Chapter 368: Selling the Regiment Commander and Making Him Count the Money! (2)
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Moreover, Wang Ye is only nineteen, while Wen Xiaoman is a non-commissioned officer from the first batch of soldiers.
At least two years older than Wang Ye, and the key is that Wang Ye really doesn’t want to find a woman who wouldn’t even flinch when she sees a king cobra.
“Hehe, okay, next time i come to find you, take me to have a look if there’s a chance!” The company commander seemed a bit regretful but didn’t insist, saying this with a smile.
Wang Ye’s hasty departure did help him dispel the grief of losing his comrades.
Soon, Wang Ye got into the car on the side.
First, he drove away the other Toyota AE86.
Hmm… driving without a license, but there’s definitely no one to care about that now.
After all, this exercise is like real combat. Once you’re in a real battle, who cares about your driver’s license?
The car started moving, not too fast, and after driving for a few hundred meters, Wang Ye took a turn and stopped the car behind so that the company commander and the others couldn’t see this side.
After waiting for a while, sure enough, Wen Xiaoman chased after him.
“What did you say to your company commander?” After coming over and not seeing the Toyota AE86 parked next to Wang Ye, Wen Xiaoman asked with a curious look.
She really couldn’t figure out how Wang Ye, with his silver tongue, turned a serious offense into this.
“Hehe, it’s a secret!”
Wang Ye looked at her green face and responded with a slightly uneasy smile.
Of course, he couldn’t tell the truth.
Wen Xiaoman was speechless, but seeing that Wang Ye seemed really unwilling to say, she could only bear with it.
Looking at the Toyota AE86, she asked again, “Why did you drive this thing over here?”
“Well…”
Wang Ye quickly explained his plan.
After finishing, Wang Ye looked at her and added quickly, “If I’m not mistaken, the reason the Iron Bones Hero Regiment has sent out live troops now must be because it’s getting light, and they’re launching a massive counterattack on this jungle, ready to sweep us away.”
Right now, the perimeter is definitely in a vulnerable state.
As for the Iron Bones Hero Regiment’s base, there probably won’t be many troops either.
Let’s go for a raid, even if it doesn’t cause much damage to the team, at least we’ve tried.”
Pausing for a moment, Wang Ye continued, “Moreover, by doing this, maybe we can get them to send some people out to hunt us down, which can help alleviate the pressure on our comrades who are still in the enemy’s hands!”
“Good!”
Wang Ye said a lot, but Wen Xiaoman replied with just one word.
Of course, one word was enough.
Soon, she got on the armored vehicle.
Reconnaissance soldiers are versatile, and even though Wang Ye had only been with them for ten days, he already knew that a qualified reconnaissance soldier had to be familiar with all the unit’s transportation and equipment, including the helicopter squadron directly under the platoon, which had a full squadron formation but actually only had six armed helicopters.
Of course, they wouldn’t let you fly those for real.
They had a simulator for that.
Back to the point, as a female sergeant reconnaissance soldier, Wen Xiaoman could definitely drive the Toyota AE86.
Soon, Wang Ye ran back along the road.
He needed to go back and fetch another vehicle.
For an attack on the regimental headquarters, even if it’s just a harassment, one Toyota AE86 wouldn’t be enough.
He needed to go back and fetch a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun towing vehicle.
Hmm… Wang Ye had actually never learned how to drive a truck, not even in his two lifetimes.
But that didn’t matter; he could drive a manual transmission car, and the road was wide enough now.
Having mastered the art of driving armored vehicles, Wang Ye, although new to driving trucks, was confident he wouldn’t end up on the side of a mountain with slower speeds.
A few minutes later, Wang Ye arrived with a truck towing a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.
After a brief exchange with Wen Xiaoman, who had been waiting there, the two vehicles continued forward, one behind the other.
They were both unfamiliar with this area, but they had a good understanding of the terrain here.
Based on the map and their knowledge of the Iron Bones Hero Regiment’s location, driving the vehicles over there was not a difficult task.
“Hehe, he’s got some real guts!” The platoon commander, looking at the situation from Wang Ye’s perspective, had a smile on his face.
He found that what was originally a serious exercise now seemed a bit humorous and entertaining.
This guy, Wang Ye, had surprised him during the previous martial arts competition, and now, in this confrontation exercise, he was once again showing some unexpected moves.
