Chapter 181: Make a plan, kindness is not the best way to command an army
Pei Shuajun arranged for the reconnaissance company to start allocating dormitories and handling check-in matters.
In fact, there are also benefits to transferring the entire unit here.
At least for things like equipment storage and equipment warehouse duty, the people in the academy don't need to specifically explain these things.
Cheng Dong can get things done by himself. If there is anything missing, he will contact the military district’s logistics unit for negotiation and gradually make up for it.
It can save a lot of effort.
The cadres of the reconnaissance company will handle the transfer of food relations, cleaning of the training ground, and installation of training equipment on their own.
It is indeed a lot easier.
Following Luo Yaowu, we came to the director's office. Since the base had just been established, the staff were all here temporarily.
The office seems a bit messy. It is only about 30 to 40 square meters, and you can smell a strong smell of paint as soon as you enter the door.
In addition to the office desks and chairs, as well as a set of sofas and coffee tables, the most eye-catching thing in the room is the piles of kraft paper documents wrapped in accordion wrappings placed on the floor.
You can see it.
Director Luo hadn't come to his office at all yesterday. He walked into the room, first opened the back window to ventilate, and then pointed to the sofa in the distance: "Sit down."
"yes!"
Chen Mo straightened his chest, strode to the sofa and sat down.
Luo Yaowu walked over to the office chair and sat down. He pointed to the leather accordion bag on the ground and said, "Take these documents back with you and read them one by one."
"After you've looked at them, divide them by profession, label them, and put them in the cabinet over here for me."
"yes!"
Chen Mo quietly turned his head to check the number of file packages, his eyes twitching slightly.
No wonder Pei Shuajun always brings him a bunch of them. It turns out the source is here.
If you want to read and understand all the things available on the ground, it will probably take several months.
After the two of them had a brief conversation.
Director Luo took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it slowly, and stared at Chen Mo for a long while before frowning and saying, "Don't you have anything to say, kid?"
"ah?"
Chen Mo raised his head, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes.
No, come to the office, it seems like you called me, right?
It would have been fine if he hadn't been stunned, but after he was stunned, Luo Yaowu became even more furious.
With his eyes fixed on the subject, he asked, "Weren't you quite capable last night? I was clamoring to give you three months, and weren't you jumping around happily downstairs just now?"
"Why, since I gave you the advice you wanted, shouldn't you report to me on your next plans?"
"Right now, we don't have enough instructors in all the departments, so we can't run all the courses. Those from the Armored Academy, Military Medical College, Army Command College, and General Staff College won't be able to come until next month."
"Now, what are you going to do?"
Luo Yaowu talked for a long time before Chen Mo realized that Director Luo had no confidence in the subsequent arrangements.
But no wonder.
Not everyone is like Chen Mo, who has seen what informatization is and what the scale of sea, land, air, space and electronic warfare is.
The information technology experiments have failed several times. For Chen Mo personally, these things may reveal many loopholes and problems at a glance, but for people of this era.
That means you are trapped in the thinking of the times and cannot break free.
Knowing what the director was worried about, Chen Mo pulled at his clothes and stood up. He originally wanted to pull up a stool to sit over and report, but he looked around but couldn't find one.
Just sit down again.
Luo Yaowu misunderstood. He thought the boy wanted a cigarette, so he grabbed the cigarette box and threw it at him angrily: "If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you whining?"
"yes."
Chen Mo sorted out his thoughts, trying to make his words less offensive, and then he said, "Director, do you think that even if the instructors from the Armored Academy, the General Staff College, and the Army Command College have arrived now?"
"If we divide the comrades downstairs into different specialties and teach them, in three months, can we really fight a war that can fully demonstrate the effectiveness of informatization?"
"What do you mean?" Luo Yaowu frowned, but this time he was not angry, but really asked.
"Director, what I mean is that simply teaching is useless."
Chen Mo looked up at Luo Yaowu and continued, "If we want to see results from informatization, we must first integrate it."
"The current focus of the Synthesis College is on professional training. This is not wrong, but the direction is somewhat biased."
"Synthesis is about systems, not specializations. Even if we train tank soldiers, infantrymen, signalmen, snipers, and artillerymen into professional NCOs and put them together in a unit, it would at best be a patchwork unit."
"It's still a far cry from a synthetic unit."
