On March 17, 98, at the foot of the mountain, more than 30 kilometers outside Longjiang City, more than 100 air force recruits were standing on a shooting range overgrown with weeds.

See an old Volga sedan and a 212 jeep coming from a potholed mountain road. Lieutenant Chang Shaohua, the commander of the recruit company, hurriedly straightened his clothes and ran over with the instructor.

"Comrade Chief of Staff, the recruit company of Unit 9527 is undergoing military posture training, please instruct!"

Lieutenant Colonel Hu Desheng, chief of staff of the Longjiang Field Station of the Air Force D Division, returned the salute, and after glancing at the recruits on the shooting range, he said solemnly: "The troops continue to train, and you and the instructor will go to the company headquarters with me." ”

"Yes, Chief of Staff!"

The company commander immediately turned around and ordered the platoon commander on duty to continue organizing the training, while he and the instructor followed Chief of Staff Hu of the station, Staff Officer Han of the Military Affairs Section of the division headquarters, and Chief Wang and Staff Officer Ge of the military affairs unit of the station to the company headquarters on the mountainside.

Chief of Staff Hu, where they came from, Company Commander Chang understands without guessing.

The recruit company had been training for almost three months, and they had just been awarded a title a few days ago. The leaders came here this time to definitely study the issue of the distribution of new recruits. He, the commander of the recruit company, has almost worked to this day, and the time the recruits left the recruit company was when he was promoted to the rank of commander of the second guard company.

Unlike the Army and the Armed Police, the Air Force has very high technical requirements, which has led to the fact that the Air Force Division, known as Unit 9527, has a much larger number of officers than soldiers, and much fewer recruits are allocated each year. In addition, the Air Force Division D was stationed at two airfields, and Longjiang City, where the division headquarters was located, had only two flight regiments, A and B, and one depot. Regiment C and another depot were located in a neighbouring province hundreds of kilometers away.

As we have just seen at the shooting range, there are only 138 recruits in three regimental units and one division headquarters this year.

"Sit down, everyone, our task today is very simple, which is to draw up a plan for the distribution of new recruits." As soon as Chief of Staff Hu walked into the company headquarters, he took off his hat and said with a smile: "Staff Officer Han, you are the leader of the division headquarters, there are about 130 people in total. ”

Chief of Staff Han, who has not changed his work style, although his military rank is only captain, still did not hesitate to take over the roster from the company commander, and said with a smile: "Chief of Staff, then you are welcome." ”

The army soil, the navy ocean, the air force is a big hooligan! This familiar slip of the tongue is not to say that the Air Force is really a hooligan. Rather, it refers to the fact that the conditions of the Air Force are good, the salary is high, and there are many opportunities to join the party, take the entrance examination, and transfer to volunteers. As a result, every year when conscription is carried out, all the people who come in are related households, and whether or not they can be assigned to a relatively good unit has become the most troublesome problem for the military affairs department, except for veterans who have been turned into volunteers.

Staff Officer Han unexpectedly took out a list from his pocket, lay on the desk and checked the roster, and hooked the names of eight people like a cloud.

The shortage of civil servants in the division headquarters this year is twelve, and Chief of Staff Hu realized that the remaining four places were the consolation prizes left by the division's military affairs section to the station, so he couldn't help but smile and asked: "Staff Officer Han, how to arrange the remaining four places?" ”

"Chief of Staff, the recruit company is a temporary unit of your station. You are more familiar with the recruits than we are, so please recommend these four places. ”

After receiving the confirmation, Chief of Staff Hu immediately turned around and ordered: "Unit Commander Wang, you can get a plan for the four places in the official class of the division headquarters." ”

"Yes, Chief of Staff!"

The official class is a unit that serves the head of the division department, not to mention that it is not a problem to join the party and become a volunteer soldier in the future, as long as there is a little cultural foundation, it is not impossible to take the examination and promote the cadre. After considering the chiefs of the various units who had greeted him, Chief Wang immediately took out a pen and circled four lists on the roster.

