Originally, everyone's idea was to be a soldier and eat food, and only a few people had the idea of protecting their families and defending the country in their hearts! In this era, as long as you don't starve to death, you can do any job! Of course, Liao Fan doesn't expect all the people and young people to join the army with the idea of protecting their families and defending the country!

There are some things that everyone knows, but they can't get along at home, so in order not to starve to death, they go to the army to find a bite to eat!

But now the times are different, the country is peaceful, after leaving the army and going home, you can still find a bite to eat, and it is no longer the era of starvation! Of course, different eras give people different missions, and of course soldiers are no exception!

Although their ultimate mission is to protect the lives and property of the country and the people, at this time they must change their thinking, no longer to be a soldier for food, but to protect their country and people!

"You have a lot of Shanxi people here, right? Do you know that there are many factories in Shanxi now? ”

The Seventh Army originally belonged to the Jin Sui Army, and most of the soldiers came from Shanxi, Suiyuan and Chahar regions! Among them, Shanxi and Chahar areas were originally the defense areas of Taihang Mountain! Since Liao Fan's jurisdiction, he has vigorously built factories, the local economy has developed rapidly, the people's lives have really improved a lot, and the starvation of people will no longer happen!

"My family is from Shanxi, and my parents and my sister both work in the factory! Give a lot of money a month! ”

"Congratulations, your family is having a good life! Since your family can live a good life, when you return home, you can also rely on your own hands to live a good life, but why stay in the army? Liao Fan asked.

"The order of the army, not to let me go home!"

The officer was telling the truth, but Liao Fan was very embarrassed, he thought that he would think that the officers would say something to protect their country and protect their family's current good life, but this officer did not give Liao Fan the answer he wanted!

"That's right! The army has the orders of the army, and after entering the army, you must obey the orders, you are very right! Liao Fan smiled to hide the embarrassment on his face, "But who gave this order to the army?" ”

Liao Fan looked at the officers, all the officers looked confused, these officers are still very young, the oldest is only twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and it is still too late to change their thinking!

"It's the country and the people! That is what your parents and siblings have commanded us! They are living a good life now, and of course someone has to protect their good life! If everyone goes home and lives their own good life, no one will be a soldier, no one will be a soldier, no one will be a soldier and no one will protect our good life, and we will still be slaughtered by them when we meet little devils in the future! Our parents are bullied by them, and our sisters are insulted by them! ”

"Brother Fan, we understand that we are soldiers to protect our country from being violated by the enemy!"

"That's right! It is to defend the family and the country! This home is your home, and this country is your country! It is to protect the loved ones behind you and live a good life! ”

At least Liao Fan turned around the topic and explained the defense of the country to these young officers in a roundabout way!

And after Liao Fan said this, they suddenly felt that they were noble, because they were not only protecting their family, they were protecting thousands of families behind them! They are no longer the kind of officers who mess around, because only with good training and good service as soldiers can they have enough ability to protect their families!

"Not only do you have to know this, but you also have to explain it to the soldiers you bring with you in the future! Our troops are no longer the old army that eats food and serves as soldiers, but an army that protects their families and their own country! ”

No matter how good a weapon is, it is not as good as the change in the thinking of soldiers and officers, and the change in the thinking of soldiers means that an army is truly reborn! Soldiers are armed with weapons, and armies are armed with ideas! A strong army is inseparable from the idea of loving the country and the people!

"Brother Fan, tomorrow I will definitely explain to my soldiers why we want to be soldiers!" An officer said excitedly.

"Hmmm! That's right, I'm about the same age as you, and today we can sit together as brothers! There is nothing inhibited, everyone can talk freely about anything! After all, the shortcomings you said, I will order to change them after I go back, which will also benefit you! ”

In addition to explaining why he wants to be a soldier, Liao Fan also wants to hear about the shortcomings of the current troops! Especially what is the impact on the transfer of officers!

"Our new head rarely shows up, we've met our head twice so far! He spent most of his time running to the division headquarters and the army headquarters! Since the transfer of officers, we do not understand our regimental commander, and our regimental commander does not understand us! An officer said.

"Yes, we are all worried that once a war starts, will our troops be in chaos?"

"Well, this is a good opinion, give me two days, you don't have to take the initiative, I'll let them take the initiative to understand you!"

After the transfer of officers, there is indeed a big hidden danger in the troops! Of course, the regimental commander can't be blamed for this! He has also just been transferred, and there are a lot of jobs and orders to be taken over from the military headquarters and the division headquarters! In such a hurry, where is there time to go to your own troops and go to see one company after another!

