Chapter 230: Whoa! Man Guangzhi Is Here?
The hospitality standards of the 703rd Regiment were already at maximum, and the entire working group, including Chen Jun, was very satisfied. The subsequent coordination work naturally proceeded smoothly.
The selection process was even easier than at the 701st Regiment, and the progress speed was a bit faster.
The work progress was much faster than expected, so Chen Jun made real-time adjustments based on the situation, advancing the base check-in time by more than a month.
While selecting personnel, they also notified everyone at the same time, informing each company of the specific check-in time.
Temporarily set for June 27th.
The total duration is three days.
At that time, each regiment will assemble and integrate the non-commissioned officers on the list by regiment unit, and report to the newly built combined arms battalion base of the 702nd Regiment on time.
On July 1st, Party Founding Day, the combined arms battalion will hold its establishment conference and officially launch the third phase.
When Chen Jun led the working group to advance the work at the 703rd Regiment on the fourth day, the Group Army side made new moves again.
Battalion commander candidate, political instructor, chief of staff, and several staff officers were parachuted in, and they all reported to the regiment together.
Delivered to the 702nd Regiment headquarters along with them were their personal resumes, which detailed records of their information from enlisting to the present.
The cores of the three combined arms battalions were all parachuted in, forcing Regiment Commander Wang to personally receive them and specially study their resumes in detail.
Political instructor Ma Tianxiang was transferred from Z Division, and he was even a deputy political commissar turned political instructor.
If this were in any other battalion, it would definitely be a demotion, and only cadres who had made major mistakes would be handled this way.
This political instructor’s future path would basically come to an end.
But it was different in the combined arms battalion.
Not to mention the deputy political commissars of other regiments being envious, even the 702nd Regiment’s own deputy political commissar was envious. If he could switch, he wouldn’t even blink.
The reason why changing from deputy political commissar to political instructor still made so many people envious.
Mainly because it was the entire army’s first combined arms battalion pilot, the potential value he brought was really too great, equivalent to a thousand-year-old ginseng for his future military career.
Super tonic!
As long as he had such a resume, no matter which unit he went to in the future, it would be a golden signboard, and he could thrive anywhere.
Secondly, the combined arms battalion was a deputy regiment level unit, and the political instructor was originally deputy regiment level.
Ma Tianxiang coming to the combined arms battalion as political instructor, although the title changed to political instructor, his actual position level remained deputy regiment level.
It was equivalent to a lateral transfer, not a demotion.
A lateral transfer to feast on a great life tonic, no need to worry about the future path.
This was absolutely a huge profit!
The identity of the combined arms battalion political instructor was extraordinary, and the chief of staff was also no small figure.
Although his resume was not glamorous, and his military rank was merely a captain, the gold content of his resume was exceptionally high.
Name Man Guangzhi, male, age ..
Born in 1974, enlisted in
Nothing special here, just like most enlistees—high school graduate enlisting at eighteen.
But his resume after entering the troops was different from most people.
In the year he enlisted, he took the college entrance exam in the troops and successfully entered the ceiling university of military academies—
National University of Defense Technology!
And it was the command automation major.
In 1996, he graduated from the National University of Defense Technology, obtained a bachelor’s degree, and then was admitted to the graduate program in international strategy at the PLA Academy of Military Science.
With the strong posture of a top student, he began pursuing a master’s degree.
This resume had just those two points of information, but every word looked exceptionally solid.
Graduate studies require three years for a degree; in the third year, one can choose to continue studying in school or leave for internship.
By now, he had been studying in school for over a year, with two more months until the full two years of in-school study.
As long as he obtained the master’s diploma in another year, and then published influential papers in related fields, or achieved certain academic accomplishments.
He would definitely enter the troops as a major, starting as a deputy battalion level cadre.
So why did he appear here?
Regiment Commander Wang was quite curious.
He specially opened the recommendation letter placed in front of the personal resume, which was sent together, read the contents inside, and really found the reason.
It not only had recommendation words from leaders, but also some words written by Man Guangzhi himself.
The general reason was that through the school military report, he learned that a certain unit of our army was piloting a combined arms battalion, which gave him strong anticipation and interest.
Man Guangzhi studied international strategy major, so he was more sensitive to international frontline tactics.
He knew better than anyone the value of combined arms units and how important they were in future tactical systems, so he had always wanted to join a combined arms unit.
Building the first combined arms battalion pilot from zero was even more valuable and meaningful.
It made him even more excited!
To not miss this precious opportunity and have the honor to participate in our army’s first combined arms battalion pilot.
Man Guangzhi, whose in-school grades were already extremely excellent, with the help of his mentor’s assistance and the school’s recommendation, as well as personally writing a letter to recommend himself.
With tremendous effort, he finally achieved his wish.
He obtained school approval, left school two months early to intern at the pilot combined arms battalion, and participate in the construction of our army’s first combined arms battalion.
