I asked you to repeat your senior year of high school, but did you miss out on joining the military

Chapter 372 Mobilization, the most luxurious logistics

The arrangement should be well-balanced so that the training can be fast and slow.

Since New Year's Day approaches, the atmosphere of the military region's annual military exercise has become increasingly intense.

There is only urgency in training and no slack in it.

On the training ground of the first battalion, under the deliberate arrangement of the company commanders, all the soldiers began to clean and maintain the tanks and were very busy.

There are a large number of heavy tanks in the battalion, and they must be prepared in advance. After all, no one knows when the air defense alarm will suddenly sound and order them to gather at the designated location.

The annual military exercises do not have a fixed method of deployment. Sometimes the superiors will give half a month’s notice in advance. Such exercises require long journeys, with multiple temporary rest points set up along the way, and must arrive at the designated location as required.

Another thing is fighting on the home ground, which tests the ability of various troops to assemble and prepare for war.

The soldiers were busy maintaining the tanks.

Chen Jun brought the instructor and deputy battalion commander to the first battalion's equipment depot to conduct daily inventory and inspection.

Before the war comes, even if there is no notice from above, every aspect of the camp must be done well.

The things in the equipment warehouse are all treasures. Unless the war preparedness is activated, the things here cannot be taken out of the warehouse at will. Many artillery-launched missiles and rockets will be considered scrapped once they are taken out of the warehouse even if they are not used.

It cannot be restocked unless new ones are shipped in to fill it up.

Therefore, the keys to these supply warehouses are in the hands of Chen Jun alone, and he has to come and inspect the reserve situation every once in a while.

After checking the baggage warehouse, he locked the door again and went a little further outside.

Instructor He Yingtao took out a cigarette from his pocket and gave one to each person.

He stared at the transport plane that just flew over the sky and said, "Old Chen, do you think we will be included in this year's exercise?"

"The war zone and the military district must be extremely busy, how come no news has leaked to the camp?"

"That hasn't leaked out yet."

Chen Jun looked back at the "No Open Flames" sign on the supply warehouse in the distance. He pulled Fatty He and walked further away, then sat down on the curb.

"I can foresee that we will definitely participate in this year's exercise."

"It is estimated that the battle will be extremely difficult, and there will not be another situation similar to the 215 operation."

After hearing what Chen Jun said, Lao He fell into deep thought without saying anything. Ma Hongjie, who followed him, also fell silent.

The attack on 215 was carried out during the National Day military training, as the higher-ups wanted to test the combat effectiveness of the first battalion.

At that time, the superiors had no intention of holding back. The plan was to use five battalions to completely destroy the structure of the first battalion, fight to the end, calculate the casualties, and see the overall combat effectiveness of the first battalion.

As a result, the first battalion was not destroyed.

Area 215 was taken in just one morning, which completely disrupted the military district's plans. From then on, no one called them the pilot camp anymore.

Now that it is to be integrated into a brigade, even if we take Bolenggai as an example, the first battalion will not be left at home to gather dust.

Even if they cannot get the main attack position on the front line, they must be placed in a very important position to support the banner of synthesis.

Three cadres of the Party Committee of the First Battalion were sitting on the curb smoking, puffing away smoke in a very comfortable manner.

Just as they were speculating about the possible arrangements made by their superiors against them, Chief of Staff Liang Kexiang came running over from a distance, shouting in a hurry.

When he saw the three of them, he waved his hands hastily: "Lao Chen, Lao He, stop smoking."

"Hurry to the Second Battalion. Brigade Leader Tao and Political Commissar Xu are here to inspect the work. They are already here. You three bastards really know how to pick a place."

"You're sitting outside the armory smoking, aren't you afraid that a reconnaissance plane will take a picture of you and put it on display at the military district meeting?"

When Chen Jun heard that Brigade Tao was coming to the Second Battalion, he was stunned, then he stood up and threw the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground and crushed it.

He led his men towards the second battalion’s camp.

As for what he said about sitting and smoking at the door of the armory, that was pure nonsense from Lao Liang. As the battalion commander, no one cared about this more than Chen Jun.

It’s three or four hundred meters away.

. . . . . . . . . .

This is the second battalion.

Tao Junming did come, along with the brigade political commissar Xu Wensheng and some other cadres from the brigade. The group went straight to the old company of the second battalion.

Some of the newly planned barracks of the Second Battalion have been built, but the problems of internal greening, accommodation, water and electricity have not been solved. The comrades were brought back from the recruit training center.

They can only be placed in the old company before the Second Battalion. Anyway, there were three motorized infantry companies before the Second Battalion, and those company barracks do not need to be arranged in a regular manner to accommodate people.

