Li Yunlong returned to the old army, and several of his old partners were very happy, and political commissar Sun Tai'an has been acting as the commander of the army for the past two years, and he is not a military cadre, so he is a little powerless for this position. Li Yunlong was appointed commander of the army, and he breathed a sigh of relief first. Tian Baohua is also the chief of staff, and Li Yunlong is very satisfied with the coordination of the army's leading body. He transferred a new guard from the military district security office, named Wu Yongsheng. There is also a secretary transferred to him by the Political Department of the Military Region, named Zheng Bo.

This Zheng Bo made Li Yunlong very interested, in his thirties, medium height, with a pair of black-framed glasses on his fair face, a bookish face and a Jiangsu and Zhejiang accent, and he looked like a weak scholar at first glance. Zheng Bo graduated from the Chinese Department of Peking University, and after graduation, he transferred to a political college in the army for several years, and it is said that he also studied military academics.

After everything went according to plan, Li Yunlong remembered Duan Peng recommended to him by Ding Wei, Ding Wei was full of praise for this guy, claiming that if it weren't for the face of his old comrades-in-arms, he would have come to dig the foot of the wall a long time ago, this kind of cadre with unique skills and rich combat experience is rare, and he decided to meet this Duan Peng.

When Duan Peng stood in front of him, he found that this captain was not outstanding at all, 1.7 meters tall, thin, with not broad shoulders, and even his muscles were not very developed, this was a guy who was easily overlooked, he was too inconspicuous.

"You are Duan Peng? You really have the courage to beat Ding Wei, fortunately it's Ding Wei, if you change someone else, you should go to court-martial. I'm very strange, Ding Wei is also a person with some fist and foot kung fu, it stands to reason that he won't lose so badly within three or five moves, how can he let you succeed easily? Li Yunlong asked.

"Commander, knock on the gong and sell sugar, each of them will do one line. He is a general, commanding battles is what he is good at, in terms of fighting, 10 generals are not as good as me as a captain, as soon as he makes a move, I can see it, his two strokes of grappling and fighting are more than enough for scouts to capture a prisoner, and it is not a level to fight with me. Actually, I didn't use any force to throw him out, I just borrowed his own strength. 'Borrowing strength to fight' is just a small trick in martial arts, and it is not real kung fu. Duan Peng is not too bragging, nor is he modest.

"Interesting, then tell me what you are capable of."

"Needless to say, hand-to-hand combat, I use a variety of small arms, including precision shooting in different positions. I have practiced light skills, and I dare not say that I am a master in climbing. I know acupuncture, I know herbal medicine, and I will help myself on the battlefield. Also, in 1950 I was trained in subtropical jungle warfare under you, and the Soviet instructor gave me a total honor. In addition, my language ability is strong, there are people in the army from all over the world, Haibei and Tiannan, I have learned a lot of local dialects, needless to say the northern languages, the southern dialects of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the dialects of Lianghu and Guangzhou, the Hakka dialect of southern Fujian, and the Chaozhou dialect. I also studied in the artillery training team, and I know how to work on maps and artillery specialties. Also, I am more proficient in the specialty of the infantry reconnaissance detachment, and what I am doing now is reconnaissance. Have you seen the movie "Crossing the River"? Before the battle began, I also crossed the river with a reconnaissance detachment, and we tossed around on the south bank more than in the movies, but there were no reporters to interview me. ”

Li Yunlong was overjoyed: "According to this, you have been in my division since the Huaihai Campaign, and for so many years, I just didn't know that there was such a treasure as you hidden in my army." ”

"Commander, you are worried about a big matter, how can you notice a company-level cadre?"

"Well, I read your resume, and you have received a lot of awards for meritorious service and a lot of punishments, otherwise you would be at least the battalion level now. Looks like you're a restless person who likes to cause trouble, don't you? ”

"There seems to be such a saying, saying, 'Duan Peng is also successful, and Duan Peng is also defeated', there is nothing in the world that Duan Peng does not dare to do. This is not surprising, because I am your old subordinate, and I heard that you were not very peaceful when you were young, and each unit has its own 'soul' from the day it was formed. Some people say that this is called tradition, but I think it's actually the same thing, the 'soul' of our army is given by you, can I not be affected? ”

Li Yunlong was happy: "According to what you say, is the upper beam not right and the lower beam crooked?" You've made mistakes and been influenced by me? ”

"That's not what I mean, I mean, although you don't know me, as an old subordinate, I have heard too much about you, and your way of dealing with problems is really ...... How so? It's unique, and sometimes it's quite moving. The cadre who committed the problem of life style last time was my fellow countryman, and if it weren't for you, his future would have been ruined. That night, I drank with him all night, and he was so happy that you solved the problem in a few words, and did not even give a warning, and he shed tears as he spoke, blaming himself for not being angry and causing you trouble. said that there is such a good military commander, can we not sell our lives? People's hearts are flesh and blood, and no matter how hard they do in the future, they can't lose the face of the military commander. ”

Li Yunlong asked: "Oh, I still remember that staff officer, is he married?" ”

"I'm married, my son is a few years old, and he is now the deputy head of Division F, and he's doing a good job."

