The vehicles of the fire department did not go straight to the division headquarters, but returned to their own units.

The way back was unimpeded, and both the Red Army and the Blue Army had combat units urgently preparing for war, but unfortunately, Chen Ming had just returned and did not know what the two sides planned to do next.

All information and possibilities are based on one's own speculation.

Arriving at the firepower, Chen Ming got out of the car, turned his head and said, "Lao Guo, you wait for me here, I'll report to the division headquarters."

"Put the luggage and everything in the car first, and see how it is arranged."

"Squad Leader Xiong, you take Chief of Staff Guo around our firepower."

"Okay, there you go." Guo Canhui responded cheerfully, he didn't plan to go to the director's department.

is not a person from the 704th Division, and he came here to follow Chen Ming's knowledge, and the red and blue confrontation of Niutou Mountain, if they go to the division headquarters together, the meaning will be different.

Sitting in the director's department watching the red and blue battles, listening to their review meeting, Guo Canhui had no such plan.

Look, how can you follow the close contact together, it is more energetic.

After explaining the matter here, Chen Ming strode towards the division headquarters.

Regarding the news of his return, the division commander must have known it, and his wife Chai Shuyao also knew, but she was currently fighting, so she didn't come.

"Chen, go to the division?"

"Huh? Didn't Lao Chen Ling go to participate in that competition? It's over so soon? ”

"Good !!"

Entering the gate of the division headquarters, the officers encountered on the road greeted each other, some of them knew about the competition, and of course, most of them did not know at all.

I don't know where they are talking about, and they haven't been there at all for the past two days.

The competition is only circulated among senior officers, Chen Ming did not see Zhao Shengkui go or not, and there was no result in today's inquiry, and the commander of the artillery battalion below was not clear.

But there's no doubt about it.

The chief of staff of the Red Army will definitely rush back before him.

There are combat missions, and the above is still so concerned, the significance is no less than the competition.

Chen Ming faced everyone's greetings, responded with a smile one by one, and went straight to the office area on the fifth floor of the division office building.

The so-called director's department is an information room covering an area of more than 180 square meters.

On the big screen, there are data on the battles of the red and blue sides, as well as the trajectory of troop movements, but the director department does not interfere with the specific fighting.

It is just to control the scope of the battle to a certain extent to avoid the two sides fighting too fiercely and causing it to get out of control.

After all, it was a large-scale battle of nearly 20,000 people, and it was normal for the two sides to sometimes go out of line during the competition.

Soldiers have been trained for a long time, and they must be assessed accordingly, and exercises are just one of them, and peaceful development is the theme of the times, but in order to safeguard the interests of the country.

Soldiers can't get along with each other with a peaceful development mentality.

The organization of military exercises also tests the combat capability of the armed forces to a certain extent.

Strengthen the actual combat capability of soldiers.

In the exercise, some officers have their eyes fixed on the battlefield and will inevitably ignore some other details.

In the face of the constant "resurrection" of the Blue Army, which could not be defeated at all, some Red Army soldiers were furious and drilled under the tank with explosives to blow up the Blue Army.

There was also a naval missile during the launch, a missile suddenly fell off, a single mortar, the shell was stuffed into it and only fired three meters with a "bang".

Some even have a very strong funny atmosphere, some small units of the Red Army touched a command headquarters of the Blue Army, and some soldiers may be nervous, or they may be inexperienced.

He pulled out the grenade and was about to throw it at the Blues headquarters, but he used too much force, and threw it directly into the rear crowd during the exertion.

Let the officers of the Blue Army, who were in a meeting, hear the movement, and go out to watch a group of Red Army soldiers smoke above their heads inexplicably.

Although these are not big things, they are enough to attract attention, and the director will record these emergencies, inform all troops with actual cases, and make an armistice order.

Let the two armies make adjustments as soon as possible.

Now Niutoushan has experienced few battles, but Chen Ming knows that the follow-up director department will definitely include all kinds of combat accidents to alert other troops.

Strengthen propaganda and avoid appearing in actual combat.

Coming to the door of the hall of the director's department, Chen Ming pushed the door straight in.

Inside, dozens of personnel from the General Staff Department of the Fire Department all sat at the computer to monitor the magnetic field of Niutoushan or changes in the weather in real time.

It is also responsible for collecting, liaising, and reporting on the red and blue sides.

