Chapter 303: Steel Seventh Battalion’s Combat Power Soars
No matter what the matter is, the first time is always more important.
The first time winning a global military competition championship brings even greater value, at least twice as much as usual.
Chen Jun was promoted four levels on the spot, and in the future, he is expected to break the records of the entire division or even the Group Army—
Becoming a Regiment Commander within 30 years old!
As the Captain of the champion team, Chen Jun reaped abundant rewards, and similarly, Cheng Cai, Xu Sanduo, Wu Liu Yi, and Ba Te Er, as members of the champion team, also reaped very good rewards.
The four of them are still non-commissioned officers now, but all received special approval from the War Zone for promotion to officer.
Regardless of whether certain conditions have been met or not, they are no longer reference conditions for promotion to officer, and are uniformly sent directly to the Military Academy for study and further training.
After completing the one-year further training, they will completely complete the identity transformation.
From soldier to officer!
This step sounds very simple, but it is the transformation that all soldiers who want to develop in the Troops desire to obtain throughout their lives.
Moreover, with the achievements of Cheng Cai, Xu Sanduo, and the other three, who have already won multiple first-, second-, and third-class merits.
Their military ranks after further training will inevitably start at First Lieutenant, which is at least three years less struggle compared to the usual Second Lieutenant start for promotion to officer.
Cheng Cai, who has always been ambitious about promotion to officer, laughed so hard upon hearing this news that he couldn’t close his mouth.
Wu Liu Yi and Ba Te Er also had flushed faces.
Excited!
Only Xu Sanduo still had that silly smile; in his heart, being a non-commissioned officer and being an officer are the same, both doing meaningful things in the Troops.
He completely didn’t realize how important promotion to officer would be for his future military career.
Wu Zhe, Tuo Yonggang, and Qi Huan are all officers, and they each received a one-level promotion in military rank and position, equivalent to two levels up.
Slightly less than Chen Jun, but still greatly beneficial for the three of them.
Wu Zhe’s identity in A Brigade will likely soon shift from warrior to commander, becoming an existence like Qi Huan.
However, Wu Zhe’s military rank is a bit high, so specific position arrangement might not be easy.
If arranged by his military rank level, Lieutenant Colonel is on par with Yuan Lang, so not to mention Company Commander, at least Deputy Company Commander.
But jumping from the lowest warrior to Deputy Company Commander doesn’t conform to A Brigade’s rule of treating everyone equally.
If making Wu Zhe start from the lowest Squad Leader, having a dignified Lieutenant Colonel do a First Lieutenant’s job would seem too unconventional.
Perhaps because of this reason, the War Zone’s commendation only mentioned one-level promotion, without specific position name.
How to arrange it exactly.
Left to the lower Troops to handle.
As for Xu Sanduo, Cheng Cai, and Wu Liu Yi’s files still remaining in A Brigade, by now, it was no longer an issue.
Chen Jun just casually mentioned it to the Senior Leader eating together at the dining table.
Steel Seventh Battalion’s development has entered a critical stage, and Cheng Cai, Wu Liu Yi, and the other three all came from Steel Seventh Battalion; now Steel Seventh Battalion needs them back.
The Senior Leader agreed almost without hesitation, promising on the spot to help Chen Jun handle it.
The future direction and development of the Combined Arms Battalion, how to take the most appropriate path, is not only being explored by Steel Seventh Battalion, but also highly concerning for the War Zone.
Everything related to Steel Seventh Battalion has a green light all the way at the War Zone Headquarters.
This is already the default unwritten rule!
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The War Zone’s Commendation Conference ended grandly, and next is the champion team’s return journey.
Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment had long received the champion good news, knowing that the Competition Team from Steel Seventh Battalion overcame the other eleven countries in the international event with absolute strength, strongly winning the championship, creating a zero breakthrough for the country and the Army.
The Army is the place that values belonging the most, emphasizing one honor shared by all, one loss shared by all.
Their own Troops going out is so awesome, actually really winning the world champion; from Regiment Commander down to warriors, all were incomparably excited.
It could be called the whole regiment celebrating!
Therefore, when Chen Jun brought the other six members of the Competition Team, plus Wu Zhe and Qi Huan, back to the old Troops A Brigade, arriving at the main entrance of Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment Base.
Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment, having received the travel news in advance, had already opened a grand welcoming scene at the main entrance.
Led by Regiment Commander Wang Qing Rui and Political Commissar Zhou Yunhai, the entire Battalion Headquarters of Steel Seventh Battalion turned out, plus almost all cadres from the Regiment organs, forming a welcoming team of over a hundred people.
