Others show their swords, I show my missiles!

Li Yunlong and Political Commissar Zhao returned to the brigade headquarters. As expected, Zhang Dabiao was worried.

Not to mention the gray hair that lasts for a long time, my hair has fallen out a lot.

"Brigadier, this plot is difficult to design. The red team killed the blue team with three strikes, five strikes and two divisions! It's not challenging at all." Zhang Dabiao asked in embarrassment.

"Let me see how you designed it."

Li Yunlong took a look at Zhang Dabiao's design plan: Okay! It's like a boxing champion beating up a kindergarten kid!

Political Commissar Zhao was also happy and said to Zhang Dabiao with a smile: "Dabiao, you have to first understand what is the purpose of organizing this big exercise. Is it to practice slaughtering Japanese?"

Zhang Dabiao scratched his head and asked doubtfully, "Isn't it?" He looked at Zhao Gang. Political Commissar Zhao did not answer. He looked at Li Yunlong again.

Li Yunlong got a little angry and asked, "What are you going to do to fight the Japanese when they come?"

"Hit those who are close with guns; use cannons on those who are far away?" Zhang Dabiao replied.

"What should we do if planes come to bomb us?"

"Shoot it down with a missile?"

"Should you fire the missiles or should I? Should you fire the cannons or should I fire them? When tanks come later, one of the three of us will fire the missiles, one will drive the tank, and the other will fire the cannon. The three of us will do everything!" Li Yunlong shouted angrily.

Zhang Dabiao understood. He stood at attention and replied:

"Reporting to the brigade commander, I understand: the purpose of this exercise is to familiarize the soldiers with new weapons, maximize the use of new weapons, and study new tactics for using new weapons!"

Li Yunlong waved his hand.

"Go make plans!"

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang entered another room.

"Lao Li, wasn't it inappropriate for you to be angry at Da Biao just now?" Zhao Gang lowered his voice and asked.

"What's inappropriate? Da Biao is usually quite shrewd. But sometimes he's stuck in one road and doesn't know how to find another."

"I mean, Da Biao is also the chief of staff after all. Abroad, the chief of staff is the same as the military commander of an army! In other words, he is on the same level as the two of us. You don't lose face at all when you train others like this. Leave it to others.

Because there are political commissars like me in our army, it affects the position of chief of staff. It seems that the chief of staff is one and a half levels lower than the two of us. "

"Hey! Are you talking about this? Don't worry, Da Biao is not so narrow-minded. He won't think about it at all. Besides, he worked under me before he joined the Independent Regiment. I trained all day and night at that time. Him. He’s not used to being punished any day!”

"It's better to be more careful. Da Biao is already in his twenties. If the soldiers see him, it will affect his prestige." Zhao Gang said while pouring water.

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, and pay a little more attention in the future." He picked up the water bowl, and just as he was about to drink it, something didn't smell right: it seemed that in addition to hydrogen and oxygen, there was also carbon in it.

He sniffed hard: "Damn it, Lao Zhao, you secretly drank my wine!"

He smelled it carefully again, "It's still Lao Baigan, I only have this bottle left, I'll fight you!" As he said that, he made a gesture to grab Zhao Gang's collar.

Zhao Gang stepped aside and said with a smile: "Look at how stingy you are! Have you forgotten that before, I didn't even drink when you invited me to drink? I finally wanted to have a drink with you, but you feel sorry for me?"

"Is this ordinary wine? This is Lao Baigan! I got it from Ding Wei last time without even coaxing it. I'm not even willing to drink it!"

"Don't we also have this kind of wine at our headquarters?" Zhao Gang asked maliciously.

Li Yunlong mentally called up the system material exchange table, entered the keywords, searched it carefully, and shook his head, "No!"

"how do you know?"

Li Yunlong was shocked, "If there is good wine, Minister Yang will definitely be thinking of me!"

I thought to myself: "What a good guy, intellectual, too much minded!"

Zhao Gang is doubtful, and the proportion of disbelief accounts for 95%.

If I say that I have new equipment that I am thinking of you, Zhao Gang still believes it; drinking? Everyone knows that Li Yunlong is a good drinker and gets drunk every time. How can he get used to this problem?

In order to stop Zhao Gang's mouth, Li Yunlong smiled again: "Hey hey hey, we have been together for almost a year, so it's time for us to have some good drinks and have a good chat."

He turned his head and shouted outside: "Dabiao, monk, and Huzi, come in. Today we, Political Commissar Zhao, are treating you!"

