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

Chapter 402: The First Battalion Ends, and the Reorganization Storm Begins

After temporarily suppressing the news that the entire camp was to be disbanded.

Chen Jun gave up his seat and handed the next meeting over to the instructor.

He is a partner with Fatty He, one is a martial artist and the other is a scholar.

I have just said what I needed to say, stated the reasons I needed to explain, and even expressed all the emotions I needed to express.

As for the earnest words of comfort afterwards, the instructor was assigned a task of having a heart-to-heart talk.

Chen Jun is not good at that stuff.

I feel depressed.

He simply pulled out the stool, stood up and strode out of the command room.

Come outside.

Looking up at the gloomy sky above, the cold wind blew towards me, making my face hurt.

Suddenly there was no battle to fight, and Chen Jun felt completely unmotivated.

The director's office had previously announced an eight-hour ceasefire, and now that it has been delayed for so long, the time is almost up.

"It should be starting soon, right?"

Chen Jun was silent for a while, then he muttered something in a low voice.

Then he turned around and looked at the Blue Army in the distance, who were busy setting up tents and building a new camp.

There are busy figures everywhere.

The situation is similar for the First Battalion. After the ceremony of awarding military merits is over, the next thing to consider is the issue of camping.

Too many people were eliminated here.

Just before the leader left, some people from the directorate were left behind to maintain order and to look after the eliminated personnel.

If you are eliminated in the exercise battlefield, you won’t get any good treatment.

Someone has to supervise you throughout the whole process, and you have to get up on time, attend roll call on time, and report when going to the toilet.

The degree of freedom is far less than staying in the camp.

However, as 1221 was an experimental area, the first battalion had to be disbanded, and the 124th Division was not an eastern unit.

The director's department didn't put much effort into management.

Chen Jun left Li Peifang behind to be responsible for supervision.

This guy is also a lazy bastard. While the tents were being set up in the camp, he disappeared without a trace and hasn't been seen for a long time.

In recent days of exercises, the battalion has been very lively and busy, but now it has suddenly become quiet and there is nothing to do, so even the entire battalion is about to be disbanded.

Chen Jun felt a sense of emptiness in his heart.

But there's nothing I can do.

Just as he said at the meeting just now, military reform is inevitable and no one can stop it.

The above-mentioned conciliatory policy has been used. The 179th Brigade has been designated as a pilot brigade, and the second combined battalion must be formed.

But the problem is that it can’t be organized.

There were too many twists and turns in the middle. If we follow the steps, it will take at least half a year to train the new recruits in the second battalion.

By this time, the day lily has become cold.

It's better to cut the Gordian knot quickly, at least you won't give face to anyone and be tough to the end.

Chen Jun pondered in his mind, and then he found a sheltered place, stood there and looked at the busy figures of a battalion of soldiers, lost in thought.

In fact, disbanding the first battalion will bring more benefits than disadvantages no matter from which perspective.

If all the officers who understand synthesis and have undergone synthesis training are placed in the 179th Brigade, how much room for promotion will they have?

Only by placing people in the entire army group or even diverting them to the entire war zone.

That is the best option.

In this way, the cadres in the battalion will have the opportunity to be promoted, and the non-commissioned officers will have the opportunity to stay in the team or even be promoted.

After a few more years, Chen Jun felt that his network of contacts could be extended to various troops and units.

After all, as the first commander of a combined battalion, all the company-level cadres in the battalion were trained by him and would be assigned to other units in the future, even if there was no superior-subordinate relationship.

After all, we have been together, sharing the joys and sorrows for more than half a year.

When we meet again in the future, who would not give some face to this old battalion commander?

"Just think of it as finding a good way out for our comrades."

Chen Jun smiled narcissistically, then put his hands behind his back, and his mood suddenly relaxed a lot.

Boom boom boom boom
He had just comforted himself that the eight-hour ceasefire period stipulated by the directorate was over.

More than ten kilometers away from where they were camped, the sound of artillery fire suddenly filled the sky.

The whistling cold wind seemed to be mixed with a faint smell of gunpowder.

"what happened?"

"Why did a fight break out nearby?"

Fatty He was taking a political class in the command room. After hearing the noise, he rushed out with his men and looked into the distance.

Maybe it's a stress reaction.

The soldiers who were setting up tents in the company camp, upon hearing the sound of artillery fire, began to clench their guns and look nervously into the distance.

Chen Jun looked in the direction where the fierce battle was taking place and frowned.

When he came from the director's office, he was the one leading the team in the front car, and this time there was no camouflage cloth covering the windows.

He could clearly see the garrisons he passed along the way.

