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

Capital. Equipment Department!

"Ding-deng-deng..."

Zhou Yang knocked on Mr. Jiang’s office door with ease!

In the past few years, he has come here once or twice a month on average.

In the past two years, with the development of communication technology and the increasing size of the institute's booth, dean Zhou Yang has become busier and busier, so he comes less often.

"Come in!"

After pushing the door open and entering, Zhou Yang saw Mr. Jiang sitting at his desk processing documents.

Six years have passed, and Mr. Jiang has become older and thinner. This reminds Zhou Yang of Lao Zhang, who has been dead for seven years.

Before Lao Zhang passed away, he also lost a lot of weight in a very short period of time.

"Hello, Chief, Zhou Yang from the 18th Research Institute is reporting to you!"

Since he came under orders, Zhou Yang behaved very formally and was not as casual as before.

Mr. Jiang thought for a moment and said, "You came here pretty quickly. I thought you had to come at least at night!"

"Haha, you always call me, how dare I neglect it? I just flew here without receiving the order!" Zhou Yang said.

Mr. Jiang nodded and said, "Sit down and talk!"

After Zhou Yang sat down, Mr. Jiang pushed a document in front of him and motioned for him to take a look first.

Zhou Yang didn't show any pretense, he immediately picked up the document and read it carefully.

Zhou Yang's heart skipped a beat when he saw the title of the document - "Opinions on Deepening National Defense and Military Reform."

Although he was shocked and excited, Zhou Yang still patiently read the document carefully.

The content of this document is indeed about military reform, although it is just an opinion and has not been finalized.

But Zhou Yang knew that since the "Opinions" had come out, it meant that the higher-ups had made up their minds to implement military reforms. Calculating the time, this time point was six or seven years earlier than in the previous life.

After seeing Zhou Yang close the document, Mr. Jiang immediately asked: "How is it? Is there anything you want to say?"

After a moment of thought, Zhou Yang then said: "It's a bit exciting, but it's also expected!"

Yes, Zhou Yang had indeed anticipated this.

Ever since he and Jiang Chengcai established the first combined brigade with the Saibei Military Region as the core in 80, the above discussion on military reform began.

Over the years, the Saibei Provincial Military Region has formed a total of 4 combined brigades, and these combined brigades use the Saibei military training base as a training ground to accept the challenges of all division-level and below-division-level troops in the army.

As a result, in more than five years, no one, whether it was the A-type division that shocked the north or the troops that had experienced the battle in southern Xinjiang, could defeat the combined brigade in a duel.

As a result, a saying spread among the army - "Liberate the Zhuri River and capture Jiang Chengcai alive."

Of course, it is not just the contribution of these combined brigades that promotes military reform, but also other factors, such as the Iran-Iraq war, and high-level judgments on the international situation and our country's external environment, etc.

Especially last year, superiors announced a one-million-dollar disarmament plan, abolishing 4 major military regions and 11 field army headquarters with unprecedented intensity, and adjusted the structure of services and arms.

Zhou Yang knew that the time for comprehensive military reform was not far away!

Mr. Jiang nodded and said: "We have all seen the changes in the Saibei Provincial Military Region in the past two years. It is really shocking that a provincial military region dares to accept the challenge of the entire army and is invincible."

"Especially in the 84th military exercise, you used 4 brigades against 8 Class A divisions, including 4 that were withdrawn from the battlefield in southern Xinjiang. As a result, these 8 divisions were defeated by you before they could hold out for three days. It collapsed, fully demonstrating what it means to have more troops than to have more troops..."

Zhou Yang grinned and said, "That was just an exercise. If we really want to fight with real swords and guns on the battlefield, the situation may not be like that."

Mr. Jiang glared at him and said, "As long as you don't grin to the back of your head, I will believe you. If we really go to the battlefield, I'm afraid those divisions will be defeated even more miserably!"

This was not said casually. Mr. Jiang also had evidence, and his evidence was the astonishing performance of the Combined Brigade in the Iran-Iraq war.

The Iran-Iraq War still started in late September 80, but this war was completely different from the previous life because both countries received training from the Chinese Military Observer Group before the war began.

