From the 7th Steel Company to the Synthetic Division

The Blues won a beautiful defensive battle and overall morale was indeed boosted.

But they never knew which Red Army unit had attacked Hill 113, and they did not realize how terrifying this unit was.

The winning Red Army Joint Operations Battalion was not even qualified to carry shoes for the 7th Steel Battalion.

Winning this game won't change anything.

It had been six hours since the 113th Steel Battalion captured Hill , and there had been no movement in between, just to prepare for a big attack.

When the confrontation exercise just began, didn’t the Red Army commander-in-chief want to use the 7th Steel Battalion?

Well.

Come and don't go indecent.

The 7th Steel Battalion did not take any action during this period. Its purpose was to make use of the large Red Army forces and use them as bait to catch the big fish.

What is a big fish?
Naturally it is the Blue Army’s artillery regiment.

The only one that can pose a fatal threat to the 7th Steel Battalion is the Blue Army's artillery regiment. All are equal under the cannons, and no one can be sure when an attack will strike.

Just find out all the artillery positions of the Blue Army Artillery Regiment and try to destroy them.

The 7th Steel Battalion can transform itself into a tiger descending from the mountain, unscrupulously preying on the blue army's little sheep, making the Russian army, a Soviet remnant, feel the dimensionality reduction attack from the East.

Did the plan of the 7th Steel Battalion succeed?
The answer is yes.

In the words of the battalion commander Gao Cheng: "Old Chen, you are really a master of foresight. How could you predict that the Russians at the headquarters would not be able to hold back? And how could you accurately predict that the Blue Army would definitely deploy the artillery? It's amazing!!"

Chen Jun judged that the Red Army Headquarters would definitely organize an offensive operation tonight.

That is why after easily taking Hill 113, they did not pursue the victory and continue to attack other Blue Army hills, but chose to hide and wait and see.

Scouts were also sent to the Red Army headquarters to monitor the Red Army's movements at any time.

After learning that the Red Army was going to attack Hill 259, a large number of scouts were sent in advance to infiltrate the area around Hill 259 to monitor the Blue Army's every move.

After the red and blue sides started fighting on Hill 259, they were completely unaware that a third party force was involved.

The reconnaissance teams sent out by the 7th Steel Battalion collected all the dynamics of the Red and Blue sides and transmitted them to the 7th Steel Battalion headquarters almost in real time.

This means that the battle between the Red and Blue forces on Hill 259 was entirely conducted under the surveillance of the th Steel Battalion.

As long as the 7th Steel Battalion is willing.

He could decide the outcome of the battle at any time, easily helping the Red Army troops capture Hill 259 and tear a big hole in the Blue Army's front.

But the Seventh Steel Battalion did not do so.

Because the 7th Steel Battalion wanted to eat all the food for itself and didn't want to share even a piece of meat with the main Red Army.

While the Blue Army troops were being tied down by the Red Army and their attention was completely focused on the attacking Red Army Joint Operations Battalion, the 7th Steel Battalion easily obtained the intelligence they needed.

The two artillery battalions deployed by the Blue Army behind the front line were both caught by the scouts of the 7th Steel Battalion.

The Blue Army had artillery deployed in the battle of Hill 259. Based on the direction and route they came from, it was not difficult for scouts who were proficient in reconnaissance to work their way back.

After finding the Blue Army’s artillery battalion’s base, it was naturally the turn of the Steel Battalion 7 to perform next.

Chen Jun selected the left-wing Blue Army artillery battalion position.

Decided to swallow it in one gulp.

In order to ensure that he could swallow it 100%, Chen Jun also designed a set of tactical plays.

First, the heavy artillery company was moved forward alone to ensure that all the blue army artillery battalions were within the fire coverage range, and then the third infantry company and the first armored company went straight to the 174A position.

This is the closest Blue Army high ground to the Blue Army’s left wing artillery battalion position.

The straight-line distance is less than ten kilometers!
When the Red Army troops appeared in front of Hill 174A, they immediately attracted the attention of the Blue Army sentries on the position, and the news of the enemy attack quickly spread throughout the hill.

The Blue Army, which had just won a victory and was in high spirits, wanted to learn from Hill 259 and beat the Red Army hard.

Therefore, the Blue Army troops defending on Hill 174A were not nervous at all when they saw the Red Army attacking. Instead, they were excited and impatient.

I thought I could beat the Red Army like I did on Hill 259 and make them cry for their parents.

As a result, when the Red Army troops approached, the Blue Army on the high ground discovered that this unit was different. At first glance, they saw only armored vehicles and tanks.

Not a single infantryman in sight!
The quick-witted Blue Army soldiers had already guessed that the attack was definitely launched by Chinese troops, and their accumulated prejudices made them look down on the 7th Steel Battalion.

