Military career: Starting with a recruitment letter

Chapter 305 Tactical Showdown: The Demonstration Battalion's Trump Card
October 8th, night, 1:20 AM.

In the combat duty room of the 188th Armored Regiment, Lü Fengtian moved a small stool and sat at the door of the duty room, enjoying the cool night breeze and trying his best to stay awake.

Recently, during the National Day preparations, the entire division's main combat regiments have been stationed in the field for training. After several days, the brothers are quite exhausted.

In the afternoon, news suddenly came from the division headquarters that their assault division was going to fight the Kyoto Demonstration Battalion in Jinyang. The whole regiment was almost in an uproar.

Earlier this year, they fought against that informationized battalion, whose main force was the armored regiment. They charged forward with great fanfare and high spirits.

They were outmaneuvered by an entire enemy battalion the whole way, either digging trenches to block the main force's movement or disregarding military ethics by bombarding their mechanized infantry units with long-range artillery.

This prevented the main forces from converging in time, ultimately dragging the team down.

After the exercise.

The regiment wasn't given extra training, and it's said that the division didn't hold them accountable either. However, the armored regiment itself felt extremely frustrated, as their opponents were like cunning mice, slippery and impossible to catch.

The defeat was truly the most humiliating battle in the regiment's history.

For the past few months, it's been a rare moment when no one has mentioned it.

In the afternoon, they were suddenly notified that war was about to break out, and the long-dormant hatred of the entire regiment was immediately ignited.

Even Lü Fengtian himself was so excited that he wanted to grab a gun and shoot those bastards right away.

As he was thinking, Lü Fengtian felt a wave of drowsiness wash over him. He quickly reached out and slapped his thighs a few times, the noise attracting the attention of the soldiers who were patrolling by.

"Hehe, I'm sleepy, this is a great way to wake up."

He greeted everyone as he got up and went into the duty room. He glanced at the computer screen and then at the landline next to him. After seeing no response, he picked up his cigarette case and matches and went back to the door.

With a "sizzle," the match ignited, illuminating Lü Fengtian's dark face. He took a few puffs of his cigarette, not even bothering to throw away the match.

Suddenly, the landline phone rang behind me.

Old Lu, who was enjoying the smoke from his cigarette, was startled and burned his finger with a match. He quickly threw it away, took a few more deep drags on the cigarette, and then stomped it out on the ground.

With thick smoke billowing from his nostrils, he rushed into the duty room and grabbed the microphone.

"Hey! This is the armored regiment's duty room, what?"

"Have we arrived at your place yet?"

"Alright, alright, I'll inform the commander right away. Okay, you guys continue monitoring."

hang up the phone.

Lu Fengtian cursed "Damn information battalion" and immediately called the regimental commander's home.

Only one second had passed.

A crackling sound came from the other end of the phone, followed by a deep voice.

"Hey!"

"Greetings, Commander. This is Lü Fengtian. Reconnaissance at the front indicates that the Demonstration Battalion is not equipped by rail and has already moved to the main road leading into Xiaocheng. The enemy is marching at night."

Lu Fengtian's voice was somewhat hurried, mainly because he hadn't expected that the regimental commander would stay up all night, keeping watch over the phone.

"Order! Reconnaissance units continue tracking the route that is the only way to the exercise area. Arrange for people to dig blocking positions. After dawn, immediately sound the exercise alarm and switch to wartime at the highest level of combat readiness."

"Each unit shall proceed to its designated position in accordance with the sequence."

"The operations staff will now assemble and begin exercise modeling."

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The regimental commander issued orders on the other end, and Lü Fengtian took notes one by one. He was a duty officer, so this was not a difficult task for him.

After hanging up the phone.

Lu Fengtian tidied up his notes, stood at the door, and shone his flashlight twice. A soldier on a mission in the distance quickly ran over and stood at attention: "Staff Officer Lu!"

"Okay, you stay here and cover my shift for a while, I'm going to the staff headquarters."

"Yes!"

Lu Fengtian hurriedly gave his instructions, grabbed his shorthand notes, and left quickly, but he hadn't even reached the General Staff Headquarters yet.

Suddenly, a piercing bugle call rang out over the entire regimental headquarters.

The battalions under the regiment are not far apart. When the regimental headquarters' operations duty room broadcasts a loud announcement, each battalion will quickly respond in the same way.

The bugle call to attack sounded like a death knell.

Lu Fengtian, who was heading towards the staff headquarters, was suddenly dumbfounded. He watched as all the lights in the entire regimental headquarters building were turned on.

