"Old Liu, take care!" Before the troops began to move, the head of the armored regiment solemnly saluted to the head of the tank regiment.
They had previously discussed how to deal with being discovered by the Blues. The two thought that although the Blue Team headquarters now knew the approximate number of the tank regiment, they didn't know the existence of the armored regiment.
In their intelligence, they should think that the Blue Team's pursuit force was ambushed by the Red Team's air defense forces. In this case, they would make a wrong judgment about the number of Red Team troops on their side.
Based on this judgment, the two regimental commanders decided that after a while, when the troops began to turn, they would first move together for a certain distance. Using the cover of the mountain terrain, they advanced for about 13 kilometers. Then, under the cover of the night, the armored regiment and the two squads of anti-air battalion soldiers who still had ammunition quickly left the main group. They turned right and hid in another suitable valley about 1.5 kilometers away.
The tank regiment led the remaining air defense soldiers who were already short of ammunition to the north. While attracting the Blues' pursuit, they moved to the area occupied by the Red Team.
In other words, the remnants of the tank regiment and the air defense battalion used themselves as bait to cover the armored regiment so that they could lurk in the area already occupied by the Blues and become a surprise force when the Red Team counterattacked.
When the Red Team's armored forces began to move according to the plan, in the Blue Team headquarters, a staff officer was reporting to Yue Jianjun.
"Commander, the hiding location of the remnants of the Red Team's tank regiment has been locked. The Mountain Combat Brigade has sent a quick counterattack battalion and a regiment to surround them." At the same time, the drones had been released. In a while, they would know the specific size of the Red Team's troops.
"Tell the troops to pay attention. The remnants of the Red Team's tank regiment are likely to converge with the Red Team's air defense forces that ambushed our pursuit force. They have a large number of individual air defense weapons in their hands." Yue Jianjun nodded. After instructing the staff officer, he turned his gaze back to the electronic screen in front of him.
Yue Jianjun's focus at this time was the special forces brigade that should have now entered the hinterland of the Red Team. As for the remnants of the Red Team's tank regiment that broke out, the Blue Team had already locked their approximate hiding area.
It was just that the troops were fighting at the time and couldn't spare any energy to deal with them. In order not to give them too much pressure, Yue Jianjun even ordered the troops not to send any scouts to the area where they were hiding.
This was to prevent the enemy from thinking that they had no hope of escaping and launching a "near-death attack" on the Blues, thereby disrupting the offensive rhythm of the frontline.
Now that the strategic objective of the second phase had basically been achieved, they could finally free up their hands to eliminate them.
"Reporting! The drones had already discovered the remnants of the Red Team's armored regiment. There were about 30 tanks, as well as a small number of supply trucks and other types of military vehicles. There were also many infantrymen on the red team's tanks. Based on the analysis of the photos taken by the drones, these infantrymen were equipped with a large number of individual anti-aircraft missiles. They should be the Red Team's air defense unit that ambushed our pursuing troops. "
"Pass the information to the mountain brigade and have them formulate a good attack strategy and control the losses," Yue Jianjun replied.
After another two minutes, the signaller reported again, "Reporting, our troops in the D9 area have reported …" At this point, the signaller hesitated for a moment. When he saw that the division commander was looking at him, he continued, "Many of our troops in the D9 area have reported that they captured a large number of Red Team's stragglers in the past half an hour."
"A large number of stragglers?" Yue Jianjun asked with a frown as he confirmed.
"Yes!" The signaller nodded and said, "It is indeed a large number of stragglers. In the beginning, my forward troops intercepted a few Red Team's military vehicles on a few different routes. Then, almost all of the troops stationed in the D9 area have captured a few Red Team stragglers. These stragglers were mostly in groups of two, fleeing towards the Red Team's occupied areas.
Moreover, the various troops have reported that because of a lack of manpower, there are still a large number of Red Team stragglers fleeing. They are already doing their best to capture them. "
"How many have been captured already?" Yue Jianjun couldn't understand how so many Red Team stragglers could suddenly appear. Thus, he followed up with a question.
"We have tallied up the number of people captured by the various troops. Right now, there are already over a hundred of them." The signaller reported.
"Already over a hundred? There are still a large number of them fleeing?" Yue Jianjun's brows couldn't help but knit together.
"Commander, could this be Red Team's strategy? Using stragglers to distract and divert our attention and forces to create an opportunity for their main forces to attack?" A staff officer voiced his suspicions.
"I don't think so." Another staff officer immediately refuted, "If these stragglers ran out from the Red Team's occupied areas, then that is a possibility. However, right now, they are running from our occupied areas towards the Red Team's side. Right now, the Red Team's communication system has already been completely paralyzed. It is very difficult for the troops on both sides to effectively cooperate in battle. Even if there are still Red Team troops hidden in our occupied areas, they definitely won't be too large.
If they have this idea, they can attack before our second phase of the battle is over. This can indeed create quite a bit of trouble for us. However, by this time, our troops have already finished resupplying. Even if they make a sudden attack, it will undoubtedly be like throwing an egg at a rock. "
The second staff officer's words were undoubtedly more persuasive. Most of the people in the command center agreed with him.
"Commander, why don't we use the next window to properly scan our occupied areas with the help of the satellite. This will prevent the remaining small Red Team troops from contacting each other and gathering together to make a big move." The staff officer thought for a while and suggested.
Yue Jianjun nodded and didn't say anything. After thinking for a few seconds, he suddenly asked, "How long ago did the special forces' aviation team fly over the D9 area?"
The moment Yue Jianjun finished speaking, the staff officer instantly thought of something and hurriedly flipped through the intelligence report. After taking a look, his expression immediately turned ugly.
Without needing him to say anything, Yue Jianjun already knew the result from his expression. He immediately ordered, "Immediately contact the special forces. Their actions are very likely to have been exposed. Tell them to hurry up and complete the mission before the Red Team's command center receives the news."
"Yes!" The leader of the communications team also realized the severity of the problem. He immediately used the encrypted satellite communicator to contact the special forces that had already penetrated deep into the Red Team's territory.
At this moment, in the D9 area, the Red Team soldiers who were fast had already reached the northern border. After crossing the border, they quickly scattered into the C7, C8, and C9 areas. Behind them, more two-man teams passed through the border area and ran madly towards the Red Team's territory.
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After the Red Team's armored team, tank team, and anti-air battalion separated, they used the terrain advantage to quickly move to the predetermined location. After arriving at the destination, the soldiers immediately started to look for suitable places to hide. Very quickly, 15 tanks, 9 armored vehicles, and 5 assault vehicles were camouflaged. The soldiers then set up camouflage sheds above the hidden pits and moved in sand, stones, and weeds to further camouflage them. This was to prevent them from being discovered by the Blue Team's surveillance aircraft and satellites.
After the camouflage work was completed, all the teams quickly hid in the vehicles. Everyone didn't even dare to breathe loudly. They were afraid that they wouldn't be able to hide from the Blue Team's surveillance.
"Qu Sen ~" A thief-like voice sounded from outside the armored vehicle that Qu Sen was in.
The armored team was worried that the Blue Team would catch the signal if they used the radio to communicate. Thus, all the teams had entered radio silence and relied on manpower to transmit messages.
"I'm here." Qu Sen leaned against the shooting hole and replied in a low voice.
"The commander wants you to go to the command vehicle." The person outside was almost leaning against the shooting hole and said in the same low voice.
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