The reform of the military develops with the development of the times, and there will be new adjustments from time to time.
A century ago, there was a three-level "military battalion" organization, that is, division commanders and regimental commanders were removed, but all the three armies of the sea, land and air were mixed into the same corps to form a heavy-armored combined brigade and combined battalion.
The military will separately form a brigade from artillery, air defense, special operations, army aviation, engineering and service support arms, and then subdivide it into battalions, companies, platoons, etc.
It can be seen from this that the so-called combined armies are actually concentrated and have not been broken up. They are just unified under the command of a military-level general.
Each era has its own characteristics. At that time, this did indeed improve the combat efficiency of the troops, and to a certain extent, it also achieved the goals of streamlining troops, streamlining administration, and reducing the size of the troops.
In the era of the powerful Han Dynasty, due to the addition of technical soldiers and the substantial upgrade of individual auxiliary equipment, the legion was reformed again and the previous military regiment and camp organization was restored. At the same time, the legion was changed from "synthetic" to "mixed". ed."
The word mixed has appeared before. For example, the 72nd Army of the Northern Army and the 173rd Army of the Southern Army were combined to fight together. This was called a mixed army.
However, the so-called mixed organization now is completely different from the past. It refers to the mixed organization of arms. For example, a squad of 6 to 8 people includes gunners, machine gunners, scouts, engineers, orderlies (who also serve as medical personnel) and technical personnel. soldiers.
Moreover, each of these 6 to 8 people is a generalist. They will train at least three projects at the same time. For example, if necessary, artillery can also be used as scouts or engineers, and they can even fly airplanes in an emergency.
The purpose of such reforms is, first, to improve the mobility of warfare, because the number of individual soldiers has increased, making operations more convenient; second, to strengthen the ability to penetrate into the enemy's interior, because the number of people has decreased, and operations have become easier to conceal.
As early as the middle of the 20th century, human weapons were capable of destroying human beings for several rounds with more than enough to spare. However, human beings were not satisfied yet. High-power weapons were developed one after another. At the same time, they also pursued precision strikes, ultra-long-distance strikes, and high-speed weapons. Science and technology joint combat capabilities.
Of course, these are all piled up with money. If there is no huge economic benefit and the war is purely for the sake of war, no country is so stupid.
So even though a century or two have passed, individual weapons and small heavy weapons are still the mainstream of small-scale wars, and the power of guns has not improved much.
Of course, the performance has been enhanced. For example, the magazine no longer needs to be replaced so frequently, the range of the weapon has also been greatly improved, and the power of the bullet is also stronger than before.
Meng Qingxiao didn't have to worry about weapons or anything like that, but he had to worry about the configuration of arms. For him, technical arms were the most rare, and other troops might not let him choose.
Meng Qingxiao planned to recruit two classes of technical talents no matter what. This was a difficult problem. He naturally thought of his good brother Xu Haocun.
He planned to arrest Xu Haocun immediately and give him a death order, requiring him to form a technical company within 20 days, otherwise he would be dealt with by military law.
As for the fact that he actually only needs two squads, he doesn't plan to tell Xu Haocun that the more technical soldiers there are, the more technical soldiers are naturally not too many. How can Xu Haocun's value be squeezed out without increasing it nine times?
What if he can actually complete the mission?
Even if he couldn't complete the mission, he certainly wouldn't be able to find two members of his team, right?
When he thought of this, Meng Qingxiao couldn't help laughing out loud. After getting Zheng Weiguo's documents, he immediately set off to the technical team building.
These documents from Zheng Weiguo were of great help to Meng Qingxiao, which was exactly what Meng Qingxiao urgently needed.
Meng Qingxiao didn't care how good the generals of which legion were commanded. After all, no matter how good they were, he couldn't get them. He only valued the overall quality. Whichever team had high overall quality and was brave enough to fight without fear of death, that team would belong to him. needs.
