In the mid-80s of the last century, disarmament began again and again, and often a main division was just reduced to the main force regiment, and then inexplicably became a main force battalion, and even only an old army with a glorious tradition was left, and the other troops were changed overnight.

In the face of the general trend of disarmament, most of the large number of young cadres who are unwilling to be transferred to other jobs cannot be spared, and some of them have just left the military academy and become demobilized cadres; the reason why Guo Kaiqing did not let the army chief send them to the grassroots units was also to protect him; for a young officer who had been on the battlefield and made meritorious contributions, he was a treasure in the army, and he could not be let go lightly.

In the process of the reorganization of the military department, Guo Kaiqing followed behind the army chief, and also saw a lot of troops, after the army commander reviewed, sang military songs, wept and wiped tears and took off the epaulettes and cap badges, just as the small cadre chief said, "There are too many people who want to stay in the army, and these people often do not depend on the level of their positions. ’

Seeing that Guo Kaiqing became energetic, the military chief was also very happy, "What's the matter, Xiao Guo, did you feel the scene when you watched others take off their military uniforms?" ’

"Yes, chief, I really didn't expect that the troops you have reviewed in the past few days are all going to be dismantled."

"This is the instruction of the headquarters, what can I do, cut them, there will be new blood replenishment, in the future, our army will also have air defense units, missile units, and helicopter units," as for the prospective goal of military modernization, this formulation is decades, perhaps these people who set the goal will not be able to live to see their lofty goal.

'I know. The survival of the fittest! ’

"Okay, Xiao Guo, you know such a fashionable word, it seems that I will also learn from you in the future, I heard the cadre director say, do you want to compete for the company commander of the seventh company of crossing the river?" ’

"Report to the chief, I just said this, can you go, wait for the chief's approval."

'Alas. This company commander is not easy to be, these seven companies are not the old troops of our army, and now the army commander and political commissar are still scratching their heads, and now in the list of post-selection personnel, including you, there are more than a dozen people, and several of them are officers at the deputy regiment level. ’

'At the level of the deputy regiment? How old are you, and can you still run? I said chief, if you really let such an old person be a company commander, he can be a few years, will he be old-fashioned? Another military staff officer who was traveling with him spoke from Guo Kaiqing's point of view, and the relationship between the two was very good.

You're right, why didn't I think about it. I really reminded the military commander and political commissar that these people over the age of 30 really can't have it. By the way, Xiao Guo, you haven't reached thirty. ’

"Kaiqing is still a few years away from thirty, chief, I think it's better to let Kaiqing go, Kaiqing is the top spot in our army." ’

I can only say a word in front of the commander and political commissar, and in general I have an idea, and I have to be left to others, okay, I remember. ’

Although it was only a few words, it was enough to make the army commander and political commissar change his original intention, and soon, people who had reached the age of 30 were excluded from the candidate list, and there were only three candidates left, one was Guo Kaiqing, the other was a newly incorporated battalion commander, named Yang Jinshan, and the last one was a high-achieving student who graduated from the Central Military Academy, and he was also a regular battalion position, named Ma Dong.

For the selection of a company commander, it was the first time in the history of the founding of the army that the military party committee made a decision, and when the top few army commanders walked into the conference room, the names of three people were already written on the blackboard.

After the new election, most of the members of the military party committee are still old people in the army, and only a few new blood members have been added, but the leaders of the No. 5 and No. 6 armies have changed, and they have been replaced by people from the newly reorganized troops.

"I think let's call Guo Kaiqing, he represents youth, and he is a rare first-class combat hero in the army," Soon, some people who knew Guo Kaiqing mentioned Guo Kaiqing's name.

'I know that you will definitely mention the old man of the original army, but this is not just for anyone to be the one, do you want to unite the new comrades, this Yang Jinshan was originally a person from the old army of the Seventh Company of the Yangtze River, since everyone has been nominated, why not choose others, is it more important to say anything, if that is the case, I will serve, I abstain, you have discussed, 'The newly appointed Army No. 6 turned out to be the head of the No. 4 Army who cut the troops, there is no way, he is raised by his stepmother, after the reorganization, It is impossible for him to rise in office, but only to fall, because in front of him, there are two army No. 4s, and he is even further down.

