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

Chapter 470: Extra bet, this time we have to try something new

It is not yet clear whether the 179th Brigade will be baptized by heavy rain, but in the next few days.

It's really bad weather.

There were several consecutive heavy rainstorms near Pengcheng.

The joint training plan that had just been formulated for Chen Jun had invisibly added a lot of difficulty.

Since Chen Jun notified the entire brigade to be on combat readiness, he has not been idle either.

After all, it's a joint training.

At first glance, this seems to be just training on a larger scale.

But basically, it's no different from combat.

All the new tanks of the brigade must be inspected and maintained uniformly, which is a huge project.

The combined brigade-level training was a brand new unit for the officers of the 179th Brigade, and many of the tanks they came into contact with were also new models.

There are quite a few battalions that have been established for half a year, but some tanks have never fired a single shot.

Whether a new equipment, especially heavy equipment, is excellent is not determined by its firepower or its maneuverability.

When it comes to the real thing, the only thing to look at is stability.

For this joint training, the military district specially dispatched a large number of tank engineers to assist in care and maintenance.

Strive to ensure smooth progress in the next work.

In terms of logistics, the military district has provided great convenience, with hundreds of troop transport trucks transporting supplies and starting storage every day.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

Seeing the strong support from the military district, Chen Jun finally understood why the brigade commander was so cautious at first.

This is the first unit to decide on joint training, so it is attracting a lot of attention.

And Brigade Commander Feng said that there would be no problem if the 179th Brigade conducted joint training.

This method of combined training will not only be implemented in various units, but will also serve as a whetstone for the 179th Brigade in its subsequent combined operations.

Meet the challenges of other units.

After all, who made you have a certain level of combat effectiveness?

Many things were consistent with what Chen Jun had originally thought, but some were beyond his expectations.

What I didn't expect was that the military region and the theater of operations successively stated that they would arrange people to come to the brigade headquarters to watch the joint training in person.

As for the joint training with the artillery battalion as the main attack and other units passively cooperating, this only suits my own situation.

Chen Jun kept his mouth shut and didn't tell anyone.

As for the reasons, there are only two.

First, he can command a combined forces battalion and has sufficient experience, which is obvious to all.

Second, any commander or fighter with a little experience, as long as they put aside the issue of spending money, can see that this method is one that Chen Jun tailored for himself.

But so what?
In terms of synthetic formation, many units have passed the first stage, which was the period of lack of people and backbones. The next thing to consider is how to form combat effectiveness.

They have never commanded a combined battalion in combat, so it doesn't matter which method they use.

Anyway, everyone is just groping in the early stages.

8 month 4 number.

That was the morning of the third day when Chen Jun ordered the entire brigade to enter combat readiness.

Li Wujie drove Chen Jun straight to the artillery camp.

It's time to make final preparations.

Looking out the car window, the heavy rain was pouring down, the rain curtain blocked the view, and the visibility was less than 300 meters.

Li Wujie turned his head and glanced at Chen Jun: "Captain, it's been raining outside. Will the joint training still go on tomorrow?"

"Drive your car. The military and war zone will have people coming this afternoon. Can we not proceed?"

"Next time you ask a question, shake your brain up and think about it before you ask."

Chen Jun cursed with a smile, then he turned to look out the car window.

There was a hint of worry in his eyes.

In fact, it’s no wonder that Xiao Wu asked this question. Just now at the General Staff Headquarters, several training staff officers also mentioned this matter.

It's just that this kid heard it and deliberately showed it off.

Don't make a fuss about it.

Don’t say that wars don’t always break out on sunny days, and soldiers should not suspend training because of a heavy rain.

This is totally irrelevant.

The entire combined brigade was deployed for the first time. The equipment and number of people combined were enough to match the size of the entire army of some small countries.

In this case, all aspects of the problem must be taken into consideration.

Rain, especially heavy rain, will make the entire exercise environment more complicated.

Compared to sunny days, there are considerable more difficulties and uncertainties.

I won’t talk about things like obstructing vision and affecting mobility.

These are the simplest troubles.

The most troublesome thing is that when it rains, if the front line is stretched too long, the transmission of radio signals will be interfered with, or even interrupted or extremely unstable.

This directly brings considerable difficulties to the communication between the commander and various units, as it is impossible to transmit instructions and receive battlefield intelligence in a timely manner.

It will also lead to delayed decision-making and even tactical errors, increasing the difficulty of operations.

The worst thing is that firepower weapons and electronic equipment may malfunction, making navigation and target positioning relatively difficult.

This is very unfriendly to the upcoming joint training.

For this joint training.

In the afternoon, people from the military region and the theater will come to the brigade in advance to personally watch the entire progress of tomorrow's joint training.

