Chapter 193: Fighting with Reason, This is Our Confidence
Feeling a little uncomfortable being stared at, Chen Mo moved his feet slightly and stood further back.
It’s not that we feel guilty or anything, it’s mainly because we are on someone else’s territory, with seven or eight people staring at us viciously. Only the battalion commander and the political instructor could remain calm.
This feels quite awkward.
But there's no point in moving.
Several cadres from the first, second and third companies of the second battalion were so angry that they almost gritted their teeth when they saw Xiucai.
Chen Mo had originally proposed to collect the exercise archives at the Army Academy, but he himself did not contribute, so of course he would not remember them all the time.
But the cadres of the Second Battalion were busy day and night at that time.
Not only was I busy for half a month, but I also had to invite people from other units to come over. I almost went blind before I could barely send the archive away.
If that's all, then that's fine.
I was cursing at the time, and with the help of someone from the reconnaissance company, I had almost let out some of my anger.
But I didn't expect it.
There was a sudden inspection today, and it was this scholar who recommended him. All the cadres in the battalion are still scared to the point of being weak in the knees.
I don’t know how to deal with it later.
It would be strange if they had a good attitude.
Fortunately, Luo Yaowu was there to help, so things didn't get too awkward.
Otherwise, Chen Mo would have to try out the feeling of one person versus a whole battalion.
At this moment, the ammunition of the first company of the second battalion has been loaded, and the tanks of the second company have arrived and are lined up to continue loading.
It is not easy to assemble the entire battalion during wartime.
It takes at least 40 to 50 minutes for an armored battalion to prepare supplies, inventory, and distribute them, all of which are fully loaded, assuming no combat missions or plans are assigned to the grassroots level.
The atmosphere at the scene was a bit depressing.
The soldiers were all busy, Luo Yaowu just looked up and said nothing.
Brigade Commander Wei Jinan was also present, but he did not continue to explain.
The reason why the battalion suddenly sounded the alarm and assembled in wartime was because the Second Battalion mistakenly thought that Chief of Staff Qin of the Military Region had come.
The military district chief of staff suddenly visits the grassroots level without prior notice. Generally speaking, the purpose is to check the unit's combat readiness.
According to the rules, there is nothing wrong with using large-scale radio broadcasts to promote the cause.
But now, the situation has become a bit confusing. Chief of Staff Qin did not come, but the troops were mobilized and even the ammunition was taken out of the warehouse.
Not to mention that the cadres of the Second Battalion were a little confused, even Brigade Wei had a headache.
There was no order from the military district, and no report was made to the military district in advance. Suddenly, they were fully armed and marched. This is hard to explain.
If it happened in ancient times, this kind of thing would be even more serious.
Fortunately, Luo Yaowu came here today with a mission. The 63rd Army must have received the news of the order issued by the military region.
Watching the second company start loading ammunition.
Luo Yaowu pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Wei Jinan and said, "Old Wei."
"Chief of Staff, you go ahead." Wei Jinan took two steps forward and responded.
However, his face was not in a very good mood at the moment. There was nothing he could do. No one could scold his subordinates for having problems with their work style in front of him, a commander of a main brigade.
I won’t feel very comfortable.
This has nothing to do with the position. Even if the army commander scolded him in person, it would not be acceptable. It would be equivalent to negating the efforts of hundreds of soldiers present in one sentence.
It seemed that he could see that Wei Lu was unhappy.
Luo Yaowu snorted coldly, his tone still not disguising: "Don't fight with me here, old man. You dare to sleep in the combat duty room. You have great courage."
"If this had happened a few years ago, I would have withdrawn you."
"You know why I came to Jinyang, right?"
"I've heard a little bit."
Wei Lu nodded. The two were old comrades who had known each other for more than 20 years. Now that they had talked it out, he didn't hesitate any more. He took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Director Luo.
He continued, "They said they were going to establish an informationized force, and that Xiucai guy recommended the Second Battalion. There must be a reason for that, right?"
"Um."
Luo Yaowu lit a cigarette. "Did you know that the Jincheng Military Region in the northwest and the Jinling and Yangcheng Military Regions in southern Guangdong will be conducting large-scale military exercises in mid-August and early September?"
