119: Are all the exercises so crazy now? Three rounds of nuclear strikes?

"So confident?" Gu Ming said in surprise.

Colonel Man's tactical proficiency is arguably the best in the entire military, and the Blue Side he commands is touted as the strongest on the entire Blue Star.

Their equipment and personnel are top-tier, and Dragon Xia military enthusiasts jokingly call Colonel Man's unit the one meant for fighting aliens.

The next morning, the confrontation exercise officially kicked off.

Armored vehicles charged forward, and tanks sped across the field.

Chen Guang's unit advanced on all fronts, focusing their attacks.

But Colonel Man was no pushover; he deployed echelon defenses and segmented his forces.

"Chen Guang from the Western Theater Command has some skill."

"Colonel Man hasn't even exerted his full strength yet; he's a hexagonal warrior after all."

"Where did Chen Guang get those tactical small cars? The mobility is quite good."

In the live broadcast, Chen Guang was riding in a longmao agricultural vehicle to command from the front, and the longmao agricultural vehicle's powerful off-road capability drew praise from many military experts.

"Is that a new gadget you guys in the Army came up with?"

"Never heard of it. This vehicle looks more like a modified civilian vehicle."

"Leaders, don't you know? This small car has gone viral on the internet; it's capable of mounting heavy machine guns."

"It handles complex terrain like flat ground, and its speed isn't bad either. I wonder which heavy industry company produced it."

Hearing what others said, Gu Ming muttered softly: "Is this the longmao agricultural vehicle you were talking about?"

Gu Ming looked on with envy, and Lu Shenwei whispered: "Yes, but he added the canvas cover on the cargo bed himself, and the tires and rims were modified too."

"Your small car looks impressive; sell us a batch too."

If the dragon cat's power was strong enough, Gu Ming wanted to use it as a tug vehicle on an aircraft carrier.

Lu Shenwei smiled and took out his phone, intending to call Ma Quanlin.

"I forgot, there's a signal jammer here."

Lu Shenwei helplessly spread his hands, and Gu Ming laughed: "There's no rush."

The first day of the exercise lasted from dawn until midnight, fully testing the tactical levels of both the Red and Blue Sides.

However, in the eyes of the military experts, it was only mediocre; after all, Colonel Man hadn't really made his move yet.

In the early hours of the next day, just as the Red Army was preparing to adjust its tactics and take the initiative, Colonel Man began his heaven-defying operation.

In the Red Army command vehicle, Chen Guang was eager to try.

"Report, Commander, the early warning radar has detected an incoming nuclear strike."

"What did you say? An incoming nuclear strike? From what direction?"

"Southeast, toward our infantry battalion's position."

"Has Colonel Man gone crazy? Using anti-aircraft guns to swat mosquitoes? Bombing infantry with nuclear weapons?"

Chen Guang was stunned, but before he could react, the radar operator issued another warning.

"Commander, the infantry battalion in the southeast has been destroyed, and we have detected a second incoming nuclear strike."

"What? This madman! Quick! Order the frontline troops to retreat immediately; this madman wants to use nuclear weapons to wipe out our fighting force."

The only way now is to break into smaller units and decapitate the Blue Side's Commander to achieve victory.

"Commander, it's too late; the third nuclear strike is heading toward our armored cluster."

The armored cluster in the northwest gathered the Red Army's current strongest 99G Main Battle Tank and the WS rocket artillery group; it was the Red Army's main force for defeating the Blue Side.

"Madman! Abandon the frontline positions, all troops retreat and switch to mobile warfare."

Colonel Man had gone crazy, but Chen Guang couldn't afford to.

In the exercise command center, Lu Shenwei stared at the electronic screen with his mouth wide open.

Are military exercises this crazy now? Opening with three rounds of nuclear strikes?

"Scared? This is the truly terrifying part of Colonel Man; he ignores losses, ignores consequences, and only cares about taking the target!" Gu Ming said loudly.

