Tanzhou high-speed rail station.

More than a dozen soldiers in regular uniforms appeared, and two columns walked out of the carriage in unison, marching with neat steps, special costumes and disciplined formations, which soon attracted the attention of countless passengers around.

Since the promulgation of the newly revised common regulations on April 15, 18, in line with the development of the times and in response to the call of officers and soldiers, the stipulation that military personnel should wear civilian clothes when going out for non-official purposes has been abolished.

Major cities are indeed able to occasionally appear soldiers in military uniforms, but it is quite rare for more than a dozen people to appear at a time like this.

Time.

Passengers near the high-speed rail station took out their mobile phones to take pictures, and a girl wearing a yellow T-shirt with a SpongeBob SquarePants pattern printed on her chest ran to video it.

Chai Shuyao has a lively personality, raising his hand to make a grimace, not making Chen Mingxiao laugh, nor greeting him, he can only look ahead with a serious face, and continue to follow the team.

At the same time, I also have some emotion in my heart, only here, in this country, civilians will not be afraid when they see soldiers, but will be very close, but whenever they change countries and see soldiers, which one is not to quickly avoid them.

I'm afraid of getting into trouble.

Click!!

There was a sound of pictures around, mixed with some discussions, a group of people, everyone else wore regular clothes, just he gathered directly from the training ground, wearing a camouflage uniform, naturally received more attention.

Listening to the people around him praising him for being very handsome, the corners of Chen Ming's mouth rose, and he raised his head confidently, which really satisfied his little vanity.

I've been staying in the barracks for most of the year, and it's pretty good to suddenly come out to see the prosperity outside.

As soon as they walked out of the station, they saw a middle-aged man about 345 years old, holding a sign with red paper in his hand, which read: Welcome to the exchange group.

The other party was not wearing a military uniform, but standing in the sun, in a motionless posture, he looked like a soldier at first glance.

It's an action engraved in the bones.

Perhaps many times the soldiers themselves don't feel any different from the posture of the people around them, nothing special, everyone is the same.

But for Chen Ming, who is also a soldier, that figure is like a lighthouse in the night, too conspicuous, just stand in this posture, there is no need to raise the sign, and through the vast crowd, you can find the target at a glance.

Song Jianfei, the captain of the team, walked over and the two chatted a few words, then turned around and introduced: "Comrades, this is Professor Fang Ling Kenfang of the School of Systems Engineering of the University of Science and Technology, and he is responsible for coming over to greet us."

"The car is outside, everyone line up to follow."

Fang Lingken put away the sign, looked at the team with a smile, and greeted loudly: "Comrades have worked hard all the way, the college has arranged a vehicle, it is not far outside, and everyone will walk for a while, and they will arrive soon."

"Professor Fang is too polite." Everyone responded with smiles.

Chen Ming followed the queue, enjoying the surprised glances of the people around him from time to time, and followed the long line.

Anyway, he is not the leader of this exchange group, he doesn't have to be responsible for the joint, he doesn't need to go over to say hello, everything just keeps up according to the arranged process.

The car arranged by the National Defense Science and Technology University is also a minibus, which is parked at the location outside the stone pier not far from the entrance, turning a corner, more than ten meters.

According to Chen Ming's observation.

Chai Shuyao should also be a bastard member in this exchange group, after getting in the car, he did not sit around the front, but followed Chen Ming to sit at the back, and the two simply said hello to Professor Fang, but did not talk a few words.

Although the people who came from this exchange group had high military ranks, most of them were engaged in scientific research, and only six or seven of them were commanders of field units, and the two of them really couldn't intervene.

The vehicle starts and the body sets off slowly.

Fang Lingken has been chatting and laughing with the members of the exchange group in front, talking about some professional scientific research topics, it is obvious that he has long been familiar with some people in this exchange group, and Chen Ming can understand part of the conversation, but he is not very interested.

Looking sideways out the window, looking at the bustling city outside, people coming and going, I couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

This is the first time he has left the army, left the barracks, and came outside, and he really feels like he is in a different world.

"What are you thinking?" Chai Shuyao next to him looked at Chen Ming silently for a long time, and asked curiously, "Do you consider this training?"

"If you think about this, you don't have to worry, the war zone can arrange for you to come over, then it must be the academy's side that responded, and the relative arrangement, rest assured."

"Your task is to study hard."

Seeing that Chai Shuyao seemed to understand very well, Chen Ming was slightly stunned, he really didn't know much about Chai Shuyao, he only knew that she was a propaganda officer in the war zone, and she ran around all day long.

Chen Ming has always been a little puzzled about his promotion, because he has made a lot of preparations in the early stage, knowing that the second-class merit of the army can be promoted, and he also knows that the promotion needs a notice, and he should not come to the National Defense University to report now.

At this time, he came with the exchange group, and the army did not come, so could it be that the academy would start the training process for him alone?

Unrealistic.

Chai Shuyao is a very smart woman, just seeing that Chen Ming didn't say a word, she probably guessed his doubts.

