The name list of the 22nd Division's disbandment had already been released. Although it hadn't been officially announced, everyone knew what they needed to know. This was something that all the senior officers in the military agreed on. After all, if they knew about it earlier, they could give the other commanders some time to accept and prepare.
Liu Yuanchao's infantry regiment was naturally on the disbandment list.
Han Zhenjiang was afraid that Liu Yuanchao would blame him, so he didn't say anything about keeping the infantry regiment. After all, as the superior of the infantry regiment, he had the right to speak. Also, a large portion of the infantry regiments in the military were kept after the reorganization.
"I remember during the Gulf War, the military organized for us to watch the information." Before Han Zhenjiang could think of what to say, Liu Yuanchao, who had been silent all this time, spoke first. "Good lord, although we knew that the Americans were rich, their soldiers were already armed to the teeth during the War of Resistance and Aid to Korea and the Vietnam War.
However, we only found out from the documentary that they had electronic warfare planes and stealth bombers in the sky, armored troops on the ground, and aircraft carriers in the sea. They bombed Iraq. It took hundreds of thousands of soldiers to kill less than 200 Americans. It was like a joke.
At that time, everyone realized, 'Oh, so this is what modern warfare is like.' "
Speaking up to this point, Liu Yuanchao paused for a moment as if he was immersed in his memories. After a while, he spoke again. "That day, after watching the documentary, everyone was discussing it. I remember that Kou Qiang from the 44th Regiment, who is no longer alive, said, 'If we really go to war one day, we have a lot of manpower, millions of soldiers, and tens of millions of reserves. We can exhaust the Americans until they go bankrupt.'
A few people in the hall who were willing to make a fuss cheered him on. The commander even praised him for his fighting spirit. I didn't say anything at that time, but in my heart, I thought, 'The Americans' things are good, but they cost too much money. If we learn from them, the money would be used to build planes and tanks. How would our country survive then? '
When he said the last few words, Liu Yuanchao's nasal voice was a bit heavy. After he finished speaking, he stopped talking and turned his head to look outside the window. Han Zhenjiang didn't say anything and just listened quietly. His gaze was a bit unfocused. He was also thinking about that meeting. At that time, he had just become a regiment commander. Seeing the seniors shouting and shouting, he could only listen to them.
Liu Yuanchao looked at it for a while and then withdrew his gaze. His lips moved a few times before he said, "So be it. The era of shooting for a while and then rushing to the top with a red flag … is over."
The car fell into a long silence.
Soon, Han Zhenjiang's car arrived at an intersection. The driver slowly stepped on the brakes and stopped by the roadside. Liu Yuanchao got out of Han Zhenjiang's car and directly got into his own car that followed behind.
Han Zhenjiang sat in the car and watched the army green Cheetah disappear from his sight. After a long silence, he signaled his driver to drive.
Most of the people in the regiment did not know that Liu Yuanchao had gone to the military for a meeting, but those who knew had been paying attention to it. Seeing that the regiment commander's car had returned, some of them stayed in the office to observe, while others went out of the office to create an opportunity to bump into him in the corridor.
Since the end of the exercise, almost everyone in the regiment was paying attention to the disarmament. The people in the office building were even more so. Even though the rumor of the infantry regiment being disbanded had been circulating for a long time, as long as there was no official announcement, everyone still had some expectations in their hearts.
This time, the regiment commander went to the meeting. Everyone guessed that he would receive accurate news. Of course, they didn't dare to ask, so they hoped to see something from Liu Yuanchao's face.
However, the people who were paying attention to the regiment commander were soon disappointed. Because from the moment Liu Yuanchao got out of the car, his face remained calm. There was no joy, no anger, and no grief. He just walked into his office.
Soon, political commissar Zhao Zhi knocked on Liu Yuanchao's office door. After entering, he looked at Liu Yuanchao. He didn't see any special emotions on Liu Yuanchao's face. "Regiment commander, about the training quota, do you think we should find a time to discuss it?"
"Yes." Liu Yuanchao nodded. "Tomorrow. Inform a few members of the standing committee. We'll have a meeting in the morning to finalize it."
"Okay." Zhao Zhi nodded and turned to leave.
Naturally, Zhao Zhi already knew about the news of the infantry regiment being disbanded. He had specially made a trip to the regiment commander's office for something that could be settled with just a phone call. He wanted to see if his hot-tempered partner would take things too hard.
Seeing that Liu Yuanchao was still calm, he felt relieved and left.
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The next day, in the morning, Qu Sen and his comrades were doing platoon tactical training. When they were resting, they were thinking about what they were going to talk about in the computer class that night.
The officers and soldiers listening to the class were divided into three classes according to their foundation. The progress of the class would naturally be different. This made Qu Sen use a lot of brain cells. Not only did he think about the class when he had nothing to do, he even wrote a simple lesson plan.
At this time, Qu Sen still didn't know that in a small meeting room on the third floor of the mechanical building in the regiment headquarters, there was a meeting that would decide the direction of his life and even his fate for the rest of his life.
"Okay, about the slots for our regiment this time, let's all talk about what we think and nominate. Then we'll discuss it." After the members of the standing committee were all present, Liu Yuanchao directly talked about the main topic of the meeting.
In the army, there were many capable officers and officers who came from military schools with post-secondary degrees. There were also some officers who performed well and passed the self-exams and exams that also obtained post-secondary degrees. In order to give these people more room for improvement, the major military schools would open undergraduate courses every year.
A portion of the students were selected through exams, and some were recommended by the basic units. This was what we often called "guaranteed admission".
Although the infantry regiment was facing disbandment, the division still gave two guaranteed admission slots as compensation and comfort. After all, with an extra slot, there would be a basic officer or soldier in the infantry regiment who would be able to stand out in the competition after the division.
After Liu Yuanchao finished speaking, several members of the standing committee each put forward the names of their candidates. Regardless of whether it was an officer or a non-commissioned officer, they all put forward the names of those who had performed very well in the regiment. Moreover, they all had a tacit understanding. Everyone recommended one officer and one non-commissioned officer. This also reflected the fairness of the troops.
Among the members of the standing committee, the opinions of the officers were relatively uniform. Staff Officer Wen's name was put forward the most. However, it was different for the sergeants. Basically, every member of the standing committee put forward a different name.
After all, this opportunity was more precious to the sergeants than to the officers. It had been many years since the soldiers in the army performed well and were directly promoted. Nowadays, there was only one way for a soldier to become an officer, and that was to take the exam.
If one could obtain a guaranteed admission slot for the undergraduate course, then it could be considered as completing the transition from soldier to officer.
Therefore, every member of the standing committee was very careful when they put forward the names of the sergeants. Basically, the names of the sergeants who performed well in the regiment would be recommended.
After listening to everyone's nominations, Liu Yuanchao nodded and said, "Mm, looks like there are no objections to the position of Secretary Wen. Then for the remaining position, I'll put forward my suggestion."
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