Chapter 65: This Is Steel Seventh Company’s Strongest Form!!
Foreknowledge of subsequent plot developments is the biggest ace in Chen Jun’s hand.
The errors that will appear later, Chen Jun will definitely correct them in advance, preventing recurrence while also achieving positive gains.
Considering the needs for internal reorganization of the combined arms company, plus preventing the command post from being bombed again during the exercise.
The Red Army Headquarters was destroyed by the Blue Army in one fell swoop without any cost, which can be said to be the biggest turning point in the entire mountain exercise. Only by avoiding the recurrence of this matter is it possible to reverse the situation in the exercise.
Launch a wave of counter Heavenly Dipper to take down the Blue Army!
Chen Jun stood up again at the meeting, presenting his most persuasive theories and eloquence, beginning to explain his ideas and basis.
What is the biggest drawback of traditional tactics, why the entire army is promoting modern military reform, how to change to adapt to future wars…
And so on.
Transforming into a military theory expert, Chen Jun did not directly propose the combined arms company. Combined arms tactics are still in their infancy, and this term is not suitable to appear at this time.
Instead, using combined arms tactics as the foundation, he analyzed and explained the combat model suitable for Seventh Company.
Chen Jun spoke eloquently and vividly, and the people present were unconsciously attracted.
No one expected that Chen Jun, who had just graduated from military academy, would understand modernization and informatization theory so well.
Those professional terms that popped up one by one, the various theories explained clearly and logically, the smooth and flowing explanation, the rich knowledge reserve.
The platoon leaders of Second Platoon and Third Platoon were dumbfounded, starting to doubt if their time at military academy had been wasted.
They are all platoon leaders.
Yet the difference is so great.
The way the two looked at Chen Jun at this moment became exceptionally unified, just like the underachievers in the squad could only look up to the top student.
Gao Cheng and Hong Xingguo, as the company’s chief officers, even if not extremely knowledgeable, had at least seen many platoon leaders.
They had seen platoon leaders good at stamina, excellent in military skills, solid in theoretical foundation, or with specialties in certain areas.
No matter which company these types of platoon leaders were placed in, they would absolutely qualify as excellent platoon leaders.
But the two had never seen a platoon leader like Chen Jun, whose understanding of the troops felt even deeper than theirs, and who had such profound insight into modernization and informatization reform.
Listening to Chen Jun talk freely there, Gao Cheng and Hong Xingguo even felt a strange sensation.
It was as if Chen Jun was the teacher here, the true chief officer of Steel Seventh Company, and they were students under him, listening to the teacher lecture on military theory.
The reason for this eerie feeling was that the theories Chen Jun spoke of were too profound.
They were fundamentally not the lesson plan content taught at military academy, nor the superficial descriptions in news reports, but entirely new military theories they had never heard of.
The strangest part was…
Although they had never heard of the theories Chen Jun mentioned, and could find no basis for them now, they inexplicably found them fascinating.
Even Gao Cheng thought it was quite interesting, wanting to hear more and delve deeper the more he listened.
Chen Jun did not directly propose the combined arms company concept, but first used combined arms tactics theory to pave the way, so that Gao Cheng could better understand.
Only by understanding the new modernized tactics could he better accept the emergence of the combined arms company.
After laying the groundwork with a pile of various theories, Chen Jun finally stated his suggestions for upgrading Steel Seventh Company’s equipment and modifications after adding infantry fighting vehicles.
Steel Seventh Company now has three Type 86 infantry fighting vehicles and six Type 89 armored personnel carriers.
Then assign the three infantry fighting vehicles to Third Platoon, relying on the 30mm cannons and weapons inherent to the infantry fighting vehicles, to build Third Platoon into a firepower platoon.
If they could get Type 89 100mm mortars, with one per squad in Third Platoon, it would be even more perfect.
With the 100mm mortar’s maximum range of 4 kilometers, setting up three mortars on the ground, combined with the infantry fighting vehicles’ cannons, the firepower would be absolutely ferocious.
And backed by the strong carrying capacity of the infantry fighting vehicles, dozens of mortar rounds can be easily carried.
As long as accurate firing data is provided, with Steel Seventh Company’s firepower platoon, it can absolutely easily suppress one company.
Suppressing one company with the troops of one platoon, self-detection and self-strike all in one, without needing friendly forces to intervene.
This is a great tactical success.
The remaining six Type 89 personnel carriers, with three assigned to the three squads of Second Platoon, perfectly used to build three combined arms tactics squads.
Integrate the three sniper teams into Fourth Squad, and add one new sniper team.
The sniper squad composed of four sniper teams, paired with a command squad leader and a driver, makes exactly a ten-person establishment.
When snipers are needed, the sniper squad’s four sniper rifles fire together.
Even Yuan Lang from the original plot, who has absolute gun sense and can sling his sniper rifle to hit Cheng Cai from a standing posture, completing a sharp counter-kill.
Facing these four sniper rifles setting up together, even if he is a dragon, he has to coil obediently.
Gather all anti-air teams into Fifth Squad, add one more to form an eight-person anti-air combination, similarly paired with a squad leader and driver to form an anti-air squad.
With four thick black tubes locked on, that will be the nightmare of low-altitude assault helicopter formations.
Flying high will be detected by radar, flying low will be shot down by the anti-air squad.
Simply unsolvable!
Finally, the remaining 40mm anti-tank teams are handled the same way as the previous two squads, gathering all rocket launchers into Sixth Squad.
Anti-tank Squad, Anti-air Squad, and Sniper Squad, integrated into a tactics platoon.
Each squad is equipped with one personnel carrier, not only ensuring ample ammunition supplies, but also enabling rapid maneuver during mobile warfare.
Moreover, with the three squads under one platoon leader’s command, orders can be conveyed even faster.
The faster orders are conveyed, the faster the troops react.
This also enhances combat effectiveness!
The final three Type 89 personnel carriers are assigned to the three squads of First Platoon, still reorganized under the combined arms tactics mechanism, with tasks reassigned for each squad.
First Squad changed to Logistics Communication Support Squad, mainly responsible for all logistics matters.
Including but not limited to setting up the company command post, treating and transporting battlefield wounded soldiers, ensuring basic communications, supplying food for the entire company, emergency vehicle maintenance, and so on.
Second Squad changed to Reserve Squad.
Function similar to the regiment’s special service company, responsible for protecting the company’s officers, and in special situations, also serving as reserves for Third Squad.
Third Squad becomes Vanguard Reconnaissance Squad, also the only reconnaissance unit left in the company.
Reconnaissance is never direct combat; its essence is to quietly get things done. Completing reconnaissance missions relies on quality and reconnaissance capability.
Not by piling up numbers; more people do not mean stronger reconnaissance ability.
A carefully crafted elite reconnaissance squad can conduct reconnaissance under the enemy’s nose, with far greater effect than Steel Seventh Company now training as an assault company.