In the officers' dormitory, the guard company area, and the logistics section, everyone rushed out of the building while getting dressed.

The sound of footsteps thumping incessantly filled the air.

Immediately afterwards, the assault bugle sounded simultaneously in the camps in front of, behind, and to the left and right of the regimental headquarters.

The night has awakened.

"Oh my god! What's going on?"

Lu Fengtian's heart skipped a beat. He had just spoken to the regimental commander on the phone and hadn't heard anything about an emergency mobilization.

Is this a sudden new order?

Old Lu glanced at the notes in his hand, gritted his teeth, and turned to rush towards the duty room.

After all, he was the duty officer and the person primarily responsible, so he had to find out what had happened.

But when he rushed to the door of the duty room, the soldier who was on duty for him was standing there dumbfounded, like a javelin, with his gun on his back.

"What's going on? Who gave you permission to start the assault ship without authorization?"

"No, I didn't touch it."

The soldier on duty looked aggrieved. He had been wondering why the assault bugle could be sounded when there was no one in the operations duty room.

However, standing guard and performing his duties are his responsibilities, and even if the entire regiment launches a surprise attack, he cannot leave his post without permission.

I might as well just stand there.

"Not you?"

Staff Officer Lü felt a chill run down his spine. He quickly walked into the duty room and saw that the "Assault" file on the computer screen had already been clicked to play. He was at a loss for what to do.

He believed the soldier's words; no veteran would joke about something like this.

But what the hell is this assault ship?

"Old Lu, what's going on? Has the regiment issued an order?"

"What's going on? What did they say?"

"Old Tian, ​​what's going on?"

A group of cadres from the regiment gathered at the door, asking anxiously.

As soon as the bugle call sounds, all the companies below will start their armored vehicles, open their ammunition depots, and equip themselves with ammunition. The regiment must issue the combat mission as soon as possible.

"I don't know either."

Lu Fengtian was completely dumbfounded.

The group of people who rushed in through the door were even more dumbfounded.

Damn it, the whole regiment's assault bugle has sounded, but the regimental operations duty room doesn't understand what's going on.

"Old Lu, what the hell are you talking about? Don't you know the context of your jokes? Did the order come from the regimental commander or directly from the division headquarters? Don't you know?"

"I really didn't know. I wasn't in the duty room just now. That comrade was on duty for me."

Lu Fengtian pointed to the soldiers at the door.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound.

The soldier was slightly nervous. He tugged at the Type 81 rifle strap on his shoulder and met the gazes of the group of officers with an innocent expression.

The group of people, who were already confused, became even more confused.

Judging from his simple-minded appearance, he doesn't seem like someone who doesn't know the rules and would turn on the loudspeaker without permission.

But when something happens, it has to be resolved.

One of them rushed to the administration building to ask the duty officer for instructions. Suddenly, the alarm was sounded, and it was impossible to cancel.

About two minutes later.

The duty officer, dressed in full uniform, arrived at the combat readiness duty room. After listening to the whole process, he frowned and said, "First, notify each company to wait for the order to depart. I'll go and communicate with the division."

"You should also call the regimental commander quickly and come over here as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

"By the way, let's cancel the Assault mission for now."

"Yes."

The claim of communicating with the division was definitely a lie; it was merely an excuse used by the duty officer. However, a false alarm about the battle situation would certainly have to be reported to higher authorities.

But soon, strange things happened again.

Lu Fengtian had just clicked to close the Assault Number, and less than three minutes had passed.

The familiar, piercing sound of something cutting through the air rang out again.

The computer in the combat readiness duty room automatically started playing the Assault No. 1 file once again.

"Holy shit?!?!"

This time.

In the operations duty room, the waiting group stared wide-eyed.

If they were just a little confused just now, it was because they suspected that Lao Lü or the soldier on duty had made a mistake.

This time, however, they watched helplessly as no one touched the computer, but the battle preparedness assault ship was pulled back into motion again.

"Has the computer betrayed us?"

Lu Fengtian looked completely dazed.

It's fortunate that the brothers from the Seventh Brigade weren't there; otherwise, they would have rushed up and hugged Lao Lü, tearfully accusing their drones of betraying them during the day.

They are truly brothers in misfortune.

However, the armored regiment is an exception. Their companies have a wide variety of soldiers, high mobility, and fast equipment deployment, so they are slightly more technologically advanced.

