Well?!!

I was busy just now, and there were many people at the flag awarding ceremony, so there was a lot of commotion here, and when Chen Ming sent Wang Junwei and them away just now, he didn't notice that there was a car parked not far away.

Looking back and seeing someone coming, Chen Ming smiled in surprise: "Captain Chai, when did you come over?"

"I came a little late, I didn't come down when I caught up with Commander Feng to do the mobilization."

Chai Shuyao raised his hand and brushed his hair, feeling a little embarrassed inexplicably, this time the Tiger Wolf Battalion was officially awarded the number, and the war zone has been holding meetings and discussions, and the news came out too late.

She only heard her grandfather talk about this when she was having breakfast, and hurried over, but she was still late.

Seeing Chai Shuyao again, Chen Ming didn't know what to say, the other party was the first person he came into contact with outside the artillery brigade when he first entered the barracks, and he was still a stunned boy at that time, in front of the director of the Propaganda Department of the war zone.

talked about loyalty, he was full of spirit at that time, and when he first returned to his youth, he blurted out bold words, and he had a great gesture of achievement.

Now that a few years have passed, Chen Ming has grown a lot, learned a lot in the barracks, and understands that a soldier is not just an officer, not just a simple matter of staying in the team for development.

Knowing the responsibility on his shoulders, he did take on more missions, but people became more silent than before.

At least those bold words at that time will not blurt out, and they will no longer be told to the people next to them in high spirits.

This may be another transformation in his life.

"Well, let's go, the first time I came to the third battalion, I will take you to visit our staff headquarters here, as well as the combat command room."

"You've never been here before."

Chen Ming was the first to speak, breaking the slightly embarrassing atmosphere, and invited with a smile on his face.

"Okay, let's go."

Chai Shuyao readily agreed, and quietly threw the camera in his hand to the back seat of the car, it was too late, and this thing was basically not used.

"I'm glad you're here, otherwise I might have to walk back to the camp."

Chen Ming walked around the military jeep, looked at the pattern slogan of the Propaganda Department of the war zone, and unceremoniously pulled out the co-pilot and sat in.

Boom boom.

The vehicle started and quickly drove towards the battalion headquarters.

At this time.

The battalion headquarters of the third battalion was bustling, and the battalion commander Du Longfei had just run back from the joint logistics department, and with a smug look on his face, he pulled the instructor to the entrance of the battalion department, and entered an open space 15 meters in front of the door.

Pointing to the ground, he said, "Lao Zhang, I have studied it, and this location is very suitable for the stone tablet of our second-class meritorious hero battalion."

"I've already said hello to the Joint Logistics Department, give us a big stone with a height of four meters and five meters and a width of two meters.

"Get a stone to block the camp junction?" Zhang Jintao looked at the location he chose, speechless for a while, "Unreliable, don't toss around there, the military camp is not a scenic spot, what do you want such a big stone for?" ”

"It costs a lot of money to purchase that thing, and you want the political commissar to ask you to write an inspection, right?"

"Besides, the barracks are all the way open, the road is east, we are a rapid reaction force, you made such a big stone to block the door, how can it be arranged like this?"

"It's not proper, if you want me to say it, just get a stone half a person high, one meter and five wide and put it on the side, and write the second-class meritorious hero camp, weighing a few hundred catties is not too heavy, and we can also bring it when we transfer the camp."

"You're so big, it's estimated that we're going to transfer just after the arrangement, who can take care of it then?"

"You don't understand, the collective second-class merit, the new battalion, the movement must be bigger, the bigger the stone, the higher the morale." Du Longfei pursed his lips and retorted: "Otherwise, when Lao Chen comes back, let's ask him and see what he has to say." ”

"Three people and two votes decide, if he agrees with your opinion, then I will go to the Joint Logistics Department again to change it, if you agree with my arrangement, then you will have nothing to say."

"Okay, then wait for Lao Chen."

Zhang Jintao agreed with a smile, and as soon as the discussion between the two ended, the sound of a car engine came from outside the battalion headquarters.

A vehicle with the words "Cultural Propaganda Department of the Eastern Theater" printed on it drove into the battalion headquarters with such a swagger.

Because today's day is special, there are no soldiers on duty at the gate, so no one stops them, and no one checks their documents.

The car swaggered in, turned right and headed straight for the parking lot.

