"Counselor Chen, we're here."

Kong Wu parked the car in front of the gate of the battalion headquarters.

Pointing to the camp in front of him, he introduced: "This is the headquarters of the fifth battalion, I haven't been here before, we may have to register before we can enter."

"Hmm."

Chen Ming rubbed his temples, pushed the door and got out of the car, his eyes fell on the camp in front of him, compared to the stations he saw along the way, the construction facilities here were obviously newer.

The fifth battalion is the unit where he can really dream of setting sail.

Chen Ming took a deep breath, the new unit represents new challenges and new opportunities, and he has no way out.

Just one word, dry!

Just when Chen Ming sighed, a familiar voice came from the camp.

"Haha, Chen Ming?!!"

"It seems that I came out quite in time, ten minutes ago I received a message from the brigade headquarters that you have departed, I think you should arrive, welcome."

didn't wait for Chen Ming to walk into the camp.

Zhang Jintao, the instructor of the fifth battalion, came out of it with a big laugh, because they had already met in the Yanzi camp years ago, although the two were not very familiar, they were definitely not strangers.

"Hello, Comrade Instructor." Chen Ming stood upright, raised his hand and saluted, and it felt good to be able to see familiar people in an unfamiliar unit.

"Okay, welcome back to the fifth camp, we've been waiting for you for a long time." Zhang Jintao returned the salute and stretched out his hand to hold Chen Ming's hands tightly.

After greeting each other.

Zhang Jintao enthusiastically pointed to the cadre dormitory of the battalion headquarters.

"Let's go, let's go and arrange the dormitory first, and then let's go to the company to go around and adapt to the environment of the fifth battalion."

"Today, three companies have been arranged to report above, Battalion Commander Du is currently carrying out mobilization work on the company's side, he doesn't know that you have come, let's wait for the next one to go over together."

"Alright, thank you, instructor."

In the face of Zhang Jintao's enthusiasm, Chen Ming smiled brightly, and the clerk Kong Wu was helping to carry the backpack in the back.

The three of them walked into the camp headquarters, and the area here was much more atmospheric than that of the second battalion and the first company of Yuanhuo, which resembled a courtyard house.

After all, the artillery brigade has a small number of people and a small footprint.

It's not like a synthetic camp, it's surrounded by rows of buildings, covering an extremely wide area.

The only fly in the ointment is that it is a little desolate, there are not many personnel moving around the entire battalion headquarters, and the greenery and honor columns are not tidyed up, except that after entering the gate, I see someone writing the location of the station and the zip code on the sign.

The entire camp did not even hang a flag, including the slogans of the camp such as "Loyalty, Duty, Discipline, Respect for Unity, and Courage".

Obviously, the current personnel of the Fifth Battalion should have just been transferred.

It's really starting from scratch

On the way to the cadre dormitory, Chen Ming looked around, and finally couldn't help but turn his head and ask, "Instructor, how many companies are in place in our fifth battalion now?" ”

"How do I look at this place, it looks like the clean-up has only started this year, or even in the last few days."

Chen Ming didn't know whether the brigade commander had notified the battalion commander and instructors of the 5th Battalion in the same way.

But he was notified, and three months passed in the blink of an eye, and he couldn't afford to delay.

Therefore, what he is most worried about now is the current situation of the Fifth Battalion.

Inquiries are heard.

Zhang Jintao smiled and talked about the current five battalions.

There was some helplessness in his expression, after all, in other battalions, the instructors were so good, but they were suddenly transferred to a newly built unit like the fifth battalion, and it was normal to be reluctant.

If this kind of place is done well, it should be, and if it is not done well, it will add a bad record to his resume.

He is in his thirties this year, and he has reached the rank of lieutenant colonel in the army, not as energetic as Chen Ming, and he is in great need of merit to prove himself.

Speaking of the situation here, Zhang Jintao obviously seemed a little depressed and said: "At present, only the three companies that came over today have been in place, the armored infantry company, the tank company and the artillery company."

"For other companies, the head of the military region is transferring manpower, but although the personnel of each company have not arrived, they have not been perfected, and weapons and combat vehicles have been transported in place."

"Oh, that's right."

Chen Ming nodded, roughly the same as he had guessed.

From Zhang Jintao's introduction, I also heard that his mood was not high, which can be understood, the formation of the new unit was already under great pressure, and the leaders above kept staring, and promised to give the green light all the way and provide assistance.

