From the 7th Steel Company to the Synthetic Division

The electronic warfare battalion commander had just received orders to leave when the intelligence staff officer, who was in the command vehicle, ran over to report.

"Reporting to the brigade commander, political commissar, and chief of staff, Smurf has just posted a new thread."

"What new post?"

Chu Zhangang and the other two spoke almost in unison, which showed how shocked they were by the news.

"It's strange. It's the Blue Army's operational deployment. They said they're going to ambush us, mainly targeting our central route, but also planning an ambush on our right flank. They've even announced the ambush locations," the intelligence officer said.

"What??"

This news was so explosive that Chu Zhangang, Xu Xiaocun, and the other two were all a bit stunned.

"Let's go, get in the car first, and we'll talk about it after we get in."

Xu Xiaocun's first reaction was to get the halted troops back on the highway.

Regardless of whether the news is true or false, the fact remains that the convoy is most dangerous parked on the side of the highway, while being attacked while moving is relatively safer.

"Okay, notify all units to depart immediately and enter the highway from the original exit."

With Chu Zhangan giving the order, the 909th Brigade, which had stopped, resumed its journey.

In order to better discuss the battle plan, the chief of staff did not continue to stay behind to oversee the operation, but instead rode in the command vehicle with Chu Zhangang and Xu Xiaocun.

The intelligence officer projected the post from the local area network onto the main screen of the command vehicle.

As Chu Zhangang and the others read the post, their minds were filled with a whirlwind of thoughts and ideas as they tried to discern the truth behind the revelation.

"This is unbelievable! The details are way too detailed. It can't be real!" Xu Xiaocun stared wide-eyed, unable to believe it.

"But we can't completely disbelieve it," the chief of staff said, frowning.

"I think it has absolutely no authenticity; it's all just the Red Army bluffing."

After a period of reflection, Chu Zhangang was fully confident in his judgment and decisively issued the order: "Notify the troops to advance at full speed without any hesitation."

"Brigade Commander, isn't this a bit risky? How about I lead the guard battalion and an engineer company to advance thirty kilometers?" the chief of staff suggested.

"fair enough."

Chu Zhangang nodded and instructed, "Report any situation immediately. Do not linger in battle. Do not stay any longer. Return to the main force immediately."

Chu Zhangang felt quite upset at this moment.

He never imagined that his meticulously planned and seemingly unstoppable advance would encounter the invisible and intangible, inexplicable, and treacherous tactics of the Blue Army, thus waging an unseen war.

This left Chu Zhangang, who was used to following the training syllabus, conducting combat exercises in a conventional manner, and moving forward according to the template, feeling completely lost.

Even though Chu Zhangang didn't believe the information released by the Red Army, posts kept appearing online, each one more sensational than the last.

It would be difficult for Chu Zhangang to remain unaffected.

In order to deal with this annoying, invisible harassment, the main force of the 909th Brigade had to slow down, or even move slowly and stop frequently.

The result was that although we were on the highway, we were moving at the average speed of a tractor.

Compared to the main force's extremely slow progress, the 909th Brigade's reconnaissance battalion, which had broken away from the main force and gone out in civilian clothes, is now making rapid progress.

They have now infiltrated the vicinity of the Wolf Mountain position without anyone noticing and are conducting reconnaissance.

Hong Yi specifically called on his deputy captain and bought several yellow cattle from a nearby farm, disguising himself as a cattle herder.

They led the cattle into the mountains and successfully reached the front line through the forest.

After careful reconnaissance, they arrived at the bottom of a steep ravine and hid in the woods to begin their research and discussion.

"See that gully up ahead? Do you think a person could climb up it?" Hong Yi asked the deputy captain.

"We should be able to get up there."

The deputy captain wasn't sure, and pointing to the map, he said, "This ditch doesn't seem to be marked on the map. Lao Hong, how did you know there was a ditch here?"

"I specifically checked the weather here before I came. It must have been caused by a landslide not long ago, so it's not marked on the map," Hong Yi said.

"Did you deliberately drive the cattle this way just to scout this ditch?" the deputy captain asked.

"Yes."

Hong Yi nodded and said, "I checked the weather forecast and also looked at this area on WeChat. I found this ditch, but it's not clear from the satellite image, so I'm not sure if people can get up there. That's why I had to come here in person to confirm."

have to say.

Hong Yi is truly skilled. With his talent and ability in reconnaissance, if given the opportunity to use his full potential, he might actually cause a lot of trouble for the Seventh Steel Brigade.

