Chapter 10 first quarter

"War broke out!" A young staff officer pushed open the door of the combat command hall with an excited expression. The officers who were analyzing the Gulf map looked up. "Turn on the TV!" the old man ordered. The big-screen TV in the combat duty room was turned on, and overseas news channels were broadcasting live.The sky over the Gulf area was filled with flames, and the huge explosion of anti-aircraft artillery fire, cruise missiles, and bombs made the night sky of the city look like day. He Zhijun looked at his watch—it was 7:30 am on January 17, 1991, which was 2:30 local time in the war zone.

The old man who stayed up all night and his generals and officers stood in front of the big screen watching the gunfire and smoke.The young staff officers began to get busy, and all kinds of on-site information and intelligence reports were quickly transmitted by telex and telephone. Powerful aerial firepower continues to suppress the Gulf region in the night.The intensive shooting of anti-aircraft artillery fire has no significant effect, on the contrary it will attract more violent bombing.The one-sided war situation is very obvious from the beginning of the war. The coalition forces that have mastered modern high-tech are carrying out devastating and indiscriminate bombing of an army in the 1980s. Anyone with a little military common sense can know the outcome before the war begins.

To learn war from war is not only to learn one's own war, but also to learn other people's war. Information about special forces and special operations quickly piled up in a thicker pile in front of He Zhijun. He is not an old man who wants to worry about the overall situation of the war.As a staff officer in charge of the reconnaissance business of the military region, his first task is to figure out his own business. The Gulf War in 1991 was a major turning point for the Chinese military at that time. This one-sided war had a profound impact on the Chinese military, which was undergoing modernization reforms.Many officers stayed up all night, watching the progress of the war, including He Zhijun, an insignificant colonel and regiment staff officer, thinking about the same question in their hearts:

How do we win local wars under such high-tech conditions?