"Know."
"The Kyoto Military Region will serve as the chief director of this Northwest Military Exercise, and the experimental base was built by the Kyoto Military Region. Now the superiors have asked us to send a unit to participate in the Northwest Military Exercise next month."
"I plan to send the Second Battalion."
"Let the Second Battalion go?"
Wei Jinan was a little surprised when he heard that Luo Yaowu had chosen the second battalion.
There is a reason for his surprise.
The military parade is about to begin, but the people from the Kyoto Military District are not staying in Kyoto to take charge. Instead, they are stationed in the Northwest to direct the military exercises. It is easy to see what they are trying to prevent.
It can be said that if a border military conflict occurs before or after the military parade, the people stationed at the forefront of the Kyoto Military Region can react in the shortest time possible.
Troops can be deployed directly in the hinterland to ensure the smooth progress of the military parade.
Any large-scale military exercise is not just for the purpose of demonstrating military strength, but mostly for the purpose of deterrence.
Such an important military operation.
Instead, they arranged an experimental unit to go up, and also had to select the second battalion. This really surprised Wei Jinan.
Informatization. Informatization.
Wei Jinan kept weighing in his mind the possible impact of this military exercise.
As the commander of an armored unit, he knew much more about the impact of future informatization than grassroots cadres.
Now the reconnaissance company directly under their brigade has gone there, and if they add the second battalion.
If the experiment is successful, doesn’t it mean that the future formation of the informationized forces will be based on the 7th Armored Brigade?
"What? Are you still not happy?" Luo Yaowu didn't hear a response for a long time. He blew out smoke rings from his mouth and turned his head to look at him unhappily.
"No, there's no problem with the Second Battalion."
"No problem, let's give it a try. Let me see how much of the spirit of the former independent second group is still preserved."
I heard that they wanted to have a fight.
Wei Jinan's eyes lit up immediately. He was just worried about how to explain the loss of ammunition when submitting the financial statements to the military district next month during this combat readiness mobilization.
Now that's better.
Someone helped to resist the lightning.
"Captain Liu."
"arrive!!"
Liu Hongyun, who was standing at the back with his head down waiting to be criticized, heard the brigade commander calling him.
That guy looked like he had been injected with ten shots of chicken blood. He clenched his fists to his ribs, ran to Brigade Wei and Director Luo, and stood at attention with a "snap".
Salute and say: "Hello, Chief of Staff, Hello, Brigade Commander. I am Liu Hongyun, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 7th Armored Brigade. I am conducting a combat readiness assembly. Please give me your instructions!"
"Um."
Luo Yaowu didn't say much. He pointed at the Second Company, which was loading ammunition, and said, "Notify the First and Second Companies of the Second Battalion to assemble at the brigade training ground."
"Carry the training ammunition, subject, assault combat formation maneuver, arrive at the training ground. No need to report, no need to apply. Let me see the strength of your first and second companies."
"Yes, Chief of Staff."
"Oh, right."
After giving the order, Luo Yaowu seemed to remember something. He turned around and waved to Chen Mo and Pei Shuajun.
"You two, one with the first company, the other with the second company, go over and learn."
"Especially you, Chen Mo. Talking about military strategy on paper is just paper after all. Take this opportunity to choose a company to go and learn from them."
"Yes, Chief."
Chen Mo didn't expect that the Second Battalion would be included in the exercise.
I was really excited inside.
But his excitement did not last long. When Captain Liu took him to the crowd nearby.
A group of cadres stared at him with scorching eyes, and they didn't look friendly at all.
"Xiucai, which company are you going to?" Liu Hongyun asked with a smile.
As the battalion commander, he and Xiucai were both brought up by the same veteran, so they were "fellow students". He certainly couldn't show it too much on his face.
But this kid caused a lot of trouble for the Second Battalion, and Liu Hongyun didn't have a good temper about him.
"I'll go to the first company." Chen Mo smiled and pretended not to notice the murderous looks of the cadres around him.
