Chapter 14: The Great Exercise's Small Trial

  Shenyang, eastern, sandy hill forest mountain area.

  Since the founding of New China, this actual combat exercise has been the largest in scale, with the most arms and the longest time span.

  Apart from warships, submarines and atomic bombs, all other weapons will make an appearance.

  The purpose of the exercise is to test the actual combat capability of our army in new forms. Specific subjects include information warfare, missile precision strikes and interceptions, air-to-air combat, and positional warfare.

  The Red side deployed one mechanized brigade and one infantry brigade, one missile brigade, two airborne regiments, one special warfare battalion, one helicopter regiment and one air force fighter regiment. The Blue side had two fewer airborne regiments and one fewer special warfare battalion than the Red side, using a Dragon mech mobile unit instead of participating in combat.

  Only the top commanders of both the Red and Blue sides knew about the participation of the Shenlong Mechanized Division in the war, while others were completely unaware.

  This actual combat exercise was highly valued by the Central Military Commission, which spent eight months preparing for it. It attracted widespread attention at home and abroad, and finally invited some foreign and domestic media reporters to observe on site.

  "Comrades, in this actual combat exercise, we are a special operations unit with the power to fight independently. Now I assign tasks: Zhang Hang, you personally select 20 team members, form a special operations squad, and your mission is to capture the Red Army's missile brigade and control its headquarters, ending this exercise beautifully!"

  "Yes!"

  "Yang Bo, you select twenty more from the other team members. The special warfare battalion of the Red side is your responsibility to deal with. The rest will stay with me at the command center to prevent a surprise attack by the Red side's airborne troops."

  "I understand!"

  "Also, Zhang Hang and others, during the march, pay attention to protecting your tracks from being discovered, so as not to be surrounded by the enemy's heavy troops and miss the opportunity for battle. When attacking, speed is key, don't give the opponent a chance to breathe, fight quickly and decisively!"

  "Alright, no problem!"

  "Go ahead with your actions! The headquarters will be left to me, you can rest assured and go do it!" Zhao Zilong waved his hand, signaling Zhang Hang, Yang Bo and others to set off.

  "A small team followed me and set off!" Zhang Hang led his teammates to disappear into the forest.

  "Second squad follow me, let's go!" Yang Bo led his team members to rush in another direction.

  "Report to the principal, the wolf is on the move!"; As they watched their gradually disappearing backs, Zhao Zilong said in a low voice: "I bet that when Zhang Hang appears at their headquarters, Commander Wu will definitely be shocked!"

  "Haha, I hope so!" Deng Xiao said: "You also don't be too careless, and always be on guard against the red side's airborne troops sneaking into my command center."

  "Don't worry, Principal. I estimate that the Red side won't be able to find our command center as soon as the exercise starts. The first thing I need to do now is to find the Red side's special warfare brigade and then have Yang Bo annihilate it."

  "Alright, it's all up to you now! As the commander of the Blue Team, Deng Xiao completely entrusted Zhao Zilong with the operation."

  "Report, 50 kilometers northeast of me, a red square regiment and a division were found. Judging from their marching speed, the regiment should be an enemy special warfare brigade, and the division should be an infantry division, with about 10 kilometers between them."

  "Got it." Zhao Zilong turned his head and spoke into the earpiece using the motorized troops' special frequency channel: "Yang Bo, lead the team to quickly approach Area 2. The Special Warfare Battalion is moving in that direction and will launch an attack two hours later. Tell him, there's also an infantry regiment behind him, with a distance of ten kilometers between them. If you don't want to die, make it quick!"

  "Got it! Understood!"

  In just one hour, Yang Bo led the team to the attack location. From the telescope, it was clear that this was a normally well-trained combat unit with 138 people, obviously belonging to a company-level formation.

  It is well-equipped, with 20 Type 81 rifles, 52 AK-style assault rifles, 31 Type 56 assault rifles, 5 Type 54 pistols, 33 Type 85 sniper rifles, 8 Type 82 recoilless guns, and also two tear gas launchers and eight machine guns of various types.

  "Attention, prepare for battle. Wang Ming, Feng Li, you are in charge of taking out the enemy's snipers and artillery; Liu Jian, Chen Ming, you are in charge of laying mines; the four of you will take care of the defensive position and suppress the enemy's firepower at close range; other team members, form a combat formation and disperse, attack after five minutes, and retreat from battle after half an hour."

