Chapter 242: Back to the Peak, the Follower Who Can’t Be Shaken Away
It was a good review meeting. The atmosphere of the meeting was quite serious at the beginning. It all revolved around the transformation results of the second phase of mechanization and the preparations for the next phase.
But since the mention of informatization.
The atmosphere in the venue changed completely.
People from the two major military regions, Jincheng Military Region and Kyoto Military Region, launched an offensive against talents.
The five major military regions that were attending the video were just watching the fun through the screen.
The reason why they said they were just watching for fun and were not involved was not because other military regions did not know the importance of informatization.
But it’s useless to know.
You know, since the early 1990s, the policy of mechanized transformation has been to start from north to south.
The most representative ones are the Kyoto Military Region and the Jincheng Military Region, which also belongs to the Northern Military Region. They are far ahead in the progress of reforms in various aspects within the field army.
If you lead the department in terms of performance, the leaders of your department will be more confident.
The resource imbalance among the four headquarters is very obvious.
It would be like a dream for other military regions to want to get some benefits from the Kyoto and Jincheng Military Regions.
Not to mention robbing other people.
These two major military regions are the most powerful military regions in the entire field army.
Especially the Kyoto Military District, its internal reputation is that if you don’t pick up something when you go out, it will be considered lost. Its style is quite domineering.
Who dares to mess with such a person?
Fu Hongyi is just old, not without temper. After announcing the establishment of the information battalion and promoting Chen Mo to major.
He immediately said in a deep voice: "Talk about supporting talents is nonsense."
"I firmly believe that the slow transformation is most likely due to problems with ideological awareness, and talking about talent is just an excuse to avoid it."
"Besides, it's not like we can't cultivate talent. Our military region has already decided to establish a division-level Army Officer Academy, which will be affiliated with the Kyoto Military Region."
“It aims to cultivate more information-based talents.”
"Since Jincheng is so short of talent, why not arrange for some of the best comrades to go there and study after the meeting?"
"How can a large military region with over 100,000 people be short of talent?"
"Here, I also solemnly suggest that the brother military regions reflect on their talent training systems. Some of them are stubborn and stubborn, always trying to take advantage of other group armies. This behavior should be reconsidered! "
Commander Fu's cold and icy words were filled with indirect criticism.
He almost turned around and asked directly to Pang Haifeng, the commander-in-chief of the Jincheng Military Region.
No wonder.
The General Staff has always been conducting information technology experiments by borrowing the resources of the Kyoto Military Region and conducting research in collaboration with various military academies.
Shicheng Luyuan is the leading academy and is also under the jurisdiction of the Kyoto Military Region. After seven years of hard work, the sword has just begun to shine, and you, the people from Jincheng, want to come and pick the ready-made peaches.
How can you be so thick-skinned?
But unfortunately.
No matter how reasonable Fu Hongyi's words are, the Kyoto Military Region is not the only one that can dominate such conferences.
The people from the other five major military regions sitting in front of the screen all secretly "spitted" in their hearts, and some despised Fu Hongyi's statement.
Oh shit.
You always want to take advantage of something that is already there. Who in the field army is as good at taking advantage of something that is already there as you, Kyoto?
Not to mention the distant past, just take the 21st Army where the 61st Division is located. How many times has it almost been transferred to your military region?
When other military regions compete for resources, don’t they suffer less losses when they encounter the Beijing Military Region?
The Jincheng Military District only wants one person, but you directly build an academy and want to transfer all their soldiers to your own.
There are no fools among the attendees.
Anyone can tell that once the Jincheng Military Region sends someone to study at the Kyoto Military Region's Army Officer Academy, they will probably never graduate.
Those who have completed their studies will be kept in the Kyoto Military District for various reasons.
"I agree with Old Fu. Some veteran comrades in the military district are stubborn and stubborn in their thinking. They're always trying to take advantage of others."
Pang Haifeng, the commander-in-chief of the Jincheng Military Region, leaned back in his chair with a smile and continued, "Of course, I believe Lao Fu is not that kind of person. Since Kyoto is going to build a non-commissioned officer academy, we can definitely arrange for some outstanding comrades to study there."
"We all make progress together."
"Commander Wang, please follow up on this matter."
"Yes, Chief!"
Wang Songhe quickly turned around and saluted towards the stage!