He had seen the situation of the equipment being shipped out of the warehouse just now, and had a better understanding of the organization. It would naturally be more appropriate for him to learn from the company.
"Okay, then you go to the first company."
Liu Hongyun nodded, and then shouted: "Lao Gao, I'm leaving the scholar in your hands. Remember, this is a top student sent by the higher-ups to guide you in your company."
"Remember?"
"Hey, okay!"
When the company commander Gao Peng heard this, he smiled and put his arm around Chen Mo's shoulders, pinched his uniform, and whispered, "Scholar, you son of a bitch finally fell into my hands."
"You asked for this, don't blame me."
"Commander, we're over there."
After saying this, he didn't even wait for Liu Hongyun to respond.
Captain Gao and several platoon leaders of the company squeezed Chen Mo into the middle of the crowd like playing with a claw machine.
They surrounded him and left.
After all, the first company was the first to load ammunition, and at that time the entire company was ready and waiting for the next order.
The clothes he was wearing were already thick, and he was sandwiched between people. Chen Mo was so depressed.
After finally leaving the ammunition depot and out of the sight of the brigade commander and Director Luo.
Chen Mo reached out and pushed Gao Peng and several platoon leaders away, then complained: "Stay away from me, damn it, I was just awarded my rank today, can't you see I haven't even changed into my uniform yet, it's still hot."
Otherwise, why do they say that those with great skills are also courageous?
The cadres in the company were so angry that their eyes were almost popping out.
Unexpectedly, the scholar was even angrier than them and dared to take action.
"Damn it, you still feel hot?" Gao Peng's eyes widened, he rolled up his sleeves, and called a few platoon leaders to teach the scholar a lesson.
Unfortunately, Chen Mo was born without the ability to endure in silence.
It seemed that something was not right.
He immediately adhered to the principle of a hero not to suffer a loss in front of him, turned around and walked towards the ammunition depot, in the direction of Luo Yaowu.
"Why?"
"Why!!"
"Stop!"
Gao Peng saw the scholar about to leave, and he was also confused after just rolling up his sleeves. He took a few quick steps and grabbed Chen Mo: "What are you doing?"
"Fuck, the first company is gathering in the back, where are you going?"
"Go tell Captain Wei that I want to change companies and go to the Second Company." Chen Mo responded firmly.
However, despite what he said, he still stopped.
"What do you mean? Didn't you just say you wanted to go to the first company?"
Seeing four or five people surrounding him again, Chen Mo's anger was temporarily suppressed and he knew that his goal had been achieved.
After all, he is not a veteran, nor is he one of Liu Hai's old scouts. He is not sure that he has the skills to knock down so many people.
You can't really get beaten.
"It's me who's going to the First Company, but Captain Gao, I'm also from the Reconnaissance Company, and you're from the Tank Battalion. We're one family, right?"
"Well, they are a family." Gao Peng nodded subconsciously. He didn't quite follow Chen Mo's train of thought.
"Then what are you doing with your sleeves rolled up? Do you dislike the people in our reconnaissance company?" Chen Mo pointed at a few people.
“Bullshit.”
"Stop trying to sow discord here, you bastard." Gao Peng saw the scholar being the first to complain and glared at him, "Don't act so convincing, kid."
"Let me ask you, last month before, the military district required the battalion to collect archived records of exercises from the past three years within two weeks. Was it you who suggested that?"
"Damn it, do you know that for three years, I've been eating, drinking, and sleeping in the battalion headquarters archives. The longest time I was busy was four days without closing my eyes. Tell me, do you deserve a beating?"
“Shouldn’t!”
Chen Mo shook his head seriously.
Seeing that several people were about to get angry again, Chen Mo took two more steps towards the ammunition depot.
Then he said, "Captain Gao, even if you want to take action, you have to wait until I finish speaking."
"It was my suggestion that the military district collect these archives. The problem is, I'm just a student. How can my words have any effect?"
"The information technology experiment started in 1992. It lasted seven years and failed five times. Do you know why?"
Faced with this inquiry.
Gao Peng didn't understand at all. He knew nothing and just shook his head.
"That's because the armored units haven't made any progress in their exercises in recent years. They can't even fight."
