At the foot of the Qinling Mountains, by the banks of the Wei River, the spring breeze brushes my face. Upon learning that a certain brigade of the 83rd Group Army was organizing grassroots units to conduct manual chess simulations, the reporter decided to go and investigate. Why do we still need to organize manual chess simulations when information technology is so abundant nowadays? ”In response to the reporter's question, Captain Hu of a certain battalion of the brigade explained, "Electronic chess relies on professional systems, with limited usage space and inconvenient portability; manual chess is easy to carry, flexible to use, and more in line with the actual situation of combat units. Organizing manual chess deduction can effectively help officials and soldiers think outside the 'chessboard' and better cultivate battlefield thinking." During the conversation, the reporter followed Captain Hu into a training workshop. In a small room, several area maps of different scales are laid out flat, with lines of different colors and various chess pieces representing the command post and weapons and equipment. Several officers and soldiers sat around the table, deducing according to the situation. According to the enemy's combat intention, my deployment is as follows... "After analysis and judgment, Red Commander and Second Class Sergeant Liu Xiao quickly made a decision. The judge beside him recorded and evaluated every decision made by the Red and Blue in the confrontation according to the ruling rules. The reporter stopped to watch the battle and saw the officers and soldiers cooperate and organize confrontations based on the chessboard, and the offensive and defensive situation changed several times. In order to verify different tactics, a deduction was repeated multiple rounds. The reporter noticed that the area map used by the officers and soldiers in the game is different from a regular map, with neatly arranged grids and a string of numbers on each grid. These grids and numbers are used to mark coordinates. The red line on the map represents the front line of firepower, and the blue line represents the front line of radar reconnaissance and detection... "Platoon leader Huang Long, who is organizing the training, told reporters that the handmade chess they use is mainly composed of regional maps, chess pieces, decision-making rules, and deduction scenarios, and reproduces the combat scene by simulating terrain, troop configuration, and command decisions. At present, military chess deduction has become an effective means for the brigade to carry out command and formation operations. We encourage platoon leaders and squad leaders to conduct command and formation operations through military chess deduction, with the aim of honing their decision-making abilities as end commanders. ”When it comes to the original intention of this move, the leader of the brigade mentioned a past training failure. In that training, after a platoon leader was "injured", the superior designated a platoon leader to take over the command. Unexpectedly, this platoon leader failed the mission due to a lack of experience and improper command in the face of unexpected situations. One stone stirred up a thousand waves. It is urgent to make up for the shortcomings in the abilities and qualities of commanders at all levels. After a review and reflection, the brigade has decided to take extensive military chess deduction as an important starting point to help officers and soldiers broaden their horizons, strengthen their battlefield thinking, and learn to think about issues related to warfare from the "mast". On the battlefield, a slight change can change the combat situation. For frontline commanders, fighting is not a rough analysis, but a precise judgment. ”Commander Bai of a certain company sighed and said that practical training requires commanders to have a broad battlefield vision and a strong sense of the overall situation. Every time there is a military chess deduction, Captain Bai will stare at the chessboard and think deeply: "Which direction will the 'enemy' attack from? What if the first layer of interception fails? What if we encounter strong electromagnetic interference? Are there any backup plans..." He always combines his own military deployment with the opponent's intentions to repeatedly verify the rationality of his decisions. The greatest significance of military chess deduction is not to determine the winner or loser, but to think of all the possible problems that may arise on the battlefield through playing games, truly achieving the rehearsal of war on the chessboard. ”Captain Bai said that at the beginning, everyone valued winning and losing, and did not truly integrate into the game to study tactics and practice command. Nowadays, with more and more participation in military chess deduction, officers and soldiers deeply realize that "military chess deduction is also a kind of training, its essence is to serve winning, rather than just going through the motions and achieving results." After the manual military chess was distributed to the company, third level sergeant Li Jiangkun couldn't resist it and would lay out the chessboard whenever he had free time to play with his comrades. The experience of deploying troops and strategizing in deduction is exactly what we lack, "said Li Jiangkun. Modern warfare is no longer about fighting alone, but about winning through alliances and systems. To win a war, not only do you need to understand your opponent, but you also need to learn to collaborate with your neighbors. Second level Sergeant Zhao Jiawei strongly agrees with this: "In the past training, we were used to 'following orders'. Once we had to make independent decisions, it was inevitable to' beat our heads' and 'rely on our feelings'. Only by standing on the future battlefield and thinking from the perspective of a higher-level commander can we get the ticket to victory." "Future wars are' squad leader's wars'. In the future battlefield that emphasizes' winning with precision ', the squad leader, as the head and tail of the troops, occupies the end of the command and control chain, and their position and role are crucial to the overall situation. Therefore, the squad leader should not only be able to lead troops, but also know how to use them! ”Captain Hu told reporters that organizing manual chess simulations and encouraging squad leaders and key personnel to participate is aimed at allowing them to experience the complexity of the battlefield from a global perspective. On a table in the corner of the specialized repair room, there is a large stack of materials such as situation scenarios and decision-making rules. The reporter found that the manual chess deduction record sheet was densely marked with various colored markers. The military chess deduction brings participants into the battlefield situation, and the confrontation between the two sides is not just a point, but a real battle, "the brigade leader told reporters. The military chess deduction has rigorous logic and realistic interactivity, making the environment for commanding and organizing operations more vivid and concrete. Handmade chess solves the problem of the blue side not being 'blue' in adversarial training, so as to temper a more powerful 'command brain'. ”Captain Hu told reporters about a real case - in the first round of the deduction, the blue commander successfully concealed the air strike group by randomly launching decoy shells, flying fighter jets at ultra-low altitudes, and releasing electromagnetic interference. The Red Commander lacked experience and was unprepared to respond, ultimately resulting in a regrettable defeat. After profound reflection, the Red Commander formulated multiple disposal plans for such special situations. After the second round of deduction began, when the airborne target disappeared again, the Red Commander calmly responded by strengthening radar search, predicting the target's flight trajectory, and successfully turned the tide. Some people say that military chess deduction is the "0.99th war", which reduces the blindness of actual combat through the rehearsal of thinking, enhances the accuracy of command through adversarial games, and strengthens the science of decision-making with the support of data. The officers and soldiers of the brigade have deep feelings about this. Not long ago, a certain battalion of the brigade organized an attack and defense training. The squad leader Li Haitao used the skills he had learned in military chess deduction to quickly and accurately judge the opponent's intentions, decisively command the team to cooperate and resist, and achieved good results. Playing a 'small chessboard' expands the 'big picture'. A leader of the brigade said that although there is no smoke on the chessboard, it can reflect realistic combat scenes. From the perspective of leveraging innovative ideas and advancing thinking, the military chessboard can also be expanded into a vast world of elite martial arts and strong capabilities. At the end of the interview, when leaving the military camp, the radar flying and missile lifting operations were intensively carried out on the training ground. On the duty position, the operator is keenly searching for targets and missiles are ready to launch. The officers and soldiers of the brigade have sparked a wave of planning, drilling, and practicing warfare on the training ground, frequently falling on the big chessboard in the era of striving for a strong army, constantly accumulating the confidence to win the war. (New Society)