From the 7th Steel Company to the Synthetic Division

If the other party is unreasonable and uncooperative, it will be easier for He Yazhou to handle the situation.

Just follow the rules and there's no need to worry about being held accountable afterward.

But now they're being so cooperative, fully accommodating the military. It's just that they need to go through some basic procedures, which requires the military's cooperation.

Furthermore, the other party explicitly stated that the distance was not far, just in the town ahead.

He Yazhou was truly at his wit's end.

Helpless, he could only instruct the sergeant, "Please pass on a message to everyone: wait here until I finish the formalities before we start work."

"Yes."

The sergeant saluted, turned around, and ran back.

"Comrade PLA soldier, come with me, this way."

The road maintenance workers were very helpful and immediately gestured for He Yazhou to follow them, confirming once again: "Go down from here and walk for a few minutes, then take a car on the small road ahead. It will only take a few minutes to get here."

"Okay, let's hurry up then."

He Yazhou had no suspicion that this was a setup. He followed the road administration personnel like a fool, completely unaware of the dangers of society.

The two of them came down from the road one after the other, and went to the path below the highway, where they continued walking forward.

"Just keep walking forward, go through the culvert ahead, and you'll be there in no time. Our car is parked there, so it definitely won't delay you," the road maintenance worker assured him.

He Yazhou couldn't see the problem at all and just followed him into the culvert.

But the moment the two of them stepped out of the culvert, which was less than ten meters long, He Yazhou's expression changed drastically.

Almost instinctively, he wanted to draw the pistol from his waist to defend himself.

Just as he touched the gun case at his waist, the road maintenance worker who had been smiling obsequiously all along reacted even faster, magically pulling out a gun and pressing it against his forehead, his smile growing even brighter.

He Yazhou thought to himself, "It's all over," and his face fell.

They dared not make any further moves!

Two vehicles were parked outside the culvert, with obvious Red Army insignia on them. A group of burly soldiers in camouflage uniforms and carrying guns stood beside the vehicles.

Upon seeing that He Yazhou had been apprehended, a fifth-level sergeant got out of the car.

This person is Shi Jin!
"Hello, Political Commissar He, I am Shi Jin, the brigade sergeant major of the Red Army's 7th Steel Brigade." Shi Jin, accompanied by two special forces soldiers, walked up to He Yazhou and introduced himself.

"The brigade sergeant major?"

He Yazhou had never heard of such a position and looked at Shi Jin with complete confusion.

"I am here on orders from our brigade chief of staff to arrest you. You are now a prisoner. Please cooperate with us."

Shi Jin himself has a mild personality and speaks very politely.

If it were Gao Cheng who carried out the arrest, given his arrogant and unruly personality, he would be incredibly proud of himself if he personally arrested a senior colonel.

"Arrest me?"

Things were developing so fast that He Yazhou felt like his mind couldn't keep up.

"The person you were talking to on the phone just now was the chief of staff of our 7th Steel Brigade. You two were having a good chat, and the chief of staff specifically ordered me to come here to pick you up."

Shi Jin was merely stating basic facts, but his words sounded extremely harsh to He Yazhou.

He was completely confused!
Shi Jin was a very kind person. After standing there for half a day talking to Asia, he comforted her thoughtfully, saying, "Don't worry, you're not the first one to be captured alive."

Your brigade commander, Wang Kezheng, was captured by our army aviation battalion before you. Judging by the timeline, he should be being escorted to the Wolf Forward Training Base right now.

Shi Jin was only trying to comfort He Yazhou, hoping to find him a companion so he could feel better.

Unexpectedly, good intentions led to a bad outcome.

"What? What? Commander Wang has been captured by you?"

He Yazhou was struck dumb, completely disoriented.

"Yes, he was the first, and you have become the second deputy division-level officer captured alive since the establishment of our Steel Seventh Brigade. This is your honor."

Shi Jin, a sense of pride rising within him, slightly raised his chin and gestured, "Please, Political Commissar He."

……

Political Commissar He Yazhou of the 708th Brigade and Brigade Commander Wang Kezheng were both captured alive by the 7th Steel Brigade and brought back to the Wolf Forward Base. This news quickly spread to the war zone.

Chief of Staff Shen's expression was complicated as he paced back and forth in the room.

There are so many thoughts in my mind.

