Chapter 199 Everything is ready, the east wind will rise
If a battalion composed of multiple units wants to be combat-effective, it must have independent logistics and a separate combat system.
Chen Mo knows this better than anyone else.
But the problem is, with more than a thousand people, plus combat vehicles, transport vehicles, and various types of tanks, wouldn’t the organization be too bloated?
The number of people far exceeds the battalion level. Not to mention the combat effectiveness, the command alone is a big problem.
Chen Mo collected the personnel lists faxed from all units, put them together, and took them to Luo Yaowu's office.
Joint training is coming soon.
Director Luo was also busy as a top. There were piles of documents on his desk, all of which were exercise archives collected by the Lu Academy before.
"Report!"
"Enter."
Luo Yaowu took the time to look up and saw that it was Chen Mo who pushed the door in. He noticed that he was holding a folder in his hand.
Director Luo said, "It's the list from another unit, right? Leave it here for now and find a place to sit."
"Yes, Chief!"
Hearing what Director Luo said, Chen Mo did not rush to hand over the documents he had sorted out, but sat obediently on the sofa in the office.
Wait quietly.
About forty minutes passed before the sound of manually turning pages stopped, and Luo Yaowu threw the two files in his hands to the corner of the table.
"You can take a look too."
"By the way, how many people from each unit are here?"
"More than 900 people." Chen Mo quickly stood up and handed over the document in his hand, then picked up the two files on the corner of the table and opened them to look.
The content is nothing special.
It is still a record of the exercise of the 6th Armored Division of the 38th Army, a mountain battle in complex terrain and a large-scale mobile warfare.
The only thing worth noting is that the commanders of these two battles did not focus on tank dogfights.
One side took advantage of the mountainous terrain, dismantled the heavy equipment as soon as possible, and broke it down into small pieces. In the huge training area, they arranged a battlefield with a single armored tank as the core, assisting the infantry company's sniping.
At the same time, mobile infantry were deployed to occupy important high ground in the exercise area.
This tactical arrangement may seem loose, but one can feel a murderous aura even through the words.
Chen Mo didn't watch the detailed battle process, but just flipped through it casually. The same was true for the battle in deep depth. From the beginning of the exercise, the commander organized the entire regiment to equip and conduct large-scale battlefield maneuvers.
Seeking an opportunity for a decisive battle.
Chen Mo has read a lot of archive files like this in the past two months. He can almost understand the subsequent gameplay by just flipping through them.
"Did you finish reading it?"
Luo Yaowu saw Chen Mo put the documents on the desk. He leaned back in his chair and said, "Tell me what you're here for."
"Report, everything is fine." Chen Mo straightened his chest and changed his mind about asking.
First of all, the heads of each unit have already looked at the personnel lists and have not mentioned anything about the number of personnel, so it would be redundant for him to mention it again.
Secondly.
The two combat archives I just read mentioned unconventional tactics. If you encounter such troops on the battlefield.
In fact, the bloated organization of the joint battalion is not necessarily a bad thing.
"Well, you little brat, why don't you come to me for no reason?"
Luo Yaowu smiled and shook his head: "Don't you think these units are so generous? They only sent a few companies, but they sent so many people?"
Without waiting for Chen Mo's response.
Luo Yaowu continued, "You are a very smart person and learn things quickly, but there is one thing: your thinking is too rigid."
"The exercise aims to be the best, but what is the best? How can we achieve the best?"
"The higher-ups didn't give us enough time to prepare. Joint training isn't that simple. Only people are the foundation of our combat effectiveness."
"Logistics needs people, reconnaissance needs people, and the main force needs people. Only when we have enough people can we independently replace them in a short time if problems arise during joint training."
"Not only do we have to adapt to this new unit, but all comrades must do the same."
"So, do you understand?"
"Yes, Chief, I understand."
"Well, let's disband. The people from the Seventh Brigade should be arriving at noon. You and Xiao Pei will be responsible for receiving them."
"It is expected that all units will be here by around nine o'clock tonight at the latest. At that time, we will rest for the night and set off on time tomorrow."
"yes!"
After Chen Mo saluted again, he turned around and gently closed the door.
After returning to the meeting room.
He reorganized the personnel and firepower organization that had been faxed over and stuffed them into a special file bag.
As for what Director Luo said just now, that joint training is about selecting the best from the best, Chen Mo did not agree but did not object.
How to say it.
The world is originally a huge makeshift team. The decisions made by people in charge of many things may not be correct, and they may not really understand them.
