Chapter 1183: First Battle

The exercise location was near Zhangbei, with plains, mountains, and hills, and rich terrain.

The Red side was the T Division, and the Blue side was also an armored division, but the simulated weapons and equipment were one level higher than those of the United States, and the troop strength was also greater.

To test the combat effectiveness of such front-line field main force units, it had to be like this, otherwise, nothing could be seen.

In terms of equipment, military strength, and the combat literacy of the soldiers, ordinary B-type infantry regiments were not qualified to compete with the 702nd Regiment; they were not opponents of the same level.

By noon, the team drove to the designated position, which was a sparse jungle.

But they didn't have time to eat lunch; instead, they seized the time to build fortifications, arrange cover, and set up camouflage with jungle-painted tarpaulins.

They were the weaker side. At this time, the scheduled opening time for the war hadn't arrived, but various electronic reconnaissance had already begun to be deployed, and the opposite side could even mobilize satellites. Even though Wang Yan and the others were a reconnaissance company and the tentacles of the entire regiment, in modern warfare, they couldn't act rashly at this time.

Once exposed, what awaited them would be artillery shelling.

After such a busy time, the Seventh Company finally rested, and everyone was eating military rations with relatively rich flavors.

"Squad Leader, you've been a soldier for the longest time; were exercises like this before? There's not even a shadow of a person," Bai Tiejun complained daily.

Wu Liuyi threw a stone over: "It hasn't started yet; what are you shouting about?"

Shi Jin smiled: "Actually, if a real war breaks out, it's not easy to bump into people either. Especially when conducting joint military exercises with the Air Force, it's even more so. During last year's joint exercise, we didn't even see a person, and the director's department sent a message saying we were all eliminated. Later we found out that the fighter jet dropped a missile and directly wiped out our regiment. Our Company Commander was so angry he couldn't eat for a week."

After saying this, to avoid hitting their enthusiasm, he said again, "However, we still have a great possibility of encountering the enemy; after all, we are the sharp soldiers."

"Ah?" Bai Tiejun was stunned for a moment, then looked at Wang Yan, "Brother Yan, does that mean what you said about fighting a company and capturing the Blue Army leader alive was all bragging?"

"There is indeed an element of exaggeration," Wang Yan shook his head with amusement. "But it's not that absolute either. Didn't the Squad Leader say it? We have a great possibility of encountering the enemy; as long as we aren't shelled halfway, we have a chance to perform."

"Right, we are just avoiding artillery fire, finding the enemy's main force, and killing a part of them; then we won't lose. If we guide the artillery and blow up more, then we'll make a big profit," Shi Jin nodded, approving of Wang Yan's words.

"Then when is the joint exercise?" Bai Tiejun asked.

"It's estimated to be in more than a month; there are several exercises every year, so you don't need to worry; there are plenty of opportunities," Shi Jin said. "Perform well, don't get eliminated too quickly."

"Squad Leader, you're targeting me a bit. We're all in the same combat vehicle; if we get blown up by artillery, we'll all be eliminated together."

Wu Liuyi stared: "How about it, no time to get off the vehicle? Then what did the person-vehicle coordination practice?"

"Yes, yes, yes, the Deputy Squad Leader is right; I'll review."

Gan Xiaoning said: "Attitude is not serious; you're good at talking, write a ten-thousand-word review later."

"I'll write your grandfather," Bai Tiejun turned and scolded, and everyone started laughing and joking.

As everyone knows, fighting a war is not forming a square array, where everyone stands in a row and shoots at each other. It is separating into various units, platoon by platoon close to each other, squad by squad close to each other. They form a horn shape and support each other.

The most basic way of marching and arraying troops still remains the same.

It's just because of technology, they are mechanized troops and have wireless communication, so they are relatively far apart from each other. Like the Third Squad, they were two kilometers away from the company.

This distance would be fatal in ancient times, but now, it's just a kick on the gas pedal. If one kick doesn't work, then report the coordinates and fire at me; it won't take three minutes, and this place will be plowed by artillery fire.

By the scheduled combat time in the afternoon, Gao Cheng's voice and the Platoon Leader's voice constantly rang out on the radio, reporting various arrangements.

The people in the Third Squad, including Wang Yan, were relatively lazy. Only Shi Jin was constantly making various reports.

Others were either sitting cross-legged on the ground or lying on their sides with their elbows supporting the ground, their legs crossed, and still shaking back and forth. Wang Yan was in this pose.

"Hiss..."

Gan Xiaoning learned Wang Yan's pose and lay down, but his elbow hit a stone, and he sat up in pain.

