"How? The recent training has been going well! "On this day, Commander Zhang called me to his headquarters.

"It's going well!" I nodded: "It's okay to say that the training of our synthetic battalion is a little troublesome, but the training of this airborne force is a little troublesome!" ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Commander Zhang asked suspiciously: "Didn't this airborne unit come to teach you how to parachute?" How did you train them! ”

"That's right!" I replied: "Since the last exercise with the Airborne Forces, I have found that our Airborne Forces have big problems in terms of tactics and equipment, and the task of our composite battalion is to provide tactical guidance to other troops, right?" Then we will now seize the ready-made airborne troops' training, and in the process of this training, we will be able to discover some problems that we have not taken into account, so that we can provide better guidance for the entire airborne troops, and at the same time, it will also be an improvement for ourselves! ”

"Makes sense!" Commander Zhang agreed: "In this way, you can also communicate better!" ”

After a pause, Commander Zhang asked again: "What do you think of our army's airborne troops?" ”

"This ......" I couldn't help but hesitate when I heard this.

"Don't worry!" Commander Zhang raised his head at me: "When we are soldiers to fight, we just want to put the problem on the table to talk, if we all protect our shortcomings and only pick up the good ones, then how will we go to the battlefield in the future!" ”

"That's right!" I said: "Although these airborne troops are the elite units of our army, I feel that their combat effectiveness is not even comparable to that of ordinary troops. Of course, there's a reason for that! ”

"Well, tell me why!"

"I think there are two most important reasons!" I said, "One is that it has been limited by equipment for a long time. It should be known that the airborne troops in Ludao are all formed by the backbone of each unit with good quality. After that, he joined the very strong 15th Army. The excellent quality, coupled with the uninterrupted training, is not inferior to that of other units in any way.

But...... The airborne troops have their peculiarities, and most of the time they have to be airdropped behind enemy lines to carry out operations, and in addition to the limitations of our army's parachutes and transport aircraft, the training of the airborne troops is mostly at the level of rifles and mortars, which are light weapons, that is to say, it is impossible to carry out any infantry coordination, air-step coordination, and so on. After a long time, the Airborne Forces slowly turned into a unit with equipment inferior to ordinary infantry! So it's no surprise that this combat power will be so unbearable! ”

"Hmm!" Commander Zhang nodded: "This is not to say that the Airborne Forces are not trained hard, nor is it that they are not resolute and brave. It's that the equipment is seriously outdated. They have been training with this kind of seriously outdated equipment for a long time, and it has become a habit after a long time, and even their command has been restricted, which has led to the regression of their combat effectiveness instead of improving! ”

"Yes!" Commander Zhang's summary has gone to my heart.

Man is a very strange animal, and after staying in a certain environment for a long time, he will slowly get used to nature, which is also the reason why Meng's mother wants to "move three times". And the Airborne Forces have been in that kind of environment with light equipment for too long.

"What's the other reason?"

"Another reason is that I haven't been on the battlefield!" I said, "If it's just because we are accustomed to warfare with light equipment, it's nothing, and there are still many troops and soldiers in our army who come here with hoes to farm and raise pigs." The difference is that they have experienced war, and the battle of Qijiu woke them up and made them know that war is not as simple as they thought before. It also let them know that modern warfare has developed to a new stage, and if they don't speed up their pace to adapt...... Then we are the only ones who will be eliminated. So after seven or nine years. Many troops have learned from the pain, and while fighting, they are constantly strengthening, changing, and improving themselves, including our synthetic battalion. However, because the airborne troops have never been on the battlefield, have not experienced the cruelty of war, and have not been affected by this kind of impact, they are still in a state of training behind closed doors. ”

Commander Zhang agreed: "Out of touch with reality, out of touch with the battlefield. In fact, this is not just a problem of the Airborne Forces, our entire army has it, but since '79, there have been units that have participated in battles in just over two years, and they have almost changed the same! ”

After that, I said: "I don't know what happens to the rest of the Airborne Force, but from the current point of view, the company is not very suitable for participating in the battle in all aspects, otherwise I am afraid that there will be very heavy casualties!" ”

Commander Zhang sighed and said, "This unit sent to our base is already one of the strongest combat units in the airborne forces, and their combat effectiveness is like this, so how good can the other parts be?!" Therefore, we must intensify the reform of this airborne force, which was originally a unit that we carefully built to carry out major tasks, but I did not expect that now its combat effectiveness is not as good as that of a flexible unit! ”

In fact, a large part of the reason why our army attached so much importance to the development of the airborne troops and organized them with elite troops was to plan for the recovery of Taiwan.

