Rebirth 1975: Tore up the call-back order at the beginning

In the dean's office, Zhou Yang was holding a phone and talking.

"Chief, in fact, I did not propose this plan to strengthen the army simply to sell weapons, but I really have this idea. Although this idea is not very mature yet, if it is implemented according to my idea, it will indeed be of great benefit. Improve the combat capabilities of the troops!"

The Great Elder was also a soldier and knew the army very well. Hearing these words, he also became very interested.

Then, he immediately said: "Oh, tell me about your idea, how do you plan to improve their combat effectiveness!"

"Chief, my idea is to use the firepower characteristics of these new weapons as the core to create a combined force with high mobility, flexibility and strong firepower. The initial idea is to use the combined battalion as the basic tactical unit, and several combined battalions to form a combined brigade. , with the brigade as the largest tactical unit, promoted to the entire army..."

That's right, the army training plan tailor-made for them that Zhou Yang told Heidai was to form a combined brigade.

As someone who has experienced this, Zhou Yang is very clear about the advantages of the combined brigade. This model in which various arms cooperate with each other to provide support can greatly improve the coordination and cooperation capabilities of the troops, and can also maximize the firepower advantages of each arm. It is an effective way to improve combat operations. means and methods of ability.

Therefore, Zhou Yang thought about suggesting a combined brigade before the start of the Southern Xinjiang Campaign, but he gave up in the end.

The reason is simple. First of all, he is neither an officer in combat command nor a staff officer. He has never been on the battlefield before, and no one would believe him if he made such a suggestion.

Secondly, this matter involves too much, and even if it is implemented, he should not propose or even lead it.

You know, the formation of the combined brigade has eliminated the regiment-level organization. If you want to promote this throughout the entire army, I don’t know how many regiment-level cadres will lose their command rights. This is an offending job, and Zhou Yang doesn’t want to be beaten every day. Thinking about it.

Therefore, Zhou Yang wanted to set an example with Sha Damu first. Since his own family had difficulties, he would let the Synthetic Brigade bring flowers within the walls and fragrance outside the walls.

When the leaders above saw that this model could really significantly improve the combat effectiveness of the troops, they would promote this model to the entire army without him pushing it.

At this moment, the great elder's voice came to Zhou Yang's ears: "Your idea is similar to that of a mechanized infantry brigade. It just cancels the regiment-level organization, is that right?"

"The combined brigade and the mechanized infantry brigade are different. First of all, in terms of combat command, the combined brigade has an advantage!"

Then Zhou Yang said again: "Under the large military region system, the multi-arms cooperative combat capability of the mechanized infantry brigade mainly revolves around battalions. Under this situation, due to the flat command, the command level has been greatly reduced, and the brigade headquarters can Directly command the company and platoon. This creates an awkward situation in the battalion-level organization: with the brigade headquarters at the top and the company and platoon at the bottom, it is difficult to give full play to the advantages of the system."

"But the combined brigade is different. It transfers the multi-arms collaborative operations capability to the battalion-level organization. In this way, the battalion-level organization solves the problem of multi-arms collaborative operations within the battalion-level organization, strengthens its own strength, and also allows the battalions to communicate with each other. The ability of multi-arms coordinated operations has been greatly improved."

"Keep talking!" the great elder said.

"Yes!"

Then Zhou Yang continued: "Furthermore, in terms of firepower composition, the combined brigade is not comparable to the mechanized infantry brigade. As the saying goes: "A fence has three stakes, and a hero has three gangs." No matter how strong a single infantry is, there is no other. It is also difficult for arms to be "auxiliary" to carry out complex and changeable combat missions."

"But the Synthetic Battalion is different. It organically integrates the advantages of various types of weapons and equipment, including light, heavy, fast and slow, and achieves to the greatest extent "leveraging strengths and avoiding weaknesses, both offensive and defensive". This is similar to Qi Jiguang's original "Mandarin Duck Formation" How wonderful!"

"Mandarin duck formation?"