So much in the case of the first mention.

If they fail to achieve results, their commanders and fighters will be labeled as "incompetent".

How difficult the reform journey is, it is inevitable that there will be labor pains in breaking the old and establishing the new, and it will be even more difficult in the early stage of the composite battalion, especially the strengthening of the establishment like the fifth battalion.

Not to mention anything else, a battalion, not to mention the battalion commander and instructor, is just a meeting of the battalion commanders, and the eight company commanders plus the company instructors, including members of the party committee of the battalion headquarters, must have 20 or 30 people participate in each meeting.

When a person says a problem, half a day passes, nothing is done, and the meeting is held for a day.

Without a clear system, the battalion commander could not engage in a "one-word hall" in the early stage, and there were certainly many problems in the early stage of the formation, and if they could not be properly handled, there would be a month, or 20 days of meetings, and discussions.

There are more and more opinions, and if they cannot be better resolved at the meeting, the problems of each company will gather more and more, and eventually it will be a mess.

This is the most common mistake made in the early stage of the integration of multiple arms of the synthetic battalion.

Chen Ming must think of a way as soon as possible to avoid this from happening, he is the chief staff officer of the fifth battalion, and it is his duty to lead the entire staff department.

During the conversation, the three of them entered the second floor of the cadre dormitory, and their positions were different, and their treatment was naturally different.

Zhang Jintao pointed to a dormitory at the corner of the second floor and said with a smile: "Staff Officer Chen, this is your dormitory."

"I have already arranged for someone to clean up this morning, you see what is still missing, I will arrange someone to add, if you need anything, you don't have to mention it, you just came to our 169th Brigade, you just came into contact with the synthetic battalion, adapt first."

"That's pretty good." Chen Ming walked into the arranged dormitory and took a look.

Single room, large iron bed, iron cabinet, desk and chair, water dispenser and so on.

Although the level of luxury is not as good as the dragon's teeth, it is much better than the collective dormitory of the recruit company and the Yuanhuo battalion.

Seeing that Chen Ming was satisfied, Kong Wu hurriedly placed the bedding and toiletry tools.

After the dormitory is arranged.

Zhang Jintao originally planned to invite Chen Ming to the company to have a look, but he politely refused, the current situation of the fifth battalion, the company personnel are all just here, and there is a battalion commander there to preside over the overall situation.

The focus of his work is not intended to be on the combat company first.

Through this understanding, he has a clear understanding of the current situation of the five battalions, the armored infantry company, the tank company, and the artillery company are all companies drawn from other units by the brigade headquarters, including those drawn from other brigades by the military region.

There are advantages and disadvantages to temporarily transferring manpower from various units to form combat companies.

The favorable thing is that they can be selected by lottery, at least with some grassroots experience, and there is no need to retrain, and there should be no problems in all aspects of military quality.

Relatively easy to manage.

However, the drawbacks are also obvious, and it is very likely that some fighters have not been exposed to synthetic battalions, let alone the methods of synthetic operations.

If you want to form combat effectiveness, you must constantly run in.

Zhang Jintao is mainly responsible for political and ideological work, that is, the so-called "host" at the meeting, and Chen Ming, the chief staff officer, can be understood as the chief of staff at the battalion level.

Under his leadership.

Chen Ming successively went to the General Staff Headquarters, the meeting room for members of the Party Committee, and the Integrated Operations Command Room.

After visiting all the places in the battalion headquarters.

Zhang Jintao opened his mouth again and proposed: "How is it?" Go to the company and see? ”

"It just so happens that Battalion Commander Du is also arranging the work of the company there, go over and take a look, and discuss the next step, where our work will be carried out."

"Okay, let's go check it out." Chen Ming happily accepted the proposal, and now that he has learned about it, he already has a general direction.

Know what to do next.

Kong Wu was left at the battalion staff headquarters to be responsible for sorting out the materials and facilitating the follow-up work.

Chen Ming and Zhang Jintao rushed to the company station of the Fifth Battalion by car.

The battalion headquarters of the fifth battalion is an independent position, and the distance between the company's station is not far, about seven or eight kilometers, a few minutes' drive.

The distribution of company stations is not so strict, and there is no need to distinguish between armored infantry companies or tank companies, etc., after all, the combined units are required to coordinate, and if a company is stationed at a distance, with a few miles in between, combined training is troublesome.

