From the 7th Steel Company to the Synthetic Division

Chen Jun's exaggerated personal resume and achievements truly shocked the brigade commander and political commissar of the 708th Brigade, causing them to lose their composure for a moment.

However, those who can become the head of a veteran team in their late thirties all have some real skills.

She has a very strong ability to adjust her mindset!

After the initial shock, Brigade Commander Wang Kezheng regained his absolute confidence in his own strength, and an arrogant look reappeared in his eyes.

He said confidently, "This Chen Jun is indeed a talented person, I have to admit."

Commanding a brigade is a completely different concept from commanding a battalion. No matter how talented he is, he is at most a young man in his twenties, and his lack of command experience will inevitably be his weakness.

If a brigade of several thousand men were handed over to him, could he really command it effectively? I doubt it.

Wang Kezheng chuckled smugly, finding his analysis increasingly reasonable and becoming more confident. He went on to analyze further: "Not to mention that this so-called Steel Seventh Brigade hasn't even started any proper training yet."

Even if the driver is highly skilled, if the car itself is of poor quality, I doubt it can go very far and poses no threat to us.

Wang Kezheng is extremely confident in himself, to the point of being arrogant.

However, what he said was not unfounded; it had a certain logic and principles, and the whole analysis did indeed sound reasonable.

Under normal circumstances
A battalion commander who has just been promoted to brigade commander, without any transition or connection, and who doesn't even know all his subordinates, is immediately put in charge of a brigade in combat. It's impossible for him to manage everything, let alone command operations.

The huge change from a few hundred to several thousand people takes time for anyone to adapt.

Not to mention that their opponents are a well-established and powerful force, one of the most elite units in the country, so the 7th Steel Battalion has no chance of winning.

pity.

Brigade Commander Wang Kezheng never dreamed that Chen Jun was not the greenhorn he had described.

In his previous life, Chen Jun, who was the commander of a combined arms division, had more experience than Wang Kezheng, and commanding a brigade was no problem for him.

Seamless integration is easily achievable!

Therefore, Chen Jun certainly won't have any problems in terms of command.

The only thing to worry about is that the 7th Steel Brigade has just been formed, and its eight battalions, which together comprise dozens of companies, are a newly established organization.

The battalion and company, and even the company and platoon, were completely unfamiliar with each other.

Whether they can cooperate in time or they are completely in the dark.

If there is truly no way to complete the instructions, and even the most basic scheduling becomes a problem, then defeating a veteran powerhouse will indeed be extremely difficult.

The political commissar of the 708th Brigade was indeed a little worried at first, mainly because Chen Jun was just too outrageous.

Now that I've heard Brigade Commander Wang Kezheng's analysis, I realize that's really the case. The pressure in my heart has vanished, leaving only a confident and composed feeling of having it all figured out.

After analyzing the information on the 7th Steel Brigade, the 708th Brigade concluded that the other side posed no threat whatsoever and made no further special arrangements.

They began preparing for the exercise step by step.

On the contrary, the 7th Steel Brigade was under great pressure and had to engage in emergency combat readiness, striving to increase the brigade's coordination within three days.

It's definitely impossible to send them out for training in such a short time.

After all, they still have to prepare for the exercises, and time is already tight.

The only solution is to hold an operational meeting, bringing together all officers above the company level in the entire brigade for a remote meeting using the latest equipment.

This allows officers of different ranks to become more familiar with each other through meetings, and also provides an opportunity to test and adjust equipment and gear.

It perfectly achieves two goals at once!
The 7th Steel Brigade was indeed equipped with a large number of new equipment, including not only the latest domestically developed experimental products that had not yet been deployed, but also cutting-edge products imported from abroad.

Although the red-card student soldiers who were assigned to the unit had all learned how to use the corresponding equipment before they arrived.

However, these student soldiers only knew how to operate the equipment and had never used it in brigade-level combat before. They had to work hard to operate it in these three days, like sharpening a spear at the last minute. Even if it wasn't sharp, it looked shiny.

With such intensive preparations, the three days passed very quickly.

The exercise proceeded as scheduled.

As the defending side, the 7th Steel Brigade does not need to move. The Wolf Former Base is the base where the 7th Steel Brigade is currently located, which was recently renamed.

The 535th defense line is located in the northwest of the base, a defense line that stretches for about ten kilometers.

During the three-day preparation period, Chen Jun of the 7th Steel Brigade had already made corresponding tactical deployments based on the situation of the 708th Brigade.