"Yes, although the Yuanyang Formation only has 12 people, it has strong coordination and combat capabilities, and the formation basically has no dead ends. It is difficult for the Japanese pirates to easily find a breakthrough point. They can only parry but not fight back. Synthetic Battalion The Yuanyang Formation is separated by hundreds of years, but the concept of coordinated operations by multiple arms is the same."

Then Zhou Yang said again: "According to my concept, a combined battalion is a combat unit. When attacking, the battalion commander and battalion staff need to work together to fully combine the frontier solidity, armor movement, service support and other different goals. According to the actual situation, the artillery, infantry, armor and other arms units will be commanded to work closely together..."

At the moment, Zhou Yang explained the advantages of the combined brigade to the great elder in detail.

Of course, the advantages of the synthetic brigade over the mechanized infantry brigade are far more than these, but due to limitations in weapons, equipment and communication technology, Zhou Yang did not elaborate.

But even so, it still shocked the great elder.

After a while, a voice came from the other end of the phone again: "Comrade Zhou Yang, is this the reason why you asked them for an additional order of US$500 million?"

"Chief, although what I am saying is just an idea at the moment, I think it is still worth 5 million US dollars." Zhou Yang said confidently.

Although with the current level of equipment, the synthetic brigade he created is just a reduced version, commonly known as the "beggar's version", it can still greatly improve the combat effectiveness of those stupid camels.

After all, judging from the horrible state of the Iran-Iraq war in the previous life, regardless of whether it is Silly Damu or Persia, their army is still at the level of World War I, and their technical and tactical levels are really low.

Even if we don't build a combined brigade, just asking our army command team to help with training for a period of time and understanding the coordination of infantry and tanks can greatly improve the combat capabilities of the troops.

So for Zhou Yang, this matter is a business without capital - a guaranteed profit without losing any money!

Of course, Zhou Yang said this to reassure his superiors.

He knew very well what the leaders above were worried about.

They worry that they are just trying to sell equipment and deceive each other at will. If the troops cannot achieve the expected results after training, it will affect the later cooperation between the two countries!

Now that Zhou Yang clearly told the elder that he was not deceiving the other party, but that he really had a clue, they would not be so worried.

Sure enough, after listening to Zhou Yang's report, the great elder immediately said: "Comrade Zhou Yang, you have done a good job on this matter. There is no problem with us. After they confirm it, we can return to the capital to sign the agreement!"

"As for the army reorganization plan of the combined brigade that you proposed, I will ask the General Staff to study it carefully. We will not say whether we should use it ourselves. At least when we cooperate with Sha Damu, we have to be confident. !”

"But it was you who brought this up after all, and you are the only one who knows what a real synthetic brigade is, so I will have to trouble you about this!"

"Yes, I promise to complete the mission!"

With that said, Zhou Yang looked at his watch and found that more than twenty minutes had passed.

Thinking of the reminder from the man just now, Zhou Yang immediately said: "Chief, I have to inform the other party's representative of our decision. If you don't have anything else to do, then my report ends here!"

"Okay, if you have anything important in the future, you can call me directly!"

Zhou Yang was slightly shocked. Did he have a direct way to Tianting?

"Yes...take care of yourself!"

After speaking, Zhou Yang hung up the phone decisively.

Putting down the microphone in his hand, Zhou Yang felt that his legs standing in front of the desk were shaking slightly, and his heartbeat was beating much faster.

He knew that this was caused by being too nervous and excited!

Not only because he had a phone call with the Great Elder and obtained a direct charter to Tianting, but more importantly, his idea of ​​setting up a synthetic brigade received support from above.

I believe that as long as we implement his ideas, we will not only sell weapons and equipment, gain a long-term cooperation partner, but also test the effectiveness and power of new weapons and new tactics. It will really be like killing two birds with one stone!

After standing in front of the desk and calming down for a while, Zhou Yang turned around and walked out the door after his excitement calmed down a bit, preparing to tell the other members of the negotiation team about the situation.

However, when he opened the door of the office, he saw Vice Minister Hou, Liang Shi, Liu Yuan and others gathered around the door.

Seeing him coming out, everyone looked directly at him...

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