Chapter 229 Information Warfare

Knowing the position of each of his own tanks and the position of each of the enemy's tanks, are you kidding me? Hearing the answer of the major general beside him, Colonel Vyacheslav of the Transcaucasian Military District could not help but frown. He was the commander of the tank unit and he never expected to know the exact position of each tank. Often, after rushing up, they would fight on their own.

Ogarkov was quite shocked. The major general in front of him had summarized it so correctly! Information power! Just like air and sea control, it has risen to a new level! Even he himself hadn't summarized such a word!

"Very good!" said Ogarkov. "What's your name? From which military district?"

"Andrei Vladimirvich Tolstoy." Andrei looked at the Soviet marshal in front of him, straightened his chest and said loudly: "I have been serving in the Far Eastern Military District."

Far Eastern Military Region, Major General Andrei! He is indeed a talent! Ogarkov naturally knew everything Andrei had done in the Far Eastern Military Region. It can be said that the new situation created by the Far Eastern strategy is all due to Andrei! Such a young commander actually has such a long-term vision and is at the forefront of everything!

"Major General Andrei, can you explain to everyone how we can accurately obtain the position of each tank in battle?" Ogarkov said to Andrei.

After all, all Soviet tank units now use radios for communication. Many of the practical ones are still old-fashioned radios, and there are not many new frequency-hopping radios. Want to report the position of each tank by voice? This is simply impossible on the battlefield.

"From the perspective of existing technology, our most direct method is to install a radio beacon transmitter on each tank, and then use a computer in the rear to analyze the data of the beacon transmitter of each tank to determine the position. In the long run, it would be best if we could establish a global positioning system similar to the United States and use satellites in the sky to determine the position of each of our tanks." Andre said: "I think that the global positioning system composed of aerial satellites will play a vital role in the future development of our army. The first link of our information warfare is positioning. We need to determine the position of our own army and the enemy. All these troops will be displayed on the terminal of the headquarters under the information processing system of the electronic computer. Our highest-level commanders at the campaign level can even directly command a tank or a soldier on the front line through the advanced information command system. In this way, the combat effectiveness of our army will undergo a complete transformation."

At present, the command system of the Soviet army is still tree-shaped, and orders are passed down one level at a time, which wastes a lot of time. But now, the suggestions put forward by Andre are the most novel. Even the leaders at the academy level present feel extremely fresh.

However, it suits Ogarkov's appetite very much! Ogarkov has always advocated military reform and has always hoped to improve the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army through military reform. In later generations, he did not formally propose until 1979: the rapid development of information technology with electronic computers as the core and the emergence of a large number of precision-guided weapons will fundamentally break the old development model of the army and promote and facilitate the occurrence of a new military revolution.

This theory did not cause much waves in the Soviet Union, but it crossed the ocean and reached the Americans, where it was taken seriously. The U.S. military began to change, and it played a huge role in the Gulf War in 1991.

Now, Andrei's description was equivalent to a profound revelation to Ogarkov.

"Our army has always won by firepower. For example, before a battle, we must conduct an artillery fire coverage. If we have an information advantage, for example, we can accurately know the specific coordinates of every enemy fortification and every tank, and assign targets to our howitzers, then we can use one-tenth of the ammunition to achieve the same combat effect as before." Andre continued: "Wars in the future will be informationized wars. The firepower strike system with digital information technology as the core and precision-guided weapons as the backbone and the electronic countermeasure system represented by electronic jamming equipment will become important pillars for the survival and victory of the army. Whoever controls the information wins the war. We must shift from the concept of winning by firepower to the concept of winning by information, and use the concept of winning by information to build the army and prepare for war. We must establish a force that is supported by computer technology and networked with digital communication technology, so that the troops, from individual soldiers to commanders at all levels, and various combat, combat support and combat guarantee systems have the functions of obtaining, transmitting and processing battlefield information."

Andre finished his speech and sat down. These were what Andre heard from Director Zhang when he was free in the future. As a test pilot of Shenfei, Andre learned about the status of the army through Director Zhang. And now, these words, in front of Marshal Ogarkov, who led the trend of military reform, the highest institution of the Soviet Military Academy, and in front of the leaders and students at all levels of the academy, Andre caused an earthquake.

New military revolution, informationized troops!

Ogarkov's eyes lit up, and at that moment, he almost determined that Andrei was the most suitable commander of the new troops he had been looking for!

Ogarkov realized that military changes were coming. Just like the mechanized warfare caused by the massive use of tanks in World War II, the continuous development of electronic technology would inevitably lead to competition in another dimension. However, Ogarkov has always been alone.

The military is the most conservative, especially the huge Soviet army. No one is willing to change the rigid system. Ogarkov came to the Frunze Military Academy for a lecture. He was the first marshal to give a lecture. He wanted to promote his own theory. He also expected how much resistance he would face. Even with his status as a marshal, he could not convince everyone present.

However, unexpectedly, an officer from the Far East Military Region, who was not from the Army but from the National Air Defense Force, actually proposed the right to information! Moreover, there are both theoretical and practical methods! The Army personnel present could also see how great the advantage would be if the commander knew the location of each tank! It can be said that the commander can use half of the tanks before to achieve the best combat effect!

Positioning, the most critical positioning! Andre also proposed a solution, the global satellite navigation system!

Such talents must be transferred to our side!