From the 7th Steel Company to the Synthetic Division

Chapter 497 The Operations Bureau has sent a notification.

"That's very well said, please continue."

Chief of Staff Shen was very interested in Chen Jun's topic and eagerly gestured for Chen Jun to continue.

"The Seventh Steel Brigade selects high-quality recruits with excellent overall qualities. As long as they are willing to put in the effort, they can definitely achieve multi-skilled skills."

Chen Jun first affirmed his actions before explaining his reasons.

"Turning soldiers into all-rounders allows different branches of the military to become more familiar with each other's specialties, and when problems arise, they can have more understanding and tolerance, effectively resolving internal conflicts."

At the same time, the warriors will have more skills, which will enhance their combat power and make them all-rounders.

Even under the requirements of refined reforms, where combined arms brigades need to be streamlined and their size reduced, if a specialist in a particular position is injured in combat and unable to continue fighting, they can be replenished in a timely and maximized manner.

This prevents a situation where a soldier falls in a particular position, leaving the survivors unable to take over and continue fighting, thus avoiding a lack of flexibility that could hinder overall combat effectiveness.

Chen Jun had rich experience from later generations, so his perspective on things was naturally more far-sighted.

After listening, Chief of Staff Shen was greatly inspired, because he had not thought of what Chen Jun said. He said happily, "What you said is very accurate and very well said."

I specifically called you two over today to discuss this issue together.

Since you two are both prepared in this regard, there's no need for further research and discussion. We can speed things up and go straight to the trial phase.

You two should first try it out in the special operations battalion, and then promote it to the entire brigade after it has proven successful.

Staff Officer Chen, you will be in charge of leading this pilot project, and Deputy Chief of Staff Hong will be in charge of its implementation. If you encounter any problems, come to me anytime.

I'm giving you three months. I'll come back in three months to see the results.

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The training of the 7th Steel Brigade has officially entered a comprehensive phase, and the training of the 909th Brigade is also in full swing.

Under the personal supervision of "Old Commander" Chu Zhangang, the 909th Brigade took the Steel 7th Brigade as its enemy and aimed to defeat it, and launched targeted intensive training.

Unfortunately, with the absence of the reformist Hong Yi, the 909th Brigade's training methods remained outdated and without any innovation.

Chu Zhangang, who had already become the deputy chief of staff of the army group, was in charge of training-related work for the C army group, which made him realize the importance of talent.

Especially when he wanted to discover outstanding talents and strengthen the combat effectiveness of the 909th Brigade.

When he discovered outstanding talents like Hong Yi, who excelled in their work and had expertise in certain areas, the competition was fiercer than he had imagined.

Competition from a dozen or so companies is the norm, and in some cases, there are even dozens of companies competing.

After personally experiencing several failed competitions, even the proud and unwilling-to-give-up Chu Zhangang couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

of course.

This is just a thought in my mind.

Chu Zhangang would never admit that the fault for letting Hong Yi escape lay with him.

However, although the training methods of the 7th Steel Brigade and the 909th Brigade are very different, they are basically open to the public throughout the entire process.

The military newspaper has been continuously reporting on the training status and general situation of the two units.

Only the 708th Brigade, led by Wang Kezheng, has been completely cut off from external information ever since Wang Kezheng personally went to the Steel Seventh Brigade to learn from their experience.

There is absolutely no information outside of the military regarding their basic training conditions.

Even the two commanding officers, Wang Kezheng and He Yazhou, have not appeared in any news reports, nor have they visited other military units.

It was as if the 708th Brigade had been disbanded and the unit no longer existed.

If it weren't for the incident where a reporter from the war zone's press station went to the 708th Brigade's training ground for an interview, only to be arrested on the spot and locked in the reception room by the guards.

The military newspaper reporter was so angry that he wrote a report and published it on the front page of the newspaper.

The title, accompanied by bold, eye-catching words, reads: "708th Brigade's Training Goes Viral, Reporter Wrongly Captured as Prisoner," followed by several hundred words of detailed text.

The 708 Brigade, which had disappeared for several months, reappeared in this way, immediately attracting a lot of attention.

Chu Zhangang, who had been paying close attention to the 708th Brigade, was immediately aroused with curiosity after reading the report and specially asked someone to invite the military newspaper reporter over.

The two arrested reporters knew of Chu Zhangang and were also looking to interview this newly appointed army group officer.

So he happily accepted the invitation.

