Chapter 146: Zhurihe? I Got There Even Earlier!
A group of cadres from the division were chatting enthusiastically. From their words, it was clear that they had basically all acknowledged Steel Seventh Company’s synthesized modification, forming a discussion circle centered around Regiment Commander Wang.
From their increasingly polite attitudes, it was evident that the crowd was somewhat ingratiating.
This was also a normal phenomenon.
The informatized military reform had been underway for more than a day or two. The officers in the division headquarters had extraordinary backgrounds, with more channels to receive internal information.
They were all very clear that after the Gulf War, the trend had been set—every unit would be unable to escape the military reform.
And as long as there was military reform, there would be survival of the fittest. Units that were not suitable, and units that could not adapt to modern warfare, would all face the fate of being cut.
No company cadre chief officer wanted the troops under their command to be cut.
Even if just one soldier was cut.
They resisted it from the bottom of their hearts and were unwilling to accept it.
And to ensure their own soldiers were not cut, the only way was to adapt to this modernization reform.
Improve the cultural level of the troops’ warriors, increase the proportion of non-commissioned officers and officers, upgrade the entire army’s equipment and weapons, improve tactics and playing style…
All these were directions that every unit needed to reform under the tide of informatized military reform.
Among them, the hottest topic was also the core one.
That was building combined arms units.
Because to build a combined arms force, it needed to meet most of the various requirements and standards currently being promoted across the entire army in the modernization reform.
However.
These were not the main reasons pushing synthesized reorganization and giving it such status in the troops.
The key was that at the beginning of this year, as the army’s highest power center, the Military Commission, deeply shocked by the Gulf War.
To meet the needs of future high technology wars, it formally made a major decision.
Investing billions in huge military expenses to expand the Capital Military Region’s original armored soldier training ground and carry out targeted special construction.
The goal was to expand this training ground located deep in the Inner Mongolia grassland, with extremely harsh and complex conditions, in a place called “Zhu Rihe Town,” into the entire army’s largest scale, highest technology content combined arms tactics training base.
And it shouted a domineering slogan—
“Ride the wave of world military development, build a world-advanced, entire army first-class, high technology soldier training combined arms tactics training base.”
China was to build the entire army’s first professional combined arms tactics training base.
This news spread like a gale and sudden rain, not only rapidly throughout the entire army, but even all global mainstream military media reported on it accordingly.
However.
In the spring of 1997, the news that spread out had undergone confidentiality processing, and no real names appeared in all the reports.
Zhu Rihe, this place that would become world-famous in the future, was now only referred to as a certain place in North China.
Level Zhu Rihe, capture Man Guangzhi alive.
The protagonist of this phrase widely circulated in later generations was now just a small cadet studying his undergraduate at the National University of Defense Technology.
And T Division, as also rooted in Inner Mongolia and also part of the Capital Military Region, could obtain more news than the outside world.
They learned that to match the high technology soldier training, a large number of excellent software and electronic engineers had been widely recruited.
The plan was to use computer networks as the platform to build a “five major systems” integrating command and control monitoring, battlefield simulation, auxiliary evaluation, comprehensive support, and base management, becoming the soul of the combined arms tactics base.
In addition.
In the Military Commission’s external propaganda information, it was also mentioned that once the five major systems were built and the base construction completed, a simulated “Blue Army” unit would be specially formed.
In the future, it would become a whetstone for our army, to meet the needs of future high technology wars, and hone and temper other units.
Feed the troops and horses to cultivate even more excellent armies.
Although the Zhu Rihe Base had just begun now, all slogans and ideas were still just empty talk.
But the Central Military Commission dared to announce it externally now and spent such huge resources and funding, clearly focusing on the combined arms tactics training base.
All military chief officers up and down the entire army basically had a number in their hearts.
They all knew that the emergence of the Zhu Rihe training base already represented our army’s reform direction— the future belonged to combined arms tactics.
The T Division base was only just over a hundred kilometers from the capital, close to the water gets the moon first, with even more timely news.
They knew even more the value of combined arms tactics!
The “a certain place in North China” base, backed by the state and focusing on combined arms units under combined arms tactics, had just begun construction.
Even at the fastest, it would take one or two years before it could possibly open experimentally to the outside.
Now, a mere grassroots company had actually started synthesized modification one step faster than the “a certain place in North China” base personally prepared by the Military Commission.
Most importantly, through this confrontation, it could be seen that the tactical application already had combat effectiveness.
