"If we want to talk about why we should focus on developing missile forces on land, we have to start with asymmetric warfare!" Looking at the confused cadres around me, I continued: "The leaders all know that the concept of asymmetric warfare
, if it refers to it generally, it means to achieve victory with absolute superiority or overwhelming force. This is a bit like what we often say, "concentrating superior forces to create a favorable strategic situation", but I prefer to understand this sentence from another aspect.
, that is to 'use the advantages of different arms to create a favorable strategic situation'."
Before I finished speaking, I saw several cadres nodding slightly, including Commander Zhang and Commander Li. Apparently they had a similar understanding to me before.
"The reason is very simple!" I continued: "We all know that it is not easy to achieve a favorable strategic situation with absolutely superior strength on the battlefield, because the battlefield is so big, and the conditions of the enemy and us are often similar, such as logistics, troops, and firepower.
The deployment of military force is also limited by the battlefield. Especially after the emergence of highly lethal weapons and equipment such as machine guns, artillery and fighter planes, the absolutely superior force sometimes not only fails to achieve a favorable strategic situation on the battlefield, but also becomes one of the reasons for failure.
And even if victory is finally won with this advantage, it is often a miserable victory.
But the advantageous strategic situation created by the superiority of the arms is completely different. Even in this Falklands War, the British army overwhelmingly defeated the Afghan army in submarines and anti-submarine, which forced the Afghan army's surface warships to dare not go to war.
, the Afghan surface warships did not dare to fight, so the Afghan air force could only take off from the Argentine mainland to fight, and could not get the support of surface warships. As a result, the Afghan army lost air and sea control even though it was fighting on the mainland. This is also
One of the most important reasons why the Afghan army finally lost this war.
Of course, there are other reasons why the Afghan army failed. For example, they did not have a strong will to fight, their tactics were not flexible enough, and their weapons and equipment were not systematic.
But the unfavorable situation caused by submarine and anti-submarine capabilities is devastating, like a domino, putting the Argentinian navy, army and air force into a passive state of being beaten!"
"Comrade Yang Xuefeng is right!" Commander Li nodded and said: "We always attribute the failure of the Argentine Air Force to the fact that it only had five minutes to take off from the Argentine mainland, but no one thought about why the Argentine Air Force behaved like this
This is constrained everywhere. It would be fine if Argentina did not have an aircraft carrier, but Argentina does have an aircraft carrier. Although it has an aircraft carrier, it cannot play a role.
If this aircraft carrier can play a role, what will happen? Of course, Argentina's fighter planes have sufficient combat time, and they will not have time to make evasive maneuvers when being attacked by the Harrier, as we have seen.
What caused all this? The final analysis is that Argentina’s submarine and anti-submarine capabilities are too weak.”
"This has taught us at least two things to pay attention to!" I continued what Commander Li said: "On the one hand, we know from Argentina's failure that there are also shortcomings in the military, that is, an army
The overall strength is not measured by the strongest point. It is measured by the weakest point, because the enemy will take advantage of this weakness to affect other aspects.
Just like Argentina's lack of submarine and anti-submarine capabilities affects other aspects, if our air force does not have night combat capabilities, or the navy is too backward, or there is even a generation gap between the performance of radar and missiles and the enemy, etc., as long as there is a weakness in it, it will be very serious.
It may cause the enemy to carry out asymmetric operations against us with superiority in arms!"
As soon as I finished speaking, there was a discussion among the cadres in the conference room.
"So the answer is obvious!" I continued after the discussion quieted down a bit: "In order to prevent the enemy from carrying out asymmetric operations against us, our development must be relatively balanced in all aspects, that is, try to make ourselves
There are no shortcomings, at least there must be no obvious gap in equipment with the enemy, so as to ensure that we are not subject to others like Argentina on the battlefield."
"I don't agree with this point of view!" A veteran cadre stood up and said: "According to Battalion Commander Yang's point of view, how did we fight to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea? You must know that at that time we had no aircraft or artillery. We could also add Yankees.
Fight out the United Nations in more than a dozen countries!"
The words of this veteran cadre quickly aroused the agreement of a group of people. After all, this is an iron fact. And if according to the asymmetric warfare among the arms I just mentioned, the most prominent asymmetry is to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. And the Volunteer Army just happens to be
We won in such an asymmetrical battle.
"That's how I see it!" After it became quieter, I continued: "The battle to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea was indeed an extremely exciting battle in the history of our military's war, but comrades often see more of the enemy than the enemy.
What we saw was the huge gap and asymmetry in the equipment between the enemy and ourselves, but we did not see that our army also has an asymmetry relative to the enemy!"
"Oh? What's the asymmetry?" After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but have doubts on their faces.
"Asymmetry in military quality and asymmetry in fighting will!" I said: "We all know what kind of fighting will the Yankees have in this war. In fact, they are not willing to lose their lives in a foreign country like North Korea.
