nucmednet Chapter 367 The Steel 7th Company, which was undergoing crazy training and preparing for war, suffer
Chapter 367 The Steel 7th Company, which was undergoing crazy training and preparing for war, suffer
Late at night.
When all is quiet.
Beep... Beep beep beep...
A series of urgent whistles suddenly rang out within the 702nd Armored Infantry Regiment's barracks.
"Emergency gathering!"
"Emergency gathering!!"
Gao Cheng, the company commander of the Seventh Steel Company, held a megaphone and shouted loudly at the building.
The instructor, Hong Xingguo, glanced at his watch and started timing.
The once quiet building suddenly became unusually lively.
Under the dim yellow light.
Gao Cheng's dark complexion made his expression even more serious.
When he returned home for the Spring Festival, his father, a military commander, told him that in order to adapt to the times and win modern information warfare, some high-ranking officials wanted to launch a new round of military reforms.
It is said that this military reform will accelerate the construction of a "blue-water navy" and a "strategic air force," and will also establish and develop new high-tech combat forces. The reform of the army will also be quite extensive.
Unlike before, it will not simply reduce the number of troops and personnel. Instead, adjustments will be made to the organization and command system of the troops, moving towards digitalization, modularization, and joint operations.
If the military reform plan is implemented as scheduled.
For other branches of the military and soldiers, this is naturally a cause for celebration.
This means they can expand their organization, have more military spending, and acquire more advanced weaponry...
But for the army, that would be disastrous.
With the reduction in personnel, many units will be disbanded.
Even those that are retained will be reorganized into brigades, building a new combat system based on battalions.
Training must be geared towards winning high-tech wars, which naturally places higher demands on the quality of soldiers.
Doesn't this mean that military reform will force a large number of officers, soldiers, and generals to retire or change careers early?
Even if the military reform plan improves the military legal system, establishes a professional officer system, and improves the treatment of veterans.
but……
Many people have dedicated their youth and sweat to the military.
Many people even hope to serve in the military for their entire lives until retirement.
Now they're saying they're not suited for modern warfare and can't meet the defense needs of the new era, so they're going to be forced to leave? Who can accept that?
Even though everyone knows that high-tech warfare doesn't require a massive workforce and that downsizing is necessary, why should we lay off ourselves instead of others?
Nobody wants to be laid off, nobody wants to leave, nobody wants to take off their uniform.
Especially those with low levels of education who spent many years getting promoted.
They were confident that after years of hard work in the military, how could they possibly be unable to adapt to the times?
After climbing to such a high level and position with great difficulty, who would want to easily change careers and leave?
Those who come from military academies or universities, have received higher education, and are more knowledgeable and cultured.
They all yearned to use their intelligence and talents in the military and make a name for themselves.
Military reforms aimed at high-tech, modern warfare naturally garnered their support.
Only by eliminating those with outdated and rigid ideas can they have room for advancement.
Ever since.
Some people strongly support it, while others resolutely oppose it.
Since the military reform plan involves a wide range of issues and touches on the soul, it has sparked huge controversy between the two sides.
Then let's have a confrontation exercise to verify whether the reform plan is correct and whether it is necessary to make the changes.
to this end.
Each side selects one unit.
One of the forces that spearheaded the military reforms was Handong Province, which served as a pilot area for military-civilian integration. Mechanized infantry divisions were selected and underwent a series of reforms, including informatization, integration, and modularization.
The armored division where Gao Cheng was located, being well-trained and well-equipped, was itself a heroic unit responsible for guarding Yanjing, and thus became the other unit in the confrontation exercise.
In order to win this confrontation exercise.
The entire division received unprecedented attention.
With the support of the army group and military region, supplies and ammunition were readily available.
As the division's elite force, the 702nd Mechanized Infantry Regiment, under the leadership of Regiment Commander Wang Qingrui, naturally focused on rigorous training.
The Steel Seventh Company, commanded by Gao Cheng, not only boasts a distinguished history of military exploits, but is also a sharp spearhead of the 702nd Mechanized Infantry Regiment.
So……
Since he's the spearhead of the entire regiment!
And they knew all along that a crucial exercise was about to begin!
Gao Cheng, naturally, went completely mad, constantly increasing the difficulty of the training.
I heard that the combined arms brigade in Handong was built with equipment at the level of the United States Army, the world's superpower, and has extremely strong rapid response and night combat capabilities.
Gaocheng recently added nighttime training sessions.
An emergency assembly is just an appetizer.
A rapid, rumbling sound of footsteps approached...
Seeing that his brothers were all dressed neatly and reacted quickly.
Gao Cheng's lips couldn't help but curl up slightly.
However, he quickly suppressed his smile.
The Seventh Steel Company was originally full of top trainees, and after many days of intensive training, how could they possibly drag their feet during the emergency assembly?
Even Xu Sanduo, who was brought from the Fifth Platoon of the Grassland and forcibly placed into the Seventh Steel Company last year because of his meritorious service in repairing roads at the training ground, was not included.
With the help of his squad leader Shi Jin and deputy squad leader Wu Liuyi.
Thanks to his good resilience, he has made great progress.
He is no longer the cowardly soldier who surrendered with his hands raised in fear when a passing tank first appeared when he enlisted.
They do not experience motion sickness or vomiting when riding in infantry fighting vehicles for combat training; on the contrary, they have a higher level of shooting skills.