"Worthy of being a war god; even the elbows are harder than ours."

"You have nothing to say?" Wang Yan shook his head with amusement. "Won't you avoid hitting the stones?"

Gan Xiaoning smiled and turned to say: "It's high-tech warfare now. How long has it been? A group of reconnaissance soldiers like us are still waiting here. If this were a few decades ago, sharp knife troops like us would have already rushed in to reconnoiter."

Wang Yan laughed: "Don't be so frustrated. If a real war breaks out, what's reliable is still people. The advancement of the front line also requires us ground troops to occupy it step by step. There will be opportunities to perform."

Two divisions, adding up to less than thirty thousand people, the designated war zone is only so big, so there must be opportunities for soldiers to have gunfights. Currently, it's still in the probing stage of both sides; it's impossible to fight so intensely from the start; after all, there's so much training on weekdays, so they have to move a bit to test it.

At this moment, Wu Liuyi, who was standing on the side looking out and smoking, whispered: "There's a situation! Quick, quick, quick, combat preparation!"

"Finally, there's work to do; I'll kill one of them no matter what."

A group of people muttered, rustled, stood up, picked up their weapons, and lay on the ground looking at the situation in the distance.

"Look, those are real reconnaissance soldiers. Unlike us, hiding here," Bai Tiejun complained.

Wu Liuyi replied: "If we also went out to reconnoiter, we wouldn't be as good as them; it would be artillery shells greeting us directly. We are the defensive side, and the Blue Army is the attacking side, understand?"

This side was chatting idly, and the other side, Shi Jin, had naturally discovered it long ago and was currently reporting the situation.

"Report, Company Commander, this is the Third Squad; two combat vehicles were found here..."

Under the gaze of Wang Yan and others, two infantry fighting vehicles, separated by more than a hundred meters, stopped slowly against the foot of the mountain, and then two squads of people got off and plunged directly into the woods.

"Report, they got off the vehicle; two squads of people entered the woods and are approaching my direction; request instructions."

Shi Jin's report was also synchronizing.

Before long, Gao Cheng's order came, letting them attack according to the situation, and support from the other two squads of the First Platoon was on the way.

They didn't even need Shi Jin to give the order; over there was a sound of checking weapons and loading ammunition. When Shi Jin looked over, what he saw were pairs of "want to fight" eyes.

Shi Jin didn't hesitate either and directly ordered: "Wang Yan, go occupy a favorable terrain and conduct sniping. Wu Liuyi, you take three people..."

As the voice fell, Wang Yan had already rushed out with two guns on his back.

He bent his waist and moved rapidly in the sparse woods; in just a while, he was gone.

"Big animal," Gan Xiaoning muttered.

Shi Jin said: "Mainly for containment, don't fight hard, preserve effective strength. In less than ten minutes, the First Squad and Second Squad will be here. Understand? Don't be stubborn. Also, pay attention to Wang Yan's situation and cover him."

Wu Liuyi waved his hand: "Don't worry, we still have to use him for cover. Let's go. Gan Xiaoning, Bai Tiejun..."

He pointed to a few people and also left rapidly, grabbing favorable positions, hiding themselves in advance, and giving a fatal blow unexpectedly...

Wang Yan was running toward the hillside behind, and his direction of travel was diagonally forward. But he didn't really run to the top of the hillside; after all, this was a jungle, even if sparse, it was a jungle, which would block the view.

He only ran to the middle of the hillside when he bumped into the incoming enemy, and they were running toward the top of the hillside.

Wang Yan had already seen the Blue Army soldiers; here came a three-person squad, and looking down, two squads of soldiers were almost in a straight line, scattered on this hillside. They were using the jungle cover to advance slowly.

At this moment, a crisp gunshot rang out, breaking the silence in the jungle, echoing far away in the jungle, and startling the birds.

The three people on the slope, of course, also heard the gunshot; they made tactical movements to dodge at the first time, and then fired to suppress the bottom, while not forgetting to be vigilant.

Wang Yan quickly put the Type 81 rifle he was carrying into his hand, and three shots went "bang, bang, bang"; the three soldiers were stunned for a moment, then dejectedly put down their guns and took no further action.

Wang Yan immediately rushed up, using the advantage of the high point, and didn't use the Type 85 sniper rifle he was carrying; he just used the Type 81 rifle to accurately point out names. The three people who had been eliminated were dumbfounded.

Because of this, the duration of this battle wasn't long; after fighting for a few minutes, the dense gunshots gradually stopped. Smoke filled the jungle, which was the smoke of the exercise equipment marking elimination.

