The process of awarding the flag and awarding the number is over.

With Wang Junwei signaling.

Standing at the entrance of the artillery field, the comrades who had been watching the ceremony began to march up to the stage, holding red trays in their hands, red cloths on the inside, and neat certificates on them.

There is also a tray with two epaulettes, two bars and one star.

The Tiger Wolf Battalion is awarded the number, which is the official combat unit, and according to the regulations, the chief staff officer is the deputy battalion level, and the treatment must also be synchronized, corresponding to the major.

From the rank of lieutenant officer to the rank of colonel, this span may not have a chance for many grassroots cadres who have been promoted to the rank of captain in their lifetime.

But Chen Ming, who was transferred back to the 71st Army from Longya, did not come to the 169th Brigade for a long time, and was able to be promoted all the way, which also benefited from his efforts.

During this period, the first-class merit of the rescue of Wugai Mountain, and the second-class merit of the peace envoy's large-scale military training were soft, and today, his efforts finally ushered in the reward.

Stage.

The commander-in-chief Feng Chunyang and the brigade commander Wang Junwei set their eyes on Chen Ming and motioned for him to come to power.

Offstage, Du Longfei and Zhang Jintao also looked at him.

"Go ahead, congratulations, Major Chen." The instructor urged with a smile on his face.

"Hurry up Lao Chen, think about something, be active at this time." Du Longfei poked Chen Ming with his elbow and reminded with a smile.

Soon, the eyes of the audience focused on this, there were surprises, shocks, joys, and surprises.

People who know Chen Ming's past when he joined the army are all embarrassed that it is not easy to come to this point in just a few years.

But more than that, happy.

Chen Ming was also a little dazed, but he quickly packed his clothes, gathered his mind, and strode towards the high platform with a determined gaze.

Come and stand still in front of the commander-in-chief, raise your hands and salute!

"Good, good, good."

Feng Chunyang glanced at Chen Ming up and down, and said with a smile: "Comrade Major, congratulations."

"Chief Xie!!"

Feng Chunyang reached out to help Chen Ming remove the captain's epaulette, and helped him put on the epaulette of the major in the tray.

The young officer in front of him caused quite a stir in the 71st Army, and the recruits were evaluated in a big competition, overwhelming the audience and winning the first place.

It has twice appeared in the military newspaper of the theater of operations, and the front line of combat readiness for the New Year has been raised, but the momentum has weakened in the past two years, and its reputation is not as loud as when it first came to the army.

But step by step, always moving forward firmly, can come to this point.

Feng Chunyang was emotional.

He has seen many outstanding young juniors, and he has also seen many grassroots officers with excellent performance, but there are not many types of people like Chen Ming who have advanced by leaps and bounds in the army.

is a rare general, or in other words, a handsome talent, a handsome talent who commands the overall situation.

The moment he finished wearing the rank of major, Chen Ming seemed to have undergone earth-shaking changes in his temperament.

Brighter and firmer than ever.

Feng Xiaoyang nodded with satisfaction, and then picked up the major title book from the tray and handed it to Chen Ming.

"Chen Ming."

"Here."

"Soldiers are a group full of vitality and vitality, and I hope you can make persistent efforts in the military camp in the future and paint a strong and colorful stroke on the picture scroll of your life."

"To lay a solid foundation for the future and make contributions to the motherland and the people, for thousands of years, the territory of the motherland has been a place where enthusiastic soldiers have served the country and made meritorious contributions."

"Come on, strive for greater brilliance, and forge yourself as the sword leader of the new generation of the republic."

"Escort for the new era."

"Yes, chief, make sure to complete the task."

Chen Ming responded loudly and saluted solemnly.

He stood sideways, because after his promotion was over, it was the time when the Tiger Wolf Battalion was collectively awarded second-class merit.

It's also a belated bonus.

More than a month ago, the Tiger Wolf Battalion of the Peace Messengers performed excellently, infiltrating the rear of the Blue Army twice to cause sabotage, and even blew up one-third of the Blue Army's baggage storage warehouses in one fell swoop.

Today, on the day of the flag award, the above rewards will also be cashed.

The eight company commanders standing at the front of the queue bared their teeth and grinned on the stage to receive the collective second-class merit certificate.

This is the most lively day since the establishment of the Tiger Wolf Battalion.