How could this not shock the division officers.
While shocked, an urgent craving surged up.
If they could learn synthesized modification in 702 Regiment, transform the troops under their command in advance, and let them all become combined arms units.
One step ahead of the “a certain place in North China” base prepared by the Military Commission in applying combined arms tactics.
Then this one step ahead would lead to being ahead step by step.
The military reform knife…
Not only could dodge it, but even upgrade.
Even if unable to change a unit, thinking in the smallest way.
Being able to learn combined arms theory one step ahead and become the first batch to understand combined arms units would also be endlessly beneficial in the subsequent military career.
The value and temptation here.
Not only could determine a unit’s life and death, but also dominate the development of an individual’s military career, allowing those who could only reach regiment commander to at least reach division commander.
No wonder Regiment Commander Wang was so sought after.
And the division commander who had already obtained the combined arms unit theory from Regiment Commander Wang’s hands.
When he opened the handwritten military theory by Chen Jun, seeing the large characters on the first line of the title page—”On the Feasibility of Building a Combined Arms Unit from Zero”—the division commander’s gaze was completely captivated.
Then flipping to the main pages and seeing the content inside, the division commander’s pupils even dilated a circle.
Like having a soul-absorbing magic, it drew out the division commander’s entire soul, completely losing perception of anything external.
Fully immersed in reading, engrossed and intoxicated, unable to extricate himself.
Whether it was Steel Seventh Company showing tactical cooperation again, taking out another Blue Army squad with zero casualties itself, achieving a terrifying record of 119 to
Or in the next two plus hours, Steel Seventh Company used several perfect cooperations again, taking out three more Blue Army squads.
Adding up to taking out five of the seven squads that Reconnaissance First Company brought over.
Even the company commander of First Company, who at the beginning stood a military order, brought two main force squads to pursue Steel Seventh Company, full of confidence to take out the Red Army company headquarters.
Facing Steel Seventh Company’s teams that emerged like ghosts, erupting with super company-level firepower, he still could not escape.
However.
First Company commander still had some skills and realized Steel Seventh Company was extraordinary, put away his contempt, plus brought two main force squads.
In the few seconds before being ambushed, he reacted and led the troops in a desperate struggle before death.
The outcome was slightly better looking than Third Company commander’s death.
In the battle with the Red Army ambush team, under First Company commander’s command, after a difficult resistance, the Blue Army finally killed one.
Totaling just taking out one!
Exchanging twenty people for one person, this battle record was actually already very poor.
But compared to always zero score before, now being able to take out one Red Army warrior, breaking the zero score record, also preserved the last underpants.
The confrontation proceeded to this moment.
From the battalion commander down to the warriors in the reconnaissance battalion, the arrogance brought by that sense of superiority had been completely crushed by Steel Seventh Company, not daring to have any contempt for Steel Seventh Company anymore.
The battalion commander saw that the five squads taken out were basically all dead inexplicably.
This also made the battalion commander realize that Reconnaissance Third Company probably was not equipment failure and lost contact, very likely already fallen to Steel Seventh Company’s poison hand.
At the start, three full companies totaling 27 squads, now only 13 squads left.
Less than half!
The absolute troop advantage was no more, unable to form an encirclement against Steel Seventh Company anymore.
The battalion commander foresaw that continuing to disperse troops to search would likely result in being eaten one by one by the elusive Steel Seventh Company with unfathomable tactics.
He could only immediately order the remaining one squad to abandon pursuit and return to rendezvous with the battalion headquarters.
At the same time, notify Reconnaissance Second Company, which was encircling from the northwest direction, the only full strength one, to hold the key pass, must not let Steel Seventh Company break through.
On the road, maneuver combat was not as good as Steel Seventh Company, accurately speaking, was beaten by Steel Seventh Company.
The battalion commander could only pin hopes on position warfare, using the extra advantage from terrain and landform to strengthen own combat effectiveness to defeat Steel Seventh Company.
After issuing orders to Reconnaissance Second Company, the battalion commander only waited for the only remaining main force squad to return, then set off to rendezvous with Reconnaissance Second Company.
The result was that the hidden idea fell through.
Chen Jun’s split troops plan set up such a big situation, the goal was to eat the entire Reconnaissance First Company, even take down the battalion headquarters together.
Unfortunately, did not find the battalion headquarters position, after all, the battalion headquarters position had never been exposed.
