"If you want to talk about why we should focus on developing missile forces on land, we have to start with asymmetric warfare!" Looking at the cadres around me who were full of doubts, I continued: "The leaders all know that the concept of asymmetric warfare, if it is generally referred to as an absolute superiority or overwhelming force to achieve victory, is a bit like what we often say, 'concentrate superior forces to create a favorable strategic situation', but I prefer to understand this sentence from another aspect, that is, 'to create a favorable strategic situation with the advantages of different arms'. ”

Before I finished speaking, I saw a few people among the cadres nodding slightly, including Commander Zhang and Commander Li. Apparently they had a similar understanding to me before.

"The reason is simple!" I went on to say: "We all know that it is not easy to win a favorable strategic posture on the battlefield with absolutely superior forces, because the battlefield is so large, the conditions on both sides are often similar, and the deployment of logistics, troops, and firepower is also limited by the battlefield; especially after the emergence of machine guns, artillery, fighters, and other weapons and equipment with high lethality, the absolute superiority of forces on the battlefield will sometimes not only fail to achieve a favorable strategic posture, but will become one of the reasons for defeat. And even if this advantage is ultimately achieved, it is often a pyrrhic victory.

Even in this Falklands War, because the British army overwhelmingly outnumbered the Argentine army in submarines and anti-submarine warfare, the result was that the Argentine surface warships did not dare to fight, and the Argentine surface warships did not dare to fight, resulting in the Argentine air force could only take off from the Argentine mainland to fight, and could not get the support of surface warships, thus leading the Argentine army to lose air and sea supremacy although it was fighting on the mainland. This is also one of the most important reasons why the Afghan army finally lost this war.

Of course. There are other reasons for the defeat of the Afghan army. For example, the will to fight is not strong, the tactics are not flexible enough, and the weapons and equipment are not systematic.

However, the unfavorable situation caused by submarine and anti-submarine capabilities is devastating, and this is like dominoes, which has put the Afghan navy, army, and air force in a state of passive beating! ”

"Comrade Yang Xuefeng is right!" Commander Li nodded and said: "We always attribute the failure of the Argentine Air Force to the fact that it has to take off from the Argentine mainland for only five minutes, but no one thinks about why the Argentine Air Force is so constrained everywhere. It would be fine if Argentina did not have aircraft carriers, but Argentina did have aircraft carriers, and although they had aircraft carriers, they could not function.

If this aircraft carrier can work, what will happen? Of course, the Argentine fighters have plenty of time to fight, so they don't have time to even make evasive moves when they are attacked by Harriers, as we have seen.

What is the cause of this qiē? It boils down to the fact that Argentine submarines and anti-submarine capabilities are too weak. ”

"This has taught us at least two things to pay attention to!" I followed up with Commander Li's words: "On the one hand, from the defeat of the Argentine side, we know that there is also a principle of shortcomings in the military, that is, the overall strength of an army is not judged by the strongest point. Rather, it is measured by the weakest point, because the enemy will take advantage of this weakness to affect other areas.

Just as Argentina has been affected by the lack of submarines and anti-submarine capabilities, if our air force does not have the ability to fight at night, or if our navy is too backward, or even there is a generational gap between the radar and missile performance and the enemy, and so on, as long as there is one weakness in this, it is very likely that the enemy will carry out asymmetric warfare against us with superiority in arms! ”

As soon as my voice fell, it caused a discussion among the cadres in the conference room.

"So the answer is obvious!" After the discussion had quieted down a bit, I continued: "In order to prevent the enemy from carrying out asymmetrical warfare against us, our development must be relatively balanced in all aspects, that is, we must try to make ourselves as free as possible, and at least there must be no obvious gap with the enemy in terms of equipment, so as to ensure that we are not controlled by others everywhere on the battlefield like Argentina." ”

"I don't agree with that!" An old cadre stood up and said: "According to Battalion Commander Yang's point of view, how did we fight to resist US aggression and aid Korea?" You know, we didn't have planes or artillery at that time. It can also beat the Yankees and the United Nations of a dozen countries! ”

The words of this old cadre quickly aroused the approval of a group of people, after all, this is an ironclad fact. Moreover, if we follow the asymmetrical warfare in the arms that I just mentioned, then the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea is the most prominent asymmetry. And the Volunteer Army won under such an asymmetrical war.

"That's how I see it!" After a moment of silence, I continued: "The battle to resist US aggression and aid Korea is indeed an extremely wonderful battle in the history of our army, but comrades often see the enemy more and see the huge gap and asymmetry in the equipment of the enemy and us, but they do not see that our army also has an asymmetry relative to the enemy!" ”

"Oh? What asymmetry? Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but have doubts on their faces.

"The asymmetry on the military element and the asymmetry of the will to fight!" I said: "We all know what kind of fighting will the Yankees have in this war, they are actually not willing to lose their lives in the foreign land of Korea, and they are pampered and cannot adapt to the cold of North Korea, so they spend more time in the rear artillery or bombing with aircraft, and it is said that their infantry even lie down to shoot with a blanket on the ground." ”

I couldn't help but think of a laugh in the conference room.

