Others show their swords, I show my missiles!

The next day, both red and blue sides marched into position.

If it had not been stipulated in advance, Zhu Haipeng would have been prepared to attack the red side during the march.

This plan had to be dropped. But after the exercise, he still explained this idea to Zhang Dabiao. Zhang Dabiao affirmed this idea. Remind all troops how to pay attention to safety during marching.

Afterwards, several more pulling exercises were conducted to close the loophole.

Fan Yingming said to Shen Quan solemnly: "Captain Shen, we are the attacking side; the blue side is the defending side, but the number of both sides is equal. This battle is not easy to fight."

"They also have a disadvantage: they have to hold on to five highlands, and they must arrange their troops in these five places; and we can attack from any direction. In other words, his troops on these five highlands must hold our side hard. Heavy artillery bombardment." Shen Quan analyzed.

Fan Yingming shook his head and said: "Each side of us has 21 battalions, including 9 synthetic battalions. For these 5 highlands, he only needs one battalion. He will never put too many people on them. The remaining Where will he use the 1 battalions he laid down?"

Shen Quan nodded and asked why he and Wang Huaibao were both old men from the Independent Regiment, while Fan Yingming and Zhu Haipeng were promoted later. However, this exercise made them two commanders in chief, while he and Wang Huaibao were both deputies. .

This is the answer. Fan Yingming really thinks about the problem more deeply than himself. Zhu Haipeng, on the other hand, is famous for his unconstrained thinking, which is similar to the brigade commander's previous style.

"Based on Zhu Haipeng's eclectic style, I guess he will either attack our command center or our logistics support system," Shen Quan said.

“This time it is stipulated that special forces cannot be used to infiltrate, so our command post should be safe.

If he uses infantry to attack, it won't work if there are few people; if he uses a dozen battalions to attack, there will be no secret at all. At that time, we became a home game, which was not good for him. He shouldn't raid our headquarters.

Looking at it this way, he is more likely to attack our logistics support system. "

"But that's not right. This exercise lasted only three days, and the supplies the soldiers brought with them were almost enough." Shen Quan questioned.

Suddenly Shen Quan thought of something, and he and Fan Yingming said in unison: "Artillery!"

In this exercise, both sides can call for long-range artillery support, which means that both sides have the same artillery.

Different from the battle with the Japanese, our side has 155 howitzers, while the Japanese have 92 infantry guns.

At that time, the long-range artillery can stay in one place and send a small number of infantry to protect it. There is a large reserve of artillery shells, and it is difficult to use up all the artillery shells.

But at this time, after you fire the artillery, the opponent can immediately use the artillery radar to calculate the location of your gun, and then it will be fired back by the opponent's long-range artillery fire. So you need to fire a few shots and move immediately.

This time is about 8 minutes.

In other words, from the time the artillery arrives at this position to the time it leaves this position, it should not exceed 8 minutes. Otherwise, the probability of being hit by the opponent's shells will greatly increase.

It is impossible to drag an arsenal with you while you are constantly on the move.

Then a continuous supply of materials is needed.

"Then let's wait for the battle to start, and immediately lead the dispatch department to inquire about our material transportation route. We will speculate on their possible crossing routes and find suitable locations to set up ambush. In addition, we can also attack their transportation convoy." Fan Yingming made a plan.

At the same time, Zhu Haipeng's Blue Army also conducted the same analysis.

But Zhu Haipeng believed that Shen Quan, deputy commander-in-chief of the Red Army, was originally an artillery soldier. Although he later became the leader of the combined regiment, he must still have enough interest in artillery.

Then he must be familiar with the characteristics of artillery. We will definitely take adequate precautions on transportation routes.

Therefore, Zhu Haipeng did not want to sneak attack the red transport team.

Instead, there was a plan that Fan Yingming had never thought of. This put the red side into an extremely passive situation from the beginning.

At 8 p.m., Zhang Dabiao issued a special phone call to both parties at the same time to order the start of the exercise.

"Report, the red side is asking about the supply route of the red side artillery regiment."

"You can tell me." Zhang Dabiao replied.

"Red team, the supply route of your artillery regiment is from such-and-such place to such-and-such place. It is up to you to decide when to deliver the supplies."

"Red received it."

The exercise had just begun, and both sides launched multiple drones.

