From the 7th Steel Company to the Synthetic Division

"Let's see how you counter this move."

Chen Jun noticed the dramatic change in Andrei's expression and chuckled inwardly before continuing, "General Andrei, I can now tell you very clearly that, including the Blue Army's commander-in-chief, there are more than forty Russian soldiers from the Blue Army who have been arranged to rest in our camp."

Don't try to cause us trouble by restricting personal freedom. Taking the defeated party away during the exercise is entirely in accordance with the exercise rules and is the right of the winner.

Furthermore, our army has a long-standing tradition of treating prisoners of war well, and has always provided them with good food and drink.

Now, all I need to do is call them all over and have them recount the entire course of our battle in front of you. I believe the truth will naturally come to light.

Chen Jun's move was like a bolt from the blue for the Russian army.

They've completely blocked their path!
The Russian side can arbitrarily deny the data provided by China, but they cannot deny the truth of the battle as told to them by Russian prisoners of war.

To know.

The Russian soldiers taken away by the Seventh Steel Battalion did not have prior communication with Andrei and others, and were unaware that Andrei and other high-ranking Russian military officers were planning a scheme.

Once all these prisoners are brought here for questioning, they will surely tell the truth about what happened.

Once all the prisoners have truthfully recounted their battle experiences in front of everyone, and combined with the time of each battle, the information can be easily pieced together to reconstruct the entire battle process.

With the help of thermal imaging equipment, the 7th Steel Battalion sneaked into the Blue Army's forward positions under cover of night and took control of the entire Blue Army position without firing a single shot.

A gap has been torn in the Blues' impenetrable first line of defense.

By then organizing the time when other companies were captured, it became clear how the 7th Steel Battalion captured the entire right flank of the Blue Army.

That was a route that completely crushed the Blue Team by relying on technological and equipment advantages.

The initial accusations leveled by General Andrei, and the suspicion that the 7th Steel Battalion had bypassed the exercise area, will automatically disintegrate as the truth comes to light.

They knew that once the prisoners arrived, the blame could no longer be placed on the Chinese troops.

The German high-ranking officers, including Andrei, looked extremely uncomfortable when they heard that Chen Jun was going to bring Russian prisoners of war.

"I've said everything I needed to say. So, General Andrei, would you like me to bring the person over?"

Chen Jun gave Andrei no time to breathe, preventing him from thinking, and immediately pressed on, further intensifying the pressure and expanding his own advantage.

General Andrei's already grim face turned even more so.

His skin was a deep, dark blue, with veins bulging out.

Chen Jun had made his point clear, and all the Russian officers, including Andrei, understood that their plot had completely failed.

If Chen Jun really brings the Blue Army prisoners over, the Russian side will only lose face in the end if they confront them face to face.

They might even be unable to back down from the situation.

In order to preserve his last shred of dignity, General Andrei had no choice but to accept the reality before him, no matter how unwilling he was.

He forcibly suppressed the resentment in his heart and the shame of losing the exercise.

Forcing an awkward smile, he said, "The Chinese troops' statement is very clear, and the evidence is sufficient to prove that this is a misunderstanding."

Therefore, there is no need to call back our personnel who were invited to the exercise. Please have the Chinese troops send them back after they return.

This matter is now concluded. I still need to report to the general director's office, so the meeting is adjourned.

They wanted to make China take the blame, but Chen Jun gave them a sharp counterattack, and General Andrei really lost face and dignity.

Not wanting to stay in the meeting room for even a second longer, he got up and strode away.

They fled in a somewhat panicked manner!
The remaining senior Russian military officers were much the same; they were like children who had been caught doing something wrong, and they didn't dare to look at the Chinese group at all.

They either slunk away or looked elsewhere to avoid embarrassment.

Having refuted the Russian conspiracy with sound reasoning and evidence, Chen Jun led the Chinese delegation out of the conference room with heads held high, as if they were the victors.

"Old Chen, you're really something! Look how angry that Russian is, his face turned blue with rage. It's so satisfying, so incredibly satisfying, haha."

As soon as they stepped outside, Gao Cheng couldn't contain himself and excitedly put his arm around Chen Jun's shoulder, showering him with praise.

