Forged in the fires of war: The Qi family's generals rewrite the fate of eastern Hebei.

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"You should know why I called you here, right?"

"I'll just say one thing: are you willing to come with me to the DA Master?"

"Go back and gather the soldiers. Once the transfer order is issued, set off immediately for the southeast region."

He Zhijun watched this scene with great interest. These bastards usually joked around a bit when they were in front of him.

But now that they're with Lao Fang, they're all as docile as mice seeing a cat.

He Zhijun decided he couldn't let these bastards off so easily, so he complained to Fang Zhenhua.

"Old Fang, these guys are all veterans now. When you get to your DA Master, you'd better help me teach them a lesson. They've all become quite arrogant."

As soon as He Zhijun finished speaking, Fang Zhenhua's sharp gaze swept over the four of them.

The four guys instantly felt a chill run down their spines and couldn't help but swallow hard.

"Don't worry! Once they arrive at the DA Division, they'll have to follow the new soldiers' training methods obediently. Let's see who dares to cause trouble in front of me."

Before He Zhijun could say anything more, Gao Dazhuang and the other three men immediately turned to him with pleading eyes.

Boss, please stop talking. If you keep going, who knows what kind of trouble Fang Yanwang will cause us after we get to the DA Master!

We will definitely be very good from now on.

Seeing the looks in their eyes, He Zhijun secretly felt satisfied and stopped tattling.

After dealing with these four people, Fang Zhenhua immediately made a phone call back to the DA Division headquarters from inside the wolf's den.

They were instructed to report to their superiors immediately and transfer four special operations teams from the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade to form a special operations brigade for the DA Division.

The higher-ups always give the green light to DA's requests, so the process is very efficient.

Fang Zhenhua stayed in the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade for two days before the transfer order came down, transferring four special operations teams from the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade to the DA Division.

After completing this mission, Fang Zhenhua and Yue Jun set off back to the Southeast Military Region.

Having accomplished most of what needed to be done, the DA Master now has two important tasks to complete.

The first thing, naturally, is to mobilize the troops.

The second is to prepare to receive the corresponding equipment.

The first item on the agenda was the soldiers of the armored battalion, who came from the armored regiment of the 116th Division.

As for the soldiers of the artillery battalion, they came from the artillery regiment directly under the Southeast Military Region, which was also an elite unit.

The missile battalion was a missile regiment that came from the Second Artillery Corps.

Regarding the information brigade, contacts have begun with several university departments across the country.

Chapter 121 Initial Construction of Information Technology

Everyone talks about an informationized military force, an informationized military force.

In fact, it would take at least 50 years to fully implement informationized forces throughout the military.

It could even be said that even in the 2020s, our military had not fully implemented information technology throughout the entire armed forces.

It's not about putting a few screens in a vehicle, a few computers in the command center, or giving a few personal information terminals to grassroots commanders. That's just informatization. That's probably just informatization cosplay.

However, in a few decades, information technology may become outdated, and the future may emphasize intelligent and unmanned systems.

However, when we talk about informatization alone, the construction of informatization includes the acquisition and transmission of information.

On the battlefield, information can be obtained through various means, including satellites, drones, and even the eyes of ordinary soldiers.

But the question remains: is your information accurate? Is it comprehensive? Is it timely enough?

Generally speaking, it is difficult to achieve both efficiency and accuracy in reconnaissance.

For example, even in the most important locations, where the best space-based reconnaissance resources are allocated, the satellite's revisit time can still take several hours.

After intelligence analysis and data transmission, can the timeliness be guaranteed when it reaches the front-line commander?

Battlefield information perception is not like playing a video game, where deploying a spy satellite like in Red Alert is enough.

Even if you manage to get your information, there's still a crucial next step: information transmission.

However, on this point, the reliability and efficiency of information transmission are often mutually exclusive.

There is a limit to the bandwidth of a data link within a region; you can't connect every tank, or even every soldier, to such a system.

Even the wealthiest American army, thirty years later, would not be able to achieve the same.

