Chapter 266: New Formation, Second Air Defense Alert
As Wang Jianbin continued to explain the performance of the new tank, many people gathered around him couldn't help but widen their eyes and gasp.
It is not difficult to imagine from the data alone that the future main battle tank formations of the field army will achieve unprecedented levels of integrated offense and defense.
The new composite armor makes the Type 98's survivability almost 60% higher than the Type 96.
The 1,500 horsepower engine is also one-third higher than the 1,000 horsepower engine.
The highway maneuvering speed is increased to 80 km/h.
Do you know what this concept is?
With a road maneuvering speed of 80km/h, it is almost as fast as a transport vehicle. At this speed, it can be said to be the fastest tank in the world today.
Per unit time, its mobility is 15% higher than that of the American M12.
Of course, these detailed comparative data were all analyzed by Wang Jianbin himself. Many cadres on the scene could only see the data, and their minds did not store enough knowledge about the equipment.
The details of the comparison are unknown.
After speaking these words.
West Campus Gate.
Everyone was breathing rapidly and couldn't help but look towards the artillery field in the distance. Parked there were the new tanks that had been transported in a few days ago.
In a word, the new main battle tank is powerful in all aspects.
It's no exaggeration to say.
The Type 98 main battle tank, judging from the data on paper, has surpassed the T90 and M12 in many important indicators such as firepower, mobility, protection, air defense, coordination, etc.
The real king of land warfare, number one in the world!
Tanks are undoubtedly the lover of armored commanders. The steel monster body, camouflage paint, sci-fi curves, arrogant smoothbore guns, and heavy tracks are all the rage.
This big lover, who weighs dozens of tons, can be considered adorable.
"Scholar, can we try out the new tank now?" Liu Hongyun brought a few backbones from the 7th Brigade. Although he was a lieutenant colonel, he behaved like a kid from the Yuhong class who had just finished school.
He pinched Chen Mo's arm with both hands, his eyes shining.
"Let go!" Chen Mo slapped Liu Hongyun's hands away in anger, turned his head to look at the crowd around him, and said in a low voice: "Liu Ying, you are a cadre after all, be reserved, this is disrespectful."
"I'm not a gentleman."
Liu Hongyun didn't buy it and said anxiously, "You said before that I could try out new weapons here."
"I've been here for a week now, right?"
"What the hell, we clean our new guns every day, but we never fire a single shot. We look at our tanks every day, but we're not allowed to touch them. Now the data has been sent from above, indicating that we're being asked to test them, but we can't even touch them?"
"It's not that I can't move."
Chen Mo corrected him with a serious expression: "The new equipment is too complex. We need to move in a planned manner and have a planned contact. At least we have to wait until the engineers come."
The group walked towards the cafeteria while arguing.
A scholar is not a stingy person.
The new equipment is not allowed to be used. Firstly, the first generation Type 95 rifle has a bad reputation in later generations, and there is a reason for that.
The entire battalion currently has a heavy training task and too many new recruits. Chen Mo doesn't want to cause too much unnecessary discussion because of equipment issues.
As for tanks.
For Chen Mo, any new equipment is not new. No matter whether he has driven it or seen it before, the Type 98 main battle tank has no appeal to him.
But Liu Hongyun can't do that.
This bastard came here just for the new equipment. If he is allowed to figure it out and understand everything, what if Old Liu leaves the demonstration camp?
There are two companies, one for mechanized infantry and one for tanks. It’s such a big task. Where can we find cadres who understand these things to teach?
After finally calming down a group of excited cadres, we had dinner.
Chen Mo left the West Campus and walked towards the office in the administrative building of the East Campus.
In his spare time, you can always see Man Xuexi strolling around the staff department or his own office, but this afternoon, he gave Lao Man some advice.
I haven't seen him for most of the day.
Chen Mo was a little surprised and turned to look at Wang Jianyong: "Squad leader, did you see Lao Man while you were eating just now?"
"No."
Wang Jianyong shook his head, thinking carefully. "But I did see him this afternoon. He seemed to be carrying something and wandering around the rest area, bragging to five or six veterans."