It's not that we don't unite with the new comrades, but the commander of the seventh company is the benchmark unit after the formation of our army, if Guo Kaiqing is not allowed to be, who else can be been, Guo Kaiqing is a veteran who has been promoted from the soldiers, not to mention the courage in combat, and the successful completion of the mission, just like going deep into the enemy territory last time, didn't he kill a deputy head of the advisory group of the Soviet army, this is a great achievement. ’

I think it's okay to think about Ma Dong, for the long-term development of the army, it is not possible to do without knowledge, the top students of the Central Military Academy, I want everyone here to consider him, after all, the war is about to end, ushering in the era of high technology, what is the use of just being able to fight, or it is useful to arm the mind with knowledge. ’

I said comrade, we are an army, we are a field army, and we don't look for those who can fight, and we can't find those who can't fight, so this college student should stay in the agency to engage in scientific research, and don't mix in below. ’

"Okay, good pull, good pull, old rules, secret ballot, three candidates, choose two first, and then choose one of the two!"

"I don't choose, there are many old people, this is not fair, if you want to choose, let the soldiers choose, pull the three people into the soldiers, who can do it and who can't, the soldiers will know at a glance."

"Okay, just do as you say, this time it's not like we're bullying the newcomers, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow pull the three of them to the new garrison of the Seventh Company, and let the soldiers choose." ’

Obviously fair, in fact, it is not fair, Yang Jinshan is an old man in the unit where the Seventh Company is located, naturally the soldiers know him, and Yang Jinshan also communicated with him overnight, looking for the soldiers to 'communicate ideas', and waited for the next day. The fighters voted.

When Guo Kaiqing received the news that he would go to the Seventh Company the next day, he was very excited, in order to make a good impression on the soldiers, he deliberately found a new military uniform, put it on his body, and kept saluting in the mirror, he was too concerned about this 'campaign'.

A company of several jeep commanders, plus a truckload of officer entourage, Guo Kaiqing's brand-new military uniform, let the border dust. The blow was ordinary, and as soon as he jumped out of the car, the little cadre director came to Guo Kaiqing.

'I'm waiting for you, look at you, dusty and dirty, and don't clean up before you come.' ’

I think so, it's better for you to come in a small car, you can get on the big car and try it. Down the same as me. ’

"You just have a hard mouth, see if the warrior doesn't choose you this time, don't regret it." ’

The soldiers choose their own company commanders, which is in the history of our army. There were still a few of them, and when the three of them stood in front of the warriors sitting on the horse benches, the eyes of the warriors widened.

Now, I would like to share my campaign speech with each of you as a company commander. 'The head of the organization department of the military department is a newcomer. This person only told Yang Jinshan about the election speech, and Guo Kaiqing and Ma Dong didn't know about it at all.

'My name is Yang Jinshan. Everyone may have known me before, I was originally the commander of the third battalion, isn't this the unit abolished, I plan to come to the seventh company as the company commander, some of you know me, I used to be the deputy company commander of our company, I was also a soldier in the seventh company, in the border battle, I am the deputy battalion commander, leading the big guys, I have made a collective second-class merit once, and I have also made a personal first-class merit, I hope to continue to lead everyone, ~~~. ’

Obviously, Yang Jinshan had been prepared, Guo Kaishan's forehead was sweating, and he looked at the little cadre director on the side viciously, putting all his resentment on him.

The little cadre director also saw Guo Kaiqing looking at him, he was very wronged, but he didn't expect that there would be any 'campaign speech,' facing Guo Kaiqing's eyes, he also said that he was helpless, so he stepped aside and started smoking.

Ma Dong was the second to speak, 'My name is Ma Dong, the horse of Changli Ma, the east of the East, although I have no glory worthy of publicity, but I have something that others do not have, for leading the troops to fight, I am not inferior to anyone, I am a student of the Central Military Academy who has won the full honors, the future war is a high-tech war, not a war of shouting and killing ~~, 'Although Ma Dong was not prepared in advance, he also had his advantages, in front of these old hat soldiers, he proposed to them for the first time what to call ' High-tech warfare', his speech was like a subject popularization class, not only the soldiers present listened to it with relish, but even Guo Kaiqing on the side nodded intently.

'It's your turn, Staff Officer Guo, Guo Kaiqing, what do you want! ’

"Oh, my name is Guo Kaiqing~."