"Deputy Battalion Commander Chen, if you hadn't been a soldier and had become a lawyer, you would definitely have become a great lawyer. Your eloquence is just too good, haha."

Fang Zijian racked his brains for a long time but couldn't come up with a solution to the predicament. In the end, Chen Jun easily resolved the situation, which truly made him admire Chen Jun.

Previously, he only knew that Chen Jun was very outstanding and had made a great reputation in the army in just a few years.

I didn't feel much.

After all, working in the Central Military Commission, one has seen countless outstanding military figures and a wide range of talented individuals, which naturally raises one's standards.

After this thrilling verbal battle, which successfully defused the Russian army's attempt to pin the blame on the Chinese troops, Fang Zijian truly realized that Chen Jun's excellence far exceeded his expectations.

Chen Jun was not just an outstanding talent in his eyes, but an extremely rare genius even among outstanding talents, a super prodigy with no flaws in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, and aesthetics.

Having witnessed Chen Jun's extraordinary abilities, Fang Zijian couldn't help but want to befriend him.

Their attitude toward Chen Jun became increasingly friendly.

Chen Jun was actually quite pleased to have successfully exposed the Russian army's plot, so he accepted all the praise without reservation.

Amidst the enthusiastic praise from everyone, Chen Jun led the group back to the camp.

To prevent the Russian army from causing any further trouble, Chen Jun and Gao Cheng, representing the Seventh Steel Battalion, contacted the high-ranking Chinese delegation at the General Director's Office through Fang Zijian.

They gave a detailed report on the final results of the exercise and what happened in the Russian military command section.

The head of the Chinese delegation was a high-ranking officer who had served in the military for over forty years and had personally participated in the wars against India and Vietnam.

A true veteran of the military!

Even this veteran commander, who had seen all sorts of scenes and truly experienced life and death on the battlefield, was shocked after hearing about the achievements of the Seventh Steel Battalion.

I once thought I had misheard, that I was just getting old and my hearing was failing.

I specifically asked Chen Jun about this, and even after receiving his answer, I still found it unbelievable. So I seriously confirmed it again.

It was like listening to it three times in a row, and the more I listened, the wider my eyes widened.

Such an exaggerated casualty ratio of 0 to 3253 is something the old commander, who has been in the military for over forty years, has never heard of before, whether in combat exercises or actual combat.

This truly shattered his understanding!
However, Chen Jun's statements were accurate three times in a row, forcing the old commander to realize, no matter how much he disbelieved it, that it was indeed true.

As the leader of the delegation, he led the participating troops to kill more than 3,000 Russian soldiers in the exercise with the Russian army, and his own side suffered no casualties.

After initial disbelief, I confirmed that this outrageous thing had really happened.

The old leader then became quite animated.

From extreme surprise and disbelief, he quickly transformed into excited, blushing laughter, and then happily shared this outrageous yet true news with the other members of the Chinese delegation.

Others who heard this explosive news were also nearly driven to madness. A battalion wiped out an entire reinforced regiment.

If they were in command of the operation, they wouldn't even dare to dream of something so outrageous.

But now, the Steel Seventh Battalion, which went abroad with them, has achieved such an incredible record despite being limited in all aspects of fighting on foreign soil.

It's absolutely outrageous—it's outrageous to the extreme.

After a brief moment of shock and disorientation, the other members of the Chinese delegation, like their senior leader, became excited and their faces turned red.

The senior Russian military officers in the general command headquarters had not yet received Andrei's report.

Seeing how excited the Chinese delegation members were, some high-ranking Russian military officers became very curious and came over to ask what had happened.

The 7th Steel Battalion has achieved such an impressive record that the Chinese delegation was just looking for an opportunity to boast and show off.

Since a senior Russian military officer took the initiative to approach him, he had to make sure the other party was fully satisfied, explaining everything in the most detailed way possible.

The Chinese delegation members spoke with great enthusiasm, but the Russian military officer's face grew increasingly dark as he listened.

The Chinese side achieved a kill count of 3,000.

This is equivalent to the Russians losing 3,000 lives.

Upon learning that their own reinforced regiment of several thousand men had been wiped out by a combined arms battalion of only a few hundred Chinese soldiers, with almost all of their combat troops killed, they were astonished.

The first reaction of senior Russian military officers was anger, and their second reaction was that it must be fake news.

