They are all in the army, who is in love?

Chapter 422: Promotion to Colonel, pilot implementation

It has been three years since the last large-scale promotion of school officers in the 704th Division.

During this period, it went through major reorganization, military training, and two battles. The promotion of school officers was almost never carried out, which also led to the existence of many low-ranking and high-ranking positions internally.

Chen Ming counts as one, and so does Brigade Political Commissar Zhang Jintao.

After leaving the Skynet Building and heading all the way to the division headquarters, Zhang Jintao grinned so happily that he almost grinned behind his ears.

The happy mood can affect Chen Ming to look sideways frequently, and after a few strange glances, Chen Ming couldn't help but remind him: "Old Zhang, be more reserved."

"It's just a promotion. You've been serving as the brigade's political commissar for several months. This is just a back-up ceremony. Can you be so happy?"

"I'm sorry you don't understand." Zhang Jintao waved his hand and smiled. Not only did he not restrain himself, but he also felt that he was out of control.

"It's strange that I don't understand." Chen Ming shrugged and said nothing.

According to Lao Zhang's qualifications, if 704 had not been established this time, and with the help of the name of the pilot unit, Tiger Wolf Camp's results would have been at the bottom, he would not have had much room for promotion.

It was so blatant that Chen Ming could tell that there was probably no rush to gather everyone at the division headquarters this time.

"Hey, Chief of Staff? Political Commissar?" Qi Shaoxiang saw the two of them and hurriedly took out a box of black Septwolves packaging from his pocket, pulled out two and handed them over.

No wonder Lao Qi was dressed so neatly today and went out of his way to buy a pack of good cigarettes, your sister’s.

Halfway through, Chen Ming couldn't help but complain: "Old Zhang, you are so reliable in delivering news."

Don't even think about others, the basic lieutenant colonel camp is over.

Grandma, it was too sudden.

"What does it say?" Chen Ming took the lighter from Lao Qi's hand and lit the cigarette and asked casually.

"Lao Qi?" Chen Ming raised his hand and greeted.

Will the promotion ceremony be held today?

Chen Ming was still smoking and thinking about the taste, and was startled when he heard it.

Although we all come from the same old unit, our colleagues have been in the same unit since before the division was transformed into a brigade in 16. Until now, the relationship is quite familiar and we have no worries.

"Are you even willing to smoke the Seven Wolves Tongxian?"

It is difficult to be promoted to colonel in the army. If it were not for the Strategic Assault Division, Chen Ming might not have a big problem, but it would definitely not be so fast.

"Shit, I usually wouldn't let it go. Isn't this a good day? When I came here just now, I made a special detour to get a box for the Soldier Service Center."

This large-scale reform and investment in new quality operations may be a good start.

This time, not only were the brigade chief of staff and brigade political commissar promoted, but also Qi Shaoxiang, commander of the Third Hessian Regiment, who was previously the commander of the fourth battalion of the Hessian 169 Brigade.

Chen Ming didn't smoke and couldn't identify the type. He just took it and held it in his hand.

Even the political commissar praised the quality of the cigarettes. Even though he didn't know the price, he could guess that it should be no lower than the soft and medium price, so it couldn't be wasted.

Come to the door of the auditorium.

He was busy in the Skynet Building before he came, and he was still wearing regular training uniforms, but for promotion, he had to wear regular uniforms.

Lao Qi and Lao Zhang are both in their forties.

Even freaks like Chen Ming cannot understand the feeling. People who have endured it for most of their lives understand it deeply.

"The superiors also know that we are in a hurry and have no plans to choose another time."

There is not enough time, not to mention the situation in Niutoushan. There has been no clear development situation from the above, only troop training and rectification.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t go out of my way to buy a pack of cigarettes to encourage myself.

Chen Ming and others were promoted after the comrades from other units came to assist after the chief of staff competition ended.

It is indeed good news for them that they can take further steps at this age.

If Wang Junwei were here, Lao Qi's cautious temperament would never come to the door to smoke.

"What else can I say? The certificate for promotion in the war zone should have just been delivered. Master Wang means that all those who have been promoted should wait here."

There is no other way, we have to do something special.

Qi Shaoxiang smiled and stuffed the cigarette case into his pocket seemingly casually.

But the superior is the superior. Qi Shaoxiang's personality is a cautious type. Basically, he has no great ability, more than enough to defend the territory, and not enough to expand.

