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Chapter 469: Joint training, the beginning of the rainstorm baptism

Feng Qiuhu stared at the outline in his hand. The expenditure on the joint training made his heart tremble.

But Old Feng was quite strong. He looked at Chen Jun standing in front of him waiting for news.

He didn't speak right away.

Instead, we carefully analyzed the current situation in the brigade and conducted a detailed analysis based on the firepower and organization of each battalion.

The purpose of joint training is nothing more than to allow the firepower of the entire brigade to be fully utilized so that they don't have to fight alone.

Before this.

After all, Feng Qiuhu had never actually commanded a combined brigade. All his experience came from the previous motorized infantry brigade, with some simulated combat scenes at most.

But those images can help commanders understand the power of combined brigade operations and the ways and methods of coordination.

But it’s impossible to actually operate it.

The biggest shortcoming of the experience gained from simulation is that the command in reality can never be as perfect as the system simulation.

In other words, Feng Qiuhu currently only has sufficient theoretical combat experience, but has no practical experience at all.

Carry out joint training with the rocket artillery company as the main attack force, let the artillery battalion be the core of the joint training, and the other battalions cooperate passively, so as to gradually become familiar with coordinated operations.

Use the method of spending money to boost the combat effectiveness of the entire brigade.

This solution is feasible.

But Feng Qiuhu didn't dare to make up his mind.

There are many reasons for this, not just the burning of money.

After about ten minutes, Feng Qiuhu, who had been in a daze, suddenly focused his eyes and then he sighed.

He placed the documents in his hand on the desk.

I already have the answer in my heart.

"Times have really changed. This method of fire coverage can now be used in training."

Feng Qiuhu shook his head with emotion, and then he stared at Chen Jun and said, "You handed me a plan and just stood there without saying a word."

"Don't you want to explain?"

"So, the brigade commander agrees?"

Seeing that the brigade commander seemed to be softening his tone, Chen Jun couldn't help but grin.

In fact, he had mentioned this plan a few days ago. After hearing it, the brigade commander went to the military region and inspected the units every day after returning.

Neither saying whether this plan is feasible nor not is the case, and the situation remains at a stalemate.

He brought over a rough training plan today, which was equivalent to putting it on the table.

"Humph, that's all bullshit."

"We are the vanguard. Do you think there is a better way?"

Feng Lu snorted in dissatisfaction.

He immediately stood up and opened the window behind him, facing the waves of heat that hit his face.

Old Feng seemed not to notice. He turned around and sat back in his office chair. He took out a cigarette, threw one to Chen Jun, and lit one for himself.

Then he said leisurely: "I went to the military district to discuss your plan some time ago."

"What Commander Wang means is that every move of our 179th Brigade will now be paid special attention to. If you do it, other units will follow suit."

"We are the vanguard and the weather vane. As the first to try it out, if this joint training plan works, then everyone will be happy."

"But what if it doesn't work?"

As he spoke, Feng Qiuhu exhaled thin smoke from his nose and looked at Chen Jun with deep eyes.

"You know, if this joint training method doesn't work, and so many units have followed suit but haven't seen any results, we definitely don't have to bear the direct responsibility."

"But have you ever thought about the indirect impact?"

"I'm not afraid of trying, but the political commissar and I are afraid that you will try blindly. All units are in a stage of crying out for help, and you say you have a way to be the first to start joint training."

"Then you'd better have a solution. This solution cannot have any margin for error, and it must not allow for the possibility of failure."

"Because you have been so successful along the way, you were touted to the level of the first battalion in the entire army before the New Year."

"If we fail, I can afford to fall, and so can the 179th Brigade, but you can't."

"I have been observing your unit these past few days to check on your possibility of joint training. But you are running to other units every day."

Whenever Feng Qiuhu mentioned this matter, he became furious.

Of course he knew what Chen Jun was doing in other units.

But to him, that's not important. What's important is whether he can take the first step in this joint training.

Once the 179th Brigade takes the step forward, can it withstand the consequences of a series of units following suit?

Chen Jun also grinned after hearing this, and was speechless.

He knew the brigade commander's concerns.

There is a saying that goes, honor is actually a double-edged sword. It has a positive side and naturally a negative side.

My journey from graduation to now can be said to have been smooth sailing and I have made great progress.

However, at this stage, the 179th Combined Brigade is no longer a pilot brigade, but the big brother in the eyes of all combined units.

If Chen Jun’s plan fails, the image of this big brother will collapse instantly.

It will also be consumed slowly.

