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But this simple question is like an unsolvable arithmetic problem for the 2nd Battalion. Although the process is simple, the real answer can never be obtained.This is not a simple mental calculation, but a long-term study of the enemy's combat mode and tit-for-tat countermeasures.The 2nd Battalion seemed to be under a spell at this moment, and any defensive tricks were perfectly resolved by the opponent.

The battle is still going on, but the result is predictable. Under the siege and fierce firepower of an infantry regiment, the white flags fired by the 2nd Battalion were all drowned in the smoke.The battle was in such a one-sided situation, from the beginning to the end quickly, when the last recoilless shell landed on the M3 that was still resisting and breathing flames, the whole battlefield fell into silence again at the same time.

"Clean the battlefield and get ready to retreat!" The regiment leader came to his senses after a long time after the battle. The previous battle was full of tension, suspense, and longing just like the first time, but it was over before he thought carefully.Looking at the messy battlefield, the head of the regiment seemed a little unbelievable. They had already completed an organized annihilation battle against the US troops.

"Still unable to contact the 101nd Battalion of the 2st Airborne Division!" After repeated attempts, the correspondent still couldn't get through to the 2nd Battalion, so he shrugged helplessly to Clark behind him.

"They disappeared?" As the lead unit, the 2nd Battalion's mission was to go to the vicinity of Peoria to find and establish a suitable helicopter landing site for the 101st Division, as an extension of the leapfrog tactic.However, at this moment, the 2nd Battalion, which has received much attention, has lost contact, which has to make everyone's hearts hang immediately.

"What's going on?" Clark turned his head to look at the commander of the 101st Division, his tone full of disbelief and anger.

"Your Excellency, I have sent reconnaissance troops to conduct reconnaissance at the place where the signal of the 2nd Battalion last disappeared. I believe that we will get news in a short time." The commander of the 101st Division obviously did not have a suitable answer, so he could only perfunctory.

"Contact other ministries, confirm the location, integrate intelligence, strengthen the enemy's reconnaissance, especially China's troop build-up, and report to me every 15 minutes." Clark glared at the commander of the 101st division angrily, and then ordered, and then, strode out.

"Your Excellency, what about the 2nd Battalion?" Behind him, the division commander asked in a low voice.

"Notify the follow-up troops, and immediately send a reconnaissance plane to find the whereabouts of the 2nd Battalion." Turning around and looking at the disappearing red dot on the screen, Clark hesitated, and added an order.

Zhu Peide's chess moves became chaotic. Chiang Kai-shek could easily see his restlessness and restlessness through his chess moves. As one of the main conceivers of the battle plan, he was paying special attention to the outcome of the battle at this moment. An elementary school student waits for the test results to come down, which makes people feel uneasy.

"Worried about failure?" Chiang Kai-shek gently pushed the rook a step forward, and the whole chess game immediately became confusing.

"En!" Zhu Peide nodded without hesitation.

"Your plan will definitely be a success." Chiang Kai-shek laughed and dropped the chess pieces in his hand, stood up and said.

"Why are you so sure, what if the enemy..." Zhu Peide looked at Chiang Kai-shek in surprise, stood up hurriedly and asked.

"Report, sir, a telegram has been forwarded from the front, and I formed a regiment to destroy the 101nd Battalion of the enemy's 2st Airborne Division." Before Chiang Kai-shek could reply, the correspondent suddenly ran to the two of them and reported excitedly.

"Really? Annihilation of the establishment? How could it be so successful?" Zhu Peide took the telegram in disbelief, and after browsing it, his doubts suddenly turned into joy.

"Hehe, success is predictable, because we are fundamentally different from the U.S. military in terms of equipment and other aspects." Chiang Kai-shek did not accept the information from Zhu Peide, but walked to the window with a smile, and looked out of the window and said.

"Yes, our equipment is no longer the same." Zhu Peide nodded in agreement.

"Is it just the difference in combat equipment? No, although compared with the previous equipment, the armed forces of the Chinese army can no longer be counted, but now it seems that if it is said that the equipment of the Chinese army is almost the same as that of the US military, then Absolutely unrealistic obscenity.

