The short conversation ended.
Comrades from the military division arranged a dormitory for Chen Ming.
Although the conditions in southern Xinjiang are relatively harsh, the conditions here are very good, with nice people and beautiful scenery.
During the few days that Chen Ming stayed here, he learned a lot of knowledge that he had never been exposed to before, and theories that he had never imagined.
Compared with the tension during the military training, the review meeting was also full of arguments. The commander-in-chief of each military region made a detailed and profound review of the operation.
There was no praise in this meeting. The whole process was about asking questions, discussing shortcomings, and talking about plans.
Looking back at the military training, Chen Ming firmly believes that this people's army, which has experienced the test of blood and fire, has come all the way from victory and regrouped at a new historical starting point.
We will surely achieve new and more brilliant victories on the new journey of building a world-class army.
Faith is not blind, everything comes from what he saw and came into contact with. The experience of a few days seemed to have opened a new door to the world for him.
It turns out that a soldier is never a person, but a group of people. Soldiers are the name for this group of people.
Comrades are a group of like-minded soldiers who work together for a new journey. Soldiers in the new era are like new stars rising.
The review meeting is over.
Before leaving, Feng Hongyi found Chen Ming again and had a brief and concise conversation for ten minutes, mostly asking about the notes Chen Ming had recorded in the past few days and what he had learned during the meeting.
Everyone will say beautiful things. There are more than tens of thousands of talented people in the army, but those who are talented, motivated, good at learning, brave to innovate, dare to accept new things and new ideas, and absorb them into their own knowledge, this is the military. The people who need it most.
Obviously, Chen Ming passed Feng Hongyi's test. Before leaving, he ordered his guards to give him a pen and a thick meeting minutes book.
The things were not expensive, but they carried the expectations of a veteran. Perhaps just as he thought, he saw many shadows of his old comrades in Chen Ming.
I hope he can keep his feet on the ground, grow step by step, and eventually use his backbone to support the military.
Rumble.
On the tarmac of the Southern Xinjiang Military Division, Chen Ming stood at attention with a pen and notebook on his left and right sides, raised his right hand and saluted the national flag flying in the air.
Then he turned around and strode towards the helicopter.
Waiting to return to the military area.
The Commander-in-Chief of the 71st Army who came after him saw the record book engraved with the Army Headquarters emblem in Chen Ming's hand and smiled meaningfully.
He reached out and patted Chen Ming on the shoulder without saying anything else.
Set off and return to the military area.
In the afternoon of the same day, Kong Wu, the staff clerk of the Fifth Battalion, received Chen Ming at the military area apron.
"Consultant Chen."
Kong Wu saluted excitedly. They had not seen each other for a few days. He felt that Chen Ming seemed different from before. It was not because of any change in appearance.
But his reserved temperament seems to be different, he seems to have become calmer, and his eyes have become firmer.
There is a hint of majesty.
"Let's go and report back to the brigade headquarters first." Chen Ming smiled in return.
"By the way, has the brigade headquarters notified you about the number application issue in the past few days?"
"Or are there any other arrangements?"
"Report to Staff Officer Chen, no." Kong Wu shook his head after recovering and continued: "After the large-scale military training, the military region will notify the call to start quarterly maintenance."
"The entire army is now busy cleaning, rust removing, painting, lubricating, etc. the tanks."
"Our fifth battalion also arranged for several engineers to work on this all day long."
"Batalion Commander Du and Instructor Zhang organized the coordination and distribution of the backbones of each company in a spirit of excellence and diligence, and the old and new methods. While maintaining the tanks, they accelerated the training of those comrades who did not understand and became more familiar with the tanks of our synthetic battalion. "
"The camp has been quite busy these two days. The engineers and the backbones explained the key points of maintenance of different vehicles and equipment on the spot, ensuring that everyone has their own division of labor and that every tank is guaranteed."
"Um."
Chen Ming nodded. Originally, spring and winter in the military camp were the seasons for major changes in equipment. The change of equipment did not mean removing the old weapons.
