96: Take the initiative: tit for tat!

Ten thousand against three hundred thousand—the advantage is with Dragon Country?

Military observers from various countries around the world, upon hearing Peng Lin’s words, couldn't help but gape in shock, their eyes wide with bewilderment.

How could Peng Lin possibly dare to say such a thing?

It should be known that the military observers sent by various countries to the Fuzzy Bear Empire’s military exercise were not politicians, but genuine soldiers or military attachés from overseas embassies.

Their capabilities in both combat command and military expertise were exceptionally strong.

This ‘red-blue confrontation exercise,’ which they viewed as a one-sided crushing by the Fuzzy Bear Empire’s heavy armor and steel torrent, was now being described by Peng Lin as having the advantage with Dragon Country?

Even the National Security Advisor of the Beautiful Country’s White House couldn't help but twitch his lips after hearing Peng Lin’s words.

He couldn’t quite understand why Peng Lin would refuse, even though the Fuzzy Bear Empire’s Ministry of Defense had already planned to add 150,000 Warsaw Pact troops to the ‘blue team’ to increase the difficulty of the confrontation.

If this choice had been made by a NATO ally, the White House National Security Advisor would have directly reprimanded and questioned them.

But Dragon Country was not an ally of the Beautiful Country; it was an object they were trying hard to win over.

So he could only open his mouth, suppressing all his dissatisfaction within his heart.

At this moment, the Fuzzy Bear Empire’s Minister of Defense was clearly bewildered by Peng Lin’s words as well.

Because he had never imagined that Dragon Country would refuse their Fuzzy Bear Empire’s ‘goodwill.’

“Your Dragon Country’s three brigades against our three hundred thousand troops, and the advantage is with you?”

“Even if it were three hundred thousand Siberian tigers and black bears, your ten thousand troops would have to fight for a month in the vast Siberia!”

“What’s more, you are facing the world’s most advanced armored steel torrent of the army!”

“Special Military Observer of Dragon Country, I ask you, how do you plan to fight this war?”

General Ivanovitch stepped aside from the command center’s giant electronic sand table and made a gesture for Peng Lin to come forward.

Clearly, Peng Lin’s words had made the Fuzzy Bear Empire’s Minister of Defense very uncomfortable, even angry.

He now very much wanted Peng Lin to explain.

But Peng Lin merely gave General Ivanovitch, the Fuzzy Bear Empire’s Minister of Defense, a faint glance and remained unmoved.

“I’ve said it before, the mechanized cluster offensive doctrine based on the deep battle theory is outdated!”

“Heavy Combined Arms Brigades, Light Combined Arms Brigades, and Army Aviation Brigades, relying on systemic advantages and asymmetric tactics, can achieve victory through rapid strikes across three dimensions: electronic suppression, precision strikes, and all-domain disruption!”

“As for how the specific tactics will be implemented, we don’t need a sand table simulation; we can just watch the military exercise unfold!”

Peng Lin said.

After all, they were currently inside a Fuzzy Bear Empire’s air force base; how could he expose his own tactics for a momentary dispute of pride?

Moreover, the systemic advantages and asymmetric tactics Peng Lin spoke of were by no means empty boasts.

If this were an all-out war, and the Fuzzy Bear Empire’s Ministry of Defense also deployed air force fighter jets, bombers, and naval aircraft carrier fleets into this confrontation exercise, then Dragon Country would naturally not gain any advantage.

Because in both air force and naval development, Dragon Country was lagging too far behind.

But now, this was a ‘red-blue confrontation exercise’ based on ground forces.

Even if the Fuzzy Bear Empire, to demonstrate the capabilities of the An-22 strategic transport aircraft, specially included its elite airborne troops in this exercise, Peng Lin remained extremely confident.

He had at least more than a fifty percent chance of winning this confrontation exercise.

If it was merely to annihilate more than one-third of the Fuzzy Bear Empire’s main forces, achieving a 1:10 casualty ratio, then he had at least more than a ninety percent chance!

“I hope the combat effectiveness of your Dragon Country’s army can be as impressive as its luxurious paper strength!”

General Ivanovitch still scoffed, saying with disdain.

In his eyes, Dragon Country was merely copying the Beautiful Country and NATO’s army development and combat philosophy, using technological gaps to compensate for numerical deficiencies.

Although at first glance the paper strength seemed very intimidating, the actual combat effectiveness was like paper!

After the two finished their conversation, the atmosphere in the entire confrontation exercise command center became somewhat tense.

Especially with both the Fuzzy Bear Empire and the Beautiful Country remaining silent, no other country’s representative dared to break the quiet.

As everyone closed their eyes to rest, time passed quickly.

Before they knew it, at noon, the ‘red-blue confrontation exercise’ officially began.

“The ‘Red Army’s’ Northern Group Army has begun to mobilize first!”

An exclamation from an unknown person was the first to break the silence in the command center.

Military representatives from various countries held their breath and quickly looked at the giant electronic sand table in the center.

On the 3D situational map, the Northern Group Army’s T-80 tank clusters were deploying in a wedge formation along the frozen surface of the Ob River!

The central assault cluster, consisting of 2,000 T-72B tanks, formed a forty-kilometer-wide steel vanguard, their cannon barrels uniformly pointing southeast, with inter-vehicle data links constantly updating coordinate parameters!

The air defense missile battalions of the southern cover group were setting up their “Buk” systems, radar antennas scanning the airspace at 30 revolutions per minute!

Technical military officers from the ‘Red-Blue Confrontation Exercise’ General Director’s Office at the command center, holding encrypted radios, projected the coordinates of various units onto the electronic sand table!

According to the sand table simulation, the vanguard battalion of the 2nd Guards Tank Army, part of the central assault cluster, had already advanced to the pre-set attack line!

Its armored torrent’s parallel track marks, pressed into the permafrost, were being photographed by high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft and transmitted back to the command center!

Military representatives from various countries around the world observed the entire military exercise clearly and smoothly, as if from a god’s-eye view!

This powerful process of troop deployment demonstrated the Fuzzy Bear Empire’s terrifying organizational capability to execute multi-axis coordinated assaults under extreme cold conditions!

“Look quickly, Dragon Country’s ‘Blue Army’s’ Heavy Combined Arms Brigade is also mobilizing!”

“They are rapidly assaulting northwards!”

“Are they going to engage in a large-scale tank armored battle with the Fuzzy Bear Empire’s ‘Red Army’s’ central group army main force?”

Prince Khalid of Saudi Arabia couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise upon seeing the Dragon Country army’s mobilization.

Military representatives from other countries all looked towards the lower part of the giant sand table representing the southern direction, and indeed saw that Dragon Country was also extensively mobilizing troops to assault northwards!

At this moment, the armored steel torrents of Dragon Country and the Fuzzy Bear Empire were clearly advancing towards each other, charging simultaneously!

This scene couldn't help but shock everyone!

Because in this ‘red-blue confrontation exercise,’ the Dragon Country army, playing the role of the ‘Blue Army,’ represented Dragon Country itself, facing the enormous world superpower of the Fuzzy Bear Empire, and was supposed to conduct territorial defense!

In everyone’s eyes, the best strategy for the Dragon Country army would be to occupy favorable terrain such as large rivers and mountains, and establish defensive lines!

To use the advantage of terrain to compensate for the huge numerical disparity with the Fuzzy Bear Empire’s army!

But now, with the numerical difference between the two armies reaching nearly thirty times, what on earth was Dragon Country’s Heavy Combined Arms Brigade doing by actively attacking?