"And what about our volunteers?" I continued: "Our volunteers froze to death in the snow in formations and none of them left their combat posts, our volunteers used their chests to block the enemy's machine gun holes, and our volunteers would rather be burned than shout. This...... It is the biggest asymmetry between us and the enemy, and this asymmetry makes up for the enemy's asymmetry in terms of equipment relative to ours from a very large distance! ”

As soon as I said that, there was no sound in the room.

After a long time, Commander Li nodded and said, "Comrade Yang Xuefeng is right. Comrades, we cannot simply regard the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea as a counterexample of an 'asymmetric war'. If you want me to say, this can just prove the correctness of Comrade Yang Xuefeng's 'asymmetric warfare'. Comrades, think about it. How did our volunteer soldiers fight a battle in the first place? Some of us here have come from this war. It is clear that the Volunteer Army in this war mainly fought at night and in close combat. and tunnel warfare and several other magic weapons have achieved strategic advantages on the battlefield.

And what is the purpose of night combat, melee combat, and tunnel warfare?

In fact, it was to weaken the enemy's asymmetric war against our army, that is, aircraft and artillery, at that time the enemy did not have many fighters with night combat capabilities, and the night combat ability was not very strong; Melee combat is strangled with the enemy, the enemy's artillery and aircraft and even tanks and machine guns are useless; Tunnel warfare can be very good for us to survive under the enemy's aircraft and artillery. At the same time, when using these tactics, we can also highlight our army's spirit of enduring hardships and standing hard work and having a strong will to fight, that is, to highlight our army's asymmetrical warfare against the enemy. In the end, our army won the victory to resist US aggression and aid Korea, do you think this is the case? ”

With a "coaxing", Commander Li's words immediately caused a big sensation.

I also think that Commander Li's analysis is very reasonable, in fact, I still know relatively little about the tactics of the Volunteer Army, so if I were asked to say this, I would definitely not say it like this, and now Commander Li has undoubtedly given me a good supplement.

"On the other hand!" Commander Li then said meaningfully: "Comrades, think about it, if we follow Comrade Yang Xuefeng's viewpoint of asymmetric warfare, we must try our best to avoid the enemy's asymmetric warfare against us, and make up for our own shortcomings, that is, ...... If during the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, we had equipment that was not much different from that of the enemy. So will we still sacrifice so many good fighters in this war? Will this battle be fought so hard?! ”

The cadres in the conference room couldn't help but nod their heads, it was obvious that they had been persuaded by Commander Li.

"Comrade Yang Xuefeng!" Then Commander Li turned to me and said, "I think there is another aspect you want to talk about. That is, on the basis of our balanced development in all aspects and basically avoiding the enemy from fighting an asymmetric war against us, we will strive to bring forth the new in some aspects, and be able to fight an asymmetric war against the enemy. ”

"Yes!" I nodded, "Of course, it's difficult to do that. More often than not, we are evenly matched with the enemy, so it will be very difficult to fight in this way, and who can win the war depends on who can hold out to the end. In fact, there is no winner in such a battle, because even if it is won in the end, it is actually a miserable victory! ”

"Seek a breakthrough on the basis of balancing yourself!" Commander Zhang nodded: "I agree with this, that is, first of all, we should strive for the equipment of the navy, land and air force to have no obvious shortcomings, and then strive for one or several specialties that can defeat the enemy, so that we can fight an asymmetric war against the enemy or in a certain field."

But here's the problem...... Which should we choose?

Air force? Navy? Missile? ”

Commander Zhang only mentions the army here, which I can understand, which is actually because of two aspects:

One is that the importance of the Army in modern warfare has gradually decreased, which everyone can see, and the Falklands War was no different.

The other is that our army has never been afraid of anyone, whether it is against the United Nations forces led by the United States in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Aid, or the Soviet devils on Zhenbao Island, or the self-defense counterattack war against India in 62 and the self-defense counterattack war against Vietnam that has just occurred.

In the eyes of military fans at home and abroad, China's army has not tasted defeat since the founding of the People's Republic of China, so although the army should be considered in this aspect, there is no doubt that it should be placed in a secondary position.

This may be the grievance of our army...... The Army's operations are often the hardest and most dangerous, but they are secondary to consideration and even disarmament in terms of armament and funding.

"The answer is the ground-based missile forces!" I say.

"Hmm!" Commander Zhang nodded: "I guess so, but I want to know why?" Because as we all know, ground-based missiles are easily controlled by the enemy because they are not very maneuverable! ”

Of course, Commander Zhang's words are reasonable, ground missiles are at most maneuvering by cars, and the speed of such maneuvers is much worse than that of airplanes in the air and warships on the sea, and cars are strictly dependent on roads, while the sea and sky are "high in the sky, birds fly in the sea, and fish swim in the sea!" ”。

"First of all!" I said: "From the perspective of asymmetric warfare, the direction in which we focus our development must be stronger than the enemy or a potential enemy. Who is our imaginary enemy? Taiwan? ”

"Of course not!" Commander Zhang shook his head.