Zhao Gang said anxiously: "When did I say I wanted to treat you? I don't even have a can, so what can I treat you with?"

Li Yunlong smiled and said: "Don't worry, you treat me, I'll pay for it, just wait for me."

Li Yunlong returned to his room and found a small bag of peanuts and a bag of salt.

Now that conditions have improved, Li Yunlong has his own room, so he no longer has to share the same bed with Zhang Dabiao and Zhao Gang.

Back to the headquarters, Dabiao got some salted water to boil peanuts.

A few people put together a few more cans, and it was a hearty meal.

If Laobaigan doesn't have enough, he'll use sorghum wine, or if he doesn't, he'll roast sweet potatoes.

This sweet potato roasting process is simple, but the taste of the wine is really unflattering. It is only used to satisfy cravings when food is in short supply.

"Old Zhao, where did you learn this pistol technique? How can there be so many bullets for you to practice your marksmanship?" Li Yunlong asked in confusion.

"Is Political Commissar Zhao a good marksman? I have to ask Political Commissar Zhao for advice when I have time." The monk said unconvinced.

It was he who gave him the reputation of "Political Commissar Zhao, the sharpshooter". That was when political commissar Zhao was fighting with his bayonet and firing.

Li Yunlong looked at the monk with pity.

"When you have time, chat with Company Commander Qi first, and then decide whether you want to challenge Political Commissar Zhao when you get back."

Zhang Dabiao smiled. Although he didn't see Political Commissar Zhao show off his marksmanship today, Political Commissar Zhao was a sniper instructor, and Zhang Dabiao knew this.

The monk was so careless that he didn't notice.

"This should be regarded as a talent. Just like a pillar, he can use any gun that comes into his hand after a few fiddles; for me, the gun comes into my hand, and it's like a part of the body." Zhao Gang replied.

"Why don't I have this talent? It's so damn annoying!" Li Yunlong complained.

"You, you are so blessed that you don't know how lucky you are. No one can envy your talent. You can get new equipment!"

Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao looked at each other and did not dare to answer.

Intellectuals have so many tricks!

"Besides, our brigade has tens of thousands of people. Just these few in our room, if one day we really need to use our guns to kill the enemy, then our brigade will be completely wiped out!" Zhao Gang said.

"That's right, brigade commander, you have to find your role correctly. You are a commander, not a combatant. It doesn't matter if your marksmanship is almost the same..." Zhang Dabiao drank some wine and became bolder. Of course, he was still far from drunk. .

"You brat, are you itchy? How dare you arrange this for me! You must have learned this from Lao Zhao!"

"Don't bite people. That's what you said about Da Biao a few days ago. Have you forgotten? You have wronged me. You must be punished. Drink this!" Zhao Gang pointed at Li Yunlong's wine bowl.

"Hey, hey, hey, just drink, you intellectuals are narrow-minded."

Zhang Dabiao and Huzi didn't dare to drink too much. They had to stay awake so that someone could make the decision if something happened.

Huzi didn't dare to drink too much because he wanted to protect his leader.

As for whether Li Yunlong will tell the truth after drinking, Zhang Dabiao is not worried.

Although Political Commissar Zhao has developed some drinking capacity, he is still not on the same level as Li Yunlong.

Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong drank to their heart's content. Monk Wei didn't want to drink more at first, but he couldn't hold it back and drank a lot.

The three of them crowded into the brigade headquarters and slept until the next morning.

Zhang Dabiao was busy until midnight and finally came up with a prototype of the exercise plan.

The big plan is simple: five high ground, red team attacks, blue team defends.

For the red and blue sides, it is an unplanned exercise.

Each party may take any reasonable measures, including calling for air support.

But for Zhang Dabiao, there was a plan. And there are so many plans, he has to think of various possibilities, and rehearse each possibility in his mind.

For example, Blue Fang said: I want to dig a tunnel in Highland No. 1.

The command and control department told Lan Fang that they could dig a tunnel and then tie up the pigs and remove the people.

The red team said, I want to call for long-range artillery fire to attack Highland No. 1.

After the guidance department confirms that Highland No. 1 is ready, it tells the long-range artillery to fire on Highland No. 1.

After the bombing was over, people were sent to check how many pigs were still alive to assess the effectiveness of the attack.

Then notify the red and blue parties of the results.

If the red team is marching, the blue team says: I want to carry out a 120 mortar attack on which area. The command and control department asked Blue to fire artillery shells in another uninhabited place, and made a decision afterwards.