Could only temporarily set aside this fat meat.
But the Blue Army main force squads that had already come out to pursue Steel Seventh Company and exposed their positions, it was already too late for them to run now.
Steel Seventh Company now had all nine squads free, taking out one reconnaissance squad was effortless.
However.
Chen Jun did not order to take it out.
Even specially ordered Fifth Squad, which was blocking, to let them open the road, pretend not to see them, and not expose themselves.
When the Blue Army squad turned back, follow behind and tail all the way.
Chen Jun just wanted to use this last Blue Army squad as the most suitable guide, leading Steel Seventh Company to find the reconnaissance battalion’s battalion headquarters.
If able to take down the battalion headquarters, then this confrontation exercise was basically half successful.
The fishing plan’s first half executed very smoothly.
Even the weather was extremely favorable, luck came to Steel Seventh Company, a drizzling fine rain fell from the sky, pressing down the dust raised by the wheels.
After Fifth Squad let the reconnaissance squad pass, have Vanguard Reconnaissance Squad drive from behind to tail.
The Blue Army squad did not discover.
All the way truly became a guide party.
Feng shui takes turns, corresponding to reality, previously chased early by others, now Fifth Squad switched positions, starting to chase the Blue Army’s wheel tracks.
Both sides separated by five or six hundred meters front and back, just drove like this for over an hour.
However.
When the Blue Army squad was only a few hundred meters from the battalion headquarters, the Blue Army squad did not discover the abnormality behind, but the battalion headquarters sentry observer discovered the problem.
“Report battalion commander, I saw two vehicles, behind Fourth Squad there’s also one combat vehicle, do we still have two squads not returned?”
The observer fed back the intelligence to the battalion headquarters communicator, the communicator immediately asked the battalion commander about the situation.
“Two vehicles?”
The battalion commander was very clear about First Company’s situation, hearing two vehicles coming over, immediately realized the problem was serious, face greatly changed and said: “Bad, definitely Red Army has come, Fourth Squad was deliberately let back by them.”
“Such insidious cunning Red Army.”
The political instructor similarly face greatly changed and said: “We now only have two squads left, Red Army Seventh Company is basically full strength, once bitten by them, the consequences are unimaginable, our battalion headquarters definitely cannot escape.”
“Notify Fourth Squad, have them take another road, lure away the pursuing Red Army, we immediately set off, hurry to rendezvous with Second Company.” The battalion commander decisively ordered.
“Then Fourth Squad…” The political instructor had an ugly expression.
“Sometimes, sacrifice must be made, otherwise consequences more serious.”
Although the battalion commander really did not want to make this decision, he knew even more that being found by the ghostly Steel Seventh Company would have even more serious consequences.
What he could do was only sever wrist like a hero to survive.
“Okay… okay then, can only do this.” The political instructor sighed uncomfortably.
“Notify, set off immediately.”
The battalion commander had the communicator relay the order, then quickly walked toward the military vehicle.
“Fourth Squad, battalion commander orders, your Fourth Squad take another road, Red Army is tailing behind you, absolutely cannot lead them here to find battalion headquarters.”
“Received.”
The Blue Army Fourth Squad Leader who received the order had a face like dead ash, knowing his own subsequent outcome was set.
Could only order: “Zhijun, turn left ahead, we not going to battalion headquarters rendezvous.”
“Understood.”
The driver heard the order through the vehicle communicator, knowing he had become Red Army’s guidance, could only obey and turn right into a small road.
Thinking at the start of the exercise, as Blue Army still chasing Red Army everywhere.
Now reversed, being chased everywhere by Red Army.
Such a big contrast before and after.
Heart was extremely uncomfortable!
But no matter how uncomfortable, what use? They used strength to fight it out, they with a whole battalion’s troops, beaten into homeless dogs by one company.
Lost very thoroughly, not even daring to complain.
“Report Steel Factory, Blue Army movement abnormal, they suddenly turned into a small road, I feel this direction not like going back to battalion headquarters rendezvous.”
Steel Seventh Company Fifth Squad Leader discovered the abnormality, immediately reported the situation to company headquarters.
“Ho, worthy of division direct reconnaissance battalion, this reaction is pretty fast huh.”
Gao Cheng smiled and teased, then ordered: “Steel Factory received, since Blue Army squad already useless, then find a suitable place, let them go offline to eat.
Now just 1 o’clock noon, hurry up, should still catch lunch, over.
