That night, Chen Ming asked Liu Zhiyang, who came with him in the competition, and learned that the other party really did not need to return to the 704th Division to report.

Early the next morning, Chen Ming packed his suitcase alone, looked at the commemorative medals issued by the competition, shook his head and sighed slightly.

No matter how hard this competition is, it is over after all, and the medal does not have much effect, at most it will be seen in the future and leave a memory.

After packing his luggage, not long after dawn, Chen Ming dragged his suitcase out of the dormitory building, and Lao Guo followed behind to go to the Niutoushan garrison base with him.

Prepare to see what the 704th Division is like today.

In the early morning, as soon as the morning dawned, it was already bustling, and many young comrades in military uniforms were taken to the training ground in a procession.

The two of them left the gate of the academy one after the other, beckoned to hail a taxi, and went straight to the airport.

Chen Ming sat in the back row and looked at Shimen Street, and one after another, office workers riding electric vehicles began to set off from home, which was a little regrettable.

There was also one of his comrades-in-arms in the city, and although they had been in contact since the last time they had been together, they were far less frequent than they had been in the army before.

All have their own lives.

This time, I didn't even have time to get together again, and my youth was gone after all.

Gone are the days when a group of people laughed wildly on the training ground, competed, and screamed to get the rankings.

Ma Dazhu, that is the first class of the recruit company, and his comprehensive performance is second only to his comrades-in-arms, but unfortunately, now he has taken off his uniform and worked hard to live.

His rivals are no longer close comrades-in-arms, but helpless survival.

"What's up? Don't want to go back now? Next to him, Guo Canhui noticed that Chen Ming's mood was wrong, and rubbed his face and asked.

"No, on the street I passed by just now, there was a comrade-in-arms of mine who opened a shop there, and I remembered the past." Chen Ming said truthfully.

"Oh, it's your comrade-in-arms of the same year, right?"

"Hmm."

Seeing Chen Ming nodding in acknowledgement, Guo Canhui showed an expression that was really like this.

Because he deliberately learned about Chen Ming's experience in the 71st Army, although this guy has not been in the army for a long time, he has definitely experienced a lot.

The various units are jumping around, and most of the comrades-in-arms who can be remembered by this kind of person are soldiers of the same year.

Speaking of his comrades-in-arms, Guo Canhui was also silent for a while.

For a veteran, the barracks are definitely a place to remember for a lifetime.

But for veterans who are still serving, the barracks are also their own home, and the former soldiers are purer and have a stronger sense of comradeship.

I still remember the scene when I brought a lighter and you brought a cigarette, and left with one eye.

I still remember the experience of the comrades-in-arms of the entire class, who were punished to crawl forward and go to the cooking class, and I can also remember the scene of fighting floods and providing disaster relief for the people with my comrades-in-arms.

Guo Canhui is more than ten years older than Chen Ming, and the prohibition of alcohol has not yet been issued when he first joined the army, and the management of the recruit company is stricter and more demanding than now.

It is precisely in this way that the veterans of that period are more aware of their comradeship.

At that time, the Internet was not developed, and when I received a letter from home in the army, I could cry with excitement every time.

Some comrades-in-arms were discharged, and a group of people sent them off, and under the revelation of their true feelings, they cried heartbreakingly.

Seeing Chen Ming talking about his comrades-in-arms, Lao Guo also remembered for a while, and he believed that all the old comrades-in-arms still remembered that time.

That is the indelible mark of their lives, a lifetime of comrades-in-arms, and money is difficult to buy comrades-in-arms.

Even though they have gone their separate ways now, and many of them have returned to their respective places to have their own jobs, he firmly believes that the quality of soldiers will not change.

If the motherland and the people need them, the comrades-in-arms of those years will surely rush forward desperately when they receive the call.

If there is a war, it will be recalled, this was the slogan of all their comrades-in-arms back then.

Now, more than 20 years have passed.

Waiting for the vehicle to pass by the second-hand car trading market, Chen Ming slowed down and looked at Lao Guo beside him, and found that the goods were also pondering, and couldn't help but smile.

didn't interrupt his train of thought, but took out his mobile phone to send a WeChat message to his wife Chai Shuyao, telling her that he was already on the way back.

Wait a plane from Shimen to Ludao, and then take a taxi to Niutou Mountain, this time it is during the training period, even if he comes back, there will be no good treatment.

No one will pick it up.

