Chapter 220: Emergency Preparations for the Battle of Qinglong Gorge
Military Region Logistics Department.
The Blue Army Battalion Commander Chen Mo and Deputy Battalion Commander Gao Jin stood in the Minister's office with their heads held high.
They all stood straighter than a javelin, their ears looking at their noses, their noses looking at their hearts, and their eyes not looking to the side.
Needless to say, Chen Mo had dealt with logistics a lot before and knew the character of the logistics director Sun Zhensheng very well.
The same goes for Gao Jin. As a colonel staff officer of the General Staff, the two departments usually need to coordinate many aspects in their work. He knows the temper of the head of the Logistics Department better than Chen Mo.
To put it simply, it means being stingy.
Whenever they needed to apply for military supplies, no unit would dare to take even half a bullet shell from him.
Mr. Sun’s slogan is that all the supplies belong to him.
Let's put it this way.
There are rumors within the military region that Sun Zhensheng, who manages the logistics department, is not only stingy with the unit, but also with himself. Every time he takes antihypertensive drugs, the doctor repeatedly reminds him to take three pills.
He could make his own decision, reducing the number of pills from three to two, saving wherever possible. Having come from difficult times, many people had this habit, regardless of their position or level.
It's nothing.
Just a few years ago, the military radar station was located in a remote area deep in the mountains, so the station chief applied for a satellite TV antenna many times.
It's just a little gadget.
Mr. Sun was very frugal and refused to purchase it. He took advantage of his off-get off work time to go to the flea market and bought a second-hand small satellite dish receiver.
After returning to the family compound, he personally welded two iron bars to serve as an antenna.
You know what, I can actually receive the signal.
But the problem is that they could only find a local TV station, and all the officers and soldiers of the radar station sat in front of the TV and watched "Journey to the West" for several years.
I almost vomited after watching it.
Many units thought this was just a rumor, spread for fun, but Chen Mo knew it was true.
In the previous life, those leaders would occasionally sit together and chat, and they would often bring up this matter as a topic of conversation after dinner.
That’s not all.
Fast forward a few years, and there was a platoon of infantry stationed in a tunnel near Jinyang.
The soldiers over there have lower requirements and don't expect anything like antennas or radios.
I just hope the army can provide two more pairs of shoes. After all, I patrol the tunnels all day long and the soles of my shoes are easily worn out. I specifically stated when applying that if two pairs are too much, then one pair will be fine.
Even this, the logistics department has not approved it.
Mr. Sun went to the engineering battalion specifically and got a batch of "U"-shaped iron sheets, saying that they should be embedded into the heels according to the model size, just like making horseshoes.
Later it was said that when the divisional commander of the infantry platoon received this batch of "horseshoes", he was so angry that he started cursing.
I almost slammed my head on the table in the logistics department.
In the end, he had to pay for the purchase from outside and make up for the shortage of supplies for the soldiers in the platoon.
Anyone who knows the head of the logistics department knows this.
Mr. Sun’s wish is that tanks don’t need to drink diesel, but can just drink some dung soup to move, and soldiers don’t need to hold guns or be fed bullets, and everyone can be a sharpshooter.
However, there are gains and losses. It is precisely because of Sun Zhensheng's stinginess that the military region has reduced a lot of unnecessary waste.
It was for this reason that Chen Mo dared to speak ill of the logistics department in the base at that time.
Because he knew that as long as what he said was right and there were indeed areas for improvement, the Logistics Department would definitely implement it and their complaints against him would not last too long.
There is a minister watching over it, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
But no matter what, with Chen Mo's appetite, the amount of supplies he asked for on behalf of the Blue Army Camp would be no small amount.
And the number is astonishingly large.
Inside the office.
Sun Zhensheng's face turned pale and he almost couldn't breathe properly.
The desk was slammed with a loud "bang bang" sound.
"Nonsense, this is sheer nonsense. Your entire battalion is requesting 3,000 tons of fuel at once?"
"Do you know what 3,000 tons means? Huh? A mechanized infantry regiment only burns 400 tons a month. And you, a battalion, have only been training for a few days and you're going to burn an entire regiment's annual quota?"
"3,000 tons! You two bastards, you're really asking for that much! Just transporting that much oil would require 160 20-cubic-meter tankers."