If I am not mistaken, the unit involved in the fierce battle should be the joint regiment sent by the Red Army Armored Division to support the 1221 area, which was targeted by the Blue Army.

Chen Jun was still wondering about this before.

He arranged for the battalion to contact the armored division the night before and request for assistance.

But in the end, the enemy's firepower was slow to arrive.

This battle.

Whenever the armored division's firepower can withstand the front, the first battalion will provide fire support from the flank.

The Blue Army’s 124th Division, let alone their amphibious armored infantry regiment, even if they concentrated all their firepower in one place.

It is still uncertain who will win or lose.

The enemy did not arrive, and the casualties of the first battalion continued to rise.

Also later.

Chen Jun finally realized that it was not because the armored division did not come, but because the 1221 area was divided into an experimental area.

All the firepower from the red and blue support was withheld.

Now it depends.

It was a troop coming over to support from the armored division. They were halfway there and their specific location was noticed by the commander of the Blue Army just now.

The war has just begun.

The Blue Army wanted to swallow up part of the main force of the Red Army's armored division in one gulp.

"That's quite an appetite."

Chen Jun sighed.

Even though they are just a combined regiment and part of the firepower under the armored division, their combined combat power is definitely equivalent to half a division.

The Blues dared to start the war so hastily, obviously they had been preparing for a long time.

There is no more war to fight here.

Chen Jun simply took the cadres in the camp, listened to the sound of artillery fire in the distance, took out the topographic map and spent the whole day wondering where the fighting was taking place.

Guess who will win.

Time passed like this day by day.

At the beginning of the war.

The combined battalion, which was once the most powerful on the battlefield, never appeared on the battlefield again.

Soon, half a month passed.

During this period, the Medical Blue Army began to really exert its strength, and the Red Army's baggage depots and transportation lines were cut off and destroyed one after another.

The defense line was retreating again and again.

At first, the place where the first battalion was stationed was still the Red Army's territory, but as the fighting went on, it became the rear base of the Blue Army.

Every day, you can see the Blue Army's transport vehicles passing by the camp in groups.

That guy really made the soldiers in the camp greedy.

He was yelling about robbing the Blue Army.

However, it's just talk.

Even if the combat losses of a battalion did not exceed 70%, it did not meet the prescribed criteria for elimination.

However, the remaining firepower of the entire battalion is basically not enough to support a large-scale battle.

What's more, he was expressly forbidden by the director's office to participate in the war.

Then there's no point in robbing.

Seeing the battle situation become so messed up, Chen Jun knew that the Red Army had lost this exercise.

And they will lose badly.

A force of tens of thousands of people, but in just half a month, the main force was almost exhausted.

This shows how intense the battle was and how fierce the Blues' attack was.

Thousands of people were killed in the war almost every day.

The sound of artillery fire was getting farther and farther away, and the war was almost reaching the heartland of the Red Army.

He Yingtao, Ma Hongjie and others stood beside Chen Jun, looking into the distance.

These guys, recently.

There was nothing to do after eating all day, no training or exercises, and in just over ten days, I gained weight.

"Battalion Commander, it looks like the Red Army is going to lose."

As Ma Hongjie spoke, a moment of trance flashed across his face. The Red Army's defeat meant the end of the exercise.

The end of the exercise means the disbandment of the first battalion, which must also be officially made public.

In the past few days, the soldiers in the camp all knew that they were going to be disbanded, but Chen Jun and his men had made some preparations in advance.

The conversation with the political cadres was relatively timely, and their superiors also gave them ample time to prepare.

Although the comrades in the camp were in low spirits, at least nothing serious happened.

It's disbanding, nothing much to say.

Just think of it as taking from the people and giving back to the people.

Anyway, when the First Battalion was first formed, it was composed of veterans recruited from various units.

Now, it’s just a matter of returning the people back.

"It's normal for the Red Army to lose."

When Chen Jun heard Lao Ma's assertion, he stared into the distance, then nodded slightly and said: "This time the military reform will start from the east, and the east will be comprehensively reorganized from the First Army."

"In this annual military exercise, the Red Army is basically composed of members of the First Army. If they don't lose, what reason can the higher-ups have for attacking them?"

"It's a good opportunity to take advantage of the failure of this annual military exercise to conduct a large-scale reorganization. Some will be transferred to civilian jobs before and after the New Year, some will retire, and some will be laid off."

"okay."

After Chen Jun finished speaking, he turned his head and glanced at the soldiers of a battalion in the distance.

He added: "Notify them and have all company commanders get ready in the next few days. Other units will come to recruit people at any time." "If we do ideological work well in advance, even if our first battalion is to be disbanded, it will be the first combined battalion in the entire army."

