On the small road at the east entrance of Zhuangzi, two 37 anti-tank guns that were ambushed in a pigsty by the road opened fire at the same time. There were two explosions, the fire flashed, and the Blue Army's Thunder-1 tank continued to drive forward two meters, and then stopped.
He came down, roared, and rotated the turret. The thick 57mm barrel was lowered and aimed at the pig pen on the right front.
The pigs in the pigsty screamed, and the two groups of Red Army anti-tank gunners hiding inside also screamed, trying hard to push the 37 guns around, trying to push out of the pigsty and retreat back. But the Thunder tank opened fire. There was a loud noise,
Flames erupted from the muzzle, and several pigs in the pigsty began to howl even louder. Their front hooves were clinging to the fence, and their long mouths were squeezed in the middle, desperately trying to escape, as if it was the end of the world.
Behind the Blue Army tank, a drill referee rushed up with a bucket of white ash. Without saying a word, he painted an eye-catching line of white ash on the front armor plate of the Thunder tank, indicating that the tank had suffered minor damage.
The commander was unhappy, opened the roof to reveal himself, and shouted down:
"Hey, my front armor is 50 millimeters thick, and his two 37 small cannons can injure me? This is Thunder 1, not Lightning 3! Is there a mistake?"
The drill referee put the brush back into the bucket and said:
"That's right! The distance is so close and two shots hit at the same time. It's not a problem if you are slightly injured! If you don't accept it, you will be dismissed!"
Then he rushed into the pig pen and called out to the Red Army anti-tank gunners:
"Hey, don't run! A 57mm high-explosive bomb exploded among you, and you were all killed! Two anti-tank guns were destroyed!"
The commander of the Thunder tank smiled and muttered:
"That's pretty much it."
Then retract the turret, close the top cover, and continue to move forward.
The Red Army soldiers pushed the two anti-tank guns out of the pig pen in embarrassment, and then honestly wanted to return to the place where they died and lie down.
But in the pig pen, the stench was overwhelming, the floor was covered with pig manure, and several frantic pigs were running around, hissing and screaming, as if they wanted to eat people.
"Forget it, forget it," the drill referee shook his head, "you can go lie down outside the village."
Several Red Army soldiers felt relieved and ran out.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a louder sound from the front, like muffled thunder. Then a voice came from the front:
"The Blue Army's mine-sweeping tank was directly hit by the 75-inch infantry gun and completely destroyed! All personnel on the vehicle were killed..."
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At the entrance of the village in the south, two tanks of the Blue Army had been destroyed. At the same time, machine gun fire was constantly spraying in the darkness on the opposite side. The Blue Army infantrymen who tried to rush in were "killed" one after another. However, due to the narrow battlefield, the dead personnel on both sides could not lie down.
Instead of staying in place, they gathered outside the village.
In addition, this is the last battle of the entire exercise, and there are many snakes and insects in the fields at night. The exercise referees do not require the "killed" soldiers to lie down, but just concentrate on standby. Therefore, both sides are more cautious when fighting.
"Not afraid of death", especially the Blue Army with sufficient strength, took advantage of the large number of people and rushed in desperately, causing the number of casualties to rise sharply.
Although the Blue Army officers and soldiers were mentally prepared for the remaining resistance of the Red Sixth Division, they did not expect that their firepower would be so intensive. On both sides of the path leading to the village, there seemed to be endless machine gun points. One machine gun point was firing in the dark.
Let the Blue Army kill more than a dozen people, and then the tanks coming up from behind will clear the machine gun spots with one shot, but then an artillery will appear from nowhere, and it is often a 75mm infantry cannon, and occasionally a 105mm howitzer.
Such a big guy. In front of such a large-caliber artillery, any tank will be killed by one hit.
When the infantry jumped off the armored vehicle from behind and went up with submachine guns to clear the artillery points, one or two more machine gun flames would spurt out in the darkness, and then half the infantry squad was "dead".
What's even worse are the landmines that explode from time to time on the path. The infantry rushes in, and from time to time they step on anti-infantry mines and are "blown to death" before retreating to the outside of the village in despair. If you ride in a tank or armored vehicle, you are not afraid of anti-infantry mines.
, but a larger anti-tank mine will explode. The tank will be destroyed on the spot, and the armored vehicle is even worse. Not only will it be destroyed, but half of the soldiers will be killed.
On various small roads, all the minesweeper tanks that the Blue Army charged at the front were destroyed and parked there, blocking the road. The tanks and armored vehicles behind could not drive in, so they had to use infantry to rush in while maneuvering from the outside.
Vehicles coming into the repair camp are towed out.
If there was a real battle, and you were firing at each other back and forth, many houses would have been turned into rubble, and many buildings would have been knocked open to form new roads. But this is a drill, and casualties can be estimated, but not really
The houses of the common people were knocked open. Therefore, the Blue Army could only carry out activities on the original roads in the village. These original roads were repeatedly designed with firepower points by the Red Sixth Division. The Blue Army was extremely passive.
…
"Master seat," on the high ground of the Blue Army's frontline headquarters, the staff officer said anxiously, holding a telescope, "We have to think of a way. If we continue to fight like this, the losses in this small village will be greater than the losses in the entire exercise."
too much!"