"The confrontation exercise has gone to this point and produced this result, which is something no one could have imagined."

It is truly baffling that the military and political leaders of a highly decorated elite force were captured by their opponents before even arriving at the exercise site.

This is probably the most exaggerated situation ever seen in the history of the People's Liberation Army's military exercises.

The fact that the exercise produced such a result is truly shameful, makes me blush, and makes my heart pound; it's a sad disgrace.

This shocked not only Wang Kezheng and He Yazhou, but also myself, and even made me feel guilty…

Chief of Staff Shen had mixed feelings and thought about many things.

As the chief of staff of the prestigious Capital Military Region, the 7th Steel Brigade defeated an elite force even before training began, and did so with ease, overcoming a superior enemy force.

Shenfei really has something to be happy about!
This demonstrates that the Capital Military Region's decision to form the 7th Steel Brigade was absolutely correct, as the combined arms brigade indeed possesses strong combat capabilities.

As long as the 7th Steel Brigade can grow smoothly and become a force with mature combat capabilities.

This will not only be an honor for the Capital Theater Command, but also a boon for the entire People's Liberation Army, enabling it to serve as a model for other military informatization reforms.

These significant impacts on the entire military will translate into honors and achievements for the theater commanders.

So the Seventh Steel Brigade was able to achieve a great victory, defeating a long-established and powerful enemy.

Great news!

However, from the perspective of the theater chief of staff, the information-based reform forces that the army group below is wholeheartedly building, and the first batch of divisions to be transformed into brigades in response to the reform, will definitely be at the forefront of the entire theater in terms of combat effectiveness.

The result was that this elite force was utterly destroyed by a disorganized unit that had been formed less than a week prior, had never conducted any training, and was still a scattered army.

There was no fighting ability to be seen, only a lackluster performance.

Wouldn't that be telling everyone that the troops that the theater command spent a lot of manpower and resources to transform in response to the country's informatization reform instructions are just a paper tiger that looks good but is useless and full of loopholes?

Doesn't that indicate that there are obvious problems with the reforms in the war zone?

As the chief of staff primarily responsible for the reforms, shouldn't he bear the main responsibility?

Thinking about how the previous reforms had failed and how poor the combat effectiveness of the troops that had been transformed was, how could Chief of Staff Shen possibly be in a good mood?

When good news and bad news are mixed together, they create the current dilemma faced by Chief of Staff Shen.

It was under these complex emotions that Chief of Staff Shen endured a difficult day. The next day, he took a helicopter to the Wolf Forward Base for a meeting.

The first phase of the exercise was concluded! Half an hour before the meeting was scheduled to begin, the large conference room at the Wolf Forward Base was already packed with people, including almost all the division and brigade commanders from the entire theater.

At a glance, all the officers were colonels or above, and the vast majority were senior colonels.

The attendees are of such a high rank.

The importance of the meeting is self-evident.

Chu Zhangang and his political commissar also arrived. Sitting in the conference room, seeing only division commanders and brigade commanders, they both became cautious.

Everyone else was greeting each other, since it's rare for them to see each other on ordinary days.

Chu Zhangang sensed that something was wrong. After scanning around for a while without seeing the leader, he asked the political commissar in a low voice, "Hey, why didn't we see the leader's car when we came in? He should have arrived by now."

"I heard from Commander Zhou at the base that the commander arrived this morning and hasn't left the command center since," the political commissar replied in a low voice.

"is it?"

Chu Zhangang was quite surprised, and then said, "I didn't expect the commander to attach so much importance to this exercise. Even after the confrontation exercise is over, he can still watch it for a day."

at this time.

Chen Jun, Regiment Commander Wang, and Tian Baoguo walked through the main gate to the conference room, went straight to the front, and sat down on the Red Army's side.

At the very front of the conference room, on the left and right sides, seats for the Red Army and the Blue Army were specially set up.

After all, today's meeting is a summary meeting of the exercise, and the two peaks that participated in the exercise are the main characters of this meeting, so it is only natural that their seats are placed in the first row below the podium.

"Is that the Steel Seventh Brigade? They're the ones who defeated Wang Kezhen's 708th Brigade?"

Chu Zhangang stared at Chen Jun and the other two, muttering to himself, "This brigade commander is too old. If he were in our army group, his seniority would be strictly enforced, and he would have been laid off long ago."

