The Red Era: Living in Seclusion in a Siheyuan as a Boss

Chapter 519: Shock!!!

The "802" exercise was finally scheduled for September and will begin soon.

This is the first time in the history of the Xia army that an exercise of this scale has been carried out.

The time is very tight and the task is quite heavy.

After receiving the exercise mission, the Yanda Military Region immediately plunged into intensive training against all odds.

The military region issued an urgent call, requiring participating troops to carry forward the spirit of hard study and practice, and to improve their own qualities through rigorous training during the exercise.

Liu Zhiye felt that large-scale military training involving so many people could not be carried out in the vicinity of Yanjing.

After discussing with the leaders of the exercise command center, everyone finally decided to move the training ground to Zhangkou.

The training time was in the summer and the weather was extremely hot.

The participating troops could only live in civilian houses and sleep in tents.

Braving the scorching sun and the scorching heat, whether it was sweating profusely on sunny days or muddy on rainy days, the soldiers always took pleasure in hardship and marched forward bravely, and no one complained about fatigue.

Because this military exercise was quite large in scale, with many participants, and the training time just happened to coincide with the period from growth to harvest of winter wheat in Zhangkou.

In order to reduce the loss of local farmers' autumn crops, the soldiers of the Yanda Military Region, in addition to training for more than ten hours a day, also had to worry about not stepping on the people's crops and try to choose training grounds elsewhere.

To ensure that every grain of food was stored in the warehouse, the soldiers also took the initiative to help local villagers harvest wheat after completing the intensive training.

Due to the good conduct demonstrated by the people's soldiers, after the end of this large-scale military exercise, the local people had a particularly good impression of them, and many villagers wanted their daughters to marry PLA soldiers.

As the day of the exercise approached, Liu Zhiye and his comrades became more and more nervous.

Everyone has been training hard for almost half a year, and leaders from military regions across the country will come to watch. They must not make any mistakes at this critical juncture.

In late August, the pre-exercise meeting officially began, with more than 8 major leaders from various military services and major military regions participating.

The first two phases of the campaign training were conducted in Yanjing, focusing mainly on theoretical study and completion of designated tasks.

The third stage is to observe the "Summer Peking University Exercise".

The "flower growers" were busy preparing for the largest military exercise since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Just at this time, a bombshell news came that the polar bears also conducted a large-scale military exercise in their home.

On the coast of the European Sea, the largest exercise in the history of "Blue Star": "Western Europe-81 Military Exercise" officially kicked off.

In order to intimidate Europe and show off its muscle, the polar bear specially invited the little New Yorkers to watch the military exercise on site.

As soon as the military exercise began, the young men were stunned by the 50-strong "steel torrent".

They quickly called home to be on guard against the polar bears turning their fake play into real action.

The full name of the 81 military exercise is “Western Europe-81”. As the name suggests, it is in this year that the polar bear will target Europe.

The polar bear dares to be so straightforward in its name, pointing directly to Europa, which shows how strong it is.

After the last fight, Polar Bear and Sam the Eagle sang a duet.

After more than 30 years, polar bears reached their peak in the early 1980s.

The current head of the polar bear family is Old Bofu. The life of this old bear king can be summed up in four words: ambitious.

"I believe that the day when we polar bears dominate the blue planet will be the end of our duo act. To grow stronger, every one of us polar bears has a responsibility!"

These words from "Bear King" Lao Bo are enough to show how much polar bears value military affairs.

This year, the 22nd Blue Star Summer Forest Games was held at the Polar Bear’s home.

But sadly, dozens of critters didn't make it to the event.

The reason was that the polar bear bullied the snow leopard cub at Christmas the year before the sports meeting.

Many small animals used this as an excuse and refused to participate in the sports meeting.

"Sam the Eagle" and his friends laughed at the polar bear.

This year's sports games hosted by the polar bears were rated the worst in history.

This made the "Bear King" Old Bofu feel very ashamed. He always wanted to regain the dignity of the sports meeting and vent his anger.

These days, polar bears are not well regarded by the small animals on the blue planet.

