Chapter 208 System Confrontation, the Most Difficult Challenge
There is no reason why the military district would remain in the dark about something that Chen Mo could guess in advance.
Not long after dinner, Chief of Staff Qin realized that there was only one explanation for the fact that the people from the 61st Division had not participated in the pre-war war game simulation.
The war game simulation of the Jincheng Military Region has basically come to an end. The tactical arrangements and counterattack strategies of the Red and Blue Armies have already formed a specific combat script in the directorate.
Just wait for the entire army to be dispatched to the battlefield.
During every military exercise, both sides will conduct war game simulations. Generally speaking, the participating troops are divided into the red and blue sides.
Red is responsible for attack, blue for defense.
At the beginning of the simulation, the Red Army took the lead in formulating an offensive plan and submitted it to the directorate. After the directorate calculated that it was feasible, the offensive plan was passed on to the Blue Army Command.
The Blue Army needs to make a series of countermeasures based on the Red Army's offensive plan, and then submit them to the directorate for review.
After approval, the directorate will hand it over to the Red Army and ask the Red Army to formulate the next response measures.
After the war.
These offensive and counter-attack plans formulated at the meeting were implemented on the battlefield one by one according to the process.
This method is somewhat similar to a turn-based game, which is what people in later generations often refer to as fighting according to a pre-set script.
Although this behavior has been criticized a lot, the problem is that a battlefield with tens of thousands of people must be organized like this.
If the participating troops are allowed to attack at will without any restrictions.
Not to mention the military expenditure, which will reach a terrifying amount, just the management of so many troops is a big problem.
If the situation gets out of hand, with tanks, artillery vehicles, and soldiers holding guns, all kinds of tricky tactics will emerge one after another, regardless of whether you have a script or not.
In this age of poor communication, exercises can easily get out of control.
Therefore, war game simulation is the most important link.
The 61st Division, the main combat division, did not participate in the simulation and ran to the base. Qin Quanan guessed that the people above were probably unable to sit still.
At eight o'clock in the evening on July 30, when Chen Mo was still patrolling outside and taking note of the terrain, Chief of Staff Qin notified the military region to prepare for the reception.
Nine o'clock.
The commander-in-chief, political commissar, director of the political department, logistics minister and other heads of confidential departments of the 63rd Army arrived at the training base.
Ten o'clock.
The military district and the Army Academy finally received news that an inspection was coming from above.
Half past ten.
Several leaders from the Kyoto Military Region and the Jincheng Military Region arrived over the base on a special plane.
At this moment, the sentries on duty inside and outside the base stood straighter than each other.
The soldiers on the ground guiding the plane to land kept waving command flags to ensure that the leader's special plane could land safely.
All the leaders of the military region, as well as the instructors and vice-presidents of the Army Academy, changed into their uniforms. From time to time, someone in the crowd would tug at the corners of their clothes or straighten their collars.
The hair on my casual clothes is almost pulled out, but no one cares.
Just for this welcome.
The helicopter landed and stopped, and the hatch opened.
Fu Hongyi, the commander-in-chief of the Kyoto Military Region, walked down, and a group of officers followed him out of the cabin one after another.
Commander-in-Chief Fu is the chief director of this Northwest military exercise. Under normal circumstances, the chief director of such large-scale military exercises would be someone from the General Staff.
However, as the military parade was imminent, the General Staff had a heavier workload, so the chief of the Kyoto Military Region took over the event.
The head of a major military region.
A man carrying a 3-meter-high accelerator had just come down from the cabin. Qin Quanan and others who were responsible for welcoming him stood at attention and saluted hurriedly.
"Hello, Commander Fu!"
The voices were resounding and in unison.
"Hehe, hello comrades, you don't have to be so polite. We came here suddenly. Didn't we disturb your work?"
Fu Hongyi said with a smile, while at the same time, he was also looking at the construction around the base.
After all, this time the Army Academy advocates building bases, training talents, and establishing informationized forces, and it is the Kyoto Military Region that is doing the construction.
When you first arrive, you must check out the construction situation.
"No interruption, no interruption at all. Welcome to the leader's visit for guidance."