Soon, each class and platoon finished lining up and counting off.
Gao Cheng glanced at his watch and then took a step forward.
"Everyone has it!"
"Attention! At ease!"
After glancing at the queue, Gao Cheng's tense, cold face revealed a slight smile.
"Not bad today!"
"Three seconds faster than yesterday!"
"Instructor, notify the mess hall to add an extra breakfast!"
Many soldiers were smiling.
Especially Xu Sanduo.
When he smiles, he reveals a set of bright white teeth.
Gao Cheng's expression immediately tightened, and he raised his hand to point to the queue.
"What are you laughing at? You're already laughing?"
"It's only three seconds faster than yesterday!"
"Anyone who didn't know better would think you had already won the combat exercise!"
After glaring fiercely at Xu Sanduo, Gao Cheng looked away.
With his hands behind his back, he said in a firm and powerful voice:
"Seeing you all grinning like that, I have to give you another wake-up call!"
"The scale, intensity, and strength of this combat exercise are far beyond any of your imagination!"
"To put it bluntly, we are about to face an even more powerful Blue Force than a U.S. Marine Corps brigade!"
"Because they are not only highly trained and have made outstanding contributions, but they have also upgraded their weaponry to the same top level as the United States!"
"Do you think having the determination to fight and win is enough to fight against a Blue Army like this? If you don't train properly, you might not even know how you died!"
After finishing his lecture, Gao Cheng glanced at his instructor, Hong Xingguo.
Hong Xingguo shook his head slightly, indicating that he had nothing to say.
"Okay, everyone gets it!"
"Target training ground, run forward!"
After a while.
As night fell over the training ground, gunfire rang out, sometimes rapid, sometimes sparse.
The reason Gao Cheng is training night combat so intensely is that he is convinced that the Blue Army unit, which is modeled after the US military, will also adopt the US military's combat style.
In recent years, the US military has consistently leveraged its technological and equipment advantages to launch attacks at night when its troops are most fatigued and at their most vulnerable in various local wars.
Therefore, Gao Cheng believed that the Blue Army troops, equipped with a large number of night vision devices, would also take advantage of their equipment to carry out military operations at night.
Considering that the US military has strong intelligence and reconnaissance capabilities and joint operations capabilities.
Once enemy activity is detected through reconnaissance satellites, reconnaissance aircraft, etc., precise firepower can be quickly guided for strikes.
To this end, Gao Cheng also strengthened training subjects such as radio silence and camouflage counter-reconnaissance in subsequent training.
Time passes day by day.
The entire 702nd Mechanized Infantry Regiment is making the most of their time for training.
In order to test the training effect and allow the troops to adapt to the combat field first.
Just after May 1st, the entire division set off for the training ground.
This training ground, the largest in the entire army, has both a large area of flat grassland and a considerable area of mountains and hills, making it particularly suitable for large-scale combat exercises.
To ensure the supply of fuel for the troops' daily combat readiness training at such a large training ground, an automated oil pipeline was built, and the Fifth Platoon of the Third Company was stationed there to guard and maintain it.
but……
Xu Sanduo, who returned to the training ground with his troops, did not have time to go back to the Fifth Platoon on the grassland.
The roar of cannons and the clatter of gunfire filled the air.
On the grassland, a steel torrent of main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles charged forward rapidly under the cover of artillery fire.
In mountainous and hilly areas, officers and soldiers dug deep trenches, constructed defensive fortifications, and deployed crossfire and reverse slope bunkers to practice their mountain defense combat capabilities.
After several days of intense drills, they were finally allowed to return to their base for a few days of rest.
Everyone knew that the day the rest period ended would be the day the combat exercise would begin.
The last infantry fighting vehicle has been inspected.
Gao Cheng stood at the garage entrance, glancing at all the vehicles in the company that had been maintained and repaired, now looking brand new.
To ensure the success of this exercise, the higher-ups have spared no expense.
In previous training sessions, the entire division was instructed to train hard, without worrying about equipment and ammunition consumption.
During field training exercises, everything is required to be closely aligned with actual combat, to fight fiercely, and not to be stingy with equipment.
After the field training ended and the troops returned to their base, a large number of professional and technical personnel and spare parts were immediately dispatched.
All the combat equipment in the entire division was maintained and kept as good as brand new equipment.
but……
The rigorous and demanding training, along with the brand-new equipment, did not make things easier for Gao Cheng.
As the date of the exercise drew closer, he felt increasingly uneasy.
It's like the college entrance exam is approaching, but I always feel like there's still so much knowledge I haven't reviewed.
It's like walking down the street at night, even though there's no one around, you feel like someone is watching you.
Filled with unease, Gao Cheng unknowingly returned to the front of the Steel Seventh Company's barracks.
No training was scheduled during the rest period.
Each platoon and squad was given a holiday, allowing the soldiers to move around freely.
Some people are playing basketball on the court, while others are playing chess in the shade.
Others huddled together smoking and chatting, seemingly animatedly discussing whatever they were talking about.
I glanced around and everyone seemed quite relaxed.
As I passed the guard post at the entrance, I casually returned a marching military salute.
Gao Cheng suddenly had a whimsical idea: he wanted to see what Xu Sanduo was doing on such a relaxed day.
I went to the door and took a look.