This also meant that Manxue, who was more than ten miles away, didn't bother with any electronic fraud; instead, he directly hacked into the regiment's monitoring room, invaded their internal network, and controlled the computers in the duty room.

But other groups weren't so lucky.

The garrisons of the 1st and 2nd Tank Regiments, the Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment, and the Howitzer Regiment were in complete chaos. These regimental headquarters didn't have computers in their combat readiness duty rooms; those things were too expensive. Only the demonstration battalions had a few.

Although the National Day military preparations have been cancelled.

Each unit's No. 1 can also go home to sleep, take a shower, and rest before preparing for battle.

However, even though the combat readiness was canceled, the radar remained on 24 hours a day, just as Chen Mo had guessed.

Just half an hour ago, the tank regiment's radar suddenly issued a warning that a helicopter squadron had arrived over the regimental headquarters.

Be nice!

This startled the sergeant in the duty room who was responsible for watching the radar, making the hairs on his forehead stand on end.

Air raid sirens were sounded immediately.

Although he was certain the information battalion wouldn't fire until the exercise was about to begin, he wouldn't let them be so arrogant.

Damn it, they're really not treating steamed buns like food!

The entire main force of the regiment, carrying individual rocket launchers, wandered around the regimental headquarters for more than 20 minutes without even touching a bird feather.

Not to mention the whereabouts of that damn helicopter squadron.

The radars of the howitzer regiment and the anti-aircraft artillery regiment were even more formidable; they only issued a warning when they showed that the demonstration battalion's hundreds of armored vehicles had already advanced to their doorstep.

As a result, many soldiers and officers didn't even have time to put on their shoes before they were driving artillery vehicles and carrying rocket launchers, ready to fight against an enemy that didn't know any martial ethics.

The regiment, numbering over a thousand, searched for half a day but found no trace of the enemy.

Electronic fraud techniques are too advanced.

Each unit was even willing to take shovels and dig three feet into the ground to find traces of the enemy, trying to see where they were hiding, without ever suspecting that the radar was actually malfunctioning.

Half past two in the morning.

Xiaocheng Division.

Although it was already late at night, the building was still brightly lit, and many officers were hurrying through the administration building, each looking anxious, as if something big had happened.

The operations conference room on the fourth floor of the administration building.

A senior colonel held a series of telegrams in his hands, a cigarette between his fingers, his temples were gray, and his brows were furrowed.

It was Ji Congwu, the chief of staff of the 188th Division.

The telegrams in his hand were from various subordinate units, reporting all sorts of strange events.

If I weren't a soldier with a strong sense of justice, I wouldn't believe it at all, let alone be afraid of any demons or monsters.

He really thought that a supernatural event had occurred in the camps of the major main force regiments.

It's just too outrageous.

The computer in the operations duty room will play the "Assault" call by itself. It will keep playing unless you turn it off, and it will automatically start playing again after a while.

Radars and radio communications of other units also inexplicably triggered alarms, various strange sounds appeared in communications, and connections between units were severed.

Communication can only be guaranteed if telephone communication is used.

Even if only one unit experiences a similar situation, it is already considered unbelievable.

However, the entire division and all its subordinate units were disrupted by this situation. In the past hour or so, the assault bugle was sounded intermittently more than a dozen times.

The radar issued dozens of warnings that the main enemy force was approaching.

Even though the political officers of each regiment urgently convened meetings of the entire regiment and battalion, morale began to waver.

Don't forget, this was in the late 1990s.

Many people have very limited thinking, and when faced with such inexplicable things, they inevitably feel a sense of fear.

more than this.

Enraged, Chief of Staff Ji launched into a tirade over the phone and immediately summoned the staff officer who had made the suggestion to the division headquarters, where he kicked him several times.

However, this cannot stop the panic at the grassroots level.

It even seems to be escalating.

After finishing his cigarette, Ji Congwu looked up at Tang Haodong, who was sitting calmly at his desk, and frowned, saying, "Commander, Old Tang!"

"The various regiments are now in a state of panic due to the disturbances. What should we do next?"

"What do you mean?"

Tang Haodong looked serious. After asking the question, he sighed, got up, and walked out of the meeting room.

Looking up at the dark night sky, he asked, "Where is the main force of the demonstration battalion currently located?"

"According to reports from forward scouts, the enemy's main force has been resting in place since entering Xiaocheng and has ceased to move."

"Judging from the situation, they plan to sleep until dawn before heading to the exercise field."

Ji Congwu responded truthfully.

"Hey!"