"Um."
Hou Hekun did not answer, and continued to observe the battle in Zhuangzi with his high-power monocular telescope.
"How much have we lost?"
he asked suddenly.
Several staff officers nearby immediately picked up several reports, compared them, and then reported:
"Division seat, we have now killed more than 400 people. The total casualties are nearly 800 people. Six tanks and seven armored vehicles have been completely destroyed. Four tanks and six armored vehicles have been damaged... Division
We've only been attacking for more than an hour now, and we've already suffered so many casualties! We haven't even entered Zhuangzi's door yet!"
"Four hundred people were killed and 13 vehicles were damaged..." Hou Hekun said to himself, "It's not enough..."
Several staff officers nearby heard this and were all stunned:
"Teacher, what did you say? It's not enough?"
Hou Hekun did not explain, but just ordered:
"You should be careful. When taking Zhuangzi, the casualties should not exceed four or five thousand people... Do you understand?"
"Master seat?" a staff officer asked curiously, "Four or five thousand people? There won't be four or five thousand casualties, right?"
Several other people were also very surprised. What happened to Master today? Why are you so pessimistic? This little Zhuangzi is more difficult, but it won't cause so many casualties, right?
"In short, keep the current momentum," Hou Hekun said, "Don't be too fast, and don't be too fierce."
"...Master, why?"
Hou Hekun glanced at Xiang Xiaoqiang and Zhu Yourong and said:
"No matter why, just do it."
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On the high ground a few hundred meters away, Zhu Yourong and Xiang Xiaoqiang sat side by side on the grass, staring at the constant flashes of light in the village in the distance and the sound of gunfire.
Looking at the battlefield from here, it seems extremely far away, and it is easy to have a detached feeling of being outside the war.
The surrounding guards and officers stood far away to protect Her Majesty the Queen. From this distance, they could be seen but could not hear their conversation.
At night in early June, there were not many mosquitoes, but because eight red lights were lit around the highland, many small flying insects were attracted to fly. An incense burner was placed next to Zhu Yourong, and the elegant mosquito-repellent incense was still there.
The ground is floating around, but there are no mosquitoes to disturb it.
"You are deliberately letting the red side go, right?"
Zhu Yourong asked softly.
Xiang Xiaoqiang glanced at Zhu Yourong, but he didn't expect that this girl's eyes were really powerful...or rather, it wasn't the eyes, but the ability to see into people's hearts.
He smiled slightly, looked around, and whispered:
"It wasn't me who gave way to the red team, it was the blue army who gave way to the red team."
Zhu Yourong glanced at him and continued to stare at the battlefield in the distance:
"The Blue Army didn't get your permission?...Then what did Xiu Xiu do?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang was speechless. Zhu Yourong discovered sensitively that Xiu Xiu was no longer here. What did it mean that she was so sensitive to Xiu Xiu...?
Not to mention, Xiuxiu was really sent to Hou Hekun to give "hints".
How do you say that? War is a continuation of politics. So exercises are also a continuation of politics. The battle below is so fierce and so "bloody and bloody" that it can almost be called the "New Mengzhuang Meat Grinder", but the Blue Army
It's just weird that no smoke screen was used.
It seems that Hou Hekun still "understands politics". You know, he can be like Rommel and not understand the hint.
Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled and said:
"Your Majesty, in this exercise, the Blue Army destroyed six divisions of the Red Army, while its own casualties were less than 3,000... This ratio is too... how should I put it, too ugly."
Zhu Yourong did not speak, but silently pulled the grass under her feet. After a while, she sighed:
"I know, you have no choice..."
"A last resort?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang was a little surprised. To be honest, he did this just because he didn't want Tang Yunsheng, the highly respected old marshal, to be unable to come to power, and he didn't want to make the army boss he had just made friends with look bad. However, this was just a thought on his part, and there was no last resort at all.
The problem.
Zhu Yourong was still looking at the war in the distance, plucking grass in his hand, and said silently:
"I know that you are worried. You need to think about the future for yourself and want to make all aspects of your relationship better now..."
Xiang Xiaoqiang was confused, why did Zhu Yourong become more and more incomprehensible as he talked? Think about the future?
Zhu Yourong looked up at the sky, sighed softly, and asked:
"Come on, you don't have to worry, we are good friends... I still remember these words, I will not let my good friend have no retreat in the future... The new Nanyang Territory has not appointed a governor yet, do you want to go?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang was really shocked.
Zhu Yourong mentioned that they were friends in the first half of the sentence. Xiang Xiaoqiang was not just moved, but the second half of the sentence scared him.
Why, you are sent to Nanyang now? What happened?
Zhu Yourong continued to say quietly:
"If you don't want to go to Nanyang, that's fine. I'll think of other ways for you... In short, I'll make sure you don't have any worries."
Xiang Xiaoqiang is getting more and more stupid, and the battle in the distance can no longer attract him at this moment.
Why does this girl seem to be explaining the funeral arrangements?
"What's going on?" He stared at Zhu Yourong and said, "What happened? Tell me."