Du Longfei and Zhang Jintao stood in place, both of them stunned.

"What's going on? Someone from the war zone? ”

"I don't know, let's go, go over and have a look."

According to the estimation of the two of them, the strategic assault division was formed, and the tiger and wolf battalion was awarded the code name, which was a big deal for the entire theater of operations.

It is also reasonable for the Propaganda Department to come to interview.

When he ran over, Du Longfei did not forget to put on his military uniform, tied his belt, put his hat on right, and looked like he was going to be interviewed.

But when the car stopped, I saw Chen Ming getting out of the car in the co-pilot, and a tall female officer in the driver's seat came down with him.

Since the parking lot was still a little far from the door, Chen Ming didn't notice the two of them, and smiled and pointed to the staff headquarters in the distance and invited: "Captain Chai, let's go, you have traveled all the way from the war zone to a long journey." ”

"Let's go over and have a glass of water and rest first, the camp is busy, so you're welcome."

"Okay, listen to you." Chai Shuyao happily agreed, and the two walked towards the staff headquarters side by side, talking and laughing.

This scene.

was stunned by Du Longfei and Zhang Jintao, who ran over from afar.

"?!!!"

"Not an interview?"

Du Longfei saw that there was only one person from the Propaganda Department, and he didn't bring relevant shooting equipment, so he looked at the instructor with a surprised expression.

"What's the situation, Lao Zhang, why do I think Chen Ming is quite familiar with this officer of the Propaganda Department, unlike the first day I met?"

"Well, I think it's boring too."

"Could it be that the person who signed up for the sorority saw Chen Ming's information and asked for leave to come to see someone?"

"After all, the sorority is common to both sides, Lao Chen can see the information of the female comrades, and the other people can also see the information of the male comrades, Lao Chen is so young and promoted to a major, it must be the first choice."

Zhang Jintao touched his chin and analyzed, the more he talked, the more he felt that his judgment was reasonable, it was rare to have such a quiet time in the camp, and the mood of the two commanders was a lot more relaxed.

"Cut, this old Chen Tiantian talks about the friendship party and it is called a resistance, and he always doesn't respond positively, but he didn't expect it to be pretended."

Du Longfei gossiped with interest.

"What's so good about this thing, men should marry women, and people who are soldiers are no exception, but Lao Zhang, your judgment should be wrong, those government agencies or scientific research units select objects, and generally do not choose people from field troops."

"Especially since our strategic assault division has just been established, and it will be more than half a year to go to the new station, who can take a fancy to a unit like ours."

"I don't know how to divide the house in the new station, and I can't go home once in half a year, so it's not easy to do it."

"It's not your turn to say it, this is Lao Chen's family's family matter, what kind of heart do you have." Zhang Jintao pouted and replied.

I'm not going to join in the fun.

If it is a war zone cultural propaganda, if you want to make a program for the tiger and wolf battalion, you must prepare well, be interviewed by the war zone, and soon be able to appear in the nearest military column.

Broadcast to the outside world, this is a big deal, their 169th Brigade as a mixed brigade, has always received little attention, this time if it is reorganized, it will be strengthened to a strategic assault division, and it will be a matter of time before it is interviewed, and there is no hurry.

The two glanced at each other, and they both regarded Chai Shuyao as someone who had read the documents of the sorority and came to go on a blind date.

I didn't care, I was busy.

In fact, Du Longfei and Zhang Jintao really guessed half right, Chai Shuyao, as the director of the Information Department of the Cultural Propaganda Department, she really knew about the friendship led by the Pengcheng Veterans Affairs Department.

Not only people from the military region have signed up, but also local women in Pengcheng outside the country have signed up, aiming to help soldiers in the army solve major life events, how can the Propaganda Department not know such an important activity.

General Staff, in Chen Ming's office.

Clerk Kong Wu brewed two cups of weak tea and brought them to the two of them, and put a cup next to Chai Shuyao.

"Chief, Counselor Chen, please drink tea."

"I'll be busy outside when something calls me."

"Okay, thank you, comrade." Chai Shuyao smiled, took a sip of the cup, and asked as if intentionally or unintentionally: "Major Chen, I received an interview two days ago about your 71st Army's fraternity."

"I saw your name on it, are you going to the sorority too?"

Chai Shuyao smiled lightly and spoke, and after taking a sip of tea, he gently put the water cup in place.