The general architectural design of the company's accommodation, training, and operation is like a paddock, with the depot in the middle and the surrounding camps being the accommodation of the companies.

As soon as Chen Ming and the others arrived at the periphery of the parking lot and parked the vehicle, they saw the battalion commander Du Longfei with his hands on his hips, spitting and directing the company soldiers to sort out the company headquarters.

The situation here is basically the same as that of the battalion headquarters, the honor column, and a lot of greening equipment have not been ordered.

Apparently because someone from the new company has just received something from the Joint Logistics Department, and the battalion commander is directing the placement.

"This old Du." Seeing Du Longfei commanding the soldiers to clean up the company's environment, Zhang Jintao smiled helplessly, this kind of thing can be delegated to the company commander.

He's commanding something here.

Chen Ming watched from the side, and without saying anything, Zhang Jintao took him directly in the direction of the battalion commander.

Didn't take a few steps.

Du Longfei, who was in command, noticed the situation here and saw Chen Ming coming to report.

Du Longfei was stunned for a moment, trotted over and looked Chen Ming up and down, laughed and punched his chest, looking at the strength is not small, but in fact, he didn't use any force at all, this is the way he always likes to say hello.

"Hello battalion commander." Chen Ming saluted.

"Hello, Comrade Chen Ming, you can be regarded as here." Du Longfei returned the salute with a smile: "I was still thinking that today is the day of your report, I don't know if you can find our station."

"But then I think about it, you are the one who came out of the dragon's teeth, and this thing naturally can't be difficult for you, haha."

"Why are you here so late?"

"It's not too late, just now the instructor took me to familiarize myself with the environment of the lower camp headquarters, no, I hurried over after I got acquainted with it."

Chen Ming responded with a smile.

After a brief greeting, Du Longfei pointed to the company in the distance, "There are more than 500 people here today, and the dormitory has just been arranged, by the way, what are your current plans?" ”

"If you want me to say, our fifth battalion has three companies, so we will first train according to coordinated tactical exercises, and train the armored infantry company, tank company, and artillery company first."

"What do you think?"

After Du Longfei finished speaking, he looked at Chen Ming.

It's not that he, as a battalion commander, has no opinions, before he was transferred, Wang Junwei, the commander of the 169th Brigade, had already told him.

Chen Ming had studied synthetic tactics at the National Defense University of Science and Technology and trained in Dragon's Tooth, so it was best to listen to his opinions on the formation of the new battalion.

The reason is very simple.

Whether it is Du Longfei or Zhang Jintao, they are all members of the 169th Brigade, and their understanding of synthetic units has been deeply rooted, and they will only use the experience of the old units to manage them.

It's not that this kind of experience can't work, it can only be said that even if the fixed thinking can bring out a new unit, it is just a copy of the original unit, and the principle is fine, but the momentum is insufficient.

Hearing Du Longfei ask for his opinion, Chen Ming thought for a while and smiled: "Battalion commander, you also know that I came out of the dragon's tooth, so do you know why the dragon's tooth's team cooperates so well?"

"Why can their combat methods be closely coordinated, even on the battlefield, acting separately, without making any deployment, their cooperation can cause a fatal blow to ordinary troops?"

"Because they often train together, grind a subject, and develop a tacit understanding, plus their individual combat ability itself is high, but we are different, the different types of troops, the direction of the main focus is definitely different."

After thinking about it briefly, Du Longfei responded to this question very happily.

Zhang Jintao listened with interest, and he felt that Chen Ming might have a different suggestion.

Really.

After Du Longfei finished his opinion, Chen Ming shook his head with a smile: "Battalion commander, what you said is only one aspect, yes, but not comprehensive."

"Dragon's teeth, including a lot of special forces operations, the reason why they can cooperate so closely is because they are too familiar with each other."

"Familiar with your comrades-in-arms, familiar with everything about them, even including the shortcomings and strengths of your comrades-in-arms, are all familiar, with these, the cooperation on the battlefield will not be bad."

"Well, that makes sense, you go on." Du Longfei was obviously interested by Chen Ming's views.

"In fact, the current situation of our five battalions, there is no need to arrange their training in a hurry, they are all veterans, and the training is not much for their own improvement."

"Many times, arranging fighter training will go into a misunderstanding, and I want to let the soldiers have a tacit understanding between them in the training, little by little, day by day."