They believed that the backward Chinese side could not train good troops and that the so-called mechanized troops were definitely just a sham.

Infantry fighting vehicles are just thin sheets of iron, used to scare people.

So I'm not afraid at all.

They couldn't wait for the 7th Steel Battalion to rush up so that they could take advantage of the cover and defeat the Chinese troops.

But the formation deployed by the Chinese troops afterwards made the Blue Army on the position very uncomfortable.

The fully mechanized Chinese troops rushed to the foot of the mountain, stopped when they were still two or three hundred meters away, and fired at the high ground from a distance.

The main guns of armored vehicles and tanks plus heavy machine guns still pose a certain threat to the positions on the top of the mountain.

The blue army on the top of the mountain was waiting to make a great contribution, and they could not leave their cover and rush down the mountain to fight. Rifles were of no threat at all because they were too far away on the high ground.

The hit rate of using a rocket launcher is pitifully low because the distance is too far.

The Red Army was right in front of them, but the Blue Army couldn't reach them.

This makes them very anxious.

After playing tricks on the Blue Army for an hour or so, the Blue Army Headquarters couldn't stand it anymore and decided to teach the Chinese troops a lesson by ordering the left-wing artillery battalion to launch a fire attack.

The Russian army's heavy artillery firepower mainly consists of towed artillery, and is also equipped with BM-21 "Hail" assigned to the battalion.

Although this thing is an old guy that was put into service in 1963 and has been in service for nearly years, the Russian army is too poor now, so the old guy still has to stand firm.

Even the Hurricane rocket launcher produced in 1975 could only be equipped by division-level units.

The newer Tornado rocket launchers and TOS-1 "Sunburn" heavy flamethrower systems, although more advanced weapons, simply cannot be equipped in large numbers.

Only a very small number of troops have it.

A country's economy is so poor that no matter how many high-tech weapons it has, there is no way to convert them into actual combat power.

The Blue Army's left-wing artillery battalion received orders from the commander-in-chief and quickly dispatched two artillery companies.

Because of the angle of attack, the rocket launcher vehicle did not move.

Two heavy artillery companies were dispatched!

Towing a cannon that must be pulled by a vehicle is more troublesome and requires finding a suitable location to set it up. It takes more than ten minutes to set up the cannon.

The series of actions of the Blue Army Artillery Battalion were all under the eyes of the scouts from the Special Reconnaissance Company lurking there.

During the process of mobilizing their troops, the positions of all artillery and rocket launchers were fully mastered by the scouts of the 7th Steel Battalion.

And this is what Chen Jun wanted. The two artillery companies of the Blue Army set up towed artillery, ready to attack the Red Army harassing in front of Hill 174A.

As a result, none of the shells were loaded into the gun barrels. After receiving intelligence notification from reconnaissance soldiers behind enemy lines, the two companies of the 7th Steel Battalion turned around and ran away.

Come and go freely and maneuver at high speed.

This is the biggest advantage of mechanized troops!
The Chinese attacking force suddenly ran away, and the two Blue Army artillery companies that had already loaded their guns were in trouble again. They even took off their pants but their efforts were in vain.

but.

The Blue Army artillery has no targets to hit, so the artillery of the 7th Steel Battalion is about to start performing.

The heavy artillery company, which had been prepared long in advance, deployed all its heavy artillery, and launched a rapid second wave according to the instructions issued by Chen Jun.

The target was not the two companies that were dispatched, but the rocket launchers of the left-wing artillery battalion that had not been dispatched.

The rocket launcher vehicle runs fast on its four wheels, so it can be moved in a short time when encountering danger. Shoot down the fast ones first, leaving the turtles easier to deal with.

"Boom boom boom..."

After a bombing.

All the rocket launchers of the Blue Army's left-wing artillery battalion emitted billowing white smoke and were eliminated.

The commander of the artillery battalion ran out in a panic, and saw that the only mobile artillery on the left wing was gone. He felt dizzy.

I'm so angry that I'm going to have a brain hemorrhage.

But before he could get angry and start cursing, the remaining cannons all started smoking.

The referee from the director's department was very helpful and told the commander of the Blue Army's artillery battalion very accurately and promptly that the artillery battalion had been subjected to a second round of artillery attack by the Red Army's artillery.

"How did the Red Army know we were here? And how did they accurately lock onto each gun?"

After the Blue Army artillery battalion commander came to his senses, his mind was filled with a bunch of question marks. This incredible thing made him unable to understand.

The deputy battalion commander who followed out couldn't figure it out either, but he thought of something even more terrifying.

