Soldiers' Assault: Veteran Special Agents and New Recruits

Chapter 172 A Major Discovery Finally Arrives (Please Subscribe)

After learning that their operation had been exposed, the Ace of Spades team became even more cautious in advancing their search.

The operation has been exposed; we must not reveal our location again.

Otherwise, the consequences are disastrous!

As long as their location and direction are not exposed, even if the Red Army knows that Blue Army helicopters have infiltrated, it will be difficult for them to find the Ace of Spades team in a short time.

after all.

This is an area of ​​500 square kilometers, not 500 square meters, so it's not that easy to find.

Jackie Chan walked in the opposite direction of the Red Army company, bypassing the Red Army search platoon. After walking for a short while, he saw a camp in the woods.

They finally came across the Red Army's camp, and Jackie Chan and his group were quite happy.

They thought they had found an important goal.

After sneaking over to scout ahead, they discovered that there were only five medium-sized field tents and a few familiar armored personnel carriers.

This size is only the lowest level of grassroots unit.

The mere company camp was of little significance, and Jackie Chan had no interest in conducting any further investigation.

After reporting the coordinates to the Blue Team command, the Ace of Spades team continued their search forward, hoping to find a valuable target as soon as possible.

The Blue Team command did not take immediate action.

First, they were afraid of revealing the location of the Ace of Spades squad; second, they had not yet located the enemy's artillery regiment, and taking any rash action would be very risky.

Meanwhile, the Red Army search platoon that had been found in their hometown also located the landing point around the same time, based on the direction and distance indicated by the guards.

The huge waves generated when the helicopter hovered at low altitude blew all the grass on the ground outwards.

It's fine until you get there; once you're there, you'll know.

The Red Army search platoon leader immediately reported the information to the company, confirming that there was indeed a helicopter that had been there not long ago.

Having confirmed the guards' intelligence, the company commander ordered the search platoon to locate the Blue Army infiltrating the area.

We must first know the direction before we can begin the investigation.

If it were an ordinary reconnaissance squad that landed, the Red Army search platoon, having found the precise landing point, would certainly be able to locate the squad's whereabouts.

Unfortunately, they encountered the Ace of Spades, a special forces squad within the special forces.

Counter-surveillance and counter-tracking are fundamental courses.

Before Jackie Chan and his team left, all information and clues that could potentially reveal their whereabouts were cleared, and anything that couldn't be cleared was used to create confusion and mislead.

The search results showed that I had been looking in the vicinity for more than half an hour, but I still couldn't tell which direction I had gone.

"Could they possibly fly or disappear underground?"

The Red Army company commander refused to believe it and personally brought another platoon to the scene to conduct a thorough search of the surrounding area.

Finally, they found two rappelling ropes used for rappelling in a camouflaged pit on the west side.

Two hours had passed since the landing.

Having found the rappelling rope due west, and with no other gains, the Red Army company commander had no choice but to try anything from this piece of information.

He reported the search results to his superiors, along with his opinion on the possible direction the Blue Team might have left.

The battalion headquarters relayed the message to the regimental headquarters, where it was "optimized" to show the Blue Army leaving due west. They also discovered the rappelling ropes they had discarded when they left.

The regimental headquarters immediately reported the information to the division command, and the whereabouts of the Blue Army were now completely determined.

It headed due west!

The division headquarters immediately ordered the troops in the area to send out search teams to look for the Blue Army while strengthening vigilance and defense.

Even if it means digging three feet into the ground, we must find the Blue Team.

Now.

Half a division of the Red Army was mobilized.

Meanwhile, the two groups of the Spade A team they were looking for continued their search and investigation in the almost opposite southeast direction.

They searched at night without any lighting equipment, relying solely on their naked eyes.

Although it is more concealed, it is also slower.

Fortunately, by a stroke of luck, they avoided a major disaster and didn't have to face wave after wave of ground searches by various regiments of the mechanized infantry division, which was a stroke of good fortune amidst misfortune.

One night passed.

The curtain of night disappeared, and dawn began to break.

The Ace of Spades squad advanced 8 kilometers and arrived at the outer perimeter of the Red Army's position in the southwest. They could leave after another two or three kilometers.

We searched all the way here.

Both groups made some significant gains, but unfortunately, they were not very meaningful.

Jackie Chan's team discovered three Red Army company camps in one night, but unfortunately they were all armored infantry company camps.

It has some value.

It only has a certain value.

Compared to tactical units like tank regiments, artillery regiments, and helicopter squadrons, it's impossible for them to launch an attack even if reported to the Blue Army command.

Wu Zhe's second group only found an armored infantry company, but they discovered a tank battalion's camp.

When Jackie Chan reported the coordinates of the tank battalion's camp, the Blue Army command finally became somewhat tempted and wanted to use the artillery company to take him down.

The artillery company of the Zhurihe Combined Arms Battalion was a reinforced artillery company.

有12门83式152毫米自行加榴炮，加8辆122mm自行火箭炮车。

Among them, the Type 83 152mm self-propelled howitzer has a maximum range of 16 kilometers, which is enough to cover the Red Army's positions and can easily hit the tank battalion that Cheng Long reported.

The 152mm howitzer, with its explosive charge exceeding seven kilograms, possesses an astonishing explosive power.