Feng Chunyang personally handed these certificates to each company commander.

The company commanders hurriedly took it and grasped it tightly in their hands, this is a rare honor, an honor that belongs to their entire battalion.

Their movements were fully watched by Feng Chunyang.

smiled and encouraged: "Comrades, your Tiger Wolf Battalion was awarded the number today, and it was also awarded the collective second-class merit today. ”

"I can't say that this kind of thing hasn't happened in the army before, but I can tell you with certainty that the comrades in the Tiger Wolf Battalion are all good."

"Comrades, do you know why the number of your fifth battalion was changed to the third battalion?"

"I don't know!!"

Several company commanders responded in unison.

Chen Ming stood on the stage and felt that the chief would make an introduction next, raised his right hand and beckoned to the soldiers of the eight companies behind.

In a flash.

More than 1,000 people from the Tiger Wolf Battalion walked neatly behind several company commanders.

Feng Chunyang looked up at the soldiers who rushed over, and his eyes swept over the soldiers in the front row one by one.

said with a smile: "Didn't you guys just now always wonder about the sequence of the Tiger Wolf Battalion, why did it become the third battalion instead of the fifth battalion?" ”

"It has always been strange what happened to the 709th Division, the 063rd Regiment, and how the Strategic Assault Division came to be."

"Now I will tell you that just yesterday afternoon, the Army Command of the Kyoto Military Region and the Eastern Theater Command jointly passed the parliament."

"Order our 71st Army to expand the 169th Brigade and expand the Synthetic Division, the number of the division is the 709th Division, maybe you will be very strange, why is it good, why should our military region add an additional division-level combat unit?"

"This time the joint large-scale exercise, your tiger and wolf battalion did not appear on the frontal battlefield, I stand here and can explain to you, on the night of the start of the peace envoy training, the Tianshan Eighth Division launched a fierce attack."

"At one point, it almost forced our 71st Army back to the first line of defense, and almost opened a gap in our entire army."

"I'm not alarmist here, a division, just one division, more than 10,000 people, almost repelled more than 50,000 of us."

"Do you comrades, know what this concept is?"

At this point, all the officers on the scene were silent, in fact, there are many reasons, the advantage of the blue army is too great, and the director department is also biased towards the blue army.

The Red Army's heavy firepower garrisons were arranged with a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west, separated by dozens of kilometers at every turn.

In addition, the Red Army traveled a long distance, and the distance between the various garrisons was too far to gather too much combat strength in a short period of time.

However, these reasons are sufficient and cannot be said, and it is also a fact that the battlefield of large-scale military training is the battlefield, and defeat is defeat, and those who are beaten by others have almost no strength to fight back.

When the real war comes, the conditions will definitely be more than ten times more difficult than the large-scale military training, who can blame at that time?

Therefore, as a soldier, you will never make excuses for failure, nor should you make excuses, all you can do is find a way to win.

Feng Chunyang breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "This means that our army is still too little trained, and its combat effectiveness is still relatively weak. ”

"The accurate control of the battle situation is not as good as the Eighth Division of the Tianshan Mountains, so the Strategic Assault Division is about to be established."

"Do comrades know the position of the Strategic Assault Division in our Eastern Theater of Operations?"

"I don't know"

The soldiers of the Tiger Wolf Battalion who gathered in front of them shook their heads one after another, but they already had a hunch that this fresh word they had just heard, the Strategic Assault Division, would definitely have an extraordinary significance.

Sure enough.

Feng Chunyang's next introduction directly detonated the morale of the whole battalion.

"It doesn't matter if you don't know, let me tell you that the Strategic Assault Division is a division-level combat unit directly under the Eastern Theater."

"You may leave here in the future and go to a new station, to build a new barracks, to meet new challenges."

"Because the strategic assault division is responsible for the task of the professional blue army, it is different from Zhu and Rihe, but it has a common mission, and your task is to hone all the combat units in the Eastern Theater."

"Don't care if they are heroic troops, or what ace troops they are, how powerful and brilliant those troops were in the past, it was all the credit of their predecessors."

"It's better than now, with your fists, with the guns in your hands, with the cannons in your hands, give me a hard fight to choke all these heroic troops and ace troops in front of the strategic assault division."

