Soldiers' Assault: Veteran Special Agents and New Recruits

Chapter 63 A Long Journey of Hundreds of Kilometers

Next month may sound like a long time away, but it's actually less than 10 days away.

The higher-level leaders had already made preparations and issued the notice to the headquarters of the 702nd Regiment. The entire 702nd Regiment only needed to cooperate.

Having 10 days to prepare is a significant advantage for our military, which has always been attentive to combat readiness.

That's more than enough time.

There's even a surplus.

During the preparation for the exercise, Gao Cheng wasn't too worried about the Seventh Steel Company. He just specifically told Shi Jin to make the most of this opportunity.

If Shi Jin performs well in acting, it's practically a certainty that he'll stay and be promoted to the fourth rank.

If Shi Jin doesn't handle it well and things go wrong along the way...

Gao Cheng did not mention the consequences.

Because the consequences don't need to be stated; everyone knows the answer.

All the combat companies of the 702nd Regiment entered the final preparation stage before the exercise, and 10 days passed in the blink of an eye.

The exercise was not conducted at the 702nd Regiment's base, but rather in a selected area.

All 15 companies under the 702nd Regiment, except for a few personnel left to guard the barracks, were mobilized and assembled at the regimental headquarters fully armed.

Then, the regimental headquarters coordinated the process, bringing all units to the train station.

The military region specially prepared two special trains to transport all personnel and equipment of the entire 702nd Regiment to the designated location for the exercise.

It took two whole days to load tanks, armored vehicles, trucks, and logistical supplies onto the train.

Getting people on the bus is much simpler.

Each company is assigned a container train station. Although there are no seats and people have to sit on the floor, the space is more than enough.

This is a specially designed container train car with harsh conditions, modeled after wartime designs.

The Seventh Steel Company was assigned to carriage number 10.

There were a total of 6 classes participating in this exercise, with 8 people in each class, plus a logistics support class, making a total of 55 people who could fit comfortably in one carriage.

Officers at the company and platoon levels from each company were all assigned to the same carriage.

Just before departure.

When the regimental leaders arrived at the train station by car, Regiment Commander Wang got out and walked in front, with the chief of staff and political commissar following closely behind him.

Behind them was a large group of guards responsible for protection, as well as messengers responsible for carrying guns and water and taking care of daily needs.

"Same old rules this time, I'll lead the charge and you'll cover the rear. Heavy troops conducting mountain exercises? Just kidding, this August 1st holiday is probably not going to be a good one."

Commander Wang walked along with a smile, very confident about this confrontation exercise.

"I've done my research on the exercise area. It's a temperate forest mountainous region with a relatively high altitude of 2100 meters and an average temperature of 21.5 degrees Celsius. It's quite challenging for our heavy-armored troops," the chief of staff said with concern.

"It seems the military really values ​​us, deliberately making things more difficult for us," a staff officer said.

No complaining allowed.

Commander Wang stopped, turned around, patted the staff officer's face, and encouraged him, saying, "If there are difficulties, we'll face them. We'll find a way to defeat him. There's nothing to be afraid of. It's not like this is the first time we've done an exercise."

Seeing their commander's confidence, the officers felt more emboldened.

We are determined to succeed on this trip!

Once all the officers had boarded the train, the special train quickly started moving and left the train station, heading into the distance along the vast plains.

They conducted a live-fire mountain combat exercise between the red and blue armies, and had the entire regiment of about 1000 people, along with hundreds of military vehicles and armored vehicles, march hundreds of kilometers.

It wasn't that they were just taking the 702nd Regiment out for fun; the area where the regiment was stationed was actually all flat land.

As far as the eye can see, there is only loess plain. Even a raised hill is considered the highest point. It is indeed difficult to find a mountain that can stretch out into a whole area.

The train chugged along for hundreds of kilometers, and after getting off, we transferred to another vehicle and traveled for tens of kilometers.

The 702nd Regiment, a heavy-armored unit from the plains, finally entered the designated exercise area after navigating the winding mountain roads.

Jackie Chan and the others sat in a tarpaulin truck, looking at the beautiful scenery outside.

It was quite refreshing.

The area where the Seventh Steel Company was stationed was a loess plain, and as far as the eye could see, it was mostly yellow, with only a few specks of green interspersed in the middle. It was a desolate place, and I stayed there for almost a year.

Seeing such lush green mountains again is truly a feast for the eyes, and it brightens my mood.

Surrounded by this long-lost beautiful scenery, the magnificent convoy of over a hundred vehicles from the 702nd Regiment stopped in a clearing in the mountains.

The open space of tens of thousands of square meters can be used for camping, which is obviously a specially developed training ground.

Each company had its own designated camp. They found their camp number by looking at the signs stuck in the ground and began to get to work.

Originally, it was empty and bare, just a large open space of yellow earth.

Less than half a day later.

Camouflage tents sprang up like mushrooms after rain in every corner of the open space, turning the area into a lush green expanse.

The quick setup course was very well done.

The 702nd Regiment's combat command center was also located in this area.

The main point is to confuse the public.

Even if enemy personnel infiltrate and attempt a decapitation strike, they will be helpless against the overwhelming array of tents.

The radar vehicle and command vehicle, the only parts that were easily exposed, were also carefully camouflaged.

Inside the regimental command center.

All the leaders, including Regiment Commander Wang, rushed over the moment the command post was set up and officially began the operational meeting for the exercise.

Among them, only Gao Cheng was a company-level military commander; the others were battalion-level or higher.

The reason why Gao Cheng was able to participate in the regimental combat meeting was that the Steel Seventh Company was an armored reconnaissance company, which had special significance in the battle.

In past battles, armored reconnaissance companies served as the eyes of armored forces and the first line of defense.

They belong to the absolute elite!

If Jackie Chan could participate in this meeting, his resume would certainly provide a lot of experience, but unfortunately he is only a private at the moment.

No matter how well he performs in training, he is not qualified to attend such a high-level meeting now.

but.

Given Jackie Chan's rapid rise to prominence, it won't be long before he's involved in high-level strategic discussions.

"In fact, the slope of this hillside has exceeded the maximum elevation angle of our tanks."

Commander Wang held a baton and pointed to the terrain model in the middle: "Also, the dense forest here greatly hinders the firing range of our heavy firepower, and our combat effectiveness will inevitably be greatly weakened."

Overcoming these challenges of mountain warfare and enabling heavily armed units to play a greater role is the core focus of our participation in this exercise.

The chief of staff and others all agreed with what Regiment Commander Wang said and nodded in their approval.

Only Gao Cheng, with a smug smirk, said, "We are an armored reconnaissance company, we operate like infantry, and there is no maximum angle of elevation for humans."

If necessary, in critical moments, our Seventh Company can be at the forefront.

(End of this chapter)