These chiefs of staff are all quite young, even unusually young, which is quite surprising.

The political commissar next to him heard this and chuckled, saying, "A brigade chief of staff in his twenties paired with a brigade commander in his fifties—this combination is indeed surprising and probably rare in the entire army."

……

The discussion between Chu Zhangang and the political commissar was not an isolated case, but merely a microcosm of the entire meeting.

Because Colonel Chen Jun was too young, a colonel in his twenties was quite unusual in the entire army, while Regiment Commander Wang, a brigade commander in his fifties, was indeed a bit older, the combination of them was particularly eye-catching.

This not only sparked a discussion between Chu Zhangang and Wang Qingrui, but also caused whispers among everyone else in the room, all discussing Chen Jun and Wang Qingrui.

Chen Jun and Wang Qingrui weren't deaf; they could hear some of the discussion, even if it was quiet.

But neither of them paid any attention.

Besides the ongoing discussion about Chen Jun's side, some people are also discussing the other main character—the Blue Army, whose seats are still empty at this moment.

Wang Kezheng and He Yazhou, who should have been sitting there, did not appear at this time.

This also aroused everyone's curiosity!

In this hushed atmosphere of discussion, more than ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye, and the meeting room door was opened again from the outside.

A group of three people walked in, all of them with golden eyes, and headed straight for the stage in front.

"stand up!!"

Then someone shouted.

The entire venue fell silent instantly, and everyone immediately stood up straight.

After the three leaders walked to the podium and sat down, the second command rang out again in the meeting room: "Sit down."

Everyone sat down in unison, adopting standard sitting postures.

Even with the hand already in hand, the Blues' seats remained empty, which only fueled everyone's curiosity.

Chu Zhangang couldn't hold back any longer and asked the political commissar in a low voice, puzzled, "Why hasn't Wang Kezheng arrived yet?"

"Cough cough."

The political commissar cleared his throat twice, signaling him to be quiet.

He didn't want to be singled out by his superior.

"Let's start the meeting now."

Before everyone had arrived, Shao Jiang, who was sitting to the left of Chief of Staff Shen, picked up a document and said, "The summary meeting of the Capital Theater Army's Decisive Battle 2001 live-fire confrontation exercise is now officially beginning."

Except for the two key officers from the Blues, everyone else was present.

This shows that the leaders of various units attach great importance to the emergency notices issued by the theater army, and they did a very good job that day.

Since this is a competition between the red and blue teams, both sides must be present.

After saying that, Shao Jiang looked to his right and said, "Brigade Commander Wang Qingrui, now that the first phase of the exercise is over, please release the prisoners."

"captive???"

The dozens of military and political leaders in the entire venue stared wide-eyed upon hearing this.

They only knew that the Blue Army lost the exercise, but they didn't know how they lost, let alone that the military and political leaders of the 708th Brigade would be captured alive.

Therefore, this news is definitely a bombshell for them.

"Yes."

After answering his superior, Wang Qingrui looked at Chen Jun and nodded.

"Release the prisoners immediately and bring them in," Chen Jun shouted towards the door.

What followed was truly spectacular.

Tuo Yonggang personally led a squad of special forces soldiers, who stood in two rows on either side of the gate after it was opened. Gao Cheng then appeared at the gate with the prisoners.

"You two have been released. Please come in," Gao Cheng said with a smile, gesturing for them to enter.

The smugness on his face was so intense it was almost overflowing.

Wang Kezheng and He Yazhou both had very dark faces, and their moods were extremely bad.

Not only were the two men, a brigade commander and a political commissar, detained for more than a day, but they were not sent back even after the exercise ended.

More importantly, they released them at the door as prisoners in front of so many people.

It was as if they had lost all face in front of all their colleagues in the entire war zone, letting everyone know that they had been captured.

This is so shameful, it's unbelievable.

When Wang Kezheng walked in with a dark face, his eyes were fixed on Chen Jun in the Red Army seat, and his angry expression made him want to devour Chen Jun alive.

Having been imprisoned by the Red Army for more than a day, Wang Kezheng and He Yazhou exchanged information and basically understood what was going on.

The culprit who made him lose face today, and who caused such a crushing defeat in the combat exercise, is not Brigade Commander Wang Qingrui, but Chief of Staff Chen Jun.

It was Chen Jun who caused him such a terrible tragedy! (End of Chapter)