The explosion can create craters more than one meter deep and four meters in diameter, with a kill radius the size of a basketball court. Tanks are like dumplings in front of it.

With precise coordinate positioning, 12 152mm self-propelled howitzers firing together could destroy a tank battalion of 32 tanks in just two rounds.

If a 122mm wheeled rocket launcher is added, all 40 rocket tubes on a rocket vehicle can be launched within 20 seconds.

Eight rocket launcher vehicles would have 320 rockets...

Wuhu was thoroughly cleansed, a carpet bombing.

Let alone just a tank battalion, even a tank regiment of 99 tanks, once their position is exposed, can be wiped clean in minutes without them moving, turning them all into metal.

The Blue Army relied on their artillery batteries, which were several times more powerful than conventional artillery batteries.

That's why they were confident enough to send the Ace of Spades squad to infiltrate. As long as they could find out the location of the enemy's artillery regiment, they dared to use their artillery company to confront the Red Army's artillery regiment head-on.

One company could take on an entire regiment.

This is absolutely insane!

It was precisely because the two sides were two ranks apart that the Red Army artillery regiments had extremely fierce firepower.

If the Blue Army fires its artillery, it will definitely be detected by the Red Army's artillery radar vehicles, which will analyze the shells to pinpoint the Blue Army's artillery positions.

If the Red Army artillery regiment were to unleash a barrage of fire, the Blue Army artillery company could very well be wiped out.

Therefore, the Blue Army suppressed its inner impulse and abandoned the idea of ​​first wiping out a Red Army tank battalion in order to achieve the required proportion of tank units to be destroyed in order to win.

A small act of impatience can ruin a great plan!

That's exactly right!

The Ace of Spades team searched all night, reaching the edge of the armored infantry's position, but still couldn't find their core target—the artillery regiment.

This group of armored infantry companies in front of us is of no value to us.

The Ace of Spades team can only make adjustments.

In the last few hours before dawn, both groups found places to rest and replenish their supplies, including eating, drinking, and using the restroom.

Following the military grid map, make a lateral turn and search due east along the rear of the Red Army's forward positions.

Due to poor visibility at midnight, the reconnaissance was slow, and after 6 hours of searching, they had only covered less than 10 kilometers.

It wasn't much better during the day!

Searching during the day offers excellent visibility, making it seem like you can move faster, but in reality, the opposite is true; you actually progress slower than at night.

The main reason was that the concealment was greatly reduced, coupled with the Red Army's upgraded search methods.

Even though the entire Ace of Spades team was wearing camouflage clothing and even had a camouflage cloth draped over their backpacks, their concealment was already at its maximum.

Unfortunately, the Red Army's search came from the air, deploying a large number of helicopters for the search.

The exercise area is at most 25 kilometers away, which is only about 10 minutes for a helicopter to fly at search speed.

On average, a helicopter can fly back and forth across the war zone in half an hour.

The Red Army's mechanized infantry division had a helicopter squadron with more than 30 helicopters of various types.

Although there are no armed helicopters, most of them are general-purpose helicopters and transport helicopters, mainly for rapid deployment of equipment and personnel.

But deploying just ten of them would be enough to cause a great deal of trouble.

This resulted in the Spade A team encountering helicopters flying overhead every 10 minutes or so during their search, searching the forest below from a height of less than 100 meters.

This forced Jackie Chan and his group to find a place to hide.

Each time we took cover, it took a lot of time; most of an hour was spent outsmarting the helicopter.

In addition to guarding against helicopters flying back and forth overhead, we also have to be wary of potential ground search forces, lest we run headlong into the enemy's arms.

The Ace of Spades team was unaware that the Red Army had misled themselves and gone astray.

They had advanced less than two kilometers in an hour. The snail-paced pace was giving the Spade A team a headache, but they could only grit their teeth and continue cautiously.

Infiltration operations are inherently dangerous, like dancing with death at the gates of hell, where life and death hang in the balance.

Because infiltration operations behind enemy lines are so difficult, it is necessary to select the elite of the entire army to form special forces to complete the mission.

Most of the team Jackie Chan led were newcomers who had never carried out such a difficult mission before.

With helicopters whizzing overhead and the thought of Red Army soldiers possibly jumping out from all directions, they were so nervous that they dared not utter a word.

Xu Sanduo and Wu Liuyi, in particular, were so nervous that they were sweating profusely.

Jackie Chan had to take some time to comfort them both.

"High stress consumes a lot of energy and water, which will significantly reduce your physical condition and cause your body to become fatigued and weak prematurely."

Therefore, in order to complete the task and not hold our team back.

You two must learn to control your emotions and your physical state. Keep your nerves on edge and be alert, but relax your body as much as possible. That's the best state to be in.

Even if the enemy appears, it's not too late; we have ways to evade them.

Furthermore, we haven't revealed our location yet, and the enemy doesn't know our exact whereabouts. Finding us won't be easy, so you have absolutely no need to be nervous.

Jackie Chan is definitely the best instructor in the world, selflessly and patiently sharing his experience.

Xu Sanduo and Wu Liuyi are both people with strong learning abilities and decent stress resistance. After Jackie Chan's careful guidance, they quickly adjusted.

Perhaps when you're in good shape, luck will come your way.

The Spade A team, who had walked for less than 10 kilometers from morning until noon, finally made a new discovery: a different kind of campsite appeared ahead.

(End of this chapter)