Cai Wenming, accompanied by Wen Zhixing, walked into a room on the second floor of the brigade headquarters.

This is a special place for the leaders of the teaching team, there are clean and tidy single beds, desks and chairs, and an old coffee table and rattan chairs, although simple, but clean and tidy.

After entering the door, he said to Wen Zhixing: "You go and get busy with you first, I'll look for you later, don't accompany me here, by the way, go and call Zhang Heping to me." ”

Sitting down on the rattan chair, Cai Wenming took off his hat, put it aside, and grabbed his hair with his hands.

The staff officer knocked on the door.

"Chief, he's coming."

"Let him in." Cai Wenming looked at the door, and Zhang Heping's figure appeared by the door.

"Report."

"Come in."

Walking in front of Cai Wenming, Zhang Heping saluted.

Cai Wenming raised his chin at the rattan chair opposite him and said, "Sit down." ”

Waiting for Zhang Heping to sit down, Cai Wenming crossed his palms together, rubbed them vigorously a few times, and finally made up his mind, took out a piece of paper from his pocket, spread it out, and pushed it in front of Zhang Heping.

"You got your wish." He said, "This is your appointment." ”

After saying that, he stood up, walked to the window, and quietly looked out the window at the large playground.

After a while, he said, "Your mother came this afternoon, and this order only came to me this morning." If it had been in principle, I could have not approved it, but I had to. First, this is a normal appointment, no violations, and in accordance with the procedures; The second is that I can't refuse the request of the widow of my big brother who saved me, and if I refuse, I will not be at peace for the rest of my life. ”

"My mom has been here?" Zhang Heping was stunned at first, wondering why his mother didn't come to see him, but he quickly understood.

He quickly picked up the withering on the table and slowly read it word by word.

After reading it, he put the appointment back on the table, and the person also stood up.

"Deputy Division Commander Cai, I don't want to leave."

"Oh?" Cai Wenming seemed a little surprised, turned around and asked, "Didn't you always want to go to the organ and the staff department?" This is the order of the military district. Hopefully you're not on the spur of the moment. ”

"I'm not on the spur of the moment." Zhang Heping said: "Yes, I do like to do military research, but recently I have a new idea. ”

A glimmer of light flashed in Cai Wenming's eyes, and he paced back to the table with his hands behind his back: "Tell me." ”

He looked at the young officer in front of him and asked, "What new ideas do you have?" ”

Zhang Heping said: "From the day I became a soldier, I was determined to be an outstanding military research scholar, and I also worked hard for this. ”

"When I came here, I did get a bit of a hit. I found that I didn't have any practical experience except theory, and when I was in the provincial military district, I had never been in contact with front-line combat units, so my previous research can be said to lack a practical basis. Whether it is military theory or operational thinking, if we do not study and explore it in light of the actual situation of the PLA's grassroots combat companies, I am afraid that it will be just talk on paper. ”

"At the beginning, I felt that your exhortation was very alarming to me, and now I think it is the best time for me to combine theory and practice, I must first be a good soldier, and then I am qualified to be a good military expert, so I decided to stay."

Cai Wenming was quite surprised, he didn't expect that he was really blind to Zhang Heping.

Under this book-looking body, there is also a fearless heart that belongs to a soldier.

A hint of joy passed through my heart.

He asked Zhang Heping: "You don't plan to continue your military theory research?" ”

Zhang Heping shook his head: "No, my ideals have never changed. But at least for now, I don't think it's a good time for me to continue my military theoretical research, I should go and get to know the combat units, the strengths and weaknesses of the troops, the officers and soldiers, the training here, everything here. ”

He said: "I enrolled in graduate school, and maybe I will do research in the future, but not now. ”

Cai Wenming quietly stared at the son of the old comrade-in-arms in front of him.

He suddenly realized that he was getting old.

In the past, he always felt that the young people after the reform and opening up no longer had the spirit of hardship and hard work of the older generation of soldiers, but this time, he was deeply shocked.

The young officers of this generation are not afraid of hardship or tiredness, they also have their own ideals and their own persistence.

They have a high level of education, and they have made a qualitative leap in theoretical knowledge compared with the soldiers of their generation who fought hard with blood.

Perhaps there are still a few young officers like Zhang Heping now, but it doesn't mean that there won't be more in the future.

Perhaps, this is the future of this army.

"Hold your hand out." Cai Wenming said.

Zhang Heping stretched out his hand.

Cai Wenming said again: "Turn it over." ”

Zhang Heping obediently turned his palms upwards and flipped them up.

Cai Wenming took a closer look at the hands.

There was already a thick layer of calluses on his hands, and there were several small wounds.

Cai Wenming said: "There is still a lack of heat, work harder, hammer it, and it will be qualified." ”

He added: "When you participated in the assessment, the bomb still did not surpass me, I still said that if you can't even win a soldier who is nearly fifty years old, then you are not qualified to say that you are a young officer." ”

Zhang Heping put down his hand and said calmly: "I will win you." ”

After thinking about it, he said proudly: "Soon." ”

Cai Heping didn't laugh angrily, and said: "Okay, there is a kind of man who will not show weakness, I will wait for you to surpass me, and on that day, you have to leave again, and I will personally handle the formalities for you." ”

Zhang Heping didn't say anything, just asked, "Chief, can I leave?" ”

"Are you in a hurry?" Cai Wenming asked.

Zhang Heping said: "In the morning, I ran an armed cross-country and lost, so I have to go back to clean my gun." ”

Cai Wenming smiled again, nodded and said, "Okay, I'm willing to lose the bet." Let's go! ”

Zhang Heping saluted, turned around and strode out of the room.

Cai Wenming breathed a long sigh of relief, the whole person felt relaxed, and walked to the window, he watched Zhang Heping's figure disappear on the path leading to the third squadron.

When I looked up, I suddenly felt that the weather was so nice today, and everything was so bright.

In fact, it was already evening at this time, and the surrounding scenery had already been shrouded in twilight and became hazy.

Tuk Tuk Tuk –

The staff officer came over and knocked on the door and asked, "Chief, it's almost time to eat." ”

"Good!" Cai Wenming nodded heavily, he has a good appetite today, let him eat a whole one.

"Wait!"

The staff officer turned around and was about to leave, when he was suddenly stopped by Cai Wenming: "Xiao Chen, go tell Wen Zhixing and ask him if he has hidden any good wine, and if he takes it out, I want to have a drink tonight!" ”

"Yes!" Staff Officer Chen retreated, and as he walked down the stairs, he was puzzled.

It's been two years since I saw Deputy Division Commander Cai drinking.

Today, there must be something to be happy about, right?