The core tactic is a "dual front of offense and defense"—

There are pure defense strategies, as well as offensive strategies that replace defense.

Two armored assault battalions and one mechanized infantry battalion have been deployed in advance as defensive forces on the front line, while artillery battalions and air defense and anti-missile battalions in the rear are also in place.

The remaining troops, based on their respective characteristics, have all proceeded to their designated areas according to tactical deployments.

Although it was a new unit, it had never undergone integrated training.

However, the officers and soldiers who can come here are of top-notch quality and competence. Even without training, they can complete the defensive formation without much difficulty.

Taking advantage of their defensive position, the 7th Steel Brigade had already set up their formation to meet the enemy.

On the same day, the main force of the 708th Brigade, which was the attacking side, also set off from its base and traveled hundreds of kilometers to attack the defensive line where the 7th Steel Brigade was located.

The 708th Brigade is also a mechanized unit, and long-distance maneuvers are no challenge for them.

Brigade Commander Wang Kezheng, following his own combat style, also formulated an offensive plan, and all units of the brigade carried out the operation in an orderly manner under his command.

Wang Kezheng and the political commissar also "personally led the expedition," with several battalions of mixed troops, setting off from the base early in the morning and heading straight for the Wolf Forward Base.

The convoy of military vehicles, armored vehicles, tanks, anti-aircraft vehicles, and supply trucks that scouted the route stretched for more than 1.5 kilometers.

It looks quite imposing and has a strong visual impact.

After leaving the military roads inside the base, the convoy went directly onto the city's highway, attracting curious onlookers from passing by.

In the middle of the convoy, inside a Cheetah Black King Kong, Wang Kezheng and Political Commissar He Yazhou sat in the back seat.

“In the past, the opponents we played against were all aces from various army groups. Only worthy opponents could pique my interest.”

Wearing a camouflage helmet, Wang Kezheng said with a displeased and disdainful expression, "Now look what's happened. Right off the bat, we're being put up against some Steel Seventh Brigade that we've never heard of before and that was only formed a month ago."

They are mismatched in every aspect, whether it's qualifications, ability, or experience.

This is just like two people playing chess. I'm already the national champion, and you've only been learning chess for a few days. Isn't this obviously a waste of time?

Even if we win, so what? I'd be ashamed to even talk about this victory.

After three days of deliberation, Wang Kezheng felt increasingly that this performance was pointless, and if he could refuse, he would immediately lead his men back.

Because they had no interest in the exercise and felt it offered absolutely no challenge, they became increasingly resistant to it.

Now he has to travel hundreds of kilometers to fight a child, a match he can't possibly lose, but winning wouldn't be interesting either. This makes Wang Kezheng increasingly annoyed.

“You’re right. I also prefer to meet a worthy opponent or a worthy opponent,” Political Commissar He Yazhou said with a smile.

"It's impossible for them to meet a worthy opponent. It's a newly formed unit. Besides, they're going to meet a great talent. In the entire Steel Seventh Brigade, only Chen Jun is worth mentioning. As for the others, I'm sorry, I really can't see them."

Wang Kezheng's words were extremely arrogant, but he did not think that underestimating the enemy was one of the greatest taboos in warfare, simply because he did not consider the Steel Seventh Brigade to be a worthy opponent.

Seemingly getting more and more carried away and arrogant, Wang Kezheng continued, "If you ask me, the decision to hold the 'Decisive Battle 2001' exercise was itself a farce."

"Hey, what are you saying?"

Seeing that Wang Kezheng was becoming increasingly arrogant and incoherent, even questioning orders from his superiors, Political Commissar He Yazhou quickly reminded him to prevent him from making a political mistake.

"Uh."

Wang Kezheng realized he had misspoke and quickly changed his tone, saying, "We weren't talking about anything, Political Commissar. It's just the two of us talking to pass the time."

"hehe."

Political Commissar He Yazhou smiled and said nothing more. Looking ahead through the windshield, he said, "We're about to get onto the highway. Shall we do it the old way? You go first and I'll bring up the rear?"

“Okay, the same old way.” Wang Kezheng nodded.

"As long as we maintain our speed, we should be able to reach the Wolf Forward Base before evening."

He Yazhou glanced at his digital watch, exchanged a few words with Wang Kezheng, and then said to the driver in front, "Pull over."

"Yes!"

The driver answered immediately.

……

The conversation between the brigade commander and political commissar of the 708th Brigade clearly shows that neither of them took this confrontation seriously.

