After the battalion headquarters was formed, the first thing I did was to convene a meeting of the cadres.

Although I didn't like the meeting, the problem was that after talking to the commissar for a while, I found that everyone, including the commissar, didn't know what I was here for...... The notices they received were: "In consideration of the repeated military exploits of so-and-so, the higher-ups have decided to recommend so-and-so to enter the Ninth Senior Infantry School for further study, so as to lay a good foundation for so-and-so to play a greater role on the battlefield in the future!" ”…… I'll just say how this order is so familiar, and that's when we received the exact same order.

Even they were assigned to the fifth battalion of the 118th regiment, and the battalion commander's name was "Yang Xuefeng", which they only knew when they entered the infantry school.

This trick really works...... In this era, it is normal to be recommended to enter a foot school because of their outstanding performance, so I think even their original troops don't know the real purpose of their coming.

In fact, even they themselves were kept in the dark, and they originally thought that they had really come to study at the step school...... Suddenly, he was told to be assigned to the 5th Battalion of the 118th Regiment and went to Comrade Yang Xuefeng to report...... So all of them are a little inexplicable.

It should be said that this secrecy work is still necessary, because it is very likely to involve the problem of changing the tactics of our army as a whole, and if it is leaked or known to the enemy's agents, it is very likely that some targeted tactics will be formulated, so that the new tactics of our army will be mastered by the enemy before they are popularized.

So I had to hold a meeting to explain the purpose of forming this unit to these cadres at the battalion headquarters...... This is the only way to proceed to the next step.

"Here's the thing!" When the chief of staff and others sat down on the long table, I said: "Let me introduce myself first, I, Yang Xuefeng." He is currently the commander of the 5th Battalion of the 118th Regiment. In the coming period...... There's a good chance we're going to work together to create a different force. Hope we have a nice time! ”

After a pause, I continued: "Maybe the comrades have noticed something different about our troops...... That's right. Among the comrades gathered with us today are from the artillery, infantry, and engineering units, as well as from the tank units...... In other words, we want to build a unit that integrates infantry, artillery, tank, and engineer units! ”

The chiefs of staff who sat down here quickly began to riot, and although they had already guessed this result in advance, it was still a little unacceptable after I had confirmed it.

"Report to the battalion commander!" A staff officer stood up and said: "I don't think this plan is feasible, the reason why the troops are divided into different arms of infantry, artillery, and tan is mainly because these troops have different equipment, different tactics, and different roles they can play on the battlefield. It will put a lot of pressure on our army's already fragile logistical supply, which can easily cause chaos on the battlefield! ”

What this staff officer said certainly makes sense, for a unit that fights on the battlefield...... The logistics should be as simple and single as possible, for example, if the troops are purely infantry, then it is not wrong to carry a cart of rifle cartridges casually...... Naturally, the tank crews carried artillery shells and machine gun shells, and if the infantry and tank crews were mixed together, there would even be artillery in them...... Well, is this a rifle or a machine gun cartridge? How many calibers of shells do you need to transport shells?

All of these things have to be treated differently, in case one of the links is wrong, this batch of ammunition is transported there by mistake, and that batch of ammunition is transported here. All of them will cause the problem of a certain branch or even several arms losing their combat effectiveness because they have no ammunition available, and this is related to the life and death of a unit on the battlefield.

But......

"This staff officer is ......," I asked the staff officer who stood up. Grabbing a cigarette on the table, he handed it to the instructor.

"Report to the battalion commander!" With a hint of displeasure on his face, the staff officer replied with a frown: "My name is Ding Chengdong, and I am from such and such a tank regiment!" ”

"It turned out to be from a tank regiment!" I secretly said in my heart that it is no wonder that the tank in this era is a treasure for the troops, and the heads of the troops show off each other by the number of tanks, so an ordinary tank company commander can walk sideways in the troops, not to mention that he is still a regimental staff, not to mention that now his regimental staff at the deputy regimental level will be demoted to a battalion staff at the deputy battalion level......

"Counselor Ding, right?" I took a puff of smoke and said in very casual words, "I want to ...... Staff Officer Ding may not have understood what I meant, but what we are sitting here today is not the question of whether this unit can be formed, but the question of how to form it! If any of you don't want to stay in this camp...... You can choose to quit while it's still too late, and you won't be able to do it if it's too late. Still have questions? ”

As soon as I said this, the staff officers present couldn't help but be stunned, they never thought that I could say such cruel things so casually and block this question in one sentence.

