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

Chapter 448: Discussing Promotion, the Veteran's Last Pride
Everything was just as expected. Chen Jun had just hidden in his office for less than twenty minutes.

The chiefs of staff of several other combined brigades were all in place as if they had discussed it beforehand.

For this kind of situation, the No. 1 from a brigade-level unit usually won’t come.

But Chen Jun knew it clearly.

Brigade Tao made such a grand display and invited even the heads of the Army General Staff. He would definitely not be dismissed by these few people.

This extreme tug of war is expected to last for quite some time, and Tao Lu will do his best to resolve it.

After all, if he didn't solve the problem, those synthetic units would always be drooling over 179's progress and would not do anything bad.

I just don't have anything to do with it.

Chen Jun stayed in the office for a while, then walked around the reception room, came to the brigade parking lot, took the car keys from the on-duty sentry, and went straight to the Second Battalion.

It is now the end of March.

The visualization system modeling and replication work has been basically completed, and joint education and training will be launched soon, and by then the work in the brigade will also undergo substantial changes.

Before that, Chen Jun must decide on the person who will succeed him as deputy chief of staff.

Otherwise, if the work in the brigade progresses too quickly, it will not be easy to replace the battalion commander.

Zhao Ziheng.
Chen Jun sat in the driving seat, his hands tightly on the steering wheel. At this moment, he felt a little confused.

To be honest, I don't know whether Battalion Commander Lao Zhao is willing to serve as deputy chief of staff and work under him.

Chen Jun had no idea at all.

Because for some people, this kind of thing doesn't matter.

The deputy chief of staff is at least at the deputy regimental level, so even if he retires in a few years, his treatment will be better.

But this is not possible for some people. Because of the pride in their bones, they can accept someone they used to manage becoming their boss, but they may not be willing to work beside this boss.

Especially when you are together and see each other every day.

Many of the cadets who were previously led by the former squad leaders in the army have become company commanders or deputy battalion commanders after a few years.

How many of those old squad leaders are willing to go back to their former units?
Even when it is mentioned in private, it is seldom that they are fulfilling their duties, but their inner pride does not allow them to be taken care of.

The soldiers led by Squad Leader Lao Zhao are indeed good. For example, Fatty He has a very smooth personality and can become close friends with anyone he meets in less than ten minutes.

There is nothing to fault in his speech and actions, otherwise he would not be allowed to jump between command and political cadre.

The main thing is that people can control it.

Chen Jun can't do this because he is not a fat man.

There is also Ma Hongjie, who is very methodical and a good leader.

He was the company commander of the first company of the first battalion, and later the company commander of the armored company of the combined first battalion, and was finally promoted to deputy battalion commander.

Now he is the battalion commander of the 3rd Combined Battalion.

Qi Shaoxiang, the battalion commander of the Fourth Battalion, is also a soldier trained by Lao Zhao in the past, and they are all pretty good.

Everyone has distinct characteristics, and Chen Jun can see the unique shining points of any soldier.

But the only person who couldn't see it was Battalion Commander Lao Zhao, if he had to force it.

That's because his spirit isn't sharp enough.

If it weren't for Lao Zhao's easy-going personality, he would have been in a very difficult situation when he was the deputy battalion commander of the first battalion.

It can be said that the fact that the combined battalion was able to see results so quickly was closely related to Zhao Ziheng's willingness to delegate power in the early stages.

Chen Jun was thinking about something and unknowingly arrived at the gate of the second battalion while driving.

It was dinner time at this time.

When the sentry of the Second Battalion saw Chen Jun getting off the car, his scalp tightened immediately.

Subconsciously, I turned around and wanted to run back to the duty room to sound the alarm. The rectification a while ago was really too harsh.

It is no exaggeration to say that wherever Deputy Chief of Staff Chen goes, his day is not complete if he does not leave with a few inspection reports.

Chen Jun also noticed the sentry's nervousness.