“National Defense University command automation, international strategy major graduate student, the first full-time graduate student from the Military Academy of Military Science to take a grassroots position, professionally matched top student, similar path to Chen Jun, interesting, haha.”
After reading Man Guangzhi’s resume and recommendation letter, Regiment Commander Wang couldn’t help but show a bit of anticipation.
From Chen Jun’s mouth, Regiment Commander Wang had heard the most words like informatized command, international strategic situation, command automation, and other terms he rarely heard.
After reading Man Guangzhi’s solid resume, Regiment Commander Wang couldn’t help but compare him to Chen Jun.
Moreover.
Man Guangzhi was only a captain in military rank, yet he was recommended to serve as the chief of staff of the combined arms battalion, equivalent to taking a battalion level position with deputy battalion qualifications.
This alone proved that Man Guangzhi was extraordinary and definitely had real skills.
After all, everyone knew that the chief of staff position, though not as desirable as battalion commander or political instructor, was not something anyone could grab.
If there wasn’t a sufficiently heaven-defying background, then there must be superhuman strength.
From Man Guangzhi’s personal resume alone, Regiment Commander Wang didn’t see any overwhelming background, so his ability to stand out from hundreds or thousands to win the position left only the option of superhuman strength.
Assuming Man Guangzhi had extremely strong personal ability, Chen Jun’s freakishness was also well-known in the Group Army.
When two outstanding geniuses met, he was really looking forward to what kind of passionate sparks they would create in future work.
Both the chief of staff and political instructor had extraordinary backgrounds, and battalion commander candidate Sun Dongping was even more exaggerated than the two.
Sun Dongping, who was only 30 this year, was not only an undergraduate top student graduate from the National University of Defense Technology, but also obtained a master’s degree from the National Defense University.
The National Defense University was the real ceiling—no undergraduates, only master’s and above.
And selected only from army cadres!
Having a master’s from the National Defense University was already impressive, but he was also treated as a key cultivation target due to excellent performance in school and sent abroad for a year of further study.
It didn’t specify what he studied, but being able to go abroad was already a decisive kill.
His first job after returning to China was also brilliant: assigned to a certain armored division as battalion commander, participating in the construction of our country’s first combined arms tactics base.
When Regiment Commander Wang saw this combined arms tactics base, he recalled the globally sensational news from over a year ago.
Sun Dongping was probably from there!
The combined arms tactics base itself had extremely high value; it was a unit supported by the Military Commission, and once operational, it would definitely far surpass the current combined arms battalion.
Yet Sun Dongping came from the combined arms tactics base to compete for battalion commander at the 702nd Regiment.
It seemed like dropping sesame seeds for a watermelon.
In reality, he definitely had his plans.
With his experience, Regiment Commander Wang could basically guess the general idea.
Building the combined arms tactics base required time, and over a year had passed with no movement from the combined arms tactics base side.
This proved that it was highly probable it couldn’t be put into use in the short term.
The combined arms tactics base hadn’t started yet, but the entire army’s first combined arms battalion, also focusing on combined arms tactics, was being set up at the 702nd Regiment.
This meant the 702nd Regiment’s combined arms tactics was ahead of the combined arms tactics base.
Sun Dongping deliberately transferring here was probably to grab the benefits of the first batch of combined arms tactics units, occupy the position here first.
When the combined arms tactics base launched later, transferring back wouldn’t affect anything.
In fact, with the experience of building the combined arms battalion, returning to the combined arms tactics base later would allow for even better development and prospects.
Sun Dongping wasn’t even wasting transition time; he probably wanted to use the combined arms battalion as a springboard.
This showed how ambitious he was.
Thinking of this…
Regiment Commander Wang couldn’t help but frown!
The combined arms battalion was Chen Jun’s painstaking effort; he definitely wanted to be the core leader to fully display his talents.
Regiment Commander Wang had enough trust in Chen Jun’s ability and believed that if fully responsible, he could bring out the combined arms battalion.
But once the top leader battalion commander had ambition and strong personal strength, he would definitely compete for more right to speak.
This way, after the combined arms battalion passed assessment, the battalion commander would be the most shining point.
Regiment Commander Wang didn’t even need to think to imagine that with such a battalion commander, Chen Jun would definitely be restricted in the combined arms battalion.
And once the combined arms battalion was out of the regiment’s control, whether it could still grow.
Regiment Commander Wang really had no confidence.
He had no confidence in this Sun Dongping at all.
“Hope I’m overthinking it.”
Things had just begun now; Regiment Commander Wang couldn’t determine what kind of person Sun Dongping was and could only think positively.
He hoped Sun Dongping was someone with a big-picture view.
There was a reception banquet at noon, and they had to sit together for a meeting in the afternoon.
