troops will be exposed in Chebarku, a nearly plain area, and will be a perfect sitting duck.

Everyone present knew the pros and cons of this.

160 square kilometers is not a big area, but it is also about the size of a county town.

In the designated combat area.

The troops that arrived later were almost in a passive situation of being beaten.

Think of this.

Several battalion commanders at the scene turned their eyes to the two lieutenant colonels standing nearby.

These two men are the battalion commanders of the two helicopter squadrons under the 179th Brigade. One is Gao Fei and the other is Geng Peiyuan.

If a heavily-equipped group of troops were deployed to cover 100 kilometers, it would take at least two and a half hours, and this is still a very optimistic estimate.

This is only possible if only a small number of tanks are out of service and maintenance personnel are able to follow up with maintenance as soon as possible.

If we make a pessimistic estimate, such a large and heavily armed group may not be able to march 100 kilometers even in three and a half hours.

But if only light infantry were deployed, and the vehicles were replaced with Lynx all-terrain assault vehicles and troop transport trucks, it would take more than an hour at the fastest.

In war, a minute's delay in occupation may affect the overall situation.

But the 179th Brigade is currently not only equipped with heavy and light infantry, but also has an aviation battalion.

If the armed helicopter is lightly equipped, it can fly 20 kilometers in 100 minutes. Even if it carries light infantry equipment, it can reach the destination in about half an hour.

Gao Fei and Geng Peiyuan naturally understood the problem that even other battalion commanders could think of, and they looked at each other.

Realizing that their opportunity had come.

As the newest aviation unit to join the Heavy Armored Brigade, Lao Gao and Lao Geng want to show off their skills more than anyone else. Can they at least show some of their strength to the other battalions?
"Chief of Staff, we..."

Gao Fei was about to speak when Chen Jun raised his hand to interrupt him.

Then he smiled and nodded: "Okay, you don't need to apply, I know when to arrange for you to go out."

"Orders: The 60st, 17nd, rd, and th Battalions will each dispatch men, equipped with individual mountain bikes and individual missiles. Once the directorate issues the maneuver order, rush to area A at all costs."

"Orders, Army Aviation First Squadron and Second Squadron, each helicopter is to carry a mountain bike and rush to the combat zone as soon as possible."

"Request: If the enemy enters the A17 area before us, our combat units will fight in accordance with the principles of dispersion, order, and mutual support of action positions."

"Firepower relies on buildings, forming diagonal lines, and coordinating at multiple levels. During actual operations, the formation of combat teams must be constantly changed, and communications must be triple-encrypted to ensure the attack of dispersed units."

"Arrange in a matrix sniper pattern to avoid being surrounded or hunted by the enemy."

"If we reach the combat zone first, we will immediately occupy multiple commanding heights and form a strong firepower ambush circle. No matter what, we must hold out until the main force arrives."

"Understand?"

"clear!!!"

In the conference room, all the battalion commanders shouted in unison.

There was no need for Chen Jun to remind everyone too much, as everyone knew that this was going to be a fierce battle.

As long as it involves street fighting and the terrain is complex enough, let alone a brigade of soldiers, even if an army group is sent in, it will not be of much use, as the field army is weak in street fighting.

This battle depends on who reaches the combat zone first.

After all, no matter whether it is the 179th Brigade or the 169th Brigade, no matter how high their combat quality is, it is difficult to change one fact.

That is, when there are many buildings on the battlefield, especially when the terrain is complex, the side that arrives first, that is, the defending side, is always in a practical advantage.

Chen Jun has finished explaining this.

The battalion commanders did not dare to waste time. The four main battalions quickly mobilized infantry from the armored infantry companies, started the Bobcat all-terrain vehicles, and got ready to go.

On the helicopter squadron side, thirty armed helicopters also began to be prepared.

The two aviation squadrons of the 179th Brigade are equipped with the Z-10 helicopters, which are mainly attack helicopters and can carry heavy loads.

The only way is to lift the Bobcat ATV.

Because the cabin of an armed helicopter can't accommodate many people at all. At most, it can accommodate a pilot, and there is no room for a weapons operator.

The airborne companies under the two squadrons of the Army Aviation Battalion each have a Z-8L aircraft, which is responsible for transportation or airborne missions.

There are only two in total for the entire brigade.

But this time, Chen Jun had no plan to arrange for paratroopers to be dispatched.

Firstly, the A17 terrain is too complex, and the Z-8L has little ability to protect itself. Once the enemy lands first, it will be a sitting duck.

Secondly, there is no need for paratroopers in this kind of terrain.

It's only a little over a hundred kilometers in total. With the firepower of the airborne troops, it would be more practical to let the light infantry selected from the four main battalions drive the Lynx all-terrain vehicles and speed up to the combat zone.

The 179th Brigade was making emergency preparations for war.

The Russians were not idle either, comparing with the combined heavy armored brigade led by Chen Jun.

The 169th Brigade is a mechanized infantry brigade with more than soldiers. It is a very powerful unit in the Central Military Region.

Brigade Commander Victor means winner.

The brigade he led consisted of a tank battalion, three mechanized infantry battalions, an artillery battalion and an engineering battalion.