The sudden encounter with such bad weather made Chen Jun feel uneasy.

Came to the rocket artillery company of the artillery battalion.

Li Wujie drove the car to the eaves next to the artillery range, and Chen Jun had just got out of the car.

The artillery battalion commander Wu Gaochuan came over in a hurry. In the past two days, Chief of Staff Chen has become a frequent visitor to their artillery battalion.

"chief of staff!!"

"Ah."

Chen Jun got out of the car and glanced at the nine Type 11 122 rocket launchers in the distance. A group of tank engineers were still busy next to them.

As he walked towards the artillery vehicle, he looked back at Wu Gaochuan: "Lao Gao, how is the investigation going?"

"No problem."

Upon hearing this, Wu Gaochuan raised his hand to wipe the rain off his cheek, and introduced with a happy face: "The electrical systems, fluid pipelines, and guidance and navigation control systems of these artillery vehicles have been tested dozens of times to ensure that there are no hidden dangers."

"The explosives have also been checked, and the telemetry and remote control systems, gyroscopes and other equipment are all working properly, ensuring that the instructions are transmitted and executed correctly."

“And fuel testing.”

Captain Wu mumbled a bunch of inspection subjects, but Chen Jun could only understand half of them.

He doesn't understand stuff that's too professional.

The reason why I have been running to the artillery battalion these two days is purely because in this joint training, the artillery battalion is the main attacking force and the other battalions cooperate.

If the rocket launchers all misfire, then what's the point of using them?

"We must conduct a thorough investigation to ensure that nothing goes wrong."

Chen Jun nodded and gave an instruction, then stood next to the rocket launcher vehicle, looking thoughtfully at the huge machine in front of him.

This type 11 122mm rocket launcher is not the first time that the 179th Brigade has been equipped with it. It was previously used in the combined battalion.

But at that time, it was the trump card of the entire battalion and could be used once at most. If it was deployed in advance, it could barely meet two rounds of launches, but no more.

Because the battalion-level logistics cannot keep up, there is no ability to fight sustainably.

Things are different now. With brigade-level logistics support and the entire logistics support battalion to provide assistance to the artillery battalion, these nine 122 rocket launchers will no longer be treasures kept in the bottom of the box.

It's a conventional offensive method.

"It would be nice to have an opponent during this joint training." Chen Jun looked at the artillery vehicle in front of him and couldn't help but grumble in his heart.

It was also the first time for him to command such a large-scale army, if he only attacked the predetermined marked points.

I always feel like something is missing.

It feels like commanding thousands of people and wandering around like a headless fly.

Not happy at all.

But Chen Jun also knew that it would be difficult for him to find an opponent under such circumstances.

After all, apart from the 179th Combined Brigade of the st Army, the other five combined brigades are probably now actively looking at the results of their own joint training.

He was still thinking about studying, and no one wanted to fight with him face to face at this time.

After taking a tour of the artillery battalion and finding no problems, Chen Jun went to the logistics, reconnaissance, combat support, air defense, combined battalion 1, and the 2nd battalion base.

We took a walk around together.

Although it was the first joint training and Chen Jun did not plan to lead the combined battalion for fun, the necessary preparations still had to be made.

While testing the coordination and cooperation capabilities of the other battalions, if there is an opportunity during joint training, we should still give the four battalions appropriate opportunities to deploy.

Otherwise, such a large-scale mobilization.

If you practice from beginning to end but the main players are just watching from behind, it doesn't seem to be the case.

After inspecting all the camps, it was almost noon.

Chen Jun returned to the brigade headquarters. He had just got off the car and was rubbing his hungry belly. He had not yet had time to go to the cafeteria.

The clerk from the brigade came running over.

"Chief of Staff, the brigade commander wants you to go to his office now."

"Now?!!"

Chen Jun felt a little strange when he heard this, and he subconsciously looked up at the government building in the distance.

You know, because of the joint training.

The person Feng Lu least wanted to see in the past few days was him, so why did he call him?

Thinking that someone from above might have come earlier, Chen Jun immediately lowered his voice and asked, "Did any leader from the military region come over this morning?"

"No."

The clerk shook his head and added, "But the brigade commander was very busy this morning. He was answering phone calls in the office. From what I heard, it should be the latest instructions from the military region."

"Chief of Staff, you should go and take a look."

"Okay, I see."

Chen Jun responded, told Li Wujie to go to the cafeteria to eat, and brought him a copy in the office.

Then he quickly walked towards the office building.

At this time, the heavy rain that had been falling for three consecutive days seemed to be stopping.

