A guard on duty jogged all the way and ran outside the company commander's tent late at night.
The company commander who had been sleeping was woken up and did not come out of the tent. He just asked loudly: "What's going on? It's so late at night."
"Report to the company commander that an unidentified helicopter has been found northwest of our position."
"What?"
The company commander, who had been a bit dissatisfied just now, was suddenly frightened out of his sleepiness. He rolled over and got up from the bed. While getting dressed, he asked: "When did it happen?"
"Just two minutes ago," the guard replied.
The company commander reluctantly put on his pants and shoes, buttoned his clothes, lifted the door curtain and came out and said, "Are you sure you saw the helicopter?"
"I'm pretty sure I heard a sound, but it disappeared quickly," the guard confirmed.
"Is it the Blues who are up to something?"
The company commander happened to be a cautious person by nature. He felt that something was wrong and immediately said: "Go, call the correspondent over quickly and ask him to bring him to the radio."
"yes!"
The guard saluted and strode away.
A few minutes later.
The correspondent carrying the radio on his back ran over. The company commander reported the situation discovered by the guards to the battalion headquarters and proposed to send a platoon to check it out.
The battalion headquarters also felt that the matter was too urgent and immediately reported the news to the headquarters of Regiment A.
Only regiment-level units in the mechanized infantry division can have battlefield decision-making and command authority. The battalion headquarters is a "mouthpiece", and the grassroots companies are only responsible for executing orders.
The headquarters of Regiment A, who also thought something was fishy, agreed to the company's investigation request.
Then he reported the matter to the division headquarters overnight.
The division headquarters did not expect the Blue Army to move so quickly. Although they could not guess what the Blue Army's intentions were, they still put the matter on the table.
Group A is ordered to conduct a thorough investigation and find out what is going on.
Although the matter of the helicopter has not yet been clarified, the news of enemy infiltration has reached the Red Army headquarters after being communicated to superiors at all levels.
Fortunately, in order not to cause unnecessary panic, the Red Army headquarters did not notify the entire division.
Instead, let Group A thoroughly investigate the entire matter.
Until Jackie Chan and his team are found for confirmation, the Ace of Spades team is still safe for the time being and will not be encircled and suppressed by large forces.
but.
Being discovered by the enemy as soon as they infiltrated, it was definitely a bad start for the Ace of Spades team, and it was unknown whether they could successfully complete the mission.
The enemy's deployment was too dense, and the specific deployment locations of the Red Army's units were unknown. In addition, the helicopter's rotors made such a loud noise in the air.
It is inevitable to be discovered as soon as you land.
All I can say is bad luck!
The Ace of Spades team led by Jackie Chan was very unfamiliar with the terrain here, and they didn't know they were unlucky enough to be discovered by the Red Army as soon as they landed.
He still followed the grid diagram he made and began to radiate outward from the center point.
We walked through the woods for 10 minutes.
Jackie Chan found that there was no trace of the Red Army at all. In this mountainous terrain with sparse trees, there were too many people walking together and it was not very hidden.
So Jackie Chan called the team together for the first team meeting after landing.
"Now we have a team meeting to discuss and decide on the next actions."
Special operations emphasize coordination and cooperation. Jackie Chan did not take advantage of the situation and said after the opening remarks: "Our trip is an infiltration operation, and the main goal is to detect the enemy's situation, not to fight the Red Army.
Not only is it inefficient for 16 people to act together, but it also makes it easier to expose a large target.
Therefore, I decided to split the team into two groups and move forward in a horn formation to cover each other to expand our search range.
Do you have any ideas?"
Jackie Chan asked in a consultative tone, which is also to train everyone to fight intelligently and participate with their brains, rather than being a pure soldier.
Special operations do not require pure soldiers, but warriors who can think on their own.
"If we disperse our operations, our combat effectiveness will be reduced by half. If we encounter an enemy, can we cope with it?" Wu Liuyi said.
"No, I don't think it can be calculated that way."
Wu Zhe objected: "Within less than 20 kilometers around us, there are more than 10,000 Red Army troops stationed, and they are all mechanized troops.
Once we have a head-on confrontation with the Red Army, the Red Army's support will come very quickly. When we encounter the enemy, we can only retreat and hide again as quickly as possible.
Therefore, the difference between more people and fewer people is not big. Covert operations are the most important. I agree to divide the troops into two groups and double the search area."
Wu Zhe's analysis became more in-depth, and the team members began to think deeply after listening to it.
"Do you have any other suggestions?" Jackie Chan asked the team members again.
"I am an airborne paratrooper, so I have some experience in infiltration operations."
Takuyong Gang said from his own perspective: "Although based on the combat concept of paratroopers, in order to maximize combat effectiveness, we must find a way to join together after landing.
But we are different from the paratroopers. We are not here to fight the Red Army. We don't have to sneak attack the enemy like the paratroopers.
The tasks are different, and the combat methods are also different. I also agree that the troops should be divided into two groups. Finding people separately can be faster and the artillery regiment can be discovered earlier."
"Yes, I also think it is better to separate. What we need is efficiency." Another team member said.
Then several more team members spoke immediately, from slightly different angles, but overall they were the same, that is, they agreed with Jackie Chan's division of troops.
"Okay, the discussion is almost over, let's start voting now, raise your hands if you agree."