Luo Yaowu was a little confused by what he heard. He waved his hand and said, "Don't talk so much nonsense. Let's talk about practical matters."
"yes."
Chen Mo was helpless. It was indeed too early to talk about synthesis now, and it was a bit off topic.
Because the information warfare of this era is fundamentally different from the combined battalion warfare of later generations.
"Director, I'd say it's easy to train a soldier to drive a tank, and it's also easy to train them to communicate. The reconnaissance company is basically a jack of all trades; they can do it all."
"Instead of sitting in the classroom listening to theoretical knowledge, it's better to learn how to fight first. As the saying goes, a bystander sees more clearly. We have collected so much information and data on armored unit exercises. Why not distribute this data to soldiers and cadres before the instructors arrive?"
"Let them watch, sort out the reasons why the exercise failed, and write their own report and submit it."
"Even if we lose, we must let them know where we lost and why we lost."
"In the past, the biggest problem in the army was that when someone lost a battle, they would blame it on insufficient training. When officers made mistakes in command, they would also blame it on insufficient training."
"Over time, everyone has only one thought: to train more after losing. No one ever considers why they lost. This approach is an act of avoidance."
"Informatization is a war model that requires massive computing power and the involvement of every single individual in the battle. It's no longer the time to just charge in when the charge horn sounds."
"Director, if we want them to learn how to fight, we must first make them understand why they lose."
Chen Mo expressed all his thoughts.
Luo Yaowu pondered for a long moment, wanting to nod but feeling something was not right. After thinking for a while, he frowned and said, "You have a point. But what is the purpose of the training base?"
"If you can fight just by looking at some replay materials, what's the point of your active suggestion to organize training?"
"Director, you can't become fat in one bite."
Chen Mo was so excited that he didn't hesitate any longer. He grabbed the cigarette that had been thrown to him and lit one himself. He continued, "Everyone has different perspectives and different command abilities."
"If anyone can spot the mistakes in the replay data, then that's the right major to study, right?"
"For example, if some soldiers can analyze tank coordination problems, they will receive armor training. If others can analyze communications problems, they will receive specialized communications training."
"We'll seize their talents and train them. Since we're veterans, we'll see noticeable changes within three months."
"Commanders only need to learn and thoroughly understand the three elements of information warfare and command a battalion-level battle to defeat the current main armored battalion. It can be said to be easy."
"Information warfare, for our experiment, is nothing more than a battle to change our thinking. To put it more bluntly, isn't it just a different dogfight mode for a tank battalion?"
Although at this moment Luo Yaowu still couldn't fully understand how powerful the change of thinking that Chen Mo mentioned was.
But it did not prevent his heart from being in turmoil, and his expression kept changing.
yes.
The Lu Academy has been researching information technology for seven or eight years. Since 1992, Blue Army Camps have been born and eventually disappeared.
The academy has always wanted to have the aerospace scale of the United States, but it has overlooked the essence of the information experiment. It is just a battle for armored units to change the command thinking.
A towering building rises from the ground.
If a battalion can change its combat thinking, then it will gradually extend to the point where sooner or later, a regiment, a division, and an army will reverse their thinking.
But right now, the most important thing is to fight a beautiful tank battle at the battalion level.
Such a simple truth ultimately requires a student to enlighten us. It is hard for Luo Yaowu to say that he does not feel a little emotional.
"Okay, I'll let the college know, and I'll have the paper materials and computer files for the review shipped here by noon today."
"Write me a detailed plan when you get back. Go ahead."
"yes!"
Chen Mo stood up and was about to leave.
Suddenly I thought of the veteran from the third term who was hiding in the dormitory building with his dog sneaking around on the way here just now.
Chen Mo hesitated for a moment before asking, "Director, the reconnaissance company was transferred here as a whole unit, so there will definitely be no problems with discipline."
"Those who came with us yesterday."
"Alright, I don't know what you're thinking, kid." Luo Yaowu waved his hand before Chen Mo finished speaking. "Wasn't there a lieutenant leading the team just now?"
"Put everyone under his command, including those coming from the academy. There's no order without rules. No matter who violates discipline, the army will submit a list of names to the training department."
"Everyone from the academy, bring them to me. Do you really need me to explain such a trivial matter as kindness not being able to command an army to a cunning man like you?"
"Hehe, no need, no need." Chen Mo grinned, picked up a row of accordion bags on the ground and left.
It was quite difficult for Luo Yaowu to be persuaded and willing to cooperate.
