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

Chapter 586 Only when you reach the border can you understand what the letter from home means

Cui Zhongquan was Chen Jun's senior and they were at the same level. Since it was their first meeting, it was natural for him to introduce the situation in the group.

According to Cui Zhongquan, they not only have a military sub-district and the 353rd Regiment stationed in Linzhi, but there is also an air force base not far from here.

All border defense companies under the regiment have been stationed at high altitudes since the end of the war in the 1960s.

Baixiang and our side on the border have been engaged in battlefield construction for more than 50 years, and the eastern section of the border is where the two sides have the most disputes.

Small-scale frictions would arise at any time, almost as frequently as once a month, much more often than those publicized in newspapers.

The situation on the 353rd Regiment side is generally good, but it is not peaceful either.

The situation often becomes tense, and both sides mobilize regular military deployments for deterrence.

One side built a road network, and the other side built multiple large-scale defense systems.

Over the years, there have been many battles of all kinds, but most of them were fought with cold weapons. Guns would only be used to surround and kill the returning elements if there were any traces of them.

When introducing the situation to Chen Jun, Political Commissar Cui also took out a map and gave a detailed explanation. It took more than two hours to finally explain the situation of the entire 353rd Regiment in detail.

Cui Zhongquan had just come down from the mountain and was quite tired. After he explained the structure and situation of the regiment thoroughly, he stood up and shook hands with Chen Jun: "Brother Chen, no, Captain Chen, I am very happy that you can come to our 353rd Regiment in Linzhi."

"The 353rd Regiment also welcomes you, and we hope you will really like it here."

"Okay, today is really unfortunate. We can talk about it tomorrow if we have anything to say."

"Okay, then you should have a good rest first."

Chen Jun stood up to see him off.

Originally, he wanted to ask Wang Jianxing about the situation in the regiment, but unexpectedly the political commissar suddenly came back, and happened to be his senior, so this saved him a lot of trouble.

After watching the political commissar leave.

Chen Jun winked at Chief of Staff Wang. Although Old Wang looked silly, he was indeed a mean and evil person.

With just one look, Wang Jianxing understood instantly. He raised his hand to straighten the brim of his hat, took his coat from the chair, and went out very neatly.

At first, he looked down on the new leader because of his background or age.

But now, knowing that the political commissar values ​​him so much, and that the new commander is also so protective of him, such as tearing down other people's walls to repair his own walls, he thinks this is a manifestation of protectiveness.

Since ancient times, there has been no mediocre official who protects his own people.

Seeing Chief of Staff Wang leaving in a hurry, Bian Tao asked curiously: "Director, where is the Chief of Staff going?"

"Oh, there's just a little thing I need to take care of."

Chen Jun waved his hands. Originally, he didn't want to say more. After all, it was not glorious.

But on second thought, Bian Tao will have to go to the direct team and train with the people in his class to adapt to the environment here.

It is said that doing a hundred good things is not as good as doing one bad thing to cultivate feelings faster. It would be better to let Bian Tao go along.

The major's rank is too high. He will be easily excluded when assigned to a unit, especially when his physical fitness is extremely poor.

"By the way, Lao Bian, go catch up with Chief of Staff Wang and tell him you want to go too."

"Go back to the dormitory and take your coat with you. It's cold in the mountains at night. When you get there, do whatever the soldiers do. Don't hesitate, and don't ask anything. Got it?"

"Oh, okay, okay."

Bian Tao was stunned for a moment before he reacted. Although he didn't understand what he was doing, he knew that this was the opportunity given by the team leader to get in touch with people in the team.

That must be done quickly.

So, Lao Bian, who was originally in weak health, ran out at a trot under Li Wujie's envious eyes.

Linzhi is at a high altitude, so even at 10 o'clock in the evening, when night has fallen, the sky is not too dark.

Even without street lights, the bright silver moonlight cast from the snow-capped mountains in the distance can provide a good view.

Chen Jun stood at the door of the office, facing the cold wind, looking up at the entire regiment headquarters.

During the day today, he has already walked around the entire regiment headquarters and the directly affiliated brigade, and is quite familiar with the environment here.

After entering the regiment headquarters gate, there is a gravel slope road more than 100 meters long. The regiment’s medical team, artillery company, and mail room are on both sides.

The playground is also on the side of the gravel road. There is no concrete ground, let alone any plastic track. It is all paved with pointed gravel and round pebbles.

The playground is where the regiment headquarters and its subordinate units conduct drills. To the south of the playground is the auditorium, which is mainly used by the regiment headquarters and its subordinate units for meetings, performances and movie watching.

The office canteen, film team, office cooking team dormitory, and kitchen are all located on both sides of the auditorium.

To the west of the playground is the regiment’s logistics department, and to the south is the power room.

Chen Jun could have a panoramic view of all these places from where he was standing. To be honest, the overall environment of the 353rd Regiment was not bad, but it could not be compared with the inland areas.

If you stand a little higher, you can see that many roofs are weighed down by large stones, or stones are filled in sacks and tied with ropes and hung around the eaves.