In the next 20 minutes, the military officers of the Air Force D Division successively finalized the names of civil servants in Regiment A, Regiment B, and depots, as well as candidates for teaching platoon and learning to drive. Before enlisting in the army, they learned cooking in the guest house of the division headquarters, and the recruits with a technical secondary school degree from the health school joined the health team. Several recruits with driver's licenses were undoubtedly assigned to the automobile company.

Those who have connections and skills have a place to go, and the remaining seventy or so recruits can only enter the guard company. Staff Officer Han of the Military Affairs Section of the Division and Chief of Staff Hu of the Field Station put away the distribution plan and prepared to return home. Company Commander Chang, who had been an accompaniment for a long time, couldn't help but say: "Chief of Staff, Staff Officer Han, there is something I don't know whether to talk about or not?" ”

"Say whatever you want? Don't mother-in-law! "Company Commander Chang's performance made Chief of Staff Hu very dissatisfied, because the guard company needed a resolute company commander. If there were no two brushes, who would be responsible for the safety of the dozens of aircraft of the two flight regiments and the 315 factory of the Air Force Logistics Department on the side of the runway?

"Report to the chief of staff, I think that Tian Wenjian, a college student recruit in the third squad of the first platoon, is not suitable to enter the guard company." Thinking of the thorn in the past three months, Company Commander Chang gritted his teeth and reported loudly.

Only then did everyone remember that among this year's recruits, there was also a college student with a bachelor's degree! However, in Chief of Staff Hu's opinion, college students are nothing, and when he enters the army, he is a soldier, and he must obey the organization's arrangements.

Although the army's demand for college students is "Han Xin soldiers, the more the merrier". He also believes that only in this way can we greatly promote the level of informationization in the troops, change the structure of the quality of the troops, and raise the combat effectiveness to a higher level.

But in fact, it is not! The vast majority of the commanders of the Air Force Division, including Chief of Staff Hu, believed that it was "asking for trouble" to arrange college students into their own ranks, because college students were too thoughtful, too strong, and difficult to lead. And the army, a place with particularly strong discipline, needs soldiers who are absolutely obedient.

You can't let a rat poop spoil a pot of porridge! Chief of Staff Hu realized that it was not a good choice to put that college recruit in the guard company, and asked solemnly: "How is that college recruit doing?" ”

"Chief of Staff, I really don't know how to describe it." After pondering for a moment, Company Commander Chang said with a wry smile: "It is said that he is not qualified in politics, but he is an old party member with five years of party experience. Judging from the political review materials, his grades in college are very good, and he is still a student union cadre. ”

Staff Officer Han was puzzled and immediately asked, "Company Commander Chang, since the conditions are good in all aspects, what are you worried about?" ”

Seeing the hesitant look of Company Commander Chang, Chief of Staff Hu was anxious, immediately turned around, and ordered sternly: "Instructor Li, come on!" ”

"Yes, Chief of Staff!" After taking a deep breath, Commander Li reported: "On the third day after Tian Wenjian joined the army, he had a conflict with the third squad leader because of the problem of folding quilts. Seeing that he did not obey the order of the squad leader, the platoon leader threw his quilt downstairs. ”

How about housekeeping, it depends on whether the quilt is folded well or not. Throwing the quilt was normal for Chief of Staff Hu, so he asked puzzledly: "What happened later?" ”

"Reporting to the chief of staff, Tian Wenjian was very dissatisfied with the behavior of the platoon commander, and asked me and the company commander to apologize to him and help him wash the quilt thrown into the muddy water." After Instructor Li paused, he continued to report: "The platoon commander is a trainee officer who has just been assigned to the military academy, and he is young and vigorous. ”

Giving the recruits a proper color is not a big deal for everyone in the room. But Instructor Li's next report surprised everyone.

"Although the platoon leader was from the field army, he was not Tian Wenjian's opponent, and he was knocked to the ground by Tian Wenjian in less than two minutes, and the three squad leaders who went up to help were tied up by him with a backpack strap and locked up in the confinement room under the corridor together."