He was the one who started the topic of kidnapping people, but when the leader in Kyoto spoke, he didn't dare to respond at all.
Now that our own leader is taking the lead, we must agree.
"Pick more and don't be so stingy. We must trust the ability and sincerity of the Kyoto Military Region."
Pang Haifeng added another sentence.
This completely aroused the anger at the scene.
Fu Hongyi heard that the other party had tricked him, snorted coldly, and was about to refute.
After watching the lively atmosphere for a while, Di Huitang raised his hand and knocked on the table: "Alright, alright, why are you arguing in front of the younger generation?"
For the headquarters, it doesn’t matter which information camp is established first or later, or to whom the talents are assigned.
The above thinking is the bucket theory, and the hope is that the seven military regions will make progress together.
"The idea for the Non-Commissioned Officer Academy that Old Fu mentioned earlier was also first proposed by Lieutenant Chen, and preparatory work has been ongoing."
"But let me remind you that informatization doesn't belong to anyone. It's a system similar to mechanization and is the focus of our future development."
"JW has already issued instructions that all seven military regions should establish information battalions to verify the practicality of the new system on a small scale."
"Since both of your military regions are vying for it, why not just start the pilot program in Kyoto and Jincheng?"
"As for how this will be done, I, on behalf of the General Staff and the other three headquarters, will give our utmost support to the pilot program of the information battalion."
"But I want to see the final effect."
"Alright, that concludes our discussion of the pilot program. Overall, this military exercise was a great success."
"I hope that other military regions will keep my remarks in mind during subsequent rectification and reform."
"Don't let this kind of enlightenment problem happen again in the second stage."
"Now, let me take this opportunity to promote Comrade Chen Mo."
Snap, snap, snap.
In the auditorium, whether it was the people present or those sitting in front of the screen participating in the review meeting, everyone began to applaud.
Of course, this applause was not for Chen Mo. Even if he was promoted to major, his rank at this kind of conference was still at the grassroots level.
The applause was an order to announce the promotion of the chief of the General Staff.
The announcement of promotions by Di Huitang was part of the conference, and its purpose was to convey a message to the seven military regions.
That is the first pilot information camp, which is about to be officially established!
The establishment of informationized forces is of epoch-making significance and also conveys the determination of the higher authorities to other military regions.
But no one expected it.
People from the Jincheng Military Region, knowing the proceedings of the conference well, were the first to send representatives to speak, hoping to snatch away the talents trained by the Kyoto Military Region.
This may sound a bit abrupt, but if you really think about it, it is already quite subtle.
Fortunately, the head of the headquarters kept the situation under control and it didn't get to the point where he slammed the table and started cursing.
It's just a bit regrettable.
This happened suddenly, and the people in Kyoto didn't even let Chen Mo say anything.
The promotion ceremony was quite grand.
There were more than forty leaders with stars on their shoulders present, who witnessed in person that Chen Mo was promoted out of turn.
The person who took off his lieutenant epaulettes was Qin Quanan, Chief of Staff of the 63rd Army, and he put them back on with two bars and one star, giving him the rank of major.
It would be a lie for Chen Mo to say that there was no turmoil in his heart.
In his previous life, he stood against informatization and firmly believed that the so-called informatization was nothing but a scam of Western countries. Only mechanization and the torrent of steel were the mainstream of military development.
But when he read the document "On Informationized Warfare", he truly understood that informatization is based on mechanization and adopts technological innovation.
By then, it was too late.
In his previous life, it took Chen Mo nearly ten years to be promoted to major, and he was a major in the government department.
In this life, he searched for a way out and accidentally boarded the ship of informatization, taking a path that was completely different from his previous life. He never thought that in just one year, he would lose the results that took him ten years to achieve in his previous life.
Moreover, the future potential between the two is simply incomparable.
After all, the last major had reached the end of his life. Without the protection of his old leader, with his personality, he could not stay in the agency at all.
The front-line troops have no foundation, and if they are demoted to the rank of major or deputy battalion chief, they will be marginalized.
In desperation, he chose to change his career sadly.
But this time is different.
Major, this is just the beginning.
"Okay, kid, don't be so tense. If you want to laugh, it's okay to laugh a few times."
After Qin Quanan put on his military rank, he saw that Chen Mo still had a serious face and was looking straight ahead. He couldn't help but raise his hand and pat him on the shoulder.
