Chapter 196 Field Assault Combined Battalion!

Chapter 196 Field Assault Combined Battalion!

Chapter 196 Field Assault Combined Battalion!
Time flies and it is already December. There is only one month left until the beginning of 98.

With the arrival of December, Chen Jun and Gao Cheng did not receive any reply from the military district, but instead received some bad news.

Against the backdrop of information-based military reform, there are several things that seem particularly cold-blooded.

The first thing was that the division chief of staff personally went to the Sixth Company and publicly announced the disbandment document of the Sixth Company issued by the military region and the transfer order of all officers of the company.

The sixth company commander Wei Tianlei was transferred to the division reconnaissance battalion and promoted to the position of deputy battalion commander.

The instructor of the Sixth Company, Guo Ziming, was transferred to the combined battalion in advance, and after the new electronic countermeasure company moved in, he served as the first instructor of the electronic countermeasure company.

Both of their transfers were promotions of a certain degree, which could be considered as compensation for their status as company commanders.

The three platoon leaders and the quartermaster of the Sixth Company, like the instructor, were transferred to the combined battalion in advance and temporarily stayed in the Sixth Company headquarters, awaiting specific arrangements for the next step.

Being able to enter the pilot combined battalion is definitely a good thing.

At least for these officers, although the disbanding of the Sixth Company made them feel uncomfortable, it could bring them a brighter future.

The fate of the remaining soldiers of the Sixth Company was much more difficult.

At the same time as the Sixth Company received the order to disband, their company also had to complete the most important part of the company under this depressing atmosphere.

It is also the most important thing for the entire army at this point in time——

Retirement tide!!
The main theme of this wave of reforms is disarmament. The new equipment has lower personnel requirements, so the number of soldiers must be reduced, which means that the number of people who can stay in the army will also be reduced.

The quota for transfer to non-commissioned officers in each company, as well as the quota for transfer to the next term of non-commissioned officers whose term has expired, have been almost cut in half.

Even though Chen Jun's full-sergeant battalion had a great demand and the division had given the 702nd Regiment more vacancies, nearly half of the soldiers in the 6th Company would be eliminated.

This is no way.

The proportion of professional non-commissioned officers in infantry companies is too small, and it is more difficult for them to stay than in tank and artillery companies.

The Sixth Company officially received the order to disband, and then the regiment organized a formal meeting and the company commanders of all companies were called up.

There are actually only two main themes.

The first thing is to do a good job in demobilization and retirement, and settle the soldiers to prevent them from causing any trouble. The second thing is to divide up the remaining non-commissioned officers and corporals of the Sixth Company.

Those with poor abilities have been retired, and only those who remain in the Sixth Company are "top quality goods".

Very popular.

The company commanders of other companies were all watching, waiting for orders from the regiment.

However, the Seventh Steel Company did not play by the rules and openly enjoyed privileges, giving priority to obtaining ten non-commissioned officers and picking up the best ones.

The company commanders of other companies were very angry and helpless.

Who says he is so powerful?
If you can't win, you can only drink the soup obediently. After the Seventh Steel Company had finished picking, the remaining forty-odd soldiers from the Sixth Company were quickly divided up by other company commanders.

With the Sixth Company's massive blood replenishment, the commanders of other companies felt much better.

After all, because the number of places for transfer to non-commissioned officers and promotions has been drastically reduced, each company can only select the best from the existing places and keep the best ones.

Privates whose other abilities were pretty good but not very outstanding, and non-commissioned officers whose terms had expired could not be retained.

We could only bear the pain and let them leave the army in tears.

This is still a huge demand gap for the combined battalion, so an additional 30% of vacancies are given to the division. Otherwise, more people will be transferred to civilian jobs and retired.

Chen Jun also helped the entire 702nd Regiment a lot invisibly.

Originally, among the large number of people who had to retire, Shi Jin was a capable but not outstanding non-commissioned officer, and he was not a professional non-commissioned officer.

With the help of Chen Jun in various ways, he has performed very well in the past two years and was awarded the third-class merit once.