But relying on these weapons that still have a gap, they can systematically wipe out a battalion of the US military. Is the enemy too weak, or are we strong? Looking back at Zhu Peide, Chiang Kai-shek said again.

"However, this does not mean that the Chinese army is strong enough to rival the US military. A single battle example does not explain anything, let alone assert that the so-called spiritual pillar of the Chinese has reached the level that can make up for all gaps. The behavior of releasing a mental atomic bomb is no different from suicide. In the final analysis, the most subtle differences can be found for a reason for victory or defeat. The U.S. military seems to rely more on the combat mode that focuses on protecting itself. In almost all wars, Preserving vitality has become the criterion of war. Don't take these as the so-called democracy in the United States, let alone rise to the height of belief in human rights. The best way to preserve vitality is not to start a war, but to fight, you must suffer losses. Compared with The U.S. military and the Chinese military regard victory as the only goal pursued by the military, and any soldier is more or less striving for this goal. Zooming in, if the protectionism of the United States is regarded as defense, then the Chinese military’s The victory you are after can be regarded as an offense. Between an attack and a defense, the difference in tactics is easily revealed. The protection of soldiers is not wrong, or it is completely reasonable and necessary, but excessive protection It will hinder the progress of the battle. The gift of the United States may be called strong, but it still cannot reach the point where every US soldier can be equipped with M1A1 or armed helicopters. Compared with the US military, the Dragon Army focuses more on firepower If it is a lie to say that the U.S. military equips individual soldiers with tanks, then it does not seem to be a myth that the Chinese military equips individual soldiers with anti-armor weapons. Differences between offense and defense, and contradictions are naturally revealed. This It's not a so-called simple idea, nor is it a people-oriented propaganda and gimmick that benefits soldiers. It's more about thousands of years, hundreds of years of history, culture, and differences in military thinking. When European heavy cavalry wear armor, Panting and flaunting his force, under the iron hooves of the Mongolian light cavalry, he turned into tin boxes. No matter how thorough and perfect the defense is, an absolute defense cannot It will achieve the effect of being invincible. Thousands of years ago, Sun Tzu already explained very clearly about the so-called defense. A good defender hides under the nine places. Hiding is not defense." Chiang Kai-shek seemed to be opened up all of a sudden, and the thoughts in his heart The point of view came out all at once.

"From this point of view, the Americans were neither wronged nor surprised. They obviously didn't understand that the real outcome of the battle was decided long before it started, and it wasn't just the It is equipment, logistics and other hardware facilities, and more is the software that can exert the power of these hardware, tactical thinking, etc." Understanding what Chiang Kai-shek meant, Zhu Peide said smartly.

"Let's keep watching, believe, there will be other incredible things happen." Chiang Kai-shek nodded with a smile, and whispered again.

The disappearance of the 2nd Battalion seems to only herald the beginning of the nightmare of the Fifth Army. On their way forward, the 48th Army has been completely dispersed. With the company level as the basic unit, the jungle is gridded. In front of the Fifth Army, the 48th Army Like a large net that spread out, it completely blocked their way forward.As for all of this, the Fifth Army, still ignorant, continued to move forward under the inertia at this moment, moving towards the goal in their hearts-Piolia.

The loss of contact of the 2nd Battalion was temporarily regarded as an isolated battlefield incident. It seems hard for anyone to believe that during the few hours of losing contact, a battalion, the strongest ace unit, would be unnoticed. total annihilation.Clark didn't believe it, and neither did the others. Under such circumstances, the Fifth Army bumped headlong into the big net built by the 48th Army.

"Bang, bang, bang!" In the jungle, after the dull gunshots, bright lights flashed. Seeing the familiar signal flares flashing by, the soldiers of the 3th Infantry Brigade belonging to the 5rd Mechanized Infantry Division of the US Army They all raised their heads and looked towards the place where the light flashed ahead.As the vanguard, the primary task of the Fifth Infantry Brigade is reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, but the sudden signal in front of them makes people feel that there are obviously unknown loopholes in the previous reconnaissance work.

