From the 7th Steel Company to the Synthetic Division

"Uh, you should play."

Wang Kezheng, being thin-skinned, pleaded, "Political Commissar, you should handle this. You should try to get these staff officers here to give us a few lessons."

We'll prepare some more questions for them to answer, and we can also show them some of the techniques we've trained them on, so they can give us their feedback.

Sometimes we train intently for hours, only to have someone unleash a move that's the finishing touch, the perfect finishing touch.

Wang Kezheng's words were quite humble, which also proved that he genuinely recognized the strength of the 7th Steel Brigade and admitted that the 708th Brigade was inferior to the 7th Steel Brigade.

"I agree with your point of view. Winning the Seventh Steel Brigade is not our goal. Winning battles is the ultimate goal. We need to improve our ability to win future wars. This statement is indeed the finishing touch."

He Yazhou's rare praise for Wang Kezheng made Wang Kezheng feel refreshed and proud, saying, "That's right, that's what you call far-sighted and thoughtful."

"You can't be praised, or you'll get all cocky," He Yazhou teased, pointing with his finger.

"Haha."

Wang Kezheng laughed heartily.

……

He Yazhou had already called the Seventh Steel Brigade before, so he wasn't as nervous about contacting them again, and even felt a bit more familiar with the process.

The 7th Steel Brigade took the request from the 708th Brigade quite seriously.

Chen Jun's philosophy is also to help the entire army grow and make the country's army stronger, so he will naturally not reject the desire of neighboring troops to make progress.

Even though the training tasks are heavy, three capable officers were still dispatched.

After two days of preparation, the three-person team, led by intelligence staff officer Qiu Ming, went to the 708th Brigade's base for training as arranged.

Wang Kezheng, along with all the officers and soldiers of the 708th Brigade headquarters, personally greeted them at the main gate.

The fact that a training group headed by a mere intelligence staff officer was greeted by a host of high-ranking officials, including the brigade commander and political commissar, shows that the level of reception was indeed extremely high.

This incident also demonstrates just how much Wang Kezheng values ​​this matter.

The training lasted for a full week, and the final result was very successful, with everyone in the 708th Brigade extremely satisfied.

With guidance from experts from the 7th Steel Brigade, all the parts they didn't understand were cleared up.

I had that feeling of my meridians being unblocked and my mind suddenly clearing up.

Many difficult problems that were not discovered or could not be solved in the previous closed training have been basically resolved in this round of training.

It is foreseeable that after this round of strengthening, the 708th Brigade's combat capabilities will experience a rapid increase.

Having completed the assistance and training for the 708th Brigade, the 7th Steel Brigade returned to its orderly training, with each unit continuing its training as scheduled.

With only a few months left until the pilot assessment, whether or not the Seventh Steel Brigade can pass the assessment is crucial.

If you pass the assessment, your position on the job is definitely secure.

If they fail the final assessment, the very existence of the 7th Steel Brigade will be in question.

This is a slightly longer-term goal.

The relatively immediate training objective is the exercise scheduled for a little over a month from now.

Under the personal supervision of Deputy Chief of Staff Hong Yi, the training progress of the college student recruit company was very fast, and the growth of each person was visible to the naked eye.

Even Huo De, who used to clamor to leave, has become much more well-behaved lately.

It wasn't that his ideological awareness improved.

I want to stay in the military and develop my career there.

Instead, he repeatedly approached his girlfriend Aijia, wanting her to leave the army with him, but she refused each time, leaving him no choice but to stay.

Hod is a typical love-struck fool; his love for Aija has turned into adoration.

Aijia was unwilling to leave the army, so he had no choice but to stay.

but.

He couldn't just coast along in the military, especially in a high-standard, high-requirement elite unit like the Steel Seventh Brigade. He simply couldn't stay there if he wanted to.

If Huo Deruo's mindset hasn't changed by the time the recruit training ends and he continues to drift through life like this, he will be ruthlessly kicked out.

At that point, even if he cries out to heaven, it will be useless.

While a month or so may sound like a long time, in the monotonous and repetitive training in the military, the days pass by incredibly quickly, leaving one feeling numb.

Huo had been slacking off for over a month, and there were only three days left until the assessment.

Today, the 7th Steel Brigade finally received orders that the combat exercise, named "Advance Operation," will officially begin in one day.

Wang Qingrui immediately convened a meeting of the brigade headquarters staff in the command center to discuss the matter.