Not only did it not happen like in the original plot, where he could only cry like a tearful person, drive to the capital for a tour, and leave the army with regret.

Instead, he was promoted to a fourth-level non-commissioned officer one year ahead of schedule.

The 7th Steel Company also performed very well because every soldier performed very well during the exercise.

Became the only "zero discharge" in the entire T division! !

Not to mention Gan Xiaoning and other veteran privates, all of them were easily promoted to first-class non-commissioned officers in this December when other companies were in a miserable state.

Even Chengcai, Xu Sanduo and Bai Tiejun, privates who had only been in the army for two years, were promoted to non-commissioned officers.

As the last batch of recruits in the military reform, Chengcai and others would need three years to complete their conscription. Being able to complete it ahead of schedule can be regarded as a benefit of the "combined battalion".

of course.

Chengcai is the only exception. He was promoted to non-commissioned officer ahead of schedule based on his own strength.

The group of new recruits who came in last year benefited from the transformation of the 7th Steel Company into a synthetic company, but their good luck ended there.

The lowest-ranking personnel in a combined battalion are non-commissioned officers, and they can only be transferred to other companies.

Fortunately, there were only eight new recruits last year, and Gao Cheng recruited ten outstanding non-commissioned officers from the Sixth Company, which can completely fill this gap and provide some minor reinforcement at the same time.

For example, the muscular man Battelle from the Sixth Company can definitely greatly increase the strength of the spearhead squad.

With his strong body, he is good at carrying a mortar.

The Seventh Steel Company felt like everyone was being promoted, almost everyone was promoted, and the entire company was filled with a festive atmosphere.

But for Xu Sanduo, who had just been promoted to non-commissioned officer, what made him happier was not his promotion to non-commissioned officer.

But the news comes from Class 5!
Lao Ma from Class 5 was already in a dead end, stuck in an old soldier's graveyard. Add to that the military reform and large-scale downsizing, and there was no chance for him to stay.

However, that wave of operations during the exercise saved the 702nd Regiment from almost losing, and also saved himself.

With the help of the third-class merit, he was successfully transferred to the fourth-class non-commissioned officer.

As for Xue Lin and Lao Wei who followed him to rescue, Xue Lin was promoted to non-commissioned officer without any pressure, and Lao Wei was promoted to second-class non-commissioned officer ahead of schedule.

Because he always wanted to write a literary work, Chen Jun's various brilliant deeds stimulated him every day, making him believe that Chen Jun was the protagonist of his book. He couldn't wait to start writing the book, and Li Meng didn't want to participate in the exercise.

Although I missed the highlight of the exercise, I later heard that Lao Ma had won a third-class merit, and I felt so regretful that I slapped my thighs until they were swollen.

However, relying on the fact that he had written a military-themed novel with Chen Jun as the main character, he recommended himself to the Propaganda Department, where he was spotted by Officer Zhang at first sight. The novel was serialized in the military newspaper and happened to be seen by Captain Wang.

Captain Wang, who felt the novel was extremely familiar to him, called Li Meng to the regiment for a talk.

Upon learning that the prototype for Li Meng's protagonist was Chen Jun, and that he actually wanted to write a book based on his own baby, Captain Wang immediately became very interested.

In order to bring out Li Meng's literary talent, the main thing is to let Li Meng finish writing the novel as soon as possible.

Captain Wang simply issued a transfer order, transferring Li Meng from Grassland Class 5 to the Propaganda Section of the regiment, to work with Secretary Zhang to be responsible for the work of the regiment newspaper.

He went to work in the regiment's headquarters and was noticed by Captain Wang.

Although there were limited vacancies for non-commissioned officers in the regiment this year, Li Meng was not transferred to a non-commissioned officer, but he had not been discharged from the army as it was only the second year of his three-year compulsory military service.

As long as he doesn't mess around in the Propaganda Department, he will most likely be promoted to non-commissioned officer next year.

