amaotonovel Chapter 370 The army collapsed like a house of cards! A brave man cuts off his own arm to prevent fu
Chapter 370 The army collapsed like a house of cards! A brave man cuts off his own arm to prevent fu
boom! !
Ge Junshan slammed the teacup down.
He stood up angrily, gripped the landline receiver tightly, and roared:
"What the hell! What kind of bullshit Armored Warriors are you?"
"We've been preparing for this for so long, and we have plenty of supplies."
"They even specifically designated the training grounds where they frequently train and are particularly familiar with for the exercises."
"They were even given an additional air defense missile battalion and an electronic warfare company!"
"As a result, this super-enhanced heavy armored division was completely annihilated in less than a day while fighting on its home field!"
"I fucking thought they could cut melons and vegetables with ease, and easily wipe out the other side's combined arms brigade."
"Now look what happened, they were easily wiped out. Tell me, how exactly was this exercise conducted?"
"Even if it were more than ten thousand pigs, and the other side were chasing and mowing them down with machine guns on the training ground, they wouldn't be able to kill them all in a day, right?"
Gu Maoyuan, feeling aggrieved by the angry roar, replied:
"Why are you getting angry at me, Mr. Ge?"
"I voted in favor of selecting this armored division to participate in the exercise because I think they have outstanding achievements and strong combat capabilities. They are a Class A division that protects Yanjing, but I don't command them!"
"Moreover, I went to great lengths to gather intelligence and learned that Lu Changsheng had meticulously built a combined arms brigade for him, equipped with a lot of information technology equipment, and planned to use a large number of drones to participate in the exercise."
"I immediately suggested adding an air defense missile battalion and an electronic warfare company to enhance air defense and electronic warfare capabilities, and I also ensured sufficient supplies during the preparation period..."
Ge Junshan interrupted angrily, asking, "Then why did we lose so badly and so quickly? A heavy armored division couldn't defeat a combined arms brigade? It's unheard of! Unbelievable!"
As he said this, Ge Junshan slammed his fist on the desk, making a loud thud.
I was absolutely furious!
This confrontation exercise, which was expected to be a sure victory, ended in a complete and utter defeat.
For example, a child who usually has good grades and is highly regarded takes the college entrance examination.
I thought I could easily get a high score.
But the result?
The child handed in the paper quickly, saying the questions were too difficult and he couldn't answer them at all.
How can I get high scores like this? How can I get into a top university?
Therefore, Ge Junshan was extremely distressed and found it difficult to accept this 'humiliating' outcome.
ah~
Gu Maoyuan sighed heavily.
"Old Ge, didn't I already tell you?"
"It's not that we didn't try, it's that the other side is too advanced!"
"Our armored division is large, with 10,000 more men than the enemy, but what's the use?"
"At the beginning, we were subjected to strong electromagnetic interference, which made us feel like we were blind and deaf, unable to see or hear anything."
"Then unmanned reconnaissance aircraft precisely guided the fire coverage, followed by a large number of suicide drones targeting each target one by one."
"It's like on an ancient battlefield, we sent out a large number of strong and capable infantrymen, but the enemy immediately released poison smoke and unleashed a volley of arrows, giving us no chance for close combat!"
"What's the use of having more troops? We haven't even seen the enemy yet, and half of them have already been wiped out. The rest don't have heavy equipment and are fighting separately, so naturally they won't last long!"
Gu Maoyuan paused for a moment, then continued:
"Mr. Ge, think back to the Gulf War."
"The U.S. military first used electronic warfare to paralyze Iran's radar and communication systems, then deployed stealth fighters to bomb the command center, followed by a large number of fighter jets and a large number of precision-guided munitions, which caused Iran to lose electromagnetic and air superiority."
"At this point, the Iranian army, unable to communicate with each other or coordinate operations, was like meat on a chopping block. Faced with the multinational forces' coordinated air and ground offensive, it was powerless to resist and quickly lost more than 20,000 men and more than 6,000 armored vehicles."
"And what about the multinational forces led by the US military? They only suffered a little over two hundred casualties, half of whom died from non-combat accidents. Compared to the huge results achieved, these losses are negligible. This battle is enough to prove that mechanization has become outdated!"
Ge Junshan glared angrily and said, "Of course I know that mechanization is outdated, and information technology has an absolute crushing advantage!"
"But over the years, we have learned from the Gulf War and have been continuously optimizing our equipment, improving our tactics and techniques, and adjusting our organizational structure."
"The armored division that was assigned to this exercise has a certain level of information warfare capability, so how come it was still brutally slaughtered like cutting melons and vegetables? This doesn't make sense!"
Gu Maoyuan sighed helplessly once again.
"Old Ge, why don't you understand?"
"We are indeed working on information technology, and we have also added an electronic warfare company."
"But Lu Changsheng is also doing it, and relying on Handong Province, which is vigorously developing the electronic information industry, he has made it even more advanced."
"It's like we're both traveling, but we have a car, which is much faster than running, while he has an airplane, Mr. Ge!"
This is a vivid and apt metaphor.
Nature made Ge Junshan understand completely.
This exercise was a complete and utter defeat.
It's not because the armored divisions are understaffed or poorly trained...
The core reason for the crushing defeat was simply that our equipment was inferior.
Throughout history, in battles between two sides with vastly different weaponry, the side with inferior equipment will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.
If the gap is not too large, the weaker party can make up for it with stronger willpower and more flexible tactics.
For example, in the past, the enemy had airplanes and cannons, while our ancestors only had millet rifles. However, their brave and fearless advances still enabled them to defeat the invaders on land.