They all confidently felt it was just a formality, like college students beating up elementary school students.

They could easily wipe out the 7th Steel Brigade if they pulled them over.

In fact, Chief of Staff Shen of the military region was in a similar situation, not expecting the 7th Steel Brigade to gain any advantage over the 708th Brigade in this confrontation.

It's not a win.

Even gaining an advantage in certain aspects is difficult to achieve.

Chief of Staff Shen was very clear that sending the 7th Steel Brigade out of the mountains now would at best be to serve as a training partner, using this exercise to gather information about what a professional combined arms brigade is like before any training.

After the year-long training is completed, what changes will occur, and through these changes, we can accumulate experience for training more combined arms brigades in the future.

At the same time, problems were discovered during the process, and errors were corrected before formal training.

of course.

There's also a bit of personal motive involved.

Chief of Staff Shen also wanted to take this opportunity to get a good feel for this elite V Group Army and see what kind of skills they had.

As the chief of staff of the 84th Group Army, he was in competition with the V Group Army.

Chief of Staff Shen personally looked forward to the 7th Steel Brigade completing its training and becoming combat-ready, and being able to defeat the 708th Brigade.

……

The 708th Brigade, fully armed, charged in with the goal of annihilating the Steel 7th Brigade.

Meanwhile, the 7th Steel Brigade was already prepared.

Chen Jun, who has always served as the commander of operations, decided to take advantage of the gap between the two sides and seize a chance in the face of the impossible by launching the first wave of offensive, taking advantage of the advantages of his multiple military branches.

Therefore, Chen Jun did not wait for the enemy to arrive at the base, but instead launched an attack on the 708th Brigade as well.

It also made full use of its advanced equipment advantages and, for the first time, put its newly equipped air command helicopter into use, taking the brigade commander and Gao Cheng and others into the sky.

Just like when the railway attacked Commander Wang, he commanded his troops from the sky to launch the first wave of attack.

Large unmanned reconnaissance aircraft have been dispatched to monitor every route leading to the Wolf Forward Base, and the 708th Brigade must be located as soon as possible.

The significant advantages brought by unmanned aerial reconnaissance aircraft are indeed unmatched by ground forces.

When Wang Kezheng led the 708th Brigade and drove on the highway for some time, they were less than 200 kilometers away from the Wolf Forward Base.

The location locked by the large unmanned reconnaissance aircraft was fed back to the air command helicopter.

The drone operator controls the drone, feeding all the information back to the computer next to him, which is then displayed as a clear route map on the screen.

"Reporting to the brigade commander, a large force has been spotted, its formation originating from the A321 highway."

As the intelligence staff compiled the data and reported, Brigade Commander Wang immediately perked up and eagerly asked, "Can you find their brigade commander's location?"

"The location has not yet been found," the intelligence officer said.

"Approximately when will it arrive?" Chen Jun asked.

"The convoy is traveling at about 80 kilometers per hour. At this speed, the advance troops and front-line troops should arrive at Wolf's Head around 5 p.m. and should be able to complete the assembly before 7 p.m.

The intelligence officer answered very quickly, highlighting his exceptional professional competence.

Organize all the intelligence information collected and quickly compile it into useful reports, providing timely feedback to the brigade commander, chief of staff, and other relevant personnel.

This is the core work of intelligence officers!

"Where are the troops attached to the 708th Brigade located?" Chen Jun then asked.

Knowing yourself and the enemy is the only way to survive a hundred battles.

This information was very important to Chen Jun.

"Based on the reconnaissance intelligence feedback from the drones and the electronic company's communication coverage and interception of the 708th Brigade, it has been confirmed that a battalion of the V Group Army's directly subordinate engineer regiment has arrived at Langshan and is establishing artillery positions on Hill 303. A battalion of the V Group Army's directly subordinate long-range rocket artillery regiment has also departed from No. 8 Courtyard and is expected to arrive at Langshan before evening."

The intelligence staff delivered a clear and logical report, giving the battalion command a basic understanding of the enemy's troop deployment.

"Where is our drone located now?" Gao Cheng asked thoughtfully.

"We have now flown to the front of the Hongtianhu Bridge hub and are circling at high altitude to monitor the main force of the 708th Brigade," the drone operator replied.

"Switch the camera to the main screen immediately. We must locate Wang Kezheng and He Yazhou," Gao Cheng ordered the operator. (End of Chapter)