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

Chapter 398: The Frontline Grants, others get beaten while I get candy?

The wind was howling in the cold wind, and Tao Junming kept waiting at the entrance of the staff headquarters until two jeeps from the first battalion arrived.

For Lao Tao.

Li Hongyang was naturally familiar with it, after all, it was the unit his daughter had transferred to, and they had exchanged a few words over the landline before.

But not too familiar.

Seeing him standing at the entrance, Li Hongyang called Wu Yangping and the two of them came down from the gate.

Neither side mentioned war.

Just like old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time, they chatted for a while and watched Chen Jun get off the car from the back.

Li Hongyang then left with a smile.

He knew very well why Tao Junming appeared at the door of the General Staff Department. After all, in this era of rapid development, necessary reminders were inevitable.

This is to prevent the younger generations from not understanding these things and going astray.

With Lao Tao escorting him, Li Hongyang had nothing to worry about. He strode towards the office building.

When it was Chen Jun's turn to come over.

The smile on Lao Tao's face disappeared instantly. That guy's speed was comparable to that of Sichuan Opera's face-changing.

"Were we victorious?"

"You're quite capable. Do you know who the commander of the 124th Division is?"

Seeing the brigade commander's face full of anger and his eyes fixed on him, Chen Jun quickly quickened his pace, walked up to him, stood at attention, and saluted: "Hello, brigade commander!!"

"What a bullshit! Stop playing dumb! Do you know how much trouble you've caused?"

Tao Junming waved his hand unhappily.

"know."

Chen Jun looked up at Brigade Leader Tao, whose face was red from the cold. He grinned and said, "Commander Li is Li Haiyao's father. Commander, I think I'm going to be in trouble now."

"Ha! You still know the word trouble?"

Tao Junming glanced at Chen Jun. He didn't expect that this guy already knew it.

Now that you know.

He couldn't open his mouth to scold her anymore, so he just said in a slow tone, "Come on, stop looking so sad."

"You fought beautifully this time, and the 124th Division also suffered a great loss, but don't think that this is all your credit."

"The higher-ups have designated the 1221 area as an experimental area. The final battle situation of the participating troops will not affect future promotions."

"You can rest assured. You are not capable enough to defeat Commander Li."

"real?!!"

When Chen Jun suddenly heard the brigade commander reveal the news about the experimental area, he instantly understood that this must be a way for the higher-ups to protect people.

As for whether the means are clever or not, Chen Jun doesn't care, as long as the problem can be solved.

Anyway, now he just feels relaxed all over and full of energy.

The feeling is like suddenly soaking in a hot spring in the cold winter, and all the pores are relaxed.

This guy straightened his back instantly.

Suddenly I felt that some aspects of our attack on the division headquarters were not very stable.

Seeing Chen Jun getting stiff again.

Tao Junming glared at him unhappily and angrily said in a low voice: "Look at what you have accomplished."

"You don't need to worry about Li Haiyao's family affairs, but do you know the reason for calling this meeting?"

"Don't worry, Brigadier General."

Chen Jun patted his chest as if to assure everyone: "I understand. As a junior at the conference, I will listen more, watch more, and listen more. I will talk less and do less, and try not to speak."

He is not stupid.

It is already 2017. I have the impression that the 18 group armies were reduced to 13 group armies, with the sequence starting from 71. This happened in just the past two months.

It was announced to the outside world that it would be completed by the end of April, but internal actions were taken several months in advance. By the time the announcement was made, the framework had basically been completed.

From 18 to 13, the number of military-level units has been reduced by five. This is almost the biggest reform in history, if not the biggest one.

This kind of meeting is aimed at eliminating the factions and preparing for the establishment of a new unit. As a small battalion commander, it would be better for him to just be a quail.

Not to mention battalion commanders, even division-level and regiment-level commanders will be transferred to civilian jobs or retire in large numbers.

It's not his turn to show off anyway.

Tao Junming had prepared a lot of warnings, but Chen Jun summed them up in just a few words.

He was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand and patted Chen Jun on the shoulder: "Okay, as long as you understand."

"In short, if you are asked to speak, just focus on the current situation and background of the First Battalion. Do not judge any unit, and do not make any statements about other units."

"Just do what you are supposed to do, don't ask about other things, don't get involved, don't express your opinion, and don't criticize anything."

"You should receive the credit openly, but you should listen to the words that are not yours. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Brigadier!!"

Chen Jun raised his hand and saluted. It was obvious that Tao Lu was protecting him.

"Okay, let's go."

Tao Junming didn't want to say anything more and turned to walk towards the government building in the distance.

Chen Jun followed closely behind.

They delayed for a while at the door, and by the time they arrived at the meeting room, most of the participants had arrived.

Still the old rules.

Chen Jun had little experience and a low position, and the seat in the front was too conspicuous, so he still chose a seat further back.

The conference room chosen this time should be a place specially used by the General Staff for holding conferences.

