I asked you to repeat your senior year of high school, but did you miss out on joining the military

Chapter 370: Choosing Soldiers, Isn't This a Definitely Stronger Game?
Hearing Tao Lu’s introduction.

The brothers Zhao Ziheng and Lin Jinhua looked at Chen Jun at the same time, and the shock in their eyes could not be concealed.

You know, the two of them only studied for a few days in total.

Before setting off, Chen Jun was still the deputy battalion commander, one level lower than them, and it only took a blink of an eye.

Half a level higher than them.
Damn, even if your crotch is on a rocket, you can't ascend like this.
Chen Jun looked at his two old partners with a look of shock and disbelief in his eyes.

He winked and chuckled.

Then he placed all the information about the manpower and weapons organization of the Second Battalion that he had prepared on the desk in front of Brigadier General Tao.

"Brigade Commander, this is the detailed organization of the Second Battalion as requested from above. Manpower and tanks have already been incorporated."

"So fast?!!"

Tao Junming looked up at Chen Jun in surprise, and then began to look through the documents carefully.

The higher-ups are indeed in a hurry to form the second battalion, but forming a new battalion is not as easy as preparing a table of food.

Even if it's urgent, you have to proceed step by step.

Lao Tao really didn't expect that Chen Jun would be so efficient.

He flipped through it briefly and found nothing wrong.

Tao Junming put the document aside, looked at Chen Jun and said, "We need to discuss the specific manpower coordination with the military region tomorrow."

"The camp planning needs to be implemented as soon as possible. The higher-ups are pushing for it."

"Also, you can decide on the allocation and transfer of cadres. We have the successful experience of having a battalion before, and the theater headquarters attaches great importance to this formation."

"New Year's Day is coming soon, and the theater will start preparing for this year's annual military exercise plan. I don't know whether our brigade will be allowed to participate."

"In short, after the exercise, until before the Spring Festival, our area will definitely become a place of special attention from above."

"Be prepared and feel free to communicate if you have any questions."

"Yes!!"

Chen Jun raised his hand and saluted.

Tao Junming didn't say anything else, just waved his hand and asked the three to leave.

Even when they walked out of the brigade headquarters building, Zhao Ziheng still felt dizzy.

It feels a little unreal.

When Chen Jun was transferred here, Lao Zhao had a hunch that it would be easy for him to get promoted in the 179th Brigade. After all, he was promoted to captain and deputy battalion chief upon graduation, and his future was bright.

Compared with comrades who have just graduated from other military academies, they have saved at least six years just from the start.

This is still considered a very smooth journey. Those who have a little difficulty in getting promoted will take around 9 years.

But Zhao Ziheng never expected that Chen Jun, the deputy battalion commander, would be promoted to deputy regiment commander even faster.

He has been in the army for more than ten years, but he has not made as much progress as Chen Jun who has been in the army for only a few months.

This is really a bit of a blow to our positive and optimistic Captain Zhao.

As the three of them were walking towards the parking lot.

Zhao Ziheng paused, and finally couldn't help but sigh: "Old Chen, you... why do I always feel like I'm going to study just to pave the way for you?"

"No, I feel this way more and more. I was originally in charge of the first battalion, but after I went for further training, I asked you to lead it. When I came back to lead the second battalion, you were assisting me again."

"I think the better the Second Battalion leads, the faster you will climb."

"Damn it, I just feel like something is wrong."

Faced with Zhao Ziheng's cursing words, Chen Jun and Lin Jinhua, the former instructor of the first battalion, looked at each other.

Everyone laughed.

"Captain, you misunderstood me."

Chen Jun smiled and said, "My position as deputy chief of staff is just temporary. It was announced by Brigade Tao, not really given to me."

"Stop the bullshit."

Zhao Ziheng rolled his eyes helplessly when he heard this: "What do you mean by temporary appointment? It's just that the military district hasn't issued a formal appointment letter yet. It's only a matter of time."

After finishing his nagging, Zhao Ziheng sighed for a while and seemed not to be so depressed anymore.

He stared at Chen Jun again.

He reached out and patted his shoulder, encouraging him: "Come on, Lao Chen."

"Maybe decades later, when I am retired, I can still brag to others that my comrade-in-arms is a general."

"I can also benefit from it."

Chen Jun couldn't accept such words.

These are just casual chats between brothers, don't take them seriously now.

I don’t know how to answer it.

But Lin Jinhua on the side nodded thoughtfully. In fact, although they were surprised, they knew it in their hearts.

During the military reform, Chen Jun's promotion speed was within the normal range.

After all, no matter what, they are also the pilot unit of the entire army, so they still have some privileges.

However, it is just a matter of promoting a deputy battalion commander to a regular battalion commander, a regular battalion commander to a deputy regiment commander, or even a regular regiment commander before the age of 30.

