Outside the gate of the army logistics department in the snow area, a young man about twenty-five or sixteen years old, dressed in a military uniform and carrying a backpack, waved goodbye to a group of comrades-in-arms who got along day and night behind him.

This young man was none other than Chen Ming, who was arranged by Lin Qingyuan to be in the snow area.

For more than a year, there has been no significant change from when he was in the Second Frontier Company, but his skin has become darker, coupled with the long-term lack of oxygen at high altitude, his face has shown a touch of red.

The nails are also slightly sunken, and the others are not much different.

During the year that he was transferred to the new unit, Chen Ming did not go to the field unit again, did not pick up a gun again, and did not have any fighting.

He was only a veteran of a squad in the Army Logistics Department, and he was still an engineer, and his mission was to provide services to the military stations along the Tibetan line, maintaining oxygen, water supply, and heating equipment.

There is no sense of mission all day long, and there is no day long shouting for faith, and the work is very dull.

It's as faint as the fifth class of the grassland of the Red Third Company.

Many times Chen Ming is thinking, this strange old man is quite able to toss, this unit has a special area, and the subsidy is good, it is an excellent pension unit.

If other people don't have a little relationship, if they don't stuff some things, it's hard to get here, right?

After all, there is no work all year round, and the construction of military stations has been done by the predecessors, and military stations have been built with almost primitive equipment.

It's their turn to be the maintainers, who regularly take wrenches and replace tools, and go over and see what is going on.

Most of the problems, the veterans of the military station will fix them, Chen Ming just went, many things will not be learned, you need to follow the veterans to learn, but there are too few opportunities to practice.

This study is a year, and I haven't learned anything, so it's time for people to go.

Chen Ming turned around and waved again, said goodbye to several comrades-in-arms in the class, and sighed secretly, it was time to return to the academy, and the precipitation of more than a year made him feel a lot.

In the past, when he first entered the barracks, he planned to be an officer all day long, trying every possible means to stay in the team, and the lack of experience in the grassroots troops made up for this part of the lack of experience.

Bidding farewell to his comrades-in-arms, along the road outside the gate, Chen Ming walked all the way down the mountain, during the logistics work.

He rarely has contact with the outside world, and only his wife Chai Shuyao takes advantage of the vacation time to come over a few times.

Chen Ming only confirmed that after the transfer of Xiong Jiuchang, the squad leader of the Second Frontier Company, and his comrade-in-arms Bald was finalized, he didn't inquire about anything again.

According to Vice President Lin's explanation, carefully look for the "excellent" answer.

It's been a whole year since I looked for it, and this year's heavy snow closure is coming soon.

I remember that when I first came to the logistics department to report on the new directive last year, it coincided with the heavy snow blocking the mountains, and many military stations were sealed on the high mountains.

If you usually go to the military station for maintenance according to the maintenance time, you can go to the military station for inspection and maintenance, and if there is a military station to contact maintenance, you can also go there.

But during the closure period, people couldn't get up, cars couldn't pass, and one was half a year, which almost made Chen Ming idle.

From the initial discomfort, to the later integration, and then followed by a group of veteran oil boys, he has been looking for and pondering the answer to what Vice President Lin said.

Now that he may have experienced, in the face of the notice of the National Defense University, Chen Ming's heart is relatively calm, and he has no expectations at the beginning, which has almost smoothed out his temperament.

For the 704th Division, many things will be clearer in the future, and maybe after leaving his post for a while, he will really be able to understand his mission better.

Chen Ming refused the enthusiasm of the logistics department to send him down the mountain, this time he went to the grassroots level, his identity was not exposed, he was just a wounded non-commissioned officer of the border company, and there was a shortage of logistics replenishment personnel.

The veterans here respect him very much, and they also know that he is temporarily filling the vacancy, and he has not arranged any too heavy tasks, mainly because there are no tasks to do.

In any case, both the Xinjiang Military Region and the Tibetan Military Region are under the management of the Western Theater, and it is not surprising that similar transfers have not been made in the past.

Chen Ming walked for more than an hour before he was invited to the car by a soldier from the logistics car company and took him to the military station at the foot of the mountain.

From here, take a shuttle bus to the nearest county seat, then take a taxi from the county seat to the high-speed rail station, and take the high-speed rail straight to Shimen.

