From the 7th Steel Company to the Synthetic Division

Wang Kezheng had a meticulously planned scheme, believing his plan to be flawless.

In fact, if the main force of the 708th Brigade were to arrive and launch a full-scale attack on the 535 defense line, there would indeed be a high probability that the 535 defense line would be captured.

The 7th Steel Brigade's frontal combat capabilities are currently incomparable to those of the 708th Brigade.

The 708th Brigade has been training for three years, but the 7th Steel Brigade hasn't even done that yet.

This is an insurmountable gap!
Fortunately, Chen Jun has served in the military for so many years that he has reached the pinnacle of tactical and strategic application and is proficient in all kinds of tactics and fighting methods.

This time, a specially customized "playing to strengths and avoiding weaknesses" strategy was designed to counter the 708th Brigade's deadly attack.

The overall tactical structure is simple, yet exceptionally effective.

The core idea is that since the 708th Brigade is strong in direct combat, we should avoid engaging the 708th Brigade head-on, and instead leverage our own strengths to block the 708th Brigade's offensive.

Regardless of the initial deployment of armed helicopters to assassinate the 708th Brigade commander on a narrow bridge.

Because the situation on the battlefield had changed, they were unable to find all the leaders of the 708th Brigade, so they decisively changed their strategy to destroy the 708th Brigade's rear supply camp.

They also pulled off a clever switcheroo, capturing Wang Kezheng, the commander of the 708th Brigade, alive.

All tactics were the same old tricks used by the 7th Steel Battalion, and the participants were all old partners who had long worked together in tacit understanding. Their combat effectiveness and execution were far superior to those of the 708th Brigade.

It's like using the strongest point of the 7th Steel Brigade—the 7th Steel Battalion—to play tricks and tactics.

With its well-established system and natural advantages in communications, the 7th Steel Battalion launched a series of attacks to weaken the 708th Brigade.

This series of interconnected tactics, constantly weakening the enemy's overall strength, is one of Chen Jun's trump cards in his desire to integrate the Seventh Steel Brigade's tactical system.

Chen Jun called it the "peeling onion tactic".

The confrontation has reached this point, and despite the exercise command making a decision in advance, Wang Kezheng has also caused some trouble. As soon as I saw the order, I continued the attack.

However, Chen Jun's tactics were executed very smoothly overall, and he had basically completed 80% of the task.

Only one last major step remains—

Prevent the 708th Brigade from reaching the assembly point!
Since Wang Kezheng had placed all his hopes on the main force of the 708th Brigade to fight on the front, then Chen Jun completely crushed his hopes.

……

On the provincial highway that is the only way to Langshan, two cars were overturned on the road, and a truck was parked next to them, completely blocking the three lanes.

Several staff members wearing reflective vests blocked the road to maintain order at the scene.

It looks like they're waiting for the traffic police to handle it.

By the time the main force of the 708th Brigade arrived, the road ahead was already blocked for more than 100 meters.

Fortunately, this road is not a main road, and there aren't many people with cars these days. If it were in 2025, it could cause a traffic jam that stretches for kilometers in no time.

"Why has the car stopped? What's going on ahead? Send someone to check it out immediately."

Political Commissar He Yazhou, who was in charge of leading the team to the assembly point, noticed a long line of cars ahead through the windshield and used the vehicle's radio to inquire about the situation of the cars in front.

"Yes."

Another officer got out of the vehicle ahead and, accompanied by a sergeant, jogged to the front.

Seeing the situation on the ground, they immediately understood that there must have been a car accident. So they went to the cordon and asked a staff member who was smoking, "When can this area be reopened to traffic?"

"How can I say for sure? If you don't have anything urgent, just wait a bit," the smoking staff member said casually.

"We have a very urgent mission and must get through here immediately, otherwise..."

"Don't say otherwise."

Before the officer could finish speaking, a smoking staff member interrupted him, saying, "If everyone follows the traffic rules, there won't be any accidents, right?"
Don't rush, wait for the traffic police and insurance company personnel, they should arrive in about half an hour.

Once they arrive, take photos, and resolve the issue, the tow truck will come and clear the scene. Then you'll be able to pass through here.

The staff member who was smoking said something that sounded very professional, but in reality, it was full of loopholes.

Anyone with a basic understanding of procedures would be able to spot the problem with a little thought, but these two soldiers were unfamiliar with how social organizations handle such situations.

Seeing that the other party's reply was so formal, the two had no choice but to run back to report to He Yazhou.