"You know the 38th Army's Sixth Armored Division, right? They're just like our Seventh Division, but they perform very well in exercises, and the higher-ups are even focusing on reforming the Sixth Division."
"Even the documents have been sent down. You just heard Chief of Staff Luo mention it. I was the one who strongly recommended the Second Battalion."
"I'm working so hard, isn't it because we're all family? We can't let their Sixth Division suppress us?"
"Captain Gao, you used to be a company commander in the Seventh Division. Even though it's been downsized now, you're still a member of the Seventh Division."
"You've been a company commander for so many years, and you're willing to watch the Sixth Division become stronger than us?"
"If I had the chance to recommend you, I would definitely spare no effort to speak well of you. Do you even want to blame me for this?"
What Chen Mo said was half true and half false.
But there was a hint of truth in his words.
The righteous tone made a group of veterans who had not been poisoned by the Internet in later generations not only unable to refute it, but also felt that it was quite reasonable.
Especially now, many company commanders are former volunteer soldiers who have been converted into cadres and have served for many years.
They watched as the 7th Armored Brigade was transferred from the 28th Army to the 63rd Army, and then was downsized and laid off, with even the only howitzer battalion being cut recently.
Today, the only anti-aircraft artillery battalion left is the one in Tao Village.
The once famous 7th Tank Division has now been cut down to a terrible state.
Under such circumstances, it is impossible to say that these veterans and cadres are not feeling suffocated.
Chen Mo kept recommending for the development of the Seventh Brigade, and he really elevated himself to a level that did not belong to this conversation.
"Damn it, why do I always feel that Xiucai is fooling us?" One of the platoon leaders in the company had a lot of question marks in his head. He vaguely felt that something was wrong.
But I can't express it.
"Bullshit."
Upon hearing this, Chen Mo pointed to the Second Company, who were still loading ammunition at the entrance of the ammunition depot, and said, "Do you know why Chief of Staff Luo came here today?"
"Didn't you hear anything just now? The Kyoto Military District is forming an informationized force and will participate in the exercises on the northwest battlefield. In that case, we represent the entire Kyoto Military District."
"Who else in the unit has this opportunity? Did I fool you?"
"I recommended the Second Battalion, okay?"
"Alright, alright, let's not talk about this for now. Let's go to the company's gathering place and talk about it later."
Gao Peng didn't know how good the scholar was at talking, but he knew.
There will be no result if we continue to argue like this.
He simply waved his hand, pulled up the scholar who was still eager to show off, and called the company cadres, and walked towards the gathering place of the first company.
Anyway.
As a company commander at the grassroots level, Gao Peng has the ability to distinguish right from wrong.
He could tell that what the scholar said was probably the truth, but the problem was.
This bastard is so shameless.
Even if it is true, which soldier would be like him?
All he kept shouting slogans was, for the Seventh Division? For the Second Battalion?
Damn, if other veterans said this, they would probably blush, right?
But this kid said it as if it was a matter of course.
I originally wanted to beat him up to vent my anger.
He had already said everything, and then he beat him, making it seem as if Gao Peng had no awareness at all.
When the battle call was sounded, the first company was the first to load ammunition.
At this time, in the training ground in the camp.
The first company of soldiers and their tanks have already been assembled.
The surrounding area was covered with dead grass, and the armored tracks weighing dozens of tons had left a layer of ruts on the ground.
Soldiers from each platoon and squad are making final preparations.
The chariot rumbled and kept moving.
Chen Mo dealt with several cadres in the company and knew that these people would not cause trouble for him for the time being.
He looked up at the busy crowd.
The Second Tank Battalion is quite large, but it doesn't have many people.
There are a total of 27 people in the nine combat squads, which is the full staffing.
In addition to the combat squad, there are two infantry squads. Looking at the weapons carried by the soldiers, it is not difficult to tell that one of the two infantry squads is an anti-tank missile squad and the other is a grenade squad.
The total number of combat personnel in the company is 51, and the infantry squads are composed of 12 people, not including the company commander and instructor, as well as the platoon leader, clerk, quartermaster and other staff.