All units are on duty at any time, waiting for operational orders, even if there are personnel from the logistics or fire department who can come, it is not necessary.

It's not that he can't go back, and if he can't cause trouble to the troops, he will definitely not add it.

At noon, the two came out of Ludao Airport, according to Guo Canhui, Shimen set off in a hurry and didn't eat eight bowls of special dishes, and asked Chen Ming to rub a special dish on Ludao.

In order to fulfill the promise made at the beginning of the competition, he actually came to someone's territory, and Lao Guo came to visit and did not go to the director's department to report.

I still have to rely on Chen Ming's help, and I have to be more or less interesting.

The two set off too early, didn't have breakfast, and Chen Ming didn't be polite to him, Ludao is most famous not for big dishes but snacks, Fuzhou Buddha jumping over the wall is famous, he also has to work hard and wait.

So, the two guys found a nearby restaurant and cooked two bowls of sand tea noodles for each person.

After eating and drinking, he wiped his mouth, stopped a taxi on the side of the road, and began to go straight to Niutou Mountain.

"Are the two suits going to Niutou Mountain?" The taxi driver saw Chen Ming and the others were wearing military uniforms and greeting them in semi-Mandarin.

The right hand also raises a gesture similar to an orchid finger, which is a magic weapon for the old driver in Fuzhou to chat.

"Oh, that place is sealed, and there is going to be a war."

"You are also military comrades, you should be able to go over, collect four hundred, hard money."

"Now in this road situation, there is no traffic light, I will tell you, we are very fast, I don't charge much money military comrades, do you know?"

“.”

The driver is a very talkative guy, Lao Guo is a very quick type, when he heard the four hundred fares, he took out four of them directly from his pocket and slapped them in front.

This goods will settle accounts, from Ludao to Niutou Mountain, at least a three-hour drive, people charge 400, it's really not much.

If Lao Guo doesn't shoot, Chen Ming will shoot, and he will meet a real person.

On the road, the old driver's right hand was like a seal, and he swayed all the way to speak and sway, quite talkative, from the original desolation of Niutou Mountain to the current military base.

Talking about the discussion of the soldiers by nearby residents, it is not difficult to guess that this old driver is also from the town near Niutou Mountain.

Of course, everything that is said is praise.

Chen Ming also responded appropriately, guiding the route from time to time, and outsiders in the garrison base could touch it, but they couldn't find the specific entrance.

The road became more and more rugged, turning from the main road to the dirt road, and the occasional sound of artillery in the distance reminded them that they had reached the place.

Helicopters in the distance can occasionally see tracks, and the rumbling low altitude pressure brings a strong sense of oppression.

Guo Canhui had never been here, and he didn't know where the route Chen Ming was directing, so he opened the car window, stretched his head out, and said strangely: "Old Chen, is your Blue Army unable to hold it?"

"Why is it that the rear has begun to use troops and artillery frequently, and the Red Army is about to board the lair of the Blue Army?"

"No, it's still far away, this is not the area of the Three Gun Gate, it is the range of Niutou Lake, if my estimate is correct, Niutou Lake should be lost."

Chen Ming looked at the front with a faint gaze, Zhao Shengkui, the chief of staff of the 5th Synthetic Brigade, and a fierce general who had been trained by the dragon's teeth.

Chen Ming has been looking for this person to learn from him before, and at the age of forty-six this year, Zhao Shengkui's deeds are not widely spread among the new generation of young officers, but this does not mean that he is not famous.

The other party signed up to join the army in the middle of the night after 01, that is, the year when the military department issued an order to establish the 58th Infantry Brigade.

Zhao Shengkui became a recruit of the 58th Brigade, enlisted as a compulsory soldier, served as a soldier for three years, won three second-class merits and was promoted, and became an officer as a corporal.

At that time, special operations were extremely popular, and outstanding officers could be promoted to the Longya Commando directly under the Jinling Military Region for several months of training.

Obviously, Zhao Shengkui went.

Needless to say, the strictness of the dragon's tooth went without saying, and he returned to the Jibu Brigade after the training, and at that time he performed well, had momentum, and was promoted quite quickly, and served as the company commander of the Jibu Company within a few years.

From 01 to 03, the military department ordered the establishment of five ace infantry brigades, and Zhao Shengkui's 58th Brigade was one of them.

The company commander of the ace brigade, that can be said to be quite bullish.

Maybe it's because he's capable, maybe he's got a good opportunity, maybe it's both, and he's going to set up a synthetic brigade later.