Instead, we conduct a comprehensive inspection of the parts. If the parts of the tanks are severely worn and must be replaced, we can take this opportunity to make a list and report to the superiors.
The equipment department makes unified deployment.
If the training hadn't started so suddenly, the outfit change would have started long ago.
But now, after a large-scale training, those parts that were already severely worn can be considered to be fully utilized.
During the war, the other battalions didn't know it. Anyway, the tanks of the fifth battalion often lay down, and almost every twenty kilometers there would always be some tanks having a little temper.
But these are normal. Special vehicles are not produced for traveling. It is simply unrealistic to want these things to be like family cars and travel thousands of kilometers at a time.
Perhaps because of the change of uniforms, during the journey from the military area to 169, I passed by other camps and did not see any scenes of additional training after the major training.
The entire camp seemed quite peaceful.
Back at the brigade headquarters, there was no tension here after the military training. Chen Ming looked around and quickly figured out what was going on. He touched his chin and laughed twice.
If there is no tension, it is because the military region meeting has not yet started. Although the commander-in-chief performed bravely at the review meeting, there was a spectacular scene of one spraying three.
But I don’t always play the role of a critic, there are many times when I get scolded.
Including the shooting problems of the director's supervision team, including some units of the 71st Army, these were all recorded in a small book by the commander-in-chief.
Now that I have just returned to the military area, the conference did not have time to notify me, and the storm has not yet hit the units below.
Thinking about the experience of the three days of the review meeting, Chen Ming clicked his tongue, anticipating that the next step would not be any better.
It is estimated that he will also be trained badly.
"Wait for me here for a while, and I'll go to the Wang Brigade's office to make a report."
Chen Ming gave a simple explanation, got out of the car in a hurry, and rushed to the brigade headquarters building.
Wang Junwei, commander of the 169th Synthetic Brigade, and Xu Wenqian, chief of staff of the brigade, were checking the application forms submitted by each battalion for replacement of equipment and parts when they heard a "bang bang bang" knock on the door.
"Come in." Wang Junwei greeted without even raising his head.
Click!
The office door opened and Chen Ming strode in, stood at attention and saluted.
"Comrade Brigade Commander, Comrade Chief of Staff, Chen Ming, Chief Staff Officer of the Fifth Battalion, please give instructions."
"Chen Ming?!!"
"Haha, are you finally willing to come back?"
Chief of Staff Xu Wenqian laughed twice, stood up from his chair, walked over, and squeezed Chen Ming's shoulder.
Chang smiled and said: "Well done to you, boy. This battle was unexpected, and it gave our 169th Brigade Commander a slap in the face."
"Who in the 71st Army doesn't know the feats of our fifth battalion? Haha."
During the military training, Xu Wenqian had been following the troops and taking charge of the command. He did not go to the military command room like the brigade commander, so he never saw Chen Ming during this period.
I haven't seen him for almost a month since departure. During this period, I only heard about the achievements of the fifth battalion and Chen Ming's command.
When I saw him today, I couldn't help but praise him.
"Thank you, Chief of Staff, for the compliment." Chen Ming responded with a smile.
When Wang Junwei saw him coming back, he put down the application form in his hand, crossed his fingers and sat at the desk with a smile: "Okay, come back as soon as you come back. Isn't this review meeting a big gain?"
"You're lucky, kid. For such a large-scale military training, it's a great experience to be invited by the director to participate in the review meeting."
"Well, I have good news for you. The military region has officially submitted an application to the war zone for the designation and organization of the fifth battalion."
"This will take a little time, but during this period, your fifth battalion cannot just wait and do nothing."
"Do you know what it means to have a number, a structure, and a sequence?"
"Report, I know." Chen Ming responded with uncontrollable joy: "Applying for a designation is equivalent to us being officially listed as a member of the People's Army."
"It also represents formality. Many aspects must be rectified in strict accordance with discipline."
"To welcome the coming glory, we must also show the new look of the Fifth Battalion."
"Yes, Not Bad."
Wang Junwei nodded. He had not paid much attention to the fifth battalion in the past few months, and also asked the brigade's pickets not to wander around the camp there.