The main equipment includes 40 T90M main battle tanks and one T72Bk command heavy tank.

40 tanks compared to the 112 Type 99As led by Chen Jun may not sound like an advantage.

But don’t forget, the 169th Brigade was arranged to fight, not without preparation.

Although the opponent has few main battle tanks, it has 120 BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles, whose performance is not much different from that of 04A.

That’s not all. The other side is also equipped with nine BTR-82A armored vehicles, 27 BTR-80A armored vehicles, 15 MT-MB armored vehicles, as well as various models of armored off-road vehicles and armored reconnaissance vehicles.

At least in terms of the number of heavy equipment, the 169th Brigade is no less than that of the 179th Brigade.

In terms of artillery configuration, the Russians have a number of 152mm self-propelled howitzers, 120mm towed mortars, and 100mm towed AT artillery.

Including self-propelled artillery, propulsion anti-tank missile systems, and dozens of portable air defense systems, the comprehensive firepower is no weaker than Chen Jun's side.

The only shortcoming is that the Russian mechanized infantry brigade does not have an aviation organization and is not as mobile as the 179th Brigade.

Chen Jun could see that this exercise was a test of time and speed.

How could Victor, as his opponent, not see it?

Before the reorganization of the 169th Brigade, it was called the Young Guards Division, a title earned on the battlefield.

They are much more powerful than the young soldiers that the Russians see at the military parade.

Chen Jun arranged the Army Aviation Battalion and the light infantry to maneuver using Lynx multi-terrain vehicles.

Victor ordered a mechanized infantry battalion to take a shortcut to the A17 combat zone in armored off-road vehicles.

Both sides prepared for an hour.

At 4:7 p.m. on April , the Joint Directorate issued an order to go to the battlefield.

The previous second, all the officers and soldiers of the 179th Brigade were still sitting on the ground, taking out compressed dry food from their backpacks to fill their stomachs, chatting and laughing while admiring the scenery of the Chebarku plains.

next second.

Boom. Buzz.
All the tanks were started, and all the soldiers stood up and got into the tanks. The high-horsepower engines roared, and the entire Chebarku camp was shaking.

When Chen Jun entered the command vehicle, thirty Z-179 helicopters from the Aviation Battalion of the 10th Brigade took off simultaneously, with a Lynx all-terrain vehicle attached to the bottom of each helicopter.

Heading towards the A17 area.

At the same time, more than 60 all-terrain vehicles that had been waiting for a long time, carrying light infantry, roared out from the ground.

With smoke billowing, they headed straight for the combat zone.

The soldiers who set out first had murderous intent in their eyes, and they couldn't wait to get to the combat zone and defeat the Russian vanguard.

Because the Chief of Staff has given them the task.

We must enter the combat zone before the enemy and stop them.

rear.

Various types of steel machinery and equipment are paralleled and merged in an orderly manner.

Outside the convoy, dozens of commanding non-commissioned officers waved flags to guide the large troops forward and change the assault formation.

The old soldier's pure, masculine flag-waving movements, coupled with the perfect coordination of soldiers and steel, the 179th Brigade's hundreds of tank teams were perfectly integrated at an extremely fast speed.

The mixed force formed into a steel torrent that rolled forward.

If you look carefully, you will find that the advancing formation of the 179th Brigade is no longer the previous one with heavy tanks leading the way, infantry fighting vehicles providing longitudinal protection on the flanks, and auxiliary tanks protecting the rear.

Now it adopts a complete mixed combat formation, consisting of 99A tanks, 04A infantry fighting vehicles, mine-sweeping vehicles, command vehicles, radar vehicles, troop carriers, rocket vehicles, engineering vehicles, land-covering crane and repair vehicles, medical vehicles, etc.

They gathered into separate combat teams and sent out one after another. With modular firepower and heavy equipment, they attacked unstoppably.

If separated, they will be separate teams with complete combat systems.

It also has the combat capability to stand alone. With this kind of maneuver, no matter the enemy adopts flank penetration or frontal attack, they will be hit by extremely powerful heavy fire.

The engine was roaring, the tracks were rubbing, and the high-powered noise and the endless heavy smell of diesel were all crushed together.

The 179th Brigade and the 169th Brigade were dispatched almost simultaneously. The former arranged more than 17 light infantrymen to drive all-terrain vehicles and rush to A at high speed.

The latter was equally unwilling to be outdone and sent out an entire battalion of armored off-road vehicles to take a shortcut to the battlefield.

The two sides fought in a battle line, each trying to be the first to arrive at the battlefield.

And in the director's department.

Many spectators' hearts were pounding as they watched the game.

Especially Li Hongtao, the Western Theater Command is also far ahead in synthetic experiments.

But as the 179th Brigade was a heavy-armored pilot unit, he had always believed that the strength of this unit should lie in its firepower output and all-round defense.

But when he saw the real-time feedback data of the 179th Brigade on the big screen of the directorate, it showed the speed of the 179th Brigade's equipment deployment.

It is one step faster than the theoretical limit of the current training syllabus listed by the military.

Li Hongtao was shocked immediately.

How can this be? ! !

(End of this chapter)