Wan Xiangdong, who was listening to the captain's report on the recent training status of the communications team's new equipment upgrade, suddenly asked the captain opposite Murong Zhe to stop reporting.
Murong Zhe stopped reporting and heard the rumble of cannons and gunshots.
He said: "Brigade Commander, the First Battalion must be conducting a comprehensive live-fire exercise at the No. 4 Highland Training Ground."
The communication unit's camp is only 500 meters away from the first battalion.
To the east of the 1st Battalion's camp is one of the 433rd Brigade's synthetic training grounds.
The soldiers of the first battalion usually conduct live vehicle and live ammunition shooting there.
As the captain of the communications team, Murong Zhe has long been accustomed to strange things.
The problem is, the brigade commander is supposed to know very well, why is he so sensitive today?
"Hao Shuang!"
"arrive!"
Outside the door, Hao Shuang, the brigade staff officer who followed Wan Xiangdong to the detachment, ran in.
"I remember that the first battalion didn't have such a big live-fire shooting plan today, right?" Wan Xiangdong said: "Why didn't it stop this early in the morning? I've been listening here for almost two hours and I haven't heard any gunshots.
Now even the cannon is used, it's a tank cannon. I didn't see any live-fire shooting plan reported. You should call the duty room right away to check. What's going on?"
No wonder Wan Xiangdong is sensitive.
Because the army must submit a training plan for live-fire shooting.
For example, if a battalion or company wants to organize live-fire shooting tomorrow, the company or battalion must prepare an application report for live-fire shooting in advance, attach a live-fire shooting organization implementation plan, and then report it to the superior.
This thing needs the approval of the deputy brigade commander in charge of training and the director in charge of logistics support in the brigade before it can be implemented. If the scale involved is large and the number of ammunition used is large, the signature of brigade commander Wan Xiangdong will also be required.
The sound of artillery and gunfire lasted for such a long time. As a brigade commander, he should have known about it.
However, I have the impression that he has never approved such a large-scale live ammunition shooting, so I asked this question.
Not long after, Staff Officer Hao Shuang came back and said to Wan Xiangdong: "Brigadier Commander, it is the Chief of Staff who is at the Henghe First Battalion to read their subject reports. The plan was approved on a temporary basis."
"Oh? Where is the chief of staff?" Wan Xiangdong remembered that Li Zheng had told him that he would stay in each battalion one by one, so he was not surprised.
What's more, as the chief of staff, Li Zheng has temporary approval authority, because there is inventory in the ammunition depot of the first battalion. As long as he approves and completes the formalities, he can take out the ammunition and organize live-fire exercises. After that, the first battalion will go through the formalities and he will sign and confirm.
That’s it.
"Let's go over there and have a look."
Wan Xiangdong suddenly became interested.
The reason why he was interested was because he heard that Li Zheng was at the reconnaissance camp where he personally left the scene on the first day and subdued all the officers and soldiers in the camp from top to bottom. Even the always arrogant reconnaissance battalion commander Ning Zheng was gone.
His temper is as good as that of a student.
Wan Xiangdong has always had reservations about Li Zheng's military talent.
After all, he is too young.
And it involves a special background.
Therefore, Lao Wan has always felt that Li Zheng was not a typical example.
After all, although this kind of thing is rare, it is not unheard of.
Sometimes, due to certain needs or reasons, they are magnified and hyped as typical. It does not mean that they are incapable, but that their abilities are not as strong as advertised.
Seeing that the brigade commander was about to leave, Murong Zhe, the captain of the communications team, became anxious: "Brigade commander, I haven't finished listening to the report here yet!"
Wan Xiangdong said: "I just listened to half of it. You always emphasize training and training, but you haven't thought about how to upgrade your systems and equipment? Put some effort in this area and make some suggestions."
Murong Zhe said: "This is not something I can do just because I say it will be done. It needs the support of the brigade chiefs and even our group army chiefs."
Wan Xiangdong said: "You don't even have a direction, how can I support you? Where are the loopholes in the system we use? How could it be monitored by the White Eagle Brigade? I want to know loopholes, loopholes, loopholes! I also want to know the gap.
, Gap, Gap! You point it out to me, and I will ask the head of the group army for support and help you upgrade!"
He emphasized the words "gap" and "loophole" three times each.
It seems that it is already a little angry.
Murong Zhe was speechless for a moment.
Because the brigade commander was right.
In fact, Wan Xiangdong did not have such technical awareness before.
However, he had a detailed discussion with Li Zheng before and learned some of the details of the White Eagle Brigade. It is okay to simply emphasize the training quality of soldiers, but if there are generational differences in the equipment and systems used, no matter how good the training is, it will still be a waste of time.
It is difficult to make a meal without rice, and it cannot make up for the shortcomings at all.
Being angry with Murong Zhe also exposed Wan Xiangdong's anxiety about his lack of technical skills.
After Wan Xiangdong finished speaking, he picked up the hat on the table and turned to leave.
After leaving the barracks, getting in the car, he said directly: "Go to the first camp."
The car sped towards the gate, leaving only Murong Zhe standing there to salute the messy man in the wind.
The sound of artillery rumbled at the comprehensive training ground in front of Highland No. 4.
At this time, the 1st Battalion was organizing a live-fire comprehensive tactical exercise. The scene was very spectacular, with thick smoke billowing from the enemy defense positions on Highland 4 and the minefield area ahead.