Looking at the rapidly reversing scenery outside the car window, Chen Ming finally realized that this time the grassroots level was coming to an end, and he suddenly had mixed feelings.

Although the life of the border guards and the life of the military station is also hard, he found that there was always a magic here that drove people who had been here to stay.

Chen Ming couldn't tell where the infectious power was shown, but he thought it might be the beautiful scenery of the mountains, or it could be that these comrades-in-arms guarding the uninhabited area were imperceptibly influencing him.

Whatever the reason, however, he was just a passer-by here.

I'm still a little reluctant.

Chen Ming inadvertently pulled the corners of his mouth, and a wry smile melted on his face.

By the time we arrived at the campus of the Shimen Joint Operations College, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening of the next day.

Due to the distance of the Tibetan Military Region, when the notice of transfer passed, it was already one day later than the ordinary troops, and when Chen Ming received the news, he stayed for a day to pack up his things and bid farewell to his comrades-in-arms.

Back at the Joint Operations Academy, it was already the evening of the fourth day of the notice.

Looking at the majestic military academy city in front of him, Chen Ming sighed with emotion and showed his order.

The sentry on duty at the gate of the academy carefully checked it, and his previous military officer card, trainee certificate, etc., were all sealed by the school instructor.

He had nothing to prove his status as an officer, except for the appointment.

Fortunately, the academy should have been arranged in advance, and when the sentry checked the appointment and saw the name, he corresponded to the roster and was very happy to let go.

After more than a year, I came back again, and the treatment this time was not as good as last time, and the logistics soldier Xiao Wen did not come to pick him up, and no one even came to greet him.

At this point, there are no people on campus anymore, and the street lights are dim.

Fortunately, the environment of the college is more than ten times better than the environment at the grassroots level.

In comparison, there is nothing to complain about.

Chen Ming carried his luggage alone and walked for more than half an hour before returning to the originally assigned No. 2 building, the downstairs of the officers' training dormitory building.

No one told him in advance whether he would change the dormitory, and after he came, he didn't arrange other aspects, and Chen Ming was not sure if the dormitory that had not been lived in for more than a year would be left to him.

But it's all here, and I always have to check it out.

As soon as the others walked downstairs, before they could go upstairs, they saw a very familiar figure in the distance, sneaking over from a distance.

Chen Ming stared at it for a long time, and a smile instantly appeared on his face, isn't this Xie Canxiong, a neighbor and roommate he knew when he first came to the college?

This guy is the battalion commander of the air defense battalion of the air defense brigade directly under the Eastern Theater of Operations, but he knew a lot of gossip at the time, and he didn't play around with it in front of him, and this old boy seemed to have returned to the academy ahead of schedule.

Chen Ming stood by quietly with his backpack silent, Xie Canxiong didn't pay attention to the people downstairs at first, until he was about to enter the dormitory, and then turned his head and glanced at Chen Ming.

Turning his head and entering the dormitory, he suddenly stiffened his steps and looked back again.

After all, the two had only been in contact for a few days before, and they hadn't seen each other for more than a year, and Xie Canxiong was really a little strange to Chen Ming.

But it feels a little familiar.

"You are. Chen Ming?!! ”

Xie Canxiong asked in surprise, looked up and down, and finally confirmed.

"Lao Chen, is it really you? Haha, why did you kid leave the first and come back the latest? ”

Seeing that the other party recognized him, Chen Ming smiled slightly, "Camp Commander Xie, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

"Well, it's been a long time, hey. No, I remember that I alarmed Dean Lin within a few days of going to the grassroots level, and we all said that your shit luck will not end early. ”

"How could it be later than we came back?"

Chen Ming guessed that he should be talking about the battle of the Second Frontier Company, and he didn't want to mention it again, so he responded with a smile: "How can it, I was transferred to the border defense, the environment there is much more bitter, and I finally came back." ”

"What about you, Camp Commander? I don't think you've changed much in the past year, and you should be much better than me when you go down to the grassroots level. ”

Chen Ming looked at Xie Canxiong, this guy was almost unchanged from before, and at first glance he didn't look like a person who came back from a high-altitude area, and it should be very different from his own experience.