They were spoiled and could not adapt to the severe cold in North Korea, so they spent more time in the rear firing artillery or bombing with planes. It is said that their infantry had to spread a blanket on the ground before even lying down to shoot."
There was a burst of laughter in the conference room.
"And what about our volunteers?" I continued: "Our volunteers froze to death in the snow without a single person leaving their combat positions. Our volunteers used their chests to block the enemy's machine gun holes. Our volunteers used their chests to block the enemy's machine gun holes.
But we would rather be burned than cry out. This... is our biggest asymmetry relative to the enemy, and this asymmetry, to a large extent, makes up for the enemy's asymmetry in equipment relative to us!
"
As soon as I said this, there was no sound in the conference room.
After a long time, Commander Li nodded and said: "Comrade Yang Xuefeng is right. Comrades, we cannot simply regard the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea as a counterexample of 'asymmetric war'. I would say, this just proves that Comrade Yang Xuefeng
The so-called "asymmetric war" is correct. Comrades, think about it. How did we volunteers fight a war? Some of us here have come from this war. We know very well that the volunteers are here.
In this war, several magic weapons were mainly used, such as night combat, close combat, and tunnel combat, to gain a strategic advantage on the battlefield.
What is the purpose of night combat, close combat and tunnel combat?
In fact, it was to weaken the enemy's asymmetric warfare against our army, that is, aircraft and artillery. At that time, the enemy did not have many fighter aircraft with night combat capabilities, and the night combat capabilities were not very strong; the enemy's artillery and aircraft were strangled together in close combat.
Even tanks and machine guns are useless; tunnel warfare can help us survive under enemy aircraft and artillery. At the same time, when using these tactics, it can highlight our army's hard-working and strong will to fight.
In other words, it highlights the asymmetric warfare of our army against the enemy. This way, our army will eventually win the victory in resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea. Do you think this is the case, comrades?"
With a "coax" sound, Commander Li's words immediately caused quite a stir.
I also think that Commander Li’s analysis is very reasonable. In fact, I still know relatively little about the tactics of the Volunteer Army, so if I were to say this, I would definitely not say it so profoundly. Now Commander Li is undoubtedly giving
A great addition to me.
"On the other hand!" Commander Li then said meaningfully: "Comrades, think about it, if we follow Comrade Yang Xuefeng's view of asymmetric warfare, we must try to avoid the enemy's asymmetric warfare against us and make up for our own
Shortcomings, that is to say...if we had similar equipment to the enemy during the period of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, would we have sacrificed so many outstanding soldiers in this war? Will this battle still be so difficult?
?”
The cadres in the conference room couldn't help but nodded. It was obvious that they had been convinced by Commander Li.
"Comrade Yang Xuefeng!" Commander Li then turned to me and said, "I think there is another aspect you want to talk about. That is that on the basis of our balanced development in all aspects, we can basically avoid the enemy from fighting an asymmetric war against us.
Strive to innovate in some aspect and fight an asymmetric war against the enemy!"
"Yes!" I nodded: "Of course, it is very difficult to do this. More often than not, we are evenly matched with the enemy, so it will be very difficult to fight like this. Who can win this war?
It all depends on who can persevere until the end. There is actually no winner in such a battle, because even if you win in the end, it will actually be a miserable victory!"
"Strive for breakthroughs on the basis of balancing yourself!" Commander Zhang nodded: "I agree with this point, that is, first of all, we should strive to have no obvious shortcomings in the equipment of the three armed forces, and then strive to have one or several
Expertise that can defeat the enemy, so that we can fight an asymmetric war against the enemy or in a certain field.
But the question is...which aspect should we choose?
Air Force? Navy? Missiles?”
Commander Zhang did not mention the army here, which I can understand. This is actually because of two aspects:
One is because the importance of the army in modern warfare has gradually decreased. Everyone can see this. The same is true for the Falklands War.
The other is that our army has never been afraid of anyone, whether it was against the United States-led coalition in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid, the Soviet devils on Zhenbao Island, or the fight against India in 1962
The self-defense counterattack and the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam that just happened.
In the eyes of military fans at home and abroad, China's army has never suffered a defeat since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Therefore, although the army must be considered, it will undoubtedly be placed in a secondary position.
This may be the grievance of our country's army...The army's operations are often the most difficult and dangerous, but in terms of armaments and funds, they are secondary considerations or even disarmament objects.
"The answer is ground missile troops!" I said.
"Yeah!" Commander Zhang nodded: "I guess so, but I want to know why? Because as we all know, ground missiles are easily controlled by the enemy because of their low maneuverability!"
Commander Zhang's words are of course reasonable. Ground missiles can only be maneuvered by cars at most. Such maneuvering speed is far inferior to that of aircraft in the air and warships on the sea. Moreover, cars rely heavily on roads, while Haitian
"The sky is high, the birds can fly, the sea is wide, and the fish can swim!".