"Even the old man who used to sell soda on a tricycle has switched to a motorcycle and followed us. I saw Lao Man chatting with that old man this afternoon."
"What old man?!!"
Chen Mo was speechless, but he already had a vague guess.
The old man Wang Jianyong mentioned is most likely a fellow villager who sells things at the howitzer battalion camp. Wow, if it is really him, then he has followed the troops from Hedong City to Jincheng.
In order to sell a few packs of cigarettes and some drinks, they really work hard.
It’s more than 300 kilometers, and 700 kilometers round trip. I’m afraid that the things I sell are not enough to cover the gas money.
Wang Jianyong must have seen Chen Mo's mood, so he spread his hands and said, "I've talked to that old man before. He has no children and just sells small items all day long."
"Over at the howitzer battalion, except for a grain warehouse in Hedong City that is guarded by people from our unit, we are the only ones with more people."
"Our people came to Jincheng, and he asked other comrades about it and followed us here. He must have rented a house in a nearby town and also came here to sell things. The cigarettes and beer that Liang Pai bought a few days ago were bought from this old man."
"Captain, you're looking for Lao Man. Do you want me to go find him?"
"No, just let him be."
Chen Mo waved his hand: "Recently, I transferred Lao Man to the logistics supply platoon as platoon leader. Let him do it on his own."
"yes!"
Chen Mo didn't ask much about Man's studies.
On the contrary, it was the fellow villager who mentioned selling goods just now that gave him a lot of thoughts.
Sooner or later, the demonstration camp will have to return to the howitzer battalion base. Once it returns to the base, all kinds of benefits for family members serving in the army must be implemented.
By building a service center for the people, perhaps this old man who has been running around all year round can really help.
Return to your office.
Chen Mo immediately tidied up his desk, took out the topographic map that the reconnaissance company had drawn some time ago, and spread it on the table.
Check carefully.
Currently, the demonstration battalion, including armored infantry, tank, reconnaissance, and medical units, has been put into work to build the site.
Starting from the basics, the purpose is to make the soldiers of each company familiar with it and give the cadres more opportunities to adapt.
But the entire battalion is made up of veterans, and they can adapt to regular training very quickly, which will take at most a month, or at least half a month.
The demonstration battalion is of a combined size and will certainly not always train according to the existing company size, as this would deviate from the original intention.
Therefore, Chen Mo must organize all the organized arms except for the three units of air defense, grenade and long-range rocket launcher in the shortest possible time.
Complete the scale of the previous Blue Army Camp, cancel the inherent company, and thoroughly establish a tactical module based on squads.
But this step is the hardest.
The squad combat scale is not suitable for all battles. When necessary, a reinforced company combat scale can be formed at any time to take charge of corresponding tactical tasks.
The logistics have to be rebuilt, and other teams cannot stop either.
For example, chemical defense and engineering troops must appear in squads, with an organization smaller than a company but larger than a platoon-level unit.
In addition, regardless of whether the weapons arrive or not, the tactical missile team, electronic team, and radar team must also be planned.
The battalion may not be able to achieve it for the time being, but as the battalion commander, I have to prepare for it.
The logistics are handed over to Liang Hongjie, and there should be no problem with Lao Man's assistance for the time being.
The engineers and chemical defense
Chen Mo stared at the map, his brows furrowed, and he looked very worried.
There are many cadres in the demonstration camp, but very few of them can really shoulder the heavy responsibility.
The higher-ups have given me opportunities for promotion and advancement.
The question is, who will receive these benefits?
Chen Mo filtered through all the cadres in the battalion in his mind, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He thought of Wang Yanjun, the platoon leader of the reconnaissance company.
This guy is a ruthless person.
To be a platoon leader in a reconnaissance company, one must be capable.
“Old Wang!!”
“Old Wang!!!”
Chen Mo shouted loudly without even raising his head. His original intention was to call Wang Jianyong to learn more about this platoon leader.
I heard footsteps entering the house.
Chen Mo was just about to ask when he looked up and found that Lao Wang had indeed arrived.
But it was not Wang Jianyong, but Wang Songhe.
“Hello, Chief!!”