"Everyone, stand up straight."

"When the time comes, no one should cry and piss themselves in front of me. No matter which unit you go to in the future, when they mention our combined battalion, they will give us a thumbs up."

"Instead of being so fragile that you can't bear it just because of a separation, understand?"

"Yes, Captain!!"

Everyone responded in unison.

Chen Jun’s guess was correct. No matter how loud the thunder was in the early stages of this exercise or how loud the code names were.

The final result was just as expected.

The Red Army was completely wiped out.

The armored divisions, mechanized infantry divisions, mechanized infantry brigades, and other motorized infantry brigades were almost completely defeated and unable to fight back.

The battle line was defeated all the way and the main force was exhausted.

That afternoon, the directorate’s public channel announced the end of the exercise and the Blues’ victory.

The commander of the 179th Brigade, Tao Junming, and the political commissar, Xu Wensheng, hurried to the base of the first battalion.

Chen Jun himself did not expect that the first person they would welcome was not the leaders who wanted to divide up the battalion, but their own brigade commander.

"Hello, Brigadier General!!"

"Hello, political commissar!!"

Chen Jun raised his hand and saluted, looking at the two leaders who had hurried over with an expression of surprise.

Xu Wensheng did not serve in the Red Army during this exercise, but stayed on duty in the brigade.

After more than half a month, I saw Chen Jun again.

Political Commissar Xu walked forward with a smile and looked at Chen Jun carefully.

Then he reached out and patted his shoulder, laughing heartily: "Deputy Chief of Staff Chen, haha!!"

"I heard about your troubles in the brigade. Well done. You and your father-in-law have finally gotten to know each other."

"Don't worry, I have arranged for comrades from the Political Department to discuss this matter with Comrade Li Haiyao in a tactful manner."

"She also knows that the higher-ups are planning to set up a pilot zone for military reform, and she understands the matter very well. There won't be any problems."

"Thank you, Commissar!!"

When Chen Jun learned that Xu Wensheng had helped him get through, he responded gratefully.

You know, the 179th Brigade did not completely not participate in the war. Li Haiyao worked in the logistics department. In addition to not going to the front line, all military supplies had to be recorded and calculated by her.

This guy.

It was just like Chen Jun was beating his father-in-law in front, and Li Haiyao was counting the expenses of beating her own father in the back.

The war between the 179th Brigade and the 124th Division could not be concealed.

Bomb the division headquarters and capture the division commander.

After being passed on by word of mouth among the soldiers, by the time it reached Li Haiyao's ears, it might have been passed down to several generations.

However, he didn't bring his cell phone with him, and he didn't want to take up the brigade's communication resources. He was still thinking about how to explain this matter when he returned to the brigade.

Now it seems that with the iron-mouthed political commissar taking action, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Finish talking about your own business.

Chen Jun looked up at Brigade Commander Tao and Political Commissar Xu, and was about to ask something.

The two of them came here at this time, maybe they were going to notify us to return to the camp.

Tao Junming waved his hand decisively.

"Don't make blind guesses. The exercise is over and the review meeting has been postponed. Right now, the Army is holding a meeting to discuss the disbanding of the mechanized infantry and armored divisions in the army."

"The higher-ups have been very ruthless this time. They are going to remove all division-level units of the First Army within a month before and after the New Year and divide them into five combined brigades."

"We 179 are just one of them."

"After the conference, the remaining four brigades will arrange people to come and select candidates. If I don't keep an eye on it."

"Who else can I keep except you, the deputy chief of staff?"

"Can you stop them?"

Tao Lu spoke very straightforwardly, and of course, he was also very efficient in his work.

The day Tao Junming arrived.

Ma Hongjie, He Yingtao, Qi Shaoxiang, and dozens of core members of the battalion were sent back to the 179th Brigade from Fuzhou in batches by jeeps overnight.

There is nothing much to say about Lao Ma and the other two.

He was originally from the 179st Motorized Infantry Battalion of the th Brigade and is currently the main force of the combined battalion.

As for the remaining company commanders, some were promoted from platoon leaders, and some were simply transferred from the mechanized infantry brigade or mechanized division.

Lao Tao didn't move.

The backbones who were transported away were also the core that supported the normal operation of each company of the first battalion.

Just started.

Chen Jun indeed felt that the brigade commander was making a big deal out of nothing and there was no need to be so nervous.

After all, even if a battalion is disbanded, the distribution should be organized, right?
They don't have to rob people, do they?
But soon, he found out that he had guessed wrong, and very wrong.

Chen Jun ignored the determination from above, and even more so ignored how panicked the other four brigades that were designated as combined brigades were.

I underestimated the bottom line of these people.