Someone from the military district came forward to talk to us and led the way to the meeting room.
Everyone knew why the leader came here, and there was no need for the soldiers to be polite with each other.
A group of people came to the conference room in a mighty procession.
On the big screen.
The live broadcast images projected by reconnaissance aircraft and drones are still there, and the half-hour report information is also displayed on the screen.
only.
It was already night time, and the companies in training were facing extremely limited lighting conditions, so their mobility could not be compared to that during the day.
The distance between each company's tanks was widened indefinitely.
Through the screen, it is impossible to tell whether the training situation in the joint camp is good or bad.
Fu Hongyi stood in front, staring at the screen with his head raised, without saying a word for a long time.
Since he didn't sit down, the people behind him naturally couldn't sit down alone, so they had to stand with him and wait quietly for the leader's questions.
About ten minutes passed before Fu Hongyi shook his head slightly, then walked to a seat nearby and picked up a few paper documents to look at them.
The atmosphere was extremely quiet, with only the "rustling" sound of paper rubbing against each other. Many people even held their breath, inhaling and exhaling slowly.
He tried to make as little noise as possible, as if he was afraid that making too much noise would anger the leader.
Zhang Jinnan and Luo Yaowu looked solemn. They looked at each other and saw worry in each other's expressions.
After all, it’s the same old saying.
Information technology experiments must be supported by the military region, and the strength of the college alone is not enough to support them.
But now, the leader came to inspect and found that the hastily assembled troops did not meet the standards desired by the superiors.
If you deny it completely, then all the efforts for so long will be in vain.
More than twenty minutes have passed since we entered the meeting room.
Fu Hongyi put down the documents in his hand and said in a low voice: "It seems that they are training?"
"Night training?"
"Yes, today is the first day of intensive training."
Chief of Staff Qin quickly took over.
"What's the point of this?" Fu Hongyi pointed to the big screen and said, "It keeps the soldiers and tanks awake at night, running on this empty road."
"Are there enemies on the road, or on the roadside?"
this.
Facing Commander Fu's question, everyone present avoided looking at them. Even if some people wanted to respond, they just opened their mouths and swallowed their words in the end.
Although preset route maneuver assessment is indeed one of the ways to test the combat effectiveness of a unit.
But this kind of talk is obviously not suitable to be said now. If the people above say it is meaningless, then it is meaningless.
The more you talk, the more mistakes you make.
Seeing no one responded, Fu Hongyi looked through the crowd.
He called directly: "Are the men from the 188th Division here?"
"arrive!"
Tang Haodong, commander of the 188th Division, walked quickly from the crowd to the front. The military district had announced that a leader would be visiting tonight, so which unit would dare not come?
What's more, Commander Tang was already here.
"Um."
Fu Hongyi walked to the conference room to speak, without even glancing at the large screen that was still maneuvering: "Order all units to cease maneuvers and return to camp to rest."
"A few months ago at the conference, I repeatedly emphasized that informatization is a system. Intensive training can give up other advantages and focus on system confrontation."
"What are you doing?"
"After the troops are formed, they only need to go through three modes to test the performance of their informationized combat capabilities on the battlefield."
"The first is mobile warfare, the second is positional warfare, and the third is urban defense warfare."
"In a system confrontation, don't emphasize tactics. Sharpen your own sword first. Don't you understand such a simple principle?"
In fact, Commander-in-Chief Fu described the situation.
Many people present understood this principle, but even though they understood it, their responsibilities were different, so they naturally considered things from different perspectives.
The people above just want to see the results of the simplest and most brutal system confrontation, and use the final results as data to extend subsequent development.
But for those who are setting up information technology, what's the difference between starting with a system confrontation and directly fighting with bayonets?
All along, combat has been based on tactics, but suddenly we stop playing with tactics, stop emphasizing tactics, and start building a system.
Many people have no idea what to do and don’t dare to play like this.
Because if you fail, the consequences will be ugly.
Fu Hongyi also climbed up step by step from the grassroots to his current position. He naturally knows what these people in front of him are thinking.
So, I just didn’t ask.
After he sat down at the speaking position, he raised his hand and said, "Everyone, please sit down."