Like the "Spring of Bula" and the beating of the little snow leopard, in recent years, polar bears have relied on their strong bodies to bully the small animals on the "blue planet".

Another reason is that the polar bear's little brother "White Eagle" is in turmoil at home, and it wants to switch allegiance to its new big brother "Sam Eagle".

In order to prevent his younger brothers from joining his competitors, to intimidate the "Sam Gang" and to scare the small animals in Europe, the "Bear King" Old Bofu plans to hold an unprecedented large-scale military exercise.

This is the largest military exercise in the history of Blue Planet.

The Polar Bear Army dispatched more than ten multi-service joint armies.

There was also the elite Guards Tank Corps, and the navy, army and air force all joined the battle, with a total of more than 500,000 troops deployed.

This number surprised all the animals on "Blue Planet".

In order to achieve a deterrent effect, the "Bear King" Lao Bo even proudly invited the small animals in Europe to watch on the spot.

After receiving the invitation, the little ones laughed contemptuously, thinking that the polar bear was "a pig with a green onion stuck in its nose - pretending to be something."

So, the brothers proudly boarded the Polar Bear plane.

When the military exercise officially began, this group of self-important Europeans discovered that they were the frogs in the well.

"Help me contact my eldest brother and tell him to gather all the brothers immediately and prepare to fight the polar bear!"

At the training ground, an endless torrent of steel passed by Xiaoyue. No one knew whether the polar bear would use this exercise to "turn the fake into reality" and start the film directly.

When the exercise reached its climax, "Bear King" Lao Bofu arrived at the exercise ground under the escort of soldiers.

"Boss Bo, what are you doing here?"

At the training ground, Xiaoyue and his brothers saw the "Bear King" Lao Bo coming and began to flatter him.

"game bird."

After saying that, the soldier handed over a rifle.

In response, the "Bear King" Old Bofu didn't even look at it, threw away his rifle, took out a pistol from his waist and pointed it at the sky.

"Oh!"

After a gunshot, the bird fell to the ground.

"Why use a rifle to kill a bird?"

At the Yanda Military Region, exercise command center, Liu Zhiye was discussing the Polar Bear exercise with his comrades.

"Commander, the military exercise organized by the polar bear is quite large-scale. Will it become real and really attack Europa?"

"will not."

Liu Zhiye smiled, then he picked up an apple and slowly peeled it with a fruit knife.

“Do you need a saber to peel an apple?”

Comrades, it’s not that we are imagining things, it’s just that the polar bear is being too targeted this time.

In a military exercise, there are usually two sides, the Red side attacks and the Blue side defends.

In the Polar Bear military exercise, the blue team represents Little York's land defense line in Europe: Hans Cat-Fairy Tale Country-Red Devil, and the sea barrier: Three Lions Strait.

In order to break through the Blue Team's defense line and target Europe, the Red Team divided its troops into six groups and, under the command of Unov, launched a heavy attack.

Unov is the Minister of Defense of the Polar Bear and has made outstanding contributions.

Letting him command the Red Team shows how much importance the Polar Bear attaches to the military exercise.

In order to recreate a real war, Polar Bear also used live ammunition and artillery exercises in this military exercise.

This scared the hell out of all the kids in Europe.

Following the order, the Red Army took the lead in attacking "Hans Cat". Under the heavy bombardment, "Hans Cat" only lasted for two days before it was completely defeated.

After "Hans the Cat" lay down, "Fairy Tale" and "Red Devil" became the next targets.

The Red Army is approaching, and victory is inevitable.

At the same time, the Red Army unexpectedly dispatched a tank mobile force to penetrate the rear of "Fairy Tale" and cooperate with the powerful navy and air force to force the crossing of the "Three Lions Strait". In the sky, MiG fighters roared past. At sea, the Kiev cruiser fired thousands of guns. Under the sea, nuclear-powered submarines were ready to go.

The powerful coordination of the three armed forces of the polar bear scared Xiao Yue. Originally, Xiao Yue thought that the polar bear was only strong in the army, and the navy and air force were just decorations.

