Forged in the fires of war: The Qi family's generals rewrite the fate of eastern Hebei.

"Back then, I also participated in the battle in southern Xinjiang and made many military achievements. In my hands, those monkeys in southern Xinjiang were not worth mentioning at all."

“I am considered a tough soldier in the military region, but this time I have been completely defeated by you. I would like to make a request to you.”

At this moment, Wang Shiyang still looked a little embarrassed.

Upon hearing this, Fang Zhenhua was already somewhat prepared.

So he offered to help Wang Shiyang, hoping to save face for him.

"Commander Wang, although we were opponents during the exercise, we are comrades after the exercise is over. What can't comrades say to each other? If there's anything I can do to help, I, Fang Zhenhua, will definitely not hold back."

"Okay, then I'll get straight to the point. I hope to study at your DA Master's for a while. Don't worry, I won't say or do anything. This time, I'll just be a good student and only bring my eyes and ears."

To be honest, Fang Zhenhua was already mentally prepared for what Wang Shiyang said.

However, being mentally prepared does not mean he is not in a difficult position.

Why do you say that?

Because Wang Shiyang is the commander of a top-tier division, and he has countless responsibilities, Fang Zhenhua dared not casually agree to let a commander become his student.

This is not something to be agreed to lightly; if anything goes wrong, it could cause serious trouble.

Seeing Fang Zhenhua's troubled expression, Wang Shiyang knew that his request was somewhat abrupt.

Just when neither of them knew what to say...

Just then, Fang Yingda walked out of the director's office.

“What’s so difficult about resolving this? In my opinion, we can send Commander Wang to the DA Division for a few months of training! Doesn’t the DA Division conduct assessments every three months? This would allow Commander Wang to complete the three months and adapt to the new cycle.”

Upon hearing Fang Yingda's words, Fang Zhenhua and Wang Shiyang immediately turned around and saluted Old Fang.

"chief of staff."

It was obvious that Fang Yingda had overheard their conversation.

At this moment, Zhong Yuannian was standing next to Fang Yingda.

At this point, Fang Yingda asked directly.

"Commander Zhong, what do you think?"

"I think the Chief of Staff's arrangement is excellent. For Division Commander Wang, it is a good thing to learn from the defeat, actively absorb the strengths of the enemy, and make up for his own weaknesses. So I fully agree with it."

Fang Yingda and Zhong Yuannian stood on the same side, which made Wang Shiyang very happy.

As for Fang Zhenhua, he himself didn't care as long as his superiors agreed.

At this point, Zhong Yuannian continued.

"The political commissar and deputy division commander can take on more of the work of the 86th Division. Three months is not a long time. Compared with the impact on military affairs, the gains are the most important. What do you think, Division Commander Wang?"

"I will follow the leader's instructions."

Thus, with the permission of Fang Yingda and Zhong Yuannian, Wang Shiyang officially entered the DA Division as an observer of the 86th Division.

Moreover, Lao Wang is a very decisive person. Before leaving the director's office, he directly explained the matter to the political commissar and then returned to the DA Division with Fang Zhenhua.

Fang Zhenhua never expected that a meeting at the director's office would lead to the discovery of a student, who happened to be one of their defeated opponents.

However, Fang Zhenhua had to admire Wang Shiyang's ability to be flexible and adaptable.

For a senior commander, losing a battle is not something to be proud of.

But Lao Wang was able to lower his head and take the initiative to learn from Master Da. This willpower alone surpasses that of many people and is undoubtedly admirable.

Therefore, upon returning to the DA Division, Fang Zhenhua's first military order was that the matter of the Sharp Sword-91 should not be discussed again within the entire division.

The war is over, and that's it. There's nothing to dwell on about it.

Because for the DA Division, their opponents were definitely not just the 86th Division.

Although the 86th Division is also a Class A division, it has a prefix in its name: Southern Class A Motorized Infantry Division.

In our army, the southern troops are somewhat weaker in combat effectiveness compared to the troops in the northern military regions.

