"The Army Command of the Ministry of National Defense sent a telegram to appoint Qiao Xian to the rank of lieutenant and promoted to the commander of the first battalion, and Yu Shan to the deputy commander of the second lieutenant."

The telegram and the letter of appointment from the expeditionary military region arrived at the Shaoguan barracks at the same time, which made Qiao Xian very surprised, he didn't expect that he would be promoted to lieutenant this time, the rank of lieutenant can be said to have entered the intermediate officer sequence, if he is working hard, there should be no problem with becoming a major general.

Qiao Yan was beautiful in his heart, in fact, it was not him who had such thoughts, but also the soldiers of the entire first battalion, after all, He Yu became a major general at such a young age, so many people think that only in the first battalion is the fastest promotion.

The first battalion participated in more battles, so it naturally made more military merits, and accumulated more combat experience, so it is rumored that the expansion of the first battalion will become the first regimental-level unit in Australia, and of course, it may also become a division-level unit.

What can be compared with the first battalion within the entire army, that is, the capital garrison can be compared with the first battalion, and the other units are basically no match for the first battalion.

Qiao Yan and Yu Shan have been promoted, of course, many people under him have been promoted, Makarov is the commander of the first battalion, and now Qiao Yan has been appointed as the battalion commander, so where is he going, even he himself wonders why his appointment did not come.

Lieutenant Makarov, "I also want to congratulate you this time, General He Yu is preparing to transfer you to the staff of the Expeditionary Force Headquarters, although the military rank has not changed, but the position has changed, and it is also an honor to work with your old superiors." ”

Listening to what the appointed adjutant said, Makarov was also pleased, it is indeed not only an honor and an honor to be able to work beside He Yu, but also a staff officer, this is one of the formulators of the entire army's combat plan, and the power is much greater than that of the battalion commander.

Although Qiao Yan has the same rank as him, he is bigger than Qiao Yan in terms of position, so Qiao Yan still has to listen to him.

"So when am I going to take office. Adjutant Lu. ”

General He's meaning, you hand over the work at hand to Qiao Yan, and you can take office, because the expeditionary force is about to carry out a counteroffensive, maybe you still have a chance to go to the battlefield.

On the battlefield, Makarov is an official fan, to say that the power of the staff is great, but the chance of promotion is much smaller, unlike the rapid promotion in the front-line troops, so he is still a little happy to go to the battlefield.

"Congratulations. This time, you're going to the General Staff. ”

Yu Shan congratulated with a smile after Adjutant Lu left, he still likes this guy Makarov, although he always says bad things about him, but after all, several people are brothers and comrades-in-arms who came down from the battlefield, and the relationship between them is very deep.

"Hey, Yu Shan, you kid will lead the troops for me well, don't think that you can come indiscriminately when I get to the staff headquarters. Maybe I'll be back sometimes. ”

Qiao Xianmu smiled: "Head, congratulations, sincerely welcome you back again, without your first battalion." Our lucky trio wouldn't be complete, and we hope you'll be back soon. ”

Qiao Xian's truth is true, he and Yushan Makarov are known as the lucky combination of the army trio, and this is the first time they have separated. So it was inevitable that there would be some sadness, but it was impossible for Makarov to continue to stay in the 1st battalion, so it could only be arranged like this.

"Alright. Qiao Yan, don't be sad, you guys fight well, maybe I'll come back when I can, and secretly tell you a piece of news, the news of the expansion of our battalion into the first regiment is already a bit eyebrow-raising, if everything goes well, we will meet soon. ”

After all, Makarov is Qiao Yan's superior, and this guy is indeed more familiar with He Yu, so naturally there is nothing to be surprised when he hears some news.

The news of the expansion of the 1st Battalion into a regiment is not just a recent phenomenon, but as early as last year, news came out that the 1st Battalion has strong combat capability and should be expanded into a regiment in order to adapt to the management of Malacca.

At that time, the news had already spread from the Army Command, so many people knew about it, but it had been circulating for nearly half a year, but they had not seen any action from the Ministry of Defense and the Army Command, which made many people believe that it was just a rumor.

The expansion of a battalion to the regimental level requires the approval of the Congress, and the expansion of the Australian army is strictly restricted, so people who are interested know that it is not enough to have the advice of the Ministry of Defense and the Army Command, and the parliament and the National Military Security Council, these two departments agree that it will be considered successful.

Of course, as low-level soldiers, they naturally don't know the Tao here, and Makarov has a good relationship with He Yu, so they have heard about it.

The Ministry of National Defense and the Army Command basically agreed to the expansion of the first battalion, because Congress approved the expansion plan as early as last year, but the expansion is a new army at the battalion level, and the expansion to the regimental level on the original basis still needs the approval of the Congress.

This seemingly cumbersome process is actually a deliberate process designed to prevent the military from becoming a private armed force.

Now that Makarov is saying this, it is very likely that he has already received some news, otherwise this guy would not have said that.

"Head, did you get any news, are we expanding into a group?" Yu Shan already thought in his heart that if he expanded into a regiment, Qiao Yan would become the deputy commander, he was very likely to become the battalion commander, and he might also become the chief of staff of the regiment.

Expanded into a regiment, a reorganized regiment is 2,500 people, that is, five battalions, according to this scale to be formed, then the current several other battalions must be allocated in, this may cause a lot of sensation, after all, once it is included in the first regiment, it means that the number is cancelled, and many people are afraid that it is difficult to accept.

Yu Shan just thought that he might be promoted after the expansion, but Qiao Yan had already thought about this issue, and of course Makarov naturally thought that going to the headquarters this time was probably to contact some cadres of the brother battalion in advance.

The merger of the first battalion with the other battalions has not been agreed to in Congress, and there is also controversy within the Ministry of Defence, after all, the size of a regiment is the largest regimental unit of the Australian military group, and those who want to expand it so easily will inevitably be opposed by those others.

This expansion is equivalent to everyone else under the leadership of He Yu, and some must be unconvinced, not to mention that as long as they do not enter, they can also be expanded into regimental units, because with the expansion of Australia's territory, this is inevitable, so the expansion still has a long way to go for the first battalion, and what will happen in the end, Makarov can't say. (To be continued.) )