"You guys are drinking oil? What's going on? Are we drinking diesel at camp dinners now?"
Facing the furious leader, Gao Jin's breathing stagnated. He turned his head slightly and didn't even glance at Chen Mo.
He also felt that Chen Mo's application was too exaggerated. It was almost as much as the monthly consumption of an entire division.
But Chen Mo was quite confident after being scolded.
He straightened his back, raised his hand and saluted, "Commander, according to the training outline for the next few days, after the assault training begins, daily fuel consumption will increase by over 95 percent compared to an average battalion-level unit."
"Also, Commander, this isn't just about training. We also need to prepare sufficient supplies before heading to the Northwest. If the Jincheng Military Region does something shabby and the logistics lines aren't in place in time, we won't be in an unfamiliar area, so we can't afford to go too shabby."
"Grandma!! Let's see who dares!" Sun Zhensheng replied with a curse.
He should have figured out that what Chen Mo said made sense. After all, he was representing the Kyoto Military Region to participate in the war, so he really couldn't be too shabby.
He hesitated for a moment, then asked, not giving up: "That's not right. Last time you said you were going to have a training camp, you had already approved over a thousand tons of fuel. Where did you use it?"
"Report, we're out of fuel." Chen Mo was quite direct: "We're conducting exercises with the 188th Division. Both units are using up the fuel in the tanks from last time."
"Bullshit, beast, treason!!!" Sun Zhensheng was furious and cursed.
That look really seemed like he wanted to tear someone apart.
There are more than a thousand tons of fuel, how could it be possible that they were used up in just one day of exercises?
But Chen Mo was extremely thick-skinned and he didn't care at all how he was scolded.
Besides, is it useful to be thin-skinned?
Do you know why many units in the army like to cry poor to their superiors?
Firstly, the distribution of supplies and funding are indeed insufficient, and secondly, it is also to prevent the higher-ups from worrying about me.
Let’s talk about the Blue Army Camp this time.
Anyone who knows a little about three thousand tons of fuel knows that Chen Mo just wrote it nonsense and that so much fuel would not be needed at all.
But the application must be written more.
The reason is very simple. The entire battalion will set off in a few days. The logistics convoy can travel by land, and the tanks can travel by rail.
Once you arrive in the northwest, that is the territory of other military regions. In the army, don't expect that everything will be covered for you by the higher-ups.
At most, they would give a coordinate and require the troops to assemble within a specified time. Who knows how far the assembly point is from the railway?
After gathering, who can guarantee that our logistical supplies can establish a supply line with the large warehouse on the battlefield in the first place?
Although the exercise is not actual combat, it is also a benchmark for actual combat, and many things are handled by the military commander himself.
Especially at this time, the joint logistics mechanism has not been established. If the Blue Army Camp is close to the Air Force Oil Depot, they may really not give it to you if they say they won’t give it to you.
What can you do?
The food and supplies for people and horses were transported thousands of kilometers away. Chen Mo should take this opportunity to stock up more.
Once you set off, it will be really troublesome to apply later.
"Don't try to be funny with me. It's just 1,000 tons, not a drop more."
"If it really doesn't work, you can consider how much oil you can squeeze out of my old bones and take it away with you."
After much deliberation, Sun Zhensheng finally decided to cut two-thirds.
When Chen Mo heard 1,000 tons, he immediately felt relieved.
From the beginning, he was mentally prepared that his superiors would only approve 500 tons.
Don’t ask why you should apply in this way. If you ask, it’s just “profiteering mentality”.
Looking at the leader's unhappy look, he seemed to be about to chase someone away.
Chen Mo quickly put on an awkward gesture and said, "Commander, these 1,000 tons are probably not enough."
After saying this, he saw the chief's face darken again, and he quickly changed his tone: "Of course, we can get through if we hurry up, but the chief must lend me 50 tankers, otherwise I won't have any."
"Thirty cars, and I don't even have an extra wheel." Sun Zhensheng snorted coldly.
"That works."
Chen Mo gritted his teeth and agreed with an embarrassed look.
"Commander, 1,000 tons of fuel requires three storage tanks. I'll apply for eight, and then distribute them into eight storage points. Logistics will also need some people to help design camouflage and concealment. It would be best if it could be designed for dual-use, military and civilian use."