Regiment Commander Wang took these opportunities to secretly observe the battalion commander candidate, political instructor, and chief of staff.
Political instructor Ma Tianxiang was quite standard; Regiment Commander Wang didn’t see anything special.
Political officers were all pretty much the same!
Chief of Staff Man Guangzhi looked very youthful, with a fair and clean face always carrying a smile, exuding an academic bookish air.
His actual age wasn’t old either.
Same age as Chen Jun, twenty-four, but he looked only about twenty.
Without rolling in grassroots companies, he naturally looked younger, but since he came to the combined arms battalion, he would soon turn into old bacon.
Doing outdoor training on this loess plateau, it wouldn’t take long for his skin to tan to bronze.
Battalion commander candidate Sun Dongping wasn’t tall, about 7 meters, very slim, with a personality opposite to Man Guangzhi.
His face rarely showed expressions, stern throughout.
The type who doesn’t smile easily!
Even when he came to the office to report to the regiment commander, the smile on his face was so brief and forced that it looked fake.
This kind of person rarely revealed emotions on his face, making it hard to fathom his thoughts.
And this kind was the hardest to deal with!
Regiment Commander Wang’s already uneasy mood became even more anxious after seeing Sun Dongping’s deep scheming and inscrutability.
Fortunately, Sun Dongping was still just a candidate; whether he could become battalion commander was uncertain.
Regiment Commander Wang could only hope in his heart that Second Battalion Commander Li Fuguo would awaken fully and defeat Sun Dongping in the competition.
If Li Fuguo became the combined arms battalion commander, there would be no such potential hidden danger afterward.
After the group finished the reception banquet at noon, the regiment commander called everyone to the meeting room for a meeting to introduce the 702nd Regiment and the current situation of the combined arms battalion.
Political instructor Ma Tianxiang and Chief of Staff Man Guangzhi learned that the working group had already gone to other regiments to select people, and Chen Jun had managed to persuade each regiment commander.
Expected to start check-in by the end of this month.
Both were very satisfied with this progress; the political instructor even directly praised Chen Jun’s strong execution ability.
Man Guangzhi also expressed admiration for Chen Jun, saying directly that Chen Jun had done things he couldn’t, and he looked forward to working with Chen Jun.
Only Sun Dongping didn’t mention Chen Jun, even deliberately avoiding the topic.
After the meeting ended.
Sun Dongping proactively proposed to Regiment Commander Wang that he wanted to visit the combined arms battalion’s new base to prepare in advance for future work.
Still just a candidate, yet he adopted the stance of a battalion commander.
Regiment Commander Wang, who already felt he would cause trouble, seeing this strong personality with a bit of arrogance, really felt a bit displeased.
However.
Thinking he was parachuted from the Group Army and had studied abroad, having some arrogance was normal, so he didn’t think too much.
He just said he had official business and arranged for the chief of staff to take them to visit.
When the group arrived at the combined arms battalion’s new base, since personnel hadn’t formally checked in yet, each barracks area looked empty.
Only related logistics personnel were busy moving various living and office equipment inside.
There were also sentries sent by Steel Seventh Company to guard the supplies in each company’s barracks area and maintain internal hygiene.
The layout and structure of each company’s neighbors in the base were all personally designed by Chen Jun.
Thus completely different from other units.
Ma Tianxiang, Man Guangzhi, and several staff officers were seeing this kind of camp layout for the first time, with curiosity in everyone’s eyes.
They had great anticipation and interest in touring every company’s camp.
When the chief of staff introduced each company’s camp planning, layout design, etc., even every training ground was from Chen Jun’s hand.
Man Guangzhi, already full of curiosity about Chen Jun, became even more admiring of Chen Jun.
Man Guangzhi knew Chen Jun was about the same age as him; he could only think in his head in the academy, while Chen Jun was already producing real results.
This really amazed Man Guangzhi!
The political instructor kept marveling in admiration; how did Chen Jun come up with this entirely new system and establishment for the combined arms battalion by himself.
Only Sun Dongping remained silent throughout, though his brows furrowed slightly.
Because Sun Dongping had a stern face from the start, the type who spoke little, everyone was used to it and didn’t think much.
The group, led by the chief of staff, toured the entire completed base.
After the tour, it was still early, so the chief of staff took them to the site next to Steel Seventh Company, where construction was proceeding overtime.
Hearing that this was building the special operations platoon’s camp area, and the entire special operations platoon was all officers, all poached by Chen Jun.
Man Guangzhi was truly convinced now!
He couldn’t even imagine how a captain, just two years ahead of him out of military academy, could accomplish so many incredible things.
If it were him, he couldn’t do any of them.
Completely convinced by Chen Jun’s ability, Man Guangzhi hadn’t even met Chen Jun in person yet, but he already made a determination in his heart—
That was to follow Chen Jun and learn well, and absolutely not waste such a good opportunity.
