Chapter 115 Actual Combat Exercise (1)

Yan Mingcheng saw that his equipment had marched for 300 kilometers, there was no problem at all, everything was going well, and he had to admire in his heart, Zhao Zhongyao was really a talent, his new equipment was really powerful, at least in terms of marching training, he had already scored a point.

"Okay, since you're so confident, let's see how our opponent is!" Yan Mingcheng felt that on his side, with Zhao Zhongyao's new equipment, everything was going smoothly, he wanted to see if everything was going well on the opponent's side!

So Yan Mingcheng explained a few words to Chief of Staff Yang under him, and he asked the driver to fly in the direction of Yanhai City with a small antelope.

Yan Mingcheng's opponent this time was called Yao Hongjun, who was the commander of an armored division stationed in Yanhai City. Tall and very military, but he is already in his fifties, and he is a teacher.

Compared with Yan Mingcheng, the newly appointed division commander, Yao Hongjun can be regarded as a teacher, and he was promoted from the position of regiment commander together with Chen Daotian. I have five or six years of experience as a division commander.

I also know that when I reach a critical moment in the army, I can either go to the next level and become a senior leader of the army, or I can only take off my military uniform and change jobs.

Chen Daotian had already changed jobs ahead of schedule a few months ago because of the incident with the Xiaoshan Eagle helicopter. And he was also punished by military discipline.

Yao Hongjun also knew about this, and he also knew very well that now that the army is carrying out reform, not only must the weapons and equipment be replaced, but even some veteran cadres must be replaced! The higher authorities have issued a document that makes it very clear that it is a policy to make the cadres of the army highly educated, young, and ordinary and young.

But how to make the old cadres willingly take a back seat is also a problem. Now the superiors are also thinking about these things!

Therefore, for veteran cadres of the level of division commanders, an unprecedented sense of crisis has been felt by them.

And this exercise, for Yao Hongjun, he knows that this is the last question given to him by his superiors, and if he does a good job, he may continue to stay in the army, and he may even be promoted to become a senior cadre.

But if you can't do it well, you can only take off your military uniform and leave the army.

Yao Hongjun is very aware of his current situation, although he has a sense of crisis, but at the same time, he also has a sense of pride in challenging life.

Yao Hongjun was also very clear about his opponent's situation, knowing that Yan Mingcheng was a newly appointed division commander, and he heard that the equipment of the entire division had been updated. It's all new gear.

And this exercise is just to check how Yan Mingcheng's combat effectiveness of these new equipment is!

If theoretically, it seems that Yan Mingcheng should have an absolute advantage, and he uses new weapons and equipment!

However, experienced leaders of the troops know that although the new equipment is relatively powerful, the 'intimacy' between the new equipment and the soldiers is not enough when it is first equipped to the troops, and the soldiers are often not familiar with it, and they cannot use it easily.

The new equipment is like a new soldier, although it is full of vitality, but it does not have much actual combat experience, even if it is a vigorous tiger, I am afraid that it is not the opponent of a veteran with rich combat experience.

Now Yan Mingcheng and the armored division of Yao Hongjun are like this, one is new equipment, the other is old equipment, but one is a very experienced veteran, and the other is a new recruit who does not have much experience.

In this battle, it is difficult to draw conclusions about who will win and who will lose!

Anyway, for Yao Hongjun, he is very unconvinced. Because, he also heard that the superiors intended to build Yan Mingcheng's armored division into a model division and an elite division for the whole army, and become a sharp knife and a banner for the whole army.

They are all local troops and ordinary armored divisions, so why should the higher authorities be so biased towards Yan Mingcheng's troops? This incident has already made the commanders of other armored divisions in the whole army a little unconvinced.

But the decision of the higher-level leaders is not that the people below are not convinced, so they will not implement it, no matter whether others are convinced or not, Yan Mingcheng is so fortunate to become the commander of the elite armored division of the whole army. It has become the expectation and dream of the superiors.

This time, when Yao Hongjun knew that he was going to compete with Yan Mingcheng's armored division, he made up his mind that he must defeat Yan Mingcheng, not only to fight for face, but also to fight for some face for other armored divisions in the whole army.

Therefore, for Yao Hongjun, this time he competed with Yan Mingcheng, and he was also full of energy, and he must win this 'war'. Let his superiors see that although he is older, he still has motivation and sharpness. It is possible to command the Iron Legion and run rampant on the battlefield.

Yao Hongjun was ready to fight against the odds, although his unit was also equipped with several small mountain eagle helicopters, but he did not take it, he took a loading command vehicle, walking in the front of the team, he wanted to personally lead this ironclad lion, majestic, high-spirited to the exercise area.

Now their troops are also starting from Yanhai City and assembling in the exercise area!

It can be said that since these two troops left the camp gate, the curtain of the competition has been opened.

Although Yao Hongjun is a very experienced teacher, he has also conducted this kind of real-life confrontation exercise several times.

But the first few times were not as important as this one. Because this time, it is very likely that his fate will be decided, and whether he can stay in the army or not depends on his performance in the exercise this time.

It is precisely because Yao Hongjun has such an idea that it has invisibly increased the pressure on him to command this exercise.

And this time, the training to the exercise site of thousands of kilometers is undoubtedly a huge test for him. You know, hundreds of armored vehicles and tanks, as well as dozens of trucks carrying logistics supplies, are dispatched together, and if none of them have problems, it is also very difficult.

But as long as one of them has a problem, it will affect the performance of the whole division's marching and training. In this regard, after Yao Hongjun received the task of exercising, he gave orders to the six regiment commanders under him, asking them to make sure that their vehicles and equipment were overhauled, that they had enough fuel, and that they must not have problems during the march.

The six regiment commanders under Yao Hongjun also told some of their battalion commanders and company commanders very seriously that they should check and repair their vehicles and never have accidents on the march.

In order to avoid accidents, each regiment commander also assigned all the vehicles under his command, and each management cadre had to be responsible for several vehicles, and whoever was responsible for the vehicle had a problem would be punished.