After this exercise, Xiaoyue and his brothers finally witnessed the true power of polar bears.

Eight days later, the Red Army's armored forces entered the homes of "Gallic Rooster" and "White Eagle", announcing the end of the exercise.

"What's up? Hey guys, did you enjoy watching this military exercise?"

At the training ground, the "Bear King" Old Bofu walked up to the Little Yue brothers with an arrogant step.

"Boss Bo..."

Xiaoyue's team leader hesitated to speak, as if there was something stuck in his throat, he wanted to say something but couldn't.

"Hahahaha!"

Seeing him so flustered and out of control, the "Bear King" Lao Bofu left with satisfaction.

In Peanut Village, after receiving the news of the Polar Bear military exercise, Sam's family was in chaos.

"Boss, should we hold an Atlantic military exercise in response?"

In the Eagle's Nest, the top executives of Sam Eagle sat next to "Eagle King" Li Gen and talked a lot.

"No, there is another brilliant move here. This move will definitely destroy the polar bear."

"Eagle King" Li Gen confidently took out a "fraudulent document" and signed on it. The document was called "Star Wars".

The leader of the "Flower Growers" walked onto the podium.

“I’ve heard about the polar bear exercise. We just need to take care of ourselves and ignore the polar bears.

The Xiabei military exercise will be held as usual. Don’t let the polar bears hinder your development! "

"It's been a while since we held a large-scale military exercise. The soldiers are getting bored."

At this meeting, Liu Zhiye also pointed out the real purpose of holding the military exercise.

He stressed the importance of combined forces combat training and emphasized the necessity of actual combat training.

In order to improve the quality of the army, infantry should come into contact with tanks, anti-aircraft weapons and missiles to acquire the knowledge needed for modern warfare.

Liu Zhiye believed that by establishing one or two basic group armies, effective combined army training could be carried out to avoid command chaos caused by temporarily forming an army in wartime.

To quote an old military book: "If an army does not practice, it will be difficult to succeed in a hundred attempts; but through constant practice, one attempt can be successful a hundred times."

Liu Zhiye had personally commanded large armies in past wars and was well aware of the importance of training to the military in a peacetime environment.

He repeatedly stressed at various important military meetings that education and training should be elevated to a strategic position, saying, "Since there is no actual combat, improving the military quality of the troops must rely on training."

Liu Zhiye's speech received strong support from some old leaders.

"Commander, we are still fighting ungrateful people in the south. Is it inappropriate to hold a military exercise now..."

Soon, voices of opposition were heard and people began to talk about it.

"Don't worry about the ungrateful people. We should still conduct military exercises."

At the critical moment, it was the leader of the "flower-growing family" who set the tone, and the military exercise was about to begin.

Shortly after the meeting, the three headquarters jointly issued an instruction on strengthening military training.

The first choice is to organize a defensive combat exercise of the front in the Xiabei area, which is tentatively scheduled for the autumn of 81.

The specific location was determined to be in Zhangkou area, and the Yanda Military Region was formally entrusted to organize and implement it.

With the approval of the headquarters, this training and exercise was named the "802" meeting, which became the code name for the Xiabei military exercise.

There is no direct connection between the "Xiabei 802 Military Exercise" and the Polar Bear's "81 Military Exercise", it's just a coincidence in terms of dates.

The "Polar Bear Military Exercise" scared Europe, but did not scare the "flower growers".

Amid the undercurrents, Liu Zhiye and others were as steady as a rock and held the "Xiabei Military Exercise" as planned to boost morale.

A few days before the formal military exercise, Liu Benming took the soldiers in his company on a "Liberation" to the county auditorium to watch the performance of the General Political Department Song and Dance Troupe.

A young male actor sang several songs on the stage, one of which was improvised, "Singing about the heroic Second Guard Division...", which aroused applause from the audience.

This young actor was Yu Junjian, who later became very famous.

There was also a bass singer, Ma Ziyu, who sang a few songs.

The most popular finale was the performance of artist Krimu, who was dressed in Uyghur costume and a David hat, dancing and singing from the movie "Avanti". The audience applauded warmly and the atmosphere reached a climax.