The Russian army that they sent to participate in the exercise this time is the Central Division, one of the elite divisions of the Russian Army, whose combat power is among the best in the country.

How could they be so easily killed by the Chinese troops, who could cut down more than 3,000 of them like they were made of tofu dregs?

Most importantly, no Chinese troops have been killed in action.

This was so illogical and absurd that none of the senior Russian military officers in the General Headquarters could accept such an outrageous thing.

But the Chinese delegation spoke with such conviction that it didn't seem like they were deliberately boasting or lying.

Everyone in the general command was filled with shame, anger, and frustration, and could only immediately contact the Marine Corps command division below to find out if this was really true.

Based on the timeline, the Chinese delegation should have known about the Russian military headquarters first.

After all, Andrei left the conference room first, and the communications center was not far away next to the conference room. It would only take less than two minutes to walk there and start reporting.

The reason why senior Russian military officers in the General Directorate learned about the situation later than the Chinese delegation was that...

The main reason lies with Andrei.

The army's exercise concluded successfully, but this success belongs directly to the Chinese troops; the Russian troops' performance was truly appalling.

Andrei stayed in the communications center for ten minutes, but he just couldn't muster the courage to report to his superiors.

To be more precise...

I don't know how to report it.

If you start by saying that the Russian army was utterly defeated by the Chinese, that an entire reinforced regiment lost over 3,000 men, while your own side still has no victories to speak of.

Andrei was 100% certain that he would be thoroughly berated.

It was because of fear that I couldn't find a suitable excuse.

Andrei kept delaying his report.

As a result, Andrei delayed reporting, while Chen Jun reported quickly and efficiently, leading the general director's department to turn to Andrei to investigate the truth.

Andrei could no longer hide it and had no choice but to bite the bullet and give a report.

"Boom~"

A bolt from the blue!
When the senior Russian military officer in the general directorate learned the truth, he was so angry that he felt dizzy and that the sky was about to fall. He almost vomited blood.

This humiliating victory, which no one would believe if spoken of, was actually achieved by the Russian army during an exercise.

If the Russian army had won, that would have been fine; one piece of good news and one piece of bad news would have balanced things out. But the Chinese troops were the ones who really stood out.

How could a high-ranking Russian military officer accept this?!
However, the facts are already clear, and any anger is futile. The Russian army has achieved such a disgraceful victory, and the aftermath can only be dealt with internally.

The head of the Russian military's general command could only reluctantly come out and congratulate the Chinese representatives.

Then, forcing a smile, he praised the Chinese troops for their outstanding performance and commended the remarkable achievements of their modernization reforms.

The Chinese delegation accepted the Russian praise with a confident and unwavering attitude, beaming with smiles. The pride of the delegation was earned through the hard work of the Seventh Steel Battalion.

The opportunity to show off is something you've worked hard for, so it would be embarrassing to hide it away.

Wouldn't all that hard work have been for nothing?

In particular, the veteran leader of the Chinese delegation, although this was his first time leading troops to participate in the exercise, had traveled abroad dozens of times.

He even led troops into real combat several times.

But if we're talking about the one trip abroad that made him feel most satisfied, most proud, and most exhilarated, it would definitely be this trip to participate in the military exercise.

A casualty ratio of 0 to over 3000.

It's so stimulating, every pore feels soothed.

……

The more happily the Chinese delegation smiled, the more miserable the Russian troops felt.

This led to the original Russian plan to organize a series of friendly "meetings" between senior Russian army officers and the Chinese delegation after the strategic exercise was completed.

Because the Russian military's performance was so poor, the Russian officials were so ashamed that they had to cancel most of the subsequent plans.

In the end, it was just a meeting in name only.

Then, the procedures were expedited, and Chinese troops were arranged to board military trains returning home, thus hastily concluding the joint military exercise.

but.

Although the Russian military's arrangements were very rushed and their hospitality was extremely lacking.

However, among the Chinese delegation members who boarded the train back to China, from the senior leaders to every soldier of the Seventh Steel Battalion, not a single person had any objections.

Instead, everyone's face lit up with smiles.

The hard seat that had been sore on my bottom when I sat down felt incredibly soft when I sat back down. (End of Chapter)