From the 7th Steel Company to the Synthetic Division

The expansion of the 7th Steel Battalion into the 7th Combined Arms Brigade, increasing its strength from less than 1,000 to over 6,000, inevitably led to a massive personnel reshuffle.

The question of whether or not these people from the old 702nd Regiment should stay or leave is no longer something that can be decided by the grassroots level.

Commander Wang couldn't make the decision.

Chen Jun, Gao Cheng, and others were also powerless to help.

All they can do now is to firmly hold onto the position of brigade commander, and absolutely not let their hard work over the years be snatched away by someone who parachutes in, leaving them only as marginal figures.

Therefore, at this crucial juncture, both Chen Jun and Gao Cheng were extremely nervous.

The two men were not nervous about their own future, but rather about their status and influence in the Seventh Steel Battalion. No one in the entire army dared to kick them out.

No big shot would dare to get rid of Chen Jun, a key figure.

Without a core soul, something terrible could happen.

Chen Jun and Gao Cheng were nervous about Commander Wang.

Since Commander Wang has not received any transfer orders, it means he may remain in the 702nd Regiment.

However, without receiving an official appointment document confirming that Regiment Commander Wang had become the acting brigade commander of the Seventh Steel Brigade, Chen Jun and Gao Cheng could not feel at ease.

If the one who stays behind isn't the acting brigade commander, then things will be in serious trouble.

Commander Wang himself was also anxious.

It wasn't that Commander Wang coveted the position of brigade commander; it was mainly because his thoughts were the same as Chen Jun's and Gao Cheng's—they didn't want their hard-earned fruits to be taken away by others.

I wanted to give Chen Jun and Gao Cheng, these two younger guys, one last push before they were transferred.

If they can hold out for another year or two, and if Chen Jun and Gao Cheng are given a chance to advance further, they will be qualified to become brigade commanders of combined arms brigades, instead of the positions falling to someone else.

The ideal situation would be for Commander Wang to leave at that time.

But without an official document, Commander Wang was also feeling uneasy.

After all, Commander Wang himself knew better than anyone his own capabilities, especially given the military's reforms in recent years, which have increasingly favored younger and more highly qualified personnel.

Commander Wang is an elderly man over fifty years old who has not received modern education.

Normally.

As a newly formed unit that has attracted widespread attention throughout the army, the combined arms brigade commander, Wang, is not qualified to be the acting brigade commander at all, and he is not even qualified to stay in the Steel Seventh Brigade.

Fortunately, Commander Wang led the Steel Seventh Company all the way from the combined arms company to the combined arms brigade.

With such a unique identity, plus the help of key figure Chen Jun writing reports, and his own connections with Gao Cheng.

This gave Commander Wang a tiny bit of confidence that he could stay and serve as acting brigade commander.

In this state of anxiety, at the "last" 702 dinner held by the entire regiment that evening, Regiment Commander Wang got completely drunk for the first time.

Chen Jun and Commander Wang have drunk together dozens of times over the years.

This was the first time Commander Wang had ever been drunk.

And he was completely drunk.

Commander Wang was, after all, the highest-ranking military officer in the entire regiment. When the regiment held meals and drank together, he would just go through the motions, and no one dared to get him drunk.

It's simply impossible for someone to be drunk, let alone be completely intoxicated.

Seeing that Commander Wang was so drunk that he was unconscious and had to be carried back by several soldiers arranged by the civil servants, all the regimental leaders present felt heavy-hearted.

They all knew why Commander Wang was drunk, because they felt the same way at that moment.

All they wanted was to get drunk and let loose one last time.

after all.

Starting tomorrow, the name "Our 702nd Regiment" will become a thing of the past, and everyone will go their separate ways to become members of a new family.

If we don't let loose and indulge our emotions right now, everyone here will probably regret it for the rest of their lives.

This is the 702nd Regiment...

Many people have spent half their lives working hard here...

The soldiers started as conscripts, then became sergeants, and gradually worked their way up from the company to the regiment.

Many cadres started as platoon leaders, or even as conscripts, and it took them more than ten or twenty years of hard work to finally work with the regimental commander.

The military unit where he had lived for half his life suddenly disappeared, and he was to be transferred to another unit.

It felt like my home was gone, and I was about to become a helpless child who would have to live with someone else.

Just thinking about it makes my heart ache!

However, the military is a special entity, especially at critical junctures of reform and transformation, where many things become more "cold-blooded".

This cold-bloodedness has a positive aspect; it can promote a healthier and stronger military.