"It seems that this gully can serve as a concealed passage when launching an attack," the deputy captain commented.

"That's what I think too. Let's go over and take a closer look before we talk about it."

Hong Yi led an ox forward, with the deputy battalion commander following behind, also leading an ox. As they walked, the deputy commander said, "Old Hong, we haven't been in contact with the brigade headquarters for most of the day. Shouldn't we report the situation to them?"

"No."

Hong Yi immediately refused, explaining, "To contact the brigade headquarters now, we can only use the radio, which would easily expose us."

The brigade headquarters and the main force are on their way, and they can't be of any help to us anyway. We can contact them when we reach Langshan.

Done.

Hong Yi seemed to remember something and looked at the deputy captain seriously, instructing, "I am warning you again, no one is allowed to use cell phones or radios. Remove all batteries. Anyone who violates this order will be dealt with severely."

"Understood, I will give a serious account when I get back," the deputy captain nodded emphatically.

The two spoke very softly, intentionally lowering their voices to avoid being overheard, something Hong Yi had specifically instructed the deputy captain to do before setting off.

Hong Yi suspected that there were sentries and guards specially deployed by the Red Army in the vicinity of Langshan.

did not expect.

Hong Yi's foresight truly saved them both.

Just as they were walking through the woods towards the ditch, halfway through the woods, the grass on the ground suddenly stirred, and three soldiers in camouflage ran out.

He rushed over and blocked Hong Yi's way, saying, "Fellow villager, there's a drill going on ahead, you can't go through."

Hong Yi and the deputy captain were both from reconnaissance backgrounds, and disguise was a basic reconnaissance skill for them. They were also very calm and experienced.

Even when their path was blocked by the suddenly appearing Red Army, the two behaved very much like farmers.

He first nervously took a few steps back before stammering out his question.

"What are you doing? You scared me!"

"You guys hid so well, like ghosts, I almost fainted from fright."

Hong Yi spoke to the deputy captain in a very honest and simple manner, and he deliberately hunched over like an old farmer, with old clothes and a straw hat.

Unless you have a very sharp eye, you really wouldn't be able to tell that the two of them were pretending.

The three disguised Red Army soldiers were not from the special operations company, but ordinary soldiers from the mechanized infantry battalion sent to guard the perimeter, so they did not notice the disguises. The leading sergeant said softly, "You should have received the notice from the township government. This area has been sealed off recently due to a military exercise."

"I heard, I heard. I just saw that the grass here was very lush, and since no one else was around, I brought my cow over for a good meal, hehe." The deputy captain said, bending over and smiling obsequiously.

"Since we can't go in, we'll leave now, so as not to delay your work." Hong Yi also put on a convincing act, turning around with a forced smile.

"and many more."

The leading sergeant stopped the two men who were about to leave, frowned, and asked, "Fellow villagers, could you tell me which village you're from?"

"From Qiancun Village in Sanxiang, what's up?"

Hong Yi had prepared in advance and blurted out the answer without thinking. He also asked curiously, "Which unit are you from? Why are your clothes so strange? They're different from what we've seen before."

"Alright, this is a military secret, don't ask any more questions. Don't come here to herd cattle anymore, hurry up and leave." Seeing that the address was answered so naturally, the sergeant didn't ask any more questions.

"Okay, okay."

Hong Yi and the deputy battalion commander nodded to each other, then turned and walked away with the ox, deliberately slowing their movements, but not glancing at the soldiers out of the corner of their eyes.

After the soldiers saw that the two of them had left, they turned around and returned to their post in the woods.

Hong Yi seemingly casually dropped the water bottle he had brought to drink on the ground, then pretended not to notice and continued walking.

Use the bottles that have fallen to the ground as markers to mark the location of the Red Army sentries.

……

The command post of the 7th Steel Brigade.

Chen Jun had suddenly gone to see Ye Tian alone, and Ye Tian, ​​the staff officer in charge of cyber warfare, posted an even more explosive message—

Exposing the Red Army's attack plan!
This post not only left the Blue Army completely bewildered, but also stunned Chu Zhangang and Xu Xiaocun, and even threw the Red Army's Seventh Steel Brigade into chaos.

Political Commissar Tian Baoguo and several others could not understand Chen Jun's behavior, believing it to be overly arrogant.

If the Blue Team learns of the plan, wouldn't they be unable to launch an attack?

