Counterfeit Hero

The battle in the twenty-first deduction ended quickly. Fatty didn't even last until the middle of the battle, which was worse than the previous times. This made Margaret even more worried. However, this time, Fatty and Hastings were unusually quiet. After the battle ended, the two of them directly established a new deduction battle situation without saying a word, and began the twenty-second confrontation. The confrontation ended quickly.

Under Margaret's restless gaze, the fat man did not rush to start a new game. Instead, he lit a cigarette and thought about it for a long time before starting to create the twenty-third time. From beginning to end, his face was innocent. Like a stubborn stone. There is no tendency for sudden enlightenment and enlightenment.

While he pondered, Hastings said nothing, but waited quietly.

The twenty-third deduction begins.

Magritte, who was disturbed by the two people's abnormal behavior, stood behind the fat man. The same game was played from the first confrontation to the end of the game. She can almost memorize the terrain, time, strength of both sides, equipment, electronic suppression and the advantages and disadvantages of the Skynet system at each stage.

Margaret knew that this game would be difficult for the fat man. Even though she has been taught by Hastings for more than 20 years, she is not completely sure of winning if she plays in person. The only advantage she has over Fatty is the command skills she has learned over the years and her ideas for solving this kind of battle situation.

Without sacrifice, there is no victory.

And it's not just the lives of soldiers that can be sacrificed.

At least, in this deduction round, Margaret knew that there were many things that could be sacrificed, such as the city defended by the defenders.

The Blue Army, commanded by Hastings, aimed to completely capture the city.

Compared with Fat Man, this strategic task of the Blue Army is more difficult. One can imagine how difficult it is for two divisions to break through the defenses of four divisions and completely occupy the city. Moreover, as the leader of the teaching deduction, even if Hastings knew that the Red Army's casualty rate limit was 10%, he would not use God's perspective, which knew the opponent's bottom line, to target this weakness of the Red Army. He just followed the deduction procedure and made tactical arrangements with the goal of capturing the city.

In this way, the Red Army has a chance.

The Red Army, which controls almost all strategic points, has a solid defense line, and has a complete intelligence and command system, can expand the entire battle situation as long as it uses space and time to retreat proactively.

If we just attack hard on the outside of the city, a 10% casualty rate will not be enough. Only by giving up part of the garrisoned city, lengthening the Blue Army's front, or introducing the Blue Army into the depth of defense can the Red Army's strength advantage be realized, and only then can there be enough space and time to surround and divide the Blue Army.

Exchanging the garrisoned city for casualty rate is the only way Margaret can think of at this moment.

No battle situation is isolated, and this deduction battle situation is the same. Beyond the offense and defense, there is a bigger battle situation. All victory and defeat conditions must be based on the strategic needs of the overall situation.

The Red Army's casualty rate was harsh though. But the victory condition is not to completely annihilate the Blue Army. The Blue Army's fierce attack, regardless of casualties, was only within one stage. As long as the Red Army can annihilate 60% of the Blue Army's strength, the system will automatically judge the Blue Army as a loser.

If it can delay the Blue Army's offensive for more than ten days and increase its casualty rate to 40%. The Blue Army will also be judged to have failed. The tactic of using part of the city as a battlefield will be cruel in practice and will bring huge civilian casualties to the garrisoned city. However, for a qualified commander. This is not a difficult choice. You know ‘in war, the military is everything. If failure is caused by some unnecessary indecision, then the pain that needs to be endured in the end is not losing a city, but a planet, or even a homeland.

As soon as she saw the new round of deductions started by the two, Margaret couldn't help but sigh.

Fatty seemed to have no intention of giving up the city. His battle line is still on the city's outer defense line, still refusing to give up an inch of ground. The only difference was that not only did he not let go of the passage, he instead took the initiative and moved the entire war zone towards the blue army.

On the screen, the Red Army split into hundreds of troops of varying sizes, fighting among trenches, woods, agricultural areas, hills and mountain rivers on the outskirts of the city. Under the command of Fatty, these troops were like large clumps of tangled threads, covering and cooperating with each other. Frequently launched active attacks on the Blue Army.

