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Chapter 97 Xu Zelin: The Advantage Lies With Me

"Xu Hua deduced that the location of the Blue Team's command post is 4.8 kilometers away from the No. 46 mountain forest. It is a small flat area on the slope of a valley, which is 20 kilometers away from us, just enough for the fiber optic cable of the drone."

However, fiber optic drones should have a 20% margin to avoid wind or other impacts.

We need to advance at least 4 kilometers southwest across the cross-country lane to reach the edge of the Blue Team's position. Based on our training level, this should take 28 minutes.

In the early hours of May, the mountains and forests of Guangxi were shrouded in a light mist. When Zhang Yihao heard Lin Dong mention "Forest No. 46," he immediately understood where they were headed next.

He pulled out a high-precision map of the exercise area, shone a flashlight on it, measured it with a ruler, and couldn't help but look up at Xu Hua.

"Fang Fan, it's been so long, your grandfather hasn't moved away, has he?"

"Why run? He doesn't know he's been exposed, and the Blue Team isn't without options; they can't just move now."

Xu Hua shook his head, his expression resolute, and said, "If we don't make a move, with the Blue Team's methods, we can definitely hold out until dawn, and we can fight another match without any problem."

"What other tricks does the blue team have up their sleeve?"

Zhang Yihao's eyes widened, somewhat incredulous.

It's important to know that since the start of the exercise, apart from the initial artillery barrage, the Blue Team has been under constant pressure, with casualties conservatively estimated to be close to half.

Now that even anti-aircraft artillery has been deployed, Zhang Yihao strongly suspects that the Blue team has long been at its wits' end. "They definitely have."

Zhang Zihua fastened the clips on his glasses, put on his night vision goggles, and said seriously, "The equipment foundation of an armored division cannot be exhausted so quickly."

If I remember correctly, the Blue team also had two artillery battalions, which were kept under control and not exposed.

Based on the configuration of an armored division, the Blue Force would have an entire artillery regiment, four battalions, but we only destroyed two battalions so far.

"Yes, the Blue team suffered heavy losses, but now wireless and laser communications are blocked."

Huang Qingyao reminded him from the side: "Our Red Team only has a small number of fiber optic drones left, as well as special swarm drones that are protected against electromagnetic interference."

The lack of communication and command capabilities for swarm drones has temporarily created a problem in their deployment.

There are also fiber optic drones, which, while not susceptible to interference, have obvious weaknesses in mountainous terrain; the blue team can simply destroy the fiber optic cables.

"No, fiber optics are a weakness for our squad's pursuit of precision strikes, but not for the Red team's pursuit of accurate bombing."

Lin Dong corrected, "Fixed-wing drones have quite obvious advantages."

Fixed-wing drones have a standard aircraft shape, unlike multi-rotor drones, which become like headless flies once they lose power and control.

Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group's main business is developing these fixed-wing aircraft.

Both Lin Dong and Lin Weiliang were well aware that a standard fixed-wing aircraft like this, when it loses power and control, will continue to glide forward following aerodynamics until it is completely pulled back to the ground by the planet's gravity.

This way, during an attack, each pilot will strictly adhere to the parameters on the altimeter and angle meter.

So even if the fiber optic cable is cut and the drone loses remote control, it will still complete the attack according to the predetermined trajectory.

If necessary, the ammunition can be increased tenfold, and then it can fly to a high altitude and actively cut the optical fiber to achieve ultra-long-distance gliding delivery.

In later battles between the two sides, when everyone's drone equipment was relatively standardized, some veterans would also use this tactic.

However, as the equipment on both sides became more and more diverse, all sorts of random, bizarre drones from various countries began to emerge.

Each of these drones has a different aerodynamic model, weight, speed, and so on, which is why this tactic can quickly disappear from the battlefield.

"Zhang Tingsong, Zhang Hao, let's go, let's set off!"

At this moment, Xu Hua took out the multi-rotor drone that was unusable due to communication suppression, along with some drinking water and dry food to lighten the load. Finally, he put the fiber optic drone away, picked up his backpack, and rushed out first.

"You stay here, and remember to stay at least a kilometer away from our Red Team's drone pilots."

Lin Dong made a hand gesture to Xu Qingling, who had stayed behind because she wasn't carrying the fiber optic drone, fastened his backpack, took a deep breath, and caught up with her.

soon.

Zhang Yihao, Zhang Zihua, Cheng Fei Chen Jianhua's son who hadn't said much, and two family members from the Yangcheng Military Region quickly followed, and the group disappeared into the night.

Buzz—

The seven people set off more than twenty minutes later.

At this moment, a series of buzzing sounds rang out at the edge of the Red Square's position.

Thousands of fiber optic drones, trailing thin optical fibers, rose from all over the mountains and forests like a swarm of mayflies chasing starlight, with the fibers occasionally flashing a faint silver light in the night sky.

After flying up to an altitude of over a thousand meters, suddenly, all the drones changed angles and accelerated under the combined force of the planet's gravity, propelled by high-powered electric ducted engines.

One drone after another shot off like arrows, hurtling towards Forest 46.

"quick!"

"Quickly, the communications officer, drive over to the artillery battalion with shielded cable and establish stable communications!"

"The anti-aircraft artillery positions should immediately lower their angles. You have been exposed. When the Red Team deploys drones, they will definitely prioritize destroying you!"

Behind you lies the command post, the core communication hub, and our critical microwave electromagnetic interference device. Hold your ground! Bombard them with your artillery! Do not allow a single drone to cross the line and land!

