Soldiers Assault: Veteran Special Recruits

the next day.

All troops are still making preparations and the confrontation between the two armies has not yet begun.

However, Wu Yiwen somehow came to Jackie Chan during this busy time and brought some deer antlers, a specialty of his hometown, to visit him.

Jackie Chan didn't know what Wu Yiwen was doing.

However, there was no grudge between the two men, and one should not hit a smiling person. So they did not turn him away, but welcomed him in warmly.

Jackie Chan's dormitory is a standard military officer's room.

There is a bed in half of the room for sleeping, a sofa and a coffee table in the middle for reception, and a desk near the door for work.

"Please take a seat, Deputy Commander Wu."

Jackie Chan extended his hand to signal Wu Yiwen to sit down. "I really didn't expect you to come to my place. I didn't prepare anything, not even a pot of tea. Please forgive me."

"We are all soldiers. No need to be so polite. I just want to chat with you."

Wu Yiwen smiled and smoothed things over, taking the initiative to change the subject and said, "Jackie Chan, to be honest, I was very impressed by our first meeting. I think you are really a great person."

"I think Deputy Commander Wu should not have forgotten that your covert advance was initially praised by the commander, but later you were criticized because of me. Don't you blame me at all?" Jackie Chan said openly.

"How could that be possible? This was a complete accident. That's your job."

Wu Yiwen didn't know that Jackie Chan stopped the car and was going to him on purpose. He was still in the dark and smiled kindly, "We haven't been together for a long time, and then you will understand me.

Even though you made me look foolish that day, as you said, you were just doing your job, so how can I blame you?"

Jackie Chan still couldn't guess why Wu Yiwen came to see him.

Not wanting to beat around the bush any more, he simply said, "Since you, Deputy Commander Wu, said so, I will make it clear.

In fact, I was not on duty that day. I deliberately picked a fight with you for the sole purpose of preventing you from reporting to the division headquarters in time."

"Hahaha……"

When Wu Yiwen heard Jackie Chan's confession, he was not angry but burst into laughter.

After laughing for a while, he said, "Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan, I was right, you are a straightforward person, and I like dealing with straightforward people.

Okay, then I won’t hide it from you. Actually, I already knew all these things that day.

You want to help your old company commander. I admire your courage, integrity, and sense of justice."

Wu Yiwen's expression was sincere when he spoke, and it didn't seem like he was being pretentious.

"I don't deny that I am biased between you and the old company commander. Objectively speaking, I did help him by doing this, but my real intention was actually to target you."

In order to emphasize the weight of his words, Jackie Chan pointed at Wu Yiwen and then continued, "I think you are just putting on a show, deliberately performing in front of the leader, and you don't really want to do this.

Combined with my personal bias in emotions, I decided to take the initiative and make your show fail."

"good, very good."

Wu Yiwen was still not angry, but he put away his smile and became very formal, saying sincerely: "Your move is indeed very good. You made me realize the shortcomings of long-distance covert driving.

In a sense, you are helping me by allowing me to correct my tactical mistakes.

At the same time, it also allowed me to witness with my own eyes that you are a principled, capable person who clearly distinguishes between public and private affairs. My biggest regret is that I didn't point to you.

If I could become the commander of the First Division, I would definitely try to get you to stay."

Wu Yiwen's last words actually revealed the purpose of his coming here, so that Jackie Chan was not confused.

"Thank you for your kindness, Deputy Commander Wu. However, I'm here to disrupt your work. Aren't you afraid that there might be problems in our cooperation?" Jackie Chan asked in a deliberately sharp tone.

"Haha."

I thought you were laughing again, so I sighed and said seriously, "Jackie Chan, what I admire most about you is your courage to speak and act.

Even if you are a barbed wire, I will keep you by my side.

In this way, when I am sleepy and confused, you can prick me and make me alert, which is a hundred times better than those soft pillows.

After having a few brief conversations with you today, I have become more convinced of this belief.

Don’t think I’m saying this on purpose, you’ve misunderstood. I’m speaking from my heart, and I care more about long-term cooperation in the future.”

Wu Yiwen has said this to the point that the meaning behind his words has become very clear.