After the battle started, the tank detachment took the lead in launching an attack. The tanks roared and launched artillery raids in motion, covering the engineering detachment before breaking through the obstacles. At the same time, the infantry fighting vehicles quickly followed up in combat formation.
After being attacked, the "enemy" responded quickly, firing from multiple firepower points at the front line at the same time. Suddenly, the gunfire rumbled at the training ground, and the troops' attack was blocked.
"Communications are poor on the battlefield..."
"Multiple anti-armor firepower points found..."
Various battlefield special situations came one after another. The commander responded calmly, quickly commanded the offensive unit to change the backup frequency of the radio, and the battalion reconnaissance team got off the vehicle and approached for reconnaissance.
The rear command post quickly received the returned target information, and the fire team immediately launched multiple rounds of fire coverage.
Soon, the reconnaissance team penetrated deep into the "enemy" and discovered important targets.
The rocket launchers quickly attacked the "enemy's" solid fortifications.
After receiving the order, the artillery unit carried out violent artillery fire on the target, relied on the command link to judge damage information in real time, and adjusted the strike plan in a timely manner...
The 1st Battalion is the main battalion of the 433 Brigade and has the strongest overall combat effectiveness.
The reason why Li Zheng chose the first stop to come to the whole camp was not without reason.
Look, you have to look at the one with the highest level.
If you can't do it at the highest level, there's no need to waste time on anything else.
However, as Li Zheng, who had served as the battalion commander of the synthetic battalion, the performance of the first battalion was really good.
At least it was more satisfactory than what he saw in the reconnaissance camp.
The tank company and the infantry company cooperated skillfully in tactics, and the offensive coordination was perfect. The battalion's firepower team and the reconnaissance team cooperated tacitly, and hit wherever they were directed.
In the initial task of opening up access to the minefield, Li Zheng couldn't help but applaud the engineering team's skillful demining skills.
Overall, the performance of the 1st Battalion gave Li Zheng a very good impression, at least in line with the expected level of a heavy-armed combined battalion under the main brigade of the main army group.
The subject was finishing up when the staff officer who followed him came over and whispered a situation in his ear: "Chief of Staff, the brigade commander is here."
"The brigade commander is here? Where is he?"
Li Zheng turned back and looked in the direction of the camp.
When everyone heard that the brigade commander was coming, they all turned around and cast their eyes in the direction of the camp.
Sure enough, an SUV drove slowly towards the No. 1 Highland training ground.
Everyone could tell at a glance that it was the brigade commander's car.
Battalion Commander Wang Liansheng stood up and said to Li Zheng: "Chief of Staff, I'll pick him up."
Li Zheng said: "Let's go together, the subjects are finished anyway."
Wang Liansheng saw that Li Zheng looked good and knew that he had not messed up today, so he felt happy.
Even the Chief of Staff, who had such strict requirements, seemed very satisfied. The strength of that battalion was beyond words.
The group of people stood up one after another and walked to the sidelines to greet Wan Xiangdong.
Wan Xiangdong got out of the car and said to Li Zheng with a smile: "Chief of Staff, you came here to watch the subject drills and you didn't take me with you?"
Li Zheng stepped forward, saluted, and replied with a smile: "Brigadier Commander, I came down to camp. This is the first day I arrived. Battalion Commander Wang asked me to see their strength. Seeing that he was so confident, I ordered
That’s why we decided to conduct a live-fire tactical drill on the spur of the moment.”
Wan Xiangdong smiled and greeted Wang Liansheng and others, and his eyes returned to Li Zheng: "How is it? Can the First Battalion fall into your eyes?"
Li Zheng said: "Yes, the tactical level is very high, and the command level is also very good. I am very satisfied."
Hearing what Li said, Wan Xiangdong also felt bright in his face. After all, these were the troops he had captured. If they were too weak, he would be embarrassed. What else could he say about the brigade commander of the main brigade?
"Their battalion not only has a high level of tactics, but also has unique characteristics."
I don’t know if he was too happy, but Wan Xiangdong showed off some honors to Li Zheng that the latter didn’t know about.
"The First Battalion is the only battalion in our theater that specializes in tanks with excellent quality. Other battalions do not have such high quality of all members."
The so-called "all-excellent battalion" refers to those who fell down in the combat squad, from the soldiers to the battalion commander, are all excellent tankers.
The so-called excellent tank driver, to put it bluntly, has one specialty and multiple abilities. It requires excellence in the three majors of tank commander, gunner, and driver. Only then can he be called an "excellent tank driver."
"oh?!"
Li Zheng was surprised.
"The synthetic camp I was in before was not at this level. It's rare, rare."
Wan Xiangdong was in a good mood. He waved his hand and said to Wang Liansheng: "Wang Liansheng, take An Baoguo and Qiao Zhi with you and show them to the Chief of Staff!"
Wang Liansheng was stunned for a moment and saluted: "Yes!"
Turning around, he called instructor An Baoguo and deputy battalion commander Qiao Zhi, and the three of them went to change clothes and board the car.
Wan Xiangdong said to Li Zheng: "Let's go over there and sit and take a look. The training level of this battalion is very satisfactory to me, not to mention you."
The group returned to the viewing area and sat down with Maza, waiting to watch the chief officers of the first battalion perform their special tricks.
Soon after, a main battle tank roared into the field from the right side of the training ground. The whole battalion soldiers looked at the instructor with his head exposed in the cockpit observation position in front of the tank and the battalion commander Wang Liansheng with half of his body exposed in the commander's position.