"Aren't we two a little bit unsided?" Liu Zhiyang stared at the gate of the academy, the military vehicles of the Central Theater and the Eastern Theater were parked in rows, and muttered suspiciously.

They're a bit lightweight in comparison.

Some of them came to participate in the competition by car, and the two of them were both high-speed rail and taxi, which was a little shabby.

"It's not enough to row noodles, Fuzhou is nearly 2,000 kilometers away from Shimen, if you want to row noodles, it is estimated that the two of us will take turns to drive for a day and a night, I don't want this row of noodles."

Knowing that he was joking, Chen Ming also echoed beside him.

The central and eastern regions are not bad, is it possible that the western theater of operations will come to participate in the competition, and this row of noodles is also needed?

I guess I will leave a week in advance.

The two got out of the taxi and stood at the main entrance of the academy, still wearing military uniforms, which quickly attracted the attention of the personnel on duty at the door.

The two captains walked over and looked up and down, at Chen Ming, and then at Liu Zhiyang.

This kind of combination of a lieutenant colonel with a colonel, one is a little old and the other is a little young, which is really uncommon.

After a momentary look, the two captains straightened up and saluted.

"Hello chief, if you want to enter the academy. Please show your ID and register at the office area at the entrance. ”

Hearing this, Chen Ming didn't say anything yet.

Liu Zhiyang frowned slightly, and said suspiciously: "We are here to participate in the brigade-level chief of staff competition, and we even have to register for this?"

"Then you don't need to."

The two captains glanced at each other and hurriedly responded.

They really didn't see it just now, Chen Ming also came to participate in the competition.

"I'm sorry two leaders, if you are coming to participate in the competition, please show the documents issued by the military department, or the military ID card, we can check the information."

"Please cooperate with me."

Chen Ming didn't have as much to do as Lao Liu, so he handed over the document bag given to him by the division commander, which had the seal of the military department, including the military ID.

This is only after the documents have been checked, and then they are released.

The two walked into the campus, looked back and looked outside, and several people were also stopped, carefully checking their documents.

Liu Zhiyang couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that in this competition, the management of the college is really strict, not only when we meet strangers like us, but even the daily inventory of their college is much stricter than before."

Chen Ming was silent.

Needless to say? Inevitably, there are officers from all major theaters coming over one after another, and some leaders are also coming, so the competition is a grand occasion.

The college must take it seriously, and it is understandable that it is strict at all.

The two entered the academy smoothly, and without someone leading the way, they stood not far from it, and a major with a red armband on his left arm walked over.

The armband is embroidered with the four big words "Discipline Inspection and Procuratorate", which should be the supervisor responsible for arranging or following up the competition.

The other party did not check their documents, and verbally asked the two to make sure that they were the people who came to participate in the competition.

He notified the comrades who were waiting on the side to receive them.

Chen Ming simply thanked him and looked around, the door that came in this report was the same as the original study, and the entrance gate corresponded to the No. 1 road.

He was no stranger to the place.

Following the comrades of the procuratorial team in charge of the reception, the two sat on the tram inside the academy and moved all the way in the direction of Cuiping Mountain in the rear.

Passing by the science and technology building, the comprehensive teaching building, and the accommodation where Chen Ming stayed when he was studying, he went straight to the back of the college.

The Shimen Army Command College is known as the Military Academy City by the locals, and it is not difficult to guess how large the academy is from the name.

The vehicle kept following the No. 1 road, almost to the end, separated from the area where the other trainees were studying, and stopped near the 120,000-square-meter light weapons training ground at the foot of Cuiping Mountain.

The vehicle is stationed.

A captain in the front row, who was also wearing a red armband, got out of the car, pointed to the two white dormitory buildings in front of him, and introduced: "Hello chief, I am He Xuan, deputy head of the second group of discipline inspection and supervision."

"Discipline inspection and supervision is a temporary organization during the competition, and during the competition, if the chief has any needs, he can arrange for someone to inform me in advance."

"During the competition, it is stipulated that all personnel are not allowed to carry mobile phones and are not allowed to carry any electronic instruments."

"Thank you for your understanding!"

