When Meng Chuan heard the brigade commander's words, he was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, I said so." Okay, Valley... Gu squad leader, you wait for me here, I will come to pick you up later. ”

Then he turned his head to look at the sergeant squad leader, "Hey, this squad leader, go and move a stool for Gu squad leader to sit on." ”

The garage is not a rest room, how can there be a stool, the sergeant squad leader scratched his head, "Battalion Commander Meng, we don't have a stool here." ”

The brigade commander waved his hand at this time, "It's okay, I'll just stand." ”

This made Meng Chuan quite embarrassed, "There is no stool, Nagu squad leader, you have been wronged to meet here first, I will come to you later." ”

After Meng Chuan left, the sergeant squad leader immediately came over, "Squad Leader Gu, what is the relationship between you and Battalion Commander Meng, I think he is very respectful to you." ”

What does the brigade commander have to do with Meng Chuan, so he casually made up a nonsense, "I am his cousin, and I am a generation higher than him." ”

"Oh, cousin, I just said that Battalion Commander Meng is so respectful to you, the fourth-class sergeant major, it turns out that you are his elder, it seems that you, your cousin, are quite close to him."

Nowadays, the word cousin is only limited to cousins, but in some veterans, cousins have another meaning, that is, they are used to disguise their identity.

This can be shown from a passage in "Red Lantern" in Peking Opera: "My cousins are too many to count." No big deals, no visits. Although it is, although he is a relative and does not recognize each other, he is closer than a relative. ’。

This passage means that at that time, in order to conceal their identity, people in our party would often use who my cousin was to disguise their identity when they were doing underground activities.

However, this tradition is not known until people born in red families, and ordinary people have probably forgotten it for a long time.

At this time, Company Commander Dong walked over, looked at the brigade commander's eyes, and asked, "Hey, comrade, who are you looking for?" ”

The company commander went to the brigade headquarters office very few times, so he didn't see the brigade commander much, and he didn't recognize it for a while, which is also normal.

At this time, the sergeant squad leader interjected: "This is Battalion Commander Meng's cousin, Battalion Commander Meng brought him here just now. ”

As soon as Company Commander Dong heard that Meng Chuan was back, how could he still care about this 'fourth-level sergeant major', and hurriedly asked, "Battalion Commander Meng is back?" Where is he now? ”

The sergeant squad leader pointed outside, "He seems to be patrolling the garage." ”

When Company Commander Dong heard the sergeant's squad leader's words, he immediately ran over, wanting to find Meng Chuan to ask what the punishment for this accident was.

When Brigade Commander Gu saw Company Commander Dong running out so quickly, he asked, "Is this company commander the company commander of your heavy artillery company?" ”

The sergeant's squad leader nodded, "That's not it, otherwise I'll tell him to be a company commander." ”

The brigade commander continued: "I see that this company commander is rough and rough, so I guess he is not careful. ”

The sergeant squad leader put down the rag at this time, "Gu squad leader, you are really wrong about this, our company commander is really known for being careful." Even our battalion commander praised him for his carefulness, and the reason why he was a little excited to see your cousin was because of the accident that happened yesterday. Forget it, if you want to know about this, you should go to your cousin, I don't dare to chew my mouth here. ”

When the brigade commander heard the squad leader's words, he was a little curious, if this company commander Dong was careful, it would be completely possible to prevent yesterday's accident, "Little squad leader, then you say that Company Commander Dong is careful, there must be something, and you can't say that he is careful, he will be careful." ”

The sergeant squad leader looked at this 'Gu squad leader' and talked so much, so he chatted with him idly, "Gu squad leader, you are not from our synthetic battalion, so you shouldn't know, do you know why our heavy artillery company needs to repair this tank equipment?" ”

How could the brigade commander know, "Tell me, could it be that the problem with this tank was discovered by Company Commander Dong." ”

The sergeant squad leader nodded, "That's not it, do you know what major our company commander graduated from?" It was a serious military academy graduate, and he was still studying machinery, and the squad leader himself didn't find out about the problem with this chariot, but Company Commander Dong heard it. ”

"That day, our chariot drove back for maintenance, and as soon as we entered the door, we were stopped by the company commander. Then the company commander jumped on the chariot and asked the driver to drive, and he lay on it to listen, but it turned out that it was a little wrong, and then organized a few old sergeant majors to conduct research, and it turned out that this dismantling study was really a bit of a problem. ”

"You said that just by listening to the voice, Company Commander Dong could find out that there was a problem with the chariot, and you said that he was not careful enough."