On both sides of the main entrance, officers and soldiers were organized to line the path in welcome, with warriors holding red flags and various colorful banners, forming a long dragon of welcome.
Under the resounding military rhythm of the Regiment Military Band, applause and cheers wave after wave lasted endlessly.
Welcoming the first-class meritorious officials’ triumphant return!
“Good, good, good, well done.”
Regiment Commander Wang patted the chests of Chen Jun and others one by one; these few short words full of fervor already represented his excited mood at this moment.
It was because the emotions were too excited that he couldn’t say lengthy exaggerated words.
Short and concise is good.
It is the highest praise condensed at this moment.
As Chen Jun and the group of first-class meritorious officials, accompanied enthusiastically by the Regiment Commander, Political Commissar, and others, passed through the main entrance and officially completed the return journey.
Next was Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment’s grandest and most spectacular feast in nearly ten years.
To let the whole regiment’s warriors share this honor and joy brought back by the first-class meritorious officials, the Regiment Commander specially arranged a regiment-wide feast on a scale of a thousand people.
All companies across the regiment, having received the notification in advance, had all arrived and assembled at the Regiment Headquarters Training Ground.
When the Regiment Commander and his group brought Chen Jun and others over, over a thousand warriors had already assembled on the Training Ground; what a spectacular sight it was at a glance.
Being able to organize a thousand-person feast at any time, such execution capability is only possible in the Troops.
Each company doesn’t need to bring tables or chairs; each squad just needs to bring a piece of camouflage oilcloth and a few yellow washbasins for washing face and feet.
Spread the oilcloth on the ground, put the food in the yellow washbasins and place them on top, and the warriors sit on the ground beside it.
The feast table is set up!
The Cookhouse then pulls over at field standard; Mechanized Troops are equipped with cookhouse vehicles, which deploy and operate upon arrival, providing food within an hour.
What Regiment Headquarters needs to handle is just two items—
Issue orders and prepare liquid bombs!
The whole regiment, except for those on mission and duty, totaling over 1,300 people gathered, neatly setting up nearly 200 tables on the Training Ground.
Compared to this grand thousand-person gathering feast, the War Zone’s feast was simply a family gathering.
Ba Te Er and Wu Liu Yi have been enlisted for nearly ten years; this is the first time seeing such a large-scale gathering, deeply shocked by the scene.
Cheng Cai and Xu Sanduo need even less to be said.
The two were like little newbies, dumbfounded and completely losing the ability to speak.
“Holy shit!!”
These two seemingly vulgar words best represented their emotions at this time.
Chen Jun can absolutely be considered a military veteran; he’s seen all kinds of scenes, but seeing the thousand-person feast scene, he couldn’t help but sigh from the heart—
“Such a grand momentum; the Regiment Commander really has heart, this is the true big family.”
Chen Jun and others were shocked by such a big scene, and the warriors participating in this thousand-person feast were equally very excited at this moment.
Not only is such a big scene rare, participating is a great fortune in life.
Even more exciting is being a member of Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment, able to be in the same regiment as the world champions and first-class meritorious officials, making them feel doubly proud and honored.
With this honor on their bodies, they can boast about it forever without issue.
And as Chen Jun and his group’s entry, they were invited to the grandstand, where the Regiment Commander personally gave the opening remarks, and Chen Jun, as the champion representative, came on stage to speak.
The atmosphere on the Training Ground quickly peaked, with applause like mountains roaring and seas boiling, lasting endlessly.
And as the protagonists of the whole audience, the champion team members felt the comrades’ burning gazes toward them, heartfelt admiration and respect.
Their hearts also felt doubly proud involuntarily.
Proud for bringing honor to Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment, for contributing to this big family.
“Today is a day of whole regiment celebration, and also a day worth being proud of… I believe that from now on, our Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment will inevitably get better and better, becoming one of the most excellent regiments in the entire Army…
No more said, I’ll just say one last sentence: tonight the alcohol is unlimited, drink as much as you want, now, cheers to our world champions.”
As the Regiment Commander raised the enamel cup high, over a thousand warriors in the whole audience raised theirs in unison.
“Cheers~~”
A thunderous shout resounded through the skies, over a thousand people raising cups and drinking heartily together.
Such heroic spirit, such a scene.
Enough to be remembered for a lifetime!
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The lively and boisterous thousand-person feast ended amid the crowd’s intense emotions that were hard to calm, and Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment soon returned to calm.
No matter what is done, it’s straightforward and efficient; even the biggest celebrations calm down quickly.
This is also one of the characteristics of the Troops!
However, Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment only returned to calm on the surface; in reality, the nutrition brought by the championship is continuously nourishing the whole regiment’s development.