"This kid, I almost cheated him at the time. It's true that I loved to cause trouble when I was young, but I didn't cause this incident, so let's put it this way, it doesn't matter where you loosen your body, even if you can't loosen your belt. The thing under the waistband is like a pistol with no safety off, it is easy to misfire, and if it does, it is a big deal...... Well, don't say that. I ask you, if one day, I ask you to go around the islands occupied by Chiang's army, will you dare? ”

Duan Peng "snapped" a straight upright, his eyes lit up and said: "Don't talk about those islands, even if you go to Taiwan, you don't dare to go to Longtan Tiger's Den." Commander, we have no ability, useless, if you can afford us, we will give this head to the commander. ”

"Well done, kind! I order you to immediately form a special detachment, the personnel of which you will choose, and unconditionally release the personnel within the scope of your army, regardless of the unit. As long as you hear that there are talented people, no matter which military region or which army, no matter what means are used, whether it is digging into the wall and making business transfers, or simply deceiving people without files and organizational procedures, I don't care, I just need talents, talents who are suitable for special forces. The general principle is: it is better to have less than to overuse. ”

"Yes, guaranteed to complete the mission." Duan Peng saluted and turned his head to leave.

"Slow, come back, the conditions for your recruitment this time are very harsh, you might as well relax in terms of political review, the key is the military and cultural quality of the personnel. After the formation of this special detachment, I am afraid that it will be difficult to manage, they are all guys with unique skills, and if they can fight, they will definitely cause trouble, you have to be mentally prepared, this is not an ordinary army, and it cannot be managed in the way of an ordinary company, you should tell them, just say that I said it, don't you like to make trouble? Isn't there always someone in charge? Okay, if you have the ability, go to the enemy's side to make trouble, no one cares about you over there, you have to be able to pluck off a few of Hu Lian's kid's beards to make a little noise. I'm going to warn you in advance, you can make a lot of trouble over there, and I don't care if you have any skills. But be honest here, if you really want to make some trouble, I'll pick your Duan Peng's skin. ”

"Yes!" Duan Peng walked to the door and turned around, and whispered to Li Yunlong, "Commander, it is really a blessing to be a soldier under you, your kindness, I ......Duan Peng will never forget it in my life" He turned around and left, and Li Yunlong found that there were tears shining in his eyes.

Duan Peng and his secretary Zheng Bo spent nearly half a year selecting members of the special detachment, and they first selected them in their own army and military region, but they found that only 30 people met the conditions. They expanded their scope and, with the assistance of various departments of the General Staff Department, searched for them from all major military and provincial military districts throughout the country. In the past few months, the two have lost weight, traveled all over the country, and finally pulled up a group of people. The principle for selecting special forces is set by Li Yunlong: The first thing to consider is the overall quality of the personnel, and illiteracy is absolutely not necessary, and the higher the education level, the better. This is the selection of special forces, not the selection of five good soldiers, I am not afraid that you have shortcomings, I am afraid that you are not capable.

Secretary Zheng is responsible for examining the comprehensive quality of the special team members. Duan Peng was responsible for examining military qualities. The two did not work well together at first, and there were several quarrels. "Lao Zheng, we are choosing special forces, not the champion, as long as you are not illiterate, it will be difficult to follow your conditions, we have never seen a few people who can write and martial arts in China from ancient times to the present." Duan Peng said to Zheng Bo.

Zheng Bo said: "That's because you are lonely and unheard, the two big poets of the Song Dynasty, Lu You and Xin Qiji, are both civil and military. Li Baishi is good at writing and good at fencing. Yue Fei can lead troops to fight, and his words are also good. Without culture, no matter how high the martial arts are, he is just a martial artist, and he can't become a big climate. ”

"Forget it, you cultural people just have a lot of things, and very simple things are complicated in your mouth, let's not talk about it, say something specific, what's the use of your conditions?"