Although time was relatively short, 12 mechanized combined brigades were organized on Shadamu's side, while 9 were organized on Persia's side.

But as soon as the war began, these integrated brigades showed strong combat effectiveness, especially at the beginning of the double war, Persia was caught off guard due to a sudden surprise attack from Shadamu's side.

Coupled with the strong combat effectiveness of the combined brigade and all mechanized troops, the attack speed was extremely fast. In less than two days, it took Khorramshahr, an important port city in southern Persia, and then raided Abadan with heavy troops. All along the way All the Persian garrison troops were defeated at a moment's notice, including its elite Revolutionary Guards.

It was not until the four combined brigades that were undergoing training in the capital went south for reinforcements and the two sides fought bloody battles in Abadan for 4 days and nights that they could barely contain the attack of Shadamu's army.

After this battle, the new troops of the two countries became famous in the Middle East.

In the subsequent battles, as long as the elites of both sides did not meet each other, the battle situation was almost one-sided.

Under such circumstances, Shadamu and Persia immediately reorganized their national armies. At this point, the Iran-Iraq war developed in a completely different direction.

In previous generations, when people described the Iran-Iraq war, the most common saying was that the two countries used modern weapons to fight a World War I-style war. It was obviously supposed to be a peak showdown between strong men, but the result was like a fight between two rustics.

But this life was completely different. With the combined brigade as the core, the two countries fought a wonderful and high-level war.

Although neither country can do anything to the other at the moment, they have both trained a force with strong combat effectiveness. After seeing the combat effectiveness of the two armies, the surrounding countries all trembled in fear, including the Hoopoe Kingdom, which has the little overlord in the Middle East.

And this situation was also presented to the top leaders with battlefield reports from our country's military advisory group.

Now that the white mouse experiment has been successful, it is time to promote it to the entire military, so this military reform was born.

Zhou Yang did not deny the combat effectiveness of the Combined Brigade. Firstly, he could not deny it at all, and secondly, he did not want to deny it.

The reason why I said that just now was just to be humble and to save face for other troops.

After all, the troops from other military regions were defeated miserably on the exercise ground. If he continues to follow the same principle, it will be murderous and heart-wrenching. We, Old Zhou, cannot do such a thing.

"Chief, this is not why you urgently called me back this time. I am just a small research dean. I should not be qualified to participate in such a big thing as military reform!" Zhou Yang said.

Mr. Jiang glared at him, and then said: "What do you mean by a small research dean? Do you think you are too young?"

"No...that's not what I meant!" Zhou Yang explained hurriedly.

"Okay, I'm calling you back this time, mainly because I want to hear your opinions on the military reform!" Jiang Lao said in a surprising voice.

"My opinion?"

"Yes, although the military reform is mainly focused on streamlining and reorganizing it to solve the problems of many military units, large structures, and scattered deployment, and to improve the combat capabilities and combat level of the troops, the core of it is to use the combined brigade you created as the Lord, of course I have to ask for your opinion!" Jiang Lao said.

Zhou Yang pondered for a moment and then said: "As for the organization of the army, Commander E Jiang (Jiang Chengcai) and I have discussed it before. We have always believed that if there is a nationwide military reform, there should be group armies under the military regions, and each group army should be It has a certain number of combined brigades under its jurisdiction. The combined brigades are both the largest tactical unit and the smallest strategic unit. During wartime..."

After listening to Zhou Yang's thoughts, Mr. Jiang pondered for a moment, and then said: "According to your ideas, we will have to lay off at least another million troops!"

Zhou Yang shook his head and said: "Not enough, at least 150 million to million!"

Although the one-million-strong disarmament has now been completed, Zhou Yang knows that our army still has 423 million troops.

According to the experience of later generations, if it is just to maintain national defense security, 200 million troops are enough.

Considering that we still have to face the threat from the neighbor to the north, 250 million to 300 million is enough. Any more will really become a burden.

After all, by having to feed a few million less troops, we can save tens of billions of dollars, which can be used to develop the national defense industry and improve the level of weapons and equipment of the troops. Wouldn't it be great?

When Mr. Jiang heard Zhou Yang's words, he fell silent...

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