After Jackie Chan finished speaking, he was the first to raise his hand.
The bottom-up combat decision-making system is one of the general directions for future special operations, so that special teams can be more flexible and display stronger combat effectiveness when operating.
A unit that only knows how to obey orders from its superiors and does not understand any flexibility will have very limited combat effectiveness when fighting deep behind enemy lines.
It may even delay a major fighter opportunity!
Swish, brush, brush...
Xu Sanduo, Wu Zhe, Tuo Yonggang, etc., including Wu Liuyi who had questions just now, all 15 people raised their right hands to express their agreement.
"Very good, unanimously passed. Let's start dividing the troops now."
Jackie Chan is actually very aware of the strength of everyone in the Ace of Spades team.
Division of troops is very simple and very fast.
A meal of pulling.
Done in a few seconds.
Six of the strongest old backbones, Lao A, were selected to form the second action group with Wu Zhe, and Wu Zhe was appointed as the team leader of the second group.
The remaining Xu Sanduo, Tuo Yonggang, Wu Liuyi and two old A's formed the first group with Jackie Chan.
The reason why Wu Zhe was appointed as the second team leader is not to say that Wu Zhe's combat effectiveness is better than the other 6 old A's, but purely from a personality perspective.
Covert infiltration operations require staying calm and being extremely careful when doing things.
And Wu Zhe happens to be calm in his work.
But only seeking no merit and no fault. As long as Wu Zhe can safely lead the second group to survive, it will be the greatest victory. Only by living can he exert his combat effectiveness.
Xu Sanduo and a few other relatively weak players were left, and Jackie Chan himself led the weak with the strong, which could just make up for the gap in strength.
Compared with the old A who has been training in the A team for more than a year, the new players such as Xu Sanduo are not as strong.
"Wu Zhe, you lead the second group to push through the XH vertical line and maintain radio contact at all times. If there are any situations or abnormalities, report them as soon as possible. Do you understand?" Jackie Chan gave his final instructions before setting off.
"Understood." Wu Zhe replied.
Being once again entrusted with an important task by Jackie Chan made Wu Zhe feel a little excited.
"Okay, then take your places and get ready to go."
Jackie Chan stood up and greeted: "Everyone in the group is coming over, we are coming from the right."
Wu Zhe also asked the second group to go to the left.
The two sides walked a grid one to the left and the other to the right, that is, after being separated by a distance of nearly 1km, they turned at the same time and headed southwest together.
Jackie Chan didn't know the specific deployment of the Red Army, and he didn't even know there was a company directly in front of them.
more importantly……
Jackie Chan didn't know that the helicopter was spotted by the guards when they landed. After being informed by their superiors, a search and investigation team had been organized.
The search platoon, which had urgently gathered from the camp, happened to be on the opposite side of the Ace of Spades team.
The second group led by Wu Zhe walked to the left. Although the two sides were facing each other, they were staggered in the middle. There was a gap of 1km and it was impossible for them to touch each other.
As for the Ace of Spades team led by Jackie Chan, the two sides happened to be at odds with each other.
This led to the fact that less than 5 minutes after the troops were separated, Jackie Chan, who was walking through the night under the moonlight, suddenly noticed a flashlight flashing in front of him.
And there were quite a few flashlight lights, it looked like there were at least 20 people there.
It should be a platoon of troops!
Jackie Chan believed that if he led a small team to ambush here, he could easily eat this infantry platoon that came over with a flashlight.
Considering the special nature of this mission, Jackie Chan had no choice but to give up the idea of total annihilation.
"Transfer, quickly!"
Immediately make tactical gestures and take the lead in transferring.
He moved nearly a hundred meters to the side, hid outside the search range of the red army platoon, and passed by.
After narrowly avoiding the Red Army search party, Jackie Chan continued to lead the team forward, but his face became extremely solemn.
They were lined up in a row, obviously searching for the Red Army platoon, and they suddenly appeared here in the middle of the night. Something so abnormal must be a monster.
And this time a platoon appears and can be easily bypassed. What if a company or even a battalion appears next time?
You know, there is a mechanized infantryman here!
"Eighty percent of the time it was the helicopter that was exposed. If we had used a high-altitude parachute, this situation would not have happened."
Jackie Chan felt regretful, but there was nothing he could do.
He knew why Yuan Lang launched an aerial attack instead of using parachuting, which was safer and more concealed, to infiltrate via parachute.
Xu Sanduo and others entered Lao A for a short period of time and had not had time to practice parachuting.
If you don’t have that technology, you can only choose something more dangerous.
This point also more fully explains the importance of technology for special operations.
Why does the military region attach so much importance to Jackie Chan, who has developed various cutting-edge technologies and also developed paintball guns, ammunition, camouflage cloth and other equipment?
In the final analysis, it is the value of technology!
When you have the corresponding technology, you can make a very complicated thing simpler and win a battle more easily.
And when you lack the appropriate skills, simple things can become dangerous.
Just like now!
Xu Sanduo and others lacked high-altitude skydiving skills, so they were discovered by the Red Army as soon as they landed.
This makes Jackie Chan very helpless!
The mission cannot be stopped even after being discovered. Jackie Chan can only find a way to avoid the search team and then be more cautious on the way to find the artillery regiment.
At the same time, the information that the infiltration had been discovered was fed back to Wu Zhe's second team next door.