The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 633: Stripping the Combined Brigade?
"How can it have any impact? I have said before that the six combined brigades are only temporarily under the jurisdiction of the Panshan Group Armed Forces. Ultimately, they belong to the country. Now they are separated from the Panshan Group Armed Forces and incorporated into the military system. This is as it should be."

Liu Tao smiled and had no objection.

He had repeatedly assured his superiors of this when he was striving for honor and military rank for the combined brigade.

He really thought so in his heart.

Now the six combined brigades will be gradually separated from the Panshan Group Armed Forces Department. In two or three years, the current six combined brigades will be reorganized into twelve combined brigades, each with five to six thousand people, that is, four heavy combined brigades, four medium combined brigades, and four light combined brigades.

By that time, the Chinese army had almost completed the construction of mechanized troops.

The leader was pleased and said, "It's great that you think so. The army should do what the army should do and perform its duties."

With the research in recent years and the performance of the combined forces brigade on the battlefield, a considerable amount of research results have been achieved in this regard.

After the troops are mechanized, the next step is synthetic construction.

The higher-ups are already planning to reform and reorganize the military when the time is ripe, abolishing the division level and directly abolishing the regiment and division levels.

The leader discussed the issue of combined forces with Liu Tao, and Liu Tao told him everything he knew without hiding anything.

The combined brigade emphasizes a high degree of synthesis, integrating infantry, armored infantry, armored troops, artillery, air defense troops, special forces, engineers and other arms.

The formation principle of the combined forces brigade is "elite, combined, and efficient", with the primary goal of winning future wars. The outstanding features of the combined forces brigade are multiple firepower platforms, strong firepower, high degree of informationization, and flat command.

Compared with the traditional division headquarters, the headquarters of the combined brigade is much smaller. In the past, the division was under the regiment, and the regiment was under the battalion. Now the combined brigade is directly under the battalion. Compared with the traditional battalion, the combined battalion under the combined brigade is a deputy regiment-level organization. The battalion commander and the instructor are both deputy regiment-level lieutenant colonels. At the same time, there is a battalion-level chief of staff and several company-level staff.

The combined battalion is the core of the combined brigade and the smallest combat unit of the combined brigade!

The focus of the combined brigade is synthesis, synthesis focuses on firepower output, and firepower output relies on mechanization.

80式主战坦克、80式自行高炮、81式中型坦克、81式轻型坦克、81式水陆两用坦克、81式步兵战车.机械化建设水平自然是实力在线。

How to maximize the advantages of mechanization involves informatization. The so-called informatization means that through various informatization equipment, the combined brigade can see and hear all directions and strike the enemy first.

Multiple mechanized arms such as infantry, armored troops, scouts, and artillery are concentrated in the framework of a brigade. Informatization is the indispensable link that enables multiple arms to fight in a coordinated manner.

According to different combat requirements, the combined brigades are divided into heavy combined brigades, medium combined brigades and light combined brigades. The heavy combined brigades need to undertake the main assault tasks in actual combat and have the most ferocious firepower.

"Of course, if the troops are to carry out synthetic construction, it all comes down to the cultivation of talent and sufficient military spending," Liu Tao said.

He built a full set of equipment for the combined arms brigades and even created six combined arms brigades as templates.

However, if China wants to carry out synthetic construction, he can only provide equipment but not talents, and the money will naturally depend on military expenditure.

Now, let's not talk about the six combined brigades. They are well-mannered and well-equipped, which is a bargain for the army. But the wages, equipment, etc. in the future cannot be blamed on the Panshan Group.

Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly, let alone those who are not from the same system!

The leader understood what Liu Tao meant and couldn't help laughing.

Of course, he knew the expenses of the combined brigade.

Just to build a combined brigade, the investment in weapons and equipment alone is not a small amount, not to mention the soldiers' training, soldier allowances, etc.

To be honest, there are different opinions on separating the six combined brigades from the Panshan Group Armed Forces Department. Some leaders think that this should be done since it is a military after all; while some leaders think that now is not the right time because it requires too much investment, even the annual training expenses are a very large number.

The first major issue we encountered when we were about to implement the system was that the six combined brigades were to receive monthly salaries, allowances, bonuses, etc. according to the Panshan Group's salary system, while the army was a conscripted army, with ordinary soldiers receiving no salary but only a small amount of allowances, which was far from comparable to the Panshan Group's salary system. Military cadres did receive salaries, but these salaries were far inferior to the Panshan Group's salary system.

Now that the six combined brigades are going to be separated from the Panshan Group, the salary issue has to be resolved. There is a fierce argument between the two sides about this issue. Some people think that it should be the same as other troops, and the combined brigades should be paid the same amount of money. Others think that with such a big disparity, who would be willing to work for the six combined brigades?

This is only the first major event. The second major event is training. The training intensity of the combined brigade is very high, which consumes a lot of bullets and shells, and bullets and shells are all money. Should we stick to the original training plan of the combined brigade? If we insist on it, the consumption will be staggering. If we change the original training plan, will the combined brigade still have that combat effectiveness?

The third major event is that the military ranks of the combined brigades are currently being promoted one level and incorporated into the army. This obviously seems unique and outliers, but it is unacceptable to demote them for no reason.

It is easy to get promoted in military rank, but it is not so easy to get demoted.

In addition to these, there are still a lot of problems to be solved.

Liu Tao looked at the time and it was almost time to leave. His leader had a lot of things to deal with every day, and it was a great honor for him to spare an hour to see him.

After leaving, Liu Tao actually felt a little uncomfortable. He acted very open-minded in front of his leader, but in fact, how could Liu Tao feel good in his heart?

The Panshan Group invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, as well as tremendous energy and hard work to build the six combined brigades.

Moreover, the six combined brigades have not yet fully formed combat effectiveness. It will take at least another three to five years before they can truly form full combat effectiveness.

However, the military seems to be in a hurry and can't wait to incorporate the six combined brigades into the military system, including the 'Malong Military Training Base' and the 'Zhu Rihe Military Training Base'.

There was no way out. He had already said it at the beginning, and now he was powerless, so he had to agree.

Otherwise, there might be some rumors.

Liu Tao was also very cautious about these rumors. As the saying goes, three people can make a tiger and many words can melt gold. Throughout history, countless people have fallen into this trap.

Those who can almost be called saints will fall, not to mention that Liu Tao is not a saint. He also has many shortcomings and needs to be cautious.

(End of this chapter)