  "Bang, bang!" Two crisp gunshots pierced the silence of the forest, and two enemy team members holding sniper rifles had their helmets smoking, judged to be arrayed and killed.

  After hearing the gunshot, the rest of the special warfare battalion did not panic and immediately hid in natural shelters to prepare for a counterattack. It can be seen that this unit is indeed well-trained in peacetime and can respond quickly when suddenly attacked, with combat effectiveness far surpassing that of ordinary armed police units.

  No wonder Zhao Zilong wanted to take it down first! Eating it would be equivalent to cutting off one of Wu's commander's arms.

  Immediately followed by "bang, bang", two gunshots rang out. The special warfare battalion didn't even have time to take cover, and the only remaining sniper and another artilleryman were simultaneously hit.

  Damn it! What unit is the enemy, not even a ghostly shadow was seen, and they killed my sniper! Listening to the gunfire, the enemy has two snipers, their next target is the artilleryman.

  Clever!

  The enemy sniper is about one thousand meters in front of us, there should be other personnel. Ah Guang, you lead a small team to encircle from the left wing, Ah Hui you lead the second team to encircle from the right wing, and the third team follows me to launch a frontal attack.

  Three members of the reconnaissance team have not sent back any news so far, and Xu Peng, the captain of the special warfare battalion, knew that they were probably in a precarious situation, and immediately made judgments and deployments accordingly.

  "Gunner, one thousand meters ahead at 12 o'clock direction, give me a shot, take out their sniper, even if you can't take him out, make it so he has nowhere to hide and can't pose any threat to our side!" Xu Peng shouted loudly.

  Seven or eight shells accurately fell around where Wang Ming and Feng Li were hiding just now.

  Damn it! The other side also has an expert, and with just these two shots, they can pinpoint our sniper location with 80-90% accuracy.

  Luckily I was clever and moved to a different location earlier. Otherwise, even if I wasn't hit by the shells, I would have been blown to nowhere to hide and become their target.

  Although it's not a real bullet, if it explodes and causes suffering, the key is that it's humiliating. Feng Li turned his head to look at the hiding place twenty meters in front of him on the left, where small fires were burning vigorously.

  Kid, you think you can take us down with your big talk? You're the first one to try, but you're still too green, not even at the door yet!

  In the crosshairs of the sniper rifle, a gunner was caught off guard. Feng Li lightly pulled the trigger, "Bang", and then the target changed, the remaining gunners were all finished off.

  At this moment, four members of the Divine Dragon Mobile Brigade used their miniature submachine guns to suppress Xu Peng's team from different angles at close range.

  They had already made a probing breakthrough, but the opponent's tight firepower blockade line couldn't even let a bird fly out, and all the team members who participated in the raid were instantly wiped out.

  Those team members who were shot and killed looked down at their helmets in dismay, exchanging disbelieving glances - the bullet holes on the helmets were all located between the eyebrows or temples.

  One shot kills!

  Modern medicine has confirmed that brain death is the only standard for determining whether a person is dead. For those highly trained special forces, being shot in the heart can still survive for about eight seconds, which is enough time for him to fire another shot before dying. Only by hitting the forehead or temple can one be killed instantly, and this is called "death cross" in the mouth of shooting masters.

  It's obviously a special forces unit!

  Xu Peng's eyes were filled with shock, oh my god! The opponent was simply a killing expert! This special forces team that had always been strong in combat ability in their own eyes, compared to the other side, was simply like a small witch seeing a great witch!

  It's not a bad thing for these brothers who are usually arrogant to experience the truth that there is a higher sky outside and a greater man beyond.

  Now, Xu Peng has pinned his hopes on the two surprise troops on both sides. However, he is well aware that the enemy cannot have only six people, and the outcome of modern warfare is not determined by numerical superiority, but by comprehensive combat capabilities.

  For the first time, Xu Peng felt a strong sense of unease in his heart. Could it be that this army, which had always made him feel so confident, would be completely annihilated today?

  Suddenly, amidst the intense gunfire, the sound of "Boom! Boom!" explosions kept ringing out. Xu Peng's heart was shocked: his own troops had not laid any landmines in the vicinity, these were the enemy's landmines, and the comrades on both flanks were in trouble, the situation was probably not good!

