Chapter 143: Promotion, Shimen Luyuan
Reconnaissance Company.
Near noon, Cheng Dong was sitting on the iron bed in his dormitory, holding his head in his hands in a daze.
"Knock, knock, knock."
There was a hurried knock on the dormitory door.
"Can't you be a little gentler, bastard?!" Cheng Dong was in a bad mood at the moment. When he heard the loud noise, he couldn't help but curse.
But despite cursing, he still put on the camouflage vest thrown on the bedside, walked to the door with a gloomy face and opened it.
"If you have something to say, just say it!"
The person standing outside the door was Liang Hongjie.
Seeing the company commander's expression was off, Lao Liang's excitement faded a lot. He quickly stood at attention and said, "Company commander, the headquarters has notified us that the scholar has been promoted to a cadre and has been admitted to the school."
"What?"
"Really coming down?"
Hearing this, Cheng Dong was stunned for a moment.
Although the military district has been talking about adjusting the promotion list recently, the political department has not issued any notice, so there is no point in guessing.
The final result still matters.
"What did you say on the phone?"
"Where's the scholar? Go get it from the headquarters. Why are you coming to me?"
"I heard that Xiucai went out with the old squad leader, and I don't know where they are." Liang Hongjie spread his hands. He came to tell the company commander as soon as he received the phone call.
"Never mind all that. Go to the headquarters and get the documents back. This is a good thing."
Cheng Dong waved his hand.
He turned around, grabbed his camouflage uniform, put it on his shoulders, and hurried out of the dormitory.
Right now, the unit has just experienced downsizing and morale is at a low point. We urgently need some uplifting things to dilute the melancholy.
When I ran downstairs.
Cheng Dong saw Liang Hongjie about to leave. He seemed to remember something and said to Liang Hongjie who was about to drive away: "Oh, Xiao Liang, get the notification document and go find the political commissar to get the scholar's trophy back for me."
"Damn it, I don't care what you do, even if you have to live in the political commissar's office, you have to get these two trophies back for me."
“Go!!”
After giving the instructions, Cheng Dong took off his hat and smoothed his hair.
She stood with her hands on her hips next to the company's bulletin board.
Obviously, the arrogant and face-loving company commander is back.
As the saying goes, some things are not even worth four ounces if they are not weighed, but once they are weighed, they weigh more than a thousand pounds.
There have been promotions in the company in previous years, but Cheng Dong has never paid much attention to them.
What are you concerned about when it comes to promotion?
Take the exam when it’s time to take it, and leave when it’s time to leave. That’s the instructor’s concern.
But this time is different. We must use this incident to boost the morale of the company.
Think of this.
Cheng Dong ran to the office of Liu Rengao, the quartermaster, and took out a cigarette and threw it to him. He took one and put it under his nose, sniffing it while saying, "Lao Liu, prepare in the afternoon and have a dinner in the evening."
"Dinner?"
Hearing this, Liu Rengao was a little surprised. He tapped the filter end of his cigarette against the table a few times and said, "Company Commander, it's not even the dinner date yet, why are you suddenly doing this?"
"Why are you talking so much nonsense?" Cheng Dong cursed. "The headquarters has notified us that the promotion of Xiucai has been confirmed."
"Have you ever met the private officer?"
"Have a dinner party to liven up the company."
"Okay, I understand."
Liu Rengao smiled and said, "I've never seen a private promoted to officer, but I've even less seen a recruit receive a second-class merit. Damn, this guy is really lucky."
"I'll prepare it this afternoon, don't worry, Captain."
The news about the promotion notice spread throughout the company.
Chen Mo, the person involved, did not come back with Lao Pao until almost lunchtime.
Since he had sent someone off in the morning, Chen Mo ate some of the dumplings made by the cafeteria. He didn't feel hungry and didn't plan to have lunch.
After saying hello to Lao Pao, he went straight back to the clerical office.
at this time.
Liang Hongjie, who was sitting in the office with a cigarette in his mouth and his eyes half closed, saw Chen Mo suddenly appear in front of him.
He stood up with a clang, put out his cigarette, and strode up to Chen Mo, looking him up and down. "Scholar, where have you been?"
"What's wrong?" Chen Mo was also confused by Liang Pai's noisy actions.
"What else? Your promotion notice has arrived."
As Liang Hongjie spoke, he pushed Chen Mo upstairs to find the company commander.
"I say you're really generous. You're being promoted, don't you understand? You can go to school now."
"Which school?"
Chen Mo was stunned when he heard this, and his heart beat faster involuntarily.
Is it really his turn to be promoted in May?
"Nonsense, it must be the Shimen Army Academy. The junior military academy corresponding to our Kyoto Military Region is in Shimen, Hebei Province."
Liang Hongjie curled his lips and said it as a matter of course.