Taking the initiative is also a way to win.

However, in Margaret's view, this was almost asking for trouble. You must know that the person commanding the blue army on the opposite side is not someone else, but his grandfather, Hastings, the military god of the generation.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, Hastings has become a talisman.

This symbol is not so much the pinnacle of military prowess as it is a symbol of the winner of the war thirty years ago.

Then there was the winner, and that was thirty years ago. They respected Hastings, studied his tactics, regarded his words as golden rules, and worshiped him. But how many of them can truly understand this military god? !

The only person who truly understands Hastings is Margaret, who has followed him and accepted his teachings by words and deeds for twenty years. Even though she was known as a rare military genius, Margaret never thought of surpassing her grandfather. The more and more time she learned from him, the more Margaret became aware of her grandfather's unfathomable abilities. The two armored divisions of the Blue Army were extremely skilled in attacking in the hands of Hastings.

The two armored divisions formed two attack arrows and moved westward. Highways’ bridges, commanding heights, towns and cities, the blue army advanced in an orderly manner. When and where to capture, the distance of advancement of each unit, logistical support, air support during the attack, fire preparation, tactical execution, etc., each of them is like the gears of a precision instrument, meshing together seamlessly.

When the military instructions were transformed into the achieved military intentions, the Blue Army's offensive was like an overwhelming tsunami on the entire deduction screen.

This is the simplest command technique, and it is also the most direct way to attack. There are no unpredictable tactics or strategies to win by surprise. It's just a textbook advancement and attack. But these, when used in Hastings, can produce an effect as irresistible as the Yangtze River. .

Returning to one's original nature, this is the highest state of military command in Guan Dynasty.

Seeing the Blue Army's offensive, Margaret's heart sank. She even blamed Hastings for being too impatient and shouldn't put so much pressure on the fat man. He is the God of War, and Fatty is just a mechanic who has not received formal military training. Don't say fat. Even a famous general like Li Fo cried. How many of them can score under the attack commanded by the God of War himself? !

Margaret's eyes searched back and forth on the map, trying to find the blue army's weak point. But. No matter how she looked at or thought about it, there was no way to break the situation. The Blue Army made no mistakes. In fact, Margaret did not think that Hastings would make any mistakes in the battle except for the small number of troops.

Even if you make a mistake, it is a mistake specified by the system. Because, in this battle, the intelligence of both sides is not equal. From Hastings' point of view, he had no idea that the Red Army had four divisions. Therefore, he must conduct command according to the system's intelligence. And this kind of mistake that caused the Blue Army to continuously strengthen its offensive is precisely the biggest headache for the Red Army.

Facing such a Blue Army, it is almost impossible for the Red Army to win with a 10% casualty rate.

The fat man moved faster. One instruction after another. Posted almost without thinking. The overwhelming Red Army blocked the Blue Army's advance from all directions. If it were a real war, there would be absolutely no possibility for the Blue Army to continue advancing. However, in such a simulation, the casualty rate would be 10%. But the situation on both sides was reversed.

The Blue Army attacks without scruples, while the Red Army, which has superior strength, must constantly avoid battles that may cause heavy casualties.

The fat man had obviously lost his temper. His eyes were red and his fingers were typing frantically on the keyboard. Instructions flew onto the screen one after another. Under these dozens of instructions per minute, the Red Army troops were operating at full capacity and frantically. Attacks against the Blue Army emerged one after another. The fat man seems to be using this method of retreating at the first touch to eat away at the Blue Army bit by bit.

Margaret shook her head. Fatty is too stubborn. If this style of play is used when he opens up the front, widens the distance between the Blue Army units, and disperses their forces, there is a great chance of winning. But looking nearby...Margaret's eyes fell on the Red Army's defense line.

To the east of the city, the Red Army's defense line was built along a river and a small hilly area.

Several highland strongholds. Condescendingly contained the Blues' offensive line.