It is used to prevent strong winds. After all, the wind in this place can blow down the walls, so it would be impossible without some unique inventions.

It was a cold night, and a choking smell could be faintly smelled throughout the regiment headquarters. According to Chief of Staff Wang's previous introduction, it was the smell of burning cow dung.

The regiment headquarters generally does not use them. Only when the front-line soldiers come down from the sentry posts, report their strength, receive ammunition and temporarily live in the communications company will they collect these and take them back as fuel for heating or burning.

If you don’t come to the border defense, it’s hard to imagine that the border defense forces in 2019 were still so miserable, after all, the transportation was too inconvenient.

Chen Jun stood at the door of the office with his coat draped over his shoulders. He sighed after a long while. It wasn't a big deal when he was on the road during the day, but when it was late at night and everyone was asleep, he really felt homesick.

Li Haiyao wanted to recuperate in the hospital bed, but she also missed the baby she had held in her arms right after he was born.

"Xiao Wu, do you miss home?"

Chen Jun was moved and turned to look at Li Wujie.

"I do not want."

Li Wujie shook his head like a rattle: "My family is so happy to know that I am a cadre now. They told me to work hard and behave well."

"Okay, walk with me."

Chen Jun smiled and decided that since he couldn't sleep, he might as well walk around and get familiar with this new unit.

Li Wujie was relatively lucky. It was understandable that a second lieutenant like him followed the regiment commander around and ran errands.

Bian Tao on the other side was not so enthusiastic.

Wow, this is the Linzhi County Management Department. It’s much more spectacular than a military camp.

At nightfall, it was already cold at high altitudes and there were few pedestrians on the streets.

Wang Jianxing led a platoon of more than 30 people in two large trucks. Everyone was equipped with a crowbar, a sledgehammer, and a shovel. They went around to a row of walls behind the management department.

Although our Chief of Staff Wang has a limp, his movements are quite skillful. Together with the captain of the communications brigade, Li Shunwei, they are using rulers and drawing horizontal lines on the ground.

After finishing these tasks.

Wang Jianxing waved his hand and whispered, "Comrades, do you see the line drawn on the ground?"

"Start along the line, tear down this section of the wall for me, and carry all the bricks back to the regiment headquarters."

Soldiers don't care about so many things. Once the order is given, they won't consider whether they can do it or not.

Immediately, a tall veteran turned his hat brim to the back, picked up a sledgehammer and threw it into the yard.

Then he took a running start, climbed over the wall and jumped into the yard. "Back, back, back, back."

Wang Jianxing gave a warning and more than 30 people retreated a few steps. Then, with a dull "bang", a large piece of the top of the wall was smashed off.

Not to mention that every border guard is comparable to an experienced scout. There are generally requirements for the buildings of the management department, and the height of the wall cannot exceed 2.5 meters.

Linzhi's side was exactly two and a half meters, but it could not withstand the hammer of an old soldier and was smashed into a big hole in no time.

That guy, a platoon of soldiers who were watching rushed into the battle, crawled into the hole, picked up sledgehammers and started smashing.

Bian Tao was stunned by this scene. He came from a government agency and had never seen those rough guys on the front line of the field battles, let alone the working style of the border defense.

Seeing the wall of the management department being knocked down by seven or eight meters in a few minutes, he walked up to Wang Jianxing tremblingly and asked in a low voice: "Chief of Staff Wang, isn't this against discipline?"

"What violation?"

Wang Jianxing imitated Chen Jun's tone in the afternoon and said righteously: "The wall of our camp has collapsed for a year, and it has never been rebuilt. These are all the country's bricks, so rebuilding them won't matter."

"You, I think you just arrived and you may not have enough energy, so I don't need you to carry bricks."

"See those two trees in the yard?"

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"You are responsible for digging them out. Don't damage the roots. The regiment is short of trees. I think those two are suitable. Go ahead."

Bian Tao looked into the yard through the hole in the wall and was suddenly speechless. Each of the two trees was ten centimeters in diameter.

Digging two trees is worse than moving bricks.

But the order had been given, and the regiment commander asked him to come over and listen to his instructions and work. Bian Tao gritted his teeth, picked up a shovel and went over to start digging.

It wasn't really that Wang Jianxing was deliberately making things difficult for him. As they were all veterans in the army, Old Wang knew very well the commander's intention in making such arrangements.

How can you just carry bricks alone? Who in a line of more than 30 people knows you?

But it’s different when you dig trees. Being unique will always attract some attention. The minds of soldiers are actually not that complicated. As long as you let go of the pride of a cadre and work hard, you will soon be able to integrate into the team.

as predicted.

There were more than 30 people breaking down walls and moving bricks, but there were still too many people. Some went to dig trees. Not long after, several veterans also carrying shovels came over to check the situation.

Seeing the new officer struggling to catch his breath, the veterans quickly joined in.

The process went smoothly. In the end, it only took half an hour to demolish the more than 20-meter-long wall and six trees.