"The first thing I want to say is!" I said: "From the perspective of asymmetric warfare, the direction we focus on must be stronger than the enemy or potential enemy. Who is our imaginary enemy? Taiwan
?”
"Of course not!" Commander Zhang shook his head.
The answer is obvious. In fact, the Taiwan issue has always been unresolved because of the United States. In other words, to solve the Taiwan issue, we must face the United States, so our target will naturally not be Taiwan but the United States, which is still our ally.
Of course, our goal is not to defeat him, but to oppose U.S. intervention in the Taiwan issue, which is "anti-intervention."
"So..." I continued: "If we want to fight an asymmetric war against an imaginary enemy, what can we develop that can be stronger than the imaginary enemy whose military is now highly developed? Is it an aircraft carrier? Or a fighter plane? Or a warship?
Air-to-air missiles, etc.?”
When I said this, all the cadres in the conference room were stunned. The three factions among them, that is, the three factions that respectively emphasized the development of aircraft carriers, fighter planes and missiles, had never thought about this issue.
"You know!" I continued: "The imaginary enemy is far ahead of us in these aspects and even other aspects. Whether it is industrial foundation, application experience, etc., we are all
It will be difficult to catch up, or at least it will take decades to catch up. This requires time accumulation and economic and industrial support. It does not mean that we can do it now if we want to.
Moreover, it is impossible for the enemy to stop and wait for us. In other words, if one day we wait for our progress to the enemy's current level, the enemy will most likely have taken another big step forward.
So we are very likely to face a very serious problem. We will always be behind the enemy, and we will never be able to form a favorable situation for asymmetric warfare against the enemy, so we can only be controlled by the enemy!"
"Then developing missile forces on land can create this situation?" Commander Li asked: "Why do you think so? Tell me your reasons!"
"First of all." I pointed to the location of Taiwan on the map and said, "Our first imaginary enemy is Taiwan, and the average width of the Taiwan Strait is only about two hundred kilometers. The narrowest part is only one hundred and thirty kilometers. This is obvious.
Within the coverage of land-based missiles, if we develop land-based missiles, it will undoubtedly form a deterrent to Taiwan and play a practical role in possible future wars!"
Of course there is no problem with this. In fact, in the future development of our military, we even thought that it was too expensive to use missiles to attack Taiwan, so we developed a rocket launcher that can cover the entire territory of Taiwan across the Taiwan Strait, which is the legendary Guardian 2.
.
It is this rocket launcher that really makes the terrorists tremble... Just imagine, if a large number of cheap and highly accurate rocket launchers can cover Taiwan, what will it be like once a war breaks out? I am afraid of "bombing"
All of Taiwan's major military targets were wiped out.
"What's next?" Commander Zhang asked again.
Everyone in the conference room, including me, knew very well that although Taiwan is the first imaginary enemy, it is not the most important enemy. The most important thing should be "anti-access".
"The land-based missile does have the disadvantage of being difficult to maneuver!" I said: "But its advantage is that as it develops, its range will become farther and farther, and its range will even greatly exceed the combat radius of the imaginary enemy aircraft carrier!"
"Oh!" When I said this, the cadres in the conference room couldn't help but suddenly realized.
"If one day..." I continued: "We can develop an anti-ship missile that can use cars to maneuver, but has a range of two thousand kilometers, three thousand kilometers or even further, while the combat capabilities of aircraft carrier-based aircraft
But the radius is only one thousand kilometers, so that means that before the aircraft carrier can intervene in our internal affairs, it will first risk being destroyed by our missiles, and our army even has aircraft carriers that have sailed over one thousand kilometers.
, two thousand kilometers or even further as the reaction time, this will form an asymmetric war in this aspect!"
This is not nonsense. In modern times, our military has indeed developed an anti-ship ballistic missile, which is also the only anti-ship ballistic missile in the world known as the aircraft carrier killer... Dongfeng 21d. Its range is said to be three thousand kilometers, and many
Obviously this range is much larger than the combat radius of carrier-based aircraft.
"Of course!" I continued: "This requires us to develop supporting facilities for missiles, such as satellite positioning systems, radars, etc., because only with these facilities can we find targets thousands of kilometers away and successfully guide missiles to destroy them.
Targets, and these satellite positioning cannot belong to the enemy, otherwise the development of this missile will undoubtedly be a joke!"
There is no need to explain this. If our missiles use the Yankee GPS positioning system, it will definitely be impossible to deal with the American aircraft carrier. There has been such an incident in history, that is, the United States acted unreasonably on the high seas.
asked to search the Chinese merchant ship, but the Chinese merchant ship did not agree... As a result, the United States just turned off the GPS positioning system of the merchant ship, so the merchant ship could not sail normally.
Therefore, this is why modern my country wants to develop its own Beidou positioning system.
What I know is that every country must have its own independent industrial system, otherwise it will be controlled by others. (To be continued...)