Chapter 1578: The inevitable pains

The final result of this "Confrontation-1995" exercise greatly shocked the Chinese military, especially the officials and generals in the army system. Even the "Tiger Division" such as the top troop in the Chinese establishment system could not hold it. The attack of a "blue army" synthetic brigade that has undergone digital, informatized, and synthetic transformations has caused great doubts and even anxiety on the army side-this "synthetic brigade" that came to the exercise, when viewed separately The technical and tactical level of its main equipment is not so high. If Huaxia spends a lot of money, it is fully capable of building several troops with similar equipment levels in a short period of time. The problem is that China has only " "Strong enemy", and many of the equipment of "Strong enemy" is one or several grades higher than that of the guys equipped by the "Blue Army" brigade. If the "Strong enemy" has already combined this tactical thinking with their equipment If combined, then this combat power...
Just count the arsenal of "powerful enemies" with your fingers, M1A2 "Abrams" main battle tank, M109A6 "Paladin" 155mm self-propelled howitzer, M1129 type 120mm wheeled self-propelled mortar, AH64 "Apache" attack helicopter, UH60 "Black Hawk" multi-purpose helicopter, "Patriot" air defense missile system... Compared with the equipment of the "Blue Army" brigade, these things, if not all, are at least in the majority. The main performance is far ahead, plus the "strong enemy" also has the world's leading radar and electronic communications and electronic jamming technology, the world's most powerful air force and air support capabilities, and the unparalleled strategic transportation capabilities of Bluestar. Hundreds of military satellites of various types distributed in orbit around the earth...
If the "strong enemy" really creates a similar "blue army brigade", the assessment of its actual combat effectiveness needs to be multiplied by at least 2 on the existing capabilities of the "blue army" brigade!
The current international situation is that because of the turbulent situation on the strait, the risk factor of a direct confrontation with a "strong enemy" is getting higher and higher!
For this reason, after the exercise, General Liu personally presided over an extremely high-level seminar. At the meeting, Tan Zhenhua stood on the main stage, in front of a group of generals from various military regions across the country with a golden star on the shoulders. This is what we said: "In fact, the "strong enemy" has already begun practical exploration in this area last year. In April 1994, the US "National Training Center" in Fort Irwin, California, launched a project called "Vortex 07". "Advanced combat experiments. In this experiment, only 25% of the experimental forces that simulate counter-forces are supported by advanced information technology and combat command systems, combined with various precision-guided weapons and integrated dispatch applications for the troops. They easily defeated the simulated confrontation force, which strengthened the determination of the "strong enemy" to information and synthesize the existing combat system and army organization. They have even begun to establish an organization outline and brand new training and combat for the corresponding forces. According to the regulations, the "strong enemy" has clearly defined the future war as a "digital war". The focus of the war will be from fighting for dominance over a local area or some special terrain to fighting for control over electromagnetic and information on the battlefield. Transfer, this is a subversive revolution in military theory, and from my personal point of view, I believe that the direction of the "strong enemy" is correct."
Someone immediately asked: "Dr. Tan, according to this theory, is there no longer a battle like repeated scramble for a key position on the battlefield in the future?"
"It's not so simple to understand."
Tan Zhenhua replied: "Since we have time today, we might as well imagine what the battlefield will look like in the future."
He cleared his throat and said slowly: "Let me give you an example. Everyone is familiar with the term "Van Fleet ammunition", right? From October 14 to November 25, 1952, James O. The "United Nations Army" under the command of Alward Van Fleet used more than 300 artillery pieces, more than 170 tanks, and dispatched more than 3,000 aircraft. In the Shangganling area of ​​only 3.7 square kilometers, more than 1.9 million artillery shells and 5,000 bombs were poured. Yu Mei, even the top of the hill was cut 2 meters, but lost the battle, I want to ask, apart from the bravery and tenacity of the volunteers and the mental factor of not afraid of sacrifice, only from the tactical considerations, why did the Americans Lose? Let’s suppose another question. If the commanders here now play Van Fleet, with the current level of equipment, how can you win this battle?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a "buzzing" discussion in the audience, and this voice had a tendency to become louder and louder. A few of them were particularly excited and stood up angrily. Want to blame Tan Zhenhua.
It was still General Liu who was able to stay in the field. He lightly said, "Leave me quiet. Dr. Tan has just said that this is just a tactical deduction of the possible tactics of the participating parties. I think Tan The doctor’s assumption is very good. He often considers issues from the perspective of the opponent, which helps us to clearly understand how the opponent views the battlefield situation and how to use the resources at hand to solve the battlefield problems, so as to formulate the corresponding Tactics and methods of defeating the enemy, everyone, the results of the "Confrontation 1995" exercise show that the future battlefield has been very different from our previous assumptions. If we cannot keep pace with the times, adapt to the new situation, new environment, and new technology battlefield. , Then we may lose the war in the future, lose the construction results achieved in these years of reform, lose the future of the country and the hope of China's national rejuvenation, can we allow this to happen?"
The uniform answer sounded: "No!"
"Okay!" General Liu nodded with satisfaction: "Then, we must accept the pain of the army making changes to adapt to the future battlefield, even if this pain will hurt your heart! I am very grateful to Dr. Tan for this. And for the efforts and contributions I have made, I also hope that through this seminar, I can make an in-depth review of the history and results of the "Confrontation 1995" exercise. "Dare to fight and win battles" is our army’s consistent requirement. I hope that all of you will keep this article in mind and implement it in your daily training work to find a practical way to "win the war" instead of just staying on the slogan."
Applause broke out. Obviously, General Liu's words came to the point, and it got the resonance of the senior generals present. Tan Zhenhua couldn't help but secretly give General Liu a thumbs up in his heart. This leadership is really not overshadowed.
Tan Zhenhua resumed his speech, and he slowly said: "From today’s perspective on the battle 43 years ago, we can at least get the following conclusions. First, the so-called "Van Fleet ammunition" is actually a kind of Reluctant action, why do I say that? You can review the results of more than 1.9 million artillery shells and more than 5,000 aerial bombs. After cutting down the entire mountain by 2 meters, it failed to effectively annihilate the three major buildings. The volunteers in the tunnels, eight small tunnels and more than 30 simple anti-cannon holes, and we all know that it is precisely because of the existence of these tunnels that the vital force of the volunteers was effectively preserved, leading to the second phase of the battle. It was after the "tunnel war" stage that the surface position of Shangganling belonged to the Mi Army during the day and the Volunteer Army at night. The reason was that although the artillery and air raids of the Mi Army were fierce, the actual results achieved were limited. From a tactical point of view, this shows that the attack efficiency of artillery fire is not high, and the attack efficiency of artillery fire is not high. It also shows that the Mi Army failed to effectively deliver firepower to the target. We all know that the three main targets of Shangganling The No. 1 tunnel in the tunnel is located under the No. 1 array and is the largest tunnel. It has an "F" shape with a total length of nearly 80 meters, a height of 1.5 meters, and a width of 1.2 meters. It is a 35-meter limestone, and the two openings of the tunnel are facing north to the direction of the Five Holy Mountains. This tunnel is also the tunnel with the best concealment effect. Here, we may wish to make another assumption. Assuming that Van Fleet had With such a bomb, the bomb can be accurately delivered to the top of the tunnel. Moreover, it has the ability to explode after drilling through a 35-meter-thick limestone layer. Then, this tunnel No. 1 can still play its role. Huh? Going a step further, assuming that this bomb already existed at that time, would the U.S. Army still need to launch more than 1.9 million artillery shells and more than 5,000 aerial bombs?"