But Chen Mo was a little surprised, because this was still different from the academy in his previous life.
The previous life was November 1999, when the 500,000-strong military reduction was basically completed and the military parade had just concluded perfectly.
The military district took drastic measures and organized a group of promoted soldiers to study at the Shimen Army Command College.
When it comes to the military academy in Shimen, it is easy to be confused. The Army Academy and the Army Command College are not the same school.
The former is a junior military academy, a school specifically for students preparing for the college entrance examination, military promotion, and military examinations.
The latter is an intermediate command academy, and those who can go there are basically cadres at or around the battalion level.
Basically, as long as the word "command" is included in the name of a military academy, you can get in by taking the military exam, not the college entrance examination or promotion.
In Chen Mo's previous life, the reason why he was able to go to the Army Command College was because the college was open in July at that time.
The General Staff College and the Armored Forces College had just been merged, and the faculty was strong. In addition, there were too many people from the Kyoto Military Region, so he was assigned to the Army Command College.
During the era of the seven major military regions, each major military region had its own army academy.
The current army is not like the later generations which have a large headquarters for unified management. The seven military regions are like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing their own magical powers, each with their own ferocity and characteristics.
Even after several rounds of disarmament, the ace troops are still flourishing and quite dazzling.
But this time, it went off track again and ended up at the Army Academy in Shangzhuang.
When Chen Mo learned about the college he was about to go to, he blinked and was quite surprised for a moment.
In fact, for him, the impact is the same whether it is a junior military academy or an intermediate military academy.
Just a private, he goes there for further training.
Why was Chen Mo always unwilling to choose the path of studying in the army?
The reason is actually very simple.
In the late 1990s, the difficulty of taking the college entrance examination was much simpler than in later generations.
But the problem is that it takes four years to graduate after passing the entrance exam to a military academy, and right now is a turbulent time in the military.
Four years passed, and by the time he came out, the Sixty-third Army was gone.
It is very likely that you will be reassigned to a new unit after graduation and will have to rebuild your network, which will lose your age advantage.
This is not the result Chen Mo wants.
Promotion is different. You can come back in a few months or at most a year.
By then, the old unit will still be the old unit. The extra three years will be enough for him to achieve outstanding results in the army.
Many times, ability is far less real than time and opportunities.
As for the shortcomings in promotion, it is not a difficult task at all for someone like Chen Mo who has a trump card.
The real difficulty was that he held the rank of private and had no access to many things, let alone any place to use his skills.
The two men hurried to the company commander's office, but when they opened the door, they saw no one.
Liang Hongjie scratched his head, and after a while he suddenly said, "Go to the Honor Room. When I went to the headquarters to get your notification documents, the political commissar asked me to bring back all the company trophies and the banners that were previously awarded."
"The company commander must be in the Hall of Honor right now."
Liang Hongjie guessed correctly.
At this moment, not only Cheng Dong was in the honor room, but the instructor and a group of veteran squad leaders from the reconnaissance company were almost all there.
"It's crooked. Move it to the left, a little bit. It's crooked again."
Cheng Dong stood at the door of the honor room, directing the hanging of the banner.
This is the happiest thing for him.
"Oh, damn it, why not move the flag of the battalion's model sanitation company? At least take it off first."
"Company commander, if you don't want the battalion's model sanitation company flag, why don't you give it to our squad? I'll let Squad 1 hang it." Seeing that the company commander now looked down on the model sanitation flag, the squad leader immediately stepped forward with a grin and made a suggestion.
Hearing someone bargaining with him, Cheng Dong was stunned for a moment, but soon he stared at his mercenary eyes and glanced at the squad leader: "Okay, when you are able to upgrade the Great Merit Squad 1 to the Great Merit Company, I will give it to you."
What a joke.
Since Cheng Dong grew up, only the political commissar dared to snatch the banners and trophies from him. If anyone else wanted honors for the company, he would get angry with them.
It seems that the first squad will be upgraded to the first company.
The veteran squad leader grinned. What a bullshit "Great Meritorious Squad". Their squad had never given such an honorary title. The company commander was just insulting him.
However, the squad leader is familiar with Cheng Dong and is good at speaking.
He rolled his eyes and continued to bargain, "Captain, why don't you take some of our squad's trophies back with you? We really don't have room in our company's honor room."
"What are you thinking, you idiot? Get out of here."
Cheng Dong pushed away the old soldier who had been grumbling in front of him and started to give orders again.
"That flag, click a little further to the right."
"Just put the trophy on the ground next to it. Later, I'll make a shelf specifically for the trophy."
The walls of the honor room are covered with banners covering everything.
From health role models, to work style construction, to training role models, all aspects are covered.
A small detail is enough to reveal the glory and passion of the Reconnaissance Company 3.
