[Chapter 280] I guess for a person who is loyal to his own camp and country, watching his own diagnosis is like a secret that has been kept in his life.
"Myself" said it, and there was absolutely no way to stop it. This feeling is probably more uncomfortable than death. Therefore, except for Feng Ji and the governor of Ganymede, no one else knows the relevant information about this weapon that is specifically targeted at the Unity Religion, especially the Blood Seal. This is not only a deterrent to the Unity Church, but also a kind of protection for all the people on Ganymede. It is no exaggeration to say that with the inertia and greed of the Unity Church and the hatred of the Interstellar Federation towards Xia Kingdom, Ganymede This colonial base clearly stated that it wanted to rebuild the glory of the Xia Kingdom. Without the protection and restrictions of this kind of weapon, it would have been impossible to live in peace. Today, Ganymede has long been turned into a breeding pasture for the Unity Cult or the Blood Seal. .
But the reality is not like this. Regardless of the Unity Church and the people behind it,
Both "Divine Seal" and Ganymede are very restrained in this matter. If it weren't for the large number of people in the Ganymede military government who were mentally controlled by the Unity Church in some way.
"Traitor", the Ganymede military government has not yet truly realized the terror and shamelessness of the Unity Church. As for Governor Feng Jitong's views and measures to deal with this, it is unknown. At least at this time, he has not He didn't use any special methods or weapons, but he showed quite worry in front of Du Jin, and there was a faint hint of corrosive methods against the Heyi Sect.
It is not known whether the helplessness and eagerness of "being at a loss to do anything" are real, or whether they are disguised by Governor Feng Jitong.
Although Du Jin does not know these inside stories and related information, what he can basically determine now is that the Heyi Sect is at his destination at this time, which is the key protective residential area stationed by the Second Airborne Corps. , has already penetrated to a large extent, and even the Unity Church may want to use this place to control the Ganymede military port. As long as it controls the military port, all fleets and airborne troops on Ganymede will be greatly restricted. This At that time, even if the teachers and followers of the Unity Church carried out destructive behavior or even riots in the ground colonies, Ganymede would not be able to use its orbital strike and transportation capabilities to provide rapid support. Instead, it would rely solely on the garrison troops stationed on the ground and those responsible for maintaining social stability. The armed security forces may not be able to survive.
The Army's mission and mission as a deployed platform, combat training range, and home support system are threatened by unseen adversaries.
This is not a prediction of what the Army will face in the future—it is the reality of the world facing the Army now. Army deployments must be viewed as power projection and power support platforms.
Deployments are the personnel, facilities, services and operations that support the deployment of maintenance and logistics forces: Soldiers, tools, equipment and ammunition with superior superiority.
Deployment protects all of these Army components and ensures force protection while stationed and on the move.
From the perspective of military empowerment, future troop deployment, especially the deployment mechanism of mobile troops, can no longer be replaced by stationing troops in the conventional sense, because a country can still achieve transportation through various land or low-altitude flying equipment. However, if it is between several countries or even the entire planet, it is difficult to reach the combat location quickly by land, sea or conventional air transport. In actual combat, there will be a delay of more than ten minutes or several hours. , even for just a few minutes, precious fighter planes will disappear and the outcome of the entire battle will be reversed.
Therefore, there is still a need for troops that use rail transportation as an important mode of transportation. Troops, from a literal meaning, are combat teams that can be deployed where they are needed. Therefore, only combat teams that can quickly reach the required combat locations Only a force has real value and can truly be used as a combat and mobile force. Otherwise, it will only be a force that relies on numbers and size to intimidate the enemy, but has no actual threat capability.
"scarecrow". In the interstellar era of super-light jump, the country will most likely be based on administrative planets. Planets that fail to do so will soon be colonized and annexed. The army in this era should become a vassal of the outer space forces, emphasizing the function of airborne operations. In order to cooperate with the functions of amphibious forces inside and outside orbit, the original air force and navy are expected to be integrated, that is, the chain of in-orbit units - amphibious combat units - outer space units, generally has a relatively low status, and is used after full possession of orbit control rights. occupied
"Security warfare" or asymmetric rear operations such as surprise penetration and sneak attack. Moreover, it needs to be very clear that war is a means to achieve an end through violence rather than a pursuit. War is a continuation of political games, struggles, and conflicts.