Really.

mentioned the second stage of the grassroots level, Xie Canxiong's face was not very good, and his tone was a little more complaining.

said angrily: "Don't mention it, damn it, I was assigned to the artillery company, and every day when I don't do business, I know that I will wipe the shells and carry the shells." ”

"I'm also a sergeant major, right? The lieutenant platoon commander called me as a small soldier every day, and sometimes Lao Tzu couldn't help but mumble a few words, this little comrade still pulled me every day and told me the truth. ”

"Damn, when this matter is over, I have to go back to the original unit for tea and talk about this matter, the way they treat veterans is not right."

Chen Ming couldn't help but smile when he listened to his angry shouts, thinking that the arrangement of the National Defense University was not satisfactory, and the fourth-phase non-commissioned officer was also the fourth-level military commander.

This rank is the highest non-commissioned officer rank in many companies, because all units and battalion-level units usually have a maximum of one senior non-commissioned officer slot.

If a combat unit can be promoted to three periods, it will almost be able to be promoted to four periods, and this is a direct follow-up.

But if you want to be promoted to the fifth phase, it is a very big hurdle, and it is not a normal thing for you, a fourth-term non-commissioned officer, to suddenly parachute into another unit.

But if it's normal, a veteran of this level is an all-rounder, where can he not eat and mix it up?

As a result, when I ran into a fourth-class sergeant major and a third-class sergeant major like them, who directly changed their ranks to the grassroots level, they couldn't go to the balls, and they couldn't hang their eggs.

Please be rare.

If you don't wipe the shells, will you be able to sit in an office and drink tea?

Haha, Chen Ming couldn't help laughing twice, he still felt that he was the most relaxed in the first phase, and there was not so much technical pressure.

Like others, there are a lot of techniques that can't be transferred, only the command side, and everything else is useless.

It's no wonder that people can give a good face, after all, the army doesn't raise idlers, your salary is so high, you don't know anything, you definitely won't see it.

Hearing the laughter, Xie Canxiong also knew what Chen Ming had thought, so he snorted twice and stopped talking.

Because there are many officers in the same situation as him, this time the National Defense University arranged for all units below the regimental level to change their ranks and go to various units as military commanders to experience.

The part of the people at and above the regimental level has adopted the method of stationing at the grassroots level to reach the grassroots level and listen to the voices of the grassroots units.

But the reaction of those people when they came back was even more unhappy, what if you are just a colonel and go to the grassroots level? The soldiers over there should not dump you, but they will not dump you.

If you stay for two or three months, you will be like a transparent person, and you can't be idle at the grassroots level, because you won't have any achievements if you're idle, and the commissioner will definitely not get a good response when you inquire in the past.

But you have to be busy to do it, so that people can't go up or down, a year of experience, it can be said that you have endured all the hardships, and when you return to the college, you will inevitably complain to each other, and pour bitter water.

Chen Ming opened his mouth to comfort him, and Xie Canxiong didn't say anything, because he saw that Chen Ming seemed to have suffered more, his face was unnaturally plateau red, and his skin was tanned a lot.

Compared with their anger, the environment is not good.

"Let's go, the original dormitory is still left, someone should come over to clean it in the middle, I saw your dormitory, it's all very clean, hurry up and rest, tomorrow is the fifth day after receiving the notice, the college will definitely have arrangements."

Xie Canxiong helped Chen Ming lift the backpack, and the two went straight to the third floor.

Knowing that he had just come back, Lao Xie didn't bother too much, and returned to his dormitory after a few words of greeting.

After a day's car, Chen Ming took a comfortable shower, and after washing off the dust at the border, he only felt very comfortable.

Then I lay on the bed and slept in a single room after a long absence, which was much more comfortable.

It wasn't until nine o'clock the next morning that Chen Ming woke up from the bed leisurely, sat on the edge of the bed, looked at the quiet single dormitory, and couldn't help but be stunned.

After getting used to living in groups, I suddenly returned to living alone, and it was really difficult to adapt for a while.

Since it was already past nine o'clock, it was not meal time, Chen Ming sat in the dormitory after washing, silently recalling his experience over the past year.

After experiencing it, it is like a dream.

At about half past ten in the morning, the door of the 301 dormitory was pushed open, and Yang Fengrui, the instructor of the Joint Operations Academy, arrived with a younger captain.