Jackie Chan basically understood it!

"Deputy Division Commander Wu seems very confident. He is determined to win the position of the commander of the First Division. My old company commander has encountered a strong opponent. I have to help him."

Jackie Chan deliberately said this in a teasing tone, but he was secretly telling Wu Yiwen.

We’ll talk about what happens after you become a division commander later. Now I, Jackie Chan, only support my old company commander. If you want me to help you or give you a break, that’s impossible.

"It's rare to meet an opponent of equal strength in life. It's my honor to compete with Chief of Staff Gao on the same stage. I look forward to our future cooperation."

Wu Yiwen had almost finished what he was saying. He left after saying a few words.

In order to avoid taking advantage of others, Jackie Chan stuffed the deer antlers that Wu Yiwen had brought back into his briefcase, saying that young people do not need to replenish their bodies because of their strong bodies.

Wu Yiwen tried to refuse several times but couldn't get any more, so he could only laugh it off and leave.

……

Day three.

The coastal training confrontation, which had been prepared for two days, officially kicked off in a grand manner.

Thousands of people from several battalions were pulled to the seaside, occupying a coastline stretching for several kilometers and began coastal-related sea training.

Thousands of men rushed into the sea with their bare chests, the scene looked very shocking.

only.

Even though most people went into the sea, some soldiers did not dare to go into the sea at all, and it was useless even if the captain personally went there to urge them.

This group of people are armored brigade soldiers from the Inner Mongolia grasslands who have never seen the sea in their lives.

They can ride horses on the grasslands and ride in tanks on the battlefield, but their scalps go numb when they see the vast ocean.

That is the fear that comes from the soul!

Even though everyone was given a life jacket and the training was only in shallow water with a depth of no more than two meters, there were lifeguards on standby.

This group of armored soldiers from the grassland still did not dare to rush into the sea.

The coastal confrontation training is not only about the confrontation between the two armies, but also about the training results of the personnel of the two armies. It will definitely depend on which side has the best training effect.

It would be bad if the soldiers didn't go into the water. Fortunately, Gao Cheng discovered it in time and solved it in time.

He himself was an armored infantryman and understood very well what these armored soldiers feared. He used a reference object to eliminate the fear of the Inner Mongolian men.

The reference Gao Cheng used was riding a horse!
When people from the south come to Inner Mongolia for the first time, they are also afraid of riding horses, worrying that they might fall off, just like you are afraid to go into the sea.

You are all experts in horse riding. You can conquer the wild horses on the grassland. So why can't you conquer the beach?

Most people are easily provoked.

Soldiers eat more.

The Inner Mongolian men who thought Gao Cheng was right believed that they could conquer the horses on the grassland and also the sea in front of them.

They forced themselves to suppress their inner fear and rushed into the waves shouting.

The scene of Gao Cheng "persuading" the landlubber to get into the water was seen by Deputy Commander Zhong who came to watch the game, so he sent someone to call him over for a private chat.

"Report, Deputy Commander Zhong."

Gao Cheng jogged over and raised his hand to salute when he was three or four meters away.

"Did you drive your entire team into the water?"

Deputy Commander Zhong stopped looking into the distance, turned to look at Gao Cheng and returned the salute.

"Yes, the work is somewhat difficult. Some soldiers don't even know that sea water is salty, let alone going into the sea. We need to convince them to overcome it." Gao Cheng answered loudly.

"Understandable."

Deputy Commander Zhong laughed and said with empathy: "The soldiers I met in Lu Han's battalion were more interesting than the ones you met.

His grandfather was drowned, and since then, the family has established a rule that no one is allowed to go into the water.

Just think about it, how difficult it would be to convince him to go into the water, haha."

Such bizarre family rules are truly rare in the world. No wonder Deputy Commander Zhong couldn't help laughing while talking about it after so long.

"I've heard about this matter. If the leader hadn't done the work personally, the soldier would have deserted." Gao Cheng agreed with a smile.

"They still did the work themselves. I just played a supporting role."

Deputy Commander Zhong was modest and asked, "Oh, by the way, I forgot to ask you before, what did you gain from your study abroad this time?"

“That’s too many feelings.”