In this way, every link must be thought through first, and no mistakes can be made.

For example, before the people controlling the tunnel could withdraw, artillery shells fell... Zhang Dabiao could not bear this responsibility.

Real drills are not like those shown in movies and TV shows: for the sake of visual effects, it is like a cannon being fired at people. The explosive spot was arranged only three to five meters away from people.

How can you actually do this? are you crazy?

It is equivalent to Zhang Dabiao alone, who has to anticipate the thoughts of the red and blue generals.

Especially the second regiment leader Zhu Haipeng, this person has a flexible mind and always has some fantastic ideas.

Zhang Dabiao also felt that he couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

This made Zhang Dabiao very worried: If something happened that he didn't expect, he would be in a hurry.

It’s easy to make mistakes when you’re busy.

He rubbed his temples and thought: It would be great if he was given a deputy chief of staff.

Zhang Dabiao misses the days when he was the commander of the 1st Battalion. At that time, there were more than 600 people in a battalion, and he could just take the lead in the charge. If you're lucky, you can chop off a few Japs' heads with your own hands.

But now, his sword is covered with dust, I am afraid he has already become hungry and thirsty, right?

The three drunkards woke up, pinched their heads, and washed their faces.

Huzi has already prepared breakfast.

At this time, officers and soldiers were equal. Li Yunlong and the others only had a few bottles of wine in their private collection, and they usually ate the same as the soldiers.

Or beef products, pickles and cabbage.

However, pork will soon be eaten, and it is expected that a large amount of pork will be produced after the exercise.

Zhang Dabiao took advantage of the meal time of several brigade leaders to report the plan he designed.

Li Yunlong nodded, "Yes, it seems that you have put your heart into it! It deserves encouragement!"

Then he pointed out several omissions in details.

Political Commissar Zhao also said: "Lao Li thinks it's OK to just leave the problem. I have no objection. Just go ahead and do it. If something goes wrong, the brigade will be collectively responsible. Don't put any pressure on you."

"understand!"

Zhang Dabiao asked again: "Brigade commander, political commissar, how about this exercise codenamed 'Raptor'?"

Li Yunlong said nonchalantly: "I have no objection."

Political Commissar Zhao said: "We are just a brigade-level unit. Isn't the codename 'Dragon' a bad idea? I think we should call it Wolf or Tiger."

Li Yunlong said: "You educated people have a lot of things to do. Just give me a fucking name. What can you call me? Just don't call me a dog or a worm!"

Zhang Dabiao said: "Then let's call it 'Tiger'."

Political Commissar Zhao nodded.

"Okay, let's make arrangements. Let's hold a mobilization meeting first. Tomorrow, all participating troops will be mobilized and a dedicated telephone number will be established with the command and control department. The exercise will begin the day after tomorrow."

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the battalion and regiment-level military commanders of each participating unit gathered at the brigade headquarters. A mobilization meeting for the Operation Tiger exercise was held.

Political Commissar Zhao spoke first: "Comrades! Since the establishment of our independent brigade, we only fought the Battle of Zhengtai Road shortly after its establishment. There has been no major war since then. Xiyang, Lijiapo and the annihilation of the Hessian Cavalry Regiment were all local battles. , it’s not even a big battle.

Now, the number of our travelers has expanded from 6000 when we were founded to [-] now.

Later, our General Logistics Department equipped us with high-tech weapons such as long-range rocket launchers, anti-aircraft missiles, infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled howitzers, and anti-tank missiles.

Most of the people are new; half of the equipment is new.

These weapons are all high-tech weapons. If used properly, they can become powerful weapons for killing enemies; if used incorrectly, they are worse than large blades.

You might even hit your own people.

As weapons and equipment are replaced, our combat mode must also change accordingly.

To give a simple example: since our independent regiment was upgraded to an independent brigade, we have basically never trained on stabbing.

why? Because it is not useful in most cases.

We have so many mortars, howitzers, recoilless rifles, light and heavy machine guns, assault rifles, etc.

There are very few situations where the above weapons cannot solve the problem and a bayonet must be used.

Gone are the days when you had to go up and fight with the bayonet after firing three bullets.

Therefore, bayonet fighting training was suspended and turned to shooting and physical fitness training.

Why weren’t shooting and physical fitness the focus before?

Because there were no bullets at that time, I was reluctant to use a large number of bullets to train shooting skills; and there was not enough food. I was satisfied with just having food and clothing. How could I have any spare time for physical training?