The answer is obvious. As a matter of fact, the Taiwan issue has always been left unresolved because of the United States. Other words. If we want to solve the Taiwan issue, we must face the United States, so we will naturally not target Taiwan, but the United States, which is still our ally.

Of course, our goal is not to defeat him, but to oppose US intervention in the Taiwan issue, that is, "anti-access."

"So......," I continued, "if we want to fight an asymmetrical war against an imaginary enemy, how can we develop a more powerful imaginary enemy than the now highly developed military?" Is it an aircraft carrier? Or a warplane? Or warships, air-to-air missiles, and so on? ”

When I said this, the cadres in the conference room couldn't help but be stunned, and none of the three factions, that is, the three factions that emphasized the need to develop aircraft carriers, fighter planes, and missiles, had thought about this issue.

"You know!" I continued: "The imaginary enemy is far ahead of us in these respects and even in others. Whether it is the industrial base, or the experience of application, and so on, it is difficult for us to catch up or at least it will take decades to catch up, which requires the accumulation of time, but also needs economic and industrial support, not that we can do it if we want to do it now.

Moreover, it is impossible for the enemy to stop and wait for us, which means that if one day we advance to the point where the enemy is now, it is very likely that the enemy has already taken another big step forward.

So we are likely to face a very serious problem, we will always be spinning behind the enemy's ass, and we will never be able to form a favorable situation of asymmetric warfare against the enemy, so we can only be controlled by the enemy! ”

"So the development of missile forces on land can form such a situation?" Commander Li asked, "Why do you think so?" Tell me your reasoning! ”

"First of all." I pointed to Taiwan's location on the map and said, "Our first hypothetical enemy is still Taiwan, and the average width of the Taiwan Strait is only about 200 kilometers. The narrowest part is only 130 kilometers, which is obviously within the coverage range of land-based missiles, and if we develop land-based missiles, then it will undoubtedly form a deterrent force for Taiwan and play a practical role in a possible war in the future! ”

Of course, there is no problem with this, in fact, in the future development of our army, it is even too expensive to hit Taiwan with missiles, and a rocket artillery capable of covering the entire territory of Taiwan across the Taiwan Strait, that is, the legendary Guardian 2.

It is this rocket launcher that really makes the Taiwan independence elements tremble...... Just imagine, if a large number of cheap rocket artillery with considerable accuracy can cover Taiwan, what kind of idea would it be if a war breaks out, and I am afraid that Taiwan's main military targets will be wiped out in the event of a "bombardment."

"And next?" Commander Zhang asked again.

Everyone in the conference room, including me, knows very well that although Taiwan is the first imaginary enemy, it is not the most important enemy, and the most important thing should be "anti-access."

"Land-based missiles do have the disadvantage of being difficult to maneuver!" I said: "But its advantage is that as it develops, its range will become longer and farther, and even its range will greatly exceed the combat radius of an imaginary enemy aircraft carrier!" ”

"Oh!" As soon as I said this, the cadres in the conference room couldn't help but suddenly realize.

"If one day we ......," I continued, "we can develop an anti-ship missile that can be maneuvered by a car, but has a range of 2,000 kilometers, 3,000 kilometers or more, while the combat radius of the aircraft carrier's aircraft is only 1,000 kilometers, then that is, before the aircraft carrier can intervene in China's internal affairs, it will first have to risk being destroyed by our missiles, and our army will even have the aircraft carrier to travel a thousand kilometers, two thousand kilometers or even more as reaction time. In this way, an asymmetrical war will be formed in this regard! ”

This is not that I am talking nonsense, modern Chinese military has indeed developed an anti-ship ballistic missile called an aircraft carrier killer in the world...... Dongfeng 21D. Its range is said to be 3,000 kilometers, and it is clear that this range is much greater than the combat radius of carrier-based aircraft.

"Of course!" I continued: "This makes it necessary for us to develop missile supporting facilities, such as satellite positioning systems, radars, etc., because only with these facilities can we find targets thousands of kilometers away and successfully guide missiles to destroy targets, and these satellite positioning cannot be the enemy's, otherwise it is undoubtedly a joke to develop this missile!" ”

There is no need to explain this, if our missiles are using the GPS positioning system of the Yankees, then it is certainly impossible to deal with the US aircraft carriers, and there has been such an incident in history, that is, the United States has unreasonably asked to search our merchant ships on the high seas, and our merchant ships do not agree...... As a result, the United States simply turned off the merchant ship's GPS positioning system, so the merchant ship could not sail normally.

Therefore, this is the reason why China's modern development of its own Beidou positioning system.

What I do know is that every country must have its own independent industrial system, otherwise it will be controlled by others. (To be continued......)