Each company is busy with the demobilization and transfer to non-commissioned officers, as well as various matters related to the division of the Sixth Company. The regiment is also busy with the recruit camp, training and related logistical preparations.

More than half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

It was late December.

The military district, which had received the combined battalion plan for more than half a month, seemed to have finally come up with something. At this time, there was new movement -

Notify the 702nd Regiment to provide additional materials.

It is also necessary to provide the specific organization of the combined battalion, which must include details such as the number of people in each squad, the number of equipment, the configuration of arms, etc.

simply put.

The only thing they need is complete information about the structure of the combined battalion. Based on the military district's order, Commander Wang judged that the military district had most likely approved the combined battalion plan and was now entering the final coordination stage.

This is equivalent to preparing everything necessary before officially launching the combined battalion.

For an army group, the weapons and equipment needed by a battalion are not a big problem and can be easily obtained.

However, the combined battalion is a brand-new tactical system, and the army group is under great pressure.

After all, it is the most advanced tactical system, so it must be equipped with the most advanced equipment to maximize its combat effectiveness. Otherwise, it would be useless to have a tank with a sword.

Predicting that the combined battalion was gradually entering the final stage, Captain Wang immediately called Chen Jun.

The army group order conveyed by the division was placed directly in front of Chen Jun, asking him to make a plan according to the order of the military region and the standards.

Chen Jun thought that the military district would first approve the plan and then start the subdivision stage.

Therefore, no detailed configuration data is prepared.

Unexpectedly, the military district did the opposite and asked him to first make a plan based on the configuration data and send it up before they could start the formation of the combined battalion.

but.

Although the order came suddenly, it was not a problem for Chen Jun.

After receiving the order, Chen Jun returned to the 702nd Regiment, briefly told the company commander Gao Cheng about the situation, and then went straight into the deputy company commander's room.

We have begun to tailor a set of organizational structures for the upcoming pilot combined forces battalion.

Organized according to the standard of a conventional medium-sized mountain combined-army battalion:
It requires a combined battalion headquarters, two to three armored infantry companies, one to two tank companies, an artillery company, an air defense company, a combat support company (such as a special reconnaissance company), and an engineer support company.

Adding up, there are eight to nine companies, which is equivalent to a reinforced battalion at the deputy regiment level.

The standard organization of a conventional heavy composite battalion is as follows:

It requires a combined battalion headquarters, three or so main tank companies, two artillery companies, a missile company, a combat support company, an engineer support company, and a reserve supply company.

The basic configuration is also eight to nine companies, with stronger long-range firepower and attack capabilities.

As a person who traveled through time from the 21st century, if Chen Jun wanted to make a standard combined battalion configuration, he only had to copy it from memory, which was not difficult at all.

But the 702nd Regiment is only a pilot project now, and it is definitely unrealistic to fully staff it right away.

Not to mention the heavy combined battalion, even the medium combined battalion is in trouble.

Therefore, Chen Jun needs to tailor a set of organization based on his own experience, understanding of combined forces, and actual needs.

It meets the attributes of a field force and also meets the requirements of the 702nd Regiment's assault combat and reconnaissance, thus achieving comprehensive performance requirements of a "field assault combined battalion"!
Let’s start with the brain…

The combined battalion is an integrated and coordinated combat unit of multiple arms. Its characteristic is all-round information communication, and the battalion commander can command every soldier under him.

One battalion can fight a battle, which can make operations more efficient and greatly improve combat effectiveness.

With so many types of troops mixed in one battalion, it would be impossible to command a conventional battalion headquarters with only three or five people in a combined battalion.

With so many units that need to be coordinated, the battalion commander wouldn't be able to do it even if he had three heads and six arms.

Therefore, a complete battalion headquarters is needed.

There must be an operations unit that is equivalent to the general staff, an intelligence unit that integrates intelligence analysis data, and a supply unit that is responsible for coordinating logistical materials and equipment.

These three departments are mandatory requirements and all of them must be assigned to him.

If we include the battalion commander, deputy battalion commander, political instructor, deputy political instructor, and related civil servants such as communicators and clerks, there are about eight people.