“命令1团1营、2营赶往14号区域，在峡谷两侧设伏；1团3营等蓝方进入峡谷后，截断其退路。命令3团1营向1号高地搜索前进，到达目的地后发起试探进攻。无人机重点侦察14号区域至5号高地之间平缓地带。并侦察1至5号高地坑道位置。”范英明下达了一连串命令。

After the exercise began, the blue team did not mobilize any troops except for flying a number of drones. Instead, the radio relay machine was turned on to find the important communication nodes of the red team.

As the red team issued commands one by one, the communication node was quickly found by the blue team. Although it cannot be deciphered, the location of the red team's headquarters is known.

Next, the blue side implemented electronic jamming on the location of the red side's headquarters, causing radio communication between the red side's units and the headquarters to be interrupted.

When there is no radio station, communication basically relies on people to convey orders; more advanced ones can set up wired telephones. But with wireless stations, these are no longer needed.

It's too slow to use people to convey orders. For example, if we are more than ten kilometers apart, it would take half a day to convey an order once.

The problem with using wired telephones is that the lines are easy to break, such as damage by the enemy, being blown up by artillery, being run over by one's own tanks, etc.

Someone needs to be constantly patrolling the line.

These linemen had to brave artillery fire to shuttle back and forth, and the degree of danger can be imagined.

After you have a radio station, you only need to adjust the receiving target and speak directly to it.

The machine converts the sound signal into a digital signal, encrypts it and transmits it. This way there is no risk of continuation.

But its disadvantage is that it is easy to be interfered; in addition, if the other party knows the decryption method, the confidentiality of the communication is not as good as that of a wired phone.

This time, the blue team not only implemented electronic jamming against the headquarters, but also implemented terminal information blockade on the communication receiving points of each regiment identified by the drone.

Not only that, the blue side also implemented fixed-frequency jamming on the red side radar.

At the same time, the command and control department was notified that electronic interference measures had been taken against the Red Army, and bombers were called to bomb the two battalions of the Red Army that were moving towards Area 14.

The Independent Brigade has no bombers and cannot call them.

This time it was just assumed that 6 bombers took off, escorted by 12 fighter jets. All calculations are based on the performance of the Japanese aircraft.

After receiving the data sent back by the drone, the red team determined the situation of the blue team's fortifications on Highlands 1 to 5, and decided to call Yuanhuo Camp to launch 122mm guided rockets to attack the blue team's tunnels and fortifications.

A vehicle can fire 40 rockets at a time. There are a total of 24 launch vehicles in the two remote fire camps. If the strike is successful, each highland will face at least 200 rocket bombardments.

But the coordinator told the red team: "After your order was sent, the artillery regiment did not reply."

"Ah? What do you mean?" the communication soldier asked in confusion.

"Repeat: After you issued the order to strike at the Far Fire Battalion, you did not receive a reply from the artillery regiment."

"receive."

The communications soldier had no choice but to report the coordinator's reply to Fan Yingming.

"What? No reply received?" Fan Yingming asked.

"Yes, that's the response from the Guidance Department."

Fan Yingming thought for a while and suddenly said in shock: "Oops! Quick, the command headquarters has been moved to the underground fortifications in Area 19, and camouflaged with insulation materials! Inform the command and control department that our headquarters has been moved to the underground fortifications in Area 19 .”

Shen Quan pulled off the map, and the correspondent took the communication equipment and ran out immediately.

Extension of dedicated line to new headquarters.

Immediately received a reply from the command and control department: "Two minutes ago, the blue direction fired 2 rounds of 36 anti-personnel explosive bombs at your original headquarters. Due to the timely transfer of your headquarters, there was no loss of personnel."

"The new command post must be well hidden, and a large number of heat sources should be placed around it to prevent the blue team's drone from detecting our command post with thermal imaging equipment. The communication squad should be far away from the command post, and call each regiment to see if they can contact us. Immediately Set up wired telephones and strengthen line patrols."

Fan Yingming made further arrangements to deal with possible interference in communications.

A few minutes later, the signal trooper reported that all regiments and battalions could not be contacted.

"Immediately set up a wired telephone and send communications troops to notify the 1st Regiment, and hide and wait on the spot." Fan Yingming ordered.