The updating of weapons and equipment and the improvement of material supplies have changed the focus of our training. It will also change the future war model.

Future wars will develop in the direction of large corps, great depth, mechanization, informatization, and beyond visual range.

Only by adapting to this development and keeping up with the speed of weapons and equipment updates in our thinking and training models can we remain invincible in future wars.

Most of our people have not experienced a war. The use of weapons is only theoretical, and there is a serious lack of practical training.

So we don’t have any confidence; the head of the headquarters doesn’t have any confidence either.

I don’t know if we can fight and win if we are released at the critical moment.

What is certain is that there must be something unreasonable in the use of these high-tech weapons by comrades today. Even veterans are lacking in adjustment.

This is why we organized this exercise.

Through drills that are close to actual combat, everyone can become familiar with the performance and operation of new weapons and equipment, and develop combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

Our cadres at all levels should also learn lessons from this exercise; explore new models of combat command and explore new tactics. Find out what is unreasonable about us and find a solution.

In this way, we can make fewer and fewer mistakes in actual combat.

It really puts the chief at ease.

Note: Although this exercise is a back-to-back unplanned exercise, there are red and blue sides. But in fact our enemies are ourselves. Our goal is to defeat our past unqualified selves.

The enemy of the red side is not the blue side; the enemy of the blue side is not the red side.

Everyone should not do anything that affects unity. If there is any dispute, go to the mediator, Chief of Staff Zhang, to make a decision.

That’s all I have to say. Let’s ask the brigade commander to say a few words. "

There was no applause. This is not a leadership speech at a conference.

The purpose of everyone's meeting is to understand the leader's speech and go back to do ideological work for the soldiers accordingly. It's not just a formality.

Li Yunlong went on to say: "We, Mr. Li, cannot speak in such detail as Political Commissar Zhao. We have little education and cannot speak well.

Let me just talk about the code name of this exercise, which is called ‘Operation Tiger’. This was what Political Commissar Zhao meant. I didn’t pay much attention to it at first. It’s just a name. It doesn’t matter what you call it!

Later, when I thought about it, this name has a profound meaning: If we can't keep up with training, can't form combat effectiveness, and are fucked by little devils, what will it be called? This is called "the tiger falls in peace and is bullied by the dog";

We boasted about what we were going to do to the little devil in Haikou, but the little devil showed up at our door. I couldn’t use the high-end equipment. What’s this called? This is called ‘riding a tiger with difficulty’;

If we train well and fight with dignity, this is called "tiger coming down the mountain"!

Since we are comparing ourselves to tigers, we should stop lying down all the time and go down the mountain to look for food. Which tiger is it? Pull it out and see!

That’s all I have to say. Next, I would like to ask Chief of Staff Zhang to issue the order for the Operation Tiger exercise. "

Zhang Dabiao walked up to the map, without any nonsense, holding a small book and directly read out the order:

"Each regiment leaves one battalion veteran, commanded by Wang Qingrui; they will work with the special operations group to protect the security of the base area; the rest will participate in the exercise.

The red side is composed of regiments 1, 3, and 5, with Fan Yingming as the commander-in-chief and Shen Quan as the deputy commander-in-chief;

The blue side consists of regiments 2, 4, and 6, with Zhu Haipeng as the commander-in-chief and Wang Huaibao as the deputy commander-in-chief.

Both sides can apply for long-range artillery, aviation, support and air defense support.

Before 12 noon tomorrow, the red side will move to area A; the blue side will move to highlands 1 to 5 to garrison. During this period, the exercise has not yet started, and both sides are prohibited from infiltrating and attacking each other. However, after both sides move in place, they can immediately deploy defensive fortifications and evacuate and hide.

After both parties are in place, the special hotline of the Guidance and Regulation Department is connected. The phone cord is red.

Before the end of the exercise, both sides are strictly prohibited from damaging the direct line of the command and control department.

This exercise mainly exercises frontal confrontation and prohibits the infiltration of special forces.

The exercise will officially begin at 8pm tomorrow evening.

红方作战目的是攻占并据守1至5号高地；蓝方作战目的是坚守1至5号高地3天。

The exercise will end three days after it officially starts or after the winner is determined, whichever is when the facilitator announces the end order.

There is no plan for this exercise, and both parties can play freely.

Have any questions? "

No one answered.

"Dismiss!"

Our army's first largest-scale actual combat exercise is about to begin.