The artillery pieces left in the artillery battalion were all hit. The two artillery companies that had just been sent out could not have been untargeted and were probably in danger.

There was no time to report in detail to the battalion commander, and the deputy battalion commander turned around and rushed back to the battalion headquarters.

Contact as quickly as possible and have the two companies move quickly.

The two artillery companies that received orders from the battalion headquarters heard that the battalion headquarters had been attacked by enemy artillery, and that almost all the artillery that had not been deployed at the battalion headquarters was destroyed.

The two company commanders were so frightened that their hair stood on end, and they immediately issued an order to move.

However, it takes a lot of effort to set up a heavy howitzer that is towed, and it is also not easy to put away. It cannot be done in a few seconds.

The ending is doomed!
A detailed battle plan had been formulated long ago, and the heavy artillery company of the 7th Steel Battalion, which was said to be foolproof, was just like commanding troops and generals, and they attacked wherever they were ordered, step by step.

The first two waves destroyed the Blue Army's artillery camp, and then in less than ten seconds they readjusted the shooting parameters and launched a devastating attack on the Blue Army's two artillery units.

When artillery fights artillery, it depends on who strikes first. Whoever strikes first has an absolute advantage.

Under the precise explosion points of the scouts of the special reconnaissance company, the heavy artillery company's shells seemed to have eyes, and each one could accurately hit the blue army's artillery.

Two rounds of rapid fire took out one company, and four rounds completely destroyed two companies.

The speed at which the 7th Steel Battalion fired was so fast that the Blue Army artillery company had no time to collect their guns and escape. They could only watch as smoke rose from the guns and artillerymen.

From the sudden artillery attack launched by the artillery company of the 7th Steel Battalion to the destruction of the entire artillery battalion on the left wing of the Blue Army.

All in all it took less than two minutes!

After destroying an entire artillery battalion of the Blue Army, the 7th Steel Battalion once again relied on its mechanization advantage to disappear into the mountain jungle like a ghost.

If it weren't for the bullet shells left all over the ground, it would be as if it had never appeared.

Blue Army Headquarters.

Commander-in-chief Dmitry issued a new order and dispatched two artillery companies of the Blue Army to attack the 7th Steel Battalion. He was confident that the battle could be ended soon.

As I said many times before, Dmitry, like the troops below him, looked down on the Chinese army.

It’s like even in 2024, many European and American countries still have a very backward impression of China, and are even still in the era of long braids.

therefore.

Hill 174A was attacked by the 259th Battalion of the Chinese Steel Corps. Dmitry did not take it seriously from beginning to end and was confident that he could replicate the victory on Hill .

After sending out two artillery companies, he was already standing with his hands behind his back, smiling and waiting for good news.

The report did come quickly, but in the opposite way he expected.

If China's 7th Steel Battalion had not been blown to pieces by artillery shells and had been forced to flee in disgrace, they would have been no match for the Russian troops.

Instead, the artillery battalion deployed on the left wing was completely uprooted by the 7th Steel Battalion.

"What? This... this... this is impossible."

Dmitri could not accept this result. The huge blow made him dizzy and unable to stand. He staggered backwards and almost fell to the ground.

The entire Blue Army headquarters was silent, and everyone was stunned by this devastating news.

The smiles and joy that they had taken back from the Red Army not long ago were gone at this moment, leaving only horror and astonishment.

It's been a long time.

The Blue Army's chief of staff came back to his senses and saw something familiar in this battle.

Compared with the shame of Hill 113 being penetrated before, now the left wing artillery battalion was wiped out. Both were quick battles, both were unexpected, both were as precise as a scalpel in battle, and both came and went without a trace...

Comparing these similarities between the two sides, the Blue Army's Chief of Staff became more and more horrified.

Because he thought of a terrible answer.

An answer he was extremely unwilling to accept.

"Do you think that the performance of the Chinese 113th Steel Battalion in this battle is very similar to that of the th Battalion that was attacked before?"

As soon as the Blue Army Chief of Staff said this, the entire command center was in an uproar.

The Blue Army officer could not accept this result and retorted without thinking: "Impossible, the Chinese army cannot be so strong."

The neutral Blue Army officer was reminded by the Chief of Staff and said thoughtfully: "The fighting styles of these two battles are really similar."

There were more rational thinking officers, and they immediately began to analyze the situation.

"The Red Army is in the same division as us. We know their strengths and weaknesses better than anyone else. I am sure that Dmitri cannot use this tactic."

"We are completely unfamiliar with the fighting style of Hill 113, and we are also unfamiliar with the Chinese troops? So..."

"Therefore, we have reason to believe that the initiator of the attack on Hill 113 is most likely this Chinese force, and they are much stronger than we thought."

...(End of chapter)