Volume 1, Chapter 7: Who is the protagonist of the exercise? (Part 1)

Hodgson didn't seem to be interested in this melee combat function. With the firepower of the German army's equipment, there wasn't much opportunity for melee combat.

After this inspection, Major Hodgson became a little more confident about future exercises. It seemed that the three company commanders had good abilities.

"Okay, Captain Fang, you can gather your soldiers. It's getting late, and Captain House and I have to go back."

"Well, you don't need to see the other two companies?"

"No need!" Hodgson was in a good mood and said before leaving: "Fang, you need a watch."

When the two officers disappeared, Bob and Pierre arrived. Their two companies' positions were further away.

"Have the officers left? They didn't say anything dissatisfied, right?" Bob was still more concerned about this, but Pierre looked at the far end and said, "Fang, I forgot to tell you some good news. If

As expected, we will all be able to wear the pistols I designed before the exercise."

Fang Jianxiong raised his middle finger to the proud Pierre, and Bob also raised his middle finger. Although he didn't know what it meant, Bob was now a little superstitious about Fang Jianxiong. Especially after the past few days of training, Bob felt

It was really an eye-opener for me. Fang Jianxiong’s methods of torturing soldiers were endless. The good quality and obedience of the German soldiers made these trainings extremely effective. There were also some defensive tactics that Fang Jianxiong had figured out, which Bob thought were also very magical and effective.

tactics. For example, the design of this anti-slope position is only known to Bob and Fang Jianxiong now. This guy Pierre is completely obsessed with his design dream, and this guy can completely ignore it.

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Half a month after the internship, a military exercise was held on a battlefield outside Berlin.

This actual military exercise was mainly to examine the offensive capabilities of the German army. Defense was not the most important thing for the German army.

At the Red Army Command Headquarters, General Ma Jinsheng stood in front of the map, looking at the exercise situation diagram. He kept frowning and thinking, and no one who came behind him noticed it.

"Your Excellency, the marshal is here," the chief of staff promptly reminded. Ma Jinsheng turned around and noticed that there were two more people in the room. The first one was his immediate boss, Marshal Hindenburg, followed by a major general. Ma Jinsheng knew this man named Lu

Major General Dendorff, he is on the General Staff.

"Ma Jinsheng, how is the exercise going?" Hindenburg faced the salute, simply raised his hand in return, and walked to the map.

Looking at the situation map, Hindenburg turned back and asked Ludendorff: "What do you think of this situation?"

"According to this situation map, our army assaulted the enemy's rear with three divisions, with the intention of encircling the enemy's frontal group. Now it seems that the strategy is working. The enemy can only use one division.

And after a long-distance forced march, we barely reached the blocking position." After some analysis, Ludendorff said bluntly: "What I wonder is why 308 Heights has not been captured for so long. Instead, let this area

The position is stuck at the chokepoint of my flanking legion. If I remember correctly, the Red Army's attack on this position should have started six hours ago. According to the deployment of troops, there is only one battalion at most in this fast position. Could it be that

Say, a battalion can last for six hours in the face of an absolutely superior attack?"

This was a bit unpleasant to hear, and General Ma Jinsheng’s face was a bit ugly, but in front of Hindenburg, he did not argue, but saluted first: "Your Excellency, I am also confused about this issue. The news coming from the front is indeed

The attack was blocked, and I was planning to go take a look. According to the exercise design, this blocker division cannot be eliminated within 24 hours. Even if the Red Army's side attack fails this time, the entire campaign will be considered a failure."

Hindenburg did not express his position immediately, but stared at the map again before saying: "I was shocked. The location of this position is very crucial. The front can strangle the throat of the highway, and we can take advantage of the high ground to attack the enemy who defends the front."

Provide fire support from friendly positions. If we want to break through the defense of the Blue Army division from the front, we must first capture Hill 308."

Ma Jinsheng was under great pressure. The Seventh Army was the elite of the German army. It attacked the defense of a division with an absolute superior force, and even under the premise of being suddenly attacked from the side, it marched quickly to the blocking battlefield. Although the 21st Infantry Division, playing the role of the Blue Army, also

The Seventh Army belonged to the attacking side, but the two main divisions of the Seventh Army, which carried heavy firepower, and a division of the Imperial Guard participated in the attack.

Blue Army, a certain regiment headquarters, Colonel Gauss, spoke to Hodgson with a gloomy face.

"Major, can you explain why the main force of the third battalion was placed on Highland 308 instead of the frontal defense position preset for the exercise? Although judging from the results, the effect of this arrangement is unexpectedly good, but you asked me

How to explain to the teacher?"

The so-called military orders are like mountains. According to the exercise orders, Highland 308 is not the preset main position. The actions of the third battalion can be said to be disobedience to military orders, which is a very serious matter in the German army.