It is not a game of pK, and there are many aspects to consider. It is not like a game where you can win by comparing who has higher attack power, thick blood, and more defense.
First of all, fighting is often for the purpose of occupying, controlling, and plundering. If you bomb indiscriminately and destroy precious wealth and a livable environment, it will be meaningless.
It's like catching a mouse in a china shop, so to speak. This requires the Army to do it. In addition, normal operation and management also require strong ground agencies to maintain stability, combat crime, and fight disasters and provide disaster relief. You cannot rely on Star Destroyer cannons to defeat robbers.
Also, if the defenders have prepared deep fortified bunkers, underground cities, etc., then bombing from space will be difficult to effectively damage, and the army will still have to do it. Strong bunkers cannot be solved by bombing alone.
In the interstellar era, it is not difficult to overcome the dense atmosphere, high escape velocity, and gravity well of terrestrial planets, otherwise it will not be possible to become a true interstellar civilization... Of course, everyone is concerned about this kind of The perspective of war is different, and the understanding is also different. Some people may say that I will bet all my belongings to kill them in one wave. However, they do not realize that the goal of bankrupting you is itself to achieve the goal. It limits your actions and affects your other actions. The forces on the other side leave weak holes and act as a clamp, making it impossible for you to use just a few ships to gain control without paying a heavy price.
And you can't assume that the defender has no fleet. A relatively weak fleet can rely on a solid comprehensive defense system to cause heavy damage to the attacker, making the gains outweigh the losses.
Moreover, if you risk your entire fleet to attack a planet and the damage is too serious, it may strategically shake the foundation of the country. After all, there may be other threats waiting for you to be weakened and stab you, just like when a person has a problem with his or her immune system. Bacteria and viruses that are comfortable with you can suddenly attack your body and make you seriously ill.
As long as you win in the game, even if you kill 1,000 enemies and lose 5,000, you can accept it. In reality, you sacrificed half of your fleet in order to conquer a planet, and you are waiting to be shot by a military court. The soldiers you spent a generation working hard to destroy are being treated like this. If you destroy it, other places will be empty, and you don't play the Army, so you can't get any oil or water. Everything will be destroyed, and the control will be unstable - although the wealth, infrastructure, environment, etc. on the surface and in space will be blown up by your fleet at a heavy cost. .
However, the underground bunker that you cannot blow up contains the strength to resist. It can cause trouble and attack you when you are not prepared, so that you cannot really control it. In this case, the people of the whole country will not agree to it unless you are killed.
So the conclusion is very clear. The interstellar era will not abandon the army of the planetary civilization era. In fact, even space civilization also needs the army, and strategic locations and high-value planets are not easy to capture unless there is an overwhelming force. Military strength or technological superiority, but since it is an overwhelming advantage, there is no need to discuss many things.
Just like if you let mechanized infantry fight primitive tribes with spears and bows, you don't need to pay attention to complicated confrontation tactics.
Even if there is really a big gap in strength, it would be more suitable to dispatch the army. With the support of space firepower, drones, combat robots, exoskeleton armored infantry, infantry fighting vehicles, etc. can be forced to land and clear by airborne landings, which will cause much less damage to resources and the environment and generate greater benefits.
Just like if there is a group of criminal gangs armed with AKs and grenades causing trouble in the neighborhood, it will obviously be enough to dispatch infantry fighting vehicles, five pairs of road wheels and drones, instead of blasting a no-man's land with Dongfeng volleys of thermobaric warheads.
Therefore, based on the above reasons, the main method of Ganymede's army deployment is space orbital delivery. Most of the combat troops and armored units are not on the ground colonies, but on the space port, and some are permanently stationed in the fleet. It is a fast mobile force that can be deployed in emergency areas at any time.
The benefits of such a troop deployment method are naturally very obvious. It is high efficiency, high precision, and high standards. No matter where an armed conflict with a high threat occurs on the colonial planet, a large number of suppressive forces and armed units will arrive quickly. At the designated location, including the fleet ground attack and control before orbital landing, the efficiency and time of deploying the first support vanguard force at the military port can be reduced to ten to ten seconds, and the follow-up support force can also be deployed within three minutes. .
Of course, the premise of this high efficiency is that the fleet has gained absolute orbital control and there will be no delays in the entire launch process. But if the Unity Church takes the lead in controlling this place where key protected personnel live, what will they do next? This is not a cliché link, such as threatening the family members and friends of these personnel who serve in the army, fleet, and Ganymede military government, so that they dare not deploy combat troops to eliminate the beasts of the Unity Church that are attacking the colonies on the ground.