"Today and tomorrow are the preparation periods before the start of the competition, and if you want to stay, you can choose the upstairs room, which is already equipped with the necessary daily necessities."

"At that time, the competition will start and there will be a unified notice."

"Well, thank you, Team Leader." Chen Ming stared at the accommodation building in front of him, guessing that this competition might not be held in the academy.

A different region should be selected.

Although the place is large, many subjects of the chief of staff competition can only be performed in the field, and there is almost no room for operation indoors.

You can't just look at some review of the battle situation and analyze the problem, right? If the competition is so simple, then there is really no need to spend so much effort on it, and there will be rumors revealed more than half a year in advance.

It has not been done until now.

"You're welcome, if the two leaders need anything, let us know again, this is a handbook printed by the academy, which has the contact number of the monitoring team, and some precautions for the competition."

"We have to go to the door to meet the other competitors, so we won't accompany the two of us."

"Okay, please." Chen Ming took the manual handed over by Deputy Team Leader He Xuan and watched the vehicle leave.

I flipped through the manual and took a look at it casually, just like what I just said, it was all about the arrangements for the day after tomorrow and what requirements were for the people participating in the competition.

This thing is a formality, you don't have to look at it, you can guess what is written on it.

Almost all of the people who can come over to participate in the competition are cadres at the regimental level, and in any case, the level will not be low.

It is not possible to treat recruits like they do, or to treat trainees, and you need to strictly follow the rules or anything.

The contest didn't start, and there were no restrictions on them.

After the competition began, it was nothing more than that mobile phones and other electronic devices were not allowed to be carried, and there were no too difficult rules to understand.

After Chen Ming looked through it, he stuffed it to Liu Zhiyang, planning to let him take a look at it too.

"What are you doing for me?" Liu Zhiyang was looking at the dormitory in front of him, looking down and seeing the multiple manuals in his arms, he was a little speechless.

"I think you should take a look at it, familiarize yourself." Chen Ming said casually, pulled up his suitcase and headed towards the dormitory.

"Don't look at it, just wait for the notice, this thing can really help us get good results in the competition?"

Liu Zhiyang said it disdainfully, but he stuffed the manual into his pocket.

The two walked into the building with their luggage, and according to the time calculation, tomorrow afternoon is the deadline for the contestants to report, so there are not many people coming at this time.

For convenience, the two unceremoniously occupied the next room on the first floor.

The dormitory allocated this time is not as good as the previous training, and it should be a place to provide office and accommodation for the Cuipingshan University Training Ground.

The decoration is not luxurious, but it is a standard room, a large iron bed, air conditioning, and everything you need.

For a person like Chen Ming who doesn't have any environmental requirements, this is already very good.

Back in the room, Chen Ming simply cleaned up the room and walked next door, originally wanting to find Liu Zhiyang to go out to the academy.

This academy, he has been studying here for a long time, but unfortunately, there are not many opportunities to stay, and most of the areas have not been there.

When I walked to the door of Lao Liu's dormitory, I saw the goods lying on the desk again, and took out a map to study, which was marked with various symbols.

"This old volume king." Chen Ming looked at it wordlessly, turned around and went out for a walk by himself.

It should be that the older he gets, the more important he is to this competition, and it is not necessary for him to study these theoretical knowledge with a map.

Just master the technique.

It is not difficult for the older generation to learn the various plotting methods used by the map, but it is only the experience of other people's battles and the control of the battle situation.

In addition, this competition is the first competition held at the level of chief of staff in China, and many people do not know the above requirements, nor do they know what specific subjects will be held.

There is also the information age, many old methods are no longer often contacted, and it is not so easy to adapt in a short period of time, which is busy reviewing.

Chen Ming is not so curly, he was originally an artilleryman, and as an artilleryman, many skills are calculated in the most primitive way.

For example, mental arithmetic, drawing marks, these things are the ability of artillerymen to eat, and they are also life-saving things.

What he learned before, plus watching the history of modern warfare some time ago, as well as some specialties of staff officers, he felt that it was enough.

No matter how busy Liu Zhiyang was, Chen Ming was not embarrassed to call him, so he ran out for a walk alone.

