There is a factual basis for the saying that the Army is bitter and uncivilized. The Air Force pilots flew several rounds and dropped dozens of tons of ammunition and still had time to squint and sleep for a while, but the same cannot be said for the ground combat troops.
The armored soldiers are okay, those who drive and fire cannons, at least they don't have to run on two legs. The big brother of the infantry is miserable. How can infantry and tanks cooperate with infantry and tanks? Infantry follows tanks and armored vehicles. Not only do you have to run, but you also have to pay attention to the surroundings.
Let the enemy's individual anti-tank weapons beat our own iron knots.
You still have to carry dozens of kilograms of weight, which is really miserable.
At dawn, the ground combat phase began. In the darkness, the armored column advanced in depth, and the main force composed of infantry and tanks pushed forward. Some people say that the large-depth battle assault theory adhered to by Lao Lu is outdated, and others
People say that front-line pushers have no technical content at all and are a living target.
In fact, a good tactic is a good tactic, not how fancy the tactic is.
In this vast desert basin, nothing is more effective than two armored columns attacking the main force in a pincer followed by a flat push. The premise is that one's own side has control of the air on the battlefield, and the air force must ensure that the enemy's fighter planes cannot drop on the heads of ground troops.
bomb.
There are a lot of theories on air-ground coordinated operations, and three-dimensional operations are even more advanced and fashionable. To put it bluntly, it's the same way to fight back and forth, and it can never be separated from its original principles. It can be summed up in four words: continuity and speed.
Each combat unit must act in strict accordance with the time nodes to ensure the continuity of the attack. The other is speed. It is the truth that speed is the only way to defeat the enemy. As long as the speed is fast enough, there is no enemy that cannot be defeated.
The Air Force is undoubtedly the best practitioner of lightning operations. However, the flaw pointed out by Wu has hindered the entire combat operation precisely because it cannot keep up with the speed. This has attracted great attention from the heads of the training headquarters. They will have a huge
Question: Can the Air Force win future wars?
This is a very heartbreaking question.
In a large-scale exercise, more than a dozen arms from three military services participated, and the contrast was clearly visible.
At dawn, Li Zhan, who had woken up from a long sleep and was studying combat plans with a group of staff in the combat conference room, was called away by Pei Lei.
"Captain, the team leader asked you to come to his office. There is an emergency." Pei Lei reported in a suppressed voice and drove Li Zhan towards the infield office building at lightning speed.
What emergency will happen at this time?
Xue Xiangdong summoned him in the infield office building. I'm afraid Li Zhan's vision is coming true.
Sure enough, during the implementation stage of the exercise, Xue Xiangdong actually had the time to smoke and drink tea in the office. Logically speaking, during the implementation stage of the exercise, the regiment commander should be stationed outside and never leave the command post. Now Xue Xiangdong is waiting in the infield office with a smile.
Looking at Li Zhan, what else can there be besides good news?
"Xiao Li, here you go, sit down." Xue Xiangdong asked Li Zhan to sit down, poured him a cup of tea, and said, "The tea that Comrade Wan Jun came to the team last time was well received by the political commissar.
I opened it and drank it today, I originally wanted to keep it for the New Year."
Li Zhan smiled and said, "You need to drink new tea for green tea. Drink it while it's fresh. It won't be good if it retains the New Year flavor."
After taking a sip of tea, Li Zhan said hehely, "Captain, you are tight on the front and tight on the rear."
"What are you talking about?"
We went to Kuchang Station to inspect the exercise and took the Army Aviation helicopter over, arriving in two hours."
Li Zhan immediately cheered up, "It's great. After all the hard work and preparation, we finally have the waiting audience here. Commander, the police patrol flight must maintain a high density. The commander must maintain a rise and fall for several minutes while he is here.
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"You proceed according to the plan, and I leave all the power to you." Xue Xiangdong said.
"I want to fly. I suggest that the tower commander ask Deputy Commander Yang to take charge." Li Zhan said.
Xue Xiangdong said, "I am personally responsible."
Li Zhan was stunned and asked, "Who will direct the exercise?"
"It's me too," Xue Xiangdong said, "so the regiment leaders have to go to the front line, and the tower directs me and political commissar Bao to take charge."
When Li Zhan was thoughtful, Xue Xiangdong said in a deep voice, "The chief may need to take a plane to conduct an aerial inspection. The specific aircraft model has not been determined yet, but the Yunba transporting the pilots is already on the way. Two of them will come, and they will be better than the chief.
The helicopter landed at the site fifteen minutes earlier.”
"The chief wants an aerial inspection!" Li Zhan was shocked, and he understood why Xue Xiangdong made such command adjustments. He obviously focused on the tower command, mainly flight control, and instead put the exercise on
secondary position.
This is a completely normal thing. The safety of the leader of the world is the greatest.
"The transport pilots in Shaanxi took off two hours ago. They received the order earlier." Xue Xiangdong said with a smile, "So you have to know that such an opportunity is very rare. The transport pilots more than 2,000 kilometers away
We are so proactive. We have the advantage of the right time, place, people and people, so we must show our face in front of the chief."
Li Zhan said solemnly, "It seems that we have to do our best to work towards the international airport, compress the time between each takeoff and landing to less than three minutes, preferably no more than two minutes, and reduce the continuous deployment of our regiment."