"Get ready to fight!" Seeing the series of flash bombs soaring into the sky and drawing bright tracks across the sky, the brigade commander immediately ordered loudly.Hearing his order, the soldiers quickly poked out their guns from inside the armored vehicle and aimed at suspicious directions.

"Da da, da da, da da!" A series of shots sounded before the signal flare fell, and the bullets hit the M3 infantry fighting vehicle ping-ping-pong-pong, bursting out pieces of sparks.While the gunfire flashed by, the counterattack of the 5th Infantry Brigade also responded quickly. Compared with the attackers, the barrage was much denser and completely enveloped the enemy's hiding place.

"Ping-pong, boom!" The explosion of shells and the whistling of bullets instantly echoed in the jungle, making the whole jungle extremely noisy and lively.

However, the enemy did not seem to be guarding it. Although the previous ambush position fell silent under the cover of dense firepower, the brigade commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade was deeply troubled by the flash of light on the other side.

Dozens of rockets whizzed towards the gaps in the bushes, and the rockets dragging the smoke shook and flew towards the armored convoy that was struggling on the forest path, listening to the creepy sound of the rockets , Everyone prayed not to let it hit them, while manipulating the remote control turret on the M3, turned to the direction of the rocket attack and quickly counterattacked.

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The dense firepower of machine guns is clearly incomparable to that of rockets. With only one set of fire, the dense jungle before was shaved into a large open space like the skill of a poor barber.It's a pity that there is nothing in the open space in front of me as before. The enemy seems to have already regarded this attack as a game, and ran away after the fight, not caring about the result of the battle.

"Report the loss!" Seeing this scene, the brigade commander was so angry that he could only ask the radio in a low voice with a gloomy face.

"Report, there is no loss except for an M3 in the third team whose smoke tube was destroyed by fragments." After simple statistics, the staff immediately reported back.

"Advance immediately and reach Peoria earlier. We are already two hours late." Although the loss was so small that it was almost negligible, the brigade commander did not seem happy at all. Along the way, the enemy's sneak attacks never stopped. Things like this have happened more than ten times in a few hours. Although the loss is extremely small, the brigade commander is already full of pessimism about his march.

The convoy started quickly under the order, and the roar resounded through the jungle. Led by the leading vehicle, the convoy moved forward in single file. However, soon, a series of red and white flares flashed across the sky again...

"Ready to fight!"……

"The 5th Infantry Brigade belonging to the enemy's 6rd Mechanized Division is still continuing to advance, but it has been delayed by the 30nd Regiment. It is expected that it will not be able to join other troops for at least three hours. The [-]th Machine Gun Battalion belonging to the [-]th Infantry Brigade encountered the [-]rd Regiment. The battle is still going on, and the three regiment leaders estimate that the battle can be ended within two hours. However, the enemy's [-]th Infantry Regiment has already gone to the conflict site to carry out rescue.

The Second Division is still restraining the advance speed of the 101st Division. The first regiment it belongs to has just formed an organization to wipe out the enemy's 2nd Battalion. However, the enemy seems to have the intention of shrinking. Reconnaissance shows that the enemy has assembled a large number of helicopters, and seems to have the intention of forcibly landing..." The staff officer beside Zhang Xueliang quickly reported the battle situation just summarized.

"What is our loss?" Zhang Xueliang did not give instructions on the questions in the report, but suddenly asked.

"The loss was not small. Due to the unknown situation of the enemy, some companies encountered large-scale enemy troops and still rigidly blocked them, causing huge casualties. At the same time, in places where the trees were sparse, the enemy's air strikes responded quickly and caused a lot of casualties. So far, our casualty ratio to the enemy is close to 1:1, but because we are in an offensive role, the casualties are higher."

The staff officer opened another report, bowed his head and said.

"Telegram to all combat units and company-level basic units that the main method of attacking the enemy is to harass the enemy, and order the combat units above the assembled regiment to eat up the enemy's small-scale formed units. Do not confront the enemy head-on, and focus on mobile warfare. The surrounding companies have to undertake the support and intelligence collection work. At the same time, order the general reserve team, it's time for them to play." Zhang Xueliang nodded and said again.