When he was studying, Chen Ming knew that there was a north-south source canal between the east and west of the Shimen Army Command College, which divided the academy into the east and west districts.

According to the geographical location, whether it is to study or participate in the competition this time, they are located in the East District.

Finally, I came to Shimen again, and the management was more loose than when I was studying, at least before the competition.

Therefore, Chen Ming plans to take advantage of these two days to take a look at the campus in the west.

Now that he has been transferred to the 704th Division, far away in Fuzhou, the major reorganization of the strategic assault division has ended, and the training is nearing the end.

God knows if there will be a chance in the future, coming to this academy, his idea is very beautiful, but unfortunately, Chen Ming still underestimated the huge size of this military academy city.

The eastern area is slightly larger, with a total area of about 192 hectares, mainly teaching and living areas.

The western area is a small point, but it is also relatively speaking, the western area includes the Cuiping Mountains of the remaining veins of the Taihang Mountains, about 168 hectares, mainly training grounds for tactical and technical subjects.

There are also students here who often train, Chen Ming just walked around and watched, his legs were almost thinner for nearly two days, and he didn't run out of much area.

When the sun set the next day, Chen Ming was still thinking about taking a look again, but he received a call from Liu Zhiyang, urging him to start organizing a conference.

Let him come back quickly.

Hanging up the phone, Chen Ming didn't dare to delay, took the nearest tram in the college, and began to return.

When he returned to the dormitory, as soon as Chen Ming got off the tram, Liu Zhiyang hurriedly ran over to urge.

"I said Lao Chen, your heart is too big, right? Don't know about tomorrow's competition? There will inevitably be a meeting scheduled tonight, go out for a walk, and not come back by this time. ”

"If this delays the time of the meeting, and there is no your name on it, how can you explain it when you return to the army?"

"Don't take the competition seriously, it's the first time to organize such a large-scale event, and the top attaches great importance to it, don't drop the chain at this time."

Listening to the concern in Liu Zhiyang's words, although Chen Ming knew that there was nothing wrong with this kind of conference, it was nothing more than a point, some rules and the like to notify in advance, or something like pre-war mobilization.

It's not a big problem to go or not, anyway, the real competition is tomorrow, but people worry so much about themselves.

Chen Ming patted Lao Liu's shoulder gratefully, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's not like you're in charge, I also know in my heart, if there is anything urgent, you will definitely inform me."

"Don't be poor, let's go."

Liu Zhiyang shook his head helplessly, and pulled Chen Ming into the distance.

On the way, I didn't forget to tell Chen Ming about the news I just got.

It is true that tonight's meeting is just a roll call to explain some precautions for the competition, but it is also necessary to avoid it.

Presiding over the meeting was Li Haisheng, head of the Army Operations Bureau of the Military Department.

Chen Ming is not familiar with this person, and he has never heard of it, but he knows the name of the combat bureau.

If the person in charge targets the place, that is, the deputy division-level cadre, don't look at the level, it is not too scary among the personnel participating in this competition.

It's good that the guy is also from Kyoto, and he is responsible for the notification and recording of this competition, so there's nothing wrong with that.

Whoever makes the family a member of the army staff department has this right.

According to Liu Zhiyang, just now someone from the Operations Bureau arranged for the members of the monitoring group to come to the dormitory to inform them that most of the participants had already gathered.

It was he who explained to the comrades of the monitoring group that he was able to stand here and wait for Chen Ming to come back.

Fortunately, the conference room is not far away, about two miles away.

Speaking of a conference room, the environment looks like an auditorium, no difference.

When the two of them came over, it was already full of people, and Chen Ming turned his head to look around.

Ooh!!

Good guys, this is much more than the panache in the classroom during the study.

The seats in the auditorium are all high at the back, and the closer to the podium, the lower the position, which belongs to the stepped building.

The two of them arrived late, and the colonels in the front rows were already in place, and just entering the auditorium really gave people a sense of oppression.

Chen Ming swept around casually, but he didn't see anyone he was familiar with, in fact, he didn't know much.

When he first joined the army, Peng Qinglin, chief of staff of the artillery brigade, should have been here.