"I won't emphasize it anymore."
"I came here this time just to see the final result."
"The 188th Division is a strategic rapid reaction duty unit. I remember that after the mechanization reform and disarmament, your entire division still had 12,000 personnel."
"The division's main combat units include two armored regiments and one mechanized infantry regiment. Earlier this year, we optimized the organization of our tank and armored forces."
"Currently, the division has 290 Type 96 tanks and 280 infantry fighting vehicles. In addition, there is an anti-aircraft artillery regiment, a howitzer regiment, three Hongqi-9 tactical missile battalions, a tank battalion directly under the division, a reconnaissance battalion directly under the division, an electronic warfare brigade, and an aviation brigade."
"As the 63rd Army's most mobile and high-speed assault strategic unit, it is the most suitable subject for this informationized force experiment."
"The 188th Division is withdrawing one-third of its main force. For the sake of fairness, Commander Tang, you will no longer be in command. Commander Wang will take over."
"Let's have a showdown between mechanization and informatization."
"Is there a problem?"
After Fu Hongyi finished speaking, he stared at the people present with burning eyes.
As for those who had just received the order, their buttocks felt like they had corns, which was extremely uncomfortable.
The Informationized Battalion, with only more than a thousand people in total, fought against one-third of the main force of the 188th Division.
Isn't this like hitting a stone with an egg?
As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. One-third of the main force of the Strategic Rapid Reaction Division is much more powerful than the joint battalion.
They can at least mobilize a regiment, a reinforced regiment with all the necessary capabilities for land, air and long-range operations.
Fortunately, Chen Mo is not here now. If he were here, I'm afraid only Chen Mo would laugh.
Because he has always hoped to have a battalion-to-regiment battle to test his own abilities.
I thought there was no chance.
Unexpectedly, there is always a ray of hope after a dark period. The commander-in-chief of the Kyoto Military Region brought this opportunity to him again.
But Chen Mo was happy because he knew the power of informatization, and the people on the scene were most exposed to mechanization on a daily basis.
They also have the deepest understanding of mechanization. They do not believe that a battalion, or a patchwork battalion at that, can defeat an entire regiment in terms of combat effectiveness.
Even if the division commander is replaced by someone who is not familiar with the 188th Division, he is still the division commander.
And the commander of the 61st Division, which was more powerful than the 188th Regiment, took over the command.
No matter how you look at it, the joint camp has no chance of winning.
But since the leader has given this order, who would dare to object?
People in the military district will definitely not take the initiative to stand up and resist the thunder. They just cooperate and do whatever their superiors say.
I glanced around and saw that no one had a different opinion.
Fu Hongyi waved his hand: "Since there is no objection, then it is settled."
"Commander Wang and the 188th Division have completed the handover, and the Information Battalion has also begun preparations."
"Tomorrow morning, we will use the maneuvering area as the exercise area. Residents nearby will be notified and a cordon will be set up early tomorrow morning."
"Before noon, all combat units will be ready and awaiting instructions."
"Let me be frank. If you achieve any success, I will report to the General Staff and award all units in the Information Battalion a collective Second Class Merit."
“But if it doesn’t work.”
"Or if it's unsatisfactory, then you should reflect on the problems with your preparations over the past few months."
"that's all."
The meeting was disbanded.
During the short parliament session, participants had almost no chance to speak.
Exercise actions have been formulated.
The awards were announced simultaneously.
The chief’s move is indeed impressive, but can it really pass this test?
Nobody knows.
On the evening of the 30th, at 11:10.
Tang Haodong, commander of the 188th Division, made a remote call from the base to notify the entire division to enter combat readiness.
Equipment, fuel, supplies, and ammunition were loaded onto trucks and prepared overnight.
The radar is open 24 hours a day for external reconnaissance.
All the scouts under his command were deployed to the war zone for field reconnaissance.
The sniper team is mainly composed of individual soldiers, who are dispersed into designated areas and deployed in advance.
It's at the division level. Even if only one-third of the combat troops are deployed, no ordinary unit would dare to come and make trouble.
As the smallest combat unit, once it takes action, it is like a huge machine starting to run.