He drove the car to the side of the road and stopped. One of the sentries quickly ran over, stood at attention and saluted.

"Hello, Deputy Chief of Staff!!"

"Okay, no need to be so loud."

Chen Jun returned the gift and smiled: "Where is your Captain Zhao?"

"Go call him and tell him I have something to talk to him about at the Northeastern Restaurant."

Chen Jun said this, pointing to the military service center not far away, and then turned and left.

Seeing that the master was not here to inspect, the sentry heaved a sigh of relief, turned around to say hello to his companions, and rushed straight to the camp cafeteria.

. . . . .

The Northeastern Restaurant is one of the small restaurants that serves the most types of stir-fried dishes in the Soldiers Service Center.

Chen Jun came to the restaurant and ordered a plate of crispy eggs, a plate of golden armor, a plate of boiled dried shredded vegetables, and four bottles of ice beer.

The temperature has gradually risen at the end of March, and it is quite refreshing to have a bottle of beer after a busy day.

Chen Jun is not the leader on duty today, so he can choose to go back and rest after dinner. He is not breaking any rules.

But Zhao Ziheng does calculate.

Old Zhao rushed over when he got the letter. When he saw Chen Jun had three dishes and beer, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "I was wondering why you sneaked into the restaurant."

"You don't even want to eat the food in the cafeteria. Are you missing the beer here?"

"Damn it, it's my turn to be on duty tonight. I'll make a phone call later and switch shifts with Lao Lin."

As Zhao Ziheng spoke, he took out his cell phone with one hand to make a call, and picked up the bottle of wine with the other hand and gulped it down.

Before the two of them said a word, Lao Zhao drank a bottle of beer. After he came back from the phone call, he poured several more glasses into the glass and drank them. He picked up the egg yolks on the plate and slurped them up.

Then he raised his head, wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "Old Chen, you pay for this meal."

"No problem, it's nothing."

Chen Jun agreed readily.

But what he didn't expect was that after Zhao Ziheng said this, he raised his glass and clinked glasses with Chen Jun.

He said directly: "Since you have treated me to this meal, you don't owe me anything in the future." "Don't say anything later, don't ask anything. After you finish eating and drinking, I will find someone to take you back to the brigade headquarters. I will go home to be with my wife and children. I will not be on duty today."

"battalion commander."

When Chen Jun heard this, his expression froze.

Before this, he really didn't expect that Zhao Ziheng had already guessed his purpose.

Hearing the word "battalion commander", Lao Zhao raised his hand and wiped his cheek, smiling with red eyes: "Don't treat me as a fool, kid."

"Tao Brigade is going to be transferred, right? Chief of Staff Feng will soon be in charge of Brigade Feng. You are so damn lucky that you can become Chief of Staff just one year after graduation."

"When you first came to the First Battalion, I told Instructor Lin that we are not the same kind of people as you and we cannot restrict your efforts."

"But don't get too complacent, kid. No matter how fast you get promoted, I can't possibly help you. I'll be 40 in two years."

"I won't bother with it anymore. I can't bother with it any more."

Zhao Ziheng waved his hand, then he fixed his eyes on Chen Jun and spoke with a smile on his face.

"But to be honest, I'm very happy that you can come to me today, but I really can't promise you."

"Lao Chen, if you were me, could you accept it?"

Looking at Zhao Ziheng's red eyes, he seemed to have aged five or six years in an instant, with a bitter smile on his face.

Chen Jun sighed inwardly, he was still too young. The brigade commander did not interfere in the matter from beginning to end, and Chief of Staff Feng did not even ask about it.

They probably knew Lao Zhao better than he did, and knew that this was a difficult problem, so they deliberately left it alone.

Let him handle it himself.

But I handled it in a mess.

But if you ask yourself whether you accept it or not, Chen Jun’s answer is obvious: he doesn’t accept it either.

It's not that he is self-righteous, nor is it that people like Zhao Ziheng are ungrateful.

