At the junction of the two provinces of eastern Guangdong and Minzhou, there is a cotton beach reservoir.

On the southern coast, there can be no shortage of water. The reservoirs here are generally blocked by rivers or streams, forming a drop, and building small hydropower stations one after another. Fortunately, the south is mountainous and uneven, and such small hydropower stations can be found everywhere. However, the Cotton Beach Hydropower Station, in the eastern part of Guangdong and the western part of Minzhou, is very famous, and it carries the electricity of several surrounding prefectures and counties.

Don't think that the reservoir and the hydropower station are densely populated, on the contrary, it is now sparsely populated. The road is so difficult to walk that there is only one slightly decent road that leads from the Meizhou area of eastern Guangdong to the Longyan area of Minzhou. The rest of the roads are dirt roads. Of course, the roads here are not a problem for the mountain brigade, especially the reconnaissance company of the sharp knife unit as a mountain brigade.

On the third day of the first month of the Lunar New Year in '76, the mountain brigade of the Huacheng Military Region and a certain army of the Minzhou Military Region were going to hold a military exercise in the Miantan area.

Speaking of which, the amount of force is not equal.

Here, let's first talk about the establishment of our troops.

In the PLA troops, a company is usually composed of three platoons. A platoon is generally composed of three squads, and a squad generally has about ten people. So in this way, there are about 30 people in a platoon. Plus the cooking squad, the communicator, the secretary general, the three platoon commanders, the deputy company commander, the company commander, and the instructor. It's about 120 people.

In the internal security units of the armed police, especially in the armed guarding units such as important buildings, the strength of each squadron is different. For example, armed police squadrons guarding bridges should allocate troops according to the length of the bridge, some squadrons have three or four platoons, while others have only two platoons. So the number of people is not the same.

A battalion has about four companies with about 500 men; A regiment has three battalions, and a standard regiment has a number of 1,500 men; A division includes five to six regiments, plus second-line non-combat units subordinate to the division's logistics office, such as breeding farms, special reconnaissance companies and radar stations subordinate to the division's reconnaissance office, plus division headquarters and other units, so a division is about 10,000 people, and the strength of a standard division is 10,000.

When the division was first converted into a brigade, a brigade was about one regiment less than a division, and a standard division was 10,000 people, so the number of brigades was about 7,000 people. The strength of each army is different, and the key rapid reaction force, for example, a certain army once had three divisions and two brigades; Some armies in the west once had only three brigades. An army group is a battle cluster composed of two or more armies.

However, Mr. Xu Shiyou is notoriously bold.

At the beginning, when the mountain army was established, the old man opened his mouth to set up a mountain group army. The old commanders of the Beijing Division, of course, knew the tricks of this old comrade-in-arms, and only approved one brigade. He played a trick here, the mountain brigade, there were five regiments, and each regiment was overnumbered, and the total number was 10,000 smaller. However, even so, the opposing army has three brigades and more than 20,000 people. It is equivalent to a warrior in the mountain brigade, and you have to face more than two opposing fighters.

From here, it can be seen that no matter how the Beijing division was considered when it was established, letting the mountain brigade compete with an army actually attaches great importance to the combat effectiveness of the mountain brigade.

Yes, mountain brigades have a lot of flaws. One of them is that the establishment time is too short. The training of the mountain brigade is hard, so is it not the training of other units of our country that is not hard? No matter how hard you train, less than a year will be a severe test for both the bigwigs of the mountain brigade and the soldiers.

At the operational meeting of the brigade headquarters, Commander Xu was really just a spectator, as he himself said. His mood is not calm. Otherwise, it will not be a big New Year, so I will go directly to the mountain brigade. Even made a wish for Liu Taimeng's promotion, but he turned a blind eye. If the First World War is successful, the expansion of the mountain forces is a certainty. What if it fails? I can only say hehe.

Wu Shan knew well about the establishment of the mountain brigade reconnaissance battalion. There are many things that he once talked about with the old general. After all, our land has not yet been reunified, and any Chinese with a conscience is uncomfortable. Now is the best time indeed. After the founding of our country, we experienced the Goryeo War and the Annam War. Since then, there has been no major war. Soldiers, themselves, have to go through the baptism of war before they can become a steel team. And through constant military exercises, on the one hand, it is to paralyze the authorities on the island of Taiwan; On the other hand, it is also to give some combat experience to the team that has not been on the battlefield.