But in the sky and on the sea...
If your equipment is far inferior to others, you can't defeat the enemy just by being brave, tenacious, and resourceful.
Like a small sampan, it can't even withstand the strong winds and waves of the ocean.
How can one sink a steel warship with a displacement of several thousand tons?
and so……
If the gap between nations widens to a certain extent in modern times, then even land warfare will be one-sidedly crushed.
As Gu Maoyuan said.
They've all been suppressed and rendered blind and deaf; what's the use of having more people?
No matter how many tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, or self-propelled artillery there are, they're still just targets.
This exercise was simply a reenactment of how the Iranian army was utterly defeated by multinational forces during the Gulf War eleven years ago.
Fortunately, this was just a confrontation exercise between two army units.
If other branches of the armed forces, such as the Air Force and Rocket Force, are added, joint three-dimensional combat can be conducted.
Lu Changsheng and his team will only win more exhilaratingly and at an even faster pace than imagined.
For example, once they seize electromagnetic control and learn about the movements of armored divisions, they can launch airstrikes and artillery attacks simultaneously.
Stronger, more intense, and denser firepower attacks can naturally achieve more results faster, annihilating many troops before they can even maneuver and deploy.
If that's the case, the exercise wouldn't even need to last for more than ten hours; it could probably be declared over in an hour or two.
Slowly sitting down, Ge Junshan said angrily:
"The exercise was originally planned to last for several days, but it ended in less than a day."
"Even if the US military really did invade, it wouldn't happen this quickly, would it?"
Gu Maoyuan smiled wryly and said, "Of course. Even without considering the influence of the navy and air force, in a pure land battle, the US army might not be able to achieve such results."
"An exercise is just an exercise. If a suicide drone approaches an armored vehicle, it is judged that the armored vehicle has been destroyed. In real combat, the hit rate and kill rate will definitely not be that high."
"In addition, I am not very clear about the U.S. Army's electronic warfare capabilities, but they obviously do not yet have the large-scale deployment of drones for reconnaissance, communication, and attack like Lu Changsheng's combined arms brigade."
"Moreover, our armored divisions will not surrender and stop fighting just because their communications have been disrupted or their heavy equipment has been destroyed. They will still fight bravely and tenaciously to the last moment and to the last man."
"For example, the Steel Seventh Company of the 702nd Mechanized Infantry Regiment fought very tenaciously. Despite being at a significant equipment disadvantage, they still achieved considerable results through positional warfare and infiltration operations. One squad even launched a surprise attack on the Blue Army's rear..."
Ge Junshan opened the drawer, fumbled for a cigarette, lit it, and started smoking.
After listening to Gu Maoyuan's story, he sighed with emotion:
"To be able to evade the Blue Army's reconnaissance and blockade, and to infiltrate the Blue Army's rear camp to launch a surprise attack, such a unit can indeed be considered elite, and it is worthy of being called the ace armored division guarding Yanjing!"
Gu Maoyuan sighed, "So, Elder Ge, you really can't say they're incompetent. They're not weak at all, and they really did their best for this exercise."
“Ordinary people would be exhausted after walking more than 30 kilometers of mountain road, but the five soldiers of the Steel Seventh Company had to walk far more than 30 kilometers to avoid the Blue Army’s reconnaissance and blockade.”
"Without a tenacious fighting spirit and superb tactical skills, it would have been impossible for them to infiltrate and outflank the Blue Army's rear camp over a period of more than ten hours, covering dozens of kilometers, and launch an attack in the early morning."
"They have perfectly inherited the heroic and fearless fighting spirit of their predecessors. If it were other troops participating in this exercise, it would probably have ended before noon, and it wouldn't have lasted until two or three in the morning."
Ge Junshan frowned and took a deep drag on his cigarette.
"They were tenacious enough, and they managed to preserve the last shred of dignity in this crushing defeat."
"No matter how the military reform is carried out, steel-willed warriors like them should stay in the military and contribute their talents, both morally and logically."
"But Lao Gu, losing the exercise won't have much of an impact on the entire armored division. It will just mean it's reorganized into a heavy combined arms brigade."
“Soldiers like the Steel Seventh Company who perform well in exercises are often given important positions during reorganization, but what about us?”
“Old Gu, if we lose this exercise, we have no reason or confidence to criticize Lu Changsheng and his team’s military reform proposal. Do you know what that means?”
Gu Maoyuan didn't speak, only let out a helpless sigh.
Neither of them spoke anymore.
Ge Junshan frowned and silently smoked for a while.
After a long while, he reached out and stubbed out the cigarette.
"Since things have come to this, let's go to sleep first!"
"it is good."
The phone hangs up.
Ge Junshan took out another cigarette and lit it.
He slowly got up and walked to the window.
I wanted to draw back the curtains and enjoy the night view.
But wouldn't that make it easy for people to know that you can't sleep all night?
Turning around, Ge Junshan slowly returned to his desk and stared into thought as he looked at the map of China on the wall.
And the other side.
Gu Maoyuan also couldn't sleep.
As I passed by my son's room, I leaned close to the crack in the door and listened; I could actually hear the sounds of a game playing.
After knocking twice, Gu Maoyuan pushed the door open and entered.
The son, Gu Jinyang, was engrossed in playing video games.
"It's almost three o'clock, why aren't you asleep yet?"
Gu Maoyuan closed the door behind him to prevent the noise from spreading and disturbing others' rest.
"Aren't you still awake too?"
Gu Jinyang stared at the screen, skillfully manipulating the mouse and keyboard with both hands.