Chen Mo came back to his senses immediately.
He raised his hand and saluted Chief of Staff Qin, then turned around and faced the leaders and the "August 1st" military flag hanging at the top of the auditorium.
Stand up straight and salute solemnly.
"Please rest assured, Commander. Leave the Information Battalion to me and I will ensure the mission is accomplished!"
"Don't be so confident." Fu Hongyi waved his hand. "The mission is handed over to you, but you have to provide me with a completed plan for the information demonstration camp."
"Give me two years to develop a working model, then deploy it for a battle and measure the impact of the details of the information architecture on combat effectiveness."
"After all, we also have to determine the direction for our comrades in other military regions."
"Yes, Chief!"
Chen Mo straightened his chest and responded loudly.
Most of the other cadres at the scene had their heads turned away and their mouths grinning almost to the point of being stretched to the extreme.
Damn, the words Fu Hongyi used to spur Chen Mo just now sounded like he was teaching him to be humble and responsible.
But if you analyze it carefully, which word is not showing off?
It's just a matter of saying that he is a role model. This role model should not only be set well internally, but also be shown to other military regions.
It can be said that it is shameless to the extreme.
The conference is over.
To be precise, the review of data on mechanized transformation has been completed.
People from the General Staff will not preside over subsequent meetings, including those from the Kyoto Military Region, and they will also be evacuated one after another.
The rest of the meeting will be for the Jincheng Military Region’s people to discuss the details of who wins and who loses.
Chen Mo definitely doesn't need to participate in a conference of this level.
Four o'clock in the afternoon on August 21st.
Chen Mo was packing his things in the dormitory, preparing to take a car back to Jinyang with Chief of Staff Qin and others.
Next to him was Pei Shuajun, the assistant to Luo Yaowu, the director of the Strategic Campaign Department of the Army Academy. He shared a dormitory with Chen Mo when they were at the Taishan Base.
Old Pei stood in front of Chen Mo with his hands on his hips, scratching his head from time to time, turning around a few times on the spot, and exclaiming in amazement.
"Awesome, scholar, you are really awesome."
"Fuck, when I first met you three months ago, you were still a Red Board student, right?"
"Why do you become a major just this time when I see you?"
"It's been three years since I graduated, and those three years haven't caught up to the changes you've made in just three months. Damn it, who can I go to for justice?"
"My rank is rising quickly and my tasks are getting heavier. The superiors need to make plans. How about you write them for me?" Chen Mo responded with a smile.
It was originally just a joke, but Pei Shuaijun shook his head like a rattle: "Okay, just pretend I didn't say that."
"It's better for me to follow the director. I can get a stable income. According to my qualifications, I can be promoted to major in three years. I won't compete with you."
Among the younger generation of military officers, apart from Chen Mo, probably no one knows better than Pei Shuajun how much effort the higher-ups have invested in this new information system.
The emergence of the demonstration camp is only the beginning of the system, but even so, the establishment of a new camp is more than ten times more difficult than the original suture camp.
After all, if you want to reorganize the battalion, you won’t have so many old companies in the military district to support you, and you won’t have so many veterans to use.
From technology, to soldiers, to cadres, to equipment, almost everything started from scratch.
Let alone forming a battalion with a new system, even if you are a veteran battalion commander, how many people can form a mechanized infantry battalion that is common in the mechanized era?
The establishment of a new unit is not that simple.
Why did the army fear being wiped out the most in the past? It was because it was too difficult to lead a unit of the same size and style, and any organization would retain only one-tenth of the backbone.
The troops can be rebuilt within three months, but it will be very difficult to build one from scratch.
This is not the first time that the military has set up a demonstration camp, but there has always been an unwritten rule.
That means forming an army in one year, taking shape in two years, and achieving success in three years.
Now, the chief of the Kyoto Military Region waved his hand at the conference and brought out a brand new informationized battalion in two years.
Pei Shuajun didn't think that it was so easy for Chen Mo to become a major. At least, he didn't think he could carry such a burden.
The entire battalion has no backbone, no people, and now it doesn’t even have a venue. It can be said that it does not even have the conditions to lay the foundation of the basic camp, practice field applications, and conduct exercises in the entire area.
"Scholar, I've never seen you worried before. Are you really that confident?"
Pei Shuajun pondered for a while before asking.
