Chapter 155: The 38th Army
The superior's Wen Jiàn quickly came down: "Agree to the application of the synthetic camp!" ”
After all, the reasons we put forward are very sufficient, our synthetic battalion is indeed good at the application of various arms or tactics, but this kind of expertise is real swords and guns, and even red eyes or too devoted, and it is possible to treat the exercise ground as a real battlefield, so this requires us to be meticulous and not make a mistake, which is almost impossible.
It can even be said that the more veterans like us, the more old fritters are, and we care more about whether we can save our lives or kill the enemy, as for the other details, roll aside!
As soon as our report was published, the superiors realized that they had made a mistake.
It also gave me access to real exercise scenarios.
"Here's the plan!" Commander Xu said at the meeting: "This time, our army is conducting a defensive campaign exercise of the front army, and it mainly exercises four subjects: first, simulating the enemy's cluster tank attack; the second is anti-airborne; the third is the solid position defense of the army division; Fourth, the counter-assault of the campaign reserves. The total number of troops participating in the exercise was more than 105,000, with our army, armored divisions, and artillery divisions serving as the blue side, and the 38th Army serving as the red side. ”
As soon as Commander Xu's voice fell into the conference room, there was a commotion, and I didn't feel anything when I heard it, but I just felt that the 38th Army's name was a little familiar, as if I had heard it somewhere.
After thinking about it, I suddenly remembered that this was the "Long Live Army" that made a name for itself on the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and I vaguely remember what the old man said...... During the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, this unit blocked several divisions of the US army and the British army with a regiment of troops in Songgufeng, Sansholi, and Longyuanli.
If this situation were to be put to this day, then I would never have thought of it...... Just kidding, millet plus a regiment of rifles of volunteers went to block several divisions of the American army armed to the teeth, the British army. Isn't this just going to die! It is no wonder that Mr. Peng always wrote the comment "Long live the 38th Army" for this reason.
Although I know a little bit about the history of this force. But I don't know the present of this army. So looking at the cadres who were talking in the conference room, their faces were still confused.
"Commander!" Staff Officer Xu got up with an unnatural expression and said: "I think the setting of this exercise is unreasonable, you must know that this exercise is to simulate the Soviet army invading our border defense line, and our army is defending." The reality is that the Soviet army is far stronger than the vast majority of our troops, both in terms of equipment and plain services. However, the setting of this exercise was that our airborne troops were responsible for the offensive as the Blue Army, and the 38th Army was responsible for the defense as the Red Army. First of all, although our airborne troops have added new armored divisions and artillery divisions, and their combat effectiveness has been greatly improved, their training and equipment are also insufficient, and there is still a big gap between their overall combat effectiveness and that of the Soviet army. The 38th Army, on the other hand, was the unit responsible for defending the capital. It is the most advanced unit in the whole army with the most advanced equipment and the strongest combat effectiveness, and its mechanization range may not be lower than ours, so how can this be representative? ”
"Oh!" When I heard this, I understood that the 38th Army was in a transcendent position in this era.
Of course, this airborne force is also in a transcendent position similar to the 38th Army, but it cannot be equipped with too much new equipment because of the limitations of the airborne forces themselves. Therefore, this combat effectiveness naturally cannot be compared with the 38th Army.
In fact, as I thought, I later learned that the 38th Army, as a force defending the capital, had the main task of resisting the enemy's attack in the plains, so its mechanization was quite high, and it had completed the transformation from mules and horses to motorized as early as 69. In 76, a tank regiment, an anti-aircraft artillery regiment, an artillery regiment and so on were added...... Therefore, although this unit is still called an infantry army, it can actually be said to be a group army.
"I've thought about this too!" Commander Xu replied: "However, this is not the intention of the superiors to make the Blue Army weaker and the Red Army stronger. The Blues can't help it. Our equipment is like this, even if we work hard to improve and train now, it will be impossible to catch up with the Soviet army in a short time. As for the Red Army, you must know that the task of the 38th Army is to defend the Beijing Division, and they do not have the opportunity to go to the battlefield to temper themselves in self-defense and counterattack wars, so they cannot test the level of their combat effectiveness. I haven't fought for decades, and I don't know if I can stop the Soviet devils in terms of tactics and equipment, so I take this opportunity to pull out and practice, especially at this time, the significance is even more important! ”
I understand what Commander Xu said, you must know that now the Soviet Union is very likely to invade our country from north to south, and the 38th Army, as the unit defending the capital, will bear the brunt.
"On the other hand!" Commander Xu continued: "This exercise does not necessarily mean that the Red Army will represent all our troops, if the 38th Army fights well in this exercise, it will undoubtedly be able to play a leading and exemplary role for other troops, and this will achieve the purpose of our exercise!" Therefore, we must look at the problem comprehensively and focus on the overall situation, and we should not just look at who wins and who loses in this exercise, or who takes advantage! ”
We have nothing to say as soon as Xu Jun says this, and it should be said that Commander Xu's reasons are also very sufficient, and the exercise does not necessarily mean that it should be operated in strict accordance with the gap and proportion of the combat strength of the enemy and us. For example, this time, if we strictly follow the gap in combat effectiveness, our opponent, that is, the Red Army, should find a unit equipped with 56 and a half and 56 Chong, and then the command is chaotic and even a large number of cadres are illiterate and cannot read maps, because at this time our army has not yet fully changed its equipment, and the education of cadres is still in progress, so the average level is not high.
However, if such an exercise is carried out, I am afraid that the blue army will beat the Red Army to a mess, and it will not reflect the respective advantages and disadvantages of the red and blue armies in the confrontation, so it will not have much practical significance.
"But!" Staff Officer Xu continued: "If this is the setting, the combat effectiveness of the 38th Army itself is not weak, and it also has its own tank troops, anti-aircraft artillery units and artillery units. However, our army is temporarily trained and has just formed combat effectiveness, but it is in an unfavorable situation of attacking, how should we fight this battle?!"
This is a very real problem, especially since our army seems to be very powerful, and the equipment is all available in the army, air force, and artillery, and it is all the most advanced equipment of our army. But the problem is that these helicopters and transport planes are quite backward, not to mention that the 38th Army has anti-aircraft artillery units, even anti-aircraft machine guns can shoot us down.
Once we lose air superiority, what can we, the Airborne Forces, do?! (To be continued......)