Otherwise, why would we need repeated experiments?
Of course, this does not mean that Chen Mo’s own suggestion is correct. Anyway, everyone has their own opinions on this matter, and the final result is decided by the top management.
Whether it is right or wrong, it is right to execute it first.
Chen Mo felt that it would be easiest to train the personnel of each company if they remained unchanged and were transferred as a complete organization.
But the people above thought that time was urgent and the more personnel and weapons the better. They found problems from the joint training and used the best soldiers to form a combat-ready information-based joint battalion in the shortest time possible.
The personnel issue was finalized.
As an accompanying staff officer, it is also Chen Mo's job to take care of the organization and implementation before the people arrive.
The current organization of the joint battalion consists of three tank companies, one howitzer company, one anti-aircraft artillery company, one anti-aircraft artillery radar company, and one rocket launcher company.
In addition, there were artillery reconnaissance units and engineering units that were separated from the reconnaissance company.
The entire battalion is equivalent to nine companies.
If logistics is included, the configuration is one battalion and ten companies, and the number of logistics personnel is the largest, almost half of the total number, about four to five hundred people.
These are the accompanying logistics that each unit has provided to its own company. The generosity of that guy in sending people is enough to make one's scalp tingle.
I have never come across such a generous staff before.
Chen Mo spent the entire morning in the conference room, allocating manpower to the ten companies based on the faxed information.
Of course, Chen Mo didn't do this job alone. Pei Shuajun and seven or eight lieutenants who graduated from the Staff College had to join in the fight.
After all, it is a battalion-level unit with thousands of people, and the number of people is almost equal to that of an infantry regiment. At this time, the strength of the staff group must be strong.
The staff group not only includes students, but also stationed staff arranged by the military district staff. However, those people will only contribute in times of war.
They are not needed for training or integration for the time being.
Luo Yaowu used to be the division chief of staff. He could handle even a tank division of tens of thousands of people, not to mention a small joint battalion, with him in charge.
Only newcomers like Chen Mo have the opportunity to fully display their abilities.
"Be good."
When organizing the team, Pei Shuajun and his team did not know how many people would come to the joint camp at first.
When the specific number of people was sorted out, Pei Shuajun looked at the ten companies, and the total number of people including those at the base was a full 1,106.
Lao Pei's eyes immediately widened to become bigger than cow eggs: "Why are there so many people?"
"Even if we add up all the warehouses in our base, we still can't support the food, clothing, housing and transportation of more than 1,000 people."
"Also, if the armored troops, artillery, and infantry are all put into one battalion, how will they train, not to mention how they fight?"
Pei Shuajun graduated from the armored communications major and had done a lot of training and combat projects, so he was most sensitive to the organization of mechanized troops.
"Wasn't it the same during the previous experiments?" Chen Mo turned his head to look at Pei Shuajun.
"fart."
"There weren't any such large-scale exercises before. There were only three or four hundred people at most. Furthermore, we weren't allowed to participate in exercises beforehand. They were only small-scale tests, and even the opponents had to sign a confidentiality agreement in advance."
"It's not like now, where they pull it directly to the northwest."
Not allowed to participate in exercises
When Chen Mo heard this, for some reason, he suddenly remembered what happened last night when he met Vice President Zhang and Director Luo at the tank parking area.
Before leaving, both of them couldn't help but touch the tank. They were quite nervous about this military exercise in the morning.
At night, he was obviously relaxed and said something about distinguishing between homework and drills.
At first, Chen Mo thought that it was because of the open-book exam that the two old men completely relaxed.
Now that I think about it carefully, that shouldn’t be the case.
In the past, when experimenting with informatization, a special Blue Army Camp was set up. Since the ideas were learned from foreign militaries, the entire Blue Army Camp ate hamburgers and beef, wore foreign military uniforms, and completely imitated foreign militaries in terms of weapons, tanks, and even the titles of cadres and some internal regulations.
It is obvious why this type of troops are not allowed to participate in exercises.
Because if this kind of configuration is brought to the battlefield, if you don't look at their appearance, they will definitely be foreign troops.
It would be fine if the experiment failed, but if it succeeded, I'm afraid the morale of the army would be shaken.
In that era, the idea that Lu Yuan was the best in the world was deeply rooted, and a large number of people were unwilling to admit it, nor did they want to admit that this idea was too arbitrary.
Chen Mo estimated.
The reason why the previous experiments always failed was probably because of the "Red must win and Blue must lose" mentality.
It may not be the main reason, but it will definitely have a corresponding impact.