The ability is vividly demonstrated.”
"The main issue is safety. What I consider is safety. Flight safety is the first priority. Don't expose your butt without showing your face. The other issue is the flight safety of the chief executive's plane. This is the focus of all work.
." Xue Xiangdong said seriously.
Li Zhan said with confidence, "We have many high-intensity flight training experiences, and also conducted a five-day ultra-high-intensity flight training, with an average daily flight time of seven and five hours. The troops have been trained
Yes, no problem."
After taking a sip of tea, Li Zhan said, "Moreover, we don't need to arrange too many tactical flights, as long as we can ensure that the commander can see our continuous dispatch capability."
"You mean to make a circle around the station and then land, adjust the taxiway and then take off and circle around, and so on?" Xue Xiangdong leaned forward and asked in a low voice.
Li Zhan grinned and said, "Commander, you can make some changes appropriately. After all, this is related to whether the commander can pay attention to us and give us a new aircraft with a stroke of a pen."
"I thought you didn't want to do those little tricks." Xue Xiangdong smiled.
Li Zhan said, "Captain, am I not so pedantic in your eyes?"
"According to your point of view, in short, it is to ensure the take-off and landing frequency. How long do you think it should last?" Xue Xiangdong asked.
Li Zhan said, "At 0:00 in the morning, from the arrival of the leader to 0:00 in the morning, this intensity is maintained."
"It's been too long." Xue Xiangdong shook his head.
The commander is expected to arrive at nine o'clock in the morning, and there will be a full fifteen hours between midnight and midnight. Calculated based on one take-off and landing every three minutes, it will take about more than three hundred take-offs and landings, that is, more than three hundred sorties. This means that the 101st Regiment's
On average, all fighter planes have to fly at least five takeoffs and landings. This concept is very scary.
There are only five to six hundred flights in and out of the international airport a day!
And this is only theoretical data. In actual operation, it is likely to be more. The more frequent take-offs and landings, the greater the probability of problems. How to ensure flight safety? Fighters are not passenger aircraft. From the conceptual design stage, passenger aircraft focus on flight safety.
What comes first lasts until the end, and for military aircraft, combat performance comes first.
Flying two or three takeoff and landing maintenance operations requires a comprehensive overhaul of the fighter aircraft. This is a daily rule. If it is wartime, these can be simplified, even to the point of dumbfounding. For example, a certain fighter plane appears.
There are some problems but they won't have a big impact on combat performance. So, let's take off and fight. It's the same as Lao Bu continuing to fight despite being injured.
Xue Xiangdong's worries are justified. The original intention is to show his face. If there is a dangerous accident and his butt is exposed, the original meaning of planning this will be lost.
But Li Zhan insisted on doing this. He said, "Commander, just defeating the Second Division in the early stage is not enough to attract the attention of the superiors. The Second Division has many reasons to explain, such as not adapting to this kind of confrontation.
, such as being new to the area, etc. Although these reasons are untenable from the perspective of actual combat, they are not actual combat after all, and the superiors will more or less agree with them."
"Indeed, it is true. Besides, the Second Division is a proud man of heaven, and there are people above him!" Xue Xiangdong sighed deeply.
It is already obvious that their Western rag king is racking his brains to put on a good show for the chief to win his favor, just like a concubine who has not been favored for a long time, making soup in various ways and trying every means to serve it to the emperor in the hope of getting a reward.
Even if you do this, you may get a blank look. As for the second master, he can get whatever he wants with his pouty mouth.
Li Zhan said, "So this play is either not performed, or it is performed to the extreme. There is no flight training group in the world that can match the intensity of our flight training, but the commander cannot see it. Today we must let the commander see it
Our efforts, through the ultimate display, made the chief realize that a flying group can produce such output!"
Taking another sip of tea to moisten his throat, Li Zhan said, "Our tower control, flight control, aircraft maintenance, etc. have all been well trained. I believe there will be no mistakes. As for the danger in the air, the commander, this
It’s really beyond human control. Maybe if the weather changes drastically or there’s a strong crosswind, there may be mechanical failure, not to mention. No matter how good the aircraft maintenance is, it’s impossible to 100% guarantee that mechanical failure will not occur.”
Every sentence makes sense, but in the final analysis, it still comes down to the same sentence: Don't lower your standards just because you are worried about safety problems. What Li Zhan has to do is not an extreme test for the troops. When a war breaks out in the future, will these worries still be a concern? Even if there is only one
The engine must also take off to kill the enemy!
Xue Xiangdong nodded solemnly, "Are you going to take command in the air?"
"Yes, I have to take command in the air. Let's adopt the method we used before, take off and land back to the tower, and fly in the air with me as the main tower to assist." Li Zhan said.
This is also the command and combat training model developed by Li Zhan after he arrived at the 101st Regiment. It is more efficient and effective than previous ground command, but the requirements for air commanders are very high. Since you are flying a plane, you must also pay attention to the specific situation of the unit.
, so far only Li Zhan has such ability. Others can only command three or four aircraft at most, but Li Zhan is the man who drives the J-6 Plus and commands eighteen J-7s for air combat training at the same time.
"Then it's settled. You hurry up and make a plan."