While the Mountain Wolf Commando Unit was being annihilated.
At the Blue Army Command Center, General Shi, along with several Lieutenant Generals and a dozen Major Generals, was directing the troops in a full-scale offensive against the Red Army.
Their main forces had already destroyed one-third of the Red Army's troops, and their air force had also been wiped out.
The situation on the battlefield was clear. Given enough time, they would surely annihilate the Red Army and win the battle.
General Shi picked up his teacup, took a sip with great satisfaction, his expression relaxed, giving off an air of effortless ease.
He put down the teacup and said with a sigh, "It seems there's no suspense."
Then, he hummed to himself, "Invincible, how lonely it is, standing alone on the peak, blown by the cold wind."
The Lieutenant Generals and Major Generals around him couldn't help but chuckle softly at General Shi's self-congratulatory singing.
They all knew that when General Shi was happy, he liked to sing, and it was always the old, cliché song of invincibility.
However, it was rare for General Shi to be this happy. With the victory essentially decided and only a matter of time,
as long as they won the battle, General Shi would have more leverage when negotiating with Commander Gao, and they could allocate more resources next year.
Most importantly, General Shi would finally be able to hold his head high in front of Commander Gao.
Suddenly, the radios of the four groups beeped almost simultaneously, and four telegraph operators received messages at the same time.
"Report, the tank brigade has been rendered useless by enemy snipers. Their feedback indicates that their armor couldn't withstand the attacks from the opposing special forces snipers!" a communications staff officer rushed in to report.
General Shi frowned at this. "How is that possible? Tank armor can't withstand snipers. Were they using anti-materiel sniper rifles on the battlefield?"
It was known that both tanks and armored vehicles had thick steel plating that ordinary sniper rifles could hardly penetrate. Only anti-materiel sniper rifles might, but using them on the battlefield was not realistic.
In large-scale combat, as soon as the guns fired, snipers would immediately expose their positions and be subjected to intense artillery fire. If the enemy carried heavy and cumbersome anti-materiel sniper rifles, how could they achieve rapid movement?
Furthermore, how did they bring heavy sniper rifles to the battlefield? A long trek from the initial parachute jump, through jungles, wilderness, deserts, and swamps!
How was this possible!
The communications staff officer stated with certainty, "Yes! A sniper from the Red Army's special forces carried a Type 10 anti-materiel heavy sniper rifle and launched a fierce attack on our tank brigade. Their accuracy is one hundred percent."
General Shi's brows furrowed. "This is impossible! Special forces prioritize speed; they wouldn't carry such a heavy weapon. Where are our special forces? Send them to surround and annihilate them!"
Another communications staff officer quickly said, "Report to the commander, our special forces have been completely wiped out!"
Upon hearing this, General Shi stumbled, almost losing his balance.
Then another communications staff officer took out a telegram and said, "We just received news that the Eagle Commando Unit and the Mountain Wolf Commando Unit have both been annihilated!"
What!
The command center fell into dead silence!
These two special forces units were the elites of the elites, incredibly formidable in combat, capable of easily assassinating a general in the midst of a million soldiers.
Last year, the Eagle Commando Unit had successfully completed a decapitation strike, leaving the Red Army leaderless. The Mountain Wolf Commando Unit was even stronger; they had inflicted heavy losses on the Wolf Fang unit last year.
How could even they be eliminated? The exercise had only just begun its third day!
If we included the previously eliminated Lightning Commando Unit, Cobra Commando Unit, and the hastily inserted War Wolf Commando Unit, a total of five commando units had been wiped out. Was this exaggerated?
This had never happened in any previous exercises. Let alone annihilating five commando units, they had never even managed to completely annihilate one; at most, they had crippled them!
What was going on this time? The commando units participating were the most elite ones from previous exercises. Why were they performing so poorly this time?
Five commando units combined couldn't defeat two commando units from Wolf Fang, one of which was a newly formed unit.
The faces of the generals showed strange expressions. This outcome was quite baffling.
General Shi said in surprise, "Is Wolf Fang's special forces unit that strong?"
A chief of staff said, "Based on the Wolf Fang special forces' past combat effectiveness, they shouldn't be this strong. However, this year is different. Didn't they form a new commando unit? The problem might be within it."
"What do you mean? A newly formed commando unit shouldn't be weaker than an older one. How did it become even stronger?" General Shi retorted.
In the military, veteran soldiers train new recruits, passing down knowledge generation after generation.
Newcomers need to undergo repeated tempering to break through. Therefore, it was rare for newly formed commando units to defeat veteran ones.
But now, a newly formed commando unit had taken down five veteran commando units.
This was truly devilishly strange.
Suddenly, another communications staff officer rushed over. "Report! We just received news from the Navigation Brigade that they were ambushed by Red Army special forces, and all missiles in the Missile Brigade have been rendered useless!"
"What! It's special forces again? Why couldn't anyone stop them? Are all our troops guarding like wooden dummies!" General Shi finally became angry.
Without the missile support from the Missile Brigade, how could they confront the Red Army's mechanized forces? The advantage they had just built was gone!
Suddenly, another communications staff officer ran over and said urgently, "Report to the commander, ten minutes ago, Red Army special forces infiltrated our airborne division's base. The Eagle Division has been completely annihilated..."
One piece of news after another came in. General Shi's face turned ashen. He walked to the 3D map and observed it carefully. Then, he pointed to a location and angrily ordered, "Notify the air force to bomb this area. No matter the cost, we must eliminate all their special forces!"
In such a short period, special forces had infiltrated and wiped out their important units one by one. If this were a real battlefield, how much damage would it cause?
Crucially, it would affect the entire campaign's layout and could lead to defeat!
Cold sweat streamed down General Shi's forehead!
He had just said he was invincible and lonely. What a joke! His own troops had been wiped out right under his nose, and he didn't even know it!
"Yes!"
A communications staff officer immediately contacted the air force.
A short while later, the communications staff officer said urgently, "Report to the commander, we cannot contact the Air Force Command Center!"
"What!" General Shi was shocked.
If that were the case, the Air Force Command Center had also been taken down by the enemy!
If so, the Blue Army's defeat in the exercise was inevitable!
Damn it, how could the Red Army's special forces be so formidable?
In three days, he had lost his airborne division, missile brigade, and tank brigade, directly losing a quarter of his forces, and these were all elite units!
Even if that were the case, the most troublesome thing now was that their air superiority was gone, completely gone!
Who, who was it? Who carried the anti-materiel sniper rifle onto the battlefield and moved so fast!