Therefore, although all the cadres and leaders of the regiment were very unwilling to be transferred, none of them had any complaints.

We're all veterans.

They've heard the saying "the camp remains, but the soldiers come and go" so many times they're tired of it. It's impossible for them to cause trouble at this crucial moment because of personal emotions.

In the final moments before the 702nd Regiment was to be disbanded, he tarnished and disgraced his old unit.

therefore.

The only thing they can do now is to do what Commander Wang did.

Let's have a good drink.

A drunk to relieve a thousand sorrows.

When the sun rises again tomorrow, they must put aside all their emotions and head to their new units with renewed spirits.

Let the outstanding seeds of the 702nd Regiment take root, sprout, and grow strong throughout the entire army group.

……

Since the development of the digital command system was launched, the pace of the formation of the combined arms brigade has accelerated dramatically, as if a fast-forward switch had been pressed.

The order to start the operation was officially issued just the day before, and the 702nd Regiment was thus reorganized and incorporated into the 7th Steel Brigade.

The soldiers and officers who received the transfer order the next day were still recovering from the hangover from the previous day when the military region made another move.

The list of combined arms brigades, personally determined by the theater command, was distributed to the 84th Group Army.

Meanwhile, more than 4,000 people across the entire Capital Theater received mobilization orders, either individually or as an entire company, and immediately set off to report to the pilot combined arms brigade.

The reason why it took several months between the theater command's notification to form a combined arms brigade and the official document was partly due to these individuals.

In order to provide the best conditions and resources for the combined arms brigade and build it into a benchmark unit in the Capital Theater Command.

The commanders of the war zone held many meetings.

The individuals and companies that have received the transfer orders are the most suitable candidates carefully selected by the theater commanders based on the plan submitted by Chen Jun.

Choosing out several thousand people at once is no easy task.

That's why it takes several months to prepare.

Of course. In addition to preparing personnel, the biggest project in the past few months was preparing the equipment and supplies needed for the combined arms brigade.

As an informationized combat force, the equipment configuration of a combined arms brigade must be in line with international standards.

We must use the most advanced equipment and facilities.

If we have it domestically, we must equip it with it; if we don't have it domestically, we will procure it through military procurement; if we can't buy it, we will ask research institutes to develop it. Weapons and equipment must be of the highest grade.

The main focus is on one...

Either don't do it at all, or do it properly.

The Capital Theater Command is the top of the seven theater commands, and with its abundant financial resources, handling this matter is not a problem.

The selected personnel have now received their transfer orders and are beginning to head towards the Seventh Steel Brigade base. They will all be in place within seven days.

Various kinds of equipment, facilities and supplies also began to be transported to the base of the 7th Steel Brigade.

Because of the enormous quantity of supplies, the convoys transporting them were like a long dragon, with dozens or even hundreds of vehicles setting off at full capacity.

And the convoy will make more than one or two trips; it's estimated that it will take dozens of trips to complete the shipment.

No wonder it's a military unit costing billions.

There's so much stuff!
The 702nd Regiment was reorganized and incorporated into the 7th Steel Brigade. The original garrison of the 702nd Regiment was transferred to the 7th Steel Brigade and became the base of the 7th Steel Brigade.

A base for a regiment is definitely not enough to accommodate a brigade.

Therefore, on the same day the official order was issued, the military region mobilized an entire engineering regiment to carry out a large-scale expansion at the 702nd Regiment's base.

It's definitely too late to build everything on a temporary basis, so T-class engineers have to make appropriate sacrifices.

Let's borrow the camp area for a while!
The 702nd Regiment and several other regiments of the T Division were located in the same base, and the distance between the regiments was not very far.

The farther ones are only ten or twenty kilometers away, and the closer ones are only a few kilometers away.

The barracks of other regiments near the 702nd Regiment were vacated and made available to the 7th Steel Brigade for use as a base, along with newly built neighboring units constructed overtime.

This is the only way to solve the barracks problem for the combined arms brigade.

As for where the other regiments should live and train after they give up their barracks, the military region has made very proper arrangements.

The main principle is "overcome difficulties," and everything should be done with the big picture in mind.

If the other companies in the regiment give up their barracks, then we can set up a few tents in the field and make do with our living conditions for a while, treating it as wilderness survival and combat training.

They are, after all, field troops, so living in the field is perfectly reasonable.

After living outside for a few months and a half, and after the entire base of the combined arms brigade was completed and all the troops belonging to the combined arms brigade moved into the base.