"Comprehensive quality includes a wide range of content, for example, a soldier has been proven to be excellent after your military assessment, but he is scared and trembling as soon as he enters the battlefield, can this be successful? It seems that bravery is also a major condition, right? If he is injured, such as breaking a leg by a blow-up, he lies down and cries and waits for the paramedics to come to rescue him, can such a soldier be a special soldier? A real special forces should have a stronger will and endurance than ordinary people, should learn to save themselves, continue to fight even though they are seriously wounded, and have the initiative to be aggressive in the face of dangerous environments. You see, all of these belong to the category of comprehensive quality, which is to be brave, strong-willed, have endurance beyond ordinary people, and have the spirit of initiative and enterprising spirit in a dangerous environment. ”

"Well, it makes sense, it makes sense, you intellectuals are not simple." Duan Peng sighed.

The formation of special detachments began in absolute secrecy, and even the military and cadre departments that assisted in the transfer of personnel were not clear. Duan Peng knew very well that the other party's intelligence department was not a dry meal. He built the unit in a secluded old warehouse of the logistics department, the warehouse was surrounded by vegetable fields, he led the soldiers to build two rows of pigsties, got some piglets to raise, dug a pond, put in fish fry, set up a chicken farm, and the sign at the door read: The production base of the logistics department of a certain unit. Duan Peng's external position is the director of the production base. The special detachment was organized to a higher standard and was designated at the regimental level. Duan Peng's military rank was also promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel at the regimental level. Li Yunlong was quite troubled by the selection of the post of political commissar, and this political commissar must first meet the conditions of a special team member, and political and ideological work is secondary.

Li Yunlong thought about it again and again, and finally decided to appoint Lin Han as political commissar. Lin Han is from the northwest and is the commander of a reconnaissance battalion of a certain army stationed in the northwest. But this guy is also a man with a personality like fire, from platoon commander, deputy company commander, company commander, deputy battalion commander, battalion commander to the next level, he has never engaged in political work, and he is not suitable for political work, because when he is unhappy, he will scold or even beat people, how can there be such a political commissar? He is suitable for military work. The problem is that the captain's position has already allowed Duan Peng to sit on the throne, so he has to let Lin Han be the political commissar. There are a total of 108 people in the whole team, and only these people who are qualified are dug up, and there is no more. Duan Peng had an idea, 108 generals, okay, the code name of this detachment is Liangshan. The top spot of the 108 generals is none other than himself, his code name is naturally timely rain, and the political commissar Lin Han is second according to the seat order, and the code name is Jade Qilin. Push it down further, what kind of wisdom and multi-star and the like, everyone has a code name.

Duan Peng and Lin Han's first meeting was quite dramatic. Duan Peng stretched out his hand first to introduce himself: "Squad leader Duan Peng, let's partner in the future and help each other." ”

Lin Han shook Duan Peng's hand and said, "Political Commissar Lin Han, you are new to the city, please take care of it." ”

The words were quite polite, but the hands held by the two did not let go, and the two sides used their internal forces to compete. Duan Peng said: "This detachment is not easy to bring, it is all a thorn, enough for the two of us to drink a pot in the future." As he spoke, he put a force on his hand. Lin Han said: "Look at who is leading the team, if the team leader finds it difficult, I can try." As he spoke, his hands gradually strengthened.

"Thank you, the child you beat out is raised by yourself, and it's not appropriate to push it to the wet nurse."

"The eldest girl has no experience in raising children, so it's better to raise someone who can take care of children."

"Whether you will take the child or not can't just say, find a time to communicate." Duan Peng's hand suddenly became soft and boneless, and the powerful external force was dissolved without a trace.

Lin Han also relented and said, "You can ask for advice at any time." ”

Duan Peng has been scratching his head a little these days, and none of his guys seem to be fuel-efficient lamps, they are all disrespectful guys who are not afraid of heaven and earth.

These more than 100 people are veterans who have participated in actual combat, and they are older, if they become oil, it will be troublesome to manage, if they have the ability, their temper will definitely follow, and if you want him to obey the management, you have to show him something real to let him know that you are not worse than him. When building the pigsty, Little Whirlwind and the Blue-faced Beast volunteered to build the wall, Duan Peng handed them the borrowed brick knife, and Little Whirlwind said disdainfully, "What are you doing with that thing?" Isn't this a brick knife? He shook his palms and choked Duan Peng speechless. I watched these two guys chop bricks with their palms as brick knives, and squinted at him with their eyes while building them.