When Chen Jun learned that many people couldn't understand, he went back to the command post and called a small meeting to tell everyone his thoughts on doing so.

The purpose is actually very simple.

That would only make the water in the pool even muddier.

The interplay of deception and reality, truth and falsehood, is not only used in psychological warfare and cyber warfare, but also in actual combat to make things more difficult for the opposing team.

The original attack plan on the right flank was to have the special operations company cooperate with the mechanized infantry company to launch a blocking operation at two locations.

The exposed attack plan is this plan.

After Chen Jun revealed the plan, he immediately made some adjustments to the original plan.

The first wave of attacks on Tongling Mountain will no longer involve the two originally planned troops, but will instead be carried out by an engineering company to build fortifications at the exposed locations.

Furthermore, it was demanded that construction be carried out only at a speed, not a quality one, and that a shoddy project be acceptable.

The main goal is to make the site large enough, and the fortifications should look impressive, like at least a battalion was stationed there to hold off the enemy.

Thus.

Even if the Blue Team doesn't believe the exposed attack plan, they will still request satellite reconnaissance or call on affiliated units to send drones to conduct reconnaissance.

At the brigade level, even if a unit does not have its own large drones, it can call on its attached drone units for support.

To avoid being shot down by ground forces, drones used for reconnaissance cannot be deployed too low.

However, the video clarity of these days is far from sufficient.

The video footage couldn't be very clear, so the specific details of the Red Army's ambush positions couldn't be seen, and the shoddy construction disguised as a fortified site wouldn't be exposed.

The Blue Team, believing that a large force was indeed intercepting them, would assume the attack plan was real.

They would definitely call for support from other auxiliary units, send bombers to carpet bomb the position, or find nearby terrain to set up artillery and destroy the position with artillery fire.

The Blue Army thought that by using these methods, they could wipe out a battalion of the Red Army, which would be a painful blow to the Red Army.

Therefore, they became complacent.

However, the command would then inform them that they had only destroyed a camouflaged position and that the Red Army had not suffered any losses in the bombing.

Chen Jun could imagine...

How varied and colorful the expressions on Chu Zhangang and Xu Xiaocun's faces will be when they hear this news.

After the Blue Army was outmaneuvered at Tongling Mountain, when they arrived at the second defensive position—Xiaomaoshan—they saw the same massive defensive position.

No matter how meticulous Chu Zhangang was, he would feel a chill run down his spine at this moment.

Real position? Fake position?
Chu Zhangang will inevitably waver wildly, unable to ascertain the authenticity of this position, and the troops will be unable to advance. Ultimately, his decision will determine the fate of the artillery regiment.

Chen Jun had already set up the Bagua formation on Xiaomaoshan, just waiting for the Blue Army's right flank to come to them.

Furthermore, Chen Jun was 70% confident that he could completely eliminate the Blue Army's right flank at Xiaomaoshan, rather than simply halting their advance.

This was because Chen Jun had already learned through satellite reconnaissance that there was a discrepancy between the intelligence and the information regarding the Blue Army's right flank.

The unit accompanying the artillery regiment was not a reconnaissance battalion, at least not as many infantry as a battalion. Based on the images taken by the drone, it was estimated to be at most an infantry battalion.

The artillery regiment, protected by only one infantry battalion, was already a living "corpse" in Chen Jun's army.

If it weren't for the concern that the Blue Army's auxiliary troops might have rushed over to support them during the battle, Chen's army would have wiped out the Blue Army's right flank at Tongling Mountain.

Now that the decisive battle has moved to Xiaomaoshan in the back, Chen's army is even more confident in annihilating the Blue Army.

After this period of combat exercises, the battalions and companies of the 7th Steel Brigade, which were originally a disorganized mess, have grown rapidly through combat training.

Even without any training, the level of teamwork between the battalions and companies is now vastly different from what it was at the beginning.

In layman's terms...

It's like you're playing and suddenly you find yourself getting stronger.

The rapid growth of the various units under the 7th Steel Brigade gave Chen Jun enough confidence and courage, and also brought about a tremendous change in Chen Jun's original combat intentions.

At the beginning of the second phase of the exercise, Chen Jun's idea was simply to hold 535.

The military is now stronger.

The operational strategy has also been fully developed.

Chen Jun's original intention changed from holding the position to wiping out the 909th Brigade.

Still a familiar smell...

Complete annihilation! (End of Chapter)