A regiment was still running in the jungle, and the whole team seemed a bit messy. The battle was not terrible. What was terrible was that it seemed to be an endless, desperate forced march.Although everyone complained in their hearts, when they saw the leader running in front of the group, the complaints in their hearts suddenly disappeared.

It has been a whole day since entering the battlefield. Constant blocking, movement, blocking, and re-movement have become the mainstream of the battlefield. For a group, they seem to have never stopped running since entering the battlefield.As far as I can remember, fighting was a long time ago, and all they did from start to finish was to keep running.

"Stop advancing, prepare to fight!" Just as everyone was wondering if they were going to run out of the jungle, the command of the regiment leader was quickly delivered from the front.Hearing the order, everyone was overjoyed, and quickly stopped, picked up their weapons, and hid in the grass beside them.

"The other party is a company. Under our harassment along the way, they are still stranded five kilometers away." A company commander beside the regiment leader reported in a low voice.

"No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat, eat it." The regiment leader ordered decisively.

The dense jungle greatly limits the use of weapons. Under the superb concealment methods and the unique environment of the jungle, the two sides often confront each other suddenly within a distance of tens of meters, which makes powerful artillery shells and aerial bombs in the jungle In front of him, he lost his arrogance.The airburst produced by touching the treetops has the same danger for both the enemy and the enemy in close combat.On the ground, the soft soil and dense bushes made the heavy mechanized troops can only look at the forest and sigh.

Special battlefields and special combat methods have made mechanized propulsion, which has become a classic, a luxury.In the case that weapons can almost determine the outcome of a war, no one seems to care how good the quality of an individual soldier needs to be, or, from another perspective, the US military has been deliberately built into an occupier—an army that has undergone fixed-point strikes, saturated Bombing, the role of territory acceptance after large-scale annihilation of the living forces.

Under this arrangement, the protection of soldiers became the best option to show off the results of battle.To reduce casualties, confuse, fear, and even worship the enemy under the powerful force, so as to achieve military deterrence against potential enemies, has become the goal of the military.

At this point, no one wants to go back to the nightmare they have experienced before, to feel the situation of individual soldiers fighting for their lives.It is a pity that war, the final form of military affairs, is destined not to be determined by one side. When there is no decisive difference in weapons between soldiers and armies, only the quality of soldiers and strong will can be fought .

The role of soldiers is infinitely magnified at this time, or in fact, the role of soldiers has always been like this, but it is deliberately ignored and blurred under the excessive pan-weapon theory.It may be a bit unfair that the battle is unfolding under such circumstances, but it is completely understandable.

The Fifth Army is still advancing in an orderly manner. Although one after another reports are coming from all directions, it shows that the activity of small groups of enemy troops around is intensifying. As the establishment continued to increase and expand, there seemed to be an invisible big mouth around the troops, mercilessly eating up the small groups of reconnaissance and security troops scattered outside.

Clark's headache at this moment made him unable to help but want to shout out. He urgently needs two things at the moment, aspirin and the support of fighter jets. Unfortunately, in this damn tropical jungle, these two things are just impossible to get. The dense vegetation on the ground Coverage, the enemy's undetected traces, the instant assembly of superior forces, and the instant violent ammunition throwing volume make convenient air support a tasteless one.After receiving support requests, the limited fighter jets of the Naval Aviation and Army Aviation can only have a bird's-eye view of the battlefield, watch the mess, and listen to a few limited calls for help.

The Fifth Army was hindered by such a mobile battle, and was advancing helplessly step by step. At this moment, the entire army was like a huge beast, but it was stuck in a muddy place, slowly moving forward bit by bit while sinking.

what to do?what to do?Clark kept asking himself at this moment, the combat experience accumulated in the military academy and actual combat in the past seemed so inapplicable at the moment, lost the support of reconnaissance means, lost the surveillance of the peripheral security forces, and lost the ability to recruit. What can the Fifth Army do with the support of air power that is coming and going?

"Continue to send reconnaissance troops to Peoria. One battalion is not enough, just one regiment. I need to know the situation in Peoria and tell the 101st Airborne Division that they are still preparing to land as planned. Before the enemy's situation is clear , our goal of occupying Peoria cannot be changed." Clark insisted after pondering for a long time.