Chapter 1574

The government forces' commander's eyes lit up after hearing Lu Zhanjun's words.

"Feint attack on the front, detour from the side!"

"This is absolutely a very feasible combat plan. This Lu Zhanjun really has some skills!"

Lu Zhanjun didn't know that his set of ordinary-to-the-point-of-being-ordinary hard-attack tactics had become a genius-like decision in the eyes of the other side's commander.

This was mainly because the other side's military literacy was really too low, low to the point of being outrageous.

Although the Middle East region had constant wars, it had to be admitted that the entire modern Middle East was not good at fighting wars.

Since the Second World War, the requirements for tactics, strategy, and patterns of war had become higher and higher. The whole world had absorbed a large amount of war experience from that war, even those Southeast Asian countries that were originally weak had all become brave and good at fighting. Only the Middle East region had not improved in war talent. On the contrary, it was far behind other regions.

Syria, Afghanistan, and even Iraq had been fighting for so many years. No matter how large the scale of local armed forces was, fighting a war was basically a wild guerrilla mode.

Low military literacy was the biggest problem for armies in the Middle East, except for Israel.

Soldiers' training level was not enough, officers' command level was insufficient, and the ability of various departments and arms of the army to coordinate in battle was extremely poor. At the same time, the troops generally lacked a tough fighting will. Many times, seemingly huge armies were actually broken with one poke.

Not to mention a country like Syria that was in war all day long, even those super rich countries that relied on oil to rise, their armies were almost a mess in all aspects except when they spent money to buy equipment.

For example, Saudi Arabia, which was almost entirely equipped with advanced American equipment, could even have its M1A2 main battle tanks captured by the other side when clashing with the Houthi armed forces, and thus won the reputation of "Transportation Brigade Commander."

The military level of the rich countries was so worrying, let alone Syria.

This government forces' commander who partnered with Lu Zhanjun actually hadn't received professional military education at all. With a force of thousands of people, he was basically confused about how to arrange troops and how to formulate tactical strategies.

Even the simplest infantry-artillery coordination was a plan proposed by Lu Zhanjun.

The reason why the government forces' commander didn't think of using infantry-artillery coordination was mainly because their artillery training level was extremely low. It was barely okay to shoot targets at close range on the training ground, but if they were really pulled out to bombard Hamid's base in the mountains and hills, they couldn't even calculate the coordinates.

If it weren't for the experts proficient in calculation under Lu Zhanjun's command, they wouldn't even have prepared to bring towed artillery when they came out to punish Hamid this time.

Because their soldiers, besides using guns, were only good at operating one kind of heavy firepower weapon, and that was the RPG rocket launcher.

That was too simple for them. No reconnaissance, no calculation, and no need to coordinate with various departments. If they wanted to bomb something, they just carried that thing on their shoulders, aimed visually, and fired it.

Even an illiterate person could operate it easily.

But artillery was a cumbersome tactical system behind it. Reconnaissance, calculation, site selection, cooperation, attack, and defense were all indispensable elements. If the coordinate calculation of artillery with a range of twenty or thirty kilometers couldn't be figured out, bombarding for a day might not hit the enemy.

Therefore, he, who didn't understand any damn tactics, immediately regarded this set of technical and tactical skills of Lu Zhanjun as a golden rule.

However, the problem also came.

Why let his own army launch a feint attack?

Even if it was a feint attack, they had to make a show of it with the other side on the frontal battlefield, right?

Moreover, you couldn't launch a feint attack outside the enemy's firing range, right? In that case, even a fool could see that this was acting.

But on the frontal battlefield, his side had no advantage at all. Even if it was a feint attack, it would cause quite a few casualties.

Moreover, the side launching the feint attack would not only have losses, but the credit for conquering the enemy camp would also damn belong to the other side after the Cataclysmic Front people detoured from the side and stole the other side's permanent fortifications.

The more he thought about this deal, the more it didn't seem worth it.

Therefore, he opened his mouth and said: "Your method is okay, but I think I shouldn't let my team launch a feint attack. How about we switch? You let your team launch a feint attack, and I let my soldiers detour from the side!"

Lu Zhanjun said angrily: "You damn stop dreaming! Let my soldiers launch a feint attack? With your kind of soldiers who are seriously lacking training, can they shoulder such an arduous hard-attack task? By then, what's the use of just being able to touch over but not being able to take it down?"

The commander thought to himself after hearing this: "It seems this is indeed the truth... My soldiers' overall strength is much worse. If they really go to fight a hard-attack battle, I'm afraid they can't beat the other side... Moreover, the other side has the protection of permanent fortifications. By then, if they can't take it down, I don't know how many people will die..."

Thinking clearly about this layer, he immediately said: "Good! Since that's the case, you go to detour and infiltrate, and I'll launch a feint attack on the front!"

Lu Zhanjun looked at him with disdain, then snorted coldly and said: "The team has retreated now, but don't let the other side catch their breath. Let your artillery in the rear continue to bombard. I'll go formulate a combat plan with my team. We'll start detouring from the side in 10 minutes. By then, you launch the feint attack!"

The other side's commander also felt that Lu Zhanjun seemed to really understand war better than himself, so he immediately agreed and said with a smile: "Easy to say, easy to say. I'll make a phone call right now and let the artillery bombard for five more rounds immediately!"

At this time, Hamid, seeing the other side retreat after leaving more than 1,000 corpses, felt his sense of achievement explode.

Immediately after, the adjutant came forward to report, saying happily: "Commander, every squad just did a count. In the battle just now, we didn't have a single person die or a single person injured!"

"Damn!" Hamid slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "The Chinese people's technical and tactical skills are really damn god-like! I must hurry up and call Brother Ye to report!"

Immediately after, Hamid took out his satellite phone and called Ye Chen.

Ye Chen had already rushed back to his home in Tang Chen Yi Pin at this time, locking himself in the room, waiting for Hamid's follow-up feedback.

He knew very well that he was in Jin Ling, and the situation over at Hamid's side was truly beyond his reach.

And this wasn't as simple as rescuing someone, but a war with more than ten thousand people participating on both sides.

In this kind of war, it was never the case that one powerful person could decide the direction of the war. So even if he rushed over now, he might not be able to help him with anything.

Not to mention such a long distance, plus having to transfer in Lebanon, even if he let the Concorde plane rush over now, it would be several hours later when he arrived in Syria. By then, the overall situation would likely have been decided.

So what he could do now was to guard the phone side, waiting for Hamid's feedback. If he encountered problems, he had to provide him with help in time.

At this time, receiving Hamid's call, he answered almost immediately and asked: "Brother, how is the situation over there??"

Hamid said happily: "Brother Ye, you are truly too god-like. Every step of the other side's action is within your prediction range!"

As he spoke, Hamid took a breath and continued: "They really used the infantry-artillery coordination combat method you mentioned. First, they carried out a large-scale dense artillery attack on my base and positions, and then they started letting several thousand infantry charge up hard. But they underestimated the enemy too much. Just now, my troops suddenly opened fire and counterattacked, catching them off guard. They have already been beaten back now, and it's estimated that the number of casualties is at least over one thousand!"

Ye Chen asked: "What is their state now? Have they started preparing for artillery attacks again?"

"Not very clear..." Hamid said: "They just retreated. There is no movement for the time being."

Ye Chen thought for a moment and said: "Then I estimate they will soon continue to launch artillery attacks. But you must be careful. The other side is highly likely to adopt the method of detouring and infiltrating from the side to directly sneak attack your fortifications."