This time they were suddenly pulled to the northwest battlefield because they had changed into their own uniforms and tanks for the experiment. Without any external influence, the military region would definitely appropriately magnify some of its advantages.
After all, this kind of experiment, even if it is won, will not cause any impact. It is just a normal exercise.
Figure this out.
Chen Mo finally understood why the two leaders were so keen on touching the tanks last night and even talked about homework and exercises.
It turns out that this experiment is the one in which the military region has given serious and strong cooperation.
I’m afraid that even the people above us were not optimistic about many of the previous experiments.
"What are you thinking about?" Pei Shuajun found that after he mentioned the problems in the previous experiment, Chen Mo seemed to be possessed.
He sat there in a daze, not moving at all. He stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Chen Mo's eyes.
"Oh, it's okay." Chen Mo smiled after reacting and continued with the work at hand.
"Don't worry, you're fine. You haven't even answered the question just now. We have so many people this time, with all kinds of troops. How are we going to train them? Can we still fight this war?"
As Pei Shuajun asked, a group of staff officers who were busy in the conference room all turned their eyes over.
Because they have the same doubts.
They had encountered infantry units, artillery units, and armored units before, but this was like a hodgepodge, forcing so many types of troops into one unit.
They really haven't heard of it.
Seeing that a group of staff officers were all confused, Chen Mo grinned, wanting to laugh but unable to.
You know, the role of the staff is often greater than that of the commander in wartime. The battle hasn't even started yet, and the staff itself is confused.
Fortunately, there are people above us who are taking action, otherwise it would be difficult to win with this configuration.
Faced with this question, Chen Mo raised his head and thought for a moment before saying, "Informationized troops are originally the kind of units that have diversified arms and a combination of various elements."
"If it's just a single artillery unit or a single armored unit without a complete combat system, it can't be considered an informationized force."
When everyone heard this, they all felt that it made sense.
"Do you know why the commander, when requesting personnel from the military district, specifically instructed the squad leader to possess certain command abilities?"
"That's because an informationized force of this scale requires many multi-talented, composite soldiers. All soldiers in the battalion must understand and possess command link control, cross-arms coordination, and so on."
"Whether an informationized unit can fully exert its combat effectiveness cannot rely solely on the commander. All units must be able to coordinate with each other. With so many units integrated together, it would be impossible for one person, let alone a battalion commander, to command so many arms."
"The greatest advantage of a fully informationized combat system is that it allows for the establishment of the fastest fire support system. During combat, any soldier can call for appropriate fire support via radio."
"For example, if armored troops discover an enemy target that poses a particularly serious threat to their side but cannot be eliminated, they can immediately notify the artillery in the rear, provide coordinates, and destroy the target without having to report to the commander."
"With the whole battalion working together, any soldier can be a scout. Similarly, any soldier can be the commander of the entire battalion in wartime."
Chen Mo sat alone in the conference room and talked freely. It can be said that his responses were very fluent, because these things were originally combat methods that had become established on a large scale in later generations.
He simply copied it.
But for the staff officers present, this concept was extremely novel.
"I see."
Pei Shuaijun slapped his thigh. "At the meeting yesterday, the director said we need to transfer outstanding soldiers. Even if we have to change the existing organization, we need to transfer people with good performance to replace them."
"Isn't this what you just said about being multi-talented?"
"Only excellent soldiers are diligent, learn more, and can adapt to this new way of fighting the fastest."
"About the same."
Chen Mo nodded.
He guessed that Director Luo might really have this kind of thinking. Since the exercise time was too urgent, it was impossible to train them in a short period of time, so they could only rely on the veterans' own expertise and multiple abilities to test them.
There is no optimal solution to this kind of thing. No matter what you do, the goal is to be able to successfully exert some combat power when you arrive on the battlefield.
Chen Mo and the others were having a great time chatting.
The conference room door suddenly opened, and Luo Yaowu strode in. He glanced at everyone in the room and said, "Alright, I'll give you specific tasks regarding what informatization is and how to direct follow-up."
"They keep talking about information technology experiments, but they still don't even understand what information technology is. Isn't that a joke?"
"The new system is an upgrade, an evolution, and even more of a morphological evolution. No one has ever said that the military is a system, but no one has ever said that the military is a living organism either."
"No one has emphasized that the military is natural, but the reality is that any reform is a transformation. You should open your minds and not limit yourself with your current ideas."
"Chen Mo just said it well. Informatization means diversified military forces and multi-element units."
"Everyone, put down your work. I'll explain a few things first."
