Early the next morning, Meng Chuan was called to the Political Department, and the head of the Political Department gave Meng Chuan a letter of appointment, "Comrade Meng Chuan is appointed as the commander of the engineer battalion of the Quick Reaction Division of the Central Military Region." ”

Meng Chuan already knew about this appointment, so he simply accepted the appointment letter and saluted.

Subsequently, Meng Chuan was directly sent to the engineer battalion by the officers of the Political Department, and he did not even go to the division headquarters.

The engineer battalion is not particularly far from the military district, but it is not in a city, and it takes two or three hours to drive.

As soon as the vehicle entered the battalion headquarters, two majors and a few people came over, "Welcome to our headquarters with the head of the military region." ”

The officers of the Political Department didn't pay much attention to them, perhaps because the engineer battalion was notorious, and they were also afraid of getting into something bad, "Which of you is the instructor of the engineer battalion?" ”

A major immediately walked out, "Report to the chief, I am the instructor of the engineer battalion. ”

The officer of the military region nodded and introduced Meng Chuan, "This is your new battalion commander, Comrade Meng Chuan, applaud and welcome." ”

As soon as the words fell, the applause immediately rang out, and one by one beat louder, which made Meng Chuan a little puzzled, he was the battalion commander who was airborne, and it stands to reason that he should have blocked the promotion position of one of them, but Meng Chuan saw that they applauded one by one, and there was no meaning of hypocrisy and grievance at all, could it be that they all welcomed themselves in good faith?

When the officer of the Political Department saw this situation, he felt that there was no problem, "Okay, since you already know each other, then Battalion Commander Meng Chuan will start working, we still have to go to your division headquarters for a turn, so I won't accompany you here." ”

Meng Chuan nodded hurriedly, "Okay, I'll send you." ”

The officer of the military district did not want to stay in the engineer battalion for too long, so he immediately got into the car and ran away.

As soon as the officers of the military region left, Meng Chuan could clearly feel that the momentum of these people was dispersed, and the battalion instructor came over at this time, "Battalion Commander Meng, hello, my name is Wang Bang, you can call me Lao Wang in the future, this is Zhang Linhan, your deputy, the deputy commander of our battalion." ”

As soon as Meng Chuan heard the three words of the deputy battalion commander, he immediately paid attention to it, logically speaking, after the battalion commander left, it should be the deputy battalion commander who came up, and seeing that his military rank was also a major, it was reasonable to put the position of the battalion commander on the top.

But this is what puzzles Meng Chuan the most, because the applause just now belongs to the fiercest of his drums, what is going on? Could it be that this Deputy Battalion Commander Zhang doesn't hate himself at all?

Meng Chuan couldn't figure out what the current situation was, so he didn't dare to move blindly, and he didn't go through the normal procedure when he came over, and the normal procedure should be that a deputy director of the political department of the division headquarters accompanied him to take up his post, and then convened the party committee of the battalion headquarters to introduce himself.

But the current situation is that the military region has directly intervened, and his identity is only known to a few officers in front of him, although he has a letter of appointment, but the officers in the battalion do not know him at all, so this is not good.

Meng Chuan coughed, "Otherwise, let's go back first, by the way, what about my correspondent?" Is it here? ”

Although the correspondents are all members of the communication class, the battalion-level officers are also considered to be the chiefs, so there is usually a correspondent with him, even if it is a company commander, isn't it also a clerk and a correspondent who often follows him.

Instructor Wang smiled, "Camp Commander Meng, you still have to choose your correspondent. In this way, you are tired from coming from the military region by car for so long, we have prepared the meal, and when we will eat, I will introduce you to the full-time officers in the battalion, and when you are done eating, are you choosing your correspondent? ”

Meng Chuan thought for a moment, then nodded and agreed, after all, he was a newcomer, if he didn't get the recognition and support of the officers here, then the work behind would be difficult to do, and he had to understand the ideological dynamics of these grassroots officers first.

However, when Meng Chuan came to the small dining room of the canteen and saw this sumptuous table, his brows furrowed, "This table is too rich." ”

Instructor Wang waved his hand, "It's not rich, it's not rich, the commander of your first battalion must be welcomed on the first day of his appointment." ”

Meng Chuan saw Instructor Wang's extraordinary enthusiasm, and it was not easy to refuse, so he could only sit down.

Seeing that everyone was here, Instructor Wang cleared his throat and said, "This is Camp Commander Meng Chuanmeng, and you all introduce yourself." ”

The engineer battalion has three companies, plus a logistics platoon under the command of the chief of staff, which is the seven main company cadres, and plus the instructors, deputy instructors, deputy battalion commanders, and himself, which is the main officer disposition of the engineer battalion.

First started with the first company, then the second company, and finally the third company, and in just two minutes, they were all introduced.

Meng Chuan didn't get much information from them, so he didn't know how to ask what the cause of the accident was last time, after all, he didn't know anything, and if he managed it rashly, the effect would not be good.

"Okay, since everyone knows each other, then don't talk too much, there are fish and meat on this table, everyone hurry up and eat, eat well, rest, and continue to devote themselves to work training in the afternoon."

As soon as Meng Chuan said this, he could clearly feel that these company-level officers were relieved, it seems that there is really something wrong with this engineer battalion, and he still has to investigate and investigate.

After a full meal, Meng Chuan and Instructor Wang came to the communication class to pick out correspondents for Meng Chuan, these correspondents are quite young, but what makes Meng Chuan a little dissatisfied is what kind of head shape these correspondents have.

The two sides are shaved short, the middle is long, and a little oil is smeared and it looks reflective, but these are all right, at least you can't see it when you wear a hat. Some even have side parts, which means that when you wear a hat, your hair will come out of the brim.

This kind of head shape may be very popular in society, but this is the army, don't they know the army regulations, can they keep such a head?

But not all of them are like this, Meng Chuan saw a small flat head.

You said that you are a soldier, your hair is shaved cleanly, how energetic, what kind of hairstyle do you have to have, is it too long for you to wash in the morning, and it makes you stinky and beautiful?

Meng Chuan pointed to the little flat head, "This soldier, come here." ”

When the senior soldier saw Meng Chuan ordering him, he immediately trotted over, "Hello chief." ”

Meng Chuan nodded, "What's your name?" ”

The senior soldier immediately said: "Report to the chief, my name is Hu Lei." ”

Meng Chuan could still see a little bit of the soldier's appearance from the tone and actions of this senior soldier, and he was quite satisfied, "Lao Wang, I want this soldier, and I will be the correspondent later." ”

Instructor Wang had no opinion, "Xiaohu, this is the new battalion commander of our battalion, you will be his correspondent later, understand?" ”

Hu Lei didn't expect that he was actually the battalion commander in front of him, and he also took a fancy to himself, so he was excited: "Yes, instructor." ”