The chief of staff chimed in, “Indeed, it’s quite impressive, Commander. Maybe we should consider transferring him to our unit directly.”
Wang Ye’s performance today had far exceeded their expectations.
Originally, they just wanted to see some action and how Wang Ye would face the Iron Bones Hero Regiment.
But they never expected that after sending Wang Ye over, he would not only outperform his own company commander but also charge towards the regimental headquarters with artillery in tow.
Fun and interesting.
Now that the exercise is over, he thought that scaring Wang Ye a bit might be enough to convince him to stay with the platoon’s reconnaissance Platoon directly.
The chief of staff was making some plans.
The platoon commander glanced at him and then smiled, saying, “Hehe, if you can convince Old Hong, I have no objections!”
The platoon commander didn’t take the bait from the chief of staff and instead threw the ball back to him, then turned to give orders, “Wang Ye, leave one perspective here. Also, inform the Third Platoon and Third Company that their exercise is over!”
The platoon commander had been smiling earlier, but now, when he gave orders, his face immediately turned serious.
Even the chief of staff and others around him lost their smiles because of this.
The Third Platoon had actually disappointed them greatly tonight.
From the beginning, the Third Platoon’s vigilance had been lacking, to the point where they allowed the reconnaissance soldiers to slip past their lookout positions, nearly infiltrating their ranks.
Later, in the hasty engagement, they managed to chase the reconnaissance soldiers away quickly due to their numerical advantage.
But in the subsequent pursuit, they were still beaten quite badly.
This was evident from the situation on the side of the Iron Bones Hero Regiment.
In jungle warfare, the side with night vision goggles and the side without them had a significant hardware and even era gap.
The reconnaissance soldiers could operate without lights, break into smaller groups, and hide all over the place.
Meanwhile, the ordinary infantry of the Iron Bones Hero Regiment had to use flashlights if they wanted to pursue.
Under the cover of darkness, this made them easy and visible targets, engaging in combat against an enemy that could be hiding anywhere, resulting in heavy casualties.
In fact, this situation had been intentionally created by the platoon headquarters.
It was a test, a test of their adaptability in rapidly changing situations.
The Iron Bones Hero Regiment’s strategy of waiting for the rabbit had satisfied the platoon commander and his staff.
With this change, their losses had immediately decreased, while the losses of the reconnaissance soldiers rapidly increased.
In comparison, the Third Platoon and the First Platoon also made tactical adjustments.
The First Platoon showed commendable performance and adopted a similar approach to the Iron Bones Hero Regiment, but their tactics were a bit more aggressive.
Their subsequent tactical change involved leaving soldiers equipped with sniper rifles as temporary observers while the others continued searching. At the same time, they kept placing landmines and booby traps along the way.
This approach was akin to driving ducks onto the shore while someone on the shore secretly hit the ducks with a stick.
Their results in the later stages of the exercise were higher than those of the Iron Bones Hero Regiment, but their losses were also greater.
After all, driving ducks onto the shore came at a cost.
But this tactical change still earned the platoon commander a passing grade.
Only the Third Platoon actually chose to go on the defensive.
After suffering heavy losses during the pursuit with little gain, their tactical change was to withdraw their forces, set up checkpoints and traps around the platoon headquarters, and establish various lookout positions.
It seemed like they were fortifying their platoon headquarters to compensate for their previous lack of vigilance.
But this pretense meant that they achieved almost nothing in the later stages, and despite the daylight having already arrived, the Third Platoon had yet to change their tactics, continuing to opt for a defensive strategy.
This kind of pretense was something the platoon commander was quite familiar with.
In today’s various red-blue confrontation exercises, many military units adopt this kind of strategy.
They don’t seek achievements; they seek to avoid mistakes. They protect themselves thoroughly and only strike back when attacked.
It’s like performing a perfect Tai Chi routine.
But does this approach fit the image of a soldier?
In large-scale red-blue confrontations, there may not be much choice, as this is the current trend.
When there’s a script and the outcome is predetermined before the exercise even begins, it’s acceptable.
However, A Platoon is part of a frontline border defense unit, and this isn’t a scripted red-blue exercise.
By adopting this approach, they completely lose the morale and the necessary combativeness of a military unit.
So, their exercise platoon commander believed it was time to end it.
In other words, their test had concluded.
In the eyes of the platoon commander, the performance of the Third Platoon was decidedly unsatisfactory….