“报告！导调部报告：我方1团1营在行进途中遭6架轰炸机和12架战斗机轰炸扫射，导调部裁决我1团1营阵亡200人，重伤200人。已失去战斗力，撤出演习。”

"What? Where is the 1st Regiment Air Defense Battalion? Why was the target not found?"

"Report, the guidance department said that our radar was interfered with and could not detect the blue fighter."

"Interference, interference again!" Fan Yingming was so angry that he punched the table with his fist.

"Less than an hour after the war started, we have become deaf and blind! Now the battlefield is one-way transparent to the blue side, and this battle cannot be fought!"

The war has just begun, and the red side is being restrained everywhere. This was all an oversight. Blue Fang actually thought of using electronic warfare to deal with himself.

After calming down, Fan Yingming ordered:

"Send people to notify our combined regiment air defense battalions and brigade air defense regiments to check whether our radars are working properly at all times. If there are any abnormalities, activate backup plans."

"Report!" Another signal soldier came to report.

"Tell me, what's the bad news again?" Fan Yingming was numb.

"The 1nd Battalion of our 2st Regiment discovered that communication with the headquarters was interrupted, and quickly dispersed and hid. Later, it was attacked by rocket launchers. Due to proper measures, the command and control department determined that 1 people of the 2nd Battalion of our 20st Regiment were killed and 20 seriously injured." The communications soldier reported in detail. The latest battle situation notified by the Guidance Department.

"Okay! Our army has been used to fighting under poor communication conditions for a long time. Fortunately, the losses were not big." Fan Yingming finally heard a piece of news that could cheer him up a little.

"Lao Fan, we can't be passively beaten. They use information warfare, and we can use it too!" Shen Quan said.

"It makes sense. Let the drone fly lower, detect the opponent's radar waves, find his search radar, and interfere with it. In addition, find the opponent's communication nodes. Let's do 'treat him in the same way'!"

"Yes!" The messenger rushed to convey the order.

After the messenger left, Fan Yingming sighed again and said: "Actually, there is little hope of doing this. Since the blue team has thought of information warfare, it must have multiple communication plans."

Shen Quan also understood this truth, but just now he was just afraid of damaging morale, so he didn't say it directly.

"It takes three hours to set up a wired telephone. During this time, we can only hope that each unit will use its own subjective initiative like the 1st Regiment and 2nd Battalion." Shen Quan said.

"All our battalions are combined battalions, and each battalion is a fully functional unit. This is also a test for them. We cannot place our hopes entirely on the headquarters and friendly troops. If they are all as slow to respond as the 1st Regiment and 1st Battalion , then it has been defeated. Fortunately, this is not a real actual battle, otherwise, we will become the sinners of history." Fan Yingming analyzed.

Shen Quan also nodded in agreement, "We discovered a major loophole right from the beginning. It seems that actual combat exercises are of great use. If there is a chance, we should conduct more such exercises!"

Fan Yingming also nodded, "If we can't hold a big drill, we can hold a small drill between the 1st and 3rd regiments, and it will be effective."

Nowadays, wired telephones have not been set up, so people can only rely on people to travel on horseback to transmit messages. You can drive a chariot on easy-to-walk sections.

At the same time, the blue command:

"Reported that the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the Red Square was bombed by our aviation force and suffered heavy losses and has withdrawn from the exercise; however, the 1nd Battalion of the 2st Regiment did not suffer a major blow and the losses were less than 10%! The Red Square headquarters responded quickly and evacuated in time. The artillery attack from the Red Command failed!"

"Okay, it's not easy for Lao Fan to lead a team like the 2nd Battalion! And the reaction is very fast, and it slipped away so quickly!" Zhu Haipeng sighed.

"So you are happy about this. I thought you were happy because you defeated a red camp." Wang Huaibao said with a smile.

"I'm glad about that, it's called 'fighting the problem', and it's one of the purposes of our exercise. If it were on a real battlefield, this battalion would really not exist. A battalion would be lost in one fell swoop. Ah! This is not an enemy battalion, but a battalion of our Eighth Route Army!"

"But the Japanese don't have electronic warfare methods like ours." Wang Huaibao said nonchalantly.

Zhu Haipeng glanced at Wang Huaibao and said: "Don't underestimate our opponents at any time, otherwise we will suffer big losses sooner or later! Old Wang, there is something wrong with your idea!