These obstacles should not be great.

But if it goes up further, there will be no difference from others, because even if it is military reform, there will always be a day when it reaches saturation.

Once this momentum is over, getting promoted will become extremely difficult.

But so what?
Chen Junsheng is young, he has much more time to accumulate and much more chances to seize than others.

Zhao Ziheng and Lin Jinhua don't expect to have this opportunity.

But they felt that Chen Jun had hope.

The two calmed down a little and went to the parking lot to put all the luggage in the car.

When Chen Jun drove to take them back to the first camp.

Old Zhao was the first to speak: "We won't go back to the First Battalion. Brigade Tao asked us to lead the Second Battalion, so we should stay in the Second Battalion first."

"It's a good opportunity to get familiar with the new camp."

"By the way, Brigade Tao said that you arranged the cadres, so how did you arrange the commander of the second battalion?"

"Become a company commander."

Chen Jun said truthfully: "At present, our brigade is not short of cadres. The main thing is to study. The battalion commander is used as a company commander, the company commander is used as a platoon leader, and the platoon leader is used as an ordinary soldier."

"Establishing the Second Battalion is a rare learning opportunity. The Second, Third, and Fourth Battalions have the same organization. Once they learn, it will be easier to carry out the subsequent work."

"I will assign two deputy battalion commanders to the Second Battalion. The list has just been submitted to Brigade Tao. I plan to let Liang Kexiang and Qi Shaoxiang assist the Second Battalion in its work."

"With these two here, you can rest assured to take care of the work in the camp, so you won't be so short of manpower."

"Ah."

Zhao Ziheng had no objection to these two people, and Chen Jun’s arrangement was also very reasonable.

"It's just that there's something wrong with Lao Qi."

Chen Jun had no intention of hiding his thoughts from Qi Shaoxiang, since he was not going to report to the Second Battalion anyway.

I have to tell Zhao Ziheng about this sooner or later.

Chen Jun simply told the two of them the entire conversation he had with Qi Shaoxiang today.

In terms of knowing Captain Qi better, Zhao Ziheng knew him earlier than Chen Jun, so he was not surprised by Qi's decision.

I also support Chen Jun’s decision.

Anyway, in the annual military exercise, I cannot say whether the 179st Battalion will represent the th Brigade on the battlefield, but the nd Battalion will definitely not be able to go.

There's no rush for that little time.

Lin Jinhua also nodded and said nothing.

Perhaps many people would think that Qi Shaoxiang's choice was rather odd, as he chose to stay in the first battalion as a company commander instead of reporting to the deputy battalion. But there were many people like him.

In the 1950s and 1960s, many of our ancestors worked tirelessly for two or three decades to develop a hydrogen bomb for the motherland in order to support the nation.

At that time, many people did not understand them, even their family and friends misunderstood them.

But some things have to be done by someone.

If there is an opportunity or the ability, Qi Shaoxiang will definitely be one of them.

Including Chen Jun, Zhao Ziheng, Lin Jinhua and so on.

The preparations for the Second Battalion were not so easy.

That night, after Chen Jun sent Zhao Ziheng and others back to the Second Battalion, he returned to the First Battalion headquarters alone.

Anyway, even though the Second Battalion is not as lively as it was before it was disbanded, there are still quite a few people living there.

At the command of Captain Tao, the entire brigade must join the battle, and cadres from each battalion must contribute to the construction of the Second Battalion.

In other camps, basically one or two people from each company were left to guard the barracks, and the rest had moved to the Second Battalion.

For meals, they would go to the first battalion every day and randomly disperse to several companies, as long as not all the cadres went to one company at the same time.

The soldiers in the company had no food to eat, but there were no other problems.

In the blink of an eye, another week has passed.

During this period, Liang Kexiang took Yang Chuanzhou with him all day long. The two of them held measuring tools in their hands, and brought several staff officers to measure the camp and plan the location.

The planned drawings were brought to Chen Jun for review. After confirming that there were no problems, they were submitted to the brigade headquarters, which then negotiated with the engineering corps.

There is nothing to worry about in the First Battalion at the moment, so while the Second Battalion is under construction, Chen Jun arranged for the cadres in the battalion to go to the Joint Logistics Department to find someone to repaint the slogans of the Second Battalion.

It's nothing particularly important anyway.

April 12st morning.

As usual, Chen Jun went to hang out near the Second Battalion's camp. Now the engineering troops had moved in to replan and expand the camp.

The 179th Brigade, which had been quiet for nearly a month, suddenly became lively again, with two or three hundred people from the engineering corps joining in.

New barracks are springing up one after another, and the scene is changing every day.

Chen Jun looked at him and felt in a pretty good mood.

It's just a pity.

His good mood didn't last long as he saw Zhao Ziheng frowning and hurriedly passing by not far away.

