Chapter 118: The Regiment Commander’s Demand!
“Chen Jun, you come and explain it to your company commander first, tell him what this is about.”
Regiment Commander Wang saw that Gao Cheng was still confused and completely unclear about what was going on, so he instructed Chen Jun to explain first, while he told the civil servant to pour tea and water.
“Company Commander, it’s like this, just now…”
Chen Jun roughly restated to Gao Cheng what he had discussed with Regiment Commander Wang.
Before Chen Jun’s martial arts competition, whenever he was in the company, he would chat with Gao Cheng about reorganizing and transforming the Seventh Company’s structure, as well as various things about what combined arms tactics were and combined arms company combat.
Under Chen Jun’s brainwashing-style continuous indoctrination, Gao Cheng already had some understanding of the combined arms company.
Especially when Chen Jun subverted the entire company’s nine squads during a meeting, changing all the tasks they undertook into a strange establishment model, and called this model a combined arms company.
At that time, Gao Cheng didn’t know whether this strange establishment was good or bad for the Steel Seventh Company.
So Gao Cheng had always just listened, treating it as casual chit-chat information after tea, and hadn’t really made changes as Chen Jun suggested.
After all, Chen Jun was outstanding back then, but he was completely incomparable to now.
Chen Jun’s importance in Gao Cheng’s mind at that time wasn’t as great as it is now.
Plus, Chen Jun had never taken up a post or gone online to firmly demand that Gao Cheng make changes exactly as he said; he only expressed it in a casual chat manner.
Because of all these reasons.
The combined arms company had always only existed in words, far from the point of formal implementation.
Now, Chen Jun had brought this unique combined arms tactics to the regiment and communicated with the regiment commander, so the situation was completely different.
That represented that Chen Jun had already made up his mind and was determined to carry out combined arms reorganization and transformation.
The situation now is like this…
Chen Jun stated that he had the theory and technology, and had the confidence to build a combined arms company with even stronger combat effectiveness.
The regiment commander was very interested in the combined arms company, but because he was very unfamiliar with combined arms tactics, and there was no mature technology domestically, he had concerns and didn’t dare to do it directly.
Then, as the military chief officer of the Steel Seventh Company, Gao Cheng’s decision was crucial.
If Gao Cheng agreed to do it, then there was a possibility to do it.
If he didn’t agree, then it was directly no go.
This concerned the future development of the Steel Seventh Company, even life and death, so Gao Cheng didn’t dare to be the slightest bit careless; he ran over, picked up the regiment commander’s tea cup, and gulped it down.
Regiment Commander Wang didn’t refuse, watching with a smile.
This stunned the civil servant who had just brought in the tea; he had never seen anyone dare to drink the regiment commander’s tea, and the regiment commander didn’t mind at all beside him.
“Your flower tea doesn’t taste good, it has a weird flavor; next time change to green tea, I love drinking it.”
Gao Cheng drank half a pot of cool flower tea, and five parts of his drunkenness immediately vanished by three parts; he sat down boldly and said: “This, since Platoon Leader Chen wants to do the combined arms company, then let’s do it.
Our Seventh Company doesn’t have so many rules; it’s just about competing to be strong, whoever has the bigger fist listens to whom.
If it weren’t for Platoon Leader Chen in this martial arts competition, how could our 702 Regiment be so glorious and so impressive.
Moreover, the Steel Seventh Company will be his in the future too; if he wants to do it, just follow his way; if it works out well, we get some benefits, if not, the mess is for him to clean up.”
What Gao Cheng said was indeed straightforward; it could be seen that he liked to do things his own way.
After all, he was a second-generation military with background; his way of thinking was different from ordinary company cadres, which was completely reasonable and not surprising.
Regiment Commander Wang thought much more than Gao Cheng.
He was very clear that if it really turned into a mess, it wasn’t something a platoon leader like Chen Jun could take responsibility for; even if Chen Jun became the Steel Seventh Company company commander in the future, he still couldn’t bear this responsibility.
Applying to division headquarters for formal change of establishment, reorganizing from armored reconnaissance company to combined arms company.
It must be cautious upon cautious.
Hearing that Gao Cheng agreed to the transformation plan, and he himself really wanted to try it, Regiment Commander Wang frowned in thought for a moment and came up with a compromise method.
“Company reorganization and transformation isn’t child’s play; you can’t just change it however you want, absolutely cannot mess around.”
Regiment Commander Wang solemnly instructed, then said: “I think, how about this, Chen Jun, let’s make an agreement, with half a year as the period.
Half a year later, that is next March, I will organize a confrontation exercise.
During this half year, your Steel Seventh Company just follow this combined arms company route, do it however it should be done; half a year should be enough to form preliminary combat effectiveness.
At that time, I will pick a company from the regiment to conduct a confrontation exercise with you.
Based on your confrontation situation and result, then decide whether to formally go the combined arms company route.
If the result is as good as Chen Jun says, then I will submit an application report to division headquarters to reorganize the armored reconnaissance company into a combined arms company.
To fully implement your combined arms tactics in the Steel Seventh Company.
If the result is not good, then the combined arms company idea can only be abandoned, the company structure restored, and it won’t have much impact on the company.
What do you think, can you accept this arrangement?”
Regiment Commander Wang’s compromise method was indeed the most insurance relatively speaking; if something really went wrong, it wouldn’t cause too much impact.
And with actual combat exercise as basis, when Regiment Commander Wang submits the application report then, it would also be easier to pass at division headquarters.
After all, actual combat reveals the truth!
“Do a confrontation exercise? Sure, I like it, I just like this kind of direct action; what theory, it’s too complicated and not interesting at all.”
Gao Cheng immediately expressed satisfaction, and already had an idea in his mind.
That was to take on the Red Third Company!!
Old Third had poached people in front of him last time; this had always made Gao Cheng unhappy, so he could use the military exercise opportunity to properly deal with Old Third.
Anyway, with his relationship with Regiment Commander Wang, personally going to regiment headquarters then, which company to confront in the end wasn’t up to him.
“Regiment Commander, I have confidence in myself; just do as you said.” Chen Jun also expressed agreement.
The Steel Seventh Company’s own strength was already strong enough; after he personally reorganized it into a combined arms company, using new combined arms tactics, it wouldn’t be like a father beating a son.
Easily taken down!
Little did he know that plans can never keep up with changes; half a year later when the confrontation officially began, what happened was far from as simple as Chen Jun thought now.
“Good, then it’s settled like this; if you have any demands, just tell me; whatever the regiment has, I can try my best to satisfy you.”
Regiment Commander Wang knew that reorganizing the combined arms company required supplies, so he generously brought it up proactively.
“Uncle Wang, then I’m not going to be polite.”
Gao Cheng jumped up, a “cunning” smile appearing on his face.
“You brat, don’t ask for too much, or I might take back my words.”
With the matter formally settled and a something worth anticipating in mind, Regiment Commander Wang was in a very good mood and couldn’t help teasing with a laugh.
“That won’t happen, I just want a little bit.”
Gao Cheng pinched his index finger and middle finger together, grinning as he went to the desk, picked up a piece of paper, took a pen, and scribbled away.
That posture…
Where was it a little bit, clearly a billion bits.
