Thirty-seven days of family leave is too long in Li Zhan's opinion, the master only gave one year, and after a year, he must sign up for the Flying Shark training, and in the next year, the things on the Beiku side must be completed to live up to the trust of the 73rd Division.

Li Zhan chose to take a vacation around the Spring Festival, and returned to the team early for the New Year at home.

For the Chinese, the Spring Festival is the beginning of a new year, and the annual training and mobilization of the troops is held after the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, usually in March. For more than a month before that, especially in January, many units were busy with year-end summaries and assessments.

After the summary and commendation meeting, the 101st Regiment of the 73rd Division and the North Reservoir Station ushered in a great news.

On January 5, Vice Minister Liang presided over a meeting of cadres above the corps garrison at the North Kuchang Station, which was attended by Li Zhan, captain of the Eagle Falcon Brigade, and Nie Jianfeng, instructor. Judging from the composition of the participants, the things to be said are related to the falcon brigade.

Vice Minister Liang said straight to the point, "In addition to attending the summary and commendation meeting in the Beiku area, I was entrusted by the party committee of the military region to announce an order. ”

He picked up the command and read, "Scripture...... The 101st Fighter Regiment of the 73rd Fighter Division was approved to be reorganized into the 101st Aviation Brigade. Pass through...... With the approval, the Beikuchang Station was reorganized into the Beiku Combat Training Base, which was permanently stationed by the 101st Aviation Brigade. ”

The whole conference room was gasping and stunned, and for most people the news was very sudden, it was a surprise in a fright.

The upgrading of the troops is a major event, a very good thing, and to what extent it is so big that it is related to the dismantling of the troops, it is a major event that is closely related to the vital interests of every officer and soldier.

The most important thing is that there was no rumor before this, and even Li Zhan didn't hear the relevant gossip. It was too sudden, or it means that the decision made by the higher-level leadership organ was very sudden, and it can even be guessed that the fact that the 101st Regiment was able to receive such attention was closely related to the performance of the Falcon Brigade in the past year or so.

Xue Xiangdong and Bao Guanhua and other regiment leaders, who knew in advance, were still very excited at this time. The regiment was upgraded to a brigade, and the rank went up, which meant that many people would be promoted on the spot. The previous promotions of Xue Xiangdong and Bao Guanhua now seem to be preparations for their promotion in the army. Many people have a sense of enlightenment.

Li Zhan and Nie Jianfeng were very surprised, they didn't expect this day to come so quickly.

Vice Minister Liang said, "The Air Division ordered that the unitary brigade should comprehensively simulate the construction of the blue army and serve as a whetstone for the whole army's aviation units, and at the same time, the Beiku base has been listed as a combat training base for the army's aviation units." That is to say, in the future, HNA will also come here for training, and all the troops stationed in Beiku for training will carry out confrontation drills with the Zero Brigade, that is, the Eagle Brigade. ”

"You have achieved phased results in the construction of simulated blue army troops, and I hope that you can make persistent efforts and really use the whetstone well."

"I now announce the appointment." Vice Minister Liang continued to read out, "Comrade Xue Xiangdong was appointed as the commander of the Eagle Brigade, Comrade Bao Guanhua was appointed as the political commissar of the Eagle Brigade, and Comrade Yang Jinshan was appointed as the chief of staff of the Eagle Brigade. I will not follow the script for the appointment of other cadres here. The situation of the Eagle Falcon Brigade was announced by Brigade Commander Xue. ”

Xue Xiangdong took over the conversation and said, "The Eagle Falcon Brigade is the number one main force of our brigade, and the simulated Blue Army Brigade is formed on the basis of the Eagle Falcon Brigade. The unit has been upgraded, the strength of the force will increase, a tactical reconnaissance squadron will be added, and in the future, a number of air service squadrons will be gradually added to form a new brigade. The Eagle Falcon Brigade was expanded, and the number of fighters increased to 24. Our regiment was originally a large-scale regiment, and the three flying groups under its jurisdiction were also large-scale brigades, but that was the era of second-generation aircraft. After being equipped with third-generation aircraft, the normal establishment was restored, and now the regiment has been upgraded to a brigade, and the establishment of the three flight groups has been restored to a large establishment group again. ”

"Captain Li Zhan, instructor Nie Jianfeng, the cadre configuration remains the same." Xue Xiangdong pointed to Li Zhan and Nie Jianfeng, who were standing up, and said, "Captain Li, you only have sixteen Su 27 now, which will be reorganized into two squadrons, and eight more will be added to you in the next six months, to meet the establishment requirements of 24 aircraft, and you will form a third flying squadron." ”

"Yes!" Li Zhan was very excited.

Twenty-four SU-27 and twenty-four J-7 are two completely different concepts.

Xue Xiangdong said, "This time I will equip you with J-11, and it is the latest Type B." Your brigade must be ready to take over. ”

Li Zhan couldn't help but ask, "Brigade Commander, won't it be second-hand again?" ”

Everyone laughed.

Vice Minister Liang said, "Brand new, I can assure you that in the future, the Zero Brigade will not take over the second-hand goods of the brother troops." ”

Li Zhan struck while the iron was hot and said, "Chief, our dozen Su Liangqi don't have much life left. ”

"You don't have to worry, you won't run out of planes, don't you have a backup plane there. You have this treatment for the entire military region's air force units. Vice Minister Liang said with a smile.