This surprised the brigade commander, "I didn't expect your company commander Dong to really have a hand, then I heard my cousin say that he watched from the repair shop yesterday, and there would be an accident, why is this." ”

The sergeant squad leader pursed his lips, "Squad Leader Gu, you are also a fourth-class sergeant major, don't you know it?" Maybe you're staying in a different place, but with us, I can tell you clearly that the sergeant major of the third class is not the one who was offended by the company commander. ”

"Sergeant Major III, this is a baby bump at the brigade headquarters. Many times, they don't listen to what Company Commander Dong says, do you know where our squad leader Wu came from? That is from the brigade headquarters, usually no officer has ever seen it, a company commander he will do superficial work, on the surface to listen to the company commander, in fact, many things, not a company commander at all. ”

Squad Leader Gu was a little incredulous, "Is it so serious, our third-level sergeant commander also has to listen to the company commander." ”

"That's why I said that every place is different, if you talk about the brigade repair shop, which is a company-level unit, then the factory commander is the company commander, not to mention the third-class sergeant major, even the second-class sergeant major has to be obedient. After all, those who can be factory directors there are not ordinary people, either they have a strong background, or they have excellent skills, or their military rank is high enough, otherwise you can't control anyone. ”

But in a place like a grassroots company, a company commander has no background, and his skills are not high-end, after all, he is in administration. And the rank of captain is the sky. And a third-class sergeant major, that is the treatment of the main battalion, you let a person treated as a battalion commander listen to the person treated as a company commander, can he listen well.

When the brigade commander heard the sergeant's squad leader's words, he immediately felt that the synthetic battalion had exposed the problem, and in ordinary grass-roots companies, there is basically no sergeant major, and even the fourth-level sergeant major generally does not exist, so it is very easy for the company commander to manage the company.

And because the synthetic battalion is a key project of the whole army, the army commander personally approved the slip and asked Duan You to pick random people within the whole brigade. Because Duan You wanted to ensure the normality of his mechanization, he went to the brigade repair shop and asked a few old sergeant majors to come over, so that there would be a situation where the company commander was not very able to control these old sergeant majors.

When there was a combat mission, it was okay, because at that time the company commander had absolute control over the company, and no one dared to touch the company commander's moldy head. But in peacetime, it is different, many sergeant majors rely on their seniority and disobey the tasks assigned to the company commander. Of course, they don't dare to do too much, after all, they are also veterans who have been soldiers for decades, and the basic principles are still there.

But if there are some small things, the old sergeant majors don't listen very much, and the company commander can't do anything about them, so they can't report to the battalion headquarters because of a little thing, which makes them seem incompetent.

So many times, the company commander is reluctant to provoke these old sergeant majors, because usually you can't command, and it's not easy to manage, so it will be difficult.

Although we have a regulation, it is said that non-commissioned officers are always lower than officers, and even first-class sergeant majors are lower than second lieutenants. But that's not the case, you let a second lieutenant command a sergeant major, and you see if you can command it.

The first-class sergeant major is the division commander who has to shout the existence of the squad leader when he sees it, you are a little second lieutenant, what are you going to command, isn't it funny.

"Then do you mean to say that this accident occurred because squad leader Wu didn't listen to Company Commander Dong's command?"

The sergeant squad leader couldn't speak, "I don't think at that time, it doesn't matter if you listen to the company commander's words or not, after all, the two of us are watching hundreds of soldiers, and the squad leader Wu just wants to let us see the core things as soon as possible, so he sped up." Who knows, this is going to happen, if you want me to say, no one can blame it, only luck. ”

Perhaps this sergeant squad leader can represent the ideas of the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level, but as a brigade commander in the leadership, this statement is completely unworkable.

There is no such thing as luck, and if the repairs were carried out in full accordance with the regulations, would the accident have been avoided? The ultimate reason is that the leaders did not exercise the power of supervision and management well, and the people who handled the affairs did not abide by the principles.

Of course, this matter is definitely not so simple, let's just talk about these old sergeant majors, the brigade commander is even a little suspicious, not to mention that the company commander can't manage it, maybe the battalion commander can't manage it well.

This is a big problem, the army must achieve absolute obedience, must be ordered and prohibited, otherwise there will be many hidden dangers. However, this composite battalion is a key project of the whole army, and even the brigade commander has no right to change the subordinates in the battalion without authorization, and it is even more impossible to transfer all the sergeant majors back to the brigade headquarters.

The brigade commander thought for a while, but decided to throw this question to Duan You, after all, the bell must be tied to the bell, you Duan You asked me for the person I wanted, you have to take care of it for me, otherwise who do you want.

After figuring it out, the brigade commander didn't plan to stay here longer, so he said goodbye to the sergeant squad leader and went to find Meng Chuan.

Meng Chuan was talking to Company Commander Dong, and the topic was nothing more than talking about Squad Leader Wu's physical condition. As for the punishment decision, Meng Chuan didn't say it, he didn't say it himself, and he wouldn't talk nonsense.

At this moment, Meng Chuan saw the brigade commander coming over, so he hurriedly trotted over, "Gu... Gu squad leader. ”

Company Commander Dong heard from the sergeant squad leader just now that this fourth-class sergeant major is Meng Chuan's cousin, so he doesn't plan to stay here, "Battalion Commander Meng, then you talk first, I'll be busy." ”

But at this moment, the brigade commander said: "Company Commander Dong, come with me, let's go to the battalion headquarters to talk." ”