When the reporter met Chu Zhangang at the army group, under Chu Zhangang's guidance, the reporter embellished the story about interviewing the 708th Brigade and told Chu Zhangang about it.

It was learned that the 708th Brigade refused any interviews and blocked all information from the outside world.

Chu Zhangang became even more curious.

Unfortunately, no matter how curious Chu Zhangang was, it was useless. The 708th Brigade and the 909th Brigade were not from the same army group. Even though Chu Zhangang was a leader of the army group, he had no way of figuring out what the 708th Brigade was up to.

All we can do is keep this curiosity in mind and hope to meet the 708th Brigade again in the next exercise.

The last time they conducted a confrontation exercise with the 708th Brigade was more than a year ago. At that time, the 909th Brigade narrowly lost to the 708th Brigade, and Chu Zhangang wanted to regain his pride.

In the blink of an eye.

More than a month has passed.

The previously stable advance of the 7th Steel Brigade was disrupted by an order issued by the theater command, causing considerable ripples and breaking the peaceful situation.

Perhaps it was to conduct a small-scale pilot test in the 7th Steel Brigade in preparation for the future widespread adoption of combined arms brigades.

The war zone specially recruited more than 300 college students from several universities in the country, and after a month of intensive training, most of them were eliminated.

The remaining 110 people who were specially recruited were all sent to the 7th Steel Brigade for training.

Chief of Staff Shen did not make specific arrangements for these college students, but only gave suggestions that they could be coordinated with Hong Yi's training model.

Hong Yi's brand-new training model, paired with a group of college student recruits who knew nothing, is indeed the most effective way to see results.

Veterans have a solid foundation, so the training effect may not be obvious.

New recruits can be identified at a glance.

Chen Jun himself did not want raw recruits. As an elite combined arms brigade with all non-commissioned officers, how could he have time to train raw recruits from scratch?

However, the approach taken by the war zone is not problematic.

As a pilot unit, the 7th Steel Brigade does indeed have to undertake many pilot tasks and work, including training new recruits.

After all, if combined arms brigades were to become fully widespread, other combined arms brigades wouldn't be able to boast such a luxurious setup as the 7th Steel Brigade, with not a single conscript. By training over a hundred highly qualified college graduate soldiers in the 7th Steel Brigade as a pilot program, they can accumulate valuable experience.

Any problems can be identified.

In this way, when combined arms brigades are widely deployed in the future, the work of replacing old soldiers with new ones will be handled with ease, avoiding many unnecessary detours.

From a long-term perspective, the theater command needs to do this.

Chen Jun naturally offered his full support.

However, just like Chief of Staff Shen, who had to consider things from the perspective of the theater command, Chen Jun, as the core leader of the 7th Steel Brigade, would definitely prioritize the 7th Steel Brigade, with the theater command's tasks taking a backseat.

There's no problem with completing the pilot mission for the theater, but it absolutely cannot affect the normal operation of the 7th Steel Brigade.

If these hundred-plus people were to follow the normal procedures and be assigned to various branches of the 7th Steel Brigade based on their individual abilities, it would definitely affect the training of each branch.

A group of experts mixed with a complete novice is bound to be dragged down.

To avoid one bad apple spoiling the whole bunch, Chen Jun had a brilliant idea that could solve the problem perfectly.

That means throwing them all into a special operations battalion and forming a temporary recruit training company.

Let Hong Yi be in charge of leading their training.

Anyway, Hong Yi received orders from Chief of Staff Shen to be mainly responsible for piloting a new training model in the special operations battalion, and one more company wouldn't break him.

As for the relevant professional skills training, we'll handle that by sending them on official business.

Let each branch of the 7th Steel Brigade develop its own new recruit training program and then recommend one or two people to lead the troops.

By employing this method of instruction from various branches of the military, the strengths and talents of college student recruits can be discovered.
The initial training period for new recruits is tentatively set at three months. After three months, the new college student recruits will be assigned to the corresponding military units based on their talents.

Chen Jun's arrangement was sound and was quickly implemented.

However, when he actually started training, Hong Yi had a headache.

In 2001, college students still held a high status and value, and there was a large market demand for them. Graduates generally didn't have to worry about not having a job.

Therefore, students who are able to get into university are all proud and arrogant, and they all think they are the chosen ones.

In addition, the requirements for selecting these new recruits were quite high because they were all specially recruited "future officers".

