The commander of the air defense battalion and the commander of the tank regiment agreed with the judgment of the commander of the armored regiment. Besides, the ammunition of the soldiers under them had been used up. Although there were still some ammunition reserves, even if they were distributed, it would not be enough to support another battle.
In a situation where the three troops were unable to contact their superiors, accepting the suggestion of the commander of the armored regiment and acting together was the best way to do it.
After all, a lone army with insufficient ammunition on the battlefield was no different from courting death.
Soon, the team composed of the three Red Team troops was ready and set off again. However, the team composed of armored troops and air defense troops did not go far. Instead, they once again returned to the place where the armored regiment was previously hidden.
They did this not to play a psychological game with the commander of the Blue Team, but because they had no choice but to do so because of the lack of fuel.
Previously, the armored regiment's supply units were all lost. There was no fuel reserve at all. Although a few supply vehicles ran out when the tank regiment broke out, the amount of fuel distributed to each vehicle was not enough to fill the "big belly" of the armored troops.
Once the armored troops ran out of fuel, they were like tigers without teeth. Infantrymen could still use their legs to travel without their vehicles, but chariots would collapse if they ran out of fuel.
After the commander of the armored regiment, who temporarily served as the supreme commander of the joint forces, calculated the fuel reserves of each unit, he reluctantly ordered them to return to the "old place" that had not yet been exposed to continue hiding.
Although the "old place" where the armored regiment was previously hidden was not exposed, no one on the Red Team knew that just after they set out to reinforce the tank regiment, a platoon-level Blues special forces team quickly passed through the area at a speed that ordinary infantry could not catch up to. They penetrated the area occupied by the Red Team.
And in the D9 area, another special forces team with the same organization was also doing the same thing.
After the armored regiment quickly rushed back to the "old place", they took advantage of the observation post not discovering the pursuers. In order to further improve morale, they began to summarize the outstanding soldiers in the battle and praised them one by one through the short-wave communicator.
Qu Sen used a rocket launcher to kill the Blues command vehicle during the battle. Because the battlefield was too chaotic at the time, it was not counted. Qu Sen was not someone who liked to be in the limelight, so he did not take the initiative to say it. However, too many people saw him taking the lead to shoot Blues' exposed unit with an automatic rifle and being the first to rush out with a grenade to shout at the Blues. Therefore, his name naturally appeared in the list of commendations.
When the regimental commander of the armored regiment mentioned Qu Sen's name, he added, "When this exercise is over, I will be responsible for reporting to you and asking for your reward!"
Only a few people knew about this. Qu Sen had stolen important information from the Blue Team before. Most of the soldiers thought that he had gotten the opportunity to earn merit because of his outstanding performance in the battle. Naturally, they all rubbed their palms together, thinking that if they were to fight again, they would be a little more "ferocious". Perhaps they would be able to make some contributions after the exercise. For a moment, everyone's fighting spirit soared.
Qu Sen did not return to the armored regiment's headquarters after the battle. Instead, he continued to move with the armored infantry squad from before.
Because Hao Pingan had been "sacrificed" and the other soldiers in the squad had been on standby in the vehicle, they did not see the spectacular scene of the ambush on the Blues. Now that they heard that Qu Sen had been singled out for praise by the regimental commander, and that the regimental commander would personally ask for his reward, they became excited. They all asked Qu Sen about the details of the previous battle.
Qu Sen did not talk too much about what he had done. After a few words, he began to use a little exaggerated rhetoric to describe the previous ambush as extremely intense. The soldiers in the class who heard it hated that they had not participated in it personally. When Qu Sen talked about how he was too excited at the time and almost slapped Squad Leader Hao's helmet off after he finished reloading, his comrades in the class once again suppressed their voices and laughed.
There was no other way. Although everyone was not prohibited from talking while hiding in the armored vehicle, they could not make too much noise.
While Qu Sen was bragging, the expressions of everyone in the armored regiment's headquarters were unusually grim.
The festive atmosphere brought about by the previous beautiful ambush had completely faded. Everyone knew that the situation in front of them was unusually grim.
They did not have enough fuel and ammunition, and they could not be resupplied. External communications were cut off, and they could not receive orders from above. They also could not understand the surrounding battle situation.
The worst thing was that they had just ambushed the Blues' pursuing troops. Now, the Blues might be sending out reconnaissance troops to look for them everywhere. And their current position was not far from the previous battlefield. The Blue Team's reconnaissance troops could easily follow the traces left behind by the armored vehicle and find them.
Now, they could actually move into the depths of the Red Team's occupied area. They could also send people to contact the surrounding troops and division command posts as they maneuvered. However, the Red Team's headquarters wanted to increase the combat confidence of the troops under them. They had already said that as long as they resisted the Blue Team's second round of attacks, they would seize the opportunity when the Blue Team's attacking troops had not finished resupplying and deploying to launch a counterattack.
Once their troops and horses reached the depths of the Red Team's occupied area and the order to counterattack came down, what would they do if they did not have enough fuel and ammunition? Would all the crew members abandon their vehicles and turn back to charge with guns?
In the face of the Blue Team's superior firepower and reconnaissance methods, that would not be a show of courage. It would be a joke.
Under such circumstances, the armored regiment's commander could only send a signalman to find his superiors and report the latest battle situation on the front line. At the same time, he let the alert troops use the short-wave radio in the hands of the air defense battalion to expand the alert range.
Time passed quickly, and as the night fell, the signalman informed the various hidden points to send people to receive dinner.
Because there were no supplies, dinner was very simple. Each person had a piece of field rations and two people had a box of canned food. As for water, because of the low water filtration efficiency, each person only had half a bottle of water. However, the soldiers all knew the current predicament the troops were in, and no one complained. Instead, after eating, they seized the time to take turns to rest and recover their strength.
Just as Qu Sen closed his eyes and leaned against the body of his comrade and entered a state of light sleep. Above a forest in the D9 area, the roar of helicopter propellers came from afar and approached. Soon, a huge helicopter formation of 48 helicopters quickly passed by. The airwaves caused by the propellers caused the forest below to fall into a chaotic dance.
After the helicopter formation passed by, in an observation post in the forest, a first rank sergeant carefully poked his head out of a camouflaged hole covered with soil, gravel, and weeds.
He first carefully observed the surroundings, then looked in the direction the helicopter formation had left in. He then shrunk his head back and said to the soldier beside him to quickly return and report the situation to the battalion.
"Yes!" After the soldier responded, he pursed his lips that were already peeling from thirst. He crawled out of the camouflaged hole and ran like a cat towards the distant mountain stream.
A battalion of the Red Team was hidden in this mountain stream. This battalion was ordered to go support the Blue Team during the day when they launched a fierce attack on the observation post. In the end, when they arrived, the observation post had already been broken through by the Blue Team.
When the battalion commander saw that things were not going well, he led his troops back to the base to report the situation. However, he found that the Blues had already blocked off their retreat. He wanted to move deeper into the Red Team's territory, but after marching for half an hour, he found that the Blues were still ahead.
After evaluating the strength of his own side and the Blue Team blocking the way, the battalion commander concluded that his battalion was unable to break through and could only choose to take a detour. In the end, after going around and around, no matter which direction they went, they would always run into the Blues. Only then did the battalion commander realize that his battalion had become a lone army.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark and the soldiers were exhausted, the battalion commander could only leave an observation post outside and take his men to hide in a mountain stream to rest.
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