Chapter 259: The 7th Steel Battalion has a new killer weapon!

Chapter 259: The 7th Steel Battalion has a new killer weapon!

Chapter 259 The Seventh Steel Battalion has a new killer weapon!

Because the more eye-catching Chen Jun was in front, and everyone didn't understand the new sergeant chief system at all, and didn't even know what it specifically did.

Therefore, Shi Jin's appointment as sergeant major did not cause much response.

And with the completion of the final personnel appointment and dismissal process, the establishment of the combined battalion, which was more exciting than the Chinese New Year, has officially come to an end.

What followed was naturally a special dinner for the troops to celebrate the official launch of the combined forces battalion.

Such an important event.

It must also be celebrated.

After ten days, the entire 702nd Regiment gathered together again and started eating and drinking crazily.

A dinner exclusively for the troops.

The atmosphere is always so nostalgic and always makes people never get tired of it.

but.

You can enjoy the dinner, but you can't fall behind in training.

This is also a characteristic of the army.

No matter how crazy the dinner party was the day before, even if you drank so much that you fell to the ground and couldn't get up, you still had to go through the training as usual the next day after you woke up from a good sleep.

And you can't hold the company back, otherwise you will still be punished.

Therefore, after the celebration meeting of the 702nd Regiment ended, the entire regiment got back on track the next day and all entered into normal training.

There were no major changes in the training of the other three regular battalions.

The main changes are concentrated on the combined battalion.

In order to allow the 7th Steel Battalion to evolve into a complete form and evolve from initial combat effectiveness to complete combat effectiveness, more work needs to be done.

Chen Jun tailored a unique training plan for each company based on the situation of the 7th Steel Battalion.

It took a full ten days to take down all five companies.

You can see how much effort it takes.

In the past ten days, the five companies of the 7th Steel Battalion have successfully entered the intensive training stage and started to carry out more diversified synthetic training.

The three new companies expanded by the military region also made new progress at this time.

Among them, the armored company, infantry company and aviation company were all formally assigned new numbers, and together with the original five companies of the 7th Steel Battalion, a unified formal plan was carried out.

The original Red 3rd Company was renamed the Armored Company and was given a new number, Armored 1st Company.

The newly configured armored company was given the title of 2nd Armored Company.

The newly joined infantry company was awarded the title of Infantry Company 3.

The newly joined Army Aviation Company was named the Army Aviation Company 4.

The original artillery and anti-aircraft company was renamed the Heavy Artillery Company 5.

The original logistics engineering company was renamed the Sixth Support Company.

The original Special Investigation Company was renamed Special Investigation Company 7.

The original Electronic Countermeasures Company was renamed Information Company 8.

Although the 7th Steel Battalion is still a pilot synthetic battalion, compared to the previous time when it had not passed the acceptance, each part is just a simple code name.

Now each company has an official number, which gives it the flavor of a standard combined battalion.

The company numbers under the Seventh Steel Battalion have been standardized, and there have been significant updates to their equipment, which is in line with the principle of "a blacksmith must be strong himself in order to forge iron."

The heavy artillery company added a missile platoon equipped with the "Hongqi"-7 air defense missile system.

There are three cars in total!
They are radar vehicle, missile vehicle and maintenance vehicle.

This air defense missile is mainly composed of a search and command unit and a launch unit, both of which are installed on a semi-off-road 4×4 wheeled armored vehicle.

The search and command unit can be understood as a radar vehicle, and the launch unit can be understood as a missile vehicle.

The appearance of the missile used is similar to the R440 missile of the French "Sidewinder" air defense missile system.

It also uses a canard aerodynamic layout, a conical warhead, four canard rudders in front of the warhead, and four fixed wings at the rear, one pair of which is equipped with aileron rudders on the trailing edge.

The power plant is a single-stage solid rocket engine, which adopts optoelectronic composite/radio guidance.

The maximum speed reaches Mach 2.4, the combat altitude is 30 meters to 5.5 kilometers, the combat radius is 0.5 to 12 kilometers, and it can be launched four times in one sortie.

Even though it can only be fired four times in one combat, it doesn't seem to have much suppressive power.

But don't forget that this is just a battalion. The imaginary enemy you face is usually also a battalion of the enemy, and the most you can join in the battle is a regiment.

Even for a regiment-level aviation brigade, the number of helicopters and fighter jets that can be deployed at a time is at most three to five.

The four air defense missiles of the missile system are definitely a low-altitude killer at the regiment level.

It can exert absolute suppression!
With such an anti-aircraft missile platoon, the combat effectiveness of the 7th Steel Battalion can be directly raised to a higher level, and the 702nd Regiment will no longer be afraid of air strikes.

Suppose we pull out the current 702nd Regiment and conduct another Operation Sharp Sword mountain exercise.