Li Zhan secretly said in his heart, that's the J-7E, boss, it's impossible for you to let me drive back the J-7E.

Xue Xiangdong said, "The situation of our brigade is very good, not ordinarily good, but a great good, and it will get better and better in the future." As an aside, our brigade has been able to make such a big change in just over a year thanks to the Eagle Brigade. This brigade is the foundation of our brigade, and the focus of our brigade's construction in the future will also be the Eagle Falcon brigade. I hope that everyone will be soberly aware of this. ”

Vaccinations must be given. Upgrading troops means getting more resources. In the past, the 101st Regiment was such a tattered fighter regiment, equipped with the J-6 Plus and the earlier model of the J-7B. When the Blue Army Brigade was simulated, the regiment pooled resources for the use of a large team, and everyone had no opinion, anyway, what if they were all given to you.

Now the situation is completely different. The ultimate purpose of changing the regimental establishment is to enhance the overall combat capability, which is an integral part of army building, and at worst, an integral part of the building of the armed forces in the building of national defense.

Let you change the regiment into a brigade, and also turn the station into a base for you, and even assign you a repair shop, isn't the purpose to let you play a more important role?

In this case, the second and third teams must have ideas, and they will definitely not be willing to be affiliated with the first team. This involves the allocation of resources, and it is obviously not possible to concentrate all of them on one large group (Eagle Falcon Brigade) as before, but it must be biased.

Xue Xiangdong beat the side drum at the meeting and gave a preventive shot in order to prevent internal competition for resources and things that affect unity.

"The unit was reorganized, and the regiment became a brigade, which means that the task is heavier." Xue Xiangdong said, "The air division has re-planned the combat readiness patrol airspace of our brigade, and it has gone south to the Bazhou area south of the provincial capital, and the entire northern airspace is our combat readiness patrol airspace, which is the new Dabeiku area." ”

A map quickly appeared in Li Zhan's mind, and he roughly estimated that with such an increase, the airspace area for combat readiness patrols that the 101st Brigade was responsible for had increased by a small half, almost one-third of the province where it was stationed. There are only two fighter divisions in the entire western region, but in fact, the 73rd Division has always been independently supporting the air defense of an area of 1.66 million square kilometers.

The tasks in the future will be heavier, and it will take longer to fly for a trip, which is good news.

Li Zhan noticed that the air defense scope of the 101st Brigade included the provincial capital, does this mean that the provincial venue station was also assigned to the 101st Brigade? This is to be determined.

As a matter of fact, he has already strongly felt that the great reform of the troop establishment has entered the final stage of preparation, and it may soon be carried out in an all-round way. A new era is calling.

"The scope of air defense is wider and the pressure is greater, and the troops should be a good blue army under the condition of combat readiness and duty, which is the requirement of the air division for our brigade. I hope that all of you here must maintain a good attitude and show the willpower of the year when we used backward equipment to fight against Nanbatian to improve our combat effectiveness. Xue Xiangdong asked.

A meeting lasted for more than two hours, and there was no urine point in the whole process, and the talks were all about real dry goods. After the meeting ended, Vice Minister Liang and Xue Xiangdong left Li Zhan and Nie Jianfeng behind, and the conversation lasted for more than half an hour before it ended.

Li Zhan and Nie Jianfeng were stopped by Zheng Kaiyun as soon as they got downstairs, and said, "Brigade Li, do you have time, come and sit with me and have a cup of tea." ”

At this time, it is snowing outside, and the snow plow is clearing snow along the road of the station at certain intervals, which is the daily routine of winter.

Li Zhan looked at Zheng Kaiyun, who was smiling like a snowman, wrapped in a military coat, and said, "Stationmaster Zheng has any instructions, just say it, don't be polite if you are not an outsider." ”

Nie Jianfeng said to Zheng Kaiyun with a smile, "Stationmaster Zheng, you talk, I'll go first." ”

Saluted and waved his hand, and Nie Jianfeng was busy with him.

"No instructions, no instructions, what instructions can I have." Zheng Kaiyun hurriedly said, "Let's go and drink some tea in my office, my hometown sent me new tea, give it a try." ”

It's no wonder that there is nothing to do, but there are many things that need to be coordinated by Zheng Kaiyun in the future, and Li Zhan also wants to have a good relationship with Zheng Kaiyun. I have quarreled a few times before because of aviation fuel, you and I have been fighting back and forth, and even for the sake of setting up the stage, the two of them have used Sun Tzu's Art of War, and the fight is so happy.

The troops have been upgraded, the station has become a base, everyone is in a good mood, and it is only natural to take the opportunity to repair their feelings. In fact, Li Zhan could probably guess what Zheng Kaiyun wanted to say. After the reorganization of the troops, the higher authorities clearly pointed out the subordinate status of the base, which means that the base must completely obey the arrangements of the combat units and do a good job in providing support work in an all-round way.

In the current system, the big station is very powerful, and the station commander of some big field stations has more power than the division commander. The distribution of logistics resources is in the hands of the stationmaster, so Li Zhan had to beg Zheng Kaiyun to give him more aviation fuel. Judging from the requirements of the higher authorities for the Beiku combat training base, after the stationmaster became the commander of the base, his power was actually restricted.

At least jet fuel allocation rights are not as absolute as they used to be.

I can't speak as hard as I used to.

PS: Began to explode and ask for a monthly pass, the last three days of 2019, rush!