The Japanese will not be idle. Seeing the progress of our equipment, they will step up the research and development of new equipment or adopt new tactics.

I'm thinking, next time we fight with the Japs, will the Japs use the same tunnel warfare and mine warfare that we used to deal with them?

At present, the Japanese do not have electronic jamming methods, but the direction finding ability of the radio station is not weak.

It's possible that soon they will be thinking about electronic warfare.

There was no interference with us before. The main reason was that our communication was too rudimentary and we used to send messages on horseback. How could this interfere?

Now that we have discovered that our communication technology is so advanced, they will also find ways to deal with us. "

Wang Huaibao nodded, "I was careless. I didn't realize that the Japs are not fools, they are also trying to become stronger! Moreover, the enemies in the future may not only be the Japs from the Plaster Country!"

Wang Huaibao doesn't care about these little details. When he realizes his mistakes, he immediately admits them and makes a profound self-examination.

There is no shame in his heart.

Only when you win the battle can you gain face!

One thing he repeatedly emphasized is: "Face is earned by oneself, not given by others!"

Zhu Haipeng also understood this, so there was nothing polite or cryptic about talking to Wang Huaibao. Even if there are other warriors around.

"Fight first! Fight each battalion on the red side to see which battalion responds quickly and responds appropriately; which battalion responds slowly. Those who respond slowly, let them go back and reflect like the 1st regiment and 1st battalion! At the same time, we Should we also practice the communication interruption plan?" Zhu Haipeng asked.

"We have designed multiple communication nodes from the beginning, formed a complementary communication network, and connected wired telephones. How can we practice this? Forcibly telling each battalion not to use communication lines? Then each battalion will immediately know that they need to practice communication If something goes wrong, we can't train them to proactively find problems?" Wang Huaibao questioned.

"Wait a minute, I think the red side must also be eyeing our communication system. Put some water in it, let them interfere with our radio station, and then cut the phone line. Then we can see our reaction. . But the radar must be protected to prevent their bombers from flying over us." Zhu Haipeng said.

Wang Huaibao smiled: "You are not close to actual combat. How can you deliberately make mistakes and find fault for yourself?"

"Hahahaha, exercises can never be as realistic as actual combat. They can only be as close as possible to actual combat. Moreover, didn't Political Commissar Zhao say: Our enemy is not the red side, but ourselves!" Zhu Haipeng also explained with a smile.

略做思考后，朱海鹏问王怀宝道：“接下来我想用远程炮火，炮击红方1团的防空营、支援营、保障营、炮兵营；航空兵12架战斗机，低空突防旅防空团；4团1营、2营从左翼；3营从右翼夹击红方1团3营。6团1营、2营、炮兵营强攻红方1团2营。彻底把红方1团打残了。你看怎么样？”

"Now the red side's communication is not smooth, and each battalion can only fight independently, and it is difficult to cooperate with each other. At this time, there are indeed conditions to eat part of the red side first. I agree with this plan." Wang Huaibao replied.

"Okay, then I will give the order. In addition, if the attack goes well, the three battalions of the 2nd Regiment will go up to defend, and the 4th Regiment and the 6th Regiment will be replaced to rest." Zhu Haipeng added.

"I don't agree with this. You mean to let these two regiments rest and recuperate to maintain their combat effectiveness. I think that although this can maintain the strongest combat effectiveness of the troops, our team can persist in fighting for three consecutive days without interruption. . And this is also training the troops' continuous combat capabilities. I suggest not to rest and continue to attack." Wang Huaibao said.

"Okay, let's not rest. Give the order first and take advantage of the collapse of the red team's communication system to carry out more annihilation battles. I just feel it is a bit too embarrassing for Lao Fan, so don't be anxious!" Zhu Haipeng adopted Wang Huaibao's suggestion. .

"It's okay! Lao Fan really wants to win, but he will definitely be convinced even if he loses. Moreover, he is expecting you to give your best. He feels that you are looking down on him if you don't give your best!" Wang Huaibao said.

Wang Huaibao nodded in agreement.

Zhu Haipeng asked someone to convey the order and at the same time informed the command and control department of Lan Fang's plan.

From this time on, this major exercise entered its most intense stage.