Judging from the look of things, it must be something urgent.

"battalion commander!!"

Hearing the voice, Zhao Ziheng saw that it was Chen Jun calling him. Old Zhao sighed and walked over quickly.

"Old Chen, don't call me battalion commander anymore. I'm in charge of the Second Battalion now. You helped set it up and are the deputy chief of staff of the brigade. It's not appropriate to call me that."

"Just call me Lao Zhao, otherwise it will have a bad influence."

"fine."

Chen Jun smiled and then looked at Zhao Ziheng: "Is there something wrong? You looked so anxious just now."

"Hey, let's have a few problems. I hope there will be some problems."

Zhao Ziheng took out a cigarette from his pocket in a distracted manner and handed it to Chen Jun. He also lit one for himself and waved his hand, saying, "I just received a call from the brigade."

"They asked me to take a few officers to the recruit training center and bring back a group of new comrades."

"Bring new soldiers, why?"

Chen Jun was also stunned by this sudden news.

Given the current situation of the Second Battalion, can it train new recruits?

The group currently training at the recruit training center enlisted in September this year and has been training for four months.

But according to this year's new regulations, army recruits will have to undergo intensive training for half a year before they can be assigned.

Of course, after three months of training, if a unit needs it, we can bring a group back in advance.

Before Chen Jun went to Kyoto, he had met more than a dozen new comrades at the brigade headquarters. According to Comrade Zhao Zheng from the motor vehicle company, those were soldiers with relatively good images specially selected by the brigade to cope with the pilot project of the combined brigade.

Come over and act as picketer.

I just didn't expect the changes to be so fast. Before those dozen people were even trained, the entire brigade and battalion-level organization was dismantled.

However, the guard company and the motor vehicle company were not dismantled, and these units would only be expanded even if a combined brigade was formed.

The orderly chosen by Chen Jun, Li Wujie, is currently taking his driver's license test in the automobile company.

But when talking about this year's new recruits, Chen Jun always unconsciously thinks of the ones he saw in front of the brigade headquarters building.

I always feel that the quality of this year's recruits may not be very good.

"Have no idea."

When Zhao Ziheng heard the question, he took a deep breath of cigarette and exhaled two streams of smoke from his nostrils. He said with a sad voice: "New Year's Day is only ten days away."

"The annual military exercise around New Year's Day will inevitably enter the intense preparation stage. At this critical juncture, who in each unit is willing to send people to us?"

"Even if the military district negotiates, the Second Battalion will not be able to gather more than 700 people. The military district means that some of them will be drawn from the recruit training center."

"We can gather some from other units to complete the second battalion."

"That's troublesome."

Chen Jun's brows also furrowed. Although the soldiers in the recruit training center had been training for four months, they had gained a preliminary familiarity with basic discipline and firearms.

But the problem is that when forming a combined battalion, being familiar with firearms doesn’t make much sense.

Chen Jun felt a headache when he thought about the fact that the Second Battalion was going to bring back a bunch of little ones who looked so childish and even had the collagen on their faces not yet faded.

Doesn't this definitely increase the strength of the Second Battalion?

An ordinary company can accommodate a dozen or even twenty recruits, so it needs at least two to three times the number of veterans as the recruits to lead them.

In the military, one can be called a veteran after one year, and a veteran after two or three years. There is a reason for that.

But right now, how can the Second Battalion have the ability to train new recruits?

Let alone a part of them, even a hundred of them would probably be a big trouble.

It's just a battalion, and they dare to assign a company of pure new recruits. Are you kidding me?

"Didn't the brigade tell you how much you were supposed to bring back?"

Chen Jun tried to ask.

"How can it be."

Zhao Ziheng heard this, he shook his head, threw the cigarette butt on the ground and crushed it with his foot: "The brigade commander means to pick as many as possible, about 200."

"Maybe Tao Lu was having a hard time doing it, so he specifically told us that the training center had already picked out those with relatively high scores for us."

"After I take people over, you can pick more if you want."

"Then let's go. I'll go with you."

Chen Jun thought about it and decided to follow Lao Zhao to select soldiers.

He knew that Tao Lu was in a difficult situation, so how could he not be embarrassed?

The implementation of combined brigades is not only a policy matter, but also a big game.

No matter what the higher-ups decide, when it comes time to implement it, the most difficult parts will inevitably be handed over to the grassroots to handle.

With a staff of more than 700 people, recruiting 200 new soldiers makes my scalp tingle just thinking about it.

If it were any other time, Chen Jun could have made a one-for-one exchange, using the veterans from the first battalion to exchange for new recruits to help absorb some for the second battalion.

But now, the annual military exercise is approaching.

Without knowing whether the 179th Brigade would participate in the war, the First Battalion did not dare to rashly accept hundreds of new recruits.

(End of this chapter)