"A good sentence, war waits for no one!" Commander Xu praised: "What Battalion Commander Yang said is right, and what Staff Officer Xu said also has a certain amount of truth, but now is an extraordinary period, there are Vietnamese devils in southern Xinjiang who are inseparable from us, and there are Soviet devils in northern Xinjiang who are looking at us and delaying, in this case, there is no extra time for us to slowly transform." Just like Battalion Commander Yang said, what if there is a war tomorrow, if tomorrow we need our airborne troops to go to the battlefield? Can we still say no? Can you still say to your superiors and enemies that you still need time to train? So I support Camp Commander Yang's point of view, this reform must be carried out drastically, are there any different opinions? ”

Since Commander Xu has released this word, other cadres like Staff Officer Xu and others have to take it to heart even if they have opinions, so the cadres in the conference room quickly expressed their positions one after another:

"No comment!"

"Yes!"

……

So the matter was settled, and I also knew that our synthetic battalion was likely to become the enemy of the Airborne Forces.

After the meeting, Commander Xu left Zhao Jingping and me behind.

"Battalion Commander Yang!" Commander Xu handed me and Zhao Jingping a cup of tea respectively, and said, "At the meeting just now, if there was something unpleasant in your words, don't take it to heart!" When a soldier speaks, he likes to go straight. ”

"The commander is serious!" I said: "I didn't think about this matter clearly, I didn't expect that it would be directly related to the disarmament of the Airborne Forces, and in this respect I am really guilty!" ”

"Huh!" Commander Xu waved his hand and said, "I made it very clear at the meeting just now, it's none of your business. It is our Airborne Forces themselves that are a problem. It's just that many comrades have not figured this out. I will take my anger upon you. Rest assured. In this regard, we will do a good job in the ideological work of our comrades and ensure that no one will embarrass you! ”

"I'm not worried that someone will embarrass us!" I said: "There is the discipline of the troops, and our synthetic battalion has also rolled out of the battlefield several times, the more devils are not afraid of their comrades-in-arms?" I'm a little worried...... If the fighters of the Airborne Forces have opinions about us in their hearts, and then the previous kind of resistance appears, then it will be very difficult for our training work to develop downward! ”

"Hmm!" Commander Xu couldn't help but nod when he heard this: "I didn't expect this, but don't worry, we will solve the ideological work clearly!" ”

I believe that Commander Xu can do it. The reason is very simple: This airborne unit is formed from party members, backbone cadres, and units that fought in Shangganling, and their characteristics are that they are ideologically active and progressive, have a high level of political consciousness, and in addition to the ideological work of political commissars, instructors, and instructors, it is not too easy to form an ideological atmosphere or trend in the whole army.

However, in this era, it is not difficult to form an ideological trend in the whole country.

"Comrade Yang Xuefeng!" Then Commander Xu said to me meaningfully: "From the very beginning, I knew that the road of reform will not be smooth sailing, and the problem we are encountering in front of us may only be a little wind and waves, and there will be many strong winds and waves in the future." What I hope is that you and your synthetic battalion will be able to see yourself as part of the Airborne Forces. Don't think of yourself as an outsider. Otherwise, it is easy to have negative thoughts of sabotage psychologically. Ultimately leading to stagnation on the path of reform! ”

I was a little embarrassed by Commander Xu's words, because I did have this idea of "passive sabotage" at the meeting just now, that is, "I just need to take care of the synthetic battalion, regardless of how you airborne troops are."

I think this is also the reason why Commander Xu said that he hopes that I can treat myself as a member of the Airborne Forces, and if I am not an outsider, I will look at the problem from the perspective of the master.

"Of course!" Then Commander Xu patted me on the shoulder again and said: "Things are often mutual, and our airborne troops will not treat your synthetic battalion as an outsider, and I will firmly support your training and reform, just like I did at the meeting today, if anyone can't get along with your synthetic battalion, I, Xu Jiaqin, can't let him go!" ”

"Yes!" I stepped up.

The secret road can't see that this Xu army commander still has a bit of the taste of brotherly righteousness on the rivers and lakes.

Commander Xu is really a person who does what he says, and in his subsequent training life, he has never looked at our synthetic battalion as an outsider, which was felt by the soldiers of our synthetic battalion the next day.

The next day, Commander Xu convened a meeting, which was attended by cadres of all sizes in the army, from the army commander to every platoon commander, and sat neatly on the playground.

Commander Xu stood on the rostrum and scolded loudly with a loudspeaker: "Recently, there has been an unhealthy trend in our troops, and everyone regards the synthetic battalion as an enemy. If you want me to say, the synthetic camp is here to save your lives, and you are taking revenge! Do you think the synthesis camp is here so we have a threat of disarmament? But have you ever wondered what we're soldiers for? Have you ever wondered what our Airborne Forces do?

If the composite battalion did not come to our unit for training today, and our airborne troops did not carry out reforms, then they would be comfortable now, and they would still be soldiers of the heroic unit when they lay down in the bed and slept in the bed, and you can still be proud in front of other troops. But what if we go to the battlefield tomorrow to fight the devils? Are you going to fight the Soviet devils?

What to do?

If we want to be equipped or not, if we want to have quality or not, how can we fight the enemy? What to fight the enemy?!

You have also communicated with veterans who have fought in the war, and you also know what the situation of the Dao Yue devil is, how sure do you think you can beat the Yue devil?! ”

I trained a lot of "let's go, let's go" in this way, and it was an improvisation without a draft at all, which made me admire Commander Xu's eloquence a little.

This is not? It was only said that the cadres in the audience were ashamed one by one.

After the training of Commander Xu, it was the political commissar training, and the truth was similar, except that Commander Xu proceeded from the perspective of reality, while the political commissar cut in from the perspective of the advanced nature of party members and correct thinking.

So when these two people said this, whether from the perspective of reality or ideology, what our synthetic battalion is doing is helping the airborne troops, not the culprit of the so-called disarmament.

And this is not the end, after the conference is over, there will be group discussions, that is, ideological education will be carried out on the instructor level with the battalion as a unit, and then criticism and self-criticism will be carried out among the grassroots fighters at the instructor level, and at the end of the day, the experience will be written......

Not to mention, this set really works in this era, because after the meeting, many soldiers of the Airborne Forces came to our troops to apologize:

"Comrade, I'm sorry, it's because we didn't see the essence of the matter clearly!"

"I'm sorry, from now on, the comrades of our Fifth Company will resolutely support the training of the synthetic battalion, and they will also resolutely obey the arrangements of their superiors, even if they are laid off, they will have no regrets!"

……

That's not all, the soldiers also received a lot of guarantees, letters of apology, etc., which made the soldiers of the synthetic battalion feel a little uncomfortable.

After that, there was another gala, and soon the soldiers of the Airborne Forces were more enthusiastic about us than before.

Looking at this scene, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: the people of this era, the soldiers of this era, their simple and lovely side will never be something that we modern people can understand.

After the ideological problems were resolved, the preparatory work for the troops' training was soon in full swing.

Because we are going to set up a new training regiment, with a total number of several thousand people, and it also includes the selection and transfer of infantry, artillery, helicopters, and even armored troops, so the preparation is quite complicated.

Fortunately, I have a staff group composed of more than a dozen staff officers, and these staff groups themselves are staff officers from various relevant branches of the armed forces, and they are very familiar with their own arms, and in addition to the full cooperation of the airborne troops, the work has also gone very smoothly. It's only been a few days, and all the work has been almost completed. (To be continued......)