Don't ask about the management department. There's no one on duty to guard the door. If you ask, there must be one.

The key is that it is useless even if there is one. Two soldiers are deployed on duty at the corner of the intersection, and the order they received is that no one is allowed to approach.

No one is stupid enough to confront a soldier with force. Once they pull the bolt of their gun, they will just say "This is a military area, no entry for outsiders" and that's it.

So, on the first day Chen Jun took office, the first thing he did to contribute was to repair the wall at the communications battalion's shooting range.

The next day, when Political Commissar Cui woke up and heard about this, he also stood at the foot of the wall, smoking a cigarette and remained silent for a long time.

Finally came to the conclusion that this is a good thing.

After all, we didn't spend the regiment's money and we also repaired the wall, killing two birds with one stone.

As for whether the management department made a fuss, they certainly did, and it even reached the military sub-district. But it was useless. Everyone in military uniform was more protective of their own people than the other, and it was impossible to reason with them.

The final result was that the management department was responsible for transporting some new bricks and cement, but required the 353rd Regiment to provide people to build the wall.

Chen Jun would certainly not refuse this, and he took the initiative to arrange people to do the work. He also coordinated all the remaining bricks and cement and piled them up in the regiment's warehouse.

Don’t ask about its use, the only thing you ask is that it is a backup.

. . . . . . . .

Time flies, and soon two months have passed.

During this period, Chen Jun completely took over the work of the 353rd Regiment.

The total defense line of the regiment is 810 kilometers, from Xixia in the Jilong direction to the west of Bangna Peak. All border defense companies and squads are organized by the 353rd Regiment. (Don't be too picky about the place names. Some of these place names are homophones, and some are place names from other border defense areas. They cannot overlap with reality.)
Such a long line of defense also indicates that the regiment’s task of preventing the enemy from returning is very heavy.

Chen Jun arrived in Linzhi in late May, and in late July he was going to set off with his chief of staff, training staff, and a whole reinforcement squad of soldiers carrying live ammunition.

Patrolling is not an easy task, let alone patrolling in the mainland, as it is very likely to encounter returning elements.

Therefore, this time, Chen Jun brought 18 people with him, all of whom were equipped with guns.

In fact, it stands to reason that the regiment commander does not need to go out in person, he can just sit at the regiment headquarters and command.

But the problem is that Chen Jun was not a cadre who was promoted from the 353rd Regiment, he was parachuted in.

As for the defense of the entire regiment, it is useless to just look at the map. He must go to the front-line outpost to understand the terrain, topography, mountain passes and the locations of important military targets.

Detailed records must be kept of all combat-related situations, and they must be matched one-to-one with the maps in the regiment.

Otherwise, if any emergency occurs, he, as the regiment commander, will not be able to make on-the-spot commands. How can a commander who is not even familiar with his own territory command the troops?

During these two months, Chen Jun visited the regiment headquarters, looked at the regiment's honor room, and learned about the circumstances of each battle and the comrades who sacrificed their lives.

All these were urging him to set off as soon as possible.

At least you have to be familiar with the locations of the border defense points belonging to the regiment, so as to facilitate the depth of defense in the later stage, coordinated operations and logistical support between various points, etc., and build a living map in your mind.

Only by achieving this level can one be qualified to serve as the group leader.

April 7st morning.

Chen Jun and his men were ready to set off, and the soldiers began to prepare supplies, such as goggles, mountaineering equipment, and large quantities of dry food.

Chen Jun didn't feel much when he saw these common things. After all, it was not his first time to go to the border for defense.

What really touched him was that during just one patrol, the soldiers actually carried out three sacks of letters from home.

This is 2019.

In this age when the Internet is already quite popular, who could have imagined that the border defense forces still retain the most primitive means of communication.

Perhaps seeing the shock in Chen Jun's eyes, Political Commissar Cui Zhongquan smiled and patted him on the shoulder, saying with emotion: "Are you surprised?"

"Haha, as the saying goes, a letter from home is worth a thousand pieces of gold when war rages for three months. Although we can't say that war rages for three months, it is remote and cold."

"Many companies have already installed telephone lines, but many soldiers in other units still cannot keep in touch with their families."

"The letters are not just letters home, but more of a spiritual sustenance for comrades when they miss home in their spare time, so they have been preserved."

"When you went on patrol this time and arrived at the front-line sentry post, you saw them swarming around you, eagerly asking if you had brought any letters from home. They looked at you expectantly, and you would understand how much the soldiers on the front line longed for letters from home."

"Be safe, Captain. I'll wait for you to come back."

Cui Zhongquan said, standing at attention and raising his hand to salute! !
For him, a young man, he didn't have to rush to patrol the hundreds of kilometers of defense line, but he insisted on going because of his duty.

He is a responsible team leader and a role model for outstanding juniors in their college.

Only people like this can truly stay in the 353rd Regiment.

Facing the political commissar's seriousness, Chen Jun also stood at attention and raised his hand to return the greeting.

Then he waved to the group of ready soldiers behind him.

"Set off!!"

(End of this chapter)