Chen Mo stood up awkwardly, stood at attention and saluted!
It was not until this time that Wang Jianyong rushed to the door, braked, and stood blankly at the door of the office.
A little overwhelmed.
Chen Mo signaled Wang Jianyong to leave first, then quickly ran to the coffee table and moved a chair over.
He placed it next to the desk and gave the main seat to Wang Songhe: "Chief, sit down!"
Lao Wang was not polite. He glanced at the map on the table, pulled up his trouser legs with both hands, and sat on the office chair.
"The military exercises in southern Guangdong have begun. Some of the troops stationed in Qinglong Gorge are returning to their bases. I will also be returning tomorrow."
Wang Songhe stated his purpose directly.
Chen Mo's face lit up with joy, and he secretly exclaimed that this was good news.
After all, the superiors and subordinates in the army are very clear, and the people in the non-commissioned officer academy are temporarily managed by the training department. Those people basically do not interfere in the affairs of the demonstration camp and rarely wander around.
But Lao Wang is different.
His mission here was to study. He wandered around all day long and could be seen everywhere.
It feels like a group of friends go out to play, but there is always a class teacher following them, which is particularly awkward.
However, although he was happy, he couldn't show it too obviously. Chen Mo rubbed his hands with a look of regret: "Leaving so soon."
"I'm hoping to learn more from the leader."
Wang Songhe didn't believe even a single punctuation mark in what Chen Mo said.
Being able to come up with ideas about non-wartime casualties during a military exercise, is this the kind of thinking and means a normal person should have?
Too lazy to talk to him anymore.
Wang Songhe tapped the map directly. "I saw everyone in the camp preparing the training grounds this afternoon. Do you really plan to cram so many companies into the informationized camp?"
"With a battalion-level size, can it mobilize so many types of troops?"
Lao Wang had asked Man Xuexi about the same topic in the afternoon, and now he asked Chen Mo again.
"more than."
Chen Mo shook his head. Wang Songhe's original intention was to study and prepare for the establishment of a camp in Jincheng Military Region.
Therefore, there was no need for Chen Mo to hide anything, because for many systems, it was not possible for someone in the Jincheng Military Region to lead them just by his words.
"Commander, the armored infantry and tanks you see are just one of the things we can do."
"Following this, there will be air defense, howitzer, long-range rocket artillery, engineering, chemical defense and other companies."
"So many?" Wang Songhe frowned.
He had heard about Chen Mo's plan for the scale of the 9th Company of the 1st Battalion before, but planning is planning and implementation is implementation, and the two are not the same.
According to Wang Songhe's prediction, as long as the demonstration camp establishes several companies and has information equipment to assist in combat, it can also be considered an information camp.
But obviously, Chen Mo's appetite was bigger than he imagined, and much bigger.
"Sir, it's really not much."
Chen Mo took a deep breath and said, "The fixed company organization will definitely be abolished in the future, and a tactical module based on squads will be established."
"The commander should have seen the performance of the Type 98 main battle tank. With the introduction of this equipment, the battalion's manpower will definitely be further reduced."
"reduce?"
Wang Songhe was a little confused at first, but soon realized that it was indeed a reduction.
Since the mechanization of equipment began in the 1990s, the field army has been streamlined. The main reason is that equipment has been replaced and it used to take millions of troops to meet national defense needs.
Now, it has been declining.
These are not difficult to understand. Take the border guards as an example.
In the earliest times, border defense forces were stationed at the army level. At that time, equally large defense areas relied on mule and horse maintenance.
In the 1970s, motorization gradually replaced mule and horse-drawn transportation, and the largest border defense unit changed from an army to a division.
In the late 1980s, a large number of military transport vehicles and armored vehicles entered the border defense, and most of the numbers such as pack horses and cavalry companies disappeared forever.
The border defense division became a border defense regiment.
The replacement of equipment in the field army represents transformation, and the departure and retention of personnel is not uncommon in the entire army.
Let’s get back to the demonstration camp.
Chen Mo’s words are not difficult to understand.
According to the performance of the Type 85 main battle tank, a mission may require fifty vehicles to complete, while the Type 96 only requires thirty vehicles to complete the mission.