"I can't say wrong about that approach, but it doesn't apply to our situation, the synthetic battalion pays attention to coordination, pays attention to the combat mode of integrating attack and defense, we are all veterans here, why don't we let them get familiar with each other first, and then participate in daily training?"

"Familiarize yourself first?" Du Longfei was stunned.

I seem to grasp a key piece of information in my mind, but I can't figure out what it is for a while.

"Yes, just familiarize yourself with it first." Chen Ming proposed in a loud voice: "It's not the kind of familiarity in the squad, our soldiers here are all from various units."

"Now the comrades-in-arms in the upper and lower bunks, they may not be able to know what their names are, they may not know what the squad leader is called, what the company commander is called, what the battalion commander is called, and what the instructor is called, they are not clear."

"In this case, direct participation in training will only increase the number of problems, and it will be difficult to meet the requirements of synthetic battalion coordination in a short period of time."

"It's better to change your thinking, give them three days, or two days, and do nothing else, just get acquainted with the comrades-in-arms around each other, and be familiar with everything about him, even if it's to tell stories or experiences."

"At the very least, the company commander is familiar with the soldiers under him, the squad leader is familiar with the soldiers in his squad, the company commander and the company commander are familiar with the temper, sharpen the knife and do not cut wood, and after getting familiar with each other, and then carry out daily training, it will get twice the result with half the effort."

looked at Chen Ming, who was talking eloquently.

Du Longfei really had a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

Chen Ming's proposal seems simple, and it doesn't seem to be difficult, but this is exactly what the Fifth Battalion needs to do the most at present, and it is also the most suitable for their current situation.

They can afford to delay for two or three days, and this special order can not only make the new fighters feel fresh, but also establish the foundation of cooperative training in the shortest possible time.

Not bad indeed.

"Okay, just do as you say." Du Longfei stroked his palms and laughed, this kind of task is really quite novel.

Zhang Jintao, who had been silent next to him, also breathed a sigh of relief, not afraid that Chen Ming's idea would not be in tune, but he was afraid that he would not be able to do it.

As the chief staff officer, you must have your own ideas no matter what.

Now, it seems, his worries were unfounded.

If you have a good start, you will be able to adapt to everything else.

When Du Longfei was about to go over to convey the instructions, Chen Ming stopped him again.

"Battalion commander, don't worry about this first."

"Mutual familiarity is only the first step, we only have three companies now, I see that the brigade headquarters plans to form five battalions, to form eight companies."

"Instead of training over and over again in reality, running in over and over again, it takes a lot of time, not to mention, we can't find many problems in time in the run-in process."

"I suggest that instead of training in person, start online."

"Start online? How do you say this? Du Longfei felt that his brain was running out of ideas.

Troop training and coordinated operations can only progress in the run-in again and again, and apart from these, he really can't think of any other way to replace it.

If it were that simple, why didn't anyone try it in the previous troops?

It seems to see the confusion of the battalion commander.

Chen Ming explained with a smile: "Online training is that we first build an internal combat network, relying on the principle of three-dimensional digitization and geographic coordinates, and make a visual command center that can simulate atmospheric weather, meteorological environment, time system, and deployment of heavy duty truck troops and equipment." ”

"It is almost impossible for a reinforced combat unit of more than 1,000 people to be put in place in a short period of time."

"But if we put our original units on the visualization system through simulation, we will first use the system to simulate encounters, offensive and defensive battles, and various combat methods."

"Then come up with the best battle plan and command the whole battalion to fight an encounter in strict accordance with the same method."

"In this way, we can save a lot of time, and we can also achieve twice the result with half the effort, after all, even if we can survive the boring training day by day, the soldiers may not be able to learn much."

"And the wear and tear of synthetic training for combat vehicles will also be very high, let's imitate it from the line first, and then combine the best plan, let the troops fight according to the plan, see the results first, and then run in, the speed will be much faster."

If you say that the idea that you are familiar with just now, it just makes Du Longfei feel novel.

Now Chen Ming's second proposal.

It really calmed him completely.

Can collaborative training still see the results of the operation first, and then slowly run in?

Although Du Longfei subconsciously wanted to refute this point of view, after thinking about it again, he didn't even know how to refute it.

He had a hunch that this time the fifth battalion really came to a great talent.

A great talent who dares to think and do.

The instructor who had been listening to the side, but had not said a word, had been completely attracted by Chen Ming's point of view.

Bow your head and fall into deep thought.

(End of chapter)