Chen Ming's arrival caused a change in this group of staff, and they were also their top bosses anyway, so there was no movement.

In this regard, Chen Ming just waved his hand, signaling them to calm down and continue to work.

The movement here attracted the attention of Xu Guoyang, the political commissar of the division headquarters, and he looked up at Chen Ming, with a smile on his face, and said, "I really guessed correctly for Lao Wang."

"He said that when you kid comes back, you will definitely not run to the division headquarters to report so honestly, and you will definitely go out for a walk."

"I can only come back in the evening, how about it, have you found out the results?"

"Hello Comrade Commissar." Chen Ming stood upright, saluted, and said with a smile: "The teacher still understands me, haha."

"However, some situations have been detected, and this time the momentum of the Red Army is very strong, and it is completely prepared."

Chen Ming did not specifically describe the state of the Red Army's readiness for war, because those directors were already clear.

As a newcomer, there is no need for him to be foolish here.

"Haha." Xu Guoyang laughed loudly and said, "They are prepared, why haven't we been gathering momentum for a long time."

"Lao Xu will have a way to deal with it, since you are back, just keep an eye on it, report any situation at any time, I will go out."

After the political commissar Xu Guoyang finished explaining, he left Chen Ming to stride out.

Leaving Chen Ming alone was a little stunned, what's the matter? Isn't it always rumored that he should go to cooperate with Xu Wenqian, the chief of staff of the division?

The commanders of the 169 Brigade collectively returned to their original units after the major rectification, and Xu Wenqian temporarily served as the brigade commander and asked him to lead the General Staff in the past.

Why is this silent?

Chen Ming was a little dazed, he was ready to come back and do a big job, although he didn't mention his ambitions to anyone.

When talking to Lao Guo, he assumed that he would lead the Blue Army, how would he be arranged.

But if you don't say it, it doesn't mean that you don't want it in your heart.

Otherwise, he would be so idle that he would run past the Red Army chariot position, reconnoitre, and find out the situation of others.

If you continue to stay in the fire, these actions are not necessary.

Now in the working hall of the director's department of the university, the political commissar is not there, the division commander is not there, not to mention the chief of staff, who has gone to the brigade to command.

He's been sent to see the door again?

Chen Ming sat on the chair a little speechlessly, feeling the intention above in his heart.

It's only been five minutes.

Political commissar Xu Guoyang went and returned, and this time he came back with the division commander Wang Junwei.

"Hello teacher."

"Hello commissar."

Chen Ming hurriedly got up and saluted.

Wang Junwei turned his head to look at him, walked straight to the iron cabinet on the side, and took out a brown paper bag from it.

Throw it to Chen Ming.

"Take it apart and take a look."

"Regarding your position transfer, I have already submitted an application to the Theater Army Command."

"The position of the firepower department is no longer suitable for you, go to the staff of the 169th Brigade to experience and experience, and give Lao Xu a hand."

"I know that you kid is belligerent, and you stay in my hurry all day to jump up and down, I don't need to say much about your performance in the firepower, go to the staff headquarters, make some achievements for me."

"Take it apart and take it apart."

"Yes."

No matter how much you say, it is not as real as a paper order.

Chen Ming quickly opened the brown paper bag, which contained the appointment notice stamped by the Guan Theater Command.

It was clearly proposed above that he be transferred to the 704th Brigade of the 169th Division as the chief of staff of the brigade.

From the moment he put the seal on this thing, he had nothing to do with the firepower.

The departments were unified and merged by the division headquarters, because most of the regulations of the Niutoushan garrison base have been perfected, and there is no longer a need for the fire department to co-ordinate.

While Chen Ming was excited, he also had some regrets, because the establishment of the service center and the subsequent financial income were all attached to the firepower.

That's a fat errand.

With enough money, you can do a lot.

However, Chen Ming only sighed, whether it was merged into the division headquarters, the firepower department was originally a branch of the division headquarters, and now there is no position of division chief.

went to serve as the chief of staff of the 169 brigade, and it was time for him to show his skills.

"At present, the situation of the 169th Brigade is somewhat special, and the changes in positions are not small."

Wang Junwei saw that Chen Ming had finished reading the order and continued: "The original regimental commanders of the first, second, and third regiments have all returned to their original units."

"Served by our original comrades of the 169th Brigade, this is an opportunity and a challenge for you."

