After the end of the counterattack against Vietnam, Xue Ming was pulled into the heroic model report group and gave speeches all over the country. Xue Ming was reluctant to go, but this was a political task, and he had to go, and he said in the report that he was all comrades-in-arms and troops, and rarely mentioned himself. It took them nearly half a year to get this rare opportunity to take a vacation and recuperate. Two days ago, he had just sorted out his summary of the campaign, and he not only had his feelings about the war in Vietnam, but also his experience of applying the knowledge he had learned in class to actual combat, and he had made a profound analysis and reflection on some backward theories that were obviously out of touch with reality.

In the past two days, he has been flipping through all kinds of materials and rushing to write a thesis on how the future war will be conducted, which is also a necessary homework after their studies. His dissertation was entitled "Special Operations and Future Warfare."

At this time, the door of the room was pushed open, and Xue Ming, who was busy sorting out and binding the paper he had just written, turned his head to look at it, and immediately stood up habitually and saluted.

Standing in front of him was his division commander, his father's old comrade-in-arms Gu Changhui. Gu Changhui waved his hand at him and said, "What are you busy with?" I've been here for days and don't report to me, and I have to come to see you in person, you're big enough. Xue Ming hurriedly saluted: "Uncle Gu, look at what you said, how dare I, aren't you scolding me, come, come, come, you sit down, I'll make tea for you, serious good tea, you sit." As he spoke, he let Gu Changhui onto the sofa by the window, turned around and went to make tea.

"Uncle Gu, when did you arrive? Meeting or recuperation? Xue Ming asked as he poured water.

"Recuperation? I thought, how can I be as idle as you. Gu Changhui said. I've been here for four or five days, and I've been holding meetings every day, and all the people who come here are the old heads of the Central Military Commission, and I want to hear the feelings of those of us who are leading the troops to fight on the front line. As he spoke, Gu Changhui sighed.

"Oh, I suppose, it's probably because of the casualties, right?" Xue Ming asked.

"It's not just the casualty problem, this war has exposed too many problems, our troops haven't fought a big battle for too long, there are too many places to summarize, if it's a victory, it's a tragic victory"

"Will anything change in the near future?" Xue Ming keenly felt a hint of excitement that made him excited.

"You kid, you're smart, it seems that these books are not in vain" Gu Changhui said as he diverted the topic and got up and walked to the table, looking at the stack of books on the table. "How are you? What have you been busy with lately? Let's talk about it. ”

"I also just finished writing a summary two days ago, and now I am in a hurry to write a thesis on special operations and future warfare, which will be handed in by the academy and has just been completed."

"Special operations? What are you referring to? He said. Gu Changhui picked up the paper and flipped through it.

"To put it simply, through a small group of specially trained soldiers, go deep behind enemy lines, complete special combat instructions, act as the eyes of large troops, and provide real-time battlefield intelligence, so that all coordinated combat units can complete immediate strikes at the first time, effectively shorten the enemy's reaction time, reduce unnecessary casualties on our side, and directly destroy the enemy's command system if necessary.

"It sounds interesting, but it feels like the guerrillas of the past, right?" Gu Changhui said this, but he clearly felt the weight of Xue Ming's paper in his heart, he looked at the paper carefully, but his mouth deliberately understated, he wanted to listen to Xue Ming's concept carefully.

Xue Ming also admitted frankly, "In fact, traditional guerrilla tactics are a kind of special operations, but the time is different, and the way of fighting has also changed greatly. With the progress of science and technology, there should also be higher requirements for special operations, that is, every special combat unit member is required to be able to adapt to different environments, to be able to fight in all weather, to have the ability to fight against the armed forces of different countries, and at the same time to have a high degree of secrecy in nature. Each special combat officer must be proficient in at least one or two languages of other countries, proficient in operating various weapons, quick in response, and proficient in combat, explosives, reconnaissance, assassination, lurking, infiltration, driving, parachuting, and survival in the wild, and other skills, but also requires the absolute loyalty of every soldier, once captured, can withstand all kinds of inhuman torture of the enemy, each person can be an independent combat unit, several people together is a sharp knife inserted into the enemy's heart, can complete special battles in a special state. ”

"And where do you come from?" Gu Changhui immediately asked the most direct question, "With such a high standard of conditions, I am afraid it will be difficult to be directly selected in the army." ”

This is also a question that Xue Ming has been thinking about these days, now the vast majority of soldiers are from the countryside, even if they have excellent military quality, cultural knowledge is also a defect, this is not something that can be made up for in a while.

"At present, there are very few people in the army who can meet this standard, and it is difficult to have satisfactory results in external recruitment, and we need to have a long-term accumulation in order to complete a complete echelon construction and achieve a virtuous circle." Xue Ming spoke slowly, as if he was in deep thought.

"Okay, let's do it first, I'll take your two reports and study them carefully. You should also take a break and have a chance to go home and have a look, and I will go back first. Gu Changhui got up and walked out of the room as he spoke.