"Dededede"
Sun Zhensheng really couldn't stand Chen Mo's endless nagging.
He slammed the table again and said, "Stop playing dumb, kid. Tell me what you need right now."
"yes!"
Chen Mo straightened his body.
"Reporting to the commander, the Information Battalion needs to request another 500 tons of twelve types of conventional ammunition."
"What the hell?!!"
Even though Minister Sun was prepared to spend a lot of money, he still didn't expect that Chen Mo would apply for things in units of "hundreds of tons".
Five hundred tons of twelve types of conventional ammunition. An armored regiment can fire with all its might. Even if it fires all its gun barrels for a whole day, it still can't finish firing, right?
This news was no less than a bolt from the blue.
With a crack, the lightning struck Sun Zhensheng's gray head, making his brain a little dizzy.
Chen Mo didn't think he was being excessive. He continued, "Commander, we still need a batch of three-proof military notebooks. The quantity doesn't need to be too large, just over 200 will be enough."
"Wait a minute! You bastard! Your Luyuan base is short of computers? Don't try to fool me, you old man! You even need to apply for this?"
Sun Zhensheng really couldn't bear it anymore.
Chen Mo laughed dryly. "Commander, the computers in the base are not easy to carry. The few that are available have been distributed to the reconnaissance drones."
"Without the equipment, the soldiers cannot directly participate in the post-military training modeling process, and their understanding of the collaborative operations of other units is not deep enough."
"Commander, I'm definitely not asking for too much. Please take a look at my relevant report."
As he spoke, Chen Mo took out a report from his pocket, titled "On the Relationship between Information Computers and Combat Integration."
The above details the arrangements for subsequent training.
Since Chen Mo dared to take out this report, it meant that he also sent a copy to the General Staff.
Everyone comes to ask the stingy old man for supplies, how can we not be prepared?
More than 200 triple-proof laptops are enough to be distributed to combat squads to ensure that every squad has one. Only in this way can the cross-linked satellite positioning system be brought into full play.
Subsequent joint training will also be more convenient.
"Um, Chief."
"Get out! Get out now!!"
Chen Mo originally wanted to hesitate for a while, but just as he started, Minister Sun slammed the table and pointed outside the door.
He looked like he was going to eat someone.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Chen Mo didn't dare to say anything anymore. He pulled Gao Jin and ran away.
The two of them walked down from the chief's office. Gao Jin raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, glanced at Chen Mo, and couldn't help laughing: "You are really something, Captain Chen. You are the only one in the entire military region who dares to negotiate with the minister in this way."
"If this gets out in the military area, you'll be really famous."
What Gao Jin said was indeed true. No matter who came from other units, it would be useless, let alone the brigade commander or the division commander.
Who would dare to fill out the application form in a very elaborate way when applying for supplies?
Didn’t the division commander a few years ago also get angry and then use his own money to buy shoes for the platoon?
However, when Chen Mo heard Gao Jin's words, he pretended not to understand.
After all, he was just a lieutenant. Why should he know the temper of his superiors?
Sometimes, not knowing is a talisman, and a low level is still a talisman.
If Chen Mo had been a colonel with a rank of colonel on his shoulders today and was in his thirties, I'm afraid half of the documents on the logistics director's desk would have had to come into close contact with his head.
It's just that his rank is low, and the leaders don't want to talk to a young man like him, and they are just on par with each other.
The supplies have been arranged.
Chen Mo did not stay in the logistics department. After going downstairs for a while, he found Wang Jianyong who was strolling downstairs and asked Lao Wang to drive them back to Huanglongwanggou.
The training place is not close to the camp.
The round trip, not counting the application delay, takes almost six hours.
When Chen Mo returned to the camp's artillery range, it was already around five o'clock in the afternoon.
After a whole day of combat simulation, the companies of the Blue Army Battalion were almost exhausted.
When we saw the new battalion commander yesterday, all the soldiers in the battalion still kept their distance from him. We met him again this afternoon.
That guy was so enthusiastic, like meeting a relative.
“Hello, Battalion Commander!!”
"Battalion Commander, when can we drive a tank?"
"Captain, are we still practicing coordination today? I guarantee there won't be any problems."
As soon as Chen Mo got off the car, several soldiers nearby started shouting.
