Chapter 189: Exceptional Promotion Again, Taking Off!
The Sharp Sword Exercise in 1997 successfully concluded, and the Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment set off early the next morning to return, taking more than a day to get back to base.
Before the Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment participated in the exercise, the other two heavy armored infantry regiments of T Division had also conducted exercises against the Blue Army.
The results were all losses.
And they lost particularly badly, in a too horrible to look at way.
This made the division commander and political commissar of T Division and others unable to accept this result for a while, with the entire T Division headquarters immersed in a gloomy atmosphere.
Now the Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment had tied with the powerful Blue Army, restoring the face lost for the division.
The division commander was extremely happy!
Not only did he bring a group of senior leaders from division headquarters to personally welcome the triumphant return of the Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment at the train station, but he also prepared a grand celebration ceremony at division headquarters.
To commend the excellent performance of the Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment and let other regiments learn well from it.
The division commander prepared many “surprises”!
Various rewards were very abundant, covering almost everyone from top to bottom.
The first to appear was Regiment Commander Wang.
To commend Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment Commander Wang Qing Rui for his outstanding command in the Sharp Sword Exercise, leading the Red Army to defeat the powerful Blue Army.
Based on his performance, the division specially awarded him an individual second-class merit.
This was a good thing.
Even for a chief officer at the regiment level, a second-class merit still provided great benefits for him, enabling him to advance to the next level faster.
And as the large entity of the Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment, it also received a collective second-class merit.
For a regiment to receive two collective second-class merits and two individual second-class merits within two consecutive years was very rare throughout the entire group army.
Most importantly, all these second-class merits were greatly related to Chen Jun.
This was equivalent to further upgrading Chen Jun’s value.
Moreover, if not limited by regulations that each person can only receive one third-class merit and one second-class merit every two years, Chen Jun would at least have a second-class merit this time.
However.
Although Chen Jun could not get a second-class merit, his gains were still very substantial.
First, he was exceptionally promoted to deputy company commander, and today, less than half a year later, the division organization department, due to Chen Jun’s extremely significant contributions in this exercise, exceptionally promoted him again.
Advancing his service time by a full two years, exceptionally promoting Chen Jun to captain rank.
This was very key.
Only by becoming a captain deputy company commander could Chen Jun lay sufficient conditions for becoming a company commander next, ready to become a company commander at any time.
And according to the troops’ yielding mechanism, plus the special attributes of Steel Seventh Company as a combined arms company.
This meant that as soon as Gao Cheng left Steel Seventh Company, Chen Jun could 100% become the new company commander of Steel Seventh Company, with absolutely no accidents.
Compared to the goals Chen Jun initially set, the final result was clearly overfulfilled.
However, advancing from first lieutenant to captain, completing a major class leap, seemed slightly inferior compared to another gain.
Because Chen Jun’s second huge gain was receiving an individual commendation from the military region.
A commendation from the military region political department was not simple; its “value” was already no less than a second-class merit, even better in some aspects.
Because receiving a commendation from the military region meant that Chen Jun had now jumped out of the division level and formally stepped into the military region’s “world”.
This was a true major leap.
The milestone kind.
For Chen Jun to build a combined arms battalion next, he definitely needed support from the military region, and to get support from the military region, he first needed recognition from military region leaders.
To gain favor from military region leaders, the first step was to let military region chiefs know him.
Receiving a commendation from the military region.
Meant Chen Jun had completed this first step.
Not to mention that the commendation Chen Jun received was very special, full name “Group Army Outstanding Model Officer”, clearly more weighty than a general commendation.
The military region itself was paying attention to the exercise, and Chen Jun, who received this commendation, could be said to definitely enter the sight of A Commander and the political commissar.
As long as military region chiefs paid attention to Chen Jun and were willing to proactively look at Chen Jun’s personal resume.
With Chen Jun’s brilliant personal performance over these two years, he was an extremely excellent existence across the entire army, impossible not to leave a deep impression on A Commander.
As long as he could be noticed by A Commander, the combined arms battalion matter would be much easier.
Chen Jun’s gains from the exercise were full, and Steel Seventh Company also reaped abundantly.
Because of its commendable performance in the exercise, Steel Seventh Company not only received a collective third-class merit from the division, but also the only one of two military region collective commendations—
“Advanced Company in Exercise Confrontation!”
The various collective second-class merits and third-class merits Steel Seventh Company gained in these two years added up to more than even the regiment, and now it received a commendation from the military region.
A complete standout performance!
From this moment on…
Steel Seventh Company’s status as the strongest company in the entire division was thoroughly solidified, with no one daring to question it anymore, because this was hard power.
Presumably, the high A Commander in the military region was definitely smiling now, in an unprecedentedly pleasant mood.
Not to mention hoping for one’s son to become a dragon.
Parents definitely all hope their children can achieve their own accomplishments in their careers, best if surpassing themselves.