  "Xu team, their goal is the brothers on both wings, and then us, what a big appetite, and not afraid of bursting to death!"

  "Brothers, you all see that they want to surround us. Although our strength is indeed inferior to others, wanting to swallow us whole isn't that easy! Even if we die, we must make their teeth fall out a few at a time!" Xu Peng gritted his teeth and shouted: "Machine gunner, blast open a path for me, we must support the two flanks in time. Let's regroup and then think of a plan!"

  No sooner had the words fallen than five machine guns, regardless of cost, spat out tongues of fire, each gun firing at a speed of 560 rounds per minute, crazily pouring bullets in the same direction.

  Eleven seconds later, they all fell down.

  Xu Peng's team finally managed to seize the 11 seconds of time exchanged for the "lives" of five comrades, quickly breaking through the blockade.

  "Boss, Yang's team has engaged in a firefight with the special warfare battalion. The infantry regiment next to them is rapidly closing in. Shall we go and provide some reinforcements?" asked Situ Jian.

  "No need. Listen to the gunfire, Yang's team is making good progress, and it will be over in less than ten minutes. The infantry battalion won't arrive for at least another twenty minutes, just in time to collect their comrades' bodies!" Zhang Hang rejected Si Tu Jian's proposal with a relaxed expression: "Yang's team only needs to pass through the gaps between them, if they're unlucky and get caught up, they'll think of a way to quickly break free, otherwise he wouldn't be Yang Bo!"

  "If you really want to help them, then we must find the Red Army's missile troops and headquarters before Yang Bo and his men are annihilated. You know, in order to cover us up, Yang's team is now the target of public criticism!"

  "How about it, Jin Hui, how much longer until we can enter their command system's computer?" Zhang Hang asked.

  "Boss, I didn't expect their computer's protective system to be the latest version in the world. It even has a double-layered protection net. I estimate it'll take at least one or two days!" Jin Hui said with a helpless expression.

  "What?! It's taking you so long?! You're always bragging about being a computer genius, but two firewalls have got you stumped?! Genius? Please, you're more like an idiot!"; Zhang Hang stared at Jin Hui with a look of disdain.

  "Ah! Boss, you'd better be careful, the other side's computer expert isn't a pushover. This is the command center's computer command system, not your personal home computer that can be easily hacked in. Moreover, breaking through the first firewall is easy, but the second one is five or six times more difficult than the first. If we can't break through both firewalls at the same time, our intentions will likely be detected, and it'll be as hard to get in as climbing a sky-high mountain!"

  "Alright! Let's stroll around for two more days then! I'll tell you, if you still can't get in by then, I'll shoot you dead on the spot. Anyway, keeping you alive is useless, and it'll also save some food for my brothers!"

  Jin Hui's face was covered in cold sweat, he didn't dare to refute, his hands kept tapping on the laptop screen, working diligently with his head down.

  Xu Peng finally reunited with his brothers from both wings and counted their numbers, finding that there were only forty-eight people left.

  "Captain, which unit is our opponent? Many of our brothers didn't even fire a shot and were blown up by their landmines. Some lucky ones who dodged the landmines only fired a few shots before being mysteriously killed!"

  "Yes, their landmines were too cunning, as if they had grown eyes and were waiting there, staring at us to step on them. We were very careful, but the landmines still exploded one after another."

  "It's not that their landmines are too powerful, but rather that the person who laid them is a formidable expert. Not only is his technique of laying mines superb, what's even more terrifying is that he has grasped our psychology, knowing where we will attack and where we will look for cover." Xu Peng took a deep breath and said slowly.

  "It seems we won't be able to wait for reinforcements to arrive!"

  "Come on, brothers! Let's work together as one!"

  "Right, let's fight them head-on! One against one. We can't just let them wipe us out without a single casualty, that would be too humiliating!"

  Xu Peng gazed steadily at the remaining team members, a resolute and unyielding aura emanating from him. It was precisely this aura that instantly boosted their combat strength, giving them the capital for one final push.

  Yang Bo did not expect them to launch such a crazy counterattack, and their combat power was even higher than before.

  But strength decides everything, and five minutes later, the battle still ended!

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