When talking about this study abroad, Gao Cheng immediately became excited.

"tell me the story."

Deputy Commander Zhong stood with his hands behind his back, looking very interested.

"In economically developed countries in Europe and America, their annual military budgets have been growing, with the highest even reaching five percentage points. In other words, their military budgets are far higher than their economic growth rates." Gao Cheng expressed his biggest feeling.

"What does this mean?" Deputy Commander Zhong asked curiously?

"This shows that economically developed countries have a very strong sense of national defense. In their minds, there is no such thing as peacetime, only war and non-war states.

Therefore, they have not slowed down the pace of national defense construction for a single day. Instead, they have been constantly accelerating it, and are about to launch an unprecedented new military revolution. "

Gao Cheng spoke fluently and eloquently, and it was obvious that he was very envious of the "high military budgets" of foreign countries.

On the eve of the Olympic Games in this capital, due to various special characteristics of our country, even though the size of the army ranks among the top in the world, the military budget expenditure has always been far less than that of Europe and the United States.

Not even a fraction of the first place.

From a soldier's perspective, I definitely hope that military spending can be increased.

Only with a higher military budget can we develop and purchase better equipment, train better soldiers, and enhance national defense.

"What's the conclusion?"

Deputy Commander Zhong also knew about this problem and immediately asked about it.

"The conclusion is that whether our country can keep up with this revolution will inevitably affect our country's position in the world in the mid-to-late 21st century."

From the perspective of later generations, Gao Cheng's conclusion is indeed very prescient.

Because starting from the current timeline, our country's military expenditures began to rise sharply, from soldiers' salaries to various equipment, all began to make rapid leaps.

It was precisely with the support of a large amount of military expenditure that the aircraft carrier, a large aircraft carrier that my country has never had before, was finally launched and put into service.

And it's not just one ship, but several ships are launched every year, like dumplings.

This is the advantage of more military spending!
After hearing Gao Cheng's conclusion, Deputy Commander Zhong did not respond immediately. Instead, he turned and walked to a nearby place, touched the shore-based cannon that had become a cultural relic, and asked, "Do you know the origin of this cannon?"

"I've heard some of that."

Gao Cheng didn't know what Deputy Commander Zhong meant, so he answered truthfully.

"Then you tell us about it." Deputy Commander Zhong said.

"This cannon is called the Krupp Cannon, produced in Germany. It was bought by the Governor of Fujian in the 17th year of the Guangxu period for more than 50,000 taels of silver. I heard that its total weight reached 50 tons, and it was claimed to be the largest cannon in Asia at that time." Gao Cheng answered like a treasure trove.

"In fact, its real power does not lie in its lethality, but in its huge noise. It is said that a test firing was carried out after the installation was completed. The huge noise scared the people's buffaloes and they screamed for three days and three nights." Minister Wang added.

"Yes, the cannon with immense power never fired a single shell at the enemy during the war, and eventually became an ornament that the invaders could not move away even if they wanted to," said Deputy Commander Zhong meaningfully.

"Deputy Commander Zhong, I understand."

Gao Cheng understood the idea and said cheerfully, "You mean that the modern weapons in our hands must form the highest combat effectiveness as soon as possible, rather than becoming decorations for show."

"Correct."

Deputy Commander Zhong sighed and said: "It is certainly important to increase the military budget as you said, but equipment is fixed, and the ultimate combat effectiveness depends on people.

The reason why this cannon became a decoration was that few of the Qing soldiers at that time could skillfully operate Asia's largest cannon.

As a result, after half a century of internal and external troubles, he quietly turned into a majestic scrap iron and a monument of shame for the old Chinese army.

National defense is the backbone of a country. Without it, we cannot stand up or hold our heads up. "

Deputy Commander Zhong has always insisted on putting people first, whether it was during his online confrontation with Jackie Chan or his current discussions with senior management.

To a certain extent, this idea is indeed not wrong at all.

Unlike Jackie Chan who insisted on his own ideas and had a stable core for his military theories, he fought back and forth with Deputy Commander Zhong for several months.

When Gao Cheng heard what Deputy Commander Zhong said, he was immediately assimilated by his people-oriented approach.

(End of this chapter)