In the year when the last group of conscripts took off the armbands of the military region, the synthesis was in full swing, and there was an urgent shortage of talents everywhere.

Being able to get to this point as a promoter shows how strong his ability is, of course, if it weren't for Tigan's channel, he might have gone further.

That's a tough opponent.

When Chen Ming was synthesizing the 169th Brigade before, he heard Chief of Staff Xu Wenqian mention Zhao Shengkui several times.

Later, he had personal contact and knew that this person had a very good set of methods in fighting, and the interception plan of crossing the river at Niutou Mountain could not stop him.

Sure enough, it was really fulfilled.

Chen Ming looked at the situation nearby, the Red Army should have crossed Niutou Lake, and the army was approaching the headquarters of the Blue Army, and the total distance was only a few tens of kilometers.

This range distance is almost the early stage of the decisive battle.

"It's normal to lose ground, just a lake wants to stop the Red Army's heavy brigade, how is it possible, even if the firepower deployment on the opposite bank is pressed by two regiments, it is estimated that it is not enough, but the loss of forcibly crossing the river is too great."

Guo Canhui shook his head, not surprised by this result.

Because last night, when he was chatting in the restaurant after the summary meeting, Chen Ming told him about the progress of the red-blue confrontation.

He agreed with Chen Ming's estimate at that time.

This tactic, the Blues did take advantage, a long time ago on the tactics of crossing the river have a clear arrangement, do not cross, do not fight, cross halfway to fight.

Put the enemy in a dilemma, delay their offensive morale, drag it three times in a row, and the morale may be crushed.

"Master, just park here, I'm afraid there will be trouble if you go any further."

"That's where we put it down."

Chen Ming patted the back seat and reminded the driver.

Even if he didn't say anything, the driver would probably have to stop, because the comrades in charge of the blockade in the distance had already arrived.

The combat zone is not without local residents, and there are also residential towns within the blockade, but there are armed pickets guarding the main road there, and the distance is a little far, so Chen Ming has no need to go there.

The two got out of the taxi and reminded the driver that they could leave.

The master who got permission was quite cooperative, banging on the accelerator, almost floating on the spot, and running out of the country with a bang.

Live like a frightened old rabbit.

If it weren't for Chen Ming and the two of them getting out of the car in military uniforms, the soldiers who came from afar and were responsible for blocking the periphery would have planned to chase after them.

Around this, they all looked at the warriors in a daze.

But he quickly relieved himself and looked at Chen Ming and Guo Canhui, these two people were a lieutenant colonel and a colonel, and he didn't dare to slack off.

Hurriedly stood up and said, "Hello chief, the front is the exercise combat area, which has been sealed and controlled."

"Chief, what are you?"

"It's okay, my name is Chen Ming, and this is my ID." Chen Ming took out his military ID card and handed it over.

"You can call the above to verify, I am the director of the fire department of the 704th Division, do I have the armband of the director's picket? Give me two. ”

"Ah?!!h

The soldier who checked the documents was also a soldier of Niutou Mountain, he may not know Chen Ming, he has never seen it, but he has definitely heard of it.

This person was too famous during the Great Rectification.

Not only did he lead the fire department to establish a military service center for Niutoushan, but also improved their boring rest days.

also set up a lot of rewards and pennants for each company, even if many soldiers in the company are not physically able, they have found a place to use.

It can be said that the Niutoushan garrison base was negative at the beginning, and many people liked it later, and they really accepted it from the bottom of their hearts, because of the vigorous rectification of the firepower department.

What soldiers like is nothing more than honor, which can be given to you here, and if you don't want cold care, the firepower department will help you.

Until now, all combat units of the 704th Division have been unified in the order of eating, conscripts first, then non-commissioned officers, and finally officers.

At the beginning, some people said that this was a show, and it couldn't be taken seriously, but people can do it for more than a year, and now it has become a tradition, and it is really for the sake of them who are soldiers.

"It's good."

The soldier who checked his documents saluted again, but he was a little embarrassed: "Chen, it's okay for me to let you in."

"But we don't have pickets from the director's department, that thing only has reserves in the firepower department, we don't."

"Hehe, it's okay, you contact the fire department, just say that I said it, let them arrange someone to send a few armbands, I'm waiting for them here."

"Yes, Chen." The soldier hurriedly responded, and ran backwards.

Looks like it's time to report.