As for Lao Zhang, it is not an exaggeration to rank it as a happy event in life, and it is inevitable to be happy.

Let alone rising from a junior high school to a senior school in a few years, such an opportunity would never come to pass.

From a distance, I saw Qi Shaoxiang, the commander of the Third Regiment, standing at the side of the door, taking out a cigarette from his pocket and preparing to light it.

Zhang Jintao is a long-time smoker. When he saw the box and then looked at the cigarettes in his hand, he was surprised and said: "Hey, Tongxian? This guy has made a fortune."

"The promotion ceremony will begin as soon as everyone gathers."

The two of them hurried to the division headquarters. They were not allowed to go to the office building despite the phone call, and were directly arranged to go to the auditorium on the first floor.

In fact, both Chen Ming and Zhang Jintao knew that this guy was beautiful at heart.

"Since you two are here, the ceremony is probably about to begin."

"It depends on the situation, Master Wang and the others are not here." Zhang Jintao said with a smile.

Chen Ming and Zhang Jintao took a few puffs of their cigarettes and quickly ran towards the division headquarters communications room.

"Everyone else is wearing regular clothes, why don't you remind me."

"Let me remind you, I don't even know that. The divisional headquarters document only said to assemble at the divisional headquarters, and I wasn't the one who answered the phone."

The two of them ran and bickered all the way until they came to the communications room and called someone from the brigade to send them regular clothes.

there's no way.

Let’s not talk about the last promotion ceremony. The main promotion personnel were officers who were transferred from other units to assist and had little to do with them.

But this time they are all comrades from the old unit.

One of them is the political commissar of the brigade, and the other is the chief of staff of the brigade. They can be said to be the two leaders, if they don't wear regular clothes at such an important ceremony.

Then the teacher will definitely scold him when he sees it later, but he has nothing to say.

Fortunately, the notification time from the division headquarters was a little loose. After more than half an hour passed, all the clothes were changed.

Division commander Wang Junwei and division political commissar Xu Guoyang came down from upstairs and strode to the auditorium.

At this time, Chen Ming and the others had already stood in the middle of the auditorium, waiting for the next sacred moment.

Wang Junwei entered the auditorium and glanced around, without speaking, he walked straight to the high platform and sat down.

Division political commissar Xu Guoyang walked to the front of the high platform, glanced at the crowd attending the ceremony, and said loudly: "Comrades, I believe you have already guessed it."

"A few days ago, the war zone submitted another list of candidates for school officer promotion."

"All comrades who are eligible for promotion are here today."

"This time, the division headquarters has decided that the promotion ceremony will not be held on a large scale. All the comrades present have already taken office, and the work has been carried out very smoothly."

"The ceremony is just to fill a vacancy, and promotion is not the purpose. This is the recognition of our work from above."

"This year is another year full of challenges. The war zone has issued a series of instructions to change our standards in Niutoushan."

"I don't want to say anything unnecessary. You are all old comrades. I won't remind you what you should do and where you should focus."

"Okay, everyone is here. Stand at attention. I announce that the promotion ceremony has officially begun."

"stand up."

Although the ceremony was not as large-scale as last time, the solemnity and solemnity were not reduced at all.

Along with the majestic national anthem sounded.

Chen Ming and a group of officers who were about to take over the promotion rank sang loudly.

What the division political commissar said just now is right. Promotions and ceremonies are not the purpose. These are the trust and praise given to them by the superiors, and they are also encouragement for future work.

Maybe in other units, if you can reach the level of Chen Ming and Zhang Jintao, you can get by just by messing around.

But how can you get along in Niutoushan?

The entire war zone's eyes are fixed on this place. Due to the formation of their pilot unit, too much of the original exercise expenses have been spent.

As a result, in addition to necessary annual military exercises, other exercise plans of the three armies under the theater have been reduced as much as possible.

Work hard to develop your own blue army brigade.

From the brigade commander to the regiment to the battalion, as long as you sit in that position, it is impossible to mess around, and you must go all out to build.

Try every means to train your troops and improve their combat effectiveness.

The national anthem lingering in the auditorium ended, and division political commissar Xu Guoyang and division commander Wang Junwei stood on the high platform together.

He said loudly and solemnly: "Now, I will announce the list of promoted personnel."