The battalion commander was impassioned on it, and Wushan's thoughts had already drifted away, and he didn't even notice when Wang Xuegui arrived.

The opponent of this battle, a certain army of the Minzhou Military Region, Wushan did not know anything, but this did not prevent him from understanding the Minzhou Military Region.

Military districts, also known as large military districts. It is an army-level organization set up in accordance with the country's administrative region, geographical location, strategic campaign direction, combat mission, and so on, and is the highest military leadership and command organ in a strategic region. It is generally named after the location of the leading organ, its jurisdiction, its geographical location, or its ordinal number. In wartime, it is responsible for leading and directing all armed forces in its strategic zone and strategic direction. For example, the Huacheng Military Region leads and commands the Han River, the Xiangjiang River, eastern Guangdong, and western Guangxi, as well as the subordinate armed forces in the five provinces (regions) of Qiongzhou. Just like Dao Chaoren's father, Commander Dao, it is the jurisdiction sequence of the Huacheng Military Region.

The Minzhou Military Region is a special case. After the liberation of China, relations between the mainland and Taiwan were tense. When Lao Jiang was alive, he was always shouting the slogan of counterattacking the mainland. The fleet of the United States cruised in the Taiwan Strait, and under this special historical condition, the Minzhou Military Region came into being. The Minzhou Military Region covers all the armed forces of Minzhou and Ganzhou provinces. Later, this military district was merged into the Jinling Military Region.

In the more than 30 years of war history of the Minzhou Military Region, it is needless to say that there have been setbacks. That is, the attack on Kinmen Island from October 25 to 28, 1949 was lost, and the Nanri Island was lost in October 1952. In these two battles, the Kuomintang army had an absolute superiority in terms of strength and firepower, and the navy and air force also participated in the battle. In contrast, the PLA is a weak one, and it is limited by island operations, and once it loses, there is no way to retreat. In land warfare, you can fight if you can win the war, and leave if you can't win. But in the battle on the island, once lost, there is the sea all around, where to go?

Speaking of which, it is necessary to be verbose and solve the Taiwan issue, and if we do not use force, we must win a complete victory. Otherwise, the sea is vast, where is your retreat? Otherwise, General Xu Shiyou would not have declared the Beijing Division, and from now on, he will continue to conduct military exercises, so that the Taiwan side will become accustomed to it. When necessary, seal the throat with a sword.

"Oh, applause." Wushan was touched for a while, and then he came back to his senses from his thoughts. Then he applauded with everyone, turned his head to look, and didn't know when Wang Xuegui of Lu Dao had already sat beside him.

It turned out that the meeting was over. This is just a pre-war mobilization meeting, and after returning to the camp, everyone has to go out overnight.

"Lao Wang, are you back?" Wushan Ha Luha smiled: "There was no place for you to live, but fortunately, I set off immediately." ”

"Hey, hey." Wang Xuegui scratched his head embarrassedly, as if the people around Wushan had this habit.

"By the way, you're not going to eat the little nurse so quickly, are you?" Wushan is very curious, in this era, no matter where in China, living together without marriage is a bad thing. What's more, they've only been in a relationship for a few days, so it won't be so fast. But this kid even took the quilt, there must be a situation.

"No, no," Wang Xuegui hurriedly waved his hand: "How is it possible?" Don't ruin Yimei's reputation. ”

"Eh," Wu Shan was stunned: "What an old king, I am ruining the reputation of your Xiao Zhang." You don't do things properly, I came back, I didn't see anyone everywhere, and even the troops were thrown aside. Saying that, Wushan Chong, who was still waiting next to Dao Chaoren, said: "Oh, our deputy platoon commander is here, and I don't understand what the situation is." ”

When it comes to himself, Dao Chaoren immediately pretended to be an ostrich, he didn't praise it, and he couldn't offend anyone.