"Colonel, soldiers are unpredictable, and adaptability to battlefield conditions is the basic quality of every grassroots commander. If the battalion rigidly follows the division's layout and puts the main defense force on the front, the Red Army only needs to capture Highland 308 and set up

The 75th artillery bombarded such a wide frontal position, and our battalion simply couldn't hold it for long. Now the main force of our battalion is holding on to 308 Highlands, and the Red Army's frontal attack has been seriously affected. This is

After the battle started, why was it that the most intensively attacked area was not the front, but the commanding heights on the flanks, Hill 308?"

As Hodgson explained, he was secretly proud of himself. This time, the Third Battalion excelled, and this was mainly due to the Chinese boy. It was precisely because of his persistence that Hodgson made up his mind to place only one platoon in the front, and the other troops were all

Deployed on Highland 308. In this way, Highland 308 played an important role from the beginning of the battle. At the beginning, it repelled the attack of a battalion of the Red Army, and successfully used the advantages of the high ground to flank the main position attack on the frontal battlefield with machine gun fire.

The enemy forced the Red Army to turn around and attack Highland 308 with heavy troops.

"Colonel, the key now is to reinforce 308 Highlands as soon as possible. They have been holding on for more than 6 hours. This battle was precisely because the third battalion rushed to the battlefield at a rapid march speed and built an effective defensive position.

The defense of the main force of the regiment and the main force of the division has bought enough time." The chief of staff spoke in time, and Colonel Gauss nodded.

"Hodgson, I will give you the regimental machine gun company and a reserve company. Your mission is to hold onto Hill 308 for 12 hours."

At Highland 308, Fang Jianxiong smoked a cigarette and squinted his eyes, observing the battlefield with a Zeiss six-power telescope. This pair of telescopes was snatched from Pierre's hands and was called the interest on the design fee of the engineer shovel.

If he weren't wearing a military uniform, Fang Jianxiong would look more like a young boy hanging out on the beach in Shanghai. He looks like a pretty boy without makeup.

In sharp contrast is Bob, a strong man. He also has a telescope hanging around his neck. He is the product of blackmailing Pierre. Compared with Fang Jianxiong using the interest on the design fee as an excuse, Bob is more direct. He uses

The fist forced Biel to make the decision to donate a pair of telescopes. To use Bob's original words to explain this behavior, he said, "Don't be too polite to the capitalists."

Due to adequate preparations, the defense layout of Highland 308 is quite rigorous. Not only are there man-made traps on the front, but there are also three barbed wire fences to protect the relatively gentle front. There are three trenches on the front, and the traffic trenches are connected to the anti-sloping position.

He lowered his head and glanced at the Swiss watch. Well, this one is also interest. It was taken off Pierre's wrist.

"Bob, how many troops do we have left?"

"According to the results of the exercise referee, we only lost two platoons of troops. Your reverse slope arrangement played a major role. Unfortunately, this arrangement can only be effective in mountainous areas."

In this exercise, the performance of the third battalion was perfect. First, as the vanguard battalion, it was the first to arrive at the blocking position at a rapid march. Secondly, when the regiment's main frontal defense position was in a hurry, the third battalion's side attack forced the enemy's first attack.

The attack was abandoned. In the next few hours, the third battalion performed extremely well. With less than one battalion's strength, it repelled at least two regiments of the red side who attacked five times in turn.

"The red side is about to start shelling again, leave the observation post and the others retreat." Fang Jianxiong spit out the butt of his cigarette and slowly said a sentence. Looking at Bob's admiring eyes, he felt so good in his heart that he pretended to be even more energetic.

Regarding peat, fortunately, I had been in the army before to experiment with the effect of the engineer shovel. I had seen the civil engineering of the regular army, and I was also curious to ask the commander of the heroic company of xx Ridge with a glorious tradition. Civil engineering has always been

They are all our army's specialty. I didn't expect that they would be able to exert such huge combat power after traveling through time.

"Salute!" All the way to the back, soldiers kept looking at the company commander with admiration and saluting. Especially the sergeants, they were all veterans. They knew very well that under normal circumstances, with this small force, they would not be able to last for six hours.

. You must know that there is at least one brigade on the opposite side, and they are also Guards troops carrying 105 heavy artillery.

Red square, headquarters of the 3rd Guards Division.

Lieutenant General Powell's face was as deep as water, and he had been staring at that damn hilltop with his binoculars for half an hour. Just such a small hilltop caused the elite of the German army to stumble. In this exercise, the Guards

His Majesty William forced it in. There was no Guards in the original plan.

Lieutenant General Powell felt the Seventh Army's distrust of the Guards from the very beginning. Especially General Ma Jinsheng, who didn't say anything to his face, but the distrust in his eyes made people want to beat him up.

Of course, the person Powell wanted to beat up now was not Ma Jinsheng, but the damn drill referee team. Under such a fierce attack, why was another attack easily repelled?

Picking up the phone, Powell shouted: "Stop the attack." As soon as he put down the phone, the harsh ringtone reminded him of it. He picked up the phone and there was a hateful voice saying: "Powell, if the Guards can't do it, let the Seventh Army be replaced."

Come on."
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