Holding the previously packed military uniform and sealed military rank in his hand, he pushed open the door and saw Chen Ming sitting there in a daze, and shouted with a smile: "Chen Ming."

"Here."

"Instructor?" After Chen Ming saw the comer, he hurriedly got up and saluted.

"Hello instructor."

He had the deepest impression on Yang Fengrui, because the first and only class he attended when he first came to the National Defense University was this instructor.

I haven't seen anyone else.

"Haha, okay, don't be so polite, I called and asked where the gate was, and they said you came back last night."

"Oh, this is your military uniform and rank, and the thing will return to its original owner."

"Hurry up and put it on, Vice President Lin knows that you are back, and now he is waiting for you in the office, I should have gone to report today, but you didn't go."

Yang Fengrui said with a smile that he still had a good impression of Chen Ming, who also had solid military theories.

Especially when he learned that Chen Ming came to report for the first time, he rushed directly to the vice president's office, and he couldn't help laughing, although Lin Qingyuan and he later knew that it was a misunderstanding.

But it's also a precedent.

Who mentioned Vice President Lin and didn't avoid it? Even if those big schools who come to study are like students, they can't be honest, but Chen Ming does the opposite, and he is really bold enough.

"Thank you, guide."

Chen Ming calmly took the military uniform he had handed in at the beginning, put it back on his body, and changed the rank of the first non-commissioned officer to major again.

He has a little less confidence on the surface, and the whole person is a lot more introverted, and he does not have the faint sense of majesty that he had a year ago.

The environment changes people, maybe the border defense for two months and the logistics for a year, let him grind a lot of edges and corners.

The whole person is much more stable.

Yang Fengrui glanced at it and nodded: "Go ahead, the vice president is still waiting for you there, and it is still the original office."

"Yes, Instructor."

Chen Ming handed in the first phase of the military rank and left the military uniform, all of which brought him nearly a year of experience at the grassroots level, and it was useless for the college to accept it.

Just leave them a memory.

Following the two of them down the dormitory building, Chen Ming went straight around the comprehensive teaching building and came to the three-story building behind.

After more than a year, he came over again, but Chen Ming felt emotional, he was ignorant of being tricked by Wang Lu, and he came to report with the orderlies.

Maybe the first stage ended too quickly, and Wang Lu's routines should not be used, and he spent his thoughts in vain.

I recalled the past in my mind, but my footsteps didn't stop, and I came to the door of the second office on the second floor.

Raise your head and knock lightly.

Knock knock.

"Enter."

Hearing the response in the room, Chen Ming pushed the door and walked in, saw Lin Qingyuan studying at the desk, and hurriedly strode to him.

Stand upright and salute!

"Report to Comrade Vice President, Chen Ming, a trainee of the training class, received a notice and came to report."

"Is there anything to be gained from this trip?" Lin Qingyuan raised his head and stared at him sharply, straight to the point, without the slightest nonsense.

"Report, yes."

"Oh? Talk about it, talk about how you feel. ”

"Yes."

Chen Ming thought for a moment and said: "Report, the National Defense University is indeed not for training an excellent soldier, but for an excellent commander and fighter."

"If you want to become an excellent commander and fighter, you must first stand in a position that does not belong to you, face the battlefield, face the troops, and face the future."

"Soldiers are the most important part of national defense, and only by taking on the responsibilities of a soldier can we see more clearly what kind of job responsibilities an officer needs to have, what kind of main tasks, what kind of professional knowledge, and what kind of working relationship."

"Maybe only by getting down from your position can you know better what you should do."

"How to fight a war, how to train soldiers, with the different times, this sentence also has different meanings."

"In order to move towards a new era, it is necessary to build a new system for officer education and training, highlight the war orientation of the new era, and the officer corps should also take on a new look."

"And these, we can't use old rules to meet the new era, soldiers are generations of young people, young people who are emerging in an endless stream, young people who are full of vitality, and we must also keep pace with the times."

"Maybe we have entered the era of how soldiers train and how to fight."

"Report, my statement is over."

After Chen Ming finished speaking, Lin Qingyuan was slightly stunned and nodded.

He sat there and kept his mouth shut.

(End of chapter)