This Chen Ming is quite familiar with him, the third-class merit in the recruit evaluation, and the second-class merit won in the annual military exercise of the second battalion of Yuanhuo, against the dragon's teeth, Chief of Staff Peng Qinglin has been to his home on behalf of the brigade headquarters.

Besides him, Chen Ming didn't know anyone else.

It's a pity that I looked around and didn't see anyone.

The two registered their names at the door, and walked briskly towards the back of the auditorium to find a seat.

The number of participants in this competition is about the same as Wang Junwei said, about 200 people.

Some are brigade-level chiefs of staff, in-service personnel, and it cannot be ruled out that there are also some "making up numbers" like Chen Ming.

Otherwise, how could the army field units and combat brigades alone make up so many people.

Some of them were recommended by the military region or the theater to participate in the competition, after all, there are still many capable people in the army, and the so-called competition does not necessarily have to meet the position to come over.

I waited for about six or seven minutes.

Outside the auditorium, a colonel, dressed in regular clothes, walked in with a radiant look, looking to be about forty or fifty years old, Chen Ming didn't know him.

"He is Li Haisheng, the head of the Operations Bureau of the Army Staff Department of the Military Department, and he is also the person in charge of this competition."

Liu Zhiyang reminded in a low voice.

In any case, he is also a veteran officer of the 73rd Army, and he knows many more people than Chen Ming, a rising star.

Helped him solve his doubts.

Li Haisheng walked into the auditorium, first glanced at the signed roster, and after confirming that the number of people had arrived, he cleared his throat with a smile.

"Hello comrades, many of you here are my old comrades-in-arms, and they should be no strangers to me."

"But there are also some comrades who may be meeting for the first time, let me introduce myself first, my name is Li Haisheng, and I am the main speaker of this brigade-level competition."

"At the request of the head of the military department, the first training of the generals and the examination of the examiners will be held tomorrow at the Shimen Army Command College, the first army brigade-level chief of staff competition."

"I believe that all the comrades here have a clear understanding of these things, and I won't say much about the competition."

"According to the requirements of the head of the military department, the outstanding feature of this competition is the impromptu construction conditions and the systematic design of the content."

"Comprehensive organizational inspection, high intensity, high difficulty, coherent organization and implementation."

"The purpose is to train a group of top-notch men in training and preparing for war, and to set off an upsurge of training and preparing for war.

"Integrate into the structure of the actual combat background environment and highlight the combat position."

"What I can tell you in advance is that this competition will be very hard, comrades must be mentally prepared, it should be said that this is more intense."

"The connection is relatively close, there is basically no time to rest, it is a subject after subject, whether it is for everyone's psychology or physically, it is a challenge."

"I wish all comrades good results in this competition."

"Alright, let's announce the specific requirements for tomorrow's competition"

Chen Ming sat in the back row and listened to the introduction in front of him, and when he heard it, he actually summed it up a little.

This competition is very hard, there are many projects, and it is relatively down-to-earth.

In fact, needless to say, Chen Ming can guess similar requirements, or as long as it can be discussed as a competition, and it is still arranged in the army, will there be a relaxed type?

Apparently not.

It is impossible for so many people to come from all over the country just to sit here and drink tea and discuss academic issues.

Seeing the real chapter on the competition field has always been the style of the army, and there is no need to say too much.

Before leaving, on the mission document given by the division commander Wang Junwei, the first sentence indicated the inheritance of the red gene, and in this sentence, if the difficulty is low, there is no need to mark it.

A new form of organization, a new content setting, and a new way of refereeing.

Use such a large scale.

I am afraid that it is not as simple as just fighting to win or lose, but it also marks the renewal of the army's concept of grasping training and preparing for war.

The change in the mode of training and examination in actual combat is something that the military department has been advocating in recent years.

At the end of the meeting, Chen Ming followed all the participants back to the dormitory to start resting.

At the meeting, there was no mention of what time the next day would start, just when everyone thought that the competition would not be announced until about 8 o'clock in the morning.

The next day, before dawn, a gentle spring rain arrived as scheduled.

The black-pressed convoy outside the dormitory building arrived.

(End of chapter)