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Chapter 383: Imitation War, Big Trouble After the Show
As several leaders entered the conference room, all the officers who were originally sitting on both sides of the conference table stood up and stood at attention.

"Hello, Chief!!"

Everyone's voice was loud and in unison.

In fact, not only Chen Jun, Cao Tiande and Tao Junming did not expect that so many leaders would come to this meeting.

Even the division-level cadres who were notified in advance and came to attend the meeting were present because of the arrival of several leaders.

And was startled.

It is normal for the theater commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief to appear, because one of them is the chief director of the exercise and the other is the deputy chief judge.

There is no need to ask the chief referee, that is the job of the political commissar.

But the arrival of the Army Commander-in-Chief and people from the Joint Chiefs of Staff was quite surprising.

Because in general.

These two would only show up when there was a large-scale military exercise involving the three armed forces. Unexpectedly, they all gathered in Fuzhou today.

Look, the old man is coming.

Chen Jun no longer dared to show off. He stood straighter than the brigade commander and stared straight ahead.

His expression was serious.

"All sit down."

Shen Hongwei, commander-in-chief of the theater, waved his hand and signaled everyone to take a seat.

"To make a long story short, today's meeting will focus on what the exercise will be about."

"Early this morning, the 1221th Brigade of the Blue Army in the 16 area encountered covering artillery attacks from the Red Army."

"Come, hand over the brigade's damage report."

As Shen Hongwei finished speaking, he looked directly at Cao Tiande.

Lao Cao did not expect the commander-in-chief to be so direct. He didn't even make an opening statement and just wanted to see the battle damage report.

But does he dare not give it?

Usually, just act arrogantly in your own brigade.

Here, he didn't have the courage to put on the attitude of "all is yours" as he did just now.

Noticing the commander-in-chief's gaze, Cao Tiande quickly stood up.

He quickly handed the prepared battle damage report to Shen Hongwei.

The commander-in-chief didn't even reach out to take it. It was Cao Tiande's old regiment commander, Yi Zhengming, the deputy commander-in-chief of the theater, who took it and passed it to the division-level cadres present.

It was also passed to Chen Jun.

My goodness, it was not until now that Chen Jun figured out who he had bombed this morning.

Could it be that they had bombed the 31st Army, the Amphibious Armored Brigade?

Doesn’t that mean the person who submitted the report is Cao Tiande, the brigade commander of the 16th Brigade?
While Chen Jun was thinking, he looked up at Lao Cao belatedly. At the same time, for the first time in his life, he felt sympathy for his enemy.

In his previous life, Chen Jun participated in many large-scale exercises and countless actual combat operations.

These experiences taught him that the battlefield is a place where you fight to the death, including in exercises.

Therefore, when Chen Jun was commanding a battle, his style would intentionally or unintentionally show a ruthless and decisive side.

It all has to do with experience.

Many times, in order to achieve the ultimate victory, he would launch an attack at all costs to find the enemy's traces while ensuring that his own side would not suffer heavy casualties.

Chen Jun will firmly grasp the enemy's weaknesses and will never give up until he achieves his goal.

That is, in the morning, the third round of rockets was not available.

Otherwise, the 16th Brigade’s casualties would definitely not be as simple as exceeding percent.

The reason for sympathy was that Chen Jun had already vaguely guessed why so many leaders could come to this meeting.

There is no other reason.

This is because this battle was fought by the 179th Brigade, and the 179th Brigade only deployed one combined battalion.

At the critical juncture of promoting synthesis, the purpose of this meeting is self-evident, judging from the people present, except Chen Jun, Lao Cao, and Tao Junming.

The rest are division-level cadres, and they can see a clue.

In today's meeting, Chen Jun is destined to be the most dazzling one, and the 16th Brigade will be used as a negative example.

Chen Jun felt that even if his guess was incorrect, it would not be too far off. He actually felt a little sympathy for Lao Cao, although the sympathy was not much.

After the battle damage report was issued.

Shen Hongwei didn't say anything else, but Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yi Zhengming looked up at Cao Tiande.

He asked in a deep voice: "Old Cao, tell me, how did you command this battle?"

"Within ten minutes of notification, the entire brigade suffered over 80% casualties. Is this the kind of battle you fought?"

"If you can lead the 16th Brigade, then lead it. If you can't, get out of here as soon as possible. Is this how you fight a war?"

"Are you mute?"

Listening to the old commander's angry curse, Cao Tiande swallowed hard.

He knew very well that the old captain was protecting him by scolding him. After all, since someone had scolded him, the remaining ones would generally not hold on to the matter anymore.

"Report, regarding the operation this morning, we did make a big mistake. I need to make a profound self-examination."

"Review what?"