Director Luo has spoken.
Everyone who was busy hurriedly straightened up and sat up, ready for a meeting.
Luo Yaowu didn't waste any time. He walked to the front of the conference room and said directly, "I just received a report. All units have already set off and are heading this way."
"The 2nd Tank Battalion of the 7th Armored Brigade will be here within an hour at the latest. Judging from this organization, our informationized battalion is indeed large and has a wide variety of arms. You are all aware of this."
"But this also means that as a staff officer, it's impossible to assume responsibility simply by mastering a particular profession."
"So, after each unit comes here, you must set more stringent requirements for yourselves and be sure to consult more with the soldiers and military and political leaders."
"Don't be complacent. If we want to succeed, we need to keep learning. Only by maintaining a passion for learning can we maintain the secret weapon for our army to maintain its strong combat effectiveness."
"I know this is a huge challenge and very difficult, but the most important thing we should do is to overcome all these difficulties and meet them head-on."
"Okay, Chen Mo, get ready and be responsible for receiving the incoming units at any time."
"Yes, Chief!"
After Luo Yaowu finished his explanation, he left.
Looking at his back.
Chen Mo felt a little emotional that Chief of Staff Luo was finally able to transfer from the 7th Division and enter the Army Academy without being affected by the subsequent reorganization, and was promoted from deputy division commander to the current full division commander.
He also takes the lead in information technology experiments.
There is some truth to that.
Luo Yaowu's thinking is indeed far-sighted enough, at least he is not limited to the present, nor is he in a hurry to emphasize the results.
In his opinion, learning is the most important thing, and this alone is not a quality that many officers today can possess.
The weather at the end of July and the beginning of August can be said to be the hottest time of the year.
Especially at noon, when the sun is scorching, every breath feels like a big furnace facing you, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.
But near noon, more than a hundred people in the base, as if they were not afraid of the heat, gathered at the entrance of the base and looked at the dirt road in the distance.
Chen Mo was also among the crowd.
There was no way. The Second Battalion had already arrived, and he was responsible for welcoming them. He definitely couldn't run away. He had to endure it no matter how hot it was.
As for the other people in the base, they were tortured by the closed management for nearly two months.
Seriously.
The base had no sales outlets and no entertainment facilities. So many veterans who had been spending their days surrounded by the loess were suddenly confined to the base and had to take cultural classes every day.
If it weren't for the engineers who had the freedom to come and go and go out every day to bring Jianlibao and cigarettes to everyone, these old soldiers would have gone crazy long ago.
Now that he finally saw a new person coming, that guy's eyes were almost popping out with excitement.
People did come.
The 141 personnel carriers, Type 63 armored personnel carriers, and Type 96 tanks were divided into three teams, raising clouds of dust on the distant road as they drove over in a mighty procession.
"Scholar, are you nervous?" Pei Shuajun asked suddenly while standing in front of him.
"What are you nervous about?"
Chen Mo looked at him strangely. These tank battalions were not coming to fire at the base, so there was no need to be nervous.
"We keep talking about experiments, but if people don't show up, the experiment won't officially begin. Once these people arrive, the pressure will naturally build."
Pei Shuajun said quietly.
Chen Mo ignored this kind of chatter. Pressure would not disappear just because the tank could not connect.
While the two of them were talking, an old non-commissioned officer was standing on the road outside the base gate and started waving flags.
All command vehicles were parked outside the base.
After all, the space inside is limited, and an open space of more than 100,000 square meters sounds quite large. It can be used for running drills, and it can also be a problem to park a battalion's equipment.
But there will be more units coming later, and it is impossible for them all to park inside the base.
As the command flag was waving, tanks and trucks were parked neatly in designated locations.
The doors of the chariots opened one after another, and people rushed out of the chariots like ants out of blood.
"Hurry up, hurry up, what the hell are you doing?"
"Lao Gao, you're still standing there, where did the person go?"
"Hey, hey! Here."
As soon as the personnel got off the car, the second battalion commander Liu Hongyun began to yell at the troops to assemble, and the first company commander even ran out from behind the crowd, jumping and running.
Seeing people gathering in a hurry, the more than one hundred people at the entrance of the base couldn't help but laugh.
It seems that seeing others being punished is a kind of happiness for them.
Chen Mo stood there and watched for a while. After the team gathered, he quickly ran towards Liu Hongyun's position.
"Hello, Captain Liu."
Chen Mo saluted with a smile.
"Hey, scholar, I brought this person to you."