"Zhang Jintao."

"Here we are." Lao Zhang's face turned red with excitement and he almost roared in response.

"With the approval of JW of the Military Department, I have been officially promoted to the rank of senior colonel."

"Yes!!"

"Chen Ming."

"arrive."

"Qi Shaoxiang."

"arrive."

"You two, with the approval of the military department, will be promoted to the rank of colonel." "Yes."

"Ho Tung."

"arrive."

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One name after another was mentioned.

Some of them are young officers, and some are slightly older, such as Zhang Jintao and Qi Shaoxiang, who are in their forties.

But without exception, everyone looked excited and clenched their fists.

The four great joys of life are sweet rain after a long drought, meeting an old friend in a foreign land, the night of flowers and candles in the wedding room, and the time when someone is named on the gold medal list.

Although the title of Jin is not included in this list, it can almost be called a title on the gold list.

During a lifetime in the military, from the time of being awarded a title, who can experience several promotions?

Chen Ming looked forward firmly. He was not too excited. For him, being promoted to colonel was not an unexpected surprise.

When he didn't serve as the brigade chief of staff, he didn't think he would stop working in the main camp. Now it's just a matter of course.

But as the position gets higher and higher.

The burden on his shoulders will only become heavier and heavier. With his seven-foot body, he shoulders the heavy burden of the safety of the motherland.

The hand that holds the pen forges the weapons of a great nation and supports the backbone of the nation.

In the past, these words were Chen Ming's favorite words to motivate and cheer him up, and he would only think about them when he was cheering.

Now that he has reached his position, the words and heroic words he said at the beginning must be implemented step by step and taken on bit by bit.

It will no longer be empty talk.

Just like when he was promoted to lieutenant colonel three years ago, Wang Junwei still wore the colonel's epaulettes personally for Chen Ming.

When the two bars and two stars on his shoulders were replaced by two bars and three stars, Wang Junwei solemnly handed the colonel promotion certificate to Chen Ming from the red bottom tray held by the soldiers at the rear.

Then he raised his hand to help him straighten his collar, and said with a pleased smile: "Good boy, keep up the good work."

"Remember your mission."

"This time some of the commanders in the war zone have placed high hopes on you. You will seek your duties in your position and command and fight some beautiful and tough battles. Do you know that?"

"Commanders at the regimental level and above have always been rated within the theater, given professional titles, and even selection codes."

"I have never been exposed to these before. That's because the level is low. We have come all the way from the mixed brigade. No one here has been able to get the code name of theater evaluation."

"I hope you can get it."

"By the way, after the ceremony is over, come to my office. I have something to explain."

"Yes, Comrade Commander."

Chen Ming raised his hand in salute and responded loudly.

But there was some murmuring in my heart, Master Wang's words were a bit strange today.

Officers in the regiment and above will be evaluated internally for professional titles or code names. Chen Ming knew this.

Because when I first went to the National Defense University for further study, there were several people there who were selected by the war zone, such as Li Chaoyang and Zhao Shenghu.

The two of them praised each other very well in the classroom at that time, and their respective achievements in the past were as detailed as a treasure.

Do they really know each other?

Obviously not. In order to encourage some senior officers, war zones often conduct various ratings.

As long as they are selected, they can be continuously logged into the theater military newspaper and promoted so that soldiers and officers in each military region can learn from it.

Under normal circumstances, most of these code names and titles are given to colonel officers, and very few are similar to deputy division brigade commanders.

The main people to be encouraged are those at the same level as Chen Ming, so when their names were mentioned in the classroom, many of them were not in the same military region.

They can all explain each other's deeds and past in a clear and logical manner.

Chen Ming can now be included in the war zone for selection through his own efforts or his daily performance.

This didn't surprise him.

What puzzled him was why Wang Junwei just talked about seeking a job in his position and fighting some good tough battles?

This kind of Baishui talk was something the other party would never say before, because Chen Ming was famous throughout the war zone for his concentration and strict requirements for his work.

Otherwise, where would the Tiger Wolf Camp come from? Including the Niutoushan garrison base, how could the overhaul be so smooth.

Based on the few words the other party just said, Chen Ming guessed that the theater might have a new plan for their pilot division.

When I went to Jinling a few days ago, the old man didn't say anything. He just asked him to do his job with peace of mind. At that time, Chen Ming had doubts.