"The remaining troops ahead, immediately transform into a communications and observation post, drive along a route with fortified lines to the Red Army's position. There are no drones watching you from the sky now. Once you reach the Red Army's position, observe and locate the Red Army's drone pilots, then relay the artillery's coordinates and pinpoint and destroy their drone pilots."

"Send a portion of the rear-line troops to a point three kilometers outside the artillery battalion. I don't care what methods you use, once the artillery battalion opens fire and reveals their coordinates, you keep a close watch on the drones in the air. Absolutely no drone is allowed to fly into the artillery battalion's area of ​​effect!"

Blue Team Command Post.

The tent was dimly lit, and maps and documents covered the table.

After the anti-aircraft guns fired smoke bombs to disrupt laser communications, Xu Zelin and others immediately deduced the next steps and quickly issued a series of orders.

"Report! Artillery battalion communications established successfully. Third and Fourth Artillery Battalions reporting to headquarters!"

"Report! The Red Force has deployed drones two kilometers from their position. They are fiber optic fixed-wing drones! Only one type of fiber optic fixed-wing drone! They have a speed of 230 kilometers per hour, and there are approximately a thousand of them. Their attack target is our anti-aircraft artillery position!"

After waiting for ten minutes, reports began to come from the newly established fixed line.

Upon hearing about fiber optic drones, Xu Zelin and the chief of staff exchanged glances, their eyes revealing surprise and relief, as if they had finally found a way to relax after holding back their resentment all night.

"Observation unit, continue advancing! Locate their pilots! Report the coordinates! Bomb them!"

"Anti-aircraft artillery unit, prepare immediately! Exercise with high-explosive fragmentation shells! The Red Force's drones are already heading your way!"

Xu Zelin hurriedly replied and gave the next order. After speaking, he slammed his hand on the table with a regretful expression, making the teacup jump.

"If we had known that there were only fiber optic drones, we would have started communication suppression earlier, and no one would have bothered with any information-based tactics."

If we simply follow the tactics of World War II, advancing step by step with combined infantry and artillery and combined infantry and tank tactics, wouldn't we gain complete control of this advantage?

"What's so difficult about dealing with these spiderweb-like things? A single high-explosive shell from the anti-aircraft artillery barrage, followed by the shockwave, will sever a large section of that spiderweb!"

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The chief of staff's lips twitched, and he reminded him: "Start communication suppression as soon as possible, then advance with infantry and artillery coordination, and infantry and tank coordination. That way, the fiber optic drones won't be attacking the anti-aircraft artillery positions, but rather our infantry and tanks, and our artillery. How can we use anti-aircraft artillery to fight them?"

"Take down the anti-aircraft guns, then have drones bomb them alongside our soldiers, and then all of them go to a military court?"

"That's true."

Xu Zelin was also stunned for a moment, then rubbed his head, which was throbbing from staying up all night, and listened to the faint sound of anti-aircraft guns coming from several kilometers away. He took a deep breath and a smile appeared on his face.

"No matter what, we finally forced the Red team to use all their tricks in this battle. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel. We don't have to feel so frustrated anymore."

Ring ring—

Just then, the command center rang. The operator answered the phone immediately, and after listening to a couple of sentences, his face turned pale instantly.

"Reporting—reporting to the commander!"

"The fiber optic drone of the Red Team had all its fiber optic cables destroyed, but the drone is still flying."

The anti-aircraft artillery positions intercepted 83% of the drones, but more than 170 drones still broke through the defense line. — 79% of our anti-aircraft artillery positions were destroyed!

In addition, reports from the front indicate that the Red Team has launched another new fiber optic drone.

What!

The smiles on Xu Zelin's and the chief of staff's faces froze.

Before Xu Zelin could make a decision and issue a new order, another phone rang in the command center.

The operator's fingers trembled instinctively, but she quickly connected the call. After listening for less than two seconds, her pupils suddenly contracted, and she dropped the phone and rushed over!

"Exposed! The command post has been exposed!"

"Enemy drones are approaching from the northeast, already 3.5 kilometers away, traveling at 230 km/h. Quickly cover the commanders' retreat!"

boom-

The entire guard company at the command post mobilized instantly.

He immediately grabbed the reflective aluminum foil mat next to him, ignoring the reactions of Xu Zelin and the chief of staff, and rushed out of the command tent with them in his arms, quickly heading southwest.

A group of operators hurriedly gathered the documents and maps on the table, along with several spare phones, and rushed out of the tent.

Less than a minute after everyone rushed out of the tent, a series of sharp buzzing sounds rang out in the sky behind them.

This is a completely different sound from that of a multi-rotor drone. The sound is rapidly approaching, and the wind it creates sounds like the hooting of an owl.

"Everyone lie down! Cover yourselves with reflective blankets!"

The company commander of the guard company roared loudly, and with Xu Zelin in tow, he lunged forward down a slope, covering Xu Zelin as he landed and rolled twice.

Ignoring the pain from the branches and pebbles digging into their bodies, they quickly covered themselves and Xu Zelin with the camouflage-colored aluminum foil reflective blanket, lying on the ground without daring to move.

Other guards and operators reacted immediately, covering the group of command staff as they rushed to the surrounding terrain depressions or forests and grasslands, then covered them with aluminum foil reflective blankets, not daring to move an inch.

As guards who have undergone rigorous protection training.

They knew very well that in such a dark environment, facing the infrared scans of drones from the sky, any attempt to escape or move would be exposed, only leading to their faster exposure and eventual demise.

At this point, the only way to avoid an attack by aerial drones is to stay away from the conspicuous command post, lie on the ground covered with a reflective blanket to block infrared light, and rely on camouflage clothing and the cover of darkness.

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