As a regiment with multiple first-class meritorious officials, various resources have obviously improved compared to before.
Whether it’s the military expenses the whole regiment can control, or the quotas for various training supplies, or officer promotion quotas and such, all have changes compared to before.
This is an elevation for the entire regiment.
It is also a vivid example of individual ability influencing the team.
With Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment having higher treatment, as the direct superior unit of the champion team and also the Group Army’s core project, Steel Seventh Battalion.
Similarly benefited from this wave of championship, with a large increase in combat readiness supplies and military expenses.
The lives of Steel Seventh Battalion’s warriors now can almost achieve bullets fired casually, artillery shells launched casually, fish and meat every meal, military expenses abundant enough for every warrior to drink a bottle of nutritious milk daily.
Such rich Battalion-level unit configuration makes the other three battalions in Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment so envious they can’t stand it.
Wishing they could band together to rush Steel Seventh Battalion and rob the rich!
And with such high meals standard, Steel Seventh Battalion warriors’ physical fitness and intensity began to climb at a visible speed.
In this 1998 era, domestically there is generally a lack of meat, milk, and egg intake, so physical fitness is poor.
Now with ample meat, egg, and milk supplements, Steel Seventh Battalion’s warriors can train without restraint, and physical fitness can fully hold up.
With better physical fitness, training intensity can be greater, and training results immediately leap forward.
During the period when Steel Seventh Battalion’s overall training results surged, Chen Jun and the champion team’s individuals’ related work also began to unfold step by step in order.
Cheng Cai, Xu Sanduo, Wu Liu Yi, and Ba Te Er, after staying in the old company for half a month upon return, all received the Military Academy’s enrollment notice for further training.
The four officially started their promotion to officer path.
As long as they study diligently and achieve academic success upon return, not to mention the now stable Steel Seventh Battalion, the future Steel Seventh Regiment will surely have positions for them.
The remaining Chen Jun and Tuo Yonggang weren’t idle either, also having work arranged by superiors to complete.
As the first team to win the world championship, it itself possesses great value, equivalent to a large treasure trove.
In this era of great development in modern special operations, the domestic Army most needs this kind of experience.
So superiors quickly issued a document requiring experience sharing sessions across the entire Army, to be handled by Chen Jun and Tuo Yonggang.
Chen Jun as the main speaker of the sharing session, Tuo Yonggang as assistant supporting from the side.
Sharing the experience, skills, and insights summarized and learned by the champion team during the competition, as well as encountered difficulties and solutions, with the entire Army’s special operations forces, to promote the overall improvement of special operations level.
This work’s workload is not arduous, but to complete it well is very difficult.
The objects of experience sharing are not ordinary soldiers, but the top special operations forces from various Military Regions; their starting point is already very high, and if the shared experience isn’t hardcore enough, it will invite ridicule.
To complete this highly challenging task, and also to make themselves famous across the entire Army through this opportunity.
Chen Jun took Tuo Yonggang to work hard, spending a full week writing the script, finally gathering all the essence together.
Carrying this essence script, they started this entire Army special operations forces tour lecture.
For Steel Seventh Battalion’s related training and work, Chen Jun only provided the Second Stage training syllabus, with all specific work handled by Gao Cheng.
Having been with Chen Jun for so many years, Gao Cheng already has a deep understanding of combined arms operations.
Unless it’s exercise confrontation beyond basic training, with numerous uncontrollable factors, still needing Chen Jun this soul figure to lead.
Leading team training is already no difficulty for him.
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Chen Jun’s work was fully loaded, Steel Seventh Battalion also entered the high-speed development stage, with combat effectiveness growing daily at visible speed.
After Qi Huan and Wu Zhe returned to A Brigade, they too received a grand welcome.
Captain Tie Lu personally led the team to welcome, also organizing a brigade-level celebration feast to commend and congratulate the two’s championship.
During the feast, Captain Tie was highly enthusiastic, and announced two new orders on the spot.
Qi Huan was originally Squad Leader of Third Company, now directly promoted to Deputy Company Commander of Third Company, truly becoming Yuan Lang’s “right-hand man.”
Wu Zhe’s arrangement was indeed awkward, but it didn’t stump the experienced Tie Lu.
Transfer Wu Zhe to Brigade Headquarters as Staff Officer, and after promoting Qi Huan to Deputy Company Commander, fill the vacancy left with Wu Zhe responsible for part-time.
In this way.
Main job as Staff Officer in Brigade Staff Department, part-time Squad Leader position under Third Company, perfectly solving Wu Zhe’s issues.
Able to participate in combat, and also conforming to military rank identity.