Compared with the reconnaissance company before the downsizing, the number of people in this tank company can be said to be pitifully small.
Zhu Gai's regiment, Feng Junling was transferred here, but it was not disbanded because there were too few people in the armored unit.
Once it is disbanded, it will be disbanded as a whole, just like the howitzer battalion, and its equipment will be sealed.
Chen Mo was observing carefully.
Gao Peng, who was somewhat proud, walked over and said, "Scholar, didn't the battalion commander ask you to study with me?"
"Come with me later. We'll take the armored car with 4104 printed on it. I'll show you how our First Company defeats their Second Company."
"Okay, then I'll follow Captain Gao and study hard."
Chen Mo nodded and said nothing more.
Time passes by little by little.
An exercise cannot be started just like that. The brigade must first report the situation here to the military region, and propose the maneuver route, exercise location, ammunition load, and the specific number of personnel participating in the exercise.
Including preset plans, all must be submitted to the military region in a unified manner.
The military district will then notify all nearby garrison units of these things. If there are residential areas, time will also be reserved for notifying the residents.
If they were not notified and the artillery suddenly opened fire, the entire Hedong City would be in chaos.
This is no joke.
I waited for about an hour.
Then bursts of shrill trumpet sounds were heard in the distance.
The entire company moved upon hearing the order.
“Get on board!!”
Gao Peng heard the horn and gave orders hurriedly.
All the soldiers got on the vehicle quickly, and Chen Mo followed the company commander and instructor and got into armor No. 4104.
There were a lot of people squeezed in the car, but fortunately it was a Type 63 armored vehicle, so the space inside was large enough that it didn't feel crowded even with more than a dozen people.
As a student, Chen Mo was not in a position to intervene and give orders. After entering the vehicle cabin, he lay on the machine gun port and watched the convoy slowly leave the camp.
When we came to the empty road outside.
Gao Peng picked up the car communicator and began to give instructions.
"Attention, all company members! This combat exercise requires us to deploy in assault formation."
"Everyone slow down, keep the speed to 20 kilometers per hour, and form a front, left, right, and right matrix triangle formation with three tank platoons as the core."
"All infantry units dismount and form combat platoons to protect the vehicle crews."
"Anti-tank missile teams and grenade teams are based on armored vehicles and maneuver on the left and right wings."
Following Gao Peng's orders.
The nine tanks immediately divided into a matrix of three in front, three on the left, and three on the right and moved forward.
Because the time was too short, the distance between the tanks was only 60 meters, and the entire company was stretched nearly 200 meters vertically.
The 141 troop carrier and Type 63 armored vehicle accelerated, then immediately slowed down after maneuvering into the matrix.
The soldiers of the infantry squad began to come down carrying their weapons.
Suddenly.
The surrounding wasteland was filled with smoke and the ears were filled with the noise of machinery.
Seeing the company's mobile formation, Chen Mo frowned.
He didn't know where the armored training ground was or how far it was from the base.
But with this kind of maneuvering speed, according to Director Luo's request just now, the first company will start fighting as soon as they arrive at the training ground, which means mobile warfare.
But the matrix was moving at such a slow speed that once the Second Company formed other assault formations, they would reach the combat zone first.
Is the triangular matrix suitable for mobile warfare?
If assault preparations are not made in advance, the mechanized combat units will have no chance to deploy other formations once they reach the battle area.
What's more, as the terrain gradually flattened, the distance between the matrix assault tanks began to increase.
The gap is too big, so it is easy to be targeted by the second combo.
Chen Mo hesitated for a moment. He had never met the cadres of the Second Battalion and was not sure whether Company Commander Gao was capable of fighting this kind of mobile warfare.
But after thinking it over again and again, Chen Mo decided to wait and see.
After all, he is not a member of the same company, and it would be a big taboo for him to rashly interfere in the command.
Besides, with the knowledge accumulated from two lifetimes and his recent studies, Chen Mo still didn't believe that he couldn't turn the situation around with just two companies' mobile warfare.
It’s not too late to attack again when we can’t hold on any longer here.
no way.
Chen Mo really has this confidence.
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