The area is not large, estimated to be about 70 square meters. There is also a curtain on the podium in front, with bright national flags on both sides.

The content playing on the screen is news reports about the overall reshaping of the Army's mobile combat forces.

What is the importance of building a strong modern new army and transforming it from a quantity and scale-based army to a quality and efficiency-based army?

Chen Jun just glanced at the content and didn't pay any further attention to it.

Since the pace of military reform has accelerated, the policy has remained the same over and over again.

This is what we said last year, and it is mentioned at every meeting.

What can I say about this thing?

Whether you can understand the significance of it or not is actually not important.

The principle is the same as the advertising slogan of Melatonin, "I won't accept any gifts this year, and the only gift I'll accept is Melatonin." You can say the words in this kind of advertisement are terrible.

It's the same old thing over and over again, with no creativity at all.

But we have to admit that this bad advertising slogan is deeply rooted in people's hearts. Whenever we visit relatives and friends and don't know what gifts to buy, we will think of it.

This advertising slogan always pops up in my mind.

The same is true for military reform.

Building a new type of modern army and shifting from a quantity-oriented army to a quality- and efficiency-oriented one, similar words appear frequently and are said too much.

Any veteran in the army can come up with the same opinion when hearing about the military reform.

Then the military reform will be half successful.

Chen Jun had just chosen a seat and sat down, and the entire conference room, which was not noisy to begin with, became quiet in an instant.

Just by hearing the noise, you can tell that the leader presiding over the meeting has arrived.

as predicted.

Nearly a hundred cadres in the entire conference room adjusted their sitting positions. Those who pushed the door open were the Eastern Commander-in-Chief Shen Hongwei, the Army Commander-in-Chief Li Zhenhua, the Eastern Political Commissar Chai Yansong, and the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff Department Chen Huanran.

When these people entered the conference room, they could clearly feel that the atmosphere in the whole room began to become tense.

After all the leaders took their seats, neither Shen Hongwei nor Li Zhenhua spoke.

Instead, Chen Huanran sat in the main seat. He raised his hand and tapped the microphone in front of him to test the sound.

Then he said, "Comrades, before we start today's meeting, let me show you a detailed video of the exercise, the 1221 area operation."

"After reading this, let's start today's topic."

Chen Huanran's voice had just fallen.

The staff who had been prepared at the side immediately switched the content of the report on the screen to a green picture. It looked like it was shot by a night vision device.

Chen Jun, who was sitting in the back row, recognized at a glance that the soldier driving stealthily in the scene was from the reconnaissance company of the first battalion.

Mengshi reconnaissance vehicles, radar vehicles, and information engineering processing vehicles were parked nearby to collect various data.

"Is this the headquarters of the 16th Brigade of the Blue Army?"

Chen Jun stared at the screen, and suddenly he came to his senses.

Soon, the scouts on the curtain were discovered by the Blue Army, and countless soldiers rushed out of the camp with guns.

Faced with the direct threat from the Blue Army, the reconnaissance company did not panic at all. While arranging people to retreat slowly, they drove the Mengshi reconnaissance vehicle around and continuously transmitted signals.

The situation seems a bit chaotic.

But the chaos didn't last long, as all the scouts retreated, and dragons of fire rose into the sky and crashed into the Blue Army's base.

After just two rounds of bombing, there were less than a thousand people left in the battle group of five or six thousand people.

Watching these battle scenes, Chen Jun clearly felt that many of the leaders attending the meeting were breathing faster.

Soon after, the joint regiment of the 124th Division, led by Chief of Staff Fang Tao, set out. They did not go far but could be clearly seen from the aerial footage.

As the joint regiment passed by, dozens of low-altitude and high-altitude drones were suspended in all directions, and the ground around them was filled with a battalion of infantry.

The Blues seemed to be unaware and kept moving forward.

This scene made the 124th Division Commander Li Hongyang look extremely ugly.

Before this, he never understood how Lao Fang was exposed.

Now I understand everything.

So it was a fucking secret operation, with no secrets from beginning to end?
Later, the 2st Battalion dispatched two Attack s, which easily destroyed the Division Reconnaissance Battalion, and the battalion-level firepower directly confronted the nd Amphibious Armored Infantry Regiment.

The drone followed the signalman from high altitude to the location of the division headquarters.

The entire battlefield seemed to be filled with trumpets, flying flags, surging waves, and turbulent tides, and the fighting was extremely fierce.

In fact, this is not the case. With the eyesight of the commanders on the scene, they could not see how the first battalion was operated and arranged internally.

However, the combined battalion's attacks were always very methodical, and it was able to accurately kill the Blue Army commander every time. Originally, the 124th Division's Amphibious Armored Infantry Regiment's attacks were going very smoothly.

If nothing else happens.

The firepower of a battalion cannot be stopped at all, but the enemy only targets the commander.

Communications on the battlefield were blocked, the joint regiments had a poor level of coordination, and the front line suffered repeated defeats.

As long as there is a defeat, there will be many loopholes.