"Political Commissar, there has been a serious traffic accident ahead. We can't pass for the time being. They said we have to wait for the traffic police and the insurance company to arrive and handle the situation before we can pass. It will take at least half an hour."

"How about that?"

He Yazhou immediately lost his temper, and his face turned extremely ugly.

"Political Commissar, we can implement the second plan."

The reporting officer ran to the side of the road, pointed to the small slope outside the road, and said: "The slope is very gentle from here. As long as we remove the guardrail, the convoy can go around it from below. After the convoy passes, the engineering company can restore them."

If any losses are incurred, we'll compensate you accordingly. Political Commissar, what do you think?

Political Commissar He Yazhou carefully examined the slope with a calm expression and found that vehicles could indeed pass through. In addition, given the urgency of the battle, every minute and every second was extremely precious.

So he decisively said, "This is indeed our only solution, but we need to negotiate with the highway management department first to avoid conflicts between the military and local authorities."

While the military does have special privileges, it is not entirely without restrictions.

What needs to be negotiated must be negotiated.

"Political Commissar, there are road maintenance workers on site ahead; we can negotiate with them," the officer reported.

"Okay, I'll go and negotiate with them. You go and notify the engineering company to come up."

After giving the order, He Yazhou walked forward, and the officer jogged towards the convoy.

Led by another sergeant, He Yazhou went up to the road administration worker who was smoking and asked, "Are you from the road administration department?"

"Well, I am."

The road maintenance worker glanced at He Yazhou's shoulders, grinned, revealing a set of white teeth, and said, "Wow, with so many stars on your shoulders, you must be a pretty high-ranking official."

In fact, the road administration official's words were superfluous and had already revealed his true identity.

However, He Yazhou did not notice. Instead, he took out his identification from his jacket pocket, handed it over, and revealed his identity: "I am the political commissar of the army. This is my officer's ID."

"Oh, Political Commissar He."

The staff member glanced at the ID, then handed it over, saying, "Please keep this ID safe. Is there anything I can help you with?"

Instead of reading the name and position from the certificate, he read out "Political Commissar He" with practiced ease.

This actually exposes it as well!

People in society wouldn't pronounce it that way.

However, Political Commissar He Yazhou was preoccupied with solving the problem and still failed to notice the loophole exposed by his habit. Instead, he said very politely, "It's like this, if we can only pass after the accident is dealt with, it may delay important matters, so please be accommodating."

"Uh..." The staff member smiled awkwardly and scratched his head, a gesture that was quite fitting. He said helplessly, "I can't make the decision on this. My boss told me to keep an eye on things here and not let a single car pass."

So please don't make things difficult for me. Let's wait for the traffic police to arrive before discussing this further.

These words were spoken with great skill, clearly indicating that prior preparation had been done.

“We are going to participate in a military exercise, and the combat mission is very urgent. Therefore, since we cannot leave, we have no choice but to invoke the wartime emergency mobilization regulations.”

He Yazhou pointed to the guardrail next to him and continued, "We need to pry open this section of guardrail, go around it from below, and then restore it for you."

It will absolutely not cause any damage to the highway, and even if there is any damage, we will compensate for it. What do you think?

He Yazhou's words were already very polite. After all, he was a political worker and his emotions were relatively stable. If it were Wang Kezheng here, he would have already ordered people to start fighting. Why would he waste his breath here?

"Just remove this small section of guardrail?" the road administration worker asked to confirm.

“Yes, we’ll remove this section. We’ll go around from under the road to the front, and then we’ll restore it for you,” He Yazhou said, turning around.

"Then, let's do it."

Since He Yazhou had already put it this way and brought up the wartime mobilization regulations, the road administration personnel had no way to refuse any longer.

"Okay, I'll have our engineers come up. They can pry open the fence in ten minutes..."

"and many more."

The road administration worker interrupted He Yazhou, saying with great difficulty, "It's not up to me to decide this. I have to report to our boss. If he approves, then you can start construction."

This tactic is called stalling for time.

Since there's no way to refuse directly, let's try to stall for as long as possible.

"Okay, then ask now," He Yazhou could only say patiently.

"Boss, boss..."

The road maintenance worker solemnly picked up the walkie-talkie and asked slowly, "There is a political commissar of the People's Liberation Army here named He Yazhou. He said he wants to pry open our guardrail and temporarily pass through the roadside."

"What? Remove the guardrail? No way, that's vandalism! Absolutely not!" The person on the other end of the walkie-talkie refused without even thinking.