Brigade Commander Feng is holding this double-edged sword. From the perspective of a brigade commander, he naturally does not want his current influence to be affected by a mistake in a joint training.

This kind of hope is also the indirect reason why the pace of joint training has been slow for so long.

Why does the military reform require the numbers of all old units to be changed?
The biggest reason is that the burden of past glory is too heavy, so heavy that when facing a new era, the first thing to consider when making any decision is not change.

But whether it can be done without affecting oneself.

This is bondage.

Chen Jun took a deep breath and figured out why the brigade commander had not responded directly to the joint training in recent times.

He immediately stood at attention, raised his hand and saluted, "Brigade Commander, I insist on my opinion on the joint training."

"You're holding on to your ass."

Hearing this, Feng Qiuhu raised his head and glared at Chen Jun in anger: "Don't talk nonsense in front of me."

"Keep your persistence and confidence and go to the camp to make a good plan. I will submit the training report to the army."

"But you have to think it through. Once there is movement on your side, the war zone, which originally did not pay attention to the joint training, will immediately turn its attention here."

"Once the troops of the 179th Brigade gather and the artillery fires, the curtain of the joint training will be opened by you, and there will be no way out for you, kid."

"Yes, Brigadier General, I understand!!"

"Row."

Feng Qiuhu picked up the document on the table and threw it to Chen Jun: "Go, notify the entire brigade to hold a video conference."

"Start preparing for war, start mobilizing supplies, and perfect the outline of the joint training. If we are going to do it, we have to make a big noise."

"I'm going to the military district again."

"Yes!!"

The joint training was finally finalized.

After Chen Jun saluted again, he turned and left the brigade commander's meeting room.

Lu Feng sat on the chair with a stern expression. He thought for a while, then stood up and ran to the next room to call Political Commissar Xu.

The two planned to go to the military district together to make a report.

As for why two people have to go together, what the hell is the reason?

Give the commander-in-chief a military order.

At present, all the combined brigades in the five major war zones have not conducted joint training. Does the commander-in-chief want to be the first to step forward?
The answer is obvious, he doesn't want to.

After all, in this kind of environment, steady and cautious is the best option.

If the 179th Brigade wants to make a big move again, the brigade commander and the political commissar must make certain guarantees.

Chen Jun is responsible for the big moves, and the other two are responsible for keeping the bottom line.

. ...

Then Chen Jun had nothing to worry about and could do it without any hesitation.

As for the impact of the joint training, he didn't want to consider it. Being timid was not his character.

Besides, even if he doesn't do it now, in a few days more and more synthetic units will straighten out their internal organization and train their personnel.

Do I have to give up this opportunity to be in the spotlight to someone else?
Chen Jun has always believed that opportunities are seized, not waited for.

As a deputy regimental-level cadre, he is not yet at the stage of being afraid of both wolves and tigers.

Return to the General Staff.

Chen Jun immediately called the training staff and firepower staff and issued instructions to improve the outline of the joint training.

This thing is archived for the military district to read, not for him to refer to.

After the task of joint training was assigned.

Chen Jun also arranged for the communicator Li Wujie to contact all the battalions and immediately convene a video conference.

The brigade rarely notifies people to hold telephone or video conferences. Usually, small meetings are held for big issues, and the brigade commander, political commissar, chief of staff, military section, etc. just discuss the matter and that's it.

For small matters, we hold a general meeting. For example, for the weekly summary, the battalion commanders and political instructors of each battalion will come and make reports.

But once it involves a telephone or video conference, it concerns all the cadres in the brigade. It may not be a big deal, but it must involve a wide range of people.

This is an open secret in the brigade.

After half an hour.

When Chen Jun and the staff came to the conference room, the picture on the big screen in the conference room had been divided into small screens.

It is divided into four battalions: the logistics support battalion, the reconnaissance battalion, the artillery battalion, the combat support battalion, and the air defense battalion. All the battalion commanders and political instructors of the 9th Battalion of the 1st Brigade lead the company commanders and platoon leaders under their jurisdiction.

All in place.

That guy, Chen Jun just looked up at the screen, and all he could see was a sea of ​​heads.

Chen Jun rarely participated in such occasions, mainly because Tao Lu was too efficient in the past and would just call people over when there was something to deal with.

As a result, most of the cadres in the brigade have this kind of character.

Chen Jun was not quite used to seeing so many people suddenly entering the video.

“Hello, comrades!!”

Chen Jun raised his hand and greeted.

"Well, let me make it short."

"After the meeting, all battalions will immediately sound the combat readiness alarm. From now on, the entire brigade will enter combat readiness status."

"Lao Liang."