Now, only twelve Type 98 vehicles are needed to complete the project.
Even the emergence of the Type 98 has greatly reduced the frequency with which infantry coordination is required, and even infantry line-filling operations have been significantly reduced.
And this is just the new tank.
Don't forget, the demonstration camp also has drones, which reduces the number of scouts, and has radars and other high-tech equipment.
All in all, there are many battalion-level units and companies, but that doesn’t mean there are many people.
"Your team-based thinking is very similar to the integrated thinking mentioned in the military in the 1980s."
Wang Songhe thought for a moment and responded, "Xiaoman also told me about this this afternoon. He said it wasn't because the demonstration camp could mobilize so many branches of the military, but because informatization brought these people together."
"You could say that."
Chen Mo remained silent.
He had nothing to refute. Only when the technology was in place could a synthetic unit be formed.
Because no matter how powerful he is, he can't hold the composite unit together by semi-mechanized communication relying on radio or shouting.
"You are such a talent! You should belong to the Jincheng Military Region!"
Wang Songhe shook his head and looked at Chen Mo's vigilant eyes. He grinned and took out a pen from his pocket.
"Come on, kid. Even if I wanted to bring you to the 61st Division, I'm afraid it wouldn't work. Kyoto won't let you go."
"Forget it. I'm going back tomorrow. Tell me the size of your team."
"The size of a tactical unit isn't fixed, Commander. It's useless for me to tell you."
Chen Mo spread his hands, what he said was the truth.
There are many forms of detachments, some of which are adjusted according to the capabilities of the cadres, and some are to facilitate terrain training.
"Stop the bullshit and just tell me the most common one. That's the scale you plan to build the Kyoto Demonstration Camp. Pick a reasonable one for me."
"Okay."
Lao Wang is an expert and he definitely won’t fool people, and Chen Mo has no intention of fooling people either.
He stood up and walked to the filing cabinet, took out a manuscript he had prepared long ago, and handed it to Lao Wang: "Commander, this is one of the four combat teams I planned for the entire battalion."
"Take a look."
Wang Songhe was not polite. He reached out to take the manuscript and looked at it carefully.
This combat unit is not difficult to understand. The team consists of 85 people and has a total of 28 vehicles.
When this design was made, the Type 98 main battle tank had not yet arrived, and Chen Mo wrote about the Type 85 third-generation main battle tank.
There are six tanks with a crew of 18 people, six armored vehicles with a crew of 12 people, and 30 mechanized infantrymen, distributed among two crews.
One logistics ammunition vehicle crew, including a driver and a gunnery sergeant, totaling four people; two troop carrier crews, each with four drivers; one reconnaissance vehicle, totaling five scouts; two drones, each with two operators; two engineer mine clearance vehicles, each with eight engineers; one field repair vehicle and one crane, each with 12 repairmen; one medical vehicle, including a driver and field medics, totaling five people; and one chemical defense vehicle, with a crew of five.
to be honest.
Wang Songhe can be considered a veteran on the battlefield. Anyone who can become the commander of the Northern Type A Motorized Infantry Division is definitely not an ordinary person.
But after reading this squad organization list, he really had a feeling.
That is, if the demonstration camp is organized according to this structure, he really cannot lead it.
"Is this what you designed?" Wang Songhe was a little unbelievable.
"I guess so."
Chen Mo nodded: "However, Commander, with the addition of the Type 98 main battle tank, we may cancel some individual soldiers or vehicles in the future depending on the situation."
"With the addition of other new weapons, the organization will change."
"Of course, some teams will not be dispersed and merged into the main combat team. For example, the subsequent military district may give me a helicopter team, a tactical missile team, an electronic team, a radar team, etc. My plans are all independent."
Listening to Chen Mo's endless narration.
A sense of sadness suddenly emerged from deep within Wang Songhe's heart for no reason.
Reforms in the mechanization stage have been ongoing, and informatization has made such a strong debut.
As an old veteran, he actually found that he did not understand the thinking of some young cadres. This was indeed a big blow to a soldier.
This is just one battalion.