Wang Yan ran wildly on the hillside, chasing a few people who were retreating, and fired a few shots to eliminate them all.

It was also at this time that Shi Jin's loud voice sounded: "Wang Yan, retreat! Quick!"

"You're Wang Yan, right?"

During the retreat, passing by the three soldiers he had eliminated first, someone stopped him.

"It's me," Wang Yan patted his shoulder with a smile, "You know where I am, right? If you have something to say, write me a letter later, and I'll reply. Now, dead people don't talk."

"Grass, wait until I write a letter to curse you to death!" one of them shouted angrily at Wang Yan's back.

"Then let's see which of us curses dirtier," Wang Yan laughed, and he had already run far away.

This soldier also laughed, turned to his two comrades and said: "The person is quite good, huh."

"It's not bad, but I'm going back to write a letter to curse him."

"I'll curse too, damn it, just fired two shots, and let him sneak attack."

"That means we're still not qualified; people were already in our faces, and we didn't see it."

The three of them lit cigarettes and sat on the hillside to analyze...

"Well done, Brother Yan, we've already completed one-fifth of the goal."

Seeing Wang Yan return, Bai Tiejun laughed.

"Are you all alive?"

"You're so fierce, you suppressed them on the mountain so they didn't dare to lift their heads, we fought easily," Gan Xiaoning laughed.

"I even eliminated two," a soldier on the side took the conversation.

Shi Jin patted Wang Yan on the shoulder: "Well done, keep it up. Get in the car and go."

In just this short while, things had been packed up, the Third Squad got into the vehicle directly and drove along the hillside.

The two combat vehicles earlier had already run away. Since they had already been exposed and their effective strength had been scattered, what they had to do naturally was to retreat.

The Third Squad driving forward was a tactical necessity.

They couldn't go out to reconnoiter, but they also had to be at the front. And a battle just happened there, so in a while, artillery shells would definitely hit over.

Sure enough, the Third Squad had only driven out for two minutes when Gao Cheng reported on the radio that the area just now had been covered by artillery shells, and told them to seize the time to build fortifications again and conduct concealment. And he praised the Third Squad's heroic combat, as well as the record of killing twenty enemies without injury, and also said this was the first shot of the 702nd Regiment, and he would treat the Third Squad to a drink after the exercise ended.

"Is it stable this time?" Wu Liuyi hugged Shi Jin's neck happily.

"Who can say for sure about the future," Shi Jin waved his hand, suppressing the corner of his mouth.

"Isn't it just a year, it's a matter of soon," Wang Yan said with a cigarette in his mouth, laughing. "As long as we maintain the state, signing for the fourth term is stable. Besides, we've just started, more than twenty thousand people fighting, how can we not fight for ten or eight days? There are plenty of opportunities. And isn't there a joint exercise with the Air Force later? The formation will definitely be bigger then.

We are just securing the base now, reaching the foundation first, and there will definitely be opportunities for us to perform later. Squad Leader, your name is Shi Jin, you have to work hard. If you want to laugh, laugh out loud, don't hold it in."

"You talk too much," Shi Jin laughed. "But you also have great merit; if you hadn't suppressed them from above just now, I'm afraid we would have lost a few."

"We are all brothers in the same squad, don't say those sour things," Wang Yan waved his hand. "My merit is all because of your command, Squad Leader Shi, and the cooperation of Deputy Squad Leader Wu, and I executed it well. That's the matter."

"Brother Yan, you can be a big official," Bai Tiejun leaned over and gave a thumbs up.

"I'll be a big official, the first thing is to kick you out, your mouth is too broken. Why didn't you let people kill you just now?"

"Hehe, it's all thanks to you, not only did I not get killed, but I also killed three."

Gan Xiaoning said on the side: "You tell me, you tell me, is there any justice? Killing three like this."

"How many did you kill?"

"Two!"

So a group of people started discussing lively again, how many each killed, and detailed the wonderful expressions on the faces of the Blue Army soldiers they saw.

Although they were talking on the road of transfer earlier, it didn't delay them from continuing to talk now. This was a combat record, and they could take it out to say a few words when they were free later. When insulting people, they could also talk with heads, all capital. When they retired, they would have something to talk about when bragging.

However, Wang Yan believed that someone among them would definitely attribute his, Wang Mou's, combat record to themselves. This was, of course, a minor matter.

It seemed that the people in the Third Squad were a bit heartless. But fighting a war was like this; they were just the most basic soldiers, and tactics and strategy were not for them to think about; what they did was only execution.

Not to mention it was an exercise, and not to mention it was just a big victory, so laughing and joking was inevitable... ===== CHAPTER 1184 =====