"This is the next mission of your Tiger Wolf Battalion, understand?"

"Understand !!"

Soldiers, peace-loving, but don't necessarily like peace, especially the Tiger Wolf Battalion has received too much attention during this time, and the old fritters arranged from various units have learned that they are also a member of the Blue Army in the future.

can also beat those so-called ace troops, hero units, and the restless blood in the body boils instantly.

The roaring voices, the responding voices, intertwined, broke through the clouds.

One soldier after another, his eyes lit up, the title of the Blues was hateful for a veteran, because they were too skinny.

If you want to beat them, whether you are temporarily called the Blues or the professional Blues, it will be a no-brainer.

But if you want to say that you can join and turn around and hone other brother troops, then you don't hesitate.

The main thing is to be flexible.

Thinking about it in the future, maybe you can chase after your former company commander and battalion commander on the battlefield and beat him up, but I feel very comfortable just crooked in my heart.

"Well, now, do you understand the future tasks of the Strategic Assault Division, the Tiger Wolf Battalion?" Feng Chunyang asked with a smile.

"Understand !!!"

"Okay, it's good to understand, comrades, continue to work hard, at present, there is only one tiger and wolf battalion in the assault division, but it doesn't matter, soon all units of the 169th Brigade will be reorganized."

"Including the long-range fire brigade, reconnaissance brigade, boat brigade, electronic countermeasures brigade, and information support brigade directly under our theater, we will successively arrange for units to be divided into 709 divisions."

"This time, the theater and the army department have made up their minds that the strategic assault division will complete its transformation in the shortest possible time."

"Comrades, new challenges are coming, new tasks are coming, are you ready?"

"Always be ready! Always be ready!! Always be ready to !! ”

The roar shook the sky.

Feng Chunyang's explanation was simple and clear, and it was also easier for these fighters to understand.

The flag-presenting ceremony came to a successful conclusion.

Chen Ming, Wang Junwei, Xu Guoyang, Xu Wenqian, Du Longfei, and Zhang Jintao sent off the commander-in-chief of the military district and other comrades who came over.

Battalion commander Du Longfei began to arrange the list of counters of each company, and actively wanted to divide all of them.

Chen Ming did not leave, and was pulled aside by the brigade commander and the chief of staff.

Xu Wenqian looked at the epaulettes with two bars and one star on his shoulders with a smile, and reached out to pat Chen Ming.

"Good boy, yes, you have a good time, and your ability is enough, work hard."

"Yes, Chief of Staff."

"Well, the Strategic Assault Division has just been established, and what I and Wang Brigade mean is to make a round of changes to the equipment of your Tiger Wolf Battalion while it is hot and high right now."

"When the time comes, you can change your outfit when you move to a new station, and I want to hear your opinion."

"My opinion." Chen Ming lowered his head and pondered for a moment, "Chief of Staff, the Tiger Wolf Battalion has been strengthened to the current extent according to the battalion-level establishment, and it has reached its limit. ”

"There is nothing else to do in terms of equipment, but if it is increased, it will be a burden for the battalion, and the logistics will not be able to keep up."

"However, I said earlier that I want to equip a long-range fire platoon and a long-range decapitation rocket platoon, which is necessary, because I plan to change the formation of the armored infantry company to a fire company."

"In other aspects, the construction of the field air defense system is insufficient, and the biggest advantage of the heavy composite battalion is that it has a large enough chassis and a large enough load to be able to carry those powerful air defense weapons."

"At present, the air defense of the Tiger Wolf Battalion is somewhat lacking, and the mainstream use is still towed anti-aircraft guns, double 25-millimeter caliber anti-aircraft guns, which can play a big role in mountain troops or border regiments."

"In the Tiger Wolf Battalion, a special combat blue army unit, I am afraid that the future will be stretched, the new 35 mm caliber anti-aircraft gun is OK, and the 57 mm caliber anti-aircraft gun, because it can make up for the shortcomings in terms of performance, it is still reluctant."

"The rest doesn't work."

"Hmm."

After listening carefully to Chen Ming's analysis, Xu Wenqian nodded.

"I know what you said, the air defense of battalion-level units has always been a shortcoming, and I will find a way to give your battalion a chance to change its equipment."