In the previous deduction and confrontation, Fatty and the Blue Army went back and forth on this battlefield to attack and defend. After several head-on encounters, there was no way to win with a 10% casualty rate. This time, he simply left only one regiment to stay here, and the other troops were pushed out at the beginning of the battle.

Compete with the Blue Army for the towns and traffic arteries in front of the defense line.

As the battle progresses, the Blue Army has advanced to less than thirty kilometers away from the defense line. Further forward, if the Red Army cannot gather heavy troops, then the Blue Army will break through the defense line in one fell swoop and rush directly into the city. Judging from the strength of the Red Army's rear, once this situation evolves into that situation, this game can be declared over.

The fat man's instructions were getting faster and faster.

Seeing that the Blue Army's left wing was about to break through the Red Army's encirclement and touch the Red Army's last line of defense, Margaret was surprised to see that Hastings' advance had stopped.

what happened? !

Margaret turned to look at Hastings' computer screen. She was surprised to find that at this moment, intelligence about a Red Army possessing four armored divisions appeared on Hastings' computer system. middle.

As a commander, Hastings could not deliberately ignore this information. Even if he knows the conditions for victory and defeat, he must simulate the normal reaction of a commander in a real battle.

Using one's own intelligence advantages to influence the opponent, deliberately exposing the troops, and influencing the opponent's judgment is a common method in command. The use of Fatty here did not surprise Hastings. What surprised him was that Fatty seized this opportunity very accurately.

Just when the Blue Army's left and right wings were about to merge, this sudden information would inevitably affect the judgment of the commander who directed the two attack arrows respectively.

This judgment is not something you can control. The system will automatically allow one of the commanders to make a judgment based on the actual intelligence.

Look, the two armies are forty kilometers apart. stopped at the same time.

Because they don't know what the friendly forces on the other side are doing.

They must obtain enough information before they can take the next step. Before obtaining the information, even if Hastings gave the order, the system would not accept it.

The Red Army's electronic suppression was fully activated by this time. Not to mention that at the beginning of the battle, the blue side was at an information disadvantage. Even if it survives electronic warfare intact, by this time, it has lost its intelligence and communication capabilities.

In this dark area of ​​information, forty kilometers is as long as a chasm!

Forty kilometers of hilly and mountainous terrain, it would take less than an hour for the armored troops to travel at full speed.

Even in the middle of a battle, exchanging intelligence only takes a few hours.

But Hastings just couldn't let the left and right wing troops understand each other's situation. Countless Red Army squads completely obscured the battlefield. They attack and kill any Blue Army unit that attempts to explore the other side. and strengthened the siege of the Blue Army troops.

Time passed by, and when the Blue Army was defeated by the system with 75% of its strength remaining and four full days left in the attack time limit, Hastings and Margaret Special, they were all a little stunned.

It was obvious that he had entered the situation, and the fat man's eyes turned red, and his maniacal laughter sounded in the room.

"Old bastard, come on, come on!"

Ugh!

While kicking the fat man over, Margaret had to admit that the fat man had completed a miraculous battle in this room.

That is a complex calculation process.

The fat man did it under almost impossible circumstances. A series of actions of the Red Army are aimed at this final intention.

Although the losses suffered by the Blue Army were far from reaching the bottom line for judging the failure of the deduction, because the troops on both wings were isolated from intelligence for a long time and were surrounded for a long time, Fat Man set the 10% casualty rate indicator. Completely used this last moment. Faced with the powerful attack of the Red Army, and the situation where the dispatched liaison troops disappeared without a trace, the system could only make a judgment that the troops on the other side had suffered all casualties. This judgment was so contradictory, so unbelievable, but yet practical. There is really no doubt about it.

The fat man won!

Hastings took a sip of the cold tea, smiled and nodded.

With Fatty's maddening small-scale troop command skills and his sap-killing nature, this guy is nearly invincible when he suppresses and blocks the opponent's information, or the Skynet system dies with the opponent! .