This question made Chen Mo, who had been busy all the time, stop what he was doing. After thinking for a while, he smiled and said, "I can't say I have confidence."
"For example, during this trip to Qinglong Gorge, who could have known that the mechanized troops were performing so poorly on the battlefield?"
"Uh, is it worse?" Pei Shuajun was choked.
How could he know that the difference Chen Mo mentioned was only compared with the size of the army in later generations, which was indeed much worse.
"What's more, the most difficult stage of informatization has already passed, and the next step is nothing more than setting up new units."
"We must firmly believe that a systemic reform that will go down in history will not be a one-way triumph. The road ahead will inevitably be filled with thorns and challenges."
"Isn't it just a matter of reorganizing a battalion? We still have the cadres from the Army Academy and the reconnaissance company. At worst, the battalion party committee and all the members of the company branch will first turn the knife inward and carry out a self-revolution."
“And then build it up bit by bit.”
"If I can lead the first battalion, I can build the second and the third."
Chen Mo's words were filled with confidence.
That’s right.
If even he has no confidence, how can the subsequent work be maintained?
Pei Shuajun did not respond, but nodded silently, comparing himself secretly. This might be the gap between him and Xiucai.
At least not as optimistic as him.
But Pei Shuajun did not respond, but there was a faint applause outside the dormitory door.
When Chen Mo heard the noise, he turned around and found that Wang Songhe had been standing in the corridor outside the door at some point.
Seeing that there was an orderly carrying luggage next to the other person, he must have been standing there for quite some time.
"Hello, Chief!"
No matter what your relationship with Lao Wang is like in private, at least you have to look good on the surface.
Chen Mo and Pei Shuajun both stood at attention, saluted, and greeted in a loud voice.
Old Wang snorted coldly, strode into the dormitory, looked around and said, "You are quite aware, kid. Good, you are turning the knife inward and carrying out self-revolution. You are quite brave to say it."
"Commander, what are you doing?"
Chen Mo laughed dryly. He originally thought that after leaving this time, he would never have to see this old man again, but he didn't expect that the other party would come again.
This is not the time to go to the battlefield and try every possible means to find the division headquarters.
"What? Not welcome?"
Wang Songhe reached out and poked the other bar on Chen Mo's epaulettes: "Remember, this bar of yours was earned at the cost of the future of over 3,000 men in my 61st Division."
"The head of the General Staff has instructed that information technology demonstration camps in the two major military regions of Kyoto and Jincheng be established simultaneously."
"I'm short of talent here, so I need to go to your information camp in Kyoto and stay there for a while to learn."
"It just so happens that the troops will be stationed in Qinglong Gorge in the next month. I have nothing to do, so I'll go and take a look."
"Oh my god!" Chen Mo was a little dumbfounded.
"What did you say?" Wang Songhe glared.
"No, no, Commander. What I mean is that the Information Battalion doesn't have a barracks yet. It's still under construction. There won't be anywhere to see if you go there."
"Bullshit! You're the commander of the Information Battalion."
Wang Songhe curled his lips and said, "Didn't the howitzer battalion of your 7th Armored Brigade get disbanded a while ago?"
"Chief of Staff Qin of the Military Region has specifically requested that the 7th Armored Brigade's Howitzer Battalion be used as the new base for your Information Demonstration Battalion."
"And I was the first wave of trainees to go to the new base."
Hearing that Commander Wang's words did not seem false, Chen Mo frowned.
He certainly knew that the howitzer battalion of the 7th Brigade was disbanded. During the same period, a lot of the 189th Division of the 63rd Army was also disbanded, and that Division Commander Zheng had even pleaded for it at the base.
We wanted Director Luo to take in some of our comrades, but the training base had just been built at that time and didn't have such a large system at all.
Who would have thought that the howitzer battalion would become the new base.
What made Chen Mo even more depressed was.
How come Commander Wang is like a dog-skin plaster and it's stuck on his body?
How will we get along in the future?
This guy clearly wanted to steal my skills in the past.
The two major military regions of Kyoto and Jincheng will set up demonstration camps according to the rules of the army.
These two camps will definitely be rivals in the future, with such a big guy following them.
Once the work of both parties is synchronized, the subsequent work will be really difficult.
ps: I am officially entering the next big plot. I will organize my thoughts carefully and try to make Chen Mo's story line more exciting.
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