Let Chen Ming and the others go their own way. The new army will handle special tasks, and many aspects have not been planned.
There are no unified rules and regulations, training plans, and outlines followed by the brigade headquarters, nor do they need to go through unified approval here.
It can be said to be completely free-range mode.
In the past, there was no problem with doing this. Everything was based on the final result, and the superiors would not say anything.
But that’s no longer possible. All aspects must be regulated.
"Since you know, I won't say more. Du Longfei and Zhang Jintao are already planning. You should worry more about it after you go back."
"Not only must the entertainment facilities and training areas in the camp be clearly divided, but also the entire battalion officers must be mobilized, at least from a visual aspect, to ensure that new construction and expansion of the unit's combat effectiveness are the standard."
"We can't let the chiefs above look around and be lazy. Officers are the core of the army and the main component of the army's combat effectiveness."
"I have never made such a request to your fifth battalion before. That's because your organization is not perfect and you may be disbanded at any time without a designation."
"But it's different now. The application has been submitted to the war zone, and the flag of your fifth battalion is already being designed. Now we no longer have the same concerns as before."
"Officers start with company commanders and instructors. These people are basically promoted company commanders. They have never held a full company position before. Next, you must not only vigorously train them, but also constantly assess them."
"All final results must be reported to the brigade headquarters, including implementation of combat awareness and officer quality. This aspect must also be strengthened and publicized."
"In terms of the use and deployment of officers, we must focus on ensuring the deployment between military and political officers at all levels and professional and technical departments."
"Strive to train a group of officers with strong professional capabilities and capable of doing their jobs in the shortest possible time. This is the next task for you."
"Instead of only considering combat effectiveness and combat execution standards as before, that is too single and will not last long."
"Understand?"
"clear!!!"
Chen Ming responded loudly.
At the same time, my heart was filled with excitement. Indeed, in the former Fifth Battalion, everything was decided by their battalion commander, staff, and battalion party committee members.
No one has ever asked when to start training or when to start resting. If you need anything, just say hello to them and they will be in place quickly.
This free-range method may sound very satisfying, but in fact it is not. They are soldiers. The most obvious thing about soldiers is collective self-discipline. Free-range care may not be okay for a short time, but it will last for a long time.
It is definitely not a good thing for the development of Wuying.
What's more important is that an already organized unit will be different from the past. If the combat forces put together by various units cannot be better mobilized.
The combat effectiveness exerted is at best the ability of one plus one equals two.
But this is not the ability of Hetong Camp at all, and it is not in line with Chen Ming's original intention of building Hetong Camp. The original intention of Hetong Camp's construction is to make one plus one far greater than two.
There is no need to worry too much about the four-first-fourth-last task of forming an army. The basic framework has already been built.
The most important thing at present is to mobilize the synergy between technical soldiers and ordinary soldiers, and mobilize grassroots officers to form a rope and move towards one place with vigor.
What was the former Fifth Battalion like?
Technical soldiers have strong professionalism, but their representation is very poor. They are all improvised people. Technical personnel and ordinary soldiers are purely two departments.
Their names are still attached to their original workplaces, and they have no sense of belonging.
There was a problem with the maintenance of the tank. As for the technicians, ordinary soldiers were waiting nearby. Without a number, no one was sure how long they could stay here, so they all performed their duties and only needed to take care of their own territory. land.
Chen Ming had discovered this problem a long time ago, but he had no way to talk about it, because the precarious situation was a major event that lingered in everyone's mind.
But now this problem is solved.
The fifth battalion will undergo a complete overhaul and put forward higher requirements in terms of quality.
Chen Ming stood there speechless.
Wang Junwei smiled and said: "Okay, I will let you know when the war zone will come to give you flags and designations."
"Prepare yourselves."
"You should be well aware of how important flag conferring is. Our country is recognized globally as one of the earliest countries to have military flags."
"Since the late primitive society, our ancestors have used flags as a symbol to gather tribesmen."