He raised his hand and brushed his hair, and said with a smile: "Well, I know what you are worried about, but you don't have to worry too much, in fact, the situation of the National Defense University of Science and Technology and the situation of the National Defense Seventh Sub-College in recent years have been a little embarrassing."

"Especially the National Defense University of Science and Technology, with the blessing of the halo of the only 985,211 double first-class military schools in the country, coupled with the title of Qinghua in the army, under the background of the direct command of the military department, the students here are expected too much by the army and the outside world."

"This expectation is that the grassroots troops hope that HKUST can train the best students, and as HKUST students, they hope that the army will provide a broader platform for themselves."

"In this way, there is a contradiction, the National Defense Science and Technology University, like other military schools, is only famous, there is no special distribution system, and there is no policy inclination, and the cadets have to participate in the distribution of the whole army."

"That is to say, 90 percent of the students who graduated from the National Defense University of Science and Technology need to serve in the grassroots units after graduation, but how can the grassroots troops have so many high-quality positions for the trainees?"

"The gap between the ideal and the reality has made the grassroots troops have a two-way gap between the cadets and the cadets and the grassroots troops, and this sense of gap has not been solved for a long time, the problems have accumulated more and more, and the contradictions have been gradually magnified. ”

"Sharpening the sword?" Chen Ming was a little surprised, it seems that behind his promotion, it is not just as simple as following the exchange group.

"That's right, it's the Sword Sharpening Project." Chai Shu nodded and continued: "The initial stage of this plan is to reduce the acceptance rate of the college entrance examination, increase the number of cadres in the army, and the number of college students in the army, so that there is no need to worry about the quality of the soldiers."

"The current environment is that most of the people who come to join the army are college students who have stayed in the grassroots units, and these people have good military quality, are more mature in thinking, and are more stable, and they are familiar with the operation process, management mode, and rules and regulations of the grassroots troops."

"More importantly, these people, from the grassroots, promote cadres and then go back to the grassroots, they understand the grassroots, there will be no sense of gap, they will not be blindly like college entrance examination students because of their enthusiasm, they will be admitted to the military academy with enthusiasm, and as a result, there is no good distribution after graduation, and there is a problem with their mentality."

"This is no longer an exception, in our war zone, every year after graduating from the University of Science and Technology, training with ordinary companies every day, pulling weeds every day, disappointed in the troops, the number of cases of applying for job transfer is as high as hundreds of cases every year, and this is just the University of Science and Technology."

"Not counting other military academy graduates, Chen Ming, you have been in the army, you should know very well that the mess in the grassroots army, ordinary undergraduates are definitely enough."

"What is lacking is only management ability and coordination ability, but the graduates of the military academy are full of enthusiasm at the beginning and want to do a big job, they don't have this ability."

"You have stayed, and you also know that the troops are not so tall, tanks, armored vehicles are no different from tractors, and the operation, maintenance, and maintenance of artillery and missiles can be learned by ordinary people."

"Ninety percent of the soldiers and officers with truly sophisticated equipment can't touch it, and they can't figure it out."

"Those weapons and equipment that can be finalized do not need so many people to operate, let alone provide so many high-quality jobs, and the concept of college students in the whole army has been mentioned since mechanization, and now there are drawbacks and contradictions."

"So the sword sharpening plan that followed appeared next, and you are the first batch of outstanding soldiers from the army in this year's pilot plan of the military department, not only you, but all major theaters have arranged people to come over in advance when the military cadets are about to graduate."

"You are one of them, our exchange group is also part of the Sword Sharpening Project, and the communication is a two-way street, so can you understand?"

"Understood."

Chen Ming replied softly, he really understood.

With this said, the recent doubts about Tigan coming with the exchange group have all been solved.

The Sword Sharpening Program not only sharpens the soldiers of the army, but also sharpens the people who are about to graduate from the military academy.

This year, some people entered the school ahead of schedule, and it is clear that this is an immature plan of the military department, and if it can be carried out successfully this year, then this plan will be implemented on a large scale in the future.

Of course, the premise of success is that the major military schools will once again reduce the acceptance rate of the annual college entrance examination, and the number of personnel will continue to decrease, sharpening the blade of the sword.

The country is trying to cross the river by feeling the stones, developing step by step, and the army is also advancing with the times, solving contradictions little by little, so that the army will become stronger.

Maybe a year or two, this plan doesn't have much effect, but what about ten or eight years?

The military quality of grassroots units will definitely be greatly improved as a result, and military quality has a direct impact on combat effectiveness, and this does not mean that a country will necessarily be strong if it has powerful weapons.

The operator of the weapon, after all, is still a human being, this is the essence of the problem.

Seeing that Chen Ming was thinking, Chai Shuyao smiled: "So, you have to come on!"

"As a member of the first batch of Sword Sharpening Programs, you will all be on the radar of the military department."

"As long as you perform well, you will definitely be noticed by the leaders above, if it causes a part of the impact, or can promote the sword sharpening plan, you can think about this influence."

(End of chapter)