Even if the headquarters of the 124th Division was not attacked by surprise, it would be difficult for this joint regiment to withstand the attack of the st Battalion head-on.

It is only a matter of time before we are completely defeated.

The final scene freezes at the moment when Chen Jun crawls out of the pit, holding a gun and preparing to break into the division headquarters, and then pauses.

The screenshots from the meeting only captured some of the combat processes, without including many details.

For example, Chen Jun arranged for the infantry to take off their laser simulators and go to rescue people. Another example was that the first battalion beat up the staff of the directorate. All the people above knew about this.

It's just that some people choose to turn a blind eye.

silence! !
After the picture freezes, all that is left is silence.

The participants at the conference are all veterans who have experienced many battles and can see a lot through some simple pictures.

This is just a battalion-level combat group. They are isolated and helpless but still able to fight like this.

What if there are two, three, or even four, or a brigade?

By then, who on the entire battlefield can stop it?

Chen Huanran took in everyone's expressions and continued, "Comrades, in recent years, we have been calling for military reform. What should we reform?"

"Why change it again?"

“The way of a great country is that if it loves war, it will perish; if it forgets war, it will be in danger.”

"I believe that all comrades have seen that without reform, the army cannot fight, let alone win."

"We have enhanced the army's combat capability by strengthening the wartime system. The change from military region to war zone is just a one-letter word difference, which is a constant reminder for us."

"We must always be prepared for war, dare to fight, and be able to fight."

"The era of military regions has come to an end, and our strategic approach must also break away from the previous passive defensive strategy."

"How to break free? Stick to the rules?"

"The 124th Division in this operation is the most typical example."

"The 124th Division was a relatively junior unit in the Fourth Field Army, but it gradually grew into a heroic unit that was both good at attacking and defending, and it underwent severe training and tests."

"The combined battalion was established in August last year. It has no heroic past, and its commander is a student who graduated from the Xijing Army Border Defense Academy less than a year ago."

"Comparing the two, do I need to say more?"

"Comrades, military reform is imperative!!"

"Let me be frank with you. No one can stop a large-scale restructuring, and individual units don't need to rely on luck."

After the last sentence was said, the scene remained silent.
Of course, this is normal.

Among the leaders of the division-level units present here, which old unit does not have glorious military achievements and a long history?

Which unit that dares to call itself elite has not suffered heavy casualties and yet successfully survived in the end?

A sentence that it is imperative to do it and not to harbor any luck cannot persuade them.

But the significance of the experimental zone, if we compare it with the battle example of the 124th Division, it is not just useless work.

At least Chen Jun knew that no matter whether the army-level number or the division-level number was cancelled, no matter who was touched, there would always be old leaders and superiors to plead for them.

The implementation is slow, the hills are always there, and the resistance is always there.

This time 1221 is just an excuse. The higher-ups want to throw everything into chaos, so they might as well cancel everything and disrupt the reorganization.

The decision made at the meeting is just a sign before a big move.

Next.

The commander of the 124th Division took the stage to talk about his feelings about the battle, and took the lead in supporting military reform. Anyway, the general meaning was that he was willing to put aside the psychological burden brought by his old unit.

Welcome the new era.

Later, people from other units also came on stage to set an example, but compared with the proportion of participants, those willing to set an example were still very small.

Throughout the entire meeting, Chen Jun sat in the back without making a sound.

After all, he and the First Battalion were just one of the catalysts for this military reform.

When it's not his turn, just sitting there quietly is better than anything else.

When other units had almost set an example, the meeting was coming to an end.

Only then did Chen Huanran focus on the first battalion.

"Alright comrades, regarding the main purpose of this meeting, the theater will present relevant adjustments after the exercise."

"I hope that everyone can fully demonstrate our army's spirit of daring to fight and being good at fighting in the upcoming operations."

"Because this is related to the issue of whether many comrades will stay or go."

"Next, I declare that due to this operation, the 179th Brigade Integrated Battalion performed outstandingly, fought bravely, and repeatedly defeated the Blue Army cluster."

"According to the decision of the Eastern Theater Party Committee, the First Army Group, the 179th Motorized Infantry Brigade, was awarded the Second Class Merit."

"Comrade Chen Jun, the commander, is officially appointed as the deputy chief of staff of the 179th Motorized Infantry Brigade."

"Award a second-class collective merit. We will arrange for someone to go to area 1221 and award it on the spot."

"Participants, please pack up and go together later to see the new concept of the combined battalion-level combat group."

"Okay, let's adjourn the meeting!!"

FireWire Grant? ! !

Chen Jun looked at the brigade commander in confusion. Wasn't he allowed to go on stage to speak?
This guy has stopped talking and is now awarding military merits on the front line?

What is going on up there?

Also, during the meeting, the leaders waved big sticks and beat us for a long time, but at the last minute they stuffed candy into our hands.

Just plug it in.

You also need to bring someone with you to watch you eat.

Is this really okay?
(End of this chapter)