Liu Hongyun returned the greeting with a smile, and then pointed to the queue in front of him. Needless to say, the original tank battalion had a maximum of 160 people, and judging from the lineup of the square formation, there were probably more than that.
The Seventh Brigade has transferred its logistics personnel here as well.
The total number of people is more than forty or fifty more.
Facing the confident Captain Liu, Chen Mo touched his nose helplessly. Looking at the documents, this unit had one or two hundred, and that unit had more than a hundred. The numbers did not bring any shocking visual effects.
But only when you really face 200 soldiers can you truly understand what a large number of people means.
The order for the exercise was issued too hastily, the base had no time to prepare, and the reception work was also very hasty.
Many veterans of the reconnaissance company also went to the cafeteria to help with cooking. Otherwise, with so many more people suddenly appearing, the original kitchen staff would not be able to provide food for so many people even if the spatulas were smoking.
"Captain Liu, the commander has asked me to be in charge of reception. It's hot outside, so let's go in first. Just give me another list of the personnel of each company and squad."
"Sure, sure!"
Liu Hongyun nodded and then turned to the queue and said, "Well, don't just stand there. After the roll call, each squad will be led by the squad leader. Follow Lieutenant Xiu Chen."
"Let me be frank with you. All company commanders, please pay attention to discipline. This is someone else's school, so please don't make any noise when you come here. Behave yourself."
"Lead the company captain, two columns go in, set off!"
Liu Hongyun waved his hand.
The soldiers in formation turned around in unison and began to enter the base one after another.
Chen Mo said he was in charge of reception, but it was Pei Shuajun who was doing the busy work of allocating dormitories.
What he called reception only meant receiving the staff. To put it bluntly, it was to compare the list of people faxed over before with the actual number of people who came, and then compare and register them.
The work is not tiring, but I can't stop either.
After all, we can't expect Zhang Jinnan and Luo Yaowu, two division-level commanders, to do this.
The academy took the lead in conducting the experiment, and the system problems determined that there would be a huge gap in mid-level officers.
The instructors are basically colonels, the students are basically lieutenants, and some are captains.
Given this situation, Chen Mo had to take on most of the work.
The housing problem in the base was tight, so they simply asked two squads of new soldiers to share one room, like a tank company. Even half of the company was squeezed into one room and slept on the floor.
But many soldiers don't care at all.
The base is backed by the Army Academy and has relatively strong funding. All rooms are equipped with air conditioners, which is something that grassroots troops cannot afford.
There is no need for training here. After eating, you just have to stay in the dormitory and wait for instructions. You don’t have to do housework. Many soldiers wish to spend a few more days of this comfortable life.
Five o'clock in the afternoon.
The anti-aircraft artillery company and anti-aircraft radar company sent by the Xiaocheng Anti-aircraft Artillery Brigade have arrived.
The number of people in the two companies is close to 300. At that time, the army basically had no separate radar vehicles, and all tanks were equipped with radar systems.
For example, the Type 90 anti-aircraft gun is equipped with the AF902 fire control radar. The arrival of the two anti-aircraft gun companies completely fills the gap in the joint battalion's air defense.
Seven o'clock in the evening.
The howitzer company of the mechanized infantry brigade arrived. The number of people in this company was even more exaggerated. There were 217 people in the company with a staff of 150, and they had their own logistics system.
Eight o'clock in the evening.
The long-range rocket artillery company of the 188th Division arrived.
This company has almost 200 people. There is no need to ask about the original organization. It is the result of negotiations between the academy and various units of the military region.
The Army Academy has clearly stated that it will train two batches of professional non-commissioned officers for each unit in the future as a reward for this troop transfer.
That guy was just a temporary transfer, but he could also help train the soldiers and cultivate talents afterwards.
This kind of good thing is usually hard to find even with a lantern.
How can I not be proactive?
By nine o'clock in the evening, more than 1,100 people had finally settled down.
Reception work doesn't sound tiring, but if you really do it, you'll know what it feels like.
After a whole day, Chen Mo's hands were tired and sore, partly because he needed to keep recording, and partly because he kept saluting and returning salutes.
But it's tiring.
After settling everyone, Chen Mo walked out of the base and looked at the group of tanks parked outside that stretched for several kilometers.
Against the backdrop of the night.
The military green chariots looked like dark beasts sleeping.
Chen Mo took a deep breath.
Forcefully suppressing the excitement in my heart, the pilot troops are already in place.
It can be said that everything is ready.
It remains to be seen how strong this east wind will be next.
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