Can you not scream?
To be honest, even the first level of combat readiness is not as depressing as a simulated battle situation.
Whether you are resting or eating, the radio will sound at any time.
As soon as the fire started, everyone in the battalion had to take action, running from the camp to the artillery range several kilometers away.
Once or twice is no big deal, but if you do it five or six times a day, even if you are Usain Bolt, you will be exhausted.
In response to the soldiers' questions, Chen Mo just waved his hand with a smile and did not respond.
Because he didn't know when the coordination training would start, it depended on the progress of the firecracker team's installation.
Chen Mo first found Liang Hongjie and asked him to immediately arrange the transportation platoon to go to the logistics department to implement the materials requested today and bring back some of them.
Especially ammunition and fuel. You can apply for them, but that doesn’t mean they will be used up in the next few days.
Everything must be prepared for the subsequent departure.
A battalion of thousands of people, hundreds of tanks, and a maneuver of thousands of kilometers, this is a huge project.
Without the support of military district-level logistics, relying on the logistics of a battalion is far from enough.
The transportation has just been finalized.
Before Chen Mo could confront Captain Wang who was firing the flare, a military vehicle drove over from a distance and stopped beside him with a rumble.
Liu Heli, the instructor assigned to the Blue Army Camp by the General Staff, quickly got out of the car.
He held the map with an anxious look on his face and said, "Captain Chen, Lao Gao, you two finally saw someone."
"Hurry up! They've already faxed over the topographical map for the military exercise, along with our stationing location, with all the markings."
"Where?"
When Chen Mo heard this, he immediately stepped forward and took the map.
Although there has been talk of the Northwest Military Exercise recently, no one told him where it is exactly.
The Northwest is a huge place.
"This is the exercise area. It has the boundaries marked on it, as well as the location of our garrison."
Liu Heli was worried that Chen Mo couldn't understand some of the symbols on the military map, so he pointed out a few locations.
Chen Mo didn't say anything either.
As soon as he took a look at the map, he recognized it as the Army Qingtongxia Joint Tactical Training Base, except that the area was circled larger, including but not limited to this training base.
The Qingtongxia Contract Training Base was started to be built in 1994, but at that time, due to the underdeveloped communications and the fact that it was the territory of the Jincheng Military Region, many people from the other six military regions did not know about it at all.
Let alone Qingtongxia.
Even now, Zhurihe is not very famous, and its expansion only exists in meetings.
Chen Mo stared at the map for a while and breathed a sigh of relief.
To be honest, it would be considered good if it was near Qingtongxia, at least it was only 800 kilometers away from Huanglongwanggou, not as exaggerated as thousands of kilometers.
It’s not that Chen Mo is worried too much, but long-distance maneuvers are a great test of the overall quality of the troops.
"Two leaders." After reading the map, Chen Mo thought for a moment, then quickly said, "You are all veterans of the General Staff, so I won't show off."
"For long-distance maneuvers, we must quickly formulate a rigorous operational plan. From now on, leave the training supervision to me."
"Let's divide the work and work together. You guys should make a systematic plan and plan for supplies, replenishment, daily travel, escort, and emergency medical care along the way."
"We are not sure how much of the road we will take is yet to be determined, but we need to communicate with the transportation department in advance about which roads we will take and where we will be able to prepare for the road opening. We also need to know where we can refuel and supply our supplies, and which sections of the road have military depots that can provide us with simple camping opportunities."
"If a safety accident occurs along the way and there are casualties, we must make comprehensive considerations in advance about which road section has a field hospital or local hospital that can provide timely connection."
Chen Mo's words made Gao Jin and Liu Heli both stunned.
to be honest.
Chen Mo was appointed as the battalion commander of the Blue Army Battalion, and the two of them assisted each other. Many people in the staff department thought that this young cadre had only studied similar system warfare in school.
Know how to lead an armored battalion.
But they didn't expect that Chen Mo even knew the preparation details of this land maneuver.
This isn't something a lieutenant should know.
"Commanders, is there any problem?"
Chen Mo noticed that Gao Jin and Liu Heli did not respond, but just stared at him. He thought he had said something wrong.
"No, no problem." Gao Jin put away the map and patted Chen Mo on the shoulder: "Then Captain Chen, please pay more attention to the subsequent training."