The airborne troops, the transport planes will fly over there and then parachute in, and there is no need for naval warfare and beach grabbing like the navy.

It is precisely because of this that the Airborne Forces have what they want, but who would have thought that today's Airborne Forces would become like this.

"How do you think we can reform this Airborne Force?" Then Commander Zhang asked.

"I think there are two ways to do this!" I said: "On the one hand, in terms of equipment, it is necessary to update the equipment of the airborne troops as soon as possible, especially in terms of transport planes and parachutes. On the other hand, in terms of tactics, I think that because of the peculiarity of the Airborne Forces, that is, they often have to go deep behind enemy lines to carry out tasks, which determines that they are often surrounded by the enemy and become alone. As a lone army, it is difficult to fight without the cooperation of other troops. To put it simply, the Airborne Forces should develop more in the direction of synthetic battalions. That is to say, this lone army must have its own air, infantry, artillery, and other forces, and if possible, armor strength, and all parts of the airborne troops should be proficient in the coordination of various arms. Only in this way can we survive behind enemy lines and successfully complete the mission, otherwise it is very likely that there will be no return! ”

"Well, that makes sense!" Commander Zhang nodded: "Developing in the direction of the synthetic battalion, this coincides with my thoughts." Merely...... Who should be sent to reform the Airborne Forces? ”

I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, and then I quickly realized that Commander Zhang was playing a trick on me...... I'm really stupid, Commander Zhang is in this base, and there are observers who are properly tracking the training of our synthetic battalion, how can he not know the progress of the training of our synthetic battalion and the airborne troops.

It's just that his purpose today is not here, but to assign me a new task, that is, to reform the Airborne Forces.

Looking at my face, Commander Zhang couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, I won't go around in circles with you anymore." I intend to let your synthetic battalion stay in the Airborne Forces for a while, on the one hand, to cooperate with the reform of the Airborne Forces, and on the other hand, to prepare for the upcoming exercises. ”

"Preparing for the exercise?"

"Yes!" Commander Zhang casually handed me a cigarette and said: "You know, our Blue Army is simulating Soviet devils, and Soviet devils are planes, artillery and airborne troops, and those who can complete this task are airborne troops in addition to your synthetic battalion." In other words, we intend to have the Composite Battalion play the role of the Blue Force in the exercise, together with the Airborne Forces, and also to test the results of your training. What do you think? No problem! ”

"Commander!" I couldn't help but say with some embarrassment: "That's a soldier......"

"What's wrong with an army? I'm still a commander! ”

"I, I don't mean that......" I said, "this is a person in the army, where is it said that reform will be reformed......

"Of course, reform is not easy!" Commander Zhang interrupted me and said, "Otherwise, why are you still being sent, why are you sending the synthetic battalion to do it?" ”

I couldn't help but be speechless, feeling that our synthetic camp is still specialized in dealing with problems.

"Don't worry!" Then Commander Zhang comforted me and said, "This is not only what I meant, but also the requirements of the Airborne Forces!" ”

"The requirements of the Airborne Forces?"

"Yes!" Commander Zhang nodded and said, "Your training and reform plan for Chen Shengde have been reported by Chen Shengde to the Airborne Forces. Commander Xu (pseudonym) of the Airborne Forces is a person who attaches great importance to the development of combat effectiveness, and before you he was aware of the problems of the Airborne Forces and hoped to start reforms, such as allowing the Airborne Forces to communicate with the infantry who had participated in the war, and so on, hoping to achieve the goal of improving combat effectiveness, but the results were not obvious, and many cadres of the Airborne Forces seemed to be framed by those previous tactical ideas. As soon as I heard that your synthetic battalion had proposed such a bold reform and training for the paratrooper troops, I contacted me and strongly invited your synthetic battalion to the airborne troops for training and guidance. ”

"It's a good thing when I think about it!" Commander Zhang continued: "On the one hand, it can speed up the pace of reform of the troops, and for your synthetic battalion, it is just a change of place for training. On the other hand, it can deepen your connection with the Airborne Forces, and you will not be so strange when you come to the exercise ground and are also Blues! ”

"Oh!" When I heard this, I realized that this trouble was still caused by ourselves.

This is really in response to the old saying "a gun shoots a bird in the head"! (To be continued......)