Chapter 50: Tactical Retreat
"Old Liu, take care of yourself!" Before the troops began to transfer, the commander of the armored regiment solemnly saluted Commander Liu of the Tank Regiment.
They had discussed how to deal with it after being discovered by the Blue Army. The two believed that although the Blue Command had known the approximate number of remaining soldiers of the tank regiment, they were not aware of the existence of the armored regiment.
In their intelligence, we should think that the previous Blue pursuing troops were ambushed by the Red Air Defense Force. In this case, we will make an incorrect judgment on the number of Red Army troops on our side.
Based on this judgment, the two regiment commanders decided that after the troops began to turn, they would first act together for a distance, and then travel about thirteen kilometers with the help of mountain cover, the armored regiment quickly left the brigade with the help of night cover and two squads of air defense battalion soldiers with ammunition, turned to the right, and hid in another valley suitable for concealment about 1.5 kilometers away.
The tank regiment led the remaining air defense battalion soldiers who had insufficient ammunition to go north, attracting the Blue Army to pursue the troops and maneuver towards the Red Army's occupied areas.
In other words, the remnants of the tank regiment and the air defense battalion used themselves as bait to cover the armored regiments, allowing them to lurk in areas that had been occupied by the Blue Army and become a surprise soldier in the Red side's counterattack.
When the Red Army's armored forces began to transfer as planned, a staff officer in the Blue Army's command was reporting to Yue Jianjun.
"Terminal Commander, the hidden position of the remaining troops of the escaped Red Army Tank Regiment has been locked. The mountain combat brigade has sent a quick counter battalion and a regiment to cover it." At the same time, the drone has been released, and you will know the specific size of the Red Army's troops in a while.
"Let the troops pay attention, the remaining troops of the Red Tank Regiment are likely to join with the Red Air Defense Forces who ambushed our pursuit troops. They have a large number of individual air defense weapons in their hands." Yue Jianjun nodded, gave the staff a sentence, and turned his eyes back to the electronic screen in front of him.
The focus of Yue Jianjun's attention at this time was that the special forces brigade that should have entered the hinterland of the Red Army. As for the remnants of the Red Army tank regiment breaking through, the Blue Army had actually locked in their rough hidden area.
However, the troops were fighting at that time and could not spend their energy to deal with them. In order not to put too much pressure on them, Yue Jianjun even ordered the troops not to send scouts to the area where they were hidden.
In order to prevent the opponent from thinking that he has no hope of escaping, he launches a "near-death blow" on the Blues, thereby disrupting the offensive rhythm of the front line.
Now that the strategic goals of the second phase have been basically achieved, we can finally free up our hands to defeat them.
"Report! The drone has discovered the remaining troops of the Red Armored Regiment, which are about thirty tanks and a small number of baggage vehicles and other types of military vehicles. There are also many infantry on the Red Tank. The photos taken from the drone are analyzed. These infantry are equipped with a large number of individual air defense missiles. It should be the Red Air Defense Force that ambushed our pursuit troops before."
"Transfer the information to the mountain brigades and let them formulate attack tactics to control combat losses." Yue Jianjun replied.
After two minutes, the communications soldiers reported again: "Report, our troops in the D9 area report..." When they said this, the communications soldiers hesitated for a moment, and saw the division commander turning to look at him before continuing: "Many troops in the D9 area reported that they captured a large number of scattered soldiers from the Red Army within the previous half hour."
"A large number of scattered soldiers?" Yue Jianjun frowned and asked and confirmed again.
"Yes!" the communicator nodded and said, "It was indeed a large number of scattered soldiers. At the beginning, my frontier troops intercepted several Red Army vehicles on several different routes. Then almost all the garrison troops in the entire D9 area caught some Red Army scattered soldiers. Most of these scattered soldiers were in groups of two and fled towards the Red Army occupied area.
Moreover, the troops reported that due to insufficient manpower and a large number of Red Army scattered soldiers were fleeing, they were already trying their best to arrest them."
"How many have you caught now?" Yue Jianjun couldn't understand why so many scattered soldiers appeared in the red side at once. So he asked.
"We have counted the number of arrests reported by each unit, and the total number has now exceeded one hundred people." The Communications Soldier reported.
"There are more than one hundred people, and there are still a large number of people running away?" Yue Jianjun couldn't help frowning.
"Chief, will the division commander be the strategy of the Red Party, using scattered troops to attract and distract our army's attention and forces so as to create attack opportunities for their main forces?" A staff officer expressed his suspicion.
"I don't think so." Another staff officer immediately denied: "If these scattered soldiers ran out of the Red Army's occupied area, there would be that possibility. But they are now running from our occupied area to the Red Army. Now the Red Army's communication system has been completely paralyzed, and it is difficult for the troops on both sides to effectively cooperate in combat. Even if there are still Red Army troops hidden in the occupied area of our army, the organization will definitely not be too large.
If they had this idea, launching an attack in the second phase of our army before the end of the battle would indeed cause us a lot of trouble. But at this time our troops had completed the supply, and even if they attacked, they would undoubtedly hit the stone with eggs."
The latter staff member's speech was undoubtedly more convincing and was recognized by most people in the command center.
"Teacher Commander, why don't we scan our occupied areas with the help of satellites at the next window, and the remaining small red troops in the province will contact each other and gather together to make some big moves." The Chief of Staff thought for a while and then made a suggestion.
Yue Jianjun nodded, without saying a word. After thinking for a few seconds, he suddenly asked: "How long has the Special War Brigade's Continental Air Force fleet flew over the D9 area."
As soon as Yue Jianjun finished speaking, the Chief of Staff thought of something in an instant and hurried to search for the information. After a glance, his face immediately became ugly.
Without saying that, Yue Jianjun knew the result through his face and immediately ordered: "Contact the Special Operations Brigade immediately. Their actions may have been exposed, so that they must seize the time to complete the combat target before the Red Army Command receives the news."
"Yes!" The head of the communication team also realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately contacted the special operations brigade that had already penetrated into the hinterland of the Hongfang through an encrypted satellite communicator.
At this time, in the D9 area, the Red Warriors with fast legs had reached the northern border area, and after crossing, they quickly spread into the three areas of C7, C8, and C9. Behind them, more two people crossed the border area and ran wildly towards the Red War's occupation.
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After the Red Armored Regiment separated from the Tank Regiment and the Air Defense Battalion, they quickly maneuvered to the preset location with the help of the terrain advantage. After arriving at the destination, the soldiers immediately began to find a suitable location to dig hidden places. Soon fifteen tanks and nine armored vehicles and five assault vehicles completed camouflage. The soldiers set up camouflage sheds above the hidden pit, moved sand, stones and weeds to further camouflage to prevent being discovered by the blue reconnaissance aircraft and satellites.
After the disguise work was over, the crew quickly hid in the car, and all the personnel did not dare to make a sound, for fear that they could not escape the reconnaissance of the Blue Army.
"Qu Sen~" A thief sounded outside the armored vehicle where Qu Sen was located.
Because the armored regiment was worried that the blue party would catch the signal when using radio contact and thus be located, all the vehicles now entered radio silence, and the message transmission was entirely dependent on manpower.
"Here?" Qu Sen whispered beside the shooting hole.
"The regiment commander asked you to go to the command car." The person outside almost lay on the shooting hole and said in an equally small voice.
Chapter completed!