"First explain your problem clearly."

Yi Zhengming was disappointed with Cao Tiande and interrupted him, then continued: "Then tell me why your 16th Brigade noticed that there were scouts of the Red Army nearby."

“No countermeasures were taken immediately?”

"After the first round of bombing, when the entire brigade had no early warning system, who directed all the soldiers to rescue the tanks?"

"Cao Tiande, you bastard, do you know that because of your mistake in command, we lost more than 4,000 troops in ten minutes?"

"That's four to five hundred comrades dying every minute. If this happened on the battlefield, I would have killed you."

Yi Zhengming became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and finally he slammed the table and started cursing.

There was certainly some performance involved, but more of it was really to protect him.

The people above are not against making mistakes in combat, but they absolutely cannot tolerate such low-level mistakes.

If Yi Zhengming hadn't scolded him, Cao Tiande would most likely have been transferred to a idle unit after the exercise because of the battle he fought.

Then, the next year, he took advantage of the military reform to retire and return home.

War is no joke.

Military reform is not a joke to you.

You're causing such a scandal at this critical moment. Do you really think that the leader came here today just to play house with you?
After being scolded, Cao Tiande hung his head and dared not say a word.

Shen Hongwei and Li Zhenhua looked at each other and said nothing.

Instead, Chen Huanran smiled and knocked on the conference table and said, "Okay, okay, let's discuss the issue of the 16th Brigade later."

"Cao"

"Cao Tiande, report to the commander. My name is Cao Tiande, commander of the 31th Amphibious Armored Brigade of the 16st Army."

When Lao Cao saw that the leader couldn't remember his name, he quickly added a sentence.

"Ah."

Chen Huanran nodded: "Brigade Commander Cao, do you know who attacked your troops this morning?"

"Report, not clear."

Cao Tiande shook his head very honestly.

Not to mention that he didn't know, the news of this attack was kept very secret by the directorate. Most of the cadres present knew that the Red Army had launched a large-scale artillery fire today.

Attacked the Blue Army 16th Brigade.

But few people know who hit him.

Hearing that the topic had finally shifted to himself, Chen Jun immediately straightened his body.

There was no need for the leaders to remind him, Chen Jun knew that it was time to get up. In addition, Tao Lu was sitting next to him, his throat was as sore as if he had phlegm stuck, and he kept reminding him.

If he didn't stand up, Chen Jun would suspect that the brigade commander would just grab him.

"Report, I am the 16th Brigade that organized the attack."

After Chen Jun stood up, he admitted it very frankly.

But with just this one sentence, except for a few leaders who knew the truth, everyone at the scene remained indifferent.

Those division-level cadres all had a flash of shock in their eyes at the same time, and they all looked at Chen Jun.

This is not to say that he has a distinctive appearance.

At the beginning of the exercise, an amphibious armored brigade was destroyed in ten minutes, regardless of whether it was the result of the negligence of the 16th Brigade.

Just based on this achievement, combined with Chen Jun’s age, it is really a great achievement for everyone present.

It brought too much impact.

I would like to ask other units, who is sure to destroy an amphibious armored brigade in ten minutes?

Among the unexpected crowd was Li Hongyang, the commander of the 124th Division.

This morning, he also received the coordinates of the Red Army intercepted by the 16th Brigade's ballistic radar.

As a member of the Blue Team, Li Hongyang did intend to counterattack and not give the Red Team a chance to react.

But before he could mobilize his firepower, the directorate announced a ceasefire.

Li Hongyang is no stranger to Chen Jun.

Strictly speaking, this guy is his future son-in-law. The old man has four sons, Li Hongyang is the fourth, and their generation is the Hong generation.

The eldest is Li Hongtao, the second is Li Hongliang, the third is Li Hongbo, and the fourth, who is Li Haiyao’s father, is Li Hongyang.

Among them, only the third brother's family has no one serving in the army. Some of them are engaged in business and some are in politics.

The eldest brother, Li Hongtao, is the chief of staff of the Western Theater Command and the most capable of the four brothers. The second oldest is the political commissar of the First Guard Division of the garrison.

The fourth brother is currently the commander of the 124th Division.

Li Hongyang naturally knew Chen Jun and had seen his photo, but he did not expect that the battle in the morning was fought by his son-in-law.

If the directorate hadn't issued a ceasefire order, the two of them would probably have fought on the battlefield before they even met.

However, Li Hongyang has no intention of recognizing this son-in-law at the moment. No matter what, he has to wait until after this exercise.

But Li Hongyang was surprised.

Cao Tiande, who had been standing nearby with his head hung, now felt as if he had a dead mouse in his mouth. It was so disgusting.

Lao Cao turned his head and looked at Chen Jun with his eyes wide open: "Did you give the order to attack?"