Even if your information acquisition and transmission are not problematic, the final key is decision-making.

You need to extract the most important information from a massive amount of data, but how do you ensure the accuracy and comprehensiveness of that information?

To give a very simple example, after spotting a suspicious target, should you open fire?

Thirteen years later, on the third day after the start of the Babylonian War, the US Patriot missile system detected a high-speed Scud missile.

The US commander then ordered his troops to open fire, which resulted in the downing of a Tornado fighter jet carrying a Royal Air Force aircraft.

The next day, the Patriot missile system detected another Scud missile. This time, the US commander hesitated. He did not choose to fire, but he made the right choice because it was an F-16.

As a result, the F-16 retaliated with an AGM-88 anti-radiation missile, destroying the US Patriot missile system.

Then on the third day, the Patriot missile system detected two more high-speed Scud missiles. Given the experience of the second day, the US commander decided to strike first.

As a result, the Patriot shot down an F-16, a Tornado fighter jet.

Therefore, the construction of information technology is definitely not that simple. This is why, when Fang Zhenhua was forming the DA Division, he had to establish an armored brigade, as well as an artillery brigade, a special operations brigade, and an army aviation brigade.

First of all, when launching an attack, it is very difficult for the army to call for air support, and it is also very difficult for the army's junior soldiers to guide the air force to carry out the attack.

Under normal circumstances, the Air Force will send forward air guides into the front-line units to guide air attacks.

That's when the roles of artillery and army aviation came into play.

Then there are the special operations brigades. Many people believe that the special operations brigades are useless in informationized forces.

This is actually a one-sided view, because in addition to carrying out some unconventional missions, special operations teams also play an important role in battlefield information gathering.

DA Division Headquarters.

Fang Zhenhua, Liu Xudong, Liang Sanxi, and Yue Jun, these senior officers of the DA Division, were gathered together listening to the report from Lei Kaihua, the captain of the Information Brigade.

Lei Kaihua tidied the documents in his hands and then spoke.

"This time, we recruited a total of 42 outstanding students in the field of computer information from various universities. These include 36 undergraduate students, 4 master's students, and 2 doctoral students."

"The schools included are Yenching University, Tsinghua University, University of Science and Technology of China, and the Seven Sons of National Defense, totaling ten higher education institutions."

"Among them, there are 3 students from Yenching University, 5 students from Tsinghua University, 3 students from the University of Science and Technology of China, and the remaining 31 students are all from the Seven Sons of National Defense."

Several leaders of the DA Division also had a list of these students. Fang Zhenhua, as the division chief, smiled continuously after looking at the list.

He said to Liu Xudong.

"Political Commissar, in today's environment, it is very rare and valuable that these college graduates, including master's and doctoral students, are willing to join the army."

"They have given up money and youth to devote themselves to national defense. We must not let these talents down. When these students arrive at the division, we will hold a grand welcoming ceremony."

Liu Xudong nodded, completely agreeing with Fang Zhenhua's words.

So Liu Xudong said at this moment.

"Commander, don't worry about this matter! I will handle it properly."

At this time, these college graduates have an incredibly bright future, which, objectively speaking, is far more lucrative than joining the military.

Against the backdrop of countless people choosing to go to Europe and America, it is truly commendable that these students are willing to join the military and help strengthen national defense.

Don't say things like, "They're joining the army today, and they'll have a brighter future."

That was under the condition of having the ability to see the future. In fact, in this era, students who can make such a decision are all worthy of admiration.

After explaining things to Liu Xudong, Fang Zhenhua looked at the others.

"Information technology development is not something that can be accomplished overnight, so our DA division needs to equip itself with more walkie-talkies, because on the battlefield, for front-line troops, the role of walkie-talkies may exceed that of satellites."

"Don't give up just because it's difficult. That's why we're building an informationized military. But don't be complacent just because we have information technology. Information technology can't handle everything."

"Therefore, we should equip our troops as fully as possible and consider the needs of the front-line troops as much as possible."