"arrive!!!"

Liang Kexiang was sitting in the conference room with his group of cadres, listening to the lecture.

Suddenly he heard the chief of staff calling him, and he quickly stood up and responded.

"What's the current situation of your logistics battalion? If we train together, will there be any problems?"

"Reporting to the Chief of Staff, no problem."

Liang Kexiang said in a loud voice that, in a sense, he, the battalion commander of the logistics battalion, was the only battalion commander recommended by Chen Jun in the 179th Brigade.

No matter what you say, you can't lose face for the Chief of Staff. Even if there are problems, you have to overcome them.

"Well, starting from tomorrow, the logistics department will be fully connected with the military region's joint logistics department to reserve ammunition and fuel according to combat readiness standards, and prepare enough for at least three days of losses."

"Yes!!"

"Other units." Chen Jun glanced across the big screen: "I believe you already know what we are going to do next."

"Yes, it's joint training."

"Comrades, as the saying goes, an ugly daughter-in-law still has to meet her parents-in-law. The training time of our brigade and its battalions is not short."

"Compared with the previous combined battalions, the current conditions of the various battalions fully meet the conditions for being pulled out for training."

"But then again, how should the combined brigade conduct joint training, how should this battle be fought, and how should the various units cooperate with each other?"

“We have no experience, no one to learn from, and no unit to learn from.”

“We can only figure it out on our own.”

"Since there are too many people and complicated weapons and equipment, it will be difficult to command each unit, so I have drafted a plan."

I listened to Chief of Staff Chen explaining the entire joint training plan bit by bit.

The artillery battalion commander Wu Gaochuan listened with shock on his face and almost didn't react for a moment.

After all, according to his understanding, shouldn’t the joint training be led by four combined battalions?

With offensive as the main focus, is it the beginning of the deployment of all brigade forces?

Because the organization of the combined brigade is actually a large-sized combined battalion, and the firepower organization of the military region is also a large-sized combined brigade.

With this kind of organization, no matter how you look at it, the combined battalion should be the main attacking force.

Why did it start from the artillery camp?

In fact, Chen Jun didn't want to move the combined battalion? He definitely wanted to move it too.

But the problem is, when they just start training together, who will be their opponents?
Other units are eager to see how the 179th Brigade performs.

Today's combined battalion is not the same as before. Its configuration is now modularized.

The 179th Brigade has four combined battalions under its jurisdiction, with a unified organization of three infantry companies, two tank companies, one artillery company, one combat support company, and one logistics support company.

Command becomes easier and maneuvering becomes faster.

Heavy firepower has been greatly reduced.

If you only attack an imaginary enemy target, only hit a hill or a demarcated area, the imaginary enemy will not be able to fight back.

Four combined battalions were deployed and could maneuver to the battlefield at the fastest speed.

With more flexible combat options, the following battalions can only watch the fun.

The joint training will be over.

What's the point of this?

Chen Jun had led a combined battalion before. How could he not know how to command a combined battalion?
From the beginning to the end, the focus of Chen Jun’s training was logistics training.

Anyway, in Chen Jun's opinion, except for the combined battalion, the remaining battalion-level units of the 179th Brigade can be classified as logistics serving the combined operations.

Including the artillery battalion.

If you want the entire brigade to have combat effectiveness, it is not enough to just make a few combined battalions reach a certain level of combat effectiveness.

Instead, let the real reserve force start moving.

As long as the artillery battalion, reconnaissance battalion, logistics battalion and combat support battalion can work in harmony, the 179th Brigade will be able to demonstrate a certain level of combat effectiveness under the command of Chen Jun.

This is a training method tailored to his personal habits, and may not work well in other units.

But Chen Jun himself definitely meets the requirements.

His confidence comes from the fact that he had led a combined battalion before and knows how to command. It doesn't matter whether the current joint training outline includes a combined battalion or not.

After the meeting, the entire brigade began to prepare for combat.

And the other side.

Feng Qiuhu, who had just signed a military order to the commander-in-chief, came out of the military district headquarters.

He suddenly looked up at the sky that had been clear just a moment ago. It had become gloomy without him noticing, and his whole body was enveloped by a stuffy feeling as if a heavy rain was about to come.

It was almost suffocating.

Old Feng stopped for a moment, then shook his head slightly. He didn't care whether it rained or not.

Follow the political commissar's footsteps and quickly return to the unit.

Because once the joint training begins, the attention of the military region and the war zone will once again be focused on the 179th Brigade.

Now let’s talk about the trip.

The influence is no less than that of a baptism of heavy rain.

(End of this chapter)