If the organization of the Blue Army led by Old A remained unchanged, and the Aviation Brigade still cooperated with the Special Operations Brigade, the outcome would definitely have changed dramatically.

Chen Jun dares to guarantee...

Old A will definitely lose badly!
The heavy artillery company added an anti-aircraft missile platoon, which made the other companies of the 7th Steel Battalion particularly jealous. They all ran to the battalion headquarters to bother Gao Cheng.

Let the battalion commander Gao Cheng think of a way to upgrade the other guys' guns.

Gao Cheng was so annoyed by his subordinates that he had no choice but to call Chen Jun over privately to discuss how to solve the "pink eye disease" problem.

When Chen Jun heard Gao Cheng use the word conjunctivitis to describe it, he was really at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

After thinking it over, there is only one way.

That is to let Gao Cheng write a report, record the situation of the 7th Steel Battalion and attach the necessary requirements, and then have the regiment send it to the military region.

The reason why Chen Jun specifically asked Gao Cheng to write the story was that he had some ulterior motives.

I want Gao's father to move his fingers.

Since Gao Cheng was still able to serve as the acting commander of the 7th Steel Battalion, Chen Jun guessed that Gao's father might have been unable to help himself and must have helped his son.

A lot of things are the same.

That is, once it happens, it will happen countless times.

Since Old Man Gao has already set a precedent, as long as Gao Cheng still has needs in the combined battalion, he, as a father, will definitely find a way.

Otherwise, if I personally put in a lot of effort to make my son the acting commander of the combined battalion, but in the end he failed to get a regular position and was even kicked out.

That would not only be a loss of face for Gao Cheng, but also the face of his entire Gao family.

It’s the same old saying -

Soldiers are not greedy for money or beauty, and in peacetime there is no way to strive for military merit, so the only thing they care about most is their face.

Chen Jun believed that as long as the report was delivered to the military district, it would definitely be delivered to Old Man Gao.

After seeing the report written by his own son, Old Man Gao would definitely find a way to meet Gao Cheng's requirements for the reasons mentioned above.

Gao Cheng was not as cunning as Chen Jun and did not realize the ins and outs of this matter.

I thought it was just a normal application report, so I wrote it according to Chen Jun's requirements and format, and Chen Jun personally delivered it to the regiment headquarters.

Chen Jun took the report to the regiment and told Captain Wang what he had in mind. He directly told him his true intentions.

"You kid are even smarter than a fox."

When Captain Wang learned the whole story and understood why Chen Jun specifically asked him to send the report to the division headquarters and to use his connections to make sure it was sent to the military region, he couldn't help but laugh.

The stronger the combat effectiveness of the combined battalion, the greater the benefits to the 702nd Regiment.

Captain Wang agreed to Chen Jun's request without much thought.

Prepare to deliver this report to superiors requesting equipment and updating the 7th Steel Battalion with the latest domestic equipment and weapons according to Chen Jun's request.

Chen Jun made many demands in the report, but in fact he was just trying to bargain.

There is a lot of writing on the surface.

In fact, there are only a few.

For example, the tanks of the First Armored Company were replaced with the latest main battle tanks like those of the Second Armored Company; all the rifles were replaced with Type 95 or the like; and more logistics support vehicles were added.

Chen Jun had no way of making an accurate prediction as to how many of the requirements the military region would eventually meet.

All we can do is wait for the results!

An application report has been submitted for the equipment issue, and a training plan has been formulated for personnel training, so the main tasks have basically been completed.

What remains is more detailed and sophisticated arrangements.

Chen Jun has to do some work again!
I waited for another half a month, and before I knew it, it was June.

Personnel for the expanded armored company began to be recruited and assembled at the unified military region first. Equipment also began to be dispatched and also sent to the military region first.

The same goes for other armored infantry companies, where personnel and equipment are first assembled at the military district.

There are many idle barracks in the military district, so they will be placed there first.

Only the Army Aviation Company has a special situation. The helicopters cannot be placed anywhere, and daily maintenance requires a professional venue.

In addition, the number of people in the Army Aviation Company is relatively small, with less than fifty people including ground crew.

Therefore, the military district quickly mobilized all the personnel and temporarily placed them all in the T Division Aviation Battalion. However, they were not under the jurisdiction of the Aviation Battalion, but were commanded remotely by the 7th Steel Battalion.

An engineering battalion arrived at the combined battalion, and several hundred people began to build new barracks.

The reason why an entire engineering battalion was sent here was to be able to build the three expanded company camps and training grounds in the shortest possible time.

The military district's initial estimate is that it must be completed within one month.

This time is indeed urgent.

Without more manpower, it would be impossible.