Duan Pengxin said: Fuck, there's no fucking peace, even if you build a wall, you have to get some means for you to see. Okay, I'll play with you. He praised and said: "In the end, he is a veteran, and his consciousness is high, knowing that the brick knife was borrowed from the masses, and if it is broken, he will have to pay others." Well, consciously abide by the discipline of the masses, and should be praised. Why didn't I think of that? This hand is your own, and no one has to pay for it. He picked up a whole brick and broke it one by one like a snack to the right size, so that the two guys stopped squeaking.

Within a few days, there were three unsuccessful fights, all of which were caused by trivial matters. For example, there was a warrior who came to report late, and unfortunately took the nickname of a dominatrix, and when others called him, he couldn't hold back his face. Martial arts people have their own rules of martial arts people, and they are by no means as tense as before ordinary people fight. The martial arts people speak very politely, even if they are thinking about killing the other party in their hearts, they are still very gentle in their mouths and will never hurt others. The dominatrix arched his hand to the walker who called him by his nickname and said, "When we meet for the first time, according to the rules of martial arts, we will meet friends with martial arts, is my brother willing to fight on his fists and feet?" ”

The walker is uncomfortable, you don't recruit him and you are looking for something, not to mention this kind of blatant clamour, naturally he is overjoyed, and there is no reason not to accompany him. The two of them were about to go out and find a secluded place to fight. And the first row of the long Li Guang and the second row of the long vegetable garden in the house were all concentrating on playing Go, and they didn't have the slightest intention of stopping it, and the other heroes did whatever they wanted, and no one showed much interest in watching the excitement. If Duan Peng hadn't happened to meet and stop it, these two guys wouldn't know what they would have done.

Duan Peng yelled into the room, "Why don't you stop it? You don't have to fight to be happy, don't you? ”

Xiao Li Guang said to Duan Peng seriously: "There is this time in "Water Margin", the dominatrix Sun Erniang had a fight with the walker Wu Song at the Cross Slope Hotel, this is the will of God, you can't let them fight." ”

Duan Peng said angrily: "What kind of nonsense, what I'm talking about is why don't you cadres stop fighting?" ”

Cai Yuanzi leaned over and said, "Captain, aren't we in the order of Liangshan 108?" Since you have a seat according to this, you have to follow the rules of "Water Margin", for example, "Timely Rain" is the eldest brother, everyone has to listen to him, "Yizhangqing" is a wife, you have to listen to her husband's "Bantam Tiger", and it is useless to have high martial arts. ”

Duan Peng saw that these guys were messing around, so he didn't want to deal with them anymore, he turned around to leave, and said in his mouth: "Where are there so many rules? There is also a time in the book called 'Song Jiang killed Yan Po in anger', according to this calculation, I should also slaughter my wife? The heroes replied in a chaotic manner: "Of course, that's what the book says......"

"I wondered, what is Song Jiang's ability? Why sit in the first place? There should be a ring in front of Zhongyi Hall, and the winners and losers will be seen in their fists and feet, and whoever wins will sit in the first place......"

Duan Peng really had a headache, although he was mentally prepared for this, but when he thought of the future management issues, he still felt tricky. He truthfully reported the situation to Li Yunlong, hoping to get instructions from the army commander. Li Yunlong said unceremoniously: "I can't control this, you can take care of your soldiers, otherwise what do you want you to do?" Anyway, I will personally assess in two months, and any problems are your business, if you don't have the ability to manage it, you will take off this military uniform and go home to pick up the child. ”

Duan Peng walked to the door in a gloomy manner. "Come back." Li Yunlong said, "The newly manufactured cars need to be run in, not to mention the newly formed troops, more than 100 people, coming from all directions, are not idle people, it is inevitable that there will be some chaos, there is nothing to make a fuss about." You have to let them know what special forces are. They are still far from each other, but they are just enough for the conditions, and the real professional training has not yet begun, and the instructors sent by the General Staff and the professionals of the Academy of Military Sciences have come, so you should ask them for more advice. ”

A few days later, Duan Peng held a general meeting of the whole team, and in the empty old warehouse, more than 100 people of the whole detachment did not sit in a queue like ordinary companies, but sat sparsely. Until Duan Peng announced the opening of the meeting, there was no less noise below. Although political commissar Lin Han was reluctant to do this errand, he had to perform his duties since he had done it.