It was nine o'clock in the evening on January 2017, 1, the day Tao Lu arrived.

At this time of day, there are no training tasks in the camp, and it is time to rest after roll call.

My goodness! Dozens of military jeeps and hundreds of troop carriers rumbled into the first battalion’s base.

The bright car lights illuminated the nearby campsites.

The cadres who led the team had transfer orders in their hands. They didn't care who the people they were pulling were. As long as they were soldiers from the first battalion, they would coax and trick them into getting on the troop carriers.

That scene couldn't even be called a selection, it was more like a snatching of people.

Not only was Chen Jun stunned, even the Blue Army members who gathered nearby to watch the fun were dumbfounded.

Chen Jun just stood there and watched, and a group of cadres surrounded him.

This bunch of idiots came up and started to greet him with a lot of chatter, some offering him cigarettes, some trying to pass him cigarettes, all in just half a minute.

Chen Jun's mouth, hands, and pockets were all stuffed with cigarettes.

There are even several of them clipped on the ears.

"battalion commander!!"

"battalion commander!!"

One after another, the old soldiers stood at attention stubbornly in the distance and saluted.

Everyone shouted loudly.

They knew that the disbandment of the First Battalion was irreversible, and no one was crying and unwilling to leave.

But everyone stood up straight and said goodbye loudly.

Watching the familiar faces being taken away one by one, Chen Jun's eyes also became red.

He threw away the cigarette in his hand, patted the cigarette out of his ears, and strode towards the soldier.

Tao Lu, who was standing by, originally wanted to follow him, but he was afraid that Chen Jun would not be able to control his emotions and cause trouble again.

But Political Commissar Xu Wensheng reached out and pulled him back. He shook his head slightly and said, "It's okay, Lao Tao. Chen Jun has a plan in mind and won't do anything out of line."

"Don't worry, he's fine."

Chen Jun really didn't do anything out of line.

He simply walked up to the teams of soldiers, stood at attention, and returned the salute in a standard manner.

"Comrades, I know you are reluctant to leave the First Battalion, and I am reluctant to leave you too."

"But our army needs to develop, and our brother units also need you."

"When you go to other units, work hard and train more good soldiers. When the time comes to reorganize the battalion, I hope everyone can contribute together."

"Comrades, all good things must come to an end. Even when you arrive at the new unit, you are still members of the first battalion."

"The door of our 179th Brigade is always open to you."

"Yes, Captain!!"

There were no passionate speeches, no wailing about life and death.

Some are just stubborn looks back, some are just the roar of cars.

One battalion is gone.

The new camp was formed in late July 2016, after the South China Sea incident ended.

Disbanded in late January 2017.

All units acted quickly, and the soldiers of the first battalion were stationed here for just over an hour.

Except for two platoons that were left behind to garrison, all the soldiers were taken away.

Along with their gear, guns, backpacks, and bedding, they were taken away.

A cold wind blew through the empty camp.

It shows a desolate state.

Tao Junming shook his head and walked aside to smoke in silence.

This is the price of military reform.

Not just one battalion, but many subsequent units will have to endure a reorganization that is ten times more painful than this.

After all, the First Battalion was a new battalion, so at least its number was still there. However, many units of the First Army lost even their numbers overnight.

Under the wheel of reform, all reorganizations are painful and debilitating.

Political Commissar Xu Wensheng did not walk far. He came to Chen Jun and raised his hand to pat his shoulder to comfort him.

In the end, I gave up and didn't take action.

At this moment, any words would seem pale.

Just stayed silent for a while.

Political Commissar Xu then said, "Chen Jun, since the higher-ups have given you a vacation, you should go back to Pengcheng tomorrow."

"As for this, the personnel list, gun numbers, and statistics of individual soldier equipment will be submitted to the higher-ups tomorrow."

"Don't blame them. There is nothing they can do to snatch people at this time. A reorganization is an opportunity for some people who are determined to climb up the ladder."

"We all want to do our best, and we can't be too rigid in many processes."

"Go ahead, go and clean up your mood."

"I will take my partner home to celebrate the New Year, and then go to Kyoto National Defense University to attend the China Training Program after the New Year."

"When you come back, our 179th Brigade may be very different. We will still need you then."

"Yes, Commissar, I understand."

Chen Jun took a deep breath and then nodded heavily.

When he comes back, more than just the 179th Brigade will have changed dramatically.

This disturbance is not aimed at the First Army. Only a few divisions have been withdrawn.

Later, even the military-level numbers will be completely revoked, and we will start from scratch. The storm of military reform will be completely blown away.

And he has a new journey.

But the first battalion finally came to an end.

(End of this chapter)