Qin Weidong and Xiang Ming were repairing trains in Luanda, while Zhang Hong and Wen Tianyu were training troops in Malanje. Wen Tianyu had been retired from the army for many years, and Zhang Hong had become a monk halfway. They were both thinking about how to build an army system.
"I will be the Minister of Defense now?" Wen Tianyu received the order issued by Xiang Ming and found that he had become the organizer of the armed forces of the Chinese forces in Angola. His first task was to form a teaching force.
"First build a shelf division and train the officers first." Zhang Hong, as a support staff, said jokingly: "You have many veterans here, and the conditions for forming an army are much better than ours. When we formed an army in Cuba,
That’s called being shabby.”
In the past, without food or water, Wen Tianyu only had a thousand combatants under his command. Now he uses these thousand people to build a division headquarters and three combat regiments, nine battalions, and twenty-seven companies. In addition, there is a communications battalion.
, medical battalions, supply battalions, artillery battalions and a series of empty units.
Among the equipment that Zhou Qingfeng brought, the first thing that was issued was not weapons and ammunition, but a division-level communication command system. The PLA's command system in the 1970s seemed quite crude and rough, but even so, Wen Tianyu still couldn't get enough.
people to use it.
"Where can I go to find a staff member who knows how to map?" Wen Tianyu only had some simple electronic maps of Angola in his hand. But having a map doesn't mean it can be used. Many people can get lost even if they hold a map. Marching in the wild cannot always be possible.
Follow the road, in case you get lost...
"It is not easy to be an officer." Zhang Hong had received half a year of training and half a year of actual combat, but he did not dare to say that he was a qualified officer. "In the past, when we conducted operations in North America, we relied on a large number of experienced personnel in the team.
Westerners are the backbone. You don’t even have many backbones.”
There are many civilian survivalists in the United States who are highly skilled in combat. These people can survive a catastrophe relatively easily. For example, old Harris in the advance team took his children to survive in the apocalypse. Although he bowed to power even when he was hard pressed,
But it doesn't affect that he is an excellent warrior.
Among the Chinese forces in Africa, veterans are the backbone of the force, but many of them have never touched a gun after retiring. Faced with this situation, what Wen Tianyu can do is to organize everyone to continue learning and adapting.
Fortunately, those who survived can now endure hardships and no one complains.
In the armed forces headquarters built of wood, Wen Tianyu held a bowl of instant noodles and ate it deliciously. He even drank all the noodle soup before putting down the bowl and chopsticks. After burping, he said beautifully: "Fortunately, we can eat enough now.
It’s time to eat. In the past, I couldn’t even eat enough and had to go to war. It was really hard.”
With the support of Zhou Qingfeng, the first thing the Chinese in Angola strengthened was the combat troops. In the past, they didn't have enough to eat, and everyone was so skinny that they couldn't even march long distances. Now, the 'Supreme' instant noodles are enough, although the quality of the noodles is poor.
Some, but the oil and water are still enough.
After eating for several days, Wen Tianyu's face gradually became more rosy. In the past, his face was sallow and gloomy all day long. Now he is full of energy. At least he has a little more strength and can shout louder.
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This change in energy and spirit is reflected in the entire group. People who have eaten well walk with wind and high spirits. However, being full cannot completely solve the problem. An army cannot be formed with a group of strong men.
Wen Tianyu used to command combat teams with no more than fifty people, and his command and management were relatively simple. This time he was asked to form a division of at least tens of thousands of people. Not to mention others, he felt that he was not capable enough.
"Stop talking nonsense, let's start by memorizing the regulations." Wen Tianyu was a low-level officer before he retired from the army. Being a division commander was too reluctant. He had almost forgotten all the military regulations in the past, and now he must recite them!
Not only Wen Tianyu has to memorize, but all the training of the entire shelf master starts from memorizing the regulations. At most, one soldier can be trained with just one gun. If you want to form a squad, a platoon, a company, and eventually a division or even a
The military cannot function without systems and regulations.
Can you form an army by buying tens of millions of guns? This is the idea of a layman. A good army must not only have good discipline, but also must have excellent management. Everyone needs to be clear about their own
Responsibility, devotion to duty.
After having a full stomach, Wen Tianyu organized the people in the division to study. Everyone had a booklet in their pocket. In addition to eating and sleeping, they had to read this stuff when going to the latrine, and they would check it at any time.
The cramming-like learning is really painful. Everyone is memorizing it attentively. After memorizing it, they have to understand it. After understanding it, they have to do it in the field. It is really not possible to build an army in one or two years.
matter.
Compared with Wen Tianyu, who is constantly learning how to command a division, Zhang Hong is thankful that he has passed the time of memorizing regulations. But his troubles are not small at all. The armored commander of the Aurora Legion came with several subordinates to give Wen Tianyu
Tianyu trains technical backbones.
The communication battalion needs to be able to play radio, the artillery battalion needs to be able to measure distance, the medical battalion needs to be able to do first aid. Wait, wait... Nowadays, most of the high-tech weapons are disabled, and many things can only be done manually, none of which
is simple.
Zhang Hong can only first select a few people with strong learning ability for key training, and then train others after short-term intensive training. Sometimes he even teaches ten students in the morning, and these ten students teach a hundred students in the afternoon.
An apprentice.
Among a bunch of apprentices, Qin Ming is special. This kid was assigned to learn baggage management. The first thing he did was to distribute equipment to each unit of the shelf master.
"The division headquarters battalion is full of 1,200 people, and currently there are only 80 cadets. Hey..., who of you will sign, each of you will have a Type 54 pistol with magazine, and a Type 56 assault rifle?
Four magazines, two hundred rounds of spare bullets, and four Type 67 grenades.
Ah..., wait, the list says training grenades, but where are the training grenades?" Qin Ming, a fledgling logistics staff, caused a lot of trouble when he first took office. Many people helplessly looked at the mistakenly issued grenades in their hands.
Equipment, very speechless.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, manpower is tight right now. We really don't have professionals in the logistics department, so we have tried our best." Qin Ming was so busy that he was sweating profusely, and he just regretted that he couldn't multi-task.
In such a mess, the Chinese in Angola began to form their own armed forces. No one among them knew how to form an army, no one knew how to command a battle, and no one had experienced large-scale combat. Everything was still being explored.
However, the enemy would not allow them to prepare for an attack later. Just when Wen Tianyu and others were experiencing various unexpected troubles, a large armed force had quietly approached their base.
Old Qiao Xi and Bablu were lying in the middle of a piece of grass. Their eyes were like jackals with a green and greedy light. They were drooling and looking at the barracks in the distance through the telescope.
"Finally found the base of these Chinese."
"They have 100,000 tons of supplies, how exciting this must be!"
"We must rob them, rob them so that we can survive!"