Let "18 weapons" play "72 changes" ■ PLA Daily reporter Kang Zizhan, Zhu Boyan, correspondent Chen Qingmin At the beginning of his tenure, Han Lutong, the firepower staff officer of the first battalion of a brigade of the 82nd group army, set a goal: "as long as it can spit fire, it must be able to!" Before long, he found that "it's easier to think of this position". That year, a new type of artillery was distributed, and Han Lutong learned and learned about nearly 100 parameters and indicators first. Despite the excellent results of the first live fire, Han Lutong was speechless when asked a number of questions raised by the examiner for the joint fire use of new equipment. At that time, in the face of various fire attack requests and fire damage indicators, Han Lutong was criticized for "too long fire planning time and low efficiency of joint fire attack". Afterwards, Han Lutong sighed: "although the specialty is not strange, the ability is like 'returning to zero'." Behind Han Lutong's sigh of "returning to zero" is a new starting point and new requirements for the transformation and upgrading of the army's synthetic forces. After the adjustment and reform, the synthetic battalion became the basic combat unit of the army, and more and more instructions were issued from the "battalion", the smallest "middle army account". Compared with the past, the capability requirements and evaluation system of the staff of the synthetic battalion are different. As the core personnel of the battalion's Firepower Strike Command, the firepower staff is responsible for commanding and controlling the actions of Firepower Strike forces, providing firepower support for their assault groups, and effectively coordinating the firepower actions of various arms and services. Han Lutong has calculated "one account": the more than ten fire elements on hand can form nearly 100 different combinations. How to efficiently control and integrate various fire elements to form a new joint fire mode has become a new challenge. If we still stay in the old thinking and mode, we will not give full play to the due effectiveness of the weapons in our hands. On the contrary, we will have more "possessions" and slow response, which will hinder the improvement of combat effectiveness. For some time, Han Lu often woke up in a dream. In his dream, he clearly heard the urgent reports of "ammunition emergency" and "poor damage effect". "The more diverse the types of firearms and the richer the means of attack, the higher the requirements for ability and quality." The change of perspective brought by the new position often makes Han Lutong sigh: holding "18 kinds of weapons", we should have the ability of "72 kinds of changes". "For the staff of the synthetic battalion, 'synthesis' is the minimum requirement and the highest requirement." Wan Yichun, a teacher of the Army Command Academy, believes that in the rapidly changing battlefield, only when the fire staff of the synthetic battalion has synthetic thinking and joint ability, and has a deep understanding of the combat process and battlefield situation, can they plan and optimize all kinds of firepower and make each shell have the due damage effect Today, the form of war is constantly evolving, and battalion level or even smaller operations are becoming the mainstream of the battlefield. As the fulcrum supporting the firepower support of the army's basic combat units, the firepower staff of the synthetic battalion will be connected and become the hub and key of the firepower combination of multiple services and arms. Following the army's accelerated transformation, Han Lutong's ability is also growing. Today, there are many professional books on joint operations and joint fire use on Han Lutong's bookshelf. Han Lutong said that only by reading the formula of "combination", the "18 weapons" in his hand can play "72 changes". The trans regional mobile exercise was launched, and Han Lutong, the fire staff of the synthetic battalion, ushered in the first real "examination"—— The thought spark of a "fire staff" ■ PLA Daily reporter Kang Zizhan, Zhu Boyan, correspondent sun tongkai The new wind is biting, and the moon is hanging high on the Mobei grassland. It was late at night, and Han Lutong, the fire staff officer of the first battalion of a brigade of the 82nd group army, was still tossing and turning and could not sleep. The battle will begin tomorrow. The cross regional mobile exercise was the first real "test" after Han Lutong served as a fire staff officer. The moment he got the firepower allocation plan, Han Lutong was really shocked: flying in the sky, running on the ground, holding everything in his hand. Han Lutong never thought that one day he could participate in commanding so much firepower. What is the range of each firepower point, how many bullet types are there, and what kind of target is suitable for attacking... Looking at the "18 kinds of weapons" in hand, Han Lutong silently estimated that the more he calculated, the more excited he was, and the more nervous he was: "the more good things, the more detailed planning is needed." In the past, when I was a platoon leader, I only had to take care of "one fire line"; Now as a staff officer, he has to manage a whole "fire network". Over the past few days, Han Lutong has convened the leaders of fire strike units for many times to distinguish the strike tasks and put forward configuration suggestions by means of target claim on the basis of accurate analysis and judgment of the "enemy" and our situation. Before the sand table, the team leaders fully demonstrated the configuration suggestions given by Han Lutong and raised questions from time to time. In the early morning, Han Lutong, while working with the superior authorities to establish a strike list, determine the strike deployment and draw up a strike plan, organized the reconnaissance team to count the firing data of each gun and the occupation of gun positions by the fire strike unit At dawn, Han Lutong, who had hardly slept all night, verified and confirmed the key points in his notes one by one again. In the distance, with the dawn, the battle is about to start. A synthetic brigade of the 82nd group army launched a live fire drill. Role change "In the past, I was just a red punctuation mark on the battle map; now I am the person standing in front of the map and looking down on the whole map." In the field command post, Han Lutong looked at the battle map in front of him and fell into meditation. At the hand of Han Lutong, several battle plans were marked with pens of various colors. Looking at the information constantly coming back from the front, he bent down and put a bracket behind the firing plan of a fire attack stage with a red pencil to mark in detail