"The strength of the 5th Synthetic Brigade is no weaker than that of the 86th Brigade, and this time I want to see the Blue Army play with real momentum, and give me the results of hard training in the past two years."

"At present, regarding the transfer of positions, the Theater Army Command can temporarily transfer you."

"But the promotion of military ranks needs to be submitted to the military department for unified review in the theater, so all regiments, including you, are low-level and high-ranked."

"I don't want to say anything else, if my ass wants to sit in this position, I'll show my results."

"Understand?"

Wang Junwei sat down with a serious expression, this is indeed a severe test.

He really didn't deliberately exaggerate.

At the beginning of the establishment of the strategic assault division, the top gave soldiers, establishments, quotas, and various benefits.

But this is a pilot project for expansion, not a reduction in the establishment, a brigade not only has an additional division director's department, but also three more regimental headquarters, originally five battalions, now ten battalions.

Where did he get so many capable officers to come over and press the formation?

Counting on the above for you? Don't think about it.

You can give you soldiers, you can give you technical backbones, you can give you weapons, you can give you the establishment, you want generals, you want to lead soldiers?

Think beautifully.

Pilot units must have the consciousness of pilot units.

Wang Junwei had to come up with a lot of places in exchange for some officers to serve here temporarily, which was allowed by the above.

The premise is to stabilize the early stage, and after waiting for people to retreat, you have to ensure that the later people are on top, and you can't collapse directly.

The pressure on the 704th Division this time was really not small, and the original brigade commander, political commissar, chief of staff, and regiment commander were all evacuated after the training.

The former officers of the 169th Brigade, represented by Chen Ming, began to take over in an all-round way.

No, Du Longfei, the commander of the Tiger Wolf Battalion, stepped down from the post of battalion commander a few days ago and directly replaced the commander of the first regiment.

As the main battalion of the first regiment, the Tiger Wolf Battalion is extremely strong in combat effectiveness, and the battalion has a brigade-level firepower, and two platoons have a army-level long-range firepower.

With a regiment, it became the absolute main regiment of the 169 Brigade.

It turned out that Zhang Jintao, the instructor of the Tiger Wolf Battalion, was first promoted to director of the Political Department of the Brigade Department, and now he is the political commissar of the 169th Brigade, which is higher than Chen Ming in terms of administrative level.

All this stems from the fact that the achievements of the Tiger Wolf Battalion are too eye-catching, and the three military commanders are all promoted fiercely.

But the challenges are also daunting.

The 704th Division has a large vacancy, and capable people can quickly climb up, but the premise is that this battle must be paved with a definite record.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for the military department to move there.

Chen Ming also realized it, and finally understood why the river-crossing tactics set up by the Blue Army were obviously superior, but after the Red Army successfully crossed, the main force was still the same.

All of this comes from the imperfection of the internal command system.

I am afraid that the anti-slope tactics are all arrangements that Xu Wenqian has no way to make to block the momentum of the Red Army's advance.

Xu Wenqian's ability naturally doesn't need to be said, but the troops below are not very suitable for changing generals on the spot, and even some newly appointed regiment commanders are not clear about the subordinate troops and what style of fighting.

It's hard to show your strength.

After understanding the current predicament, Chen Ming was speechless for a while, because since he entered the army, he had never taken over the formed combat unit.

This is the case with the 2nd Yuanhuo Battalion, the Tiger Wolf Battalion at the beginning, and the 169th Brigade now.

Breaking through all the way, challenging all the way, one is not good, and he has to explain that he is implicated.

However, he is not worried, what about the new troops? The soldiers of the 704th Division are veterans, twice as many as the Red Army, and the sophistication of weapons is not weaker than that of the Red Army.

That's it.

After figuring out the situation, Chen Ming clenched the letter of appointment with his left hand, stood upright, and raised his right hand to salute.

"Report to Comrade Division Commander, please rest assured that the combat capability of the 169 Brigade will not collapse, it will only become more and more refined to ensure the completion of the task."

"Hmm." Wang Junwei nodded and said, "Five years ago, I handed over the fifth battalion to you, and I am very satisfied with the answer you gave."

"In five years, I will hand over the 169 Brigade to you, and I hope you will maintain this momentum."

"Okay, I don't want to talk about other nonsense, your results in the competition this time are very good, and many old comrades-in-arms have called to congratulate you."

"Just now, I received a phone call, all complimenting you."