He stood up and said, "Comrades, let's see for ourselves, is this still like an army?" Hey, poor organization, no mental head, lazy, loose, I blush. Now, let's sing a song to cheer up, sing "Three Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention", and I will start: 'Revolutionary soldiers must keep in mind and prepare - sing!' The following hummed indiscriminately, quietly, like a swarm of mosquitoes buzzing, and the more they sang, the more bored they became. Suddenly, out of the noise came a tenor, singing an octave higher than the others...... Seventh, it is forbidden to molest women, and the hooligan habit is determined to get rid of ......" This person only cared about singing loudly, but he had no choice but to seriously go out of tune, and he also added some ornamental notes on his own initiative, and sang with the flavor of Peking Opera in a daze, and the soldiers around him laughed.

Lin Han roared: "Monk Hua, what's wrong with you making trouble? ”

Monk Hua is not an outsider, he was transferred from the reconnaissance battalion of his army, and this person performed very poorly in the original unit, mainly because he liked to violate discipline. He was so pleased with his nickname that he even shaved his bald man to show that he was an authentic flower monk. When he heard Lin Han lecture him, he stood up and said, "Political commissar, this is your mistake, among the more than 100 people, I can sing hard." Of course, singing badly is a matter of level, and singing loudly is a matter of attitude, and when you listen to them sing, it's like a cat calling spring, which is deliberately making trouble......"

The soldiers below didn't like to listen to it, and scolded back: "You sing well? Like a donkey barking a trough ......"

"Ah, just a few days ago, you took a picture for the political commissar? You kid, you were born to be a traitor......" Monk Hua scratched his bald head, shook his head proudly and said: "This is called a close organization, are you jealous of me when you see me asking for progress?" Commissar, have you seen them all? The unhealthy tendencies of our detachment should really be rectified, anyway, I am with the two leaders, and we will resolutely fight against the unhealthy tendencies......"

Duan Peng had been tasting tea for a long time with a teacup, and when he saw that he was almost done, he cleared his throat, knocked on the table and said, "Hey! Is there enough everybody to say? Isn't it time for me to say a few words? I've already seen that our detachment doesn't have a fucking fuel-efficient lamp. Of course, including me, everyone feels like a piece of material. It's no wonder that they are all masters selected by various troops, one in a million, I'm afraid we can't be left on this earth. So the superiors also knew that we were not ordinary people, and sent us exam papers to try us. I told my superiors that our detachment is a top talent, who knows astronomy and geography, knows 500 years before and 500 years later, can you test me? Joke! Guys, now I'm going to hand you the rolls and give our detachment a fight. ”

The exam paper was sent down, everyone was stupid, and the questions on it were very miscellaneous:

A. What is the secret position system of artillery? What is the secret position system in our country?

B. How to measure distance with your fingers and eyes?

C. How many ***** does it take to blast a concrete pier with a diameter of two meters? How is it calculated?

D. How do I use the stars to determine direction at night? How do you know how to orient yourself in the forest on a rainy day?

Can you sort out the categories of combat aircraft of the US military? What are the letters of the category?

F. Can you tell the difference between a cruiser, a destroyer, a frigate? What are their respective uses and characteristics?

…………

One hundred and eight generals looked at each other, and no one said a word.

Duan Peng sneered: "Are you stupid? Isn't it usually quite able to speak? God is the boss, you are the second, why don't you speak? Monk Hua, aren't you kid very capable? You talk about it. ”

Monk Hua muttered in a low voice: "How is it like taking the university entrance examination?" We are soldiers, what do we know so much? ”

Duan Peng said: "Do you think that you have good marksmanship, know how to fight, and have actual combat experience, you are called special forces?" Let me tell you, it's far from it, you two have just met the basic conditions, just like children who have just entered elementary school, and there are still elementary school, middle school, high school, and university courses later, and you have to finish it early. Let me first briefly talk about our first step training subjects: first, physical training, 10 kilometers of armed cross-country every morning, with sandbags tied to your legs; second, 10,000 meters of swimming, everyone passes; Third, driving training, motorcycles, cars, tanks, armored vehicles, and small ships must be proficient; Fourth, parachute and airborne training. Also, artillery observation, radio technology, battlefield self-rescue...... I won't list them all, but I will start training tomorrow. Also, our discipline in the past few days is bad enough, everyone must be self-disciplined in the future, I will not use the rules and discipline of ordinary companies to demand you, but you can't kick your nose in the face. I'm ugly to say in the front, who are willing to 'learn' kung fu in the future, find a place where no one is around, and don't let me see it. If you want me to see it, if you don't say it, you will be punished, who told you not to be long-sighted? Do you understand? ”

The warriors all became serious and shouted, "Understood. ”

"Disbanded."