Will there be regiments, brigades, or divisions in the future?
By then, will these old guys still have a chance to make use of their remaining energy?
Thinking about it.
Wang Songhe put down the manuscript, sighed lightly, stared at the map on the table for a long time without saying a word.
The Jincheng Demonstration Camp can be built, but can it be built into a unit comparable to the Kyoto Demonstration Camp?
In the afternoon, Xiaoman said that the definition of informatization has always been unclear.
Some people prefer to assist in the war, some prefer combat effectiveness, and some prefer to have combat effectiveness and replicability at the same time.
At that time, the man surnamed Man also said that the Kyoto demonstration camp was replicable.
Now, after Lao Wang has looked at the squad organization, he is like, "What the hell is this just a copy? Can you copy one for me to see?"
But this feeling did not last long.
Wang Songhe suddenly remembered that he wanted to bring Man Xuexi back with him. He looked up at Chen Mo and said, "Oh, where's Man Xuexi?"
"Jincheng needs him to build a camp. I want to take him there."
"have no idea."
Chen Mo shook his head calmly.
I thought to myself, Lao Wang is really overthinking it. You are a division commander, and you want to take people out of the Kyoto Demonstration Camp?
The reason you can leave is because you are old. There is no point in staying here. Not to mention that the military district will not let you go, I am afraid the Academy of Sciences will not be willing to let you leave the demonstration camp at this time.
"How could you not know?"
Wang Songhe glared at Chen and was about to raise his hand to slam the table, intending to scold him.
A low voice echoed throughout the entire Non-Commissioned Officer Academy.
Woo.
The air raid alarm sounded, a sound that made one's scalp tingle, and Chen Mo was stunned.
He then quickly stood up, without even saying hello to Lao Wang, and turned around and ran downstairs.
Damn, this is the second time.
The second time, the air raid alarm was sounded without him, the battalion commander, knowing what was going on, and there was only a week's interval between them.
It’s also thanks to Chen Mo’s broad mind and strong ability to withstand pressure.
Otherwise, who can stand this happening every now and then?
"What's going on?!!"
Come downstairs.
When Chen Mo saw the soldiers running towards him from the West Campus, he hurriedly asked.
"Report, report to the battalion commander, an order has come through the fax machine in the combat duty room."
“Give it to me!”
"Zi 63rd Army Headquarters orders that earthquakes be felt in multiple areas of Datong and Xiaocheng. All garrison units in the military region be placed on Level 1 combat readiness."
"earthquake?!!"
"Will there be an earthquake in Jin Province?"
Chen Mo looked up and recalled in confusion, it seemed that he had never experienced an earthquake in his previous life.
Of course, he was not in Jincheng at this time in his previous life. It had been so long that he forgot whether there was an emergency assembly, but he definitely had not experienced an earthquake.
But memory is memory, and the military district’s orders must be executed.
"Go, notify Captain Liang of Logistics to open the rear warehouse and distribute individual rations to the entire battalion. All vehicles must be fully fueled."
"Inform all soldiers on the radio: assemble at the training grounds and wait for orders. No one is allowed to enter any buildings after assembling."
"yes!"
Chen Mo handed the faxed order to the veteran, who immediately ran back.
This time it was not an accident, but an order was really issued.
"Captain, hurry up and prepare a maneuver plan and be ready to go at any time."
"Wang Jianyong, connect the TV signal from the conference room to the training ground and broadcast a local news and current affairs talk show."
"Other cadres, do a good job of comforting people and don't panic."
"Logistics, medical, outreach, communications, everyone, get ready!"
"yes!!"
Every time Chen Mo saw a cadre coming to gather, he would give instructions based on the plan in his mind.
This was his first time as a battalion commander.
This kind of combat readiness situation is also the first time we have encountered it.
We can only rely on routine operations and take things one step at a time.
Soon, everyone in the battalion gathered neatly on the training ground.
The soldiers didn't know what had happened, and Chen Mo didn't exaggerate the incident.
Since the military district only asked us to be on standby and no phone calls came, from another perspective, it was also good news.
Hopefully, no further orders will be issued!!!
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