the specific types of bullets to be used in this round of firing. The plan is so detailed because of the lingering fear of the previous drill. At that time, Han Lutong was a novice who had just stepped into the fire staff post of the synthetic battalion. In the face of complicated work, although he was careful step by step, there were still mistakes and omissions. At that time, in the firepower preparation stage, Han Lutong suggested using battalion firepower to damage and attack the solid fortifications in the "enemy" front. To his surprise, the strike effect was less than 30% of the expected. The lack of precision in planning and arrangement is essentially a lack of understanding of the performance of artillery and ammunition. Failure to accurately use the ammunition type according to the strike target will not only unnecessarily consume ammunition and greatly reduce the strike effect, but also expose yourself and make the next combat action passive. That mistake made Han Lutong unable to let go for a long time. With the continuous upgrading of the firepower equipment of the synthetic battalion, there are more and more types of ammunition. Some artillery can even fill four or five different types of ammunition. In the face of ammunition with their own expertise, the fire staff must consider the basic issues of who to take, how much to take, when to use, who to fight and how to fight. "In the past, I was just a red punctuation mark on the battle map; now I am the person standing in front of the map and looking down on the whole map." Talking about the changes from platoon commander to fire staff officer, Han Lutong sighed with emotion, "the change of identity brings the change of perspective and mode of thinking, and what needs to be learned from scratch is far more than professional knowledge." In the command post, Han Lutong wrote pictures and rehearsed with paper and pen, constantly enriching the details of the fire attack plan. After marking three different fuze action modes for a certain type of shell in different attack stages, he finally put down his pen and breathed a sigh of relief. How much influence do different fuze action modes have on fire damage effect? What is the difference between the mortar shells with zero charge and full charge? These seemingly insignificant details directly affect the effect of firepower attack and even determine the direction of the whole war situation. "When I first started, I didn't think of these details at all. Now I've experienced more and know to take them into account as much as possible." Standing in the new battle position, Han Lutong sincerely lamented: "in the past, as long as we knew what 'chariots and horses' looked like, now we must understand thoroughly why' horses walk in the sun like walking in the field '." The fire staff of the synthetic battalion sits in the "account of the Chinese army" and discusses the fire attack plan. Thoughts on the war situation "It's like a symphony. If one instrument is out of tune, the whole movement will become disharmonious." At noon, the northern desert was full of war. After a fierce battle in the morning, the red and blue sides are equal. Han Lutong's red firepower attack was carried out strictly according to the pre war plan, and everything went well. Han Lu leads to the battalion commander's proposal: increase the intensity of fire attack and take the lead in destroying the "enemy" front obstacles, so that the assault unit can carry out follow-up actions and seize the first opportunity. "At this stage, although the two sides suffer losses from each other, on the whole, our troops and firepower are dominant. At this time, we should take advantage of the situation and achieve phased victory at one fell swoop." Hanlu communication is full of heart. It seems that everything is under control. However, just as the red side succeeded in removing the "enemy" front obstacles and the butan unit was passing through the newly opened channel, the radar near the command post suddenly issued an early warning - the blue armed helicopter approached the red front impact unit in an attempt to strike. In the command post, the atmosphere suddenly became tense. Armed helicopters are good at carrying out precision attacks and have strong mobility. They can cause devastating attacks on the red front unit, and the firepower at this level is difficult to suppress effectively. Han Lutong quickly calmed down, integrated the latest intelligence and force allocation adjustment plan, and put forward a request for air defense fire support to the brigade fire coordination position. Two surface to air missiles rose at the command and successfully hit the "enemy" aircraft to resolve the crisis. "Fire support seems simple, but every step from when to apply to where to use it is knowledge." Han Lutong clearly remembered that after a drill, he overheard a private complaint from the pilot of the land aviation unit: the crew refueled and hung bombs for a long time. As a result, after a drill, it was often a "passing through". "No one uses the support and auxiliary forces because they can't remember and won't use them." How to integrate firepower in different dimensions into the same battlefield? Behind the upgrade of the combat space of the synthetic battalion is the higher requirements for the combat capability of the fire staff. The war situation in the front is stuck. Han Lutong, who has just successfully handled the emergency, does not dare to relax his vigilance. He keeps an eye on the battle process in the front and continues to adjust and optimize according to the fire attack schedule made before the war. After several rounds of fire strikes, the blue side was forced to turn to the defensive posture. The blue artillery began to cover the red front unit with fire. The red attack was blocked and suffered heavy casualties. At this time, the red front assault unit has gone deep into the blue position and counterattacked with artillery, which is likely to cause accidental injury. Han Lutong immediately sent the position of the blue artillery position to the land and aviation coordinator and informed the relevant situation. A few minutes later, two armed helicopters took off and quickly flew in the direction of the "enemy" target This is a new challenge for their comrades in arms. This is a new breakthrough for them to use all kinds of firepower. "It's like a symphony. If one instrument is out of tune, the whole movement will become disharmonious." Speaking of air ground joint operations, Han Lutong thought, "only by properly using firepower can we play a symphony of joint operations." Question of ability "The victory of this exercise is just a fluke. Can you be so lucky when you really go to the battlefield?" It's getting dark,