It’s just arranging 200 people, which is quite easy.

At this time, the first company of the second battalion was stationed.

Battalion Commander Zhao Ziheng, instructor Lin Jinhua, and a group of cadres who came to the Second Battalion to help were accompanying Brigade Tao on the inspection.

Several cadres followed beside him, with somewhat embarrassed looks on their faces.

There's really nothing to inspect.

They didn't even notice what Tao Lu was doing here today.

A few days ago, Chen Jun saw Lao Zhao running to the brigade every day, twice a day without fail, and very punctual.

Why does he run so often?

There's nothing in the battalion. After the previous disbandment, only the title of the 2nd Motorized Infantry Battalion remains. The warehouses and ammunition depots have been emptied.

It has been almost a week since we brought the new comrades back, and the entire battalion doesn't have a single gun. Shooting training is impossible, and apart from drills the only training we have is pure physical training.

Zhao Ziheng was also anxious.

Although the 86nd Motorized Infantry Battalion was poor in the past and did not have any impressive weapons and equipment, it at least had guns and ammunition, troop transport trucks, and several Type infantry fighting vehicles.

It can be used for show, or to take soldiers to the field to train in other tactical training subjects.

There is nothing to do nowadays. For training, we either do drills all day long or take 22 squads of soldiers to the training ground of the first battalion to satisfy our desire.

The other battalion sat in tanks and practiced coordinated charges in multiple terrains, with hundreds of tanks moving out together.

The scene was quite joyful.

The second battalion relies entirely on their legs to run five kilometers from time to time, and then do an advanced run or a round trip run after a good rest.

It may not sound like much.

But as the battalion commander, Lao Zhao felt really embarrassed standing by and watching.

"Brigade Commander, these comrades are the new recruits assigned from the recruit training center a few days ago."

Zhao Ziheng led the way while pointing at the hundreds of recruits lined up in a row in the company's open space and introduced them.

"Yeah, not bad, very energetic."

Tao Junming made a pertinent comment, and then he walked to the front of the line of new comrades in the company.

The tiger eyes under the thick eyebrows took in the expressions of all the soldiers in the queue, and then he said in a loud voice: "Comrades, please introduce yourselves first."

"My name is Tao Junming, and I am the commander of our 179th Brigade. Recently, some comrades may be wondering why the units you came to after joining the company have no tanks or guns."

“Maybe he came to an unimportant department.”

"Comrades, if anyone thinks so, he is totally wrong."

"Do you know what synthesis is?"

When Brigade Leader Tao was asking questions, Chen Jun also ran over from the first battalion.

Seeing that the brigade commander was giving a speech, he stopped and stood behind without moving forward. However, the fact that Brigade Commander Tao suddenly came here to give a speech to the new recruits made Chen Jun vaguely feel that there might be a big move from above.

Otherwise, there would be no need for the brigade commander to come and appease the new recruits at this critical juncture.

Few people noticed Chen Jun's arrival.

The new comrades in the queue also looked around in confusion. They had only been in the army for four months, so who would have the time to talk to them about integration?

Tao Junming was not surprised at all by the new comrades' performance. He continued to ask: "You don't know about synthesis, but do you know what an infantry battalion is?"

"Report to the chief."

When talking about the infantry camp, some brave soldiers in the queue immediately raised their left hands.

As for why they don't raise their right hands, don't ask that. Those who can ask are those who have never been punished by the squad leader. A soldier's right hand is used to hold a gun, and they cannot raise their right hand even to ask a question.

Whoever raises it will be hit on the head.

"speak!!"

"Sir, I know about the infantry battalion. It's a pure light infantry unit, all infantry and light weapons. Our squad leader specifically talked about these last month."

"Yes, that's right."

Tao Junming smiled and nodded: "This comrade has made a good point. What I mean by synthesis is to add artillery, tank soldiers, air defense soldiers, communications soldiers, and engineers to the infantry battalion."

"If it's just an infantry battalion, comrades only need to understand the knowledge of infantry lines."

"But if we add artillery, we must master the combat methods of infantry and artillery, and if we add tanks, we must master the combat methods of infantry and tanks."

"In the future, your Second Battalion will be like the First Battalion next door, with all the tanks and weapons in place."

"This is a new policy that the military region is currently vigorously promoting. You have a heavy burden on your shoulders. Because of this, everyone must be more calm."

"In the future, new policies will be implemented concretely through you and become normalized."

"Comrades, are you ready to face the challenge?"

“Always be prepared!! Always be prepared!!!”

"Comrades, are you ready to overcome all difficulties?"