"In ancient times, whenever a general went into battle, he would always have a handsome flag erected next to him. It was called a large banner at that time, and it was an important guard of honor for the general to command the battle."
"From ancient times to the present, morale and military morale are very important when marching and fighting. When the war is chaotic, if the soldiers cannot see their own flags, they will naturally think that their side is defeated and will not have the confidence to fight hard."
"Conversely speaking, if soldiers can see their own flags but not the enemy's flags, they will think that the opponent is doomed, thus doubling their confidence and doubling their lethality."
"The battalion flag also plays a very important role in modern times. The military flag is a symbol of your unity and unified command and military honor."
"It carries the soul of an army and represents life and death."
"Can you understand the meaning of these?"
"Understood!" Chen Ming saluted again.
A sense of responsibility arose in his chest. Not to mention an ordinary soldier of the fifth battalion, even he, the commander, would feel empty when there was no battalion flag.
On the battlefield, verbal encouragement is often very pale, because they are not competing, but fighting the enemy desperately. The flag is a belief and an inner pillar.
The flag of an army also represents the determination of all soldiers.
The training was so brutal that many units were wiped out, but who had ever captured the opponent's flag?
Troop training is training, defeat is defeat, but if you want to take away someone else's flag, you can't even do it with your own people. That is the backbone of an army and the final bottom line.
Not to mention the large-scale military training, how many flags of enemy troops were captured during the Anti-Japanese War? The number can be said to be very few, or even almost none.
On the battlefield, if the battle is defeated and only this unit still has people, then it can continue to form a team in the future. If the flag is surrendered, even if there are still people, the organization will be disbanded.
It can never be reactivated. This is the importance of the flag to soldiers.
"If you understand, just do it." Chief of Staff Xu Wenqian said with a smile.
"It's not easy for your fifth battalion to reach this point. You must cherish it and work hard to improve it. There is still a long way to go."
"Go ahead. If you have any difficulties, you can come to the brigade headquarters at any time. The fifth battalion is not only your fifth battalion, but also the fifth battalion of our 169th Brigade and our 71st Army."
"yes."
Chen Ming responded and was about to leave when everyone walked to the door of the office. Then he turned back and said with a dry smile: "Brigade Commander, Chief of Staff, our 169th Brigade should also be prepared."
"Maybe the next meeting of the military region will be difficult. When our 71st Army rushed to support the 72nd Army in the battle against the Xinjiang Military Region, the director's department arranged for a supervision team to come to the combat unit of our brigade."
"We also caught some minor issues. Well, it's not a big problem. It's just that the commander-in-chief at the time was criticized by other commanders over this issue. The quarrel was quite fierce."
"I saw the commander-in-chief's face change at that time."
"roll roll roll"
Wang Junwei waved his hand angrily and said, "You kid, don't pick up any pot."
"hey-hey."
Chen Ming laughed twice and strode out of the brigade commander's office.
This reminder is just to prepare the people above mentally, but judging from the situation just now, the battalion caught by the supervision team should have confessed to the brigade headquarters.
Yes, if you confess now, the crime will be reduced by half. If you hide it and don't tell it, after the brigade commander comes back from being scolded, it will not be as simple as additional training.
Arriving at the parking lot of the brigade headquarters, Chen Ming took a vehicle and began to return to the fifth camp.
On the way, I started planning the follow-up arrangements.
The brigade commander was right. The fifth battalion's application for a designation was not something that could be determined in a day or two. During this period, there was a spring change of uniforms and follow-up matters to be arranged for the major training.
Not only the 71st Army, but also the theater area will also be busy. Even if this matter is finalized, it will probably be implemented a few months later.
During this period, Chen Ming planned to get the fifth battalion on the right track, even on the surface.
This is not difficult. Just go to other camps and go around, just like copying homework. Just arrange for comrades from the Joint Logistics Department to copy it over.
The difficult thing is to start rectification step by step from within.
The initial organization of the Fifth Battalion was not to be combined into a battalion, but into a company, which means that company-level combat units do not have a single mission.
There is still a long way to go.
(End of chapter)