"Which unit are you from?"

"Reporting to the brigade commander, my name is Chen Jun, and I am currently serving as the battalion commander of the 179th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the First Army."

Chen Jun turned around and saluted, responding neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"A combined battalion?"

"So you are Chen Jun."

Cao Tiande frowned, and a feeling of absurdity instantly enveloped his whole body.

He finally understood why Lao Qin had said that just now. He was afraid that he couldn't bear the blow.

Before this, he thought that the attackers of their 16th Brigade might be a division-level battle group of the Red Army, or at least a brigade-level one.

After all, the 122mm modular rocket launcher is not a firepower that can be equipped below the brigade level.

In terms of logistics alone, even a smaller battle group cannot support it.

Their 16th Brigade doesn’t even have these great treasures yet.

The result is now told to him that the entire amphibious armored brigade was caught off guard and had no ability to fight back.

In the end, it was the battalion-level units that fought?

It would be better to say that the camp blew up by itself after a sleep, which would be easier for Lao Cao to accept.

After figuring out the situation.

Not only Chen Jun felt a little sympathetic towards Cao Tiande, many people present began to sympathize with him.

The main reason is that it's so damn embarrassing.

For a battalion-level unit, this kind of record is brilliant and incomparable.

But for the 16th Brigade, the stain can never be washed away.

The atmosphere in the meeting room gradually became tense.

Shen Hongwei, the commander-in-chief of the theater, who had not spoken for a long time, raised his hand and knocked on the conference table: "Okay, let's stop discussing the failure of the 16th Brigade for now."

"Chen Jun."

"arrive!!"

"Your First Battalion has performed very well in this exercise. So, you should tell us what the troops are doing in this exercise."

"Yes, Chief."

Chen Jun raised his hand to salute again, then he looked up and thought for a moment before answering, "Commander, I personally believe that military exercises, as an important military operation, have many forms and naturally different effects."

"Military exercises, which can also be called an advanced form of military training, generally refer to a series of combat command and action exercises conducted by troops under the organization of the directorate and the guidance of assumed situations."

"If we look at the level of the exercises, they can be divided into strategic exercises, campaign exercises, and tactical exercises."

"If we look at the form of the exercise, it can be divided into unilateral exercise and confrontation exercise."

"If we differentiate them based on the objects of the exercises, they can be divided into headquarters exercises and actual troop exercises."

"Based on the purpose of the exercise, it can be divided into test exercises, research exercises, demonstration exercises, etc."

"There are many factors that can affect war, and no army can perfectly replicate all the characteristics and combat forms of the enemy."

"The simulation of an imaginary enemy is always only an important factor affecting the effectiveness of military exercises. Even if we form a special imaginary enemy force, we must consider its size."

“Ultimately it’s hard to meet the needs of all the troops.”

"So I personally think that no matter what form it takes, it is more of a simulation of war than an exercise."

"Since it is a simulated war, we must naturally abide by the rules of war. When conducting an exercise, we don't need to think about how to act, but how to fight."

"Treat the battlefield of the exercise as a real battlefield, and treat the enemy of the exercise as a real enemy."

“This is the specific aspect of the exercise.”

Chen Jun expressed his views in a strong and powerful voice.

"Okay, that's right. The exercise is a simulated war."

The commander-in-chief of the theater was obviously very satisfied with Chen Jun's answer.

“You are not the first one to put forward this view, but you are the youngest comrade to put forward this view.”

"Go ahead and fight. I hope you can show me what a simulated war is through your actual actions."

"It's getting late, comrades. I hope that situations like those in the 16th Brigade will not happen again."

"We spend so much manpower, material resources, and financial resources just to strive to learn new and valuable experience in every battle."

"Let's adjourn."

After Shen Hongwei finished speaking, he stood up first.

Several other leaders also stood up and left one after another.

Even Cao Tiande didn't want to stay here any longer. He didn't want to see Chen Jun for even a second.

By the time everyone is almost gone.

Tao Junming sighed anxiously, raised his hand and patted Chen Jun's shoulder without saying anything.

I was praised by the leader at the meeting and really stole the show.

But this doesn’t mean it’s all good.

At least until this battle is over, it's not a good thing.
Because Lao Tao knew very well that once the order for actual military confrontation was issued again.

The first battalion would immediately become the target of concentrated fire from the Blue Army.

Because all the division-level cadres who came to attend the meeting just now were from the Blue Army, and the Red Army did not receive any notice at all.

For the Blues right now.

The top priority is to resolve this unstable factor first.

After all, there wasn't any blue unit.

We can tolerate a unit that can destroy an armored brigade in ten minutes.

Next comes the real challenge.

(End of this chapter)