Tang Haodong shook his head slightly: "This is information warfare. The 7th Brigade has been reorganized and withdrawn too much, so it hasn't been able to bring out the full capabilities of this demonstration battalion."

"In this systemic confrontation, they've essentially used every trick in the book against us."

"I originally thought that the third phase of mechanization reform, with each unit equipped with drones and radar, would be considered to have touched the edge of informatization, or even have informationized combat capabilities."

"Looking back now, that little brat in the demonstration camp really taught me a lesson."

Tang Haodong finished speaking.

He continued to look outside. The system-on-system combat was less a test of the reform achievements of their 188th Division and more a test of the capabilities of the demonstration battalion.

The defeat of the 7th Tank Brigade during the day, which offered no resistance, caused quite a stir. That was the once-famous 7th Tank Division, whose students were spread throughout various units.

Even if they are to be disbanded, they should not be so easily defeated by a single battalion, let alone be wiped out.

This result.

This attracted the attention of many bigwigs from the seven military regions. Some rushed to Jinyang overnight, and even people from headquarters came over.

Those people are probably just like him.

Right now, you're probably shocked by the diversified combat modes of information warfare.

As the commander of the assault division, Tang Haodong naturally recognized that this was the demonstration battalion using the tactic of exhausting the enemy.

He also has ways to deal with it.

The reason we haven't taken any action is to cooperate with the Jin Yang directing department and show them the horror of information warfare.

The emergence of a new system can drive the old system, especially its grassroots soldiers and cadres, to despair.

This is a tactical tactic beyond our understanding.

Tang Haodong was also a man of great ambition. He knew that some units in the military region were dissatisfied because the demonstration battalion was taking up too many resources.

The opposition grew louder and louder, and some people even went to the political commissar and said that no more support should be given in terms of personnel and equipment.

Even Sun Zhensheng from the logistics department, in order to appease the emotions of various units, would often reprimand the battalion commander of the demonstration battalion.

They put on a show for other organizations.

But all the necessary support was provided; the purpose was simply to balance the emotions among the various units in the military region.

The importance of the new system is something that some people can understand and foresee, while others cannot understand it or foresee its significance.

Commander Tang wanted to show the directing staff that if the demonstration battalion could absorb so many resources, it could also exert its due combat effectiveness.

The 188th Strategic Assault Division is too formidable, not because of its strength, but because of its mentality.

As the unit with the highest combat effectiveness, organizational structure, and priority supply in the military region, the soldiers at the grassroots level inevitably develop some arrogance.

Instead of trying to figure out the opponent's strengths after losing to an information technology battalion, we should look forward to avenging ourselves next time.

The idea of ​​using the entire division to thoroughly defeat an enemy battalion is a misguided one.

The emergence of the new system represents recognition, learning, and mutual improvement.

Instead of rejecting, hating, or even trying to crush them with several times, or even ten times, more troops.

This kind of thinking is unacceptable!!
This is another reason why Tang Haodong has not taken any action.

It's not a bad thing to see more of the diversity of warfare.

After all, this is just our own people showing off their power. As Chief of Staff Xu Hong said, once the enemy sets up this system...

What if they bring larger, more massive clusters to the battlefield?
To fight or not to fight?

If we fight, can we win?
. . . . . . . . .

the other side.

This is the demonstration camp.

Chen Mo arranged for all the soldiers in the battalion to rest, while he led all the members of the staff and electronic warfare unit to gather in the field tent.

A makeshift information command center was set up in the tent, and Man Xuexi led a team to infiltrate the 188th Division's surveillance system. The movements of all the main combat divisions and regiments in the entire division were projected onto the screen.

And next to the projected screen, the satellite cloud image connected to the Wild Dog command system was also flashing.

If you watch it carefully.

You can see that the cloud map shows the signal groups of each enemy main battle regiment, and within each regimental signal group there are several secondary signal sources.

The secondary level represents the company.

The blue secondary light source represents the tank crews of the 188th Division.

The red secondary light source represents the rocket launcher crew.

A green secondary light source represents an individual infantryman.

Military satellites, in conjunction with early warning radar coverage, enable the demonstration battalion to accurately monitor the strength and maneuverability of enemy forces at any time.

no way.

The enemy was too strong, so Chen Mo had no choice but to use all the resources of his battalion and take this battle seriously.

Even he didn't know.

We'll bring out all our new equipment and commit all our combat power to see if we can actually take on this strategic assault division.

The answer will probably only be known after noon when the main forces of both sides officially clash.

Only then can a conclusion be drawn.

(End of this chapter)