"The Harbin Sorority." Chen Minggan laughed, "How can you say this." ”

"The political commissar of our brigade mentioned it to me when he was training troops in southern Xinjiang, but he didn't expect that his name would be reported to me just after he came back."

"You told me about it a month ago, and I didn't care."

"To put it bluntly, the sorority is a blind date, and I'm now. Well. I can't accept this. ”

"Oh"

Chai Shuyao smiled shallowly, she didn't notice it herself, Chen Ming's attitude towards this matter made her unconsciously relieved.

"It's really time to think about it, I heard my grandfather say this morning that we are going to set up a strategic assault division in the Eastern Theater, and your battalion is currently the only battalion in the whole division."

"The follow-up development may be relatively large, the transfer of officers will also be more frequent, and the military region will have big moves, seniority, and age will no longer be the main considerations."

"But starting a family, the above still attaches great importance to this, you have to plan well in advance and plan well."

Chai Shuyao pretended to be careless and narrated, and there was another very important point, which she didn't say.

That is, if a unit like a strategic assault division is to be established, the leaders of various military regions and theaters will inevitably find ways to arrange for their descendants to join the strategic assault division.

The competition in the shadows will be particularly fierce.

This is not to say that the incapable people go through the back door or anything, the establishment of the strategic assault division has a far-reaching impact, and everyone wants to seek a good development for the people they bring out, and this is human nature.

Of course, after all, this is an order issued by the Army Department and the Theater Command at the same time, and the fierce competition will also be strengthened by the composite 169 Brigade as the main framework.

The brigade commanders, political commissars, chief of staff, and the like don't have to worry too much, because they will be promoted when they are transferred, and these generally do not parachute other people over to take command.

The theater of operations and the military department will not allow such actions either.

The company commanders, platoon commanders, and soldiers at the bottom don't have to think about these, and their changes will not be very big.

The only thing that has a big change, a big opportunity, and a lot of room for promotion is that a battalion-level cadre like Chen Ming may be directly transferred to the brigade headquarters or division headquarters in one step.

Even if it is not a one-step ascension, the establishment of a new unit, and the reactivation of a regiment-level combat unit, require a large number of commanders and fighters, which will invisibly increase the competitiveness behind it.

After all, the strategic assault division is backed by the entire Eastern Theater, and it is not surprising that the large theater of more than 200,000 people is a little competitive.

At this juncture, the family aspect is not the only criterion to be measured, but it is the best reason to be overruled.

Chai Shuyao is not a stupid white sweet, of course she knows this truth, Chen Ming also knows, and Xu Guoyang, the political commissar of the brigade department, also knows it.

So when a little wind came down from above, Xu Guoyang was keenly aware of it and began to talk to Chen Ming.

But he didn't expect the adaptation to come so quickly.

It can be said that the large-scale military training has promoted the progress of the establishment of this strategic assault.

Chai Shuyao seemed to say it casually, but her words directly attracted Chen Ming's attention.

"You just said that you heard your grandfather mention the matter of the Strategic Assault Division?"

Chen Ming asked in surprise.

He didn't know Chai Shuyao's background at all, and people from the military region and brigade headquarters could guess it, and it was because of those leaders who had been in contact with the war zone.

People who have been in the army for decades are all human spirits, and they can understand what's going on just by thinking about it.

But Chen Ming had never been in contact with the top-level command in the war zone at all, so he guessed where to go.

"yes, otherwise why do you think I'm so well-informed?"

Chai Shuyao said with a smile: "By the way, my grandfather also knows that I came to your third camp today, and he wants to invite you to have a light meal at home, I don't know if you have time?" ”

"Invite me?"

"Well, I'm going to invite you."

This sudden news made Chen Ming, who was usually as shrewd as a monkey, feel a little confused.

He regards Chai Shuyao as a friend, and the elders of his friend's family invite him, which is understandable, the key is that his friend is of the opposite sex, and the relationship is not good enough to be a guest at the other party's house.

Then the meaning changed.

However, in the end, it was the people who had been in society for decades before that they soon realized that something was wrong.

Chen Ming pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Grandpa has an invitation, I am naturally willing to go over, but there have been a lot of things here in the third camp recently, so I may have to take some time." ”

"Well, your grandfather was also a soldier?"

"That's right."

Chai Shuyao watched Chen Ming constantly test himself, feeling quite interesting, and said with a smile.