On the first day of the formal exercise, the troops woke up at 3:00 a.m., had breakfast, and entered their positions at 5:00 a.m.

Then the sun gradually rose, the sun was shining, the weather was fine, and the telephones on the battlefield kept ringing, continuously delivering the message: the leader's motorcade had arrived at the viewing platform.
On this day, the top leader of the "Flower Planting Family" and other leaders were taken to Zhangkou by a special car.

They were here to watch the military exercise, which was about to begin.

In addition to officers at the division level and above in the entire army and the regiment level and above in the Yanda Military Region, local leaders and militia also watched the exercise, a total of about 40,000 people.

This exercise was unprecedented in terms of both the number of spectators and the level of officials present.

The "Xiabei Military Exercise" is an unprecedented military exercise in the history of China.

The nearly 80-year-old leader of the "Flower Planting Family" personally attended the exercise site, wearing a rarely seen Type green military uniform, and looked energetic.

In the tactical exercise, the Red and Blue sides fought fiercely, with the "Blue Army" as the enemy and the "Red Army" as the friendly force.

After the exercise began, the entire exercise area was shrouded in smoke and fire.

The aerial firepower raids and ground artillery suppression caused rocks and sand to fly everywhere, and the mountains, rivers and earth seemed to tremble.

The tanks and armored vehicles charged forward like a steel torrent, unstoppable.

The airborne troops were like divine soldiers descended from the sky. They quickly seized the commanding heights and launched a fierce confrontation with the "Blue Army".

With fire suppression, flanking encirclement, flexible formation adjustment and all-out attack, the entire exercise area was like a battlefield, with blood boiling and drums beating like mountains collapsing and the earth splitting.

This military exercise is both demonstrative and exploratory.

During the exercise, the "Blue Army" and the "Red Army" engaged in a very fierce "battle".

The "Blue Army" first used nuclear weapons' aerial firepower to launch a surprise attack on the "Red Army", attacking the "Red Army's" deep strategic targets, and then launched an attack with ground forces.

Faced with the sudden attack of the "Blue Army", the "Red Army" organization held its defense and fought tenaciously, ultimately crushing the "Blue Army's" offensive attempt.

The entire exercise lasted for 5 days, with nearly 3 hours of high-intensity exercises every day.

The four subjects are closely linked, “Leadership is a decline, from the beginning to the end.

During the viewing, “This kind of leader is very quiet.

But at the climax of the battle, he couldn't help but applaud, and even stood up with great interest, praising repeatedly: "Excellent, really excellent!"

A few days later, the exercise was successfully concluded.

The August 1st Army flag, escorted by the three-service guard of honor, passed the reviewing stand first.

Following closely behind were 53 teams including the military academy cadet team, the infantry team, and the airborne team, which passed the reviewing stand in turn to receive the inspection of the "flower growers" leaders.

Finally, six air force echelons consisting of fighter jets, bombers and attack aircraft flew over the reviewing stand and roared away.

Finally, the leader delivered an important speech and gave high praise to the exercise to Liu Zhiye and others.

He said: “This exercise not only tested the achievements of the modernization and regularization of the troops, but also better reflected the characteristics of modern warfare;
We have explored the experience of coordinated operations of various military services under modern conditions and improved the military and political qualities and actual combat level of the troops.

This has played a strong role in promoting the construction, combat readiness and training of the entire army.

This exercise achieved its intended objectives and was very successful.”

"The Flower Planter" convened a combat training class meeting for senior military cadres to discuss and summarize the Xia Beida exercise.

Leaders of all major military commands and arms actively participated in the exercise and said they had gained a lot.

This will play an important role in promoting the future training of military cadres, especially senior cadres, and their ability to organize and command coordinated operations of various military services under modern conditions.

This brought the exercise to a perfect end and also caused great shock to the other small animals on "Blue Planet".

Some other small animals on the "Blue Planet" commented: "This is an excellent army", "A wonderful exercise", and "The flower growers' most grand display of power."

(End of this chapter)