As explained before, the horror of the Unity Sect is not only the terrifying transformation ability of the blood seal, but also the way in which it corrodes and infects. Followers of the Unity Sect can use the blood seal or those
The ability of "holy objects" can affect or even indirectly infect other people at extremely long distances through blood connections. In other words, as long as they control a father, they will reversely erode his children, including his parents. This This incredible ability and route of infection is absolutely chilling.
Therefore, the focus of Du Jin's concern is that the Unity Church uses these protected important personnel and their families to transfer high-ranking officers and main combat forces of the Ganymede military government and fleet to the air.
"Infection", although Li Mengyan understood before, this method of erosion through blood connections has considerable limitations and consumption, and it is impossible to erode on a large scale at the same time, but in actual combat, the reason for failure is not necessarily In terms of the combat effectiveness of the entire army, for the officers and commanders in certain links, they are the most core and even decisive parts of the entire gear. If the immediate superiors and commanders of an army are all eroded by the Oneness Teaching , then even if this unit has not lost its combat effectiveness, due to the lack of command authority and combat intelligence, it will be unable to reach the place where they are needed, which will tilt the balance of the war towards a side with unpredictable consequences.
Thinking of this, Du Jin felt that his conjecture was becoming more and more likely to come true, so he said to Zhang Jin with a serious face: "Commander Zhang, I got some information from the previous confrontation with the Heyi Sect attacker. , this information roughly explains the erosion plan that a Unity Church wants to start in the residential area, although I can't be 100% sure whether this is a conspiracy that is about to start, or a premeditated plan in progress, and I don't know the second airborne The actual combat capabilities of the Corps. In fact, judging from the progress of their response to the troops, I don't think they can nip the Heyi Sect's premeditated plan in the bud, so I want to get Zheng Feng back as soon as possible, and then we will take the lead in the attack. We will set off from the residential area. If we reach the fastest situation, we can at least contribute a small amount, otherwise it will be too late." After hearing this, Zhang Jin showed a slightly embarrassed look. Of course, he did not doubt Du Jin. According to Zhang Jin's judgment, when he just arrived at the landing site, Du Jin thought that there was a lot of risk in the area stationed by the Second Airborne Corps. However, Zhang Jin just thought that Du Jin was just too worried, but considering Du Jin's location If Feng Ji told the governor about his position, he followed Du Jin's wishes and set off for the residential area in advance instead of waiting for the supporting troops to arrive. As expected, there was an attack from the Heyi Cult at the first outpost. .
Moreover, Zhang Jin was forced into a communication interruption that lasted for nearly an hour. Du Jin, as an expert in dealing with the strange methods of the Heyi Sect, was also overwhelmed by some unknown attack. The man who was specially sent by Commander You Chengwang Along with them, a special soldier named Zheng Feng never came back, and the hover vehicle was also attacked. In order to prevent the Heyi Cult attackers hiding in the dark from launching another attack, they did not dare to drive rashly. The situation at that time made Zhang Jin feel sad. He was nervous to the extreme, as if the next moment he would be dragged out of the car by the bloodthirsty soldiers of the Heyi Sect. It was not that Zhang Jin was afraid of fighting those cultists of the Heyi Sect, but after all, Zhang Jin had already left. Frontline combat After spending a lot of time at the command post, combat skills inevitably declined. After all, which fleet commander drove a landing craft to the front line to fight?
In that case, wouldn't the fleet under his command be forced to charge along with him? There is an old saying in the Xia Kingdom:
"The general is the master of the flag and the ears. When faced with difficulties and doubts, he wields his troops at the command of his sword. This is the general's task. It is not the general's task that can be done with a single sword." From a connotation point of view, this directly clarifies the responsibilities of the general's command, that is, Giving orders, making decisions in times of crisis, directing military operations, and directly picking up weapons to fight the enemy are not the business of generals, but what soldiers should do.
with a long history
Compared with the word "command",
The word "control" appears later. In fact, in a scientific sense
"Control" originated from Wiener's cybernetics. Since the publication of Wiener's "Cybernetics", cybernetic ideas and methods have begun to penetrate into almost all fields of natural science and social science. Military has naturally become a
The preferred position of "cybernetics".