Lower-level officers can best reflect the combat effectiveness and actual situation of a unit, and through the conversations with these grassroots officers, Liao Fan can be regarded as having an understanding of the situation of the Seventh Army after this military reform!

After returning that night, Liao Fan began to write several orders to the three armies overnight, the purpose of which was to deal with the situation in the Seventh Army, which had to be changed immediately, because this had already affected the combat effectiveness of the troops! In particular, the commander does not understand the grassroots company, and the grassroots company cannot see its own commander!

Everyone knew that this was a military order issued to them by Liao Fan on the way, and they had to sigh at Liao Fan's serious attitude towards his work! And Liao Fan told them that when he came back from the Great Northwest, he would go to the grassroots troops to understand the situation!

Early the next morning, Fu Yisheng arranged three cars to send Liao Fan to the northwest! The more you walk in the northwest desert, the more you can feel sparsely populated! Liao Fan's feeling is that there is still sand except for sand, but the blue sky here is not visible in some places at all!

The truck was speeding all the way, but fortunately the truck did not break down halfway, otherwise it would have to suffer here if there was no store in front of the village and no store!

It was only in the evening that they reached the outermost outpost! The soldiers at the outpost didn't know that Liao Fan was in the car, and checked all their documents, and then believed that Liao Fan was in the car!

"Report to Brother Fan, do I need to show you the way?"

This outpost is not an ordinary outpost, it would be nice to put three or five soldiers standing guard in the ordinary outpost, but this outpost has a company of soldiers stationed, and in addition to patrol tasks, they also have the task of leading the way! Because there is no very good road in the desert next! And even if there is a road, it is easy to be covered by moving sand dunes, and it is normal to find a road in case of strong winds, especially at night!

"How long does it take to get from here to the base on a normal drive?" Liao Fan asked.

"It takes five hours for our material transport vehicle, but Brother Fan, if you don't have any goods on your car, you can arrive in about four hours!"

Liao Fan looked at the time, it was completely dark for four hours, it was not a good thing to rush in the desert, Liao Fan decided to spend the night at this outpost!

"Brother Fan, but we don't have anything good to entertain you!" After the soldiers at the outpost learned that Liao Fan was going to spend the night here, they called the company commander!

The company commander was also the first time he saw Liao Fan, and he was stunned, and he had no good place for Liao Fan to rest except for a few simple barracks!

"Good stuff? I want to eat delicacies from the mountains and seas, can you get them? I eat what the soldiers eat, if I know that you are engaged in other things, you company commander should not be a company! ”

Liao Fan has never experienced any hard days, when he didn't eat or drink in Taihang Mountain, he almost dug up tree roots and ate them, and now he definitely has no roots to eat in this place!

"Brother Fan, I'll take you to the barracks now!"

The barracks is actually the room where the company commander lives, and there are rules in the army, the platoon commander must live with the soldiers, but the company commander can have his own room! But in this northwest desert, the company commander's room is just a plank separated from the soldiers' quarters!

After walking into the barracks, Liao Fan found that it was really more simple than he imagined, although it could shelter from the wind and rain, but the thick wall skin was falling off in the dry environment! Although the room is clean, but the environment is not very good, and it is very dim, if it is not lit in advance, it is estimated that you just came in from the outside and could not see what the room looks like!

"Brother Fan, this is my room, I'll let the soldiers clean it up later!"

"You usually live here?" Liao Fan asked.

"Yes, this is a sandy area, the barracks are not easy to build, the regiment headquarters gave money to build an extra barracks, but the environment is too bitter, we took out the money to improve the food!"

Liao Fan rummaged through the company commander's things, the room was very small, and there were not many things!

"We're bunks on the floor tonight! Sleep as you want! That's an order! Liao Fan said that this is an order, and no one dares to refute it!

But the company commander suffered, if their regiment commander knew that he dared to let Liao Fan lay on the floor, he wouldn't clean him up!

"What's the matter with what else do you have to say?" Liao Fan looked at the company commander's embarrassed expression!

"Brother Fan, if this is known to our head of the group...... I ......"

"Okay, I'll write you a note, if he dares to scold you, you can tell him about it, and say I'm voluntary! And hurry up and let the cooking class cook, we were on the road for a day and were hungry! ”

The harsh environment in the desert was indeed beyond Liao Fan's surprise, and he looked at the barracks around him, at least the foundation here was not bad, much better than living in a temporary tent!