The Operations Unit consists of five people, the Intelligence Unit consists of five people, and the Supply Unit consists of five people.
Chen Jun estimated that the staff of the combined battalion headquarters would be approximately twenty-three.

The combined battalion headquarters also needs a sergeant major who is responsible for the training and daily work of the soldiers, as well as serving as a part-time sergeant staff officer in the combat unit, etc.

Shi Jin is the most suitable candidate.

However, the chief sergeant system has not been established yet, so this position can only be left vacant temporarily.

When the combined battalion is established in the future, Chen Jun will find a way to promote the sergeant major system so that Shi Jin can enter the battalion command level.

Next is the battle organization.

First is the main heavy tank company.

The company headquarters is composed of the company commander, deputy company commander, instructor, deputy instructor, clerk, communicator, quartermaster, and three platoon leaders.

The entire company consists of ten people.

Below are three tank platoons, each tank platoon has three tank squads, each squad controls a tank, and each squad has four people.

The configuration of the main battle tank model is unknown, and it is not known whether it can be driven by three or four people. For the time being, the maximum requirement will be taken as the standard.

It is expected that each platoon will have twelve people, and three platoons will have thirty-six people.

Including the company headquarters, there are a total of forty-six people!

The equipment that the tank company needs to be equipped with: 1 armored command vehicle, 12 main battle tanks (9 combat, 3 reserve), 1 communication support off-road vehicle and truck each.

Next is the artillery and air defense company:

The company headquarters still has about 10 people.

According to the combat requirements of the field assault combined force battalion, it is necessary to configure two artillery platoons and two anti-aircraft platoons, plus an ammunition supply platoon to form a reinforced company of five platoons.

The two artillery platoons are self-propelled howitzers, with a total of six crews in the two platoons.

Each crew consists of four people: commander, gunner, driver, and loader. There are six crews in two artillery platoons, with a total of twenty-four people.

The two anti-aircraft platoons are mechanized platoons, also composed of four crew members, with a total of twenty-four people.

The ammunition supply platoon is responsible for supplying ammunition to the four combat platoons, as well as transporting ammunition during combat to ensure the endurance of the four combat platoons. It consists of a total of thirty people.

Including the company headquarters, there are a total of eighty-eight people!

The artillery and air defense company is equipped with: 1 armored command vehicle, 1 fire control radar command armored vehicle, 8 self-propelled howitzers, 8 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, 4 ammunition supply trucks, and 1 communication support off-road vehicle.

Now that the configurations of the two heavy units have been written, the next step is to write about the newly added electronic warfare company.

The standard company staff is still 10 people.

Support platoon (20 people), confrontation platoon (50 people), information platoon (about 20 people)
The support platoon is responsible for guaranteeing communications for the entire regiment and ensuring smooth communications. It is equipped with two communication vehicles and transfers out one squad, compressing it into two platoons.

The confrontation platoon is responsible for searching for the enemy, providing early warning support for the entire battalion, and being able to launch a powerful counterattack when the enemy launches electronic warfare.

The tasks became more complicated and were expanded to five classes.

It requires 1 radar vehicle, 1 jamming vehicle, 2 communication vehicles and off-road vehicle.

The information platoon only needs two squads, which are responsible for analyzing and organizing data in the rear, connecting the data, and conveying it to various combat units in real time.

Two communication vehicles, equipped with on-board computers and two off-road vehicles are sufficient.

The 7th Steel Company was reorganized into a special reconnaissance company, which was mainly responsible for tasks such as combat behind enemy lines, rapid support, ground reconnaissance, and coordinated tank company attacks.

Currently, the company headquarters and all the soldiers in the company have a total of 108 people.

There are six armored personnel carriers, three infantry fighting vehicles and two military vehicles.

Three armored reconnaissance vehicles and two all-terrain reconnaissance vehicles are also needed.

Finally, the only one left was the engineering support company.

This is also a fully information-based combined battalion, the unit with the largest number of staff.

(End of this chapter)