What a soldier should do is to rather break than bend. If his spine collapses, is he still a soldier?
If Li Wujie suddenly got lucky and was promoted to a full colonel, there would be no way Chen Jun would be able to work under him.

This has nothing to do with being looked down upon, but it is a hurdle that men and soldiers cannot overcome. After all, we are all ordinary people.

This kind of thing is not so easy to accept.

The most I can do is work in your unit, but it is impossible for me to work right next to you.

After Chen Jun was silent for a moment, neither of them mentioned the matter again.

As they drank and chatted, they talked about the scene when the first battalion was first formed. Zhao Ziheng also talked about his graduation from military school and joining the army.

It was 2001 when Lao Zhao first joined the army. At that time, the army was poor, unlike now when there is no shortage of food and drink.

Perhaps Zhao Ziheng also knew that this rejection was the end of his military career and there would be no further progress in the future.

There are inevitably more words.

He talked about how the student soldiers were bullied at that time, and how he was taken by the deputy company commander to the division farm to open up land as soon as he joined the unit, and stayed there for half a year.

Talked about the division farm raising pigs and cattle and growing rice.

Talking about the one year I spent in the army, I found out that I spent most of the year dealing with animals and rice.

At the end, when Old Zhao was already a little dizzy, Chen Jun paid the bill and helped Zhao Ziheng out of the restaurant.

There was a cool breeze, and there were soldiers patrolling in the distance. Behind them, there was also a guy who sneaked around the two of them and ran to the Soldier Service Center to buy snacks.

Everything remains the same, but many things are quietly changing.

Maybe it was the cool breeze that made Old Zhao suddenly sober, or maybe it was because the energy he had lost had passed and he had recovered a little.

Zhao Ziheng pulled back the arm that was supported by Chen Jun and patted his shoulder with a smile.

"Alright, Lao Chen, if you say anything more it will seem hypocritical."

"But I'm glad you came to ask me. I already knew what you were doing here today."

"I guessed it when the sentry told me in the cafeteria."

"Let Xiao He go. He's more suitable than me. Besides, you were the deputy battalion commander when you went to the first battalion, so he won't have any psychological burden to follow you."

"Let's go. I'll arrange for someone to come and help you drive in a while."

After Zhao Ziheng mumbled a few words, he stopped and straightened his military uniform.

Then, he strode towards the Second Battalion with high spirits.

Chen Jun just watched in silence.

It’s hard to describe his mood. He didn’t feel relaxed after being rejected, nor did he feel heavy after being rejected.

Soldiers are simple and solemn, loud and heroic, unrestrained and passionate.

But also ordinary and respectable.

In the end, Chen Jun did not wait for Lao Zhao to arrange people, but directly called Li Wujie who stayed in the first battalion, and told him not to go back before nine o'clock.

We are in the first camp at this time.

The situation on Zhao Ziheng's side came to an end, and the wrangling within the brigade also basically came to a conclusion.

That is, several combined brigades can bring their backbones back, but before that, they need to arrange for the cadres to come to the 179th Brigade to study first.

Because what Chen Jun said was very true. Those soldiers had never been in a synthetic unit. Even if they were taken back, they wouldn't be able to help much.

Including the cadres of several synthetic units, none of them understand synthesis at all. It’s useless to just shout slogans every day.

Even if I give you the backbone, you can't lead it.

Finally, with the coordination of the Army Chief of Staff, the 179th Brigade did not send any personnel for the time being, while other synthetic units needed to arrange a large number of cadres to come for training.

Even several other non-synthetic arms brigades of the military region could not prevent the reconstruction department from selecting technical soldiers to come and study.

Thus.

The originally stagnant situation in various units of the military region was actually revitalized by Chen Jun.

But again, it’s April.

The visualization terminal has finally been officially put into use, and the military region has begun to organize the first batch of officers for joint education and training.

Officially went to the 179th Brigade.

(End of this chapter)