Our army's elite troops are mainly concentrated in the northern military regions.

The Class A mechanized infantry divisions in the north are the biggest rivals of the DA divisions, but this is only within the domestic context.

In fact, DA has always had only one opponent, and that opponent is called the Ugly Army.

Old Wang spent three months at DA, and those three months were truly astonishing for him.

Because Old Wang never expected that a war could be fought in this way.

The armored units, once hailed as elite, are no longer operating independently within the DA Division.

The concept of joint operations involving multiple branches of the armed forces is deeply ingrained in Wang Shiyang's mind.

This time, he truly witnessed what information warfare, electronic warfare, and joint operations with multiple branches of the armed forces really meant.

During the second small assessment of the DA Division, Wang Shiyang watched the whole process. Seeing the increasingly skillful multi-service joint operations, Wang Shiyang couldn't help but say to Fang Zhenhua beside him.

"Old Fang, I need to have a heart-to-heart talk with you. To be honest, before I came to Master DA, besides having the mindset of being a student, I was actually a little resentful."

“Our division is the top-notch elite division in the entire army group. I’m very dissatisfied that you defeated us in 16 hours. I actually have some complaints about it.”

"But putting aside what I've seen and heard in the past three months, just looking at this assessment, I have to admit that if the DA Division were to fight our 86th Division again now, we would lose even faster."

The fact that Wang Shiyang was able to say these words is enough to prove that he respects Master DA and Fang Zhenhua.

Fang Zhenhua looked at the training ground, but spoke to Wang Shiyang.

"What you see now is actually very basic. As I said in the directing department, there are many things we haven't completed yet, such as long-range electronic jamming technology."

"Currently, our DA Division is developing a new type of combat system. Once it is successfully developed, it will bring about a qualitative leap in the combat effectiveness of our entire DA Division."

"However, I estimate that it will take at least one or two years before it can be used in future live-fire exercises."

As he spoke, Fang Zhenhua began to walk down from the podium, with Wang Shiyang following closely behind.

Wang Shiyang asked as he walked.

"How long do you think this road will take?"

"You mean informationized warfare?"

"I don't know how long it will take, but I do know that this road has no end, we just have to keep going. Old Wang, I can tell you with certainty that information warfare is just the beginning in future warfare."

"What...what do you mean?"

Wang Shiyang discovered that he couldn't keep up with Fang Zhenhua's thinking at all.

He even subconsciously believed that Fang Zhenhua's overall strategic and tactical thinking surpassed that of any other commander in the entire army.

"What if we achieve unmanned warfare in the future? Perhaps one day we will also achieve intelligent warfare. In the face of unmanned and intelligent warfare, information warfare is just the beginning."

"Unmanned? Intelligent? This...this is too exaggerated! Can war be fought like this?"

"Old Wang, military technology is constantly advancing. If we go back 60 years from now, who could have imagined that there would be weapons like the atomic bomb? Who could have imagined that there would be jet fighters?"

"Back then, whether aircraft carriers or battleships were more important was still a matter of debate, and we couldn't come to a definitive answer. It was only through the test of World War II that we realized the importance of aircraft carriers. But now we even have nuclear-powered aircraft carriers."

"I understand."

Wang Shiyang nodded vigorously; he understood the unspoken meaning behind Fang Zhenhua's words.

With the continuous development of military technology, any method of warfare may become possible.

The way we fight wars is completely different now than it was half a century ago.

Back then, our army was still using millet and rifles. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it began motorization and mechanization, and now it is rapidly facing informatization.

All of this points to one issue: global military technology is developing rapidly, and if you can't keep up with the times, you'll be left behind.

But it is an army, especially the army of a large country like ours. If it is eliminated by the times, its fate will be extremely tragic.

As senior commanders in the military, both Fang Zhenhua and Wang Shiyang must have a kind of foresight to plan ahead.

Only with this foresight can we ensure that our army is not eliminated, and also ensure that they themselves are not eliminated by the army.

At the end of the conversation, Wang Shiyang made a new request.