"But you have to have a ruler in your own heart, and those people's praise is on the face of the old man, and it has little to do with you."

"You're going to make some achievements on your own, just like you did when you first entered the barracks, you know?"

"Yes!!"

"Okay, let's go to the brigade headquarters to report, the fire department of the division headquarters is too small, I can't sit you kid, tonight's battle will be very fierce."

'I'm looking forward to seeing what you Blues do.'

"Please rest assured that the chief will not fail in his mission." Chen Ming saluted again, also to the political commissar.

Then, he strode outside.

From this moment on, he was the chief of staff of the 169 brigade, the Niutoushan garrison base, the number two person in the military command.

It is also from this time that no one above will help him carry mines, and if there is a mistake in the battle, or if there is a mistake in the policy, the spearhead above will be directly aimed at him.

Because in the past, whether it was the soldiers of the Second Battalion of Yuanhuo, or the Chen team of Longya, or the chief staff officer of the Tiger and Wolf Battalion, and then the person in charge of the firepower department.

In these positions, he made mistakes and did wrong things, and there were squad leaders, battalion commanders, chief instructors, and division commanders to help him carry them.

Even if you do something wrong, someone will remind you and correct it.

However, from the beginning of his tenure as brigade chief of staff, he also became a person who corrected others and carried mines.

He can't have any more problems, otherwise no one will stop him from the spearhead above.

This year, he was twenty-nine years old.

Chen Ming didn't imitate in his heart, let alone fear, everything was natural.

If you want to be promoted, you naturally have to bear the responsibility.

If there is no one to shelter him, then he will become a shelter himself.

Tonight's sky seems to be extraordinarily dark, so dark that the lights at the division headquarters look very dim, and it seems that it can't pierce the night.

"Boom!"

Chen Ming had just walked out of the gate of the division headquarters, and in the direction of Niubei Mountain, a faint ball of light rose into the air.

Knock knock knock.

The movement grew louder and louder, the sky was covered with blinding light, and the night became day again.

The Red Army's offensive began, and it started very suddenly, so suddenly that Chen Ming didn't even have time to run to the brigade headquarters to report.

Buzz.

Overhead, one helicopter after another rose into the air, galloping towards Niubei Mountain, Chen Ming looked up, there was worry in his eyes, but he was not in a hurry.

The Red Army is indeed powerful, but the Blues are vegetarians?

With Xu Wenqian, a veteran, in charge, even if many important positions in the brigade are replaced by newcomers, it is still no problem to block the attack for a while and a half.

Although the Red Army was fierce, it lacked the ability to fight in the air, and facing the anticline was enough for them to have a headache for a while.

What's more, according to his guess, tonight the Red Army will launch the heaviest artillery bombardment and take Niubei Mountain after dawn in one go.

At the expense of troops and massive ammunition, it is also necessary to successfully thwart the tactical arrangement of the Blue Army.

There is no doubt that there is nothing wrong with their arrangement, if it is Chen Ming, when there is no aviation regiment that can be mobilized, only in this way can the casualties be reduced to a greater extent.

Shorten the duration of the confrontation and always maintain morale on the offensive.

It's a pity that Chen Ming won't let them be so wishful, once Niubei Mountain passes, the next pass is the three-gun door, can it still be stopped at that time?

Returning to the firepower, Guo Canhui, who had been waiting, had sharp eyes and directly saw the brown paper bag in Chen Ming's hand.

laughed and greeted him, and said, "How about Lao Chen, you got your wish?"

"Well, squad leader, go drive and take me to the brigade headquarters." Chen Ming did not discuss too much, and the offensive of the Red Army had already begun.

He had to go over and report as soon as possible.

Guo Canhui got an accurate answer, his brows furrowed slightly, how could he not know the situation of the 704th Division.

At the beginning, the first person Wang Junwei looked for was the person who wanted to exchange the training quota for the Eighth Division of the Tianshan Mountains or the Baiyun Mountain Regiment, because one was a synthetic division and the other was good at mountain operations.

It's a pity that the military department and the academy only recognize the Eastern Theater of Operations, and they can't come over.

Chen Ming's appointment this time is so smooth, which shows that many of the current commanders of the Blue Army are temporarily appointed to serve.

This battle is not easy to fight.

The ground shook for a while, and the direction of Niubei Mountain was replaced by an overwhelming cannonball from the flare just now.

Officially launched the general offensive.

(End of chapter)