A drill without a plan in a brigade of the 72nd Army group triggered the thinking of officers and soldiers - the traditional skills of "one click operation" of weapons and equipment still need to be mastered ■ Chen Kaigui and Fang Qinghe were congratulated on the sweltering summer. On the field training ground of a brigade of the 72nd Army group, an artillery professional skills contest was in progress. Next to a new type of Self-propelled artillery, courses such as manual calculation of firing data, delimitation setting and modification, and calculation of individual correction quantity of gun commander were successively launched. Why organize manual homework course assessments when the automation level of the new type of artillery is higher? This has to start with a drill. In that exercise, the director's department adopted a method of "no scripts, no contingency plans, and ad hoc guidance", randomly issuing combat orders based on the progress of the battle to assess the special situation handling ability of the participating officers and soldiers. At that time, Staff Sgt. Liu Zhengang of the 2nd company of howitzer of the artillery battalion completed the professional skills training of the artillery unit of the Army group. After checking the equipment, he confidently stated to the company commander: "The new type of artillery is highly automated and information-based, and we will be able to fight a 'beautiful battle' this time!" However, as soon as the "battle" started, the battalion command post received a guidance notice: 2 companies and 7 guns were bombed by "enemy aircraft" when they transferred to the reserve position, and the Fire-control system was damaged, so it can only be operated manually. The unexpected situation left Liu Zhen at a loss for a moment, as they had not organized manual training on shooting data calculation for a period of time. Some young comrades who had not been in a row for a long time had not even been exposed to traditional artillery operating procedures. After the issuance of new equipment, in order to quickly form combat effectiveness, Liu Zhen and his comrades focused on researching the artillery commander's terminal and operating the command equipment. In addition, the new equipment has a high level of intelligence and can achieve multiple shooting modes of "one click operation". They have also relaxed their training on manual homework classes. Without much time to regret, Liu Zhen had to work hard to activate his memory. However, due to a long time of not practicing, a flustered operation resulted in a long preparation time for shooting, missed the best shooting time, and was ultimately judged as a "failure". At the review meeting after the drill, the Party Committee of the battalion put the matter on the table, and the participating officers and soldiers expressed their opinions: some believed that manual homework was not tested and practiced very little, which would not be very normal; Some people believe that the future battlefield will be a confrontation with information weapons, and manual operations are outdated. Spending time and effort on training is not very useful... "By preparing more skills and practicing more moves in daily life, there is an extra chance of winning on the battlefield." After the agency supervision group sorted out and reported this issue, the brigade party committee attached great importance to it and requested the relevant business departments of the agency to organize special research. In their research, they found that as new weapons and equipment are gradually installed, there are many cases of "ignoring old methods when new equipment is available": some commanders, although proficient in mastering new communication and command equipment, are not proficient in using gestures, flags, lighting, etc; Some people only use standard equipment and do not know how to make simple rescue equipment when carrying out health rescue; There are also many officers and men who have weakened their abilities in digging smoke stoves and marking maps by hand... "The" baton "of the assessment determines the" Weather vane "of the training. Grass roots officers and men do not attach importance to the training of professional basic skills. In addition to the operational convenience brought by equipment upgrading, the neglect of inspection and testing of these abilities in ordinary assessment is also the main reason