Chapter 141
The next day, the fighters of our composite battalion flew to the base of the Airborne Forces by helicopter and transport plane.
Being a soldier is like this, you can leave at any time with equipment on your back without worry, and you can even say that if you suddenly disappear from this world one day, not many people will care.
This time, our synthetic battalion can be said to have poured out of the nest, and the tactical company, the special agent company, the sniper company, the mortar company, the tank company, and so on, all moved in the direction of the base of the airborne troops.
Of course, due to the peculiarities of several branches of the army, such as tank companies, artillery battalions, and engineer companies...... These units all have heavy equipment, and there are quite a few of them, so it is still very troublesome to use transport planes to transport these equipment away.
The people on the side of the initial airborne troops also told us that we only need people to arrive, and they will solve the problem of equipment. But after thinking about it, I think it's better for us to bring our own equipment to the past, because some of the equipment of the synthetic battalion, such as T62, as well as Soviet-style armored vehicles, etc., these things are not something that the Airborne Forces can find, although the Airborne Forces can be said to be the "pride of the sky" in the army, and the superiors will try their best to meet them with whatever equipment they want.
In addition, they were accustomed to their own equipment and were relatively familiar, so the troops were divided into two parts, that is, they marched from land and air to the base of the airborne troops.
My battalion headquarters and I were the first batch of airborne troops to arrive, and our command organs had to arrive first to see the situation, and then we could arrange and direct other troops to be stationed one after another.
Because we arrived at the airborne base at night, I didn't notice any difference in the airfield below on the plane, and I wasn't taken aback until I stepped out of the plane...... Outside, there were already neatly lined columns of heavily armed soldiers. When I came out, I was given a command. The soldiers saluted us with a "swish".
"Battalion Commander Yang!" At this time, an old cadre enthusiastically walked up to me and shook my hand and said, "Welcome, welcome." It's really hard for comrades to come from afar! ”
"Battalion Commander Yang!" Chen Shengde introduced on the side: "This is our Commander Xu!" ”
"Hmm, Commander Xu!" Hearing this, I hurriedly saluted Commander Xu.
At the same time, I was surprised for a while, I was just a battalion commander, I didn't expect this army commander Xu to come to greet him in person, this face was big enough.
After returning a military salute, Commander Xu shook my hand a little embarrassed and said, "Battalion Commander Yang, first of all, I have to make amends to you, when you ask our troops to cooperate with the training...... To be honest, I, the commander, wasn't very happy. This has led to a negative thinking in our entire army......"
"The commander is too polite!" I hurriedly replied, "It was just a small thing, and it's all in the past, and now we work well with each other!" ”
"Eh, that's no small thing!" Commander Xu replied: "I knew that you were trained like this, then I would have sent the soldiers to you a long time ago, where do I dare to wait for you to ask for it, I regret it all this time!" ”
There was a coaxing, and the surrounding cadres laughed.
"But fortunately, it's not too late!" Commander Xu shook my hand again and said, "Thank you for coming, I hope we can work together to change this airborne force into a different shape!" I have faith in you! ”
"Yes!" I hurriedly stepped forward.
The troops were quickly arranged into their respective dormitories, and I don't know whether the road was particularly preferential to me or whether the airborne troops themselves were in good condition. My dorm is still a two-room suite.
But then again, there is not a big difference between us being in the army and having one room less. One is because most of the time is at the training ground, and going back to the dormitory is just a matter of sleeping, or even just a bed.
This "transfer to the airborne troops" does not have any special feeling for our synthetic battalion, we have long been used to changing places on the battlefield, but Chen Shengde and his subordinates have become a little excited, from time to time next to our soldiers to explain this and that, and some even enthusiastically take the soldiers to familiarize themselves with the terrain.
"Battalion Commander Yang!" Just as I was looking at my "new home" under the lights, Commander Xu stepped forward and asked, "Are you satisfied with our arrangement?" ”
"Report to the Commander! Very satisfied! I hurriedly stepped forward and replied, "Thank you, Commander, for your arrangement." ”
"Don't be so polite!" While motioning for me to sit down, Commander Xu pointed to a cadre he had brought in and introduced, "This is Staff Officer Li!" He is my right-hand man, because there are still many affairs in my military department, so there is no way to accompany you to train together, if you have any needs or opinions, you can contact Staff Officer Li, or you can come to me, I am waiting for you at any time! ”
"Yes!"
"This is Head Wu!" Commander Xu raised his head at the other cadre and said, "That's what I plan...... From tomorrow onwards, your synthetic battalion will be used as a teaching team to train one of our regiments first, what do you think of Battalion Commander Yang? ”
After thinking about it, I replied, "We don't have any problems, but I don't know if it will be appropriate for Lu Dao to take such a regiment for training." ”
"What do you mean by that?" Commander Wu was immediately a little unhappy when I said this: "You look down on our airborne troops, don't you......"
"Old Wu!" Commander Xu glared at Commander Wu, and let Commander Wu swallow the rest of the words back.
"I don't mean to look down on the Airborne Forces." I explained: "As far as I know, the vast majority of the training of the Airborne Forces at present is training in infantry subjects. ”
"That's true!" Commander Xu nodded: "In addition to the training of infantry subjects, it is parachute training." ”
"That's what I'm trying to say!" I said: "The direction of our training is to build the airborne troops into a coordinated force of air, infantry and artillery, so the trainees should not be a regiment, but a collection of different arms such as pilots, infantrymen, artillerymen, drivers, and even engineers." Otherwise...... We're going to have to train some of the infantry in this regiment as pilots or artillerymen, which is obviously inefficient and unnecessary! ”
"Oh!" Hearing this, Commander Xu and the others couldn't help but nodded.
"It's because we didn't think it through!" After thinking about it, Commander Xu said: "In this way, what types of troops are needed, how many people are needed, Battalion Commander Yang, you can tell Staff Officer Li, it's a big deal, we will send relevant personnel from the whole army to participate in the training!" ”
I couldn't help but smile when I heard this, if most of these airborne troops are infantry...... I don't know if the whole army can put together a regiment! (To be continued......)