Chapter 24 Good Chess

"In my personal philosophy, whether a force can play its greatest role is to use it in the right way at the right time and in the right place. The characteristic of a standard armored reconnaissance company is excellent maneuverability and complete communication equipment. Therefore, we will make full use of this to quickly explore the situation on the battlefield, with the focus on the two bridges across the river!" Lin En said in detail but not procrastination, supplemented by appropriate gestures. Here, he did not regard himself as a speaker or even a teacher, but let everyone's thoughts follow his own rhythm from the beginning - this does not change the principled judgment, but wargame deduction has a large subjective factor, and gaining more recognition is sometimes more effective than adding a combat force on paper.

"If the bridges have not been destroyed by the defenders, we will find ways to seize them, including sending a small team of elite soldiers to put on enemy uniforms to control the guards of the bridge, and conducting rapid raids with armored combat vehicles and armored personnel carriers. Regardless of whether the bridge capture operation is successful or not, or the enemy defenders are rushing to blast before we cross the bridge, we will identify one goal, that is, to allow the armored reconnaissance company and mechanized infantry battalion to reach the other side of the river as quickly as possible!"

Speaking of this, Lynn stopped. According to the war game deduction mode, it was the other party's turn to "play chess".

"We have a company and a platoon of left-behind villages and towns and reinforced defense facilities, and sent a small number of personnel to defend the high ground and forests. The remaining troops, together with two anti-tank guns, were ambushed in the area that is most suitable for crossing the river. After asking superiors for instructions, the two bridges were all blown up before the enemy crossed the river. When the enemy troops crossed the river, our ambushed troops on the west bank will block the enemy based on the terrain, causing the enemy to suffer major losses when crossing the river."

The representative of the defending side used "major losses" in the end, which was a subjective preconceived judgment. In fact, even if the troops with less than two platoons tried their best, they might not be able to cause great casualties to their opponents on the riverside position.

Lin En thought for a moment and said, "When an enemy's organized defense appears on the other side of the river, we will immediately put in howitzers, heavy mortars and machine guns to suppress fire. I believe that in the open river bank areas, this close-range dense firepower will also cause significant losses to the opponent. If it is a competition to consume, it will be worth it even if we eliminate the opponent at the cost of a company."

When the guards heard this, the students quickly discussed the situation, and then their representatives responded: "When the enemy concentrated artillery fire, our ambush troops quickly brought anti-tank guns to the villages and towns, entered a defensive position built with the villages and towns as the center, and buried mines along the way."

Lin En knew that if the other party said that the landmines were buried, he would follow them and take a detour, which would give people the feeling of opportunity. Therefore, he said very generously: "Because the other party buried a large number of landmines on the road we must pass, we lost some armored vehicles in the early stage, so we had to slow down the speed of mine detection by engineers, and divide the armored reconnaissance company into several small units to avoid fire reconnaissance head-on facing the west bank of the river; get in touch with the superiors to see if they can provide some air force reconnaissance information. Combined, it can basically be determined that the enemy is stationed in the highlands and woods, and the main force is concentrated around the villages and towns. We request the superiors to provide air support and ask the baggage troops to concentrate on sending smoke launchers and smoke bombs across the river as soon as possible."

The attacking side dispatched troops and generals to make a lot of arrangements. The five students from the defending side gathered together for a relatively long time this time. Lin En still stood on the podium confidently, just occasionally turning back to exchange eyes with his companions, spending most of the time scanning the students in the audience. Before he entered the officer class, these were strange faces, but with classmates, they would be his important network resources in the future.

After the discussion was made, the guard cadets announced by their representatives: "Using the time when the enemy was blocked in advance, we strengthened the defense positions of the villages and towns, and arranged minefields on important sections of the villages and towns, and used up all the mines that could be used up."

After a little thought, Lin Neng said: "Because of clearing mines, our troops did take some time on the road, and the reconnaissance forces took this opportunity to find out the enemy's deployment on the West Bank. The intelligence and support that superiors could provide were also arrived at this time. With the two most powerful companies, howitzers and mortar fire as support, we captured the southern wing highlands only 47 meters above the flat ground, and launched a tentative shelling at the villages and towns from here to preliminary judgment on the configuration of the enemy's fortification bunker. At the same time, the armored reconnaissance company was ordered to cut off the main highway leading to the rear with a platoon of troops."

Although more than half of the troops were dispatched to ambush along the river, at this time, the defense's combat strategy was no different from the previous two rounds of victory. Their representative said frankly: "Except for a small number of troops that use terrain to conceal and wait for an opportunity to attack the enemy's supply line, the rest of our combatants were concentrated on the village and town defense lines for resolute defense. Because sufficient ammunition supplies were stored in advance, even if the enemy cut off our contact with the rear, they could still hold on for many days."

