The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 322: Operational Introduction Learning (Subscription Request)

Malone Contract Tactical Training Base.

The medium-sized combined brigade is conducting shooting training.

Type 81 medium tanks were lined up in a row and firing at the target.

The scene is very spectacular.

Aim and shoot!
"Boom~~"

The tank guns continued to roar, and targets in the distance continued to explode.

Liu Tao was holding a telescope and looking.

If we really go to the battlefield and launch such a round of artillery bombardment on the enemy's defensive positions, I am afraid that many enemies will be killed.

But firing a cannon and firing it accurately are two completely different things.

Being able to shoot accurately in normal times is another matter entirely, but being able to shoot accurately on the battlefield is another matter entirely.

The officers and soldiers of the three combined brigades are all very young, and about one-third of them have been on the battlefield.

Of course, having been to the battlefield does not mean having killed anyone. These are two different things.

"How are the soldiers doing in their studies?" Liu Tao asked.

Zhao Guoping said: "Now we usually hold study classes to teach soldiers all kinds of knowledge, but many soldiers have poor basics and have not yet mastered the knowledge well."

You can join the army after graduating from junior high school, but in reality, this is very empty talk, because in that era, the knowledge and cultural level of junior high school students was not high.

Thirty or forty years later, there are always people complaining that the college entrance examinations in the 1980s and 1990s are more valuable. This is actually not true. The educational conditions in the 1980s and 1990s were limited, and the difficulty of the college entrance examination was relatively low.

Overall, the country's overall education level is constantly rising.

"You need to work harder and go to technical secondary schools, high schools, and even junior colleges and undergraduate institutions to recruit students," Liu Tao said in a deep voice.

He has a junior high school education and is okay as an infantryman.

However, it is not enough for tank commanders, self-propelled anti-aircraft gun commanders, etc.

Because these vehicle commanders need to learn and master a lot of knowledge and command the entire armored vehicle, this requires soldiers with higher education because they have stronger learning abilities and can better master relevant technologies.

Similarly, informationized troops also need a high level of education.

There are also radar soldiers and other technical soldiers. It is not enough to rely solely on junior high school education.

In other words, the cultivation period will be longer.

Liu Tao seemed to have thought of something and asked, "How is the training of military cadres going to military academies going?"

Low-level cadres go to low-level military academies to study, middle-level cadres go to middle-level military academies to study, and senior cadres go to high-level military academies to study.

This kind of study generally takes nine months to two years, while for key training courses at military academies, it takes three years.

"Now is the second batch of students going for further studies, and the third batch will be sent for further studies in the second half of the year," said Zhao Guoping.

Liu Tao nodded slightly.

This is also the policy support given to the three combined brigades from above, so that more cadres can receive systematic military education and training.

Speaking of which, the cadre teams of the three combined brigades are of luxurious quality in China at that time.

There are both teams from the original combined battalion, as well as generals and heroes from the army who come to support them.

Among the cadres, those with high education are probably the most numerous in the division-level and brigade-level combat units of the entire People's Liberation Army.

It’s just that Liu Tao has high expectations and requirements for the combined brigade.

He wished that all technical soldiers had a college degree.

Liu Tao didn't know how to train the troops, that was the job of Li Fuguo, Zhao Guoping and others. All he could do was to prepare sufficient food, ammunition, and various weapons and ammunition for them.

He would do his best to help the combined forces brigade solve whatever they needed.

I visited the three combined brigades at the Malong Training Base and learned about their situations.

In the evening, after dinner, at seven o'clock, at the ground command center of the heavy combined brigade.

The projector shone on the wall, and a military laptop was connected to the projector.

Li Fuguo is introducing the situation on the front line.

Although the Ma Long training base is far away from the front line, they are always keeping an eye on the fighting on the front line.

Even though they did not participate in the battles, the special forces took turns going to Southeast Asia to participate in various battles, in order to understand the terrain conditions and military strength, as well as to accumulate their own combat effectiveness.

At present, the special forces have been expanded to 144 people, with 12 people in each team, and a total of 12 teams, which is a special squadron.

The entire special forces is the only combat unit among the three combined brigades that has fought on the battlefield and killed people, and is also the most combat-effective.

Because they are in the south, the special forces' combat style is very obvious, and they are good at fighting in mountains and forests.

The command center has a series of sand tables, which show the current situation on the front line.

The combat on the front line is not a large-scale battle, but a small-scale battle.

Our army is on the defensive side, with an advantageous position and a strength of one division. The enemy army is on the offensive side, with a strength of three divisions.

The battle was mainly conducted by infantry and artillery, and the air forces of both sides had a tacit understanding, so aircraft rarely appeared on the battlefield.

In addition, there are tank armored troops.

Li Fuguo introduced the situation on the front line and also provided photos taken by the special forces.

On the front line, our army built a complete set of defensive fortifications and used them to continuously kill and injure the enemy.

The battle line was very long, including Laoshan, Zheyinshan, Koulinshan, Balihe East Mountain, Luojiaping Mountain, etc., and the troops fought in regiments or battalions.

Sometimes, the troops would conduct infiltration operations to the south, but they would not go too deep.

However, there were also cases where isolated troops were annihilated when they advanced deep into the battlefield.

Each division will fight in rotation for two months. At the end of the two months, the division that arrives at the battlefield will replace the original defenders.

Some commanders fought conservatively, relying on the defense line to resist the enemy's attack and ensure that the front line was not lost. Some commanders would attack, thinking that the best defense is offense, and would take the initiative to fight to the south, and at this time the offensive and defensive positions of both sides would change.

Some troops achieved brilliant results. For example, a classic defensive counterattack took place at Laoshan. With the strength of a regiment, they repelled 28 enemy attacks. Finally, a company went around the enemy's rear and attacked the enemy headquarters, capturing alive a large number of commanders of the enemy's division-level headquarters.

This time, Li Fuguo was introducing this defensive counterattack.

There are prepared flags on the sand table. The two colored flags represent the enemy and us. The red flag represents our army, and the blue flag represents the enemy.

Li Fuguo's introduction included both the changes on the sand table and the photos or video materials projected by the projector.

Perhaps influenced by the previous combined battalion, our army has maintained a photography team on the front line to film the situation on the front line. These will be recorded images and will also be important and valuable data for our army to study combat.

For example, in the case of Li Fuguo this time, these video materials can be used.

Those present at the command center this time are all battalion and company level cadres. They are also learning through this method to improve their command and combat capabilities.

Being good at summarizing and learning has always been a fine tradition of our army.

Learn war from war, adapt to war, and win war!
Since the rotation of wars began, each unit has been baptized by the battlefield, completed its sublimation, and trained the troops.

And there will be a group of commanders and fighters at all levels who will be baptized, perform well and stand out.

(End of this chapter)