On his way back to the base from Huanglongwanggou, Pei Shuajun discovered something was wrong because all the companies of the joint battalion were returning.
On the mobile route, instead of becoming quiet due to the retreat of the joint battalion, the situation became increasingly lively, with speeding military vehicles everywhere.
Mobile infantry.
The scene was even more lively than during the day.
At twelve o'clock in the night, after Pei Shuajun returned to the base, he heard that a leader from the Kyoto Military Region had come and had ordered an exercise for tomorrow.
Pei Shuajun was so shocked that he couldn't say a word.
Because he remembered that before setting out from Huanglongwanggou, Chen Mo had said that tonight would not be quiet.
So, this is the restless method?
But the question is, how did the scholar know?
Full of doubts, Pei Shuajun went straight to Director Luo's office to see if there was anything he needed to do.
at the same time.
Inside the Huanglongwanggou training ground.
Chen Mo was still lying in front of the dormitory door, writing and drawing on paper, and constantly improving the topographic map when he came from the base based on his memory.
In fact, his purpose was not to draw the entire map. The reason why he kept drawing was because Chen Mo had a vague feeling of uneasiness in his heart.
In the past, the old leader once said something during a meeting.
When you are at a loss during a war, look at the map. Once you have thoroughly understood the battle map, engrave it in your mind.
Then, we will naturally know how to fight this battle.
Chen Mo's intention of drawing maps was to deepen his impression of the terrain, but he didn't know whether it was useful or not.
Anyway, every commander will experience pre-war anxiety. This is just Chen Mo's own way.
After running for more than an hour on the training ground, Wang Jianyong, who was almost exhausted, sat down at the door of the dormitory in his sweat-soaked military uniform.
Looking at Chen Mo still writing and drawing, there was a pile of papers under his feet, and even the pencil in his hand was visibly shorter.
Wang Jianyong couldn't help but ask, "Scholar, what on earth are you drawing?"
"map!"
"What map?"
"The maps of the training areas we just passed by."
"Why do you think I'm busy? Come to me for the drawing. It's a scout's job."
Wang Jianyong said this as he got up from the ground, but before he could move to Chen Mo.
Towards the entrance of the Huanglongwanggou camp, a row of 141 troop carriers drove in.
Except for the people on duty and standing guard, the entire camp is very empty, and any movement can be easily discovered.
"Is the training camp over?"
Wang Jianyong saw a convoy approaching and he looked up at the entrance in surprise.
Chen Mo heard the noise.
He quickly put away his pencil and took a deep breath.
Wang Jianyong didn't know that this training camp would be held overnight, but he knew.
Under normal circumstances, if nothing unexpected happens tonight, the training companies will not arrive at the camp for rest and recuperation.
Once they arrive, it means that something might have gone wrong at the base.
"I'm afraid it really has come."
Chen Mo sighed secretly. Instead of feeling the joy of having guessed right, he felt a little worried.
After all, as long as the leaders from above come, the joint camp will probably face unprecedented challenges.
Because the leader couldn't just be there to watch the fun.
"What's coming?"
Wang Jianyong didn't follow Chen Mo's train of thought. He turned his head and looked at Chen Mo with a puzzled look on his face.
"It's okay, these should be the people from our reconnaissance company returning."
"Let's go and take a look."
As Chen Mo spoke, he immediately moved the chair back to the dormitory, collected all the papers on the ground, and put them into his bag.
Then, he quickly ran towards the convoy at the entrance.
The reason why he was so sure that it was the reconnaissance company that came was because during this training camp, the company was exploring the way ahead of each company and conducting range reconnaissance of the designated area.
Once notified, withdraw to the camp.
Only the reconnaissance company had no heavy equipment and could retreat by getting in the car, so they were naturally the first group to return.
As it turned out, Chen Mo's guess was correct.
The two men came not far from the entrance, and before they got close, they saw Cheng Dong jump out of the passenger seat of the troop carrier.
He took off his hat to fan himself and searched for cigarettes all over his body.
"Company Commander!!"
Chen Mo ran over and said hello.
"Uh, scholar, why the hell are you here too?" After Cheng Dong touched the cigarette, he had no time to speak.