“Always be prepared!! Always be prepared!!!”

"Comrades, are you ready to go into battle at any time?"

“Always be prepared!! Always be prepared!!!”

"Well, I believe that after four months of recruit training, you have overcome the pain and yourselves."

"You will be greeted with a brand new self here. I know some of you don't really want to join the army, but it doesn't matter."

"What I can tell you is that military life will definitely become the most precious treasure in your life."

"Comrades, you were not awarded ranks at the recruit training center. Today, in our Second Battalion, you will complete the final transformation from local youth to soldiers."

As soon as Tao Junming finished speaking, the cadres from the brigade quickly stepped forward and distributed the ranks of the privates they brought with them.

As for the process of awarding titles.

Tao Lu naturally would not participate.

The two hundred recruits were divided into two companies, and the mobilization of the first company was completed.

Brigade Leader Tao came to the Second Company again and made almost the same speech.

But unsurprisingly, these remarks directly boosted the morale of the recruits in the two companies.

There's nothing much to say about this.

After all, the same words would not have much effect if spoken by a squad leader, a cadre, or even a battalion commander.

But if the brigade commander goes to that station and says a few simple words, he can solve the morale problem of the second battalion, which has too many new recruits.

Even if it's only short-lived, it's enough to last through the New Year's Day combat readiness period.

The mobilization and awarding of ranks were completed. As expected, Brigade Tao called on the battalion-level officers of the First Battalion, including all the battalion-level officers stationed at the Second Battalion.

All gathered in the second battalion headquarters conference room.

Facing these cadres, Tao Junming was not as kind as he was when facing the new comrades just now.

Wait until all participants are in place.

Tao Junming swept his eyes over all the cadres present, and then fixed his gaze on Chen Jun for a while before he spoke: "I believe you have all seen the military region's preparations for this year's annual military exercise over the past two days."

"At yesterday's military district meeting, the chief specifically designated this year as the first year of military reform. The meeting pointed out that those who lag behind will be beaten. The law of the jungle in international competition will never show mercy to the weak."

“The importance of a country depends on the victory of its army.”

"This year, our country has not been at peace. Events in the South China Sea have been reminding us that we must be strong."

"In accordance with the requirements of the military, over the past year, we have always adhered to the principle of making training difficult and strict, and continuously improved the combat readiness of each unit."

"Yesterday, at the military district conference, it was proposed that soldiers should not be idle and trained to face the enemy, and once again emphasized that all units should start from actual combat needs and train troops in a difficult and strict manner, which is the fundamental way to improve the actual combat level of the troops."

"This year's military exercise is codenamed 'Peace Messenger-2016'. We are designated as the Red Army unit, and the 179st Battalion of the th Brigade will represent the entire brigade in the exercise."

"Chen Jun."

"arrive!!"

Hearing the brigade commander calling his name, Chen Jun quickly stood up and responded.

"Your first battalion will participate in this operation, and you will represent the entire brigade. The instructions given to me are just one sentence: use the confrontation exercise as a platform."

"We will encourage command teams at all levels to fight with their brains, train troops according to actual combat conditions, and win through joint efforts."

"I have no other requirements for you. When you are on the battlefield, fire all the necessary types of ammunition, hit all the targets, use all the shooting methods, and use all the organized units."

"Don't worry about logistics. All the logistics units of the 179th Brigade will follow your first battalion and move to the battlefield together."

"Including the military district, we will also arrange some logistics personnel to come and fill in the rear-line organization."

"To put it more bluntly, your First Battalion will participate in the battle with battalion-level firepower, but the combat mission you perform is the brigade-level garrison mission, and the logistical support is also brigade-level logistics."

"Support your battalion to fight to the end."

"Understood?"

"Yes, Brigadier General, I understand."

Brigade Logistics
When Chen Jun heard Brigade Tao talking about the arrangements for the exercise, his heart almost skipped a beat.

A few days ago, he was still planning that if the logistics and transportation could be effective, he would dare to lead a battalion to directly confront the mechanized infantry division.

I didn’t expect that my wish would come true so soon?
Chen Jun was not worried at all about how difficult it would be for a battalion-level unit to defend the position of a brigade-level unit during combat.

When a motorized infantry brigade fights in depth, it is more about filling the line and sending troops to key locations to strengthen the defense or consolidate the position.

Prevent the enemy from breaking through.

The biggest role is to ensure the continuity and integrity of the front line and prevent hostile firepower from using blank areas to attack.

But the comprehensive firepower of the First Battalion is not weak, and with the intelligence provided by other units, they can fill in the gaps.

As long as the logistics can keep up, can't we just keep throwing rockets?

(End of this chapter)