To confront the unreasonable Colonel Man, the Red Army's Commander needs a strong heart.

"Exercise situation report: Currently, the Red Army has lost half of its armored forces, and the infantry casualty rate is as high as 40%. The Blue Side has lost sixteen infantry fighting vehicles and suffered 21 casualties."

Lu Shenwei was stunned upon hearing this. The Red Army hadn't even seen the main force of the enemy, and they had already lost nearly half of their fighting force.

If this were on a real battlefield, there would be no need to fight; his side would have already routed.

Now he could only pray that Chen Guang had a trump card to break Colonel Man's invincible golden armor.

If the first day of the exercise was just a small test by Colonel Man, then the second day was an overwhelming, destructive blow. It was unknown whether Chen Guang's Red Army could last until the third day.

The second day of the confrontation ended, and the command center operators reviewed the day's combat situation, trying to find a way to break the deadlock.

"If you ask me, anyone can launch nuclear weapons. If the Blue Side can launch them, the Red Army can too."

"If trading nuclear weapons could break the deadlock, the Red Army would have done it long ago."

"The Red Army's situation is worrying; it's uncertain if they can even last until the third day."

"If I were the Red Army, I'd just admit defeat early. It's not shameful to lose to Colonel Man anyway."

"What a joke. Chen Guang is the hope of the Western Theater Command; asking him to surrender is like shooting him."

"Using nukes to pave the way—this move is truly unsolvable."

Lu Shenwei asked: "Director Gu, how do you think one can win against this?"

"The only way now is to trade bases; it just depends on whether Chen Guang has the guts," Gu Ming pondered.

On the morning of the third day of the exercise, the command center reported that the Red Army had lost more than half of its personnel and equipment, while the enemy was pressing in with a nearly full-strength Army.

After weighing his options repeatedly, Chen Guang had no choice but to abandon the command post and break into smaller units to engage in guerrilla warfare.

"Guerrilla warfare doesn't have much use in modern large-scale wars of annihilation," Gu Ming sighed.

In his view, although Chen Guang was still putting up a desperate resistance, he had effectively already lost the entire "war."

"I still feel that the Red Army has hope."

The Longxia Legion is the ancestor of guerrilla warfare, and it's already the third day; we haven't even seen Chen Guang use the swarm attack drones yet. How could he possibly give up?

"Hope? I can only say it's slim."

Before Gu Ming could finish speaking, they saw on the screen six longmao small cars carrying twelve soldiers charging toward the Blue Side's armored cluster.

"A heroic sacrifice?"

"It's a bit tragic, but meaningless."

"The smoothbore main guns are no pushovers."

Several military experts muttered, when suddenly, the soldier in the passenger seat of the dragon cat lifted the canvas cover on the cargo bed, revealing dense rows of launch tubes.

"What is that? Mortar tubes?"

"The tubes are pointing skyward; it doesn't look like it."

Mortars need to be fired at an elevation angle; how would they work if they were set vertically? Besides, how much damage could mortars do to an armored cluster?

Before they could finish speaking, a buzzing sound of takeoff suddenly came from the screen.

Four hundred swarm attack drones shot out like unsheathed swords, diving straight at the Blue Side's armored cluster.

Colonel Man, sitting in the command vehicle, said in surprise: "A drone attack swarm? I didn't expect the Western Theater Command to have this trick up their sleeve."

The four hundred swarm attack drones took turns dropping bombs and then dove to self-destruct; the Blue Side's armored cluster was instantly judged as destroyed.

"Is this Chen Guang's backup plan? A suicide attack?"

"Even if the Blue Side's main armored group is destroyed, they still have plenty of fighting force left. How will Chen Guang deal with that?"

"Could it be he has other means?"

Colonel Man, who was on the battlefield, also wondered: "With just this little skill, you can't defeat me."

"Commander, in our rear... in our rear, Type 59 tanks have appeared!!!"