For a traditional army family like high A Commander, he definitely had higher expectations for his son.
Now, the Steel Seventh Company that his son led down to, without any of his help, relied on Gao Cheng’s own ability to stand out from dozens of companies in the entire division, growing all the way to become the strongest company in the entire T Division.
And it was the first grassroots company in the entire group army to begin modernization reform.
His son was so excellent.
How could an old father not be gratified, how could he not feel cheerful.
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In addition.
The vanguard squad that finally completed the most critical link, the entire squad received a collective third-class merit, becoming a rare “third-class merit squad” in the entire T Division.
Among them, Comrade Shi Jin, responsible for leading the team, even won his first individual third-class merit.
With the third-class merit on him, Shi Jin smiled and smiled until he couldn’t help but cry; this gift came too timely, really making him overwhelmed by favor.
And for Shi Jin’s award, the happiest was Gao Cheng, who grinned, revealing two rows of big teeth.
The reason Gao Cheng was so happy was precisely because with this third-class merit, Shi Jin could definitely stay and would not be eliminated by the wave of reform.
Shi Jin did not need to demobilize.
The biggest stone weighing on his heart could now be completely let go.
Among the crowd receiving merits and awards, the most unexpected had to be Old Ma, Old Wei, and Xue Lin, who spent the entire exercise looking for Xu Sanduo but unfortunately didn’t find him even after the end.
All three of them received third-class merits and finally saw Xu Sanduo at the celebration banquet.
One of the saddest things in life is definitely seeing friends during low periods; conversely, the happiest is jointly witnessing highlight moments.
Xu Sanduo received a collective third-class merit, and the “Grassland Three Heroes” all received individual third-class merits.
Meeting again in such a festive occasion, there were naturally more words to say in their hearts; the four gathered together chattering for a long time.
Afterward, Old Ma even specially asked Xu Sanduo to help bring them to find Chen Jun.
To thank Chen Jun for the reminder.
Old Ma was one to repay kindness, and he deeply remembered this favor.
If Chen Jun hadn’t specifically reminded him of this, Old Ma wouldn’t have thought about the oil depot being attacked, and definitely wouldn’t have protected a fuel tanker and a fuel truck, ensuring the artillery company at the critical last moment.
Without those three, the exercise really couldn’t have been won.
Those three would also have no chance at third-class merits, no chance to stand on stage to receive this honor.
Old Ma holding his third-class merit certificate originally planned, after the exercise ended, to proactively submit a demobilization application report to preserve the last bit of face before being driven away, but this idea completely vanished.
With this third-class merit on him, fourth-level non-commissioned officer was guaranteed.
In addition to these individual and collective merits, the division also issued a large number of individual and collective commendations; basically everyone who didn’t make mistakes got one.
Among them, Gao Cheng and the Eleventh Company commander were typical representatives.
Where there are rewards, there are naturally punishments.
But today was mainly the celebration ceremony, so matters related to disciplinary actions and punishments would be postponed, arriving successively in the next few days.
The Ninth Company Commander and Tenth Company Commander, who made the most serious mistakes, were also destined to become representatives.
The celebration ceremony was held very grandly, and after the awards, there was also a feast.
However, not everyone was eligible; only the entire Steel Seventh Company that performed outstandingly in the exercise, and the chief officers of various battalions and companies who didn’t make mistakes.
Everyone else could only go back home and reflect well in their own companies.
Chen Jun, who had a big drink the night before yesterday, was still the absolute protagonist at the division headquarters celebration feast, kindly invited by the division commander to sit beside him.
Still the army’s characteristic style, “liquid bombs” began bombarding wildly.
Fortunately, because Chen Jun soul transmigrated over, perhaps due to the soul strengthened by spacetime distortion, his physique had also improved a lot.
Although he couldn’t achieve the legendary thousand cups without getting drunk, a hundred cups without getting drunk was still easy.
At the same time.
Chen Jun also took advantage of the intense atmosphere at the scene to obliquely convey ideas and concepts to the division commander, political commissar, chief of staff Shi, and other regiment leadership.
That combined arms company was merely a test of the waters, at best just an appetizer before the meal.
To truly demonstrate the power of combined arms tactics, at least reaching the combined arms battalion level was needed to show the powerful advantage of combined arms units in independent combat.
And he indicated that our T Division’s main force regiments were now urgently short of an electronic warfare company.
This exercise suffered a big loss, with communications monitored throughout, very uncomfortable; if there was an electronic warfare company, this suppression wouldn’t exist.
And the standard establishment for combined arms battalion combat also required an electronic warfare company.
If we could form a combined arms battalion, then not to mention small group army exercises, even entire army exercises we could dominate.
During this, he also hinted that he once had sufficient ability and strength to build a combined arms battalion.
And since he could build the combined arms company so successfully, the combined arms battalion he built next would definitely not be inferior, with strength only stronger than the combined arms company.
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