There is a saying that goes, "One soldier is a raging soldier, and a general is raging in a den." The general idea is that whether a team's style is tough and whether ordinary soldiers are brave in fighting depends to a large extent on whether the leader of the team is strong.
However, the military had already placed a tight curse on him, and he was not allowed to select cadres above company commanders. No matter how powerful these leaders were, it had nothing to do with him. In this case, he could only pick peaches ruthlessly. He would first pick these powerful leaders. Let the leader's outstanding men pick them out.
Meng Qingxiao's army is mainly the Army, because he is an Army himself, which is the branch he is most familiar with, but he also needs to use the Air Force and Navy, so he plans to have a big stew and really mix all the branches. .
Meng Qingxiao was embarrassed to ask Zheng Weiguo for manpower, because he knew that Zheng Weiguo had a heavy burden. Now all his special forces have been sent to the northwest, performing arduous tasks in the desert.
At first, Zheng Weiguo said that he would ask Zhang Chao to help Meng Qingxiao when he needed it. However, Zhang Chao was sent directly to eat sand in the depths of the desert since he came back from the Japanese Kingdom, and he has never come back even once.
Fortunately, Meng Qingxiao had no intention of asking the 72nd Brigade to help from the beginning. Otherwise, once he had this idea of relying on others, the battle of Long Live Mountain would never be won so easily.
Meng Qingxiao kept Zheng Weiguo's advice in mind and worked hard to level the bowl of water. He planned to choose half of the ordinary soldiers from the northern army and half from the southern army, without bias or preference, so that no one would have any objections.
There were originally 74 members of his joint team, but later 8 died, leaving 66 people left. It was not easy to arrange positions for everyone.
These people have been with him for so long, and it is impossible for him to let them become ordinary soldiers. Their positions are too low to be ridiculous.
"Chief, we are here." Driver Xiao Liu reminded Meng Qingxiao.
"Ah, so fast." Meng Qingxiao got up and got out of the car, "You should find a place to wait first. I'll go up and I should come down soon."
"Okay, chief, don't worry, it doesn't matter how long you wait." Xiao Liu said happily. He has finally made it through. He was originally just a guard, but now he has finally become the driver of the army commander. Although he is still a guard, But service leadership is different.
Pressing the elevator and going straight to the 13th floor, Meng Qingxiao met his good brother Xu Haocun again, and the two gave him a big hug.
Although Xu Haocun works in the technical building of the military headquarters, he actually does not have any military rank until now. He is still just a small outside technician.
He is not as good as Dai Zhicheng, who is already a serious soldier after all.
"Good guy, you are already a senior colonel!" Xu Haocun exaggeratedly said, "Are you riding a rocket? How can you fly so fast?"
Meng Qingxiao saw Xu Haocun's clothes and knew that he was still a non-staff member. He also asked with a smile: "What's wrong with you? With your ability, I don't believe you can't get a military rank. Sister Zhang at least I’ll also give you a captain to work with, right?”
Dai Zhicheng on the side smiled and said: "He is reluctant to part with his small salary. High-tech external personnel enjoy state subsidies and get more than 1,000 yuan more than me, so he refuses to turn into a professional soldier."
Xu Haocun said with a smile: "Isn't it good for me to do this? Even if I really become a captain, won't I still have to be suppressed by you? I won't be a soldier. No matter how high your military rank is, it has nothing to do with me. You see? You still have to be polite in front of me."
"High, really high!" Meng Qingxiao gave a thumbs up.
Xu Haocun said doubtfully: "Brother, as soon as I saw your military rank, I knew that you must be so busy that you can't stick your butt to the seat. How come you have time to come to my place?"
"Hey, look what you said, no matter how busy you are, you can't forget your brothers. You see, I haven't even returned home, so I came directly to see you."
Xu Haocun said doubtfully: "No, you must be holding back some bad ideas. Brother, are you qualified to be a military commander now? Don't do those illegal things anymore."
