Starting from the deputy company commander of the Soldier Assault Team

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Gao Shijun led the applause. He had always known that his subordinate major was very outstanding, but he did not expect that after letting him speak freely today, he could show such an excellent side.

It's no wonder that Division T rejected the plan back then; it required too many resources, and the equipment scale and personnel limits were exceeded too much.

The strength of a tank battalion is generally around 300 people, and even a mechanized infantry battalion has only 400 people. The combined arms battalion that the army group piloted before only had 500 people.

This kid is asking for eight companies right off the battalion level: a battalion headquarters with over forty men, two tank companies with over a hundred men each, three mechanized infantry companies with nearly four hundred men each, and a fire support company with at least sixty or seventy men.

Add to that the combat support company of over a hundred people and the logistics support company of over a hundred people, and the total number is nearly nine hundred, which is equivalent to a heavily reinforced reconnaissance battalion of the T Division.

Zhang Anbang, of course, had no idea what Gao Shijun was thinking. As the applause subsided, he tentatively spoke up again, "Commander, if possible, we could add an anti-aircraft and anti-tank company as well."

"Oh, why add it?"

"That's right, Commander. The main problem is firepower. I think our current offensive firepower is still insufficient, especially in terms of air defense. This configuration would provide more firepower."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the conference room burst into laughter. The fear of insufficient firepower truly haunts every Chinese soldier and member of the Chinese military industry.

Gao Shijun raised his hand, and the entire conference room fell silent. "You've considered things very thoroughly, but have you thought about this issue? Your model and troop structure are unbalanced, with redundant infantry and an unbalanced logic for tank-infantry coordination."

One tank paired with 1.5 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) is only suitable for a single mission and has poor adaptability to multi-domain and diversified operations.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Anbang couldn't help but sigh inwardly. The Seventh Princess's father was truly remarkable. The model he described was indeed outdated in later generations and replaced by a two-tank, two-armored infantry system.

This model is suitable for large-scale breakthroughs on plains, but it is not applicable in mountainous areas, towns, or counter-ambush operations. However, there is no other way; equipment and technology are limited, so we can only proceed step by step.

"Yes, Commander," Zhang Anbang readily accepted the topic, "This model is currently applicable, and it is also suitable for the vast plains of our north in terms of local conditions."

The main considerations were firepower ratio and communication limitations. Later, with the strengthening of firepower at the squad, platoon, and company levels and the advancement of communication technology, more self-propelled equipment was deployed.

The mode can be readjusted to a two-tank, two-armored infantry mode, which will avoid the problem of redundant forces. In addition, the support company can also be split into a dual support structure of equipment maintenance support company and service logistics support company.

One team was responsible for the armored vehicle repair, spare parts storage, equipment technicians, and ordnance maintenance; the other team was responsible for fuel and ammunition transportation, armored field medical services, centralized field cooking, material storage, and supply transportation.

This would solve the problem you just raised, Commander, and the entire combined arms battalion could achieve a balanced approach to assault, suppression, support, and logistics, realizing a multi-functional and modularly flexible battalion organization.

"Regarding the drone issue you just mentioned, you should know that we don't have many drones. Currently, only the artillery brigades and artillery command battalions under the army group have drone teams."

Zhang Anbang nodded. "Yes, Commander, I know. But my requirements aren't high. Just one drone platoon for artillery fire correction, day and night battlefield reconnaissance, and damage assessment."

The number doesn't need to be large; six ASN-206 medium-long-range artillery reconnaissance drones will suffice.

"Haha," Gao Shijun laughed upon hearing this, "Well, you don't need much, but do you know that it's the only standard UAV that can perform depth calibration and damage assessment for the army group's long-range artillery and 300mm long-range artillery?"

Seeing Zhang Anbang nod, Gao Shijun continued, "Do you know that our army group's directly subordinate artillery brigade only has 12 ASN-206 drones, which is at most two drone companies?"

This is for the 300mm long-range artillery and the 130mm cannon. In a combined arms battalion, besides the regular mortars, only the artillery company has PLZ-89 122mm self-propelled howitzers and a HJ-9 heavy anti-tank missile platoon.

There's also a Type 81 122mm wheeled rocket launcher platoon; these don't need the 206mm guidance system.

"It's really not needed. Commander, how about you replace it with six ASN-105s? I can use those."

Now everyone understood Zhang Anbang's purpose. This kid wasn't after 206; he actually wanted 105 from the bottom of his heart, but he just mentioned 206, which was impossible to give him first.

They were right; Zhang Anbang was after the Type 105, even though the Type 105 had many flaws, such as its low service ceiling of 3500 meters, making it extremely vulnerable to ground-based air defense attacks.

With short standard flight time and poor continuous monitoring capability, the basic model has a standard loiter time of only 2 hours. In order to ensure recovery margin, it generally only performs 1.5-hour missions. Even a system of 6 aircraft can hardly achieve uninterrupted monitoring around the clock.

Piston engines have generally low reliability, high failure rate in complex weather conditions, a load capacity of only 30kg, lack of dedicated laser calibration equipment, weak infrared equipment performance, and limited nighttime reconnaissance capabilities.

Insufficient positioning accuracy, purely line-of-sight radio, direct disconnection due to mountain obstruction, single-link transmission, poor anti-interference, etc.

However, it is undeniable that this thing can fly and can conduct real-time daytime visible light video reconnaissance of positions within 100km.

It can conduct low-altitude infiltration reconnaissance of enemy forward positions, trenches, fortifications, infantry assembly points, tank formations, temporary artillery positions, logistics supply points, and transportation hubs.

The ground station transmits real-time images back simultaneously, and a single flight can photograph an area of ​​approximately 30 square kilometers.

Nighttime infrared thermal imaging reconnaissance can detect heat sources from vehicle engines, personnel encampments, concealed artillery positions, and nighttime mobile armored convoys.

High-definition aerial photography on film captures the layout of defensive positions, fortification systems, roads and bridges, and command post buildings.

Search for enemy tank and armored vehicle clusters at long distances, continuously monitor the movement routes of enemy armored forces and the deployment of reserves, and predict the direction of attack.

In mountainous, reverse slope, and densely forested areas where the ground view is completely blocked, drones can fly around and observe concealed positions from high altitude, conduct low-altitude surveillance at the front, and monitor the low-altitude activities of helicopters, etc.

In short, having something is better than not having it.

The political commissar looked at the young man in front of him with a smile. "Anbang, you're right. The resource requirements and personnel and equipment requirements are too high. Even a battalion of the US Army can't reach this scale."

Zhang Anbang gently shook his head, uttering an absolutely authoritative term: "Political Commissar, I don't know."

Since the Soviet Union in the 1990s, after the Gulf War, we changed our hypothetical enemy to the United States. The Gulf War was too frightening.

From that time on, we began to explore the transformation from mechanization to informatization and digitalization.

So many years have passed, we have no way of knowing exactly what's going on with the US military, but what if…?