"Leave the maneuvering route to me and Lao Liu."
"OK!"
Chen Mo nodded.
It's really not that the three of them are making a fuss. It's just a maneuvering route, why are they being so cautious?
In reality, it is not an easy task for hundreds of people to drive tanks and carry supplies for hundreds of kilometers.
Not to mention the distant past.
Let’s take the past two years as an example.
After an emergency situation occurred, a mobile emergency response brigade of a certain unit was heading to a city in northern Xinjiang. As a result, the car overturned on the way, and a platoon leader and more than 20 soldiers were trapped upside down in the car.
In the end, two people, including the platoon leader, were killed and many others were seriously injured.
The above sentence requires a certain time of arrival so that the troops can be deployed and fight. This command is actually very difficult.
You know, the quality of the mobile emergency response brigade is better than that of more than 80% of the light-armed troops in the field army.
The reason is very simple. The four words "Emergency Response Team" themselves represent a large amount of actual combat.
Even they make mistakes, let alone other units?
After the three people finished their negotiation.
Chen Mo didn't bother to chat with the soldiers nearby. He quickly came to the location where the long-range rocket company was stationed.
The soldiers of the Arrow Squadron are now gathered here.
Some people were busy in the cockpit, some were debugging with terminals in their hands, and as for Wang Jianbin, who also had no military rank, he was standing around a half-person-high black box on the ground, and it was unknown what data he was testing.
Chen Mo doesn't understand this stuff either.
However, he knew that Xiangjian's equipment was very expensive, especially the ground radar vehicle, which was not even equipped in the field army and was still using artillery vehicles with built-in radar systems.
One of these radar vehicles can cost tens of millions, much more expensive than a tank.
Ordinary units really can't afford this thing.
Captain Wang, who was busy at work, saw Chen Mo coming over. He took off his glasses, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile: "Captain Chen, you must be getting impatient waiting for me, right?"
"It's almost done. It will probably be finished before eight o'clock in the evening."
"After these artillery vehicles are taken care of, only some logistics crews are left."
"That's great! With the help of a cross-linked positioning system and unified communication equipment, we no longer have to hold several walkie-talkies and shout at the soldiers until they are confused."
Chen Mo smiled, took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed one to Wang Jianbin.
Captain Wang took the cigarette and lit it. He took a deep breath and looked at the soldiers in the distance who were chatting around.
He blew out a smoke ring and said, "Captain Chen, to be honest, I've led an information battalion before, but time is too tight this time."
"The situation is tighter than ever, and the mission is heavier. Even with the assistance of a cross-linked satellite positioning system, it's not optimistic to train the entire battalion to the point of complete mastery of armor penetration, segmentation, infantry, artillery, tanks, and armored vehicles."
Listening to Captain Wang’s concerns.
Chen Mo smiled and shook his head: "I don't plan to let the collaborative practice reach the full extent, let alone a few days, or even a few months."
"Tomorrow's coordinated training will only last half a day at most. Afterwards, we will arrange for coordinated assault operations. All companies will be divided into teams."
"Every two hours, I lead one group to compete against other groups. We play six or seven groups a day, and more than 30 groups in four days."
"Even if I can't remember it mentally with this kind of high-intensity intensive training, I should have some muscle memory."
"I don't expect them to learn it. As long as they learn to take a beating and know why they're being beaten, that's enough."
After Chen Mo finished speaking, he threw away the cigarette butt in his hand and said, "Alright, Captain Wang, you and your comrades, please work hard for a while."
"I'll go check it out and prepare for tomorrow's intensive training."
"Over 200 laptops will be shipped in tonight or tomorrow. I'll equip each combat squad with one, and all the soldiers will learn military modeling and post-battle assessments."
"I just don't believe we can't fight an information war of some scale."
Looking at Chen Mo's back as he turned and left.
Wang Jianbin put on his glasses again and adjusted the frames. After a long while, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The information technology experiment was conducted five times, and Xiangjian participated in three of them.
I always failed in the past for various reasons.
But for some reason, through his conversation with Chen Mo just now, he really felt that he would succeed this time.
It’s not because of the confidence shown by Captain Chen.
It was precisely in his tone that there were some words that showed contempt for the difficulty of the information system.
Gave others unlimited confidence! !
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