"What?" Chief of Staff Hu was angry by this introduction, and suddenly roared: "The platoon commander and squad leader can't even beat a recruit, and they have been locked up by others, where is this?" Chang Shaohua, Li Aiguo, how did you bring the recruit company? ”

Lose face! Shame on you! Company Commander Chang and Instructor Li really didn't know how to explain, so they could only stand straight by the door and accept the stormy criticism of the chief of staff.

If you enter the army, you are a person in the army, and it is not so easy to go back. Because it was the platoon leader who made the first move, he didn't even have a chance to punish the daring recruit.

If the recruit company dares to fight the platoon commander, what will happen if you enter the guard company? You must know that the guard company is a unit equipped with real guns, and if that bastard starts his nerves, the consequences will be unimaginable.

There is no doubt that the most arduous and most capable guard company of Unit 9527, Tian Wenjian, a college student recruit, will not be able to go. Staff Officer Han of the Division's Military Affairs Section did not rush to consider the issue of distribution, but asked with schadenfreude: "Instructor Li, how did your recruit company handle this matter?" ”

"Report to Staff Officer Han, because it was the first platoon leader and the third squad leader to make the first move, we can only give three people a verbal warning. In order not to affect the training, we immediately arranged Tian Wenjian into the cooking class, and we have been until now. ”

Although Chief of Staff Hu also thought that this was a helpless solution, he still severely criticized: "The occurrence of such a bad thing shows that you, as an instructor, have not done your ideological work properly." It's the first time for us to bring college recruits, but it will never be the last!

In the future, there will be more and more college recruits, and there will be more and more such things. Is it true that as many college recruits as we will send them to work as cooks? Of course, our station headquarters is also responsible for this matter, and it does not care enough about your recruit company, and does not pay enough attention to the enlistment of college students. ”

Seeing that the chief of staff was making self-criticism, Instructor Li hurriedly reviewed: "Chief of staff, my personal level is not enough!" Take the quilt folding incident as an example, so far I haven't figured out any way to do his ideological work. ”

"What? Is his housekeeping still reasonable? Chief of Staff Hu slapped the table heavily and said categorically: "This is the army, not the place!" What about college students? And what about the old party members? They all have to obey the orders of their superiors, and they all have to obey the internal rules and discipline regulations! ”

"Chief of Staff, he said that let's wet the quilt to remove wrinkles, stuff the cardboard and crisp, it's a serious formalism! And took out the internal affairs regulations and followed me theory one by one, proving that the 'tofu block' quilt is not the content regulated by the rules and regulations. He even analyzed it from a historical point of view, saying that our current internal affairs standards are the formalism of the Air Force compound during the special period. ”

After a pause, Instructor Li continued: "He also admits that good housekeeping can indeed make people develop a rigorous and disciplined style. However, our current standards are to forget the original intention of the whole internal affairs, ignore the actual feelings of the soldiers, ignore their physical and mental health, and excessively 'elevate' the standards for the implementation of the regulations, thus complicating simple problems. It is a kind of excesses, a disguised violation of the order, and even damages the seriousness and authority of the order. ”

"Oops! It's still a set, I think he can replace you as an instructor! ”

In the cold winter months, getting the quilt wet is indeed not good for the health of the soldiers. The current evaluation criteria are also a bit excessive. But this is a decades-old tradition, which he can shake as a recruit. Chief of Staff Hu realized how difficult it was to bring college recruits, so he went on to ask, "How is he doing in the cooking class?" ”

"Overall, it was good. It's just that when the company commander's girlfriend came to see the company commander during the Spring Festival, she was lectured by Tian Wenjian in the cooking class, and she made a good family affair yellow. ”

Forget about beating the platoon leader and squad leader, it even inexplicably destroyed people's love!

Is it easy for a military man to find a wife? Chief of Staff Hu couldn't hold back any longer, and immediately ordered: "Get that Tian Wenjian for me, I want to see who he is." ”

"Yes, Chief of Staff!" Company Commander Chang, who was extremely embarrassed, hurriedly ran out after answering the call, and called Tian Wenjian, who was washing vegetables by the pool.