The "borrowed barracks" will be returned to them, and these troops will be able to "return home".

All other regiments of the T Division received the notification, and none of the companies and barracks near the 702nd Regiment were spared; they were all requisitioned in this wave.

Although having their homes taken away like this was a real headache for the leaders of these groups.

However, this was an order from the military region, and the gradually integrated brigade was led by the theater command, so even if the regiments had complaints, they could only keep them to themselves.

Then again.

The complaints from the various groups were actually not that big; to be honest, they were just a little uncomfortable.

After all, if the combined arms brigade can really be established, then the T Division will definitely be reorganized or restructured, and all of these regiments will be combined arms.

The Seventh Steel Battalion is already its most dazzling brand, and its combat strength is evident to the entire army.

The other regiments under T Division, as the legitimate brother regiments of Regiment 702, wanted to have some soup too, since their own brothers were eating meat.

They have long been looking forward to the integration and reorganization of their forces, hoping to elevate their combat effectiveness to a new level.

therefore.

The regiments were generally very supportive and actively carried out the orders.

They began to act on the day they received the order, and by the next day they had all moved out. Some actually went to join the field army, while others went to other companies to "stay overnight".

They efficiently carried out the orders assigned by their superiors, leaving the empty barracks to be handed over to the 7th Steel Brigade.

The entire military region is focused on forming a combined arms brigade, and the scheduling and execution in all aspects are very "military-style," emphasizing speed and efficiency.

On the third day after the order was issued, Regiment Commander Wang received a new order from the military region.

To be precise, it was an order relayed by the military region to the theater command.

Moreover, it was an order that Commander Wang, Chen Jun, and others had been eagerly awaiting.

The first batch of appointment documents for the combined arms brigade has been issued. It's a thick stack of dozens of pages. Because the combined arms brigade has so many personnel, this first batch of appointment documents only involves those at the battalion level and above.

To show the importance attached to this matter, the chief of staff of the 84th Army Group personally came with orders.

The person who was asked to receive the order was none other than Commander Wang.

Upon learning that he was to go and receive the appointment document, Commander Wang finally felt relieved.

The official appointment document for a combined arms brigade is not something anyone can receive; only the brigade commander has that authority.

Since Commander Wang was notified to receive the order, it means that Commander Wang's request has been fulfilled.

The command contained exactly that.

Regiment Commander Wang was officially appointed as the acting brigade commander of the pilot combined arms brigade, temporarily codenamed Steel Seventh Brigade, and was promoted from a regimental-level cadre to a deputy division-level cadre.

The team responsible for leading the formation of the combined arms brigade and completing the pilot work of the combined arms brigade.

The pilot program is divided into two phases.

The first stage is the preparation stage, and the second stage is the training stage.

The first phase is expected to be completed within a month. The superiors have given a year for the second phase, after which an acceptance assessment will be conducted.

The process was similar to that of the Seventh Steel Battalion, except that the size was upgraded from a battalion to a brigade.

Of the original officers above the battalion level, apart from Regiment Commander Wang who became acting brigade commander as he wished, Chen Jun was the one who underwent the most changes.

Chen Jun was originally a deputy battalion commander at the level of a full battalion commander in the Seventh Steel Battalion. He has now been officially appointed as the chief of staff of the combined arms brigade.

The chief of staff of a combined arms brigade is a regimental-level position. Chen Jun's rank of colonel is not a problem, but jumping from battalion level to regimental level is definitely another double jump.

He was able to jump up the ranks every time he was promoted, starting from the lowest rank of platoon leader.

It's either a double jump or a triple jump.

He rose from platoon leader to regimental chief of staff in less than seven years after graduating from military academy. Such an exaggerated promotion speed is undoubtedly the fastest in the history of the entire army, if not the fastest.

What's most incredible isn't the short time frame, but that no one thinks Chen Jun's promotion was too fast or unreasonable; everyone felt it was perfectly reasonable.

Chen Jun is the most qualified person in the entire army to be the chief of staff of a combined arms brigade.

As for Chen Jun, who had previously obtained the honorary title, it was normal and entirely expected that he would be promoted two levels.

He was also very satisfied with the position of chief of staff, which was his favorite position after brigade commander.

After all, Chen Jun has been in charge of tactical command and arrangements every time they go out to fight, but his role has always been somewhat awkward.

Now that I've been appointed Chief of Staff of the Combined Arms Brigade, I can finally claim the position legitimately. (End of Chapter)