But not much, after all, the old man was the first person who refused to let him stay in the Blue Army.

Chen Ming has never heard anyone mention this kind of thing, but he can guess it.

Before setting off for further training, the two chiefs of the brigade headquarters clearly mentioned to him that he would go to the Staff College for further training and then return to the brigade headquarters for training as deputy chief of staff.

As a result, when they came back, there was no movement from the staff, and they were directly assigned to the irrelevant firepower.

With the transfer at that time, Wang Junwei could decide his whereabouts. Who has the ability to directly influence the division commander's decision? Even two days before graduation, Chen Ming didn't know where he was going.

Apart from the old man, there is no one else.

Since he was unwilling at the time, after participating in the competition, the tone of the war zone changed again, and the old man in Jinling just told him to do it boldly.

The division commander just said that he would seek his position and fight for some good tough battles.

No matter how slow Chen Ming is, he can still guess that some policies have been implemented.

really.

When the promotion ceremony was over, Chen Ming called to political commissar Zhang Jintao and asked him to wait for him downstairs.

When I ran to the division commander's office on the fifth floor, the three division chiefs were all here.

Division commander Wang Junwei, political commissar Xu Guoyang, and division chief of staff Xu Wenqian who also served as the 169th brigade commander were also there.

Seeing Chen Ming come in, political commissar Xu Guoyang smiled and pushed over a white porcelain cup with tea brewed in it.

He raised his hand and pointed to the seat next to him and said with a smile, "Sit down."

"Yes."

"Well, it's better to put the colonel's epaulets on your body to make you look more energetic."

Xu Guoyang looked at it for a few times and couldn't help but admire it.

Needless to say, can two bars and two stars on the shoulders have the same visual effect as two bars and three stars?

Chen Ming just smiled bitterly at this, raised his head and said: "Division commander, political commissar, chief of staff, you must have something to explain when you called me here, right?"

"I knew you could guess it." Wang Junwei nodded, stood up and threw a document from the metal cabinet next to him.

"Here are the specific matters about this year's Niutoushan brainstorming, and the requirements may be changed in the future. It all depends on where we go, and the requirements will follow."

"Just take a look. Our most important task right now is to set up the Skynet system. Some people in the war zone are impatient, so it may not take us too long to rectify it."

"To train troops, you have to be active. Lying here and there all day is not in line with the purpose."

"Of course, this is something to talk about later. What I want to tell you today is another decision in the war zone, which can also be said to be a decision made by the military."

"This is what I heard from my old comrades in the war zone. The above has officially launched the Niutoushan training plan, and the 169th Brigade's pilot title will no longer be cancelled."

"The position of brigade commander may change in the future, but the chief of staff will take turns starting from you, and he will take turns for three years. Of course, the rotation will be from other troops, and people from the sea, land and air within the theater may be transferred to take turns."

"The training base not only trains soldiers, but also commanders. This is also the most convenient factor for the pilot."

"Can you understand what I say?"

"clear."

Chen Ming nodded, he indeed understood.

No wonder after the game, the old man who originally didn't want him to enter the Blue Army Brigade suddenly stopped stopping him.

It seems that the comrades on the old man's side took the initiative in similar meetings and discussions, and the military training plan definitely contains more than this.

But currently, that's all that he knows about him.

Chen Ming hesitated for a moment, raised his head and tried to ask: "Sir."

"You said."

"Then if there is a stipulation of three years, I will be the first one. After the end of the term, should I stay in our strategic assault division, or what should I do?"

Seeing Chen Ming's cautious and probing look, Wang Junwei said cheerfully: "Okay, boy, you don't have to test me with this kind of thing. I didn't intend to hide it from you in the first place."

"Theater Artillery Command, do you know this department?"

"I know." Chen Ming nodded decisively. Not only did he know about this artillery headquarters, it was also Niu Dafa's main department.

Strictly speaking, it is not a field force, but it is a department that truly enters the core. Being able to be transferred there is much more important than the pilot brigade commander or division commander.

See Chen Ming clearly.

Wang Junwei stopped hiding it and said simply: "This is just what I heard. There is currently no situation to indicate it."

"As you guessed, if you have done well in the past few years, you might go."

Wang Junwei was vague and did not say where he heard it.

But this still brought quite a shock to Chen Ming.

(End of this chapter)