But when asked this, Chen Ming doesn't need to ask, even if he doesn't get an answer, he can basically guess the same.

Chai Shuyao is three or four years older than him, it should be twenty-seven or eighteen years old, even if the older generation gets married early, her grandfather should be in his sixties.

An old man in his sixties can still know so accurately the news of the establishment of the Strategic Assault Division in the Eastern Theater, and this position is probably not low.

Because so far, I am afraid that many combat units of the 71st Army are not aware of this matter.

After guessing the approximation, Chen Ming was both surprised and a little stunned, he didn't expect Chai Shuyao to be so big, but now that he thinks about it carefully, it is also.

If it weren't for such a big start, when he was preparing for the Spring Festival and preparing for the Spring Festival that year, when he was in the second battalion of Yuanhuo, he had been awarded a second-class meritorious service, and that time it was Chai Shuyao who brought the military merit medal to the battlefield.

At that time, he didn't think much about it, because meritorious service in the exercise was not the same as the part of the evaluation and award in peacetime, and the Spring Festival combat readiness operation was a military operation and could be regarded as a task.

Since it is a mission, it must be a key point of secrecy, and it was normal not to hold a ceremony under that circumstance at that time, and even arranging for an individual to send a military merit medal to him privately, or to give it to him after the military exercise is over, is within the normal category.

The brigade commander came over to confer a medal of military merit, and that was only brought over under the condition of elimination, which did not affect the battle situation and mobilized morale.

When the family sent good news, Chen Ming called and asked, but the local armed forces department did not mention why he made meritorious service this time, but only said that he had performed well in the army.

Now that I think about it, when it comes to such a confidential matter, Chai Shuyao can hold the military merit medal and directly and accurately find the location of the second battalion of Yuanhuo, which is probably not something that ordinary people can do.

When Chen Ming was thinking, he felt a pair of small hands shaking in front of him.

"What do you think?"

"Our home is not a Longtan tiger's den." Chai Shuyao muttered dissatisfiedly.

"My grandfather is a soldier, nothing special, and his position is not high, so you don't have to care so much."

"I think so, tomorrow is Sunday, are you thinking about taking a leave of absence? It's not that far away. ”

"Tomorrow?"

Chen Ming's scalp was a little tight, and he hurriedly shook his head, "Tomorrow is too urgent, and besides, the third battalion will only be awarded the number today, so why don't you find a chance next time." ”

"It's been a busy place lately."

"I won't delay you for a long time, don't worry, my home is more than 300 kilometers away, and three hours by car is enough."

"If you take a day off, enough to go back and forth, just have a light meal, go the same day and come back the same day, think about it."

Chai Shu opened her mouth to invite again, her grandfather Chai Yansong did say that he would let Chen Ming be a guest, but it was all a joke that he laughed at before.

At the beginning, Chen Ming performed well in the Spring Festival war preparations, and it was Chai Yansong who recommended him to join the National Defense University of Science and Technology Sword Sharpening Program.

Later, Chai Shuyao returned home early with the exchange group and talked about Chen Ming's performance.

Chai Yansong jokingly said that he invited this little comrade to come to the house as a guest, and he only said it on the premise of seeing his granddaughter's thoughts.

Now she is lying that it is today.

But it's not a big deal, Chai Shuyao is the youngest granddaughter in the third generation of the Chai family, and she is usually very liked by the old man.

After going back, it will not be difficult for her to grind more.

But Chen Ming was stumped, all this came too fast.

More than 300 kilometers.

Chen Ming secretly calculated that the headquarters of the Eastern Theater was in Jinling, which was indeed not far away, and Chai Shuyao's family should have settled on the side of the headquarters.

The relationship between him and Chai Shuyao is not close, but the other party is indeed the only friend he has known since he entered the barracks who does not belong to the same unit.

He also helped him many times, and even Chen Ming didn't notice it himself, and when Chai Shuyao invited him again, his tone became a little anxious, as if he really wanted him to be a guest.

"Okay, then I'll take a leave of absence from my brigade headquarters later."

"By the way, I'll go to the service agency to see and buy something, I can't go empty-handed."

Chen Ming nodded and agreed, according to his estimates, Chai Shuyao's grandfather is estimated to be the person in charge of logistics in the war zone who is retired at home.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be so well-informed.

(End of chapter)