However, I know very well in my heart that most of the staff officers here are of higher rank than my battalion commander...... And I'm still a new battalion commander, so if I can't suppress them from the beginning, then I won't command them in the future.

Then the instructor sitting next to me spoke: "Comrades! I would like to introduce you to the battalion commander...... Everyone may have come from various units, and they have been busy training for wars during this time, and they have no time to read the newspapers. Our battalion commander, Comrade Yang Xuefeng, is not simple...... Have you heard of the Dai Nai Mountain Blockade, the Pass, the 581 Heights Blockade, Lao Cai, and the tunnel where the headquarters of the Secret Service Corps of the Vietnamese Army was annihilated on the Nameless Heights......"

"Oh!" Hearing this, the staff officers looked at me sideways.

I couldn't help but lean in my heart...... This instructor is really not simple, this is said at the right time, obviously to help me establish my authority. And it looks like he figured out what I got to know before he came.

"Comrades!" The instructor continued: "I agree with what Comrade Yang Xuefeng said just now, although I don't know anything about this mission like everyone else, but there are elites from all divisions, regiments, and arms gathered here, and it is conceivable that this mission has a considerable level of secrecy. If anyone doesn't want to be assigned to this battalion, apply to quit while it's still too late! It's a hassle to deal with it if it's late! ”

All right! Now the instructor's caliber is the same as mine, and his analysis is reasonable, and he also emphasizes the "elite" and "secrecy" of each division and regiment, which to a certain extent also balances the psychology of all the staff officers present.

You must know that these staff officers are not stupid, they know very well that although this level has been reduced...... But if you can get in touch with the secret mission of the superior, it is actually a kind of attention from the superior, so this is likely to be a kind of promotion of the understatement, so where would you be unwilling.

So everyone in the room was silent.

From this point of view...... This instructor's work on ideological work is really not a cover. A similar sentence was full of gunpowder when it came out of my mouth, and it came out of the mouth of the instructor...... This is just a few more words, but it can let these staff officers know the stakes at once.

"If nothing is wrong...... Let's go back to the meeting! ”

After a pause, seeing that the staff officers did not make any further comments, I knew that they had acquiesced.

"I'll cut it short!" I continued: "A few months ago, our army launched a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam and won, but this war ...... I think not only the superiors, but also ourselves are not satisfied. First of all, our army is a knife that kills chickens, and it is greatly superior to the Vietnamese army in terms of troops, artillery, tanks, and logistical supplies, but it has suffered a large number of casualties on the battlefield. After the war, the higher authorities believed that there were many reasons for this result, the main of which were backward weaponry and equipment, outdated and monolithic tactical thinking, and the lack of coordination among various arms of the armed forces, making it difficult to adapt to modern warfare. We're gathered here now...... In order to solve the problem of coordination among all branches of the armed forces, and to provide a practical and feasible cooperative tactics to change the tactics of our army that have not changed for decades and play a role on the battlefield! ”

With a "whoosh", my words immediately set off a considerable wave among the staff officers.

As staff officers, of course, they know that what I'm talking about is a big project...... If it were to be realized, it would change the fighting style of the entire army.

Moreover, most of these staff officers have been on the front line and participated in actual combat command, and they have long been aware of the chaos of command of the troops, and they are even depressed because their own ambitions are not recognized by other staff officers or chiefs (this is also the reason why Commander Zhang chose them), so as soon as I heard what I said, I was a little glad that I didn't choose to quit just now because I didn't mind being demoted.

"Comrades!" At this time, the instructor spoke again: "It is really a difficult task as we expected...... Our success or failure is not just a matter of one army, but most likely affects the combat effectiveness of the entire army. Of course, there are still difficulties, and we are now almost groping in the dark...... But I believe that comrades will be able to accomplish this task brilliantly, right? ”

"Please rest assured, battalion commander instructor!" The staff officers expressed their determination:

"The superiors have entrusted us with such a difficult task, which is the trust in us, and we will definitely live up to the expectations of the superiors for us!"

"We will successfully complete the task and hand in a satisfactory answer to the superiors!"

……

All right! These words may sound a little awkward to me, but this is the atmosphere of this era, and no matter who answers, it will be the same.

At the same time, I realized something...... This instructor still has two hands in meetings, and it will depend on him in the future, and I believe ...... He's definitely going to be much better off with than the instructors. (To be continued......)