"Hehe," the kid coaxed: "Sister Xuan has a bedroom, but if she is not married to her brother-in-law, the bedroom will be vacant." So, I moved in. It's been the New Year in the past two days, and I didn't expect to take action right away. ”

When I went back, I didn't have the treatment of a tricycle. At present, Wushan is also very clear about the situation of the battalion headquarters, and the key to the future level treatment is to look at this battle. However, looking at General Xu's momentum, even if it is comparable this time, it is estimated that he will directly become a military-level unit. When the time comes, I'll even have an instructor to travel.

Fortunately, Wang Xuegui's bicycle rode over from the brigade headquarters. Wushan rode with two people, and after a while, they arrived in the platoon.

"Do you have anything to clean up?" Wu Shan's face turned pale.

Dao Chaoren shook his head, and Wang Xuegui hurriedly ran out: "I'm waiting for you at the brigade headquarters, the engineer unit has left early this morning, and we are the first batch of troops." When the time comes, everyone will gather at the brigade headquarters and go directly by big truck. ”

On the training ground, the fighters have already packed their backpacks. All of them showed excitement on their faces, and they did not have a trace of dissatisfaction because they were going to practice during the New Year. It's good to be young, Wu Shan sighed in his heart. Suddenly I realized that I was a young man myself, and I couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

"Instructor, it's your turn!" Dao Chaoren touched him without a trace on the side.

"Comrades, our mountain brigade has received a notice from the higher authorities to conduct military exercises with Army A of the Minzhou Military Region. Now, our company is the advance force. The area of the exercise was 100 kilometers away in the area of Cotton Beach, and now I order: The first company, the original platoon, should rush to the vicinity of the Cotton Beach reservoir within three hours. As far as we know, the command of the opposing side is not far from this generation. Our task is to find out the specific deployment of the other side, our headquarters is in the central capital, and the leaders are watching everyone. Got it? ”

"Understood!" Immediately, under the leadership of Dao Chaoren, they shouted in unison: "Use me in the first battle, use me to win!" ”

At this time, the traffic is really troublesome. More than 100 kilometers, the car drove for almost two and a half hours. The road is very narrow, and when you hear a horn from the opposite side, the car has to wait in a slightly wider place. Fortunately, there are too few cars in this era, and it is the evening of the first day of the Lunar New Year, and I have always encountered a car. The driver also poked his head out and chatted with their driver in Wushan.

The car left everyone in the central capital, and this is the brigade headquarters. However, starting tomorrow morning, the troops will come one after another. Since it will start the morning after tomorrow, it will be noon tomorrow at the latest.

Zhongdu is a relatively large bazaar nearby, now called Zhongdu Commune. The troops were stationed at the foot of a hill about two kilometers east of the town.

Actually, a series has a lot of advantages. The other companies that have been promoted in the line of fire are only the two commanders in the previous platoon. Wushan and they were connected, and there were three people at once. It just so happens that one person can lead a class on a mission.

The combat mission is still in the pocket of Wushan. In the tent, Wu Shan spread out the map. The three of them studied their respective combat ranges together.

"I'd better take the second class," Wu Shan pointed to the upstream area: "Our task is in this generation, and the task of the second class is to Juzijiao here, there is a small bridge to cross." Lao Wang, you take the third class from Du Kang. Lao Dao, you just came, why didn't you give you the other two classes just now, I came out of the second class, and Zhu Jianquan, the squad leader of the third class, may not be able to command you for the time being, and it will take time to run in. Relatively speaking, Li Yuanjun in the first class is a little more easy-going. Old knife, you take a group from Fuguang's side. Now, let's go and have dinner with our respective classes. Depart immediately after the meal. ”

The spring cold is precipitous, but it can't hide the enthusiasm of the soldiers of the second class. Night was falling, and there was still a slight drizzle in the sky, and the soldiers of the second class had already assembled.

"Say a word," Wu Shan said energetically at the front of the team: "Take a break." Comrades, now, let's immediately follow the highway to Juzijiao, which is 7.5 kilometers away. Camp there tonight. Listen to me. Look to the right, look forward, turn back. Run and walk, one-two-one! ”