"Old Fang, I won't say anything else. Just let me stay in your division for another three months."

"No, is this something I can decide?"

"Just tell me whether you agree or not. I'll handle things with the army commander myself."

"As long as you can get on the good side of the army commander and the political commissar of your division, I don't care about anything else."

"Haha, I knew you were a good brother, Lao Fang. I'll treat you to drinks sometime."

Wang Shiyang was inspired by Fang Zhenhua's words, so he was even more aware of how lacking his understanding of the new combat mode was.

It's undoubtedly a pipe dream to try and understand the DA Division's combat style in just three months.

Therefore, Wang Shiyang wanted to stay and learn more, which would be of great help to his future development.

Fang Zhenhua naturally did not object. After Wang Shiyang won over the army commander, Fang gave him three books.

Wang Shiyang took the book and looked at the title.

"New Era Combat Methods - An Exploration of Three-Dimensional Informationized Warfare", "How to Gradually Achieve Informationized Warfare", and "On How to Win Informationized Warfare".

Although these three books are not very long, they are all written by the same person, Fang Zhenhua.

"Old Fang, what's going on?"

"You're going to be a student, right? Since you're going to be a student, then as your teacher, I naturally can't keep anything to myself. This is a book I wrote myself, which includes my research and thoughts on information warfare. I hope it can help you."

"Brother, I have nothing more to say, thank you."

Wang Shiyang looked at Fang Zhenhua, whose face was full of gratitude, and his gratitude was heartfelt.

To use an imperfect analogy, Fang Zhenhua's three books are like three martial arts manuals.

These martial arts manuals are usually closely guarded secrets, and obtaining them is not an easy task.

Wang Shiyang was considered to be at the forefront of the entire army.

However, after listening to Wang Shiyang's words, Fang Zhenhua shook his head and said...

"If you don't read these three books, you won't get much help when you're learning about the training and assessment of DA Masters. However, if you combine these three books, you will surely gain a lot more."

And indeed, that's exactly what Fang Zhenhua said.

While Wang Shiyang was engrossed in reading Fang Zhenhua's works, he also discovered that the content of the book could be corroborated by the training of DA masters.

One is practical action, and the other is theoretical guidance. When the two are combined, the resulting effect is extremely effective.

Old Wang stayed with the DA Master for another three months. After watching the DA Master's second major assessment, his understanding was completely different from before.

It was at this time that new good news came from the 29th Research Institute.

Chapter 137 Thunder—92

The best news from the 29th Research Institute was that the long-range electronic jamming equipment that Fang Zhenhua had requested had been successfully developed.

The new type of long-range electronic jamming equipment developed by the 29th Research Institute has a combat jamming range of 30-70 kilometers.

As is well known, in electronic interference, the greater the distance, the greater the power required.

当年在越战当中，霉军的EB-66电子战机能干扰160到300公里外的30到10750兆赫频率的雷达。

The new electronic jamming equipment developed by the 29th Research Institute is not very far-reaching.

However, this was enough to make Fang Zhenhua happy. Having something was better than having nothing. With these devices, they could be continuously improved, enhancing their combat capabilities.

With this new type of electronic jamming equipment, Fang Zhenhua was able to make his tactics more flexible and varied.

So he immediately reported it, saying that the DA division must purchase the new long-range electronic jamming equipment developed by the 29th Research Institute.

He also chatted with the director of the 29th Research Institute for a while, hoping that they could continue to develop better electronic jamming equipment in the future.

However, during his communication with the 29th Research Institute, Fang Zhenhua also learned that the 29th Research Institute was working on a new type of electronic information platform.

The function of this platform is actually somewhat similar to the Sky Eye system that DA is currently developing.

Fang Zhenhua's desire to poach talent resurfaced instantly.

This time, he didn't talk to the director of the 29th Research Institute, but reported it directly to headquarters, asking them to coordinate.

The core of the coordination is to combine the research and development team of the 29th Research Institute with the research and development team of the DA Division, so that both sides can work together to improve the FAST system.