"But you don't have to get your hopes up, at most, it's just a small scale, and a batch of equipment from the long-range fire brigade transferred from those units directly under the Eastern Theater of Operations."

"Or the artillery of the air defense brigade, after all, it is the first battalion of the strategic assault division to have a code name, and the tasks you will take on in the future may be heavier."

"Come on, get all the formations of the Tiger Wolf Battalion in order as soon as possible, and then hand over the tasks here, Brigade Wang means to transfer you to the brigade staff headquarters for training before the strategic assault division departs."

"The Tiger Wolf Battalion, under your leadership, can achieve this effect in a short period of time, it is enough to see that continuing to stay here will only limit your ability."

"Understood?"

"Understood!!"

Chen Ming responded quickly.

To transfer him to the brigade headquarters, these words were mentioned by Wang Junwei before.

Not so fast, though.

At present, the strategic assault division has only made a decision from above to be formed, but the specific deployment of manpower and the location of their new station will require repeated meetings and discussions.

Tiger Wolf Camp, there is still a long way to go.

Of course, Xu Wenqian didn't make it too clear that the strategic assault division was strengthened on the basis of the synthetic 169 brigade.

That is to say, in the future, the commanders and fighters will almost still be their gang, and the troops directly transferred from the theater, no matter how good you are, it is impossible for them to come over and take up important functions at the brigade or division level headquarters.

To transfer Chen Ming to the brigade headquarters in advance and familiarize himself with everything there is to train him to be the chief of staff of the brigade, and the original personnel of the brigade headquarters should be transferred to the division headquarters and regiment headquarters in large quantities.

He didn't say it, and Chen Ming could hear it, but at present, everything is a plan, and no one knows how the framework of the strategic assault division will be arranged.

According to the original plan, the division headquarters was the headquarters and also a special director's department, which was only responsible for preparing operational plans, regardless of the operations and training of the troops below.

If this arrangement is made, the command of the strategic assault division is still at the brigade level, and the current five composite battalions may be strengthened to nine or ten.

Including reconnaissance battalions, air defense battalions, strategic support battalions, artillery battalions, and so on directly under the brigade, all of them have been strengthened to the regimental level.

That's a lot of movement.

It's hard to have such a big move in a short period of time.

Chen Ming stood at the artillery field and talked with the brigade commander and the chief of staff for a while, most of whom listened to Chen Ming talk about the direction of the changes in the establishment of the Fifth Battalion in the future.

How to coordinate the eight companies, how to distribute firepower, and how to deploy during combat.

In the past, they didn't care much about it because the formation time was too short, and Wang Junwei and they didn't think that the fifth battalion had formed enough combat effectiveness, but now it's different.

The code name of the Tiger Wolf Battalion has been named, and now the eyes of the whole brigade are focused here.

It's impossible for them not to worry about it.

Talking here, the battalion commander Du Longfei on the other side, his eyebrows were dancing all day, and his happy mouth couldn't close.

While directing the company commanders to quickly count the list of all personnel, he ran to the joint logistics department to find the person in charge there, saying that he would make a big stone and place it at the headquarters of the tiger and wolf battalion.

This is something he had already planned on the battlefield of large-scale military training, and he thought that if they could obtain collective second-class merit, then a stone would be placed in the most conspicuous place at the entrance of the battalion headquarters.

Engraved with the second-class meritorious battalion.

Now that the plan has come true, it is necessary to implement your own plan.

Instructor Zhang Jintao couldn't stop him, this guy, the Tiger Wolf Battalion is subordinate to the Strategic Assault Division, and he may be transferred if he stays in their station for at most another year, or half a year.

If you make such a big stone, it will be troublesome to transfer it at that time, but Du Longfei is on top of it, and he doesn't listen to anyone, so he hurriedly runs to the joint logistics department to discuss with others.

The company commanders were also happy, and on today's special birthday, the whole battalion did not arrange daily training tasks, and everyone was busy with what they thought they should be busy with.

Car artillery field.

After Chen Ming and the chief of staff, the brigade commander reported the plan for the next tiger and wolf battalion, and sent the brigade commander away, stretching his waist and preparing to leave here to return to the battalion headquarters.

A military vehicle parked not far from outside suddenly opened the door, and a captain got out of the car with a smile.

He greeted Chen Ming, "Congratulations, Major Chen."

(End of chapter)