On the day when the Army Aviation Company officially arrived, Chen Jun accompanied Gao Cheng to visit the Army Aviation Brigade, just to see their own helicopters with their own eyes.

The Eighth Aviation Company has a total of six helicopters.

Two of them are Z-9W armed helicopters, and the other four are general-purpose transport helicopters.

Both are Z-8 transport helicopters with a maximum take-off weight of tons, which can carry fully armed soldiers at a time and transport tons of cargo.

The other two are Z-9 general-purpose helicopters with anti-submarine reconnaissance and rescue capabilities and can be used as multi-purpose helicopters.

With two each of armed, general-purpose and transport aircraft, the configuration is very comprehensive and balanced, which can maximize the role of the Aviation Company in the 7th Steel Battalion.

It can be seen that the military district was very thoughtful and the endless meetings were not in vain.

"Before, I only saw other people going out, arriving and leaving by helicopter, and we could only envy them. But now it's different. We have our own planes, and we can fly in the future, haha."

Gao Cheng touched one helicopter after another, with his back straight and a very proud look on his face.

The summary is two words -

Awesome!
"Yes, during the Operation Sword exercise, those damned old A used helicopters to attack us, which made us very uncomfortable and frustrated when we fought. But things have changed over time. Today, we have our own helicopters and can practice air-ground joint tactics. It feels great."

Chen Jun was also very excited. The development of the 7th Steel Battalion had exceeded his expectations.

I originally thought that I would have to reach the level of a combined forces regiment before I could have my own special operations forces and air forces, but I didn't expect that I would be able to do it ahead of time in the combined forces battalion.

This is a full sense of accomplishment.

It's hard not to feel refreshed.

Instructor Ma Tianxiang and chief of staff Man Guangzhi were also very excited at this time and couldn't help but express their feelings.

"A battalion not only has tanks, infantry, artillery and air defense, but also missiles and helicopters. I would never have dared to imagine this before."

"If such a unit were placed on the battlefield, it would be unimaginable. If other battalions encountered us on the battlefield, they would probably be so scared that they would not be able to sleep, haha."

It's not that everyone is making a fuss or is short-sighted, it's really a battalion with missile helicopters.

It’s really rare these days!
Everyone is looking forward to seeing how powerful he will be when he is pulled onto the battlefield.

I can't wait to imagine a large-scale military confrontation exercise, so that the 7th Steel Battalion can have a good fight.

The regimental scale is no longer interesting, as it is impossible to bring out the full strength of the 7th Steel Battalion.

At least it needs to be at the division level to be effective.

"I was planning to do some things these days, and the helicopter just happened to arrive. How about letting me enjoy myself and take a trip first?" Chen Jun said with a smile.

"Oh? Deputy Battalion Commander Chen, where are you going? Do you need to take a helicopter?" Ma Tianxiang asked curiously.

"I'm going to go to Squadron A and discuss cooperation with them. If we can reach an agreement, it will make our Seventh Steel Battalion even more powerful."

Chen Jun's words were indeed very attractive and aroused everyone's curiosity.

"Negotiation of cooperation with Team A, Old Chen, are you planning to cheat them again? Haha." Gao Cheng thought of what happened before and couldn't help laughing.

"Hey, how can it be called a pit? That's cooperation, serious cooperation." Chen Jun corrected seriously.

"Okay, stop keeping us in suspense and tell us what aspect of the cooperation you are discussing this time."

Gao Cheng deliberately emphasized the word "cooperation" to make his words sound even stranger.

Everyone couldn't help but laugh!

"Squadron A is a pilot unit in the theater, and we are also a pilot unit. We are all one family. Their special operations have always been at the forefront of the entire army. I plan to send the special operations platoon there to study for a few months. Training there is definitely much better than training here."

As soon as Chen Jun finished speaking, everyone's appetite was immediately piqued.

"I've heard of Team A for a long time. That unit is not easy to deal with. Will they be willing to train us?" Ma Tianxiang said with a frown.

"The special operations platoon is our spearhead. What if they don't release them?" Man Guangzhi said worriedly.

"You two don't have to worry. With Lao Chen here, Team A will only suffer defeat. Don't forget that the special operations platoon was snatched back from Team A by Lao Chen." Gao Cheng said with admiration.

"That's right, haha, I was worrying too much. Deputy Battalion Commander Chen is not an ordinary person." Ma Tianxiang said with a smile.

"Well, let's do this."

Gao Cheng was excited and couldn't wait when he thought that the special operations platoon would be able to transform into real special forces after training.

He immediately arranged: "Old Chen, I don't care how to operate it. Just do whatever you want to do. I will cover everything for you."

"Okay, let's not delay that. I'll go back and prepare now."

Chen Jun didn't want to delay any longer, so he immediately turned around and got in the car to return to the base.

(End of this chapter)