He lit it, took a deep puff, and then blew out smoke rings while doing a top-notch lung-clearing move. "Fuck, I'm so greedy."
"I thought we could train all night and not eat this at night, but I suddenly received a notice asking me to come back and rest."
As Cheng Dong spoke, he looked up at the facilities around Huanglongwanggou.
"This place is so damn remote. The military district really knows how to pick a location."
"By the way, why are you two here?"
"Captain, please leave us alone for now. When will we be notified to return to camp?"
"Around eleven o'clock." Cheng Dong thought for a moment and responded.
"Are all of them coming back?"
"Well, that's what the notice said anyway."
After asking, Chen Mo had an idea in his mind.
The current situation is that either the leader has arrived and is preparing to intervene in the training, or he has already intervened.
If it is the latter, the teachers from Lu Academy are probably on their way here by now.
"Captain, the dormitories here are currently empty. Please try to rest early. We may have a more difficult mission tomorrow."
"Oh, hey! You bastard, you're telling me what to do?"
Cheng Dong muttered and was about to curse when he realized that Xiucai had already hurriedly run towards the dormitory.
He didn't take it seriously and continued squatting on the ground smoking.
And Chen Mo is not busy for nothing.
He first looked for the soldiers on duty and asked about the location of the camp's conference room. Since only college students were trained there, there were no decent conference rooms.
Chen Mo simply chose the auditorium and took some of the people on duty to clean up the auditorium inside and out.
All the lights were turned on, and we dug out as many working fans as possible from the camp to ventilate the auditorium.
Mineral water, microphones and other things are all in place.
He had already guessed that it would be fine if the head of Lu Academy did not come tonight, but if he came, it must be for an urgent mission.
The place for meetings and discussions must be prepared in advance.
It was probably around one o'clock in the morning.
The companies of the joint battalion arrived one after another. Because it was too late and the road was difficult to travel, some tanks did not drive into the camp, but remained outside, leaving only a small number of soldiers on duty to guard them.
There was no sense of tension in each company, but rather it was extremely noisy.
Around two o'clock.
Chen Mo finally waited for Lu Yuan's convoy.
But not only Luo Yaowu and his men came, but also Brigade Commander Feng of the anti-aircraft artillery and Brigade Commander Wei of the Seventh Brigade, all accompanied them.
In addition, a large group of staff members from the military district staff also followed behind.
Judging from the atmosphere alone, it wasn't hard to tell that there was indeed an emergency.
Look at the huge crowd arriving.
Chen Mo quickly stepped forward and saluted: "Hello, Chief!"
"Well, find someone to clean up a conference room, quickly."
"Also, notify all battalion, company, and platoon leaders and key personnel to gather in the conference room."
"I want everyone to be here within five minutes."
"Yes, Chief, the conference room is ready. I will go and inform the participating cadres now."
Chen Mo responded and arranged for Wang Jianyong to lead the way, while he quickly went to call for help.
Watching Chen Mo leave calmly and orderly.
Luo Yaowu, who was originally anxious, suddenly froze and felt a very strange feeling in his heart.
It seems that this scholar already knew that I was coming?
Luo Yaowu has a lot of experience and his knowledge is no less than those of the division commanders. He has been busy before and has not thought carefully about the issue of Chen Mo.
Now it seems that the meeting room has been prepared for a long time, and this kid deliberately raised the issue of logistics and applied to come to the camp in advance.
Now that I think about it, there is some connection between them, right?
But time was urgent and he had no time to think carefully, so he hurried to the meeting room to prepare a battle plan for the day.
Little did he know that this so-called plan had been brewing in Chen Mo's mind for several months.
Regardless of whether it is the regimental firepower of the 188th Division or the regimental firepower of the 61st Division.
As long as the gap is not too great.
Chen Mo actually has a way to fight with those veteran commanders on the battlefield.
Let’s not talk about winning or losing for now.
It has been prepared for at least a few months, so it must be more stable than if Dean Lu was given a temporary assignment.
This night was an extremely important night for both the 188th Division and the Army Academy.
No one had time to rest.
It takes all night to formulate a battle plan.
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