Then, the number of people was reduced from 300 to 110, and those who remained were truly the most outstanding.

They're all graduates from top-tier universities (985 universities)!
Under the influence of these factors, the enthusiasm and drive of these college students have basically reached their peak, and naturally, their tempers are also on full display.

With over a hundred troublemakers gathered together, even a notorious troublemaker like Hong Yi couldn't handle it.

After less than a week of training, Hong Yi developed a terrible headache and had to go to Political Commissar Tian Baoguo to complain and seek help.

The political commissar is indeed responsible for matters concerning the emotions and thoughts of new recruits.

of course.

Hong Yi knew that it was impossible to deal with all the new recruits, but he was a smart man and came up with a solution.

That's to make an example of them, to intimidate these new recruits, and then things will naturally become easier.

So he specifically picked the one who was the most agitated, took out his file separately, placed it in front of Tian Baoguo, and said in an unquestionable tone: "Political Commissar, this soldier is no good, I hope he will be discharged."

The political commissar glanced at the file briefly, then couldn't help but smile and ask, "Such a firm attitude?"

“Yes, absolutely. This soldier is not only unsuitable to be a special forces soldier in the special operations battalion, but he would also be unsuitable for any other unit,” Hong Yi said firmly.

Is it a problem with physical constitution? Or a problem with character?

Withdrawing troops is no small matter, and Tian Baoguo cannot make a decision lightly. Therefore, he needs to find out the situation clearly, and if necessary, he will have to hold a meeting to discuss it.

“His awareness is no good. I don’t think he’s here to be a soldier at all. He doesn’t have the awareness. I don’t know what he’s trying to do by sneaking in. How could they recruit someone like this? He’s a complete rotten apple.” Hong Yi said with dissatisfaction.

"Deputy Chief of Staff Hong, don't worry."

Tian Baoguo reassured Hong Yi, explaining, "He signed up and participated in the training camp, and according to the information, he performed very actively and seriously."

The final assessment score was not low, the physical fitness was also good, and the overall evaluation was quite high.

We can't let personal impressions determine whether someone is a soldier or not. It's wrong to reject a soldier based on just one sentence from you, don't you think?

Tian Baoguo did not show any bias towards Hong Yi, the new deputy brigade commander, but analyzed the situation from a neutral perspective.

Since the political commissar's words were reasonable and well-founded, Hong Yi really had no way to refute them. He could only try a roundabout approach: "Then let's send him to another place for training. I can't take care of him anyway. We just don't get along."

"I remember when this group of soldiers first came down, didn't you say that this soldier was exactly your type? That he was good material to be a special forces soldier?" Tian Baoguo joked.

"I don't know how I became so blind."

Hong Yi sighed helplessly and said, "I thought he was quite strong and a good candidate for special operations, but who knew he was all bark and no bite."

He's so cowardly and insecure; he's not even as good as a woman.

The two female soldiers didn't complain at all; they gritted their teeth and kept up with the training no matter how tough or tiring it was, but he couldn't endure any hardship and would give up at the drop of a hat.

What Hong Yi said were common problems among newcomers, and Political Commissar Tian Baoguo could fully understand them.

But as the political commissar, he couldn't say anything discouraging. He had to encourage Hongyi to lead the troops well, so he advised, "Don't kill him with one blow. If I remember correctly, he calls himself a real man."

"If you can just say a few words on stage and strike a pose on a sign and call yourself a real man, then there are no real men in the world."

Hong Yi looked at him with disdain and said dismissively, "Political Commissar, you really should transfer him away as soon as possible. I'm afraid this rotten apple will spoil the whole bunch."

Seeing Hong Yi's resolute attitude, Tian Baoguo was at a loss for words.

at this time.

Chen Jun walked in from outside and said happily as soon as he reached the door: "The Operations Bureau just notified us that there will be an exercise in two months and they require us to send a company of soldiers out to simulate foreign military infiltration and sabotage."

The brigade commander said he needed to hold a meeting to discuss this, and asked us all to come. Deputy Chief of Staff Hong, you happen to be here too, so please come with me.

"Sure, they've been cooped up for so long, it's good to let them go out and get some fresh air."

Tian Baoguo got up and followed Chen Jun outside, with Hong Yi following closely behind.

"Oh, right."

As Chen Jun walked past, he asked Hong Yi, who was walking on his right, "Deputy Chief of Staff Hong, how are these new recruits doing after a week of training?"

(End of this chapter)