Chapter 62: How Far Are We From Actual Combat?
"The positioning of the sniper in the squad platoon can be more extended. Moreover, the strength that can be brought into play should also attract people's attention. ”
"In fact, as early as World War II, the legendary Sniper Simon Heyer of Lancen had already expanded his sniper function."
"He was the first to come up with the basic method of sniper coordination, and it showed results for the first time."
"In the snow, the Lanfen snipers in white camouflage suits, relying on the original concept of sniper coordination, became the nightmare of the Su Red Army at that time..."
"There are many other cases that also have traces of sniper tactics. Mold also established a special forces sniper school in Fort Benning in 1987. In addition to a small number of theoretical design courses, including long-range shooting skills and the impact of the battlefield environment on shooting, more topics are focused on sniper tactics coordination, training, concealment, camouflage, movement, observation, search, and so on. ”
"It turns out that snipers can have other possibilities than being used as a fire supplement group under squad fire."
"Combined with Chinese and foreign cases, in some battlefields, snipers need a wider range of freedom and functions. As stated in "On War", no matter how changeable the form of future warfare is, the essence of tactics is to control the key points and lethal life at the tactical level. ”
"Disrupt the enemy's perception of the battlefield situation, disrupt the transmission of enemy information, disrupt the distribution of firepower of the opposing side, disrupt the continuation of the enemy's firepower ... Use these points for tactical analysis to extend tactics (this is not made up by the author, most of them are adapted from military books or the latest textbooks that I have read, of course, there are elements of writing, but not a few editors)"
"From this, we can also see the functions that snipers can play in various tactics."
“…………………”
One hour before the official remarks.
The chief of staff of the group army also saw Li Xiu's [On the Sniper Function].
A brief flip of a few pages reveals obvious mood swings.
It can only be said that Li Xiu did surprise him.
Even from his point of view, the value of this [On the Sniper Function] is very high.
As a high-level member of the group army, he has the most contact with such super-high-level things as the development of guiding theories.
Li Xiu, although the direction is very simple, but it is indeed predictable.
Clarified the functional direction of the sniper.
Moreover, this is written from the perspective of teaching materials.
There is a lot of difference between the textbooks and the resource books.
The resource book is just some basic knowledge, theoretical information.
Textbooks are different, and textbooks need to be considered more.
Not only does it need to be dry, but it also needs to be easy to understand.
And it just so happens that the group army currently has a task, which is the sniper training program.
Li Xiu's [On the Function of a Sniper] also happens to cover the relevant content.
However, everything still has to be evaluated and tested for validity.
Then he gave the order.
"Update Li Xiu's data in the talent pool of the Hua'an Bureau. Send to the military school as soon as possible. If the communication with Li Xiu is smooth, you can make an exception and let Li Xiu choose to transfer to study. Like this kind of training leader, in the army, he has very little room to grow"
"In addition, take a good look at the books that Li Xiu has read in recent days, and compare them with the examples in this book "On the Function of Snipers". Then send this "Sniper Function" to the training department as a reference index. Be specific, let them evaluate. Give me feedback after the review. "After all, the chief of staff doesn't know much about sniping, and the value of this book needs to be evaluated by professional snipers and the training department. And after that, he will also be rated by the training department for Li Xiu
The chief of staff of the group army added: "Investigate Li Xiu for the last time." Make sure the background is clean and report any issues, big or small, to me immediately. ”
Survey... It doesn't have to be a bad thing!
Sometimes, it's the investigation that starts with trust.
This can be understood even if Li Xiu knows this.
After all, you can't be sloppy about certain things.
In this regard, even if Li Xiu knew about it, he would not panic.
As soon as he entered the barracks, he was a genius, and he learned things faster than others.
There is inertia in the human mind.
A person, if he has always been a genius, will only surprise people by doing anything, not unreasonable.
Li Xiu's talent for sniping is recorded all the time, and although the growth trajectory is shocking, there is a normal law of development.
Perhaps, the only explanation is that Li Xiu's brain is better.
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The commentary session began shortly.
On the black frequency giant screen, there is the battle damage data of some units in the mountain exercise at different times.
It was the first time Li Xiu had seen such intelligent data. The data is real-time, and the dependent variable is time, which corresponds to the loss of maneuverability, firepower, and tactical losses.
Of course, Li Xiu, who didn't know anything about heavy firepower, naturally couldn't understand it. It's just watching quietly all the time.
Immediately after that, each company will summarize according to the good or bad data.
First of all, the Seventh Iron and Steel Regiment, almost every company, has relevant data.
In fact, it can also be seen from the arc that on the second and third days, the loss of the Seventh Steel Regiment was relatively serious.
The commander of the T division made a summary.
"According to the numerical modeling, after the end of the exercise, the loss of logistics fuel, ammunition, water supply and other units was 11 percent, and the loss of the regiment, battalion, company, and three-level communication radio station, vehicle-mounted radio, and high-frequency hand-station communication was about 100 percent. The occupancy rate of the core positions of each unit was 81 percent, and the regiment was effectively advancing and had a mobile capability of 61 percent. ”
"This is a combination of data for the previous four days"
"As for the last two days, the performance of the Steel Seventh Regiment is in line with my expectations. Timely response to the special forces attack of the Mountain Lion Brigade"
"The key shift was the discovery of communications incursions."
"So... What if you don't find it? ”
"What if we faced a communications invasion on a real battlefield and didn't give us that much time to react?"
"How far are we from real combat?"
"Or, is our system backward, and does our tactics need to be innovated?"
In fact, the reflection of this kind of military exercise is a bit provocative.
Suddenly changed the routine, the steel seven regiment did not react, and it was also within their expectations.
But again, only people will reflect on that truth.
The objective conditions of the outside world cannot be used as a reason.
"Then ask another question,"
"If there's a war in the bend and the berries are fighting us, how should we deal with it? Can we cope? ”
“……”
The T division commander talked a lot, and Li Xiu also listened carefully.
Although most of it is the content of mountain exercises, it is comprehensive.
Li Xiu still vaguely felt that the commander of the T division was laying out something.
Really.
At the end of the summary, the Commander of the T Division suddenly spoke in a heavy tone.
"Ten years after the war on the Indochina Peninsula, the 56 rifles of that year became the 81 rifles, and now even the 95 rifles have come out."
"Main battle tanks from 79A to 88A to 96A"
"The infantry chariot has changed from sixty-three, to eighty-six, and then to the few ninety-four chariots equipped today."
"There are twelve types of mortars."
"DF31 has now become DF41."
"Everything is changing, the forms of warfare are changing, the tactics and strategies are changing, and the types of fighters are changing."
"Perhaps, there are still some things that should also change."
ps: The matter of military reform ... Well, I'll write it slowly later. Let's shrink here first, and then slowly do it after finishing the military school.
At present, there are probably more than ten chapters left in this volume, and I will go to the military academy.
(End of chapter)