Deputy Chief of Staff Hong Yi was responsible for reading out the order:

"This exercise mainly involved online simulations, supplemented by real-world combat between the red and blue forces. The 550th Brigade was assigned as the blue force and the 730th Brigade as the red force to conduct live-fire confrontations."

My brigade dispatched a reinforced company to be attached to the 550th Brigade, mainly to undertake the mission of infiltration behind enemy lines.

The reinforced company was required to depart tomorrow morning and arrive at the Niushou Mountain area to assemble and await orders before noon, with a planned return to its unit in half a month.

The Theater Army Operations Department also required our unit to report the information on the weapons, equipment, and vehicles of the dispatched personnel to the Theater Army for registration tonight.

Other regulations and requirements regarding the exercise were not communicated to us. The above is the relevant information mentioned in the order for this exercise.

After Hong Yi read the order to everyone, everyone present roughly understood what was going on.

"Chief of Staff, do you have any comments?"

As always, Brigade Commander Wang Qingrui left the decision-making to Chen Jun.

"How about this."

Chen Jun did not refuse and said directly, "We have already held a meeting to discuss this, and the specific arrangements have already been decided."

Then proceed with the previously agreed plan: have the special operations company send its key personnel and officers to form an enhanced company with the college student recruits to participate in this advance operation exercise.

The specific personnel arrangements were handed over to the deputy chief of staff, with deputy brigade commander Gao Cheng in charge of coordination.

"Make sure to send me a detailed roster of the reinforced company, along with information on the necessary military equipment and supplies, before dinner this afternoon. I will then report this information to the theater army tonight."

"Does anyone else have any questions?" Brigade Commander Wang Qingrui asked, looking at the others.

Chen Jun said that everything had been decided beforehand, and now it was just a matter of putting it into practice. Naturally, no one else had any objections, and the matter was settled.

A few hours later.

Hong Yi delivered the detailed roster to Chen Jun. Chen Jun had great faith in Hong Yi's efficiency, not to mention Gao Cheng's prestige in the Seventh Steel Brigade.

One of them was in charge of execution, and the other was in charge of maintaining order.

No one dared to disagree.

Chen Jun glanced at the contents, and after confirming that there were no problems, he took it to prepare for reporting.

The roster that Hong Yi and Gao Cheng put together was indeed very well-prepared in terms of arrangements, sending out basically all the elites of the special operations company. The company commander leading the team was Wu Liuyi, a special operations company commander with rich combat experience who had served in the army for more than ten years.

This expansion of recruitment by the 7th Steel Brigade not only resulted in a large number of new recruits, but also led to changes in the military ranks of many, with some advancing slightly to higher positions.

Among them was Tuo Yonggang, who had been with the Seventh Steel Brigade for two or three years and had recently been promoted to major.

His promotion in rank, coupled with his seniority, led him to rise from company commander of a special operations company to deputy battalion commander of a special operations battalion, forming a golden partnership with Hong Yi.

With the position of company commander of the special operations company vacant, the positions below it were adjusted accordingly.

Wu Liuyi was promoted from a second-class sergeant. His years of service and seniority gave him an absolute advantage over others, so he naturally became the new company commander.

Cheng Cai and Xu Sanduo had only been promoted to officers not long ago, but they had already made many contributions.

He was also promoted to platoon leader in this wave.

To ensure the exercise wouldn't go wrong, Cheng Cai and Xu Sanduo were both assigned to the recruit company to partner with Wu Liuyi to complete the mission.

They were the Three Musketeers in the old A team, and this exercise is like a reunion of old friends.

The remaining old comrades of the Steel Seventh Company, such as Sergeant Bai Tiejun, Gan Xiaoning, and Batel, are all doing very well in their respective companies of the Steel Seventh Brigade.

After all, they came all the way from the combined arms company; to exaggerate a bit, they were the veterans of the 7th Steel Brigade.

If things don't go well now, it would be a real waste.

……

the next morning.

It was also the first day of the exercise.

Wu Liuyi, along with several officers from the company headquarters, as well as platoon leaders such as Xu Sanduo and Cheng Cai, arrived at the recruit company to begin organizing the personnel according to orders.

After nearly half an hour of adjustments, the plan was adjusted to form a reinforced company of four platoons.

The college student recruits had been training for so long, and this was the moment they had been waiting for. In their eyes, the exercise was something very high-level and impressive.

Just like the games a group of friends played when they were kids, the thought alone makes their adrenaline surge.

Only Hord looked completely uninterested.

He has absolutely no interest in these things.

However, no one cared about his emotions. Everything was ready, and the whole