This was just the beginning, and he didn't want to ask for too much.
Come down from the faculty office building.
The dormitories for the reconnaissance company should be almost ready. Many veterans have borrowed brooms, mops, and rags from the armed police and are cleaning the dormitory building.
These buildings were recently built and their hygiene standards are far from satisfactory. In many corners there is dry cement and spots of gray.
Cheng Dong put his hands on his hips and gave orders like a butler.
Seeing Chen Mo coming from a distance with a bunch of briefcases in his hands, Captain Cheng didn't even put his hands on his hips, but strode up to him and checked to see if there was anyone following Chen Mo.
He lowered his voice and asked, "Scholar, what did the Chief of Staff say to you?"
"When can I start class?"
"Fuck, I haven't seen what a classroom looks like in over 20 years, and you dragged me here by force."
Seeing the company commander's eyes shining and looking very expectant, Chen Mo didn't even mention the exercise review documents.
Because he knew very well that once the three years of paper review materials of the 6th Armored Division of the 38th Army and the 7th Armored Brigade of the 63rd Army were transferred over, including all exercises, confrontations, tank-mounted, artillery-tank, and infantry-tank joint training archival data,
That's not something that one or two people can carry. It would probably take at least three or four troop carriers to transport it.
This is only possible because some of it can be saved using computers. Otherwise, even ten trucks would hardly be able to hold it all.
With so many things shipped here, they need to be unpacked one by one for use in preliminary learning. If Cheng Dong knew about this.
I guess this good company commander who loves his soldiers like his own sons would take off his shoes and chase me around the base ten times.
The workload is like a mountain pressing down on my head.
Since the director said that he could only be transferred here at noon, Chen Mo didn't plan to let the company commander know so soon.
"Captain, there's no rush for classes. I might have some arrangements this afternoon. Don't worry, it's very relaxing."
"It's almost time for dinner, so go and eat."
"Eat shit."
Cheng Dong talked about business, his hands on his hips again, and he looked up and gestured around: "Look at the sanitary conditions here, how can it be like the military?"
"I'll have someone go to the Jinyang Logistics Department to get this bulletin board, and then find someone to paint it and put up some slogans."
"And the grass in the distance has been pulled out. You seem quite busy. Go and do your thing. I'll call you if you need anything."
"Hey, alright!!"
Chen Mo didn't bother the company commander anymore and continued walking towards the dormitory with the documents in his arms.
He understood why Cheng Dong was so eager to show off.
After all, he had been a reconnaissance company commander for so many years. Although he was quite domineering in the brigade and did not obey anyone except the political commissar.
But this is not a place of change, but I was selected by the military district to come here to take on the important task of training. It is inevitable that I feel a little overwhelmed and I actively want to integrate into this place.
In fact, there is no need to be so anxious.
Because the academy is not fully prepared, everyone is still groping in the dark, and the only one who is most confident may be Chen Mo.
If he were asked to form a combined battalion similar to those in later generations, he would not dare to make the decision in six months, let alone three months.
There are hundreds of types of troops and specialties required for a combined battalion, and many of them are simply beyond the reach of current technology.
But informatization is much easier.
Again, the current informatization is nothing more than a change in the thinking and mode of dogfighting between armored main forces.
It has the form of future synthesis, but does not have the core of synthesis.
There is no need to pursue the scale of the Americans too much. Only your own scale is the most in line with the system.
Chen Mo was thinking about the report.
When he walked into the dormitory building, he heard the slogan "one, two, three, four" coming from the open space in the distance.
Turn your head and look.
Liang Hongjie was supervising the veterans' drill. Liang was a man who really listened to suggestions. He did not accompany the soldiers on drills like he did in the reconnaissance company.
But the situation on the scene was not that great.
There were only about forty people doing the drill, but they managed to stretch out a nearly 100-meter long track. Some veterans didn't even run at all.
I just wander around and follow around and waste my time.
Chen Mo looked down at the pile of information he was holding, then at the drill formation in the distance.
Think about how the reconnaissance company was working hard to improve the environment.
He sighed.
It seems that before the review materials are transferred over, the learning team must be cleaned up.
Otherwise, when I officially start reading materials and writing my review, I won’t have enough energy to keep an eye on these people.
Director Luo is right, kindness is not suitable for commanding an army.
Don't be polite when it's time to take action.
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