"The Americans' guided weapons shone brightly in the Gulf War, but guided weapons are not omnipotent, otherwise what would be the point of having soldiers like us?"

Fang Zhenhua's words silenced everyone present.

Chapter 122 Contact with the Navy

Because none of what Fang Zhenhua just said was wrong.

Taking the US military as an example again, during the Gulf War, the US military's precision-guided weapons proved highly effective. As a result, some people within the US military believed that as long as they continuously strengthened their reconnaissance capabilities, the future battlefield would be transparent.

Since the battlefield is completely transparent, a single long-range precision bombardment by the US military would wipe out the enemy. If the enemy is all dead, what use are heavy armored units like tanks?

Light armored units can rush in and capture the territory, and the battle will be won! Maintaining tanks costs money.

However, the US military later organized several military exercises and found that as long as they did the appropriate camouflage, they could evade a lot of reconnaissance.

You simply can't wipe out the enemy with long-range precision strikes. Lightly armored soldiers with weak protection rushing in are just handing themselves a free kill.

So the US military later abandoned the light rapid deployment brigade, but the heavily armored Abrams tank remained the US military's ground ace.

No weapon is omnipotent, not even nuclear weapons.

Even if you use nuclear strikes, the enemy can also respond with nuclear strikes, and the end result will be the Earth restarting.

War is not just theoretical. Given that weapons are not omnipotent, even a seemingly primitive piece of equipment like a walkie-talkie can play an extraordinary role in the information age.

Moreover, even communication capabilities like walkie-talkies cannot be fully guaranteed in actual battlefield situations.

Without taking care of the front-line troops, it's all just empty talk.

After Lei Kaihua left, Fang Zhenhua looked at Liang Sanxi and asked.

"What did the research institute say about the missiles?"

In the DA Division, Fang Zhenhua, the division commander, was responsible for all the work of the Information Brigade and the Special Operations Brigade.

Liang Sanxi, the first deputy division commander, was in charge of the work of the armored battalion, artillery battalion, and missile battalion.

Yue Jun was in charge of the Army Aviation Brigade, Shipping Brigade, and Engineering Brigade.

Regarding Fang Zhenhua's question, Liang Sanxi reported truthfully based on what he knew.

"We acquired an S-300PMU missile system from the north, and we also brought back information about the S-300 missile system."

"The research institute is working with the manufacturing plant to prepare to manufacture a missile system for our army based on the S-300PMU missile system, codenamed HQ-9 air defense missile system."

Fang Zhenhua nodded and then asked.

"How long will it take to equip the troops?"

"Based on the feedback I've received so far, I estimate it will be around the same time as the helicopters being deployed to the troops."

At this moment, Fang Zhenhua looked at Yue Jun again.

"How's the communication with the navy going? What are your thoughts on the construction of the shipping fleet?"

"I went to the Navy and hoped they could send a unit to us, but I don't know if it's because my rank is too low, the feedback from them wasn't very positive."

"How to say?"

"I met a senior colonel in the Navy named Yi Zhengbang, who is the commander of the 3rd Marine Brigade. To be honest, our shipping detachment would be better off selecting soldiers from the Marine Corps, as this would greatly help improve our combat effectiveness."

"You go on."

“After I arrived at the Navy, this Brigade Commander Yi said that they had not received orders from above, so they could not transfer the troops. You know we are the Army, and we are not under the command of the Navy.”

Upon hearing this name, Fang Zhenhua was suddenly startled, because if he remembered correctly, this person would later become the deputy commander of the navy.

Establishing a DA division requires considering all aspects, including maintaining good relationships with all types of troops.

Yue Jun's trip wasn't very effective, so he had no choice but to go in person.

"Old Yue, come with me to the 3rd Naval Brigade in a couple of days. I will definitely find a way to get a strong force from this Brigade Commander Yi."

Hearing Fang Zhenhua pat his chest and make a promise, Yue Jun became curious and couldn't help but ask.

"Commander, are you and this Brigade Commander Yi old acquaintances?"