Next, it was Linn's turn to "play chess". He quickly walked to the blackboard and pointed to the lines representing the village and towns and surrounding defense lines and said loudly: "As we all know, circular defense requires scattering troops to all sides, and limited mines can only be placed with limited minefields. Our troops take advantage of the mechanization to carry out rapid maneuvers outside the effective range of the enemy's anti-tank gun, so that the enemy cannot tell the direction of our real attack. After the smoke launcher and smoke bomb arrived, we chose the southeast corner of the village and town - according to the actual situation.

It may be the southwest or northeast corner, smoke bombs are used to create smoke screens to interfere with the opponent's anti-tank artillery and machine gun fire. It would be better if the superiors can coordinate with the air force support. In the first hour, we fired the smoke screen every half hour, and carried out artillery and limited attacks at the same time. What can really cause trouble for us will be the mines laid by the enemy, but after two tests, we have roughly figured out the situation of the minefield. But due to the harassment of our shelling, the enemy can no longer set up the minefield."

The inspiration for barrage cover came from witnessing the classic battle of his armoured troops in the small town of East Prussia. The principle is simple and the materials are very authentic. Usually, German tanks and artillery will be equipped with a certain number of smoke bombs, and grassroots troops may be equipped with six-barrel smoke launchers, so that the efficiency of creating smoke screens will be even higher.

After the on-site discussion, the response of the representative of the defending party made Lin En sincerely disappointed, because they still only emphasized "persistence" and "mobilization" in this situation, but the conditions they rely on for perseverance have been stripped away layer by layer by layer by layer by layer by layer by layer by layer by layer by layer by layer by Lin En.

It was time to give the opponent a last blow. Lynn left the blackboard and walked to the podium: "For the third attack in an hour, we still created smoke screens in front of the enemy's positions, and the artillery still shot at the enemy's positions and the town, and a small number of troops from the armored reconnaissance company interfered from the corresponding direction. The mechanized infantry battalion was concentrated and used smoke screen to carry out the fastest attack. Even if the armored vehicles were blocked, the infantry would attack and advance regardless of everything after getting off the vehicle. Mortars, machine guns and machine guns would also suppress and shoot at any cost!"

"us……"

The student representative of the defending party wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Barnfinger's applause. The general-level instructor with several scars on his face walked towards the podium: "In actual combat, the attacking party is very sure to win this battle, and it is very likely to take down the village and town with a small loss, so as to successfully achieve the subsequent outpost mission. Lynn Galgo, I really want to know, if you were the commander of the defensive side, what would you do to face such an attack by the enemy?"

This is a question of using one's own spear to attack one's shield. Lin En thought for a while and replied: "If it reaches the last moment, I'm afraid that it will be possible to rely on villages and towns to defend this road. If it evacuates, infantrymen who lose their positions will be easily severely damaged or even annihilated by enemies with mechanized equipment. However... If I were the commander of the defending side, I would not have chosen such passive defense from the beginning!"

"Tell me specifically!" Barnfenger stepped onto the podium and stood in front of Lynn, looked at the student who came to class on the first day, then turned around and faced the audience, basically standing side by side with Lynn.

The war game deduction has ended, and Lin En talked irresponsibly: "In my understanding, woods, mountains, rivers, and bridges are tools worth noting and exploiting on the battlefield. Just now, everyone may have overlooked one point: the combat value of bridgeheads is often no less than that of ordinary villages and towns. If our army has counterattack strength and counterattack plan, then the superiors will probably have to keep at least one of the two bridges, and the troops in my hands are very limited, then I will order the one at the far end to leave a combat squad with a radio station to lurk in the woods in that area, and then deploy the main force of the company around this bridge closer to the villages and towns.

Its east and west ends are built bridgehead defense positions, deploying two anti-tank guns on the west bank, properly building artillery bunkers and camouflage them in concealment. For enemies who aim to advance quickly, grabbing bridges is obviously more convenient than crossing the river, so they will try every means to seize them without blowing up the bridge. However, they do not have heavy tanks, and their strength advantage is difficult to exert in the battle against the bridgehead positions. Armored vehicles will also be buried under the muzzles of our anti-tank guns in rounds of attacks. Even if the bridgehead positions on the east bank are lost in the battle, we can still rely on the west bank to defend until the main force is withdrawn, and then retreat calmly with the mine delay tactic."

After Lin En finished speaking, the classroom was silent. The students no longer whispered to each other, but thought about the combat mode listed by the newcomer. Before coming to the "Sanctuary", they were all sergeant and had no lack of combat experience. However, in most cases, the non-commissioned officers were only responsible for the execution of combat commands, thinking about how to complete the task, and rarely had the opportunity to make separate decisions or even plan the overall situation. Changes in inertial thinking often require a gradual long process. As for Lin En, not only did he have more knowledge, but he also discussed strategic and tactical issues as a military fan without responsibility for discussing strategic and tactical issues for a long time, but also served in the command center of the "Vampire" commando for a period of time. Such an innate advantage is incomparable to other students.
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