If any members of the Seventh Steel Battalion were here, they would definitely recognize who was speaking.

That's not the road administration official in charge.

It was clearly Chen Jun.

Unfortunately, Political Commissar He Yazhou did not know Chen Jun and was not familiar with Chen Jun's voice. He was completely fooled and believed that the person in charge of the road administration was notifying him.

His face immediately turned ugly.

"Look, our boss doesn't agree, so even if I did, it wouldn't make a difference," the road administration worker said awkwardly, his acting skills were quite impressive.

As expected of special forces soldiers trained by veteran special operations teams, their acting and disguise skills are all top-notch.

“What’s your boss’s name? Come here, let me say a few words to him,” He Yazhou requested.

“Our boss is the section chief of this area, his surname is Chen, we all call him Boss Chen. If he doesn’t agree, even if the traffic police come, there’s nothing they can do,” the road administration staff member said seriously.

"Row."

He Yazhou took the walkie-talkie, pressed the call button, and said very formally, "Comrade Chen, I am the political commissar of the unit. We are currently on a very urgent mission and need temporary passage. We hope you can do us a favor."

The conflict between the military and local authorities is a very complicated matter, and He Yazhou really doesn't want to cause any trouble.

We just have to be patient!
"Political Commissar He, right? Which unit are you from? What's your unit number?"

He Yazhou frowned upon hearing what the other person said. He sensed something was wrong; the other person's tone had a strong "military flavor."

However, he was in a hurry to get through here, so he didn't think about it carefully and said cooperatively, "We are the 708th Brigade, and we are conducting a military exercise. Please cooperate with us. Twenty minutes will be enough."

“The 708th Brigade, those are like family. When we were building this highway, you sent a lot of troops to help us. Your brigade commander is Wang Kezheng, right?”

Chen Jun stared blankly and started drawing and making things up, all in an attempt to buy time.

"Building a highway? Has that ever happened?"

He Yazhou, as the political commissar, did not recall such a thing, but since the other party was taking the initiative to play the emotional card, he simply cooperated in order to get through this route.

"You know our Brigade Commander Wang? What a coincidence!" He Yazhou asked with a smile.

"Of course I know him well, I know him inside and out. I remember he can hold his liquor really well. When he comes to visit, I have to have a good drink with him."

"I'm afraid that won't work. There are military regulations that prevent us from attending local banquets."

"That's alright. If we can't drink alcohol, we can just have tea. The main thing is to sit together and catch up."

Chen Jun continued to ramble on with his eyes closed, arguing that every minute he delayed the arrival of the 708th Brigade would increase the 7th Steel Brigade's chances of winning.

However, He Yazhou is not stupid.

He had been chatting with Chen Jun for half a day, but it was all meaningless nonsense, and he was getting impatient and didn't want to continue rambling with Chen Jun.

"Comrade Chen, our engineers have arrived. Can we begin now?"

Chen Jun could tell that He Yazhou was getting anxious, but he didn't want to let him go so easily. Since he couldn't just talk about feelings, he would find another way to keep delaying.

So he changed the subject and said, "How about this, come to my section for a bit, we'll go through some formalities and procedures, and then you can get started."

"Don't make things difficult for me, okay? I also need the paperwork to report to my superiors. Otherwise, if they find out, I can't afford the consequences of damaging highway protection."

Chen Jun's words were absolutely perfect, logical, well-founded, and without any loopholes.

It's clear that it's not that I'm preventing you from going; it's just that the local procedures have to be followed this way. I'm fully cooperating with you PLA comrades, so I hope you won't make things difficult for me.

He Yazhou is in a difficult situation now!

He stood there holding the walkie-talkie for nearly ten seconds, completely at a loss for words.

If you have to go to some department to handle the procedures, who knows how long it will take? He Yazhou had heard about the inefficiency of some local departments.

But if he doesn't make this trip to complete the procedures, then he'll have no choice but to force the issue.

However, forcing the issue could lead to conflicts between the military and local authorities.

He Yazhou was already under considerable pressure for disobeying the exercise command's orders; if he were to create further conflict between the military and local authorities in this area...

He Yazhou really had no idea whether he could shut this up by then.

Seeing He Yazhou's troubled expression, the road administration worker rolled his eyes and said, "The section you're in is in the town just ahead, not far, it only takes a few minutes to get there."

He deliberately emphasized the words "a few minutes," clearly indicating that these few minutes were not so simple. (End of Chapter)