After a minute or two, Guo Kaiqing was dumb, his mind was blank at this time, he didn't know where to start, if he talked about his military exploits, he was similar to Yang Jinshan, if he wanted to continue, he could only be the same as him, if he said anything else, he was not as good as Ma Dong, so after he opened his mouth wide, the words were silent.

"I said Guo Kaiqing, can you do it, just drop the chain here, if you can't say it again, you can quit," the director of the organization obviously wanted to exclude Guo Kaiqing.

Looking at the soldiers in front of him, and then turned to look at the army leaders present, Guo Kaiqing finally couldn't help it, he quickly took off his coat and underwear, revealing his naked body with mixed scars, 'I, Guo Kaiqing, am a soldier, I have been a soldier, I have been a deputy squad leader, squad leader, platoon leader, deputy company commander, company commander, my previous unit, is also the same as you, it is called the Red Third Company, the reason why I let everyone see my scars, every scar is a story, maybe I am not a competent company commander, But I'm not an irresponsible company commander, on the battlefield, I want to promise you that I will never let a soldier fall behind, even if you sacrifice, I will carry your body back, yellow sand wears gold armor in a hundred battles, swear not to return if you don't win the battle, if you want to go with me, vote for me, if you want to go with them, vote for them! ’

"What are you doing, Guo Kaiqing, you are so disrespectful, and you take off your clothes, you quickly put on my clothes for me, what are you doing, comrades, don't listen to him, everyone already knows it in their hearts, right," As soon as the director of the organization saw Guo Kaiqing stripped naked, he stopped his words without waiting for him to finish.

The soldiers who were sitting below in a daze all wanted to vote for Yang Jinshan, but when they saw Guo Kaiqing's mixed tendons, some people's minds changed, and then listening to Guo Kaiqing's touching words, these soldiers who had just come down from the battlefield all shed tears at this time, their original company commander was sacrificed on the battlefield, and died very miserably.

A notebook for preparing for the class was torn into a small piece of paper, and each soldier wrote down his favorite candidate for company commander, and when the chief of the organization gathered all the votes together and prepared to count them, the army commander and the political commissar stepped forward and said, "Don't need you, let's count." ’

Ma Dong, this college student, for ordinary people, he is very good, but now in front of him, all the soldiers who have just come down from the battlefield, these people are very realistic, they only have a short military career left, and they choose a competent company commander for themselves, so Ma Dong basically no one voted for him.

Yang Jinshan with his many years of experience in the army, he is the old man of the Seventh Company, naturally his votes will not be less, when the army commander and political commissar said, when his vote is the same as Guo Kaiqing, the soldiers present did not expect that the original secret ballot method can be like this, the original vote of only one person turned into someone regretted and voted for Guo Kaiqing.

"One to one draw, what should I do, I said number six, who do you say to choose?" The military commissar kicked the ball to the body of Jun Six, to see what he wanted to say.

Looking at his old troops, Jun No. 6 couldn't protect the calf, 'What is there to choose who is not to choose, didn't you say it before, vote for the soldiers to decide, what can I say.' ’

'Is that going to make the fighters vote again?' ’

"I don't care about this, you are the military chief, you have the final say."

'That's it, I said Guo Kaiqing, can you not be a company commander and be an instructor? The military political commissar kicked the ball to Guo Kaiqing again.

'I'm willing, I can come to the hero's company and be a political instructor, I'm very willing!' Guo Kaiqing also saw the courage of the fighters, and he originally had no hope of being elected, so he naturally didn't want to give up these lovely fighters.

'That Yang Jinshan! ’

"Here!"

"Do you want to work with Guo Kaiqing, how about he be your instructor?" The military political commissar asked about Yang Jinshan again.

'I am very happy to cooperate with Guo Kaiqing, I have heard of his deeds for a long time, I think we will cooperate together, it will be very good,' Yang Jinshan is also a fast talker.

'Okay, then it's decided, Yang Jinshan is the company commander, Guo Kaiqing is the political instructor, you see, how about it? ’

"Political commissar, there was an instructor in the Seventh Company!" The Director of the Organization did not want to see such an outcome.

"You're dead-brained, our army is reorganized, and there are positions in the regimental battalion, so I won't find a suitable one to arrange for him." ’

'yes, yes, I thought you wanted to get him to change jobs!' It seems that being sloppy is the strength of the head of the organization, and in the face of a situation that has become a fact, he has nothing to say. (To be continued......)