During the conversation just now, Guo Canhui stood in front of him without speaking, and after watching the soldier walk away, he squinted at Chen Ming and said, "Chen boy, I didn't say you, it's really not as damaged as you."

"What are you doing with the director's armband?"

"Don't think I don't know, when you come back from the competition this time, you're from the Blues, not from the director's department."

"You are taking advantage of your position to seek personal gain, if you wear the armband of the director's department, go to the Red Army garrison and swagger to reconnoiter the firepower, and you don't have any laser simulator on you, and the Red Army is negligent in taking precautions, won't you suffer a big loss?"

"Chen boy, you accumulate some virtue, don't lose so much."

Seeing that Lao Guo saw through his intentions, Chen Ming shrugged his shoulders without any embarrassment.

That's right, he did plan to disguise himself as a battlefield picket of the director's department and go deep into the hinterland of the Red Army as a third-party personnel.

Otherwise, why wouldn't he go through the door with three shots and go straight here? Got enough to eat?

Fighting, doing everything, he hasn't reported it now, he hasn't been appointed, he is still a person from the firepower department.

There are no verbal appointments, why go to the Red Army garrison?

After this battle, he will definitely not be able to use this method in the future, what he wants is to take advantage of loopholes.

Look at the deployment of the Red Army openly, and if he is allowed to command the Blue Army, then turn around and attack in a targeted manner.

This is called tactics, even if it is shameless, it is also tactics.

"I think you should rely on your own control of the battle situation, start with the layout of the battlefield, and fight the Red Army with real knives and guns."

"It shouldn't be used this way."

Guo Canhui thought that Chen Ming had listened to his advice, and he was tirelessly talking beside him.

As a result, Chen Ming just waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, Chief of Staff Guo, just wait for me to investigate."

"I'm going to patrol with a few people from the firepower, and you're waiting for me here."

"As a guest, how can I be embarrassed to let you go with me, if you don't go, you don't have to worry about whether this method will work or not."

Yes?!!

Hearing this, Guo Canhui's face collapsed and he shook his head decisively.

Just kidding, he just took this opportunity to damage Chen Ming a few words, acting as the director's department, going deep into the enemy's internal reconnaissance and firepower deployment, such a rare and exciting thing.

Around this commander and fighter who has been fighting exercises and wars for many years, his heart is moved.

When even the righteous words said: "That's not good, although I don't like your behavior, but if I say that I can come to the 704th Division to see the current development, then I can't be lazy."

"I'll go with you."

"Virtue." Chen Ming glanced at him and stopped talking, and the two waited on the periphery.

Guo Canhui opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything, it's true that he has a high position, and his qualifications are higher than Chen Ming's, which is also true.

But the two of them are not superiors and subordinates, there is no need to be so serious, what do you say, he came to steal the teacher this time.

I want to see how Chen Ming fights the war, but I didn't expect that the first lesson was to go deep into the hinterland of the Red Army, this is a normal person, who can do this?

The second commander of the Blues has been transformed into a third-party director?

Forget about reconnaissance, but let the Red Army serve carefully, after all, they came from afar, even if they knew that the director and the Blues wore a pair of pants, so what?

The reception is still to be received.

For the sake of safety, Guo Canhui knew that Chen Ming would incarnate a person from the director's department to investigate, and after leaving, the Red Army would inevitably change its deployment, just in case.

But, can you prevent it?

This is a scheme.

The two of them waited for more than 40 minutes, Lao Guo smoked five or six cigarettes, and the vehicle at the distant fire finally came.

The old bear squad leader drove, took Wang Shuaibing, the bald Shen Zufei, and the three of them ran over quickly.

I didn't do anything when I met, I saluted directly, and shouted excitedly: "Chen is good."

"Okay, okay, what are you three polite when you come over, did you bring something?"

Chen Ming shook his head with a smile.

Wang Shuaibing took out a collar badge from the back seat, raised his hand and said: "Brother Chen, this time the combat director department does not have an armband, it is a collar badge."

"You have as many as you want, this is the car of the fire department, no problem how to investigate, the old bear squad leader and a few of us, itself is a team of battlefield pickets."

"That's easier."

Chen Ming unceremoniously took the collar badge, and the military rank was not removed, so he buckled it up.

A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Zhao Shengkui, Chief of Staff Zhao, touch it.

He was also born in a dragon's tooth and was looking forward to a fight.

(End of chapter)