The feeling of humidity and heat eased slightly, and the sun began to rise. Chen Jun glanced at the sky, shook his head slightly, and walked into the office building.

Because he had to take charge of the joint training, Chen Jun felt that his brain was not enough these days.

He was either paying attention to the weather or the terrain, and paying attention to the preparatory work of each unit. Before the joint training began, he had already imagined the joint training process under various complex environments in his mind.

I've demonstrated this dozens of times.

There's nothing I can do about it. As a commander, it's common to have sleepless nights before a battle.

War is a matter of great importance to a state, a matter of life and death.

Don't try to command thousands of people, calculate various possibilities in your mind, consider everything from the main force to the logistical arrangements, guarantees from all parties and so on.

I can't feel this kind of pressure at all.

Chen Jun had never had this feeling before, mainly because he had never commanded a brigade.

Came to the brigade commander's office.

He didn't even wait for Chen Jun to stand at attention and salute.

Feng Qiuhu waved his hand and pointed to the sofa beside him and said, "Sit there and rest for a while."

"I saw you running around for the joint training these past two days. How are you preparing?"

"How are the camps doing?"

"Brigade Commander, no problem, we can proceed with the joint training as normal tomorrow."

Chen Jun sat on the sofa and rubbed his temples to make himself more awake.

That’s right, he had completely lost sleep over the past two days because of the joint training.

Looking at Chen Jun's tired expression, Feng Qiuhu couldn't help but laugh.

In fact, if we really compare, Chen Jun's first experience with brigade-level command was already much stronger than he was back then.

When Lao Feng participated in the exercise for the first time as the chief of staff of the motorized infantry brigade, the entire brigade unit was dispersed and interspersed in various battlefields. He commanded for five or six days in a row. The brigade could not bear it anymore and it was time to rest.

As soon as Feng Qiuhu took over the command of the entire brigade, he was overwhelmed by reports on filling the line, reports on troop replenishment, logistical supply, firepower output, support delays and other issues.

In comparison, Chen Jun did quite well as he did not collapse from exhaustion.

But no matter how tiring it was, this was a critical moment for Chen Jun to make the transition from battalion-level command to brigade-level command.

Even if you have to endure, you have to persevere.

Feng Qiuhu sat and waited for Chen Jun to rest for a while before he spoke: "Go take a nap after dinner. If anything happens, I will arrange for someone to call you."

"Tomorrow we'll start joint training, which will be very strenuous."

"By the way, the military district did not make any adjustments this morning, but the war zone issued instructions."

"We can train together, but we must have a corresponding opponent."

"opponent?!!"

Hearing these two words, Chen Jun, who was originally a little tired, immediately stood up with shining eyes and stared at Feng Qiuhu.

"Brigade Commander, who are our opponents?"

"The 236th Combined Brigade has four combined battalions under it. At the beginning of the combined training tomorrow, they will be your targets for attack and will cooperate with this training."

Feng Qiuhu looked at Chen Jun's excitement and couldn't help but smiled and explained: "It's impossible for the theater to watch you make such a big scene just to make the logistics battalion cooperate passively."

"Since it's a joint training, other units will also have to train, so why not let the 236th Brigade cooperate with you."

"what do you think?"

“Haha, I think it’s very exciting.”

Without even thinking, Chen Jun laughed out loud: "I was thinking this morning that it would be nice to have an opponent, but I didn't expect one to come to me so soon."

"Having a target that can move and fight back is much better than hitting those predetermined targets that can't move."

"Does your Tyrannosaurus Rex team need to go into battle this time? Only actual combat training can develop their abilities."

Feng Qiuhu took the initiative to mention the team that Chen Jun had specially formed some time ago.

But obviously.

Chen Jun was not interested in Lao Feng's proposal.

The Tyrannosaurus Squad is a hidden weapon, to be used in the future when the enemy is least expected.

It's just a joint training, one brigade fighting against four enemy battalions. It's a very powerful battle and it's no use using those sneaky moves.

That really shouldn't have happened.

What's more, Chen Jun knew the capabilities of the combined battalion. The 236th Brigade was the unit of Ji Tong, the Chief of Staff Ji whom Chen Jun knew during the training camp.

The combined forces battalion under that unit is equipped with an enemy identification system and a battlefield unit identification system, making it impossible for outsiders to be inserted.

If you want to beat them, there are many ways.

There is no need to take the most troublesome measures.

Upon learning that they would be fighting against the four combined battalions of the 236th Brigade tomorrow, Chen Jun felt refreshed.

He immediately said goodbye to Brigade Feng and drove to the Combat Support Battalion to re-plan his deployment.

He has always led a combined battalion, but has never fought against a combined battalion. This time he wants to try something new.

(End of this chapter)