Meng Qingxiao jumped up all of a sudden and said angrily: "What did you say? What do you mean, stop doing those illegal things? When have I ever done anything illegal? I have always been law-abiding." Are you a good citizen?"
"Okay, okay, you are a good citizen. You are a good citizen, okay? Tell me, what do you want to see me for?"
"Hey, good thing!" Meng Qingxiao raised the recruitment order in his hand, "Brother, I've found a good job for you. Your salary is going to be increased. It will definitely be more than twice your current salary."
Xu Haocun took it and read it out gently: "Military Order No. 123 of the Military Commission of the Strong Han State: Authorizes Colonel Meng Qingxiao to form a corps of suppressing aliens. Soldiers below the company level (excluding company commanders) of each major military region are allowed to be selected. All Military region commanders must actively cooperate and must not obstruct.”
Dai Zhicheng exclaimed in surprise: "Are you really going to be the army commander?"
"I said your news is too closed, right?" Meng Qingxiao said with the same surprise, "This matter about me should have been spread a long time ago."
"It's hard to describe!" Dai Zhicheng shook his head slightly and said, "Section Chief Zhang assigned us a... super busy task. We haven't been home for a week."
"Yes, yes!" Xu Haocun suddenly shouted excitedly, "Brother, you are really timely. You can finally help us escape from this sea of suffering. You... we... that... when will we leave? With you Can I write a note without saying hello to Sister Zhang? Oh, that’s not possible, it’s too rude. Brother, you go find Sister Zhang quickly, and we’ll follow you quickly!”
Xu Haocun was a little incoherent. Meng Qingxiao could see that their current job was really tiring.
He smiled secretly in his heart and said to me, just wait. The task I am going to give you will make you suffer even more.
However, he would not show it on the surface. Instead, he mused: "Well, I originally planned to transfer you to my place to work. The salary is much higher than your current salary, and the work is not tiring. I'm sure I won’t let you two go to war, right?”
"But you are not a professional soldier. My recruitment order is invalid for you. If Zhang Ying refuses to let you go, then there is nothing I can do!"
"Ah, is there such a thing? It's really troublesome!" Xu Haocun stamped his feet anxiously.
Of course, there is no such thing. Even regular soldiers can be recruited under military orders, and non-staff personnel like him will naturally have no problem. However, what Meng Qingxiao bullied was that Xu Haocun did not understand.
Dai Zhicheng suggested: "How about you try it? How will you know if she agrees without trying?"
"Yes, yes, let's try it first. Sister Zhang is not that difficult to talk to, and we are all old acquaintances." Xu Haocun said happily.
"Have you finished the work at hand now?" Meng Qingxiao asked.
"No." The expressions on both men's faces turned bitter at the same time. "We can't finish it in another three days."
"Then do you think she will let you go?"
"And if I go, wouldn't it be equivalent to alerting the enemy? She can even hide you directly, and I won't be able to find you next time." Meng Qingxiao analyzed, "That Zhang Ying is the same as I’ve never dealt with it.”
"Yes, yes, it is possible." Xu Haocun suddenly lost his mind, "Brother, you are now a senior colonel, you must have an idea, please give me an idea quickly!"
"Actually, it's very simple. This matter is very easy to solve." Meng Qingxiao laughed.
"Then tell me quickly!"
"Can't you just sign a contract and become a professional soldier?"
"Yes, the chief really woke up the dreamer with his words!" Dai Zhicheng held up his hands and smiled, "I am your direct boss now, so I can be your introducer. We don't need to get the consent of Section Chief Zhang to go directly. The Political Department just needs to sign and stamp it."
"As long as you become a professional soldier, this recruitment order will take effect on you. Even if Section Chief Zhang wants to stop it, there will be no way to stop it." Dai Zhicheng said excitedly.
"But what should I do? I want to leave too!" Dai Zhicheng's face suddenly dropped, "My current position is higher than that of the company commander!"
"Oh, this is really a problem." Meng Qingxiao also frowned.