The two trophies in Cheng Dong's hand belonged to Chen Mo. They were the training model commended by the military region, the third-class merit awarded by the brigade, and the second-class merit banner awarded by the military region. He had collected them all.
Look at the wall.
Of the honors in recent times, one third were won by Chen Mo alone.
Cheng Dong had been a company commander for seven or eight years and had never encountered such a private soldier. He thought that this guy was about to leave.
Captain Cheng was also feeling a bit uncomfortable. His mood for hanging the banner instantly collapsed. He looked down at the trophy in his hand and cursed: "Damn scholar, where are you running to?"
"arrive!!"
"Captain, you're looking for me?"
Cheng Dong originally wanted to curse, "Where has that damn scholar gone?", but before he could finish his curse, a loud response came from behind him.
The sudden noise startled Cheng Dong.
Looking back, I saw the private soldier in front of me, his sharp edge and eyes sparkling, a perfect blend of his unruly temperament and the iron blood of a soldier.
Cheng Dong sighed: "Here it comes."
"Yes, Captain."
Chen Mo straightened his chest and raised his hand to greet the group of veterans present.
When they saw the scholar coming back, the expressions on the faces of the old soldiers became a little unnatural.
The main reason is that all the new recruits in the company have been laid off, leaving only this one, and he has to leave too.
It's so boring. There will be no new comrades to entertain them in the future.
Cheng Dong didn't say anything, patted Chen Mo's shoulder and motioned him to follow, and a group of people came to the office.
He opened the notification document sent down by the headquarters and threw it on the desk.
Cheng Dong's expression grew slightly more serious as he spoke, "Promotion Order: After a thorough review, Comrade Chen Mo meets the criteria for promotion. Due to the urgency and necessity of the preparatory work, we have decided to cancel the regular promotion announcement process."
"This order is effective immediately. Upon receiving the departure notice, gather immediately at the Military Region Political Department."
"Do you understand?"
"clear!!"
Chen Mo stared at the document with a red stamp on it on his desk and straightened his body again.
"Well, damn, after all the hard work of finding a clerk, he's running away again."
Cheng Dong cursed as he picked up the cigarette and threw one to each person present.
"The document clearly states that the academy you are attending this time is the Shimen Army Academy in Hebei Province, for a ten-month training period."
"After this is over, I should be able to report back to our company."
"Go ahead, pack your things if you need to. You don't need to bring too much military uniform, just the one you're wearing will be enough. You'll be issued quasi-officer uniforms when you arrive at the academy."
"Don't be so arrogant when you get to school, you bastard. Be humble. It's not like our own company, okay?"
"Yes, Captain!"
Chen Mo stood at attention and saluted.
Although it was indeed easier to be promoted to officers in the late 1990s than in later generations, there were many cases of volunteers being transferred to officers without any training, let alone promotion.
However, this sudden notice still caught the reconnaissance company off guard.
No one knows when the departure notice from the Military Region Political Department will arrive.
However, ever since the notice of Xiucai's promotion came down, the veterans in each class have become sneaky.
Many veterans even began to plan privately to conduct a few more fully equipped ten-kilometer runs before Xiucai left to vent their anger.
You know, this bastard caused a lot of trouble to these old comrades when he first joined the company.
A group of veterans often thought about revenge, but they were delayed by competitions, assessments, and uniform changes, and never had the chance to realize it.
Now is the time to seize this opportunity.
Otherwise, after this training is over and they return to the reconnaissance company, the status of cadres like these who are recommended for admission will be different from that of Liang Hongjie who graduated from a military academy.
Chen Mo was not aware of the "conspiracy" for revenge by the veterans in the company.
Coming out of the company commander's office.
Chen Mo held the promotion notice in his hand, glanced at Liang Hongjie, and said awkwardly, "Platoon Leader, this is really embarrassing."
"I haven't taken over all the clerical work yet, and I'm bothering you again."
"Wait until I come back from studying. If I can come back, I will help you with the burden."
Look at the scholar patting his chest so hard that it makes a loud noise.
Liang Hongjie shook his head. He didn't know whether to congratulate the scholar or worry about him.
For this promotion, the regular public announcement process has been cancelled and many of the processes before promotion have been waived.
But the problem is that there is no chance to choose the major that you studied for promotion.
People who leave the reconnaissance unit are part of the reconnaissance department.
The reconnaissance department of Shimen Army Academy, in addition to the corresponding cultural courses, has physical training that is even tougher than that of regular reconnaissance companies.
Let's put it this way.
Does the 400-meter steeplechase seem difficult? International competitions only have 500-meter steeplechase events.
The Reconnaissance Department of Shimen Army Academy has a training called: kilometer obstacle course.
It's just that hardcore.
After all, no one who can get promoted is a coward.
Liang Hongjie even doubted whether a private like Xiucai could survive in the academy.
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