Chapter 31: The Army's ‘God-Level’ Equipment! Changing the Century-Old Combat System!
The ‘Meow-Meow Cars’ departed with style, leaving behind a continuous aftershock.
Their mobility in enemy rear guerrilla warfare and penetration, the powerful firepower coverage of their combat capability, left a deep impression on everyone present.
Such equipment might be insignificant on the front lines.
They might not even withstand a single hit from tank heavy artillery.
However, if equipped in the hands of airborne troops who infiltrate deep behind enemy lines, they become veritable ‘divine weapons’!
Undoubtedly, the emergence of the Meow-Meow Car brought about a significant change and impact on the battlefield.
It was because of the ‘Tiger Regiment’ having Meow-Meow Cars that the Blue side’s logistics, communication sites, artillery positions, airfields, and other critical facilities faced immense pressure.
No one knew when this ‘battlefield ghost’ would descend from the sky and destroy them.
Besides, relevant intelligence from the Blue side’s camp was continuously relayed back to the Red side command headquarters.
The troop deployment situation of major camps, the deployment of various units, the coordinates of important strategic locations… When all this intelligence was relayed back to the Red side, even a fool would know what to do.
Modern warfare is all about intelligence warfare.
It will even escalate to electronic warfare in the future!
Whoever holds the initiative in intelligence warfare and electronic warfare will essentially win the war without even fighting.
This isn’t a case of experts sparring gently, but a pre-determined victory.
Just like earlier, the Blue side had assembled elite troops intending to eliminate this ‘bedbug’ slumbering right under their noses.
However, they were outsmarted and lured into a trap, suffering heavy losses from the Red side’s missile bombardment.
The ‘Thunder God’ Assault Team, renowned throughout the 7th Military Region, which hadn’t been this humiliated even in international special forces competitions, had been summarily eliminated!
The ‘Heroic Model Unit’ Tank Battalion, which had emerged from the ‘Peninsula War’ and were ‘tough guys’ who had weathered bloody battles, had silently been wiped out!
And Zhao Jianjun’s old rival, the Second Regiment commander, Xu Changguo, the man who remained expressionless even after breaking his leg countless times during parachute training, was now slightly furious.
They had all lost miserably because of the Meow-Meow Cars!
Compared to them, Xu Shaojiang and the directors of the command headquarters had even more complex and varied expressions.
Xu Shaojiang felt a mixture of unwillingness to accept the possible failure of the exercise and contemplation as he looked at the photo of the ‘Meow-Meow Car’ in his hand.
Xie Si Ling, director of the command headquarters, exchanged glances with the military commission leaders beside him and the Chief of the General Staff of the Army, who wore two stars on his shoulders. Their faces were no longer as relaxed and cheerful as when the exercise had started.
Standing high, they could see farther.
While others were still pondering the tactical role of the Meow-Meow Car in the hands of airborne troops, marveling at its effectiveness, their minds were already thinking on a larger scale.
As their thoughts deepened, their expressions involuntarily became serious.
“This exercise has really opened my eyes. This is absolutely the most spectacular scene I’ve witnessed in a military exercise in the last ten years!”
The military commission leader started the conversation.
This was a high level of praise. Ten years back, military exercises were attended by veterans from several self-defense wars, veterans who exuded a natural aura of killing intent.
To be compared to those exercises was a top-level accolade.
“You all see it, right?”
“Lao Dong, you’re going to have a lot of work back at the office.”
Xie Si Ling joked.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Army, with two stars on his shoulders, laughed bitterly, “Indeed, I’ve got my work cut out for me.”
“I don’t know where Zhao Jianjun found this treasure, nor which military-industrial research institute created this masterpiece. This little car, it has a lot of potential!”
Xie Si Ling continued, “Maybe we won’t have the concept of light infantry anymore.”
“You don’t have to point it out to me. Can’t I see that?”
“We’ve found the direction for the Army’s mechanized reform!”
The Chief of the General Staff of the Army, with two stars on his shoulders, his tiger eyes shone with excitement.
These words, which struck awe in the hearts of others, were not an exaggeration.
A small car, influencing and changing the century-old army combat system and troop deployment, that was the strategic significance of the Meow-Meow Car.
The definition of light infantry is that all supplies are carried by the soldiers themselves. They carry as much as they can carry.
After deducting essential items like seven days’ worth of rations and basic necessities, a rifle, and a few grenades, there’s not much weight they can actually carry.
At most, they can bring some blasting tubes and explosive packs to deal with enemy defenses.
Compared to armored vehicles equipped with heavy artillery and abundant ammunition, and the heavily armored units like tanks, light infantry has limited combat effectiveness, significantly weaker than heavy armored units.
The light infantry of the Eastern Great Nation was once considered the world’s strongest.
From the days of yore, back to the Peninsula War, they had used the ‘elusive’ nature of light infantry to achieve world-renowned feats.
But who wants to be light infantry when they can be heavy armored units..
Tactical penetration, it sounds impressive, but it involves risking one’s life, a literal ‘poor’ tactic.
Let’s take the simplest example, during the Peninsula War, soldiers didn’t wear helmets for tactical penetration.
This was because transportation vehicles were scarce back then, and helmets took up a lot of weight.
It wasn’t until the counteroffensive against the Vietnamese that, with transportation trucks being able to directly deliver artillery shells and supplies to the frontlines, soldiers began wearing helmets in large numbers.
Therefore, the Meow-Meow Car used by the airborne troops can also be used for light infantry.
This will enable a leap from ‘motorization’ to ‘mechanization’, significantly enhancing the combat strength of the army!
“Do we have any ‘eliminated’ cars from the field?”
“Send one over for us to have a look.”
Military personnel see a new weapon and equipment, it’s like marrying a second bride, it’s impossible for their hearts not to itch, even if they are generals wearing stars on their shoulders.
On the exercise field at that moment, the Meow-Meow Cars that had ‘run wild’ in the Blue side’s camp had disappeared, hiding in the endless mountain forests, and suddenly switched to silent mode.
Except for the occasional ‘unlucky’ one that was captured by the Blue side.
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