Just as we decided before, this training is no longer developing in a new tactical direction, but rather working hard to integrate the air force newly joined our army into the combat system of the synthetic battalion.
This doesn't sound difficult at first glance... Isn't it just to join a helicopter? Isn't it just to pull this thing out from the previous troops to practice!
But in fact, it’s not that simple to do!
If you want to incorporate helicopters into our combat system, the first thing you need to do is good communication...
This is beyond doubt, because only good communication can effectively coordinate between the helicopter and the ground forces... Our ground forces are sometimes easy to talk, but if the communication equipment fails, you can also send a correspondent to notify us.
A sound, or a signal flag to give you a few gestures, but if the helicopter loses communication, it will basically fight with the ground troops.
Communication equipment is definitely a shortcoming for our army in this era... Just like the communication equipment on our tanks, the command vehicle must be equipped with three antennas, one for contacting the superiors, and the other for the command center
, and another one is used to contact infantry...
In other words, these communication equipment are all one-way, and a communication equipment can only contact one part... Now we need not only contact infantry, but also air force... It will be troublesome to come, the tank needs to be equipped with four.
It's a antenna, and it's quite inconvenient to connect... This is the infantry, this is the superior...
If this is normal, you may still be able to figure it out. Once the war information increases, it becomes nervous again... I am afraid it will be in chaos.
Fortunately, this problem is not impossible to solve... That is to separate this kind of contact, each tank company will add two deputy, one responsible for contacting the infantry and the other responsible for contacting the air force.
Although doing this will make the command system larger and make the command system more responsive, there is no way to get it under the communication conditions after the reality is weak!
Secondly, the issue of helicopter mission allocation...
This is quite easy to solve, because we have experience in fighting Soviet helicopters in Afghanistan. So at this time, we only need to recall what the Soviet helicopters did and how to do it!
The most basic thing is reconnaissance.
Helicopters have a unique advantage over high-altitude and high-speed reconnaissance aircraft, that is, helicopters can carry scouts to stop wherever they want... so they can conduct long-term, close-range, or even at
If conditions permit, you can also use aircraft landing, cable landing and other methods to place the scouts on the ground for more detailed reconnaissance or complete some necessary preliminary tasks.
The second is to carry infantry to maneuver...
Needless to say, mobile combat is a major feature of modern troops. This is from walking with feet, to cars, motorcycles, to armored vehicles... now it is not restricted by terrain and flies to the sky.
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Finally, there is fire cover!
This mission is not difficult for us... I have seen it in the battlefield of Afghanistan. When infantry scrambles, firepower cover is to protect the helicopter itself. When fighting with infantry, it is to cooperate with the ground forces to suppress the enemy's firepower.
You can even go around the rear of the enemy's defense line for a surprise attack...
The difficulty lies in the difficulty... The pilot has no relevant experience!
On the one hand, the pilots used to do forest protection or fire prevention or air drivers... In other words, they never went to the battlefield at all. Some of them could not even distinguish between various infantry guns and ranges...
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This sounds like a small thing, but in fact it is a big thing on the battlefield... Because if you are not familiar with guns and don't know the performance of these equipment, you can't tell which firepower points are threatening to you and which firepower points are not clear.
It is a threat to infantry, and fighting can easily turn into a random battle with no goal.
This made us spend a full week training pilots about guns and equipment... The reason why it took one week was because this training was not just a simple training. It allowed the pilot to actually argue in the air!
The so-called actual debate is that our infantry simulates a battlefield on the ground, and then fires up various weapons in it, allowing the pilot to judge various firepower points in the air.
Of course, this is considered from the perspective of actual combat, because actual combat is to distinguish various firepower points under such conditions.
Another difficulty is that the thing that has just been released is that the target system is not perfect, and the pilot has not received relevant airborne shooting training before, so the hit rate really makes
People can't praise it... Sometimes infantry pointed at a bunker and let the helicopter attack. As a result, a row of rockets came over... The bunkers were nowhere to be missing, and they only blew the infantry on the ground and lie on the ground and moved.
Don't dare to move...
After returning, all the infantry woke up: "Mom! That rocket exploded more than ten meters in front of us. We were not glorious on the battlefield, but we almost died in this training ground!"
Because of this lesson, we never dare to let the infantry get too close to the target again...
How do you say this question? Everyone who has experienced it knows... Sharpshooters cannot be trained in one day, they are all fed with bullets. So I believe... as long as the pilots fight and practice more, there will be a lot of time in a month.
Great improvement!
Let’s take a step back... Even if there is no big improvement, it doesn’t matter. It’s just an exercise... We still have time to practice!
But what I didn't expect was... Before the exercise time was ready, we gave us a chance to train...
"Battery Commander!" Zhao Jingping came to report to me that day, "There is something wrong with Comrade Yang Xianjin!"
"Hmm? What's the problem?" I asked, "Is it a funding issue?"
At this moment, I don’t want to affect the military’s affairs because of this private matter. But I also know... If it weren’t for something very important, Yang Xianjin wouldn’t have called us for help!
"No!" Zhao Jingping shook his head and said, "I heard it was... a group of hooligans in the provincial capital. What are they going to charge for protection fees... Zheng Jiayi and his men refused, so they started fighting. We injured a few people!"
"What?" I couldn't help but get angry when I heard this, collecting protection fees... and injuring several of us!