"Control" is interpreted as controlling, dominating, and mastering so as not to exceed the scope. For a long period of time, it was understood as control of the enemy and control of weapons.
The division of labor on the battlefield is the command of people and the control of machines, resulting in the battlefield
"Command" and
The "control" function takes into account needs. This view is based on the fact that human warfare is increasingly dependent on battlefield hardware facilities and technology.
On the other hand, because the complexity of the war situation reaches a certain level, centralized control of the battlefield must be implemented, resulting in
"Control" and
"Command" must work together to control the battlefield. What's more, Zhang Jin was an artillery controller on a ship-based combat gunboat when the fleet first performed combat missions. Simply put, he was the modern air force. He was naturally an expert in operating spacecraft or ship-based weapons, but when it came to close range Fighting and firearms combat are not necessarily comparable to the combat capabilities of those front-line armies, and joint combat command and control includes not only the control and regulation of various combat activities, but also the exercise of functions and rights and responsibilities of various actors. regulatory constraints.
Because the essence of war is uncertainty. Commanders cannot strictly control the actual combat actions of subordinate commanders. Especially in modern battlefields, where troops are dispersed and even isolated combat units exist, it is impossible to implement strict control over subordinates.
For the commander, the objects of control are not limited to weapons platforms. In fact, control is more about guidance and restraint, regulating and adjusting the behavior of people or systems, exerting some influence or modification, and is an expression of some hope and intention.
It can be said that the lower the level, then the
"Command" and
The division of "control" activities becomes more and more clear. At the tactical level, control is reflected in the manipulation of specific weapons and equipment, while command is more reflected in conception, prediction, judgment, and decision-making.
In high-level war activities,
"command" and
"Control" cannot be completely divided. The higher the level, the greater the scale and complexity of the control objects, and the more control is reflected in distribution and decision-making. In human terms, there are specialties in the industry, and the lines are separated like mountains.
So at this time, let Zhang Jin, a fleet commander, fight in close combat. Even if Zhang Jin will not be afraid of his military will and courage, the winning rate can only be said to be random. Of course, except for him and Du Jin in the floating car, Naturally, there are also adjutants and accompanying security personnel, but Zhang Jin is very clear about the combat effectiveness of the security personnel who usually serve as his ceremonial guards. They can handle ordinary crew conflicts and small-scale unrest. Mind control of beasts that only know how to kill is not necessarily reliable. In fact, it is precisely because of this that they will follow Zhang Jin.
Fortunately, the situation improved when Du Jin woke up. According to Du Jin, the Heyi Sect's attack on him had been neutralized and no longer posed a threat. Therefore, the enemy Zhang Jin was most worried about at this time was gone. It's too big a threat. Because of all the above, Zhang Jin now has no doubts about Du Jin's judgment on the Oneness Religion, even though Du Jin just said something in his words
"Not sure", but in Zhang Jin's view, this
"Uncertainty" can be completely ignored. It is precisely because he is aware of the seriousness of the situation that Zhang Jin frowns.
"If the information Dr. Du received is true, wouldn't the Second Airborne Corps be a poisonous cave now? The Heyi Sect has special means of corroding people's consciousness and thinking. If the entire Second Airborne Corps... ...No! Impossible. There are so many people in the entire airborne corps, which is many times more than the number of all the followers of the Unity Church on Ganymede. How can they be controlled and transformed on a large scale? And I I contacted the regiment commander and supervisor before departure. They seemed to have no abnormalities, and their monthly mental tests and physical examinations were within normal standards. They should not be assimilated, but since the Unity Church's Those people can touch the outpost and control the communication base station of the outpost. I am afraid that the situation in the Second Airborne Corps will not be very stable. Well... But if there is a problem, Considering the population size and the level of personnel involved, it would probably be a drop in the bucket for Dr. Du to handle it alone. The safest way would be to contact Commander You or Mr. Governor first to seek reinforcements and assistance from the military government. But this can lead to The consequences of the time difference..." Thinking of the impact and consequences of the two options, Zhang Jin was in a dilemma. The importance of residential areas does not need to be overwhelming. Where can It is said to be one of the keys to ensuring the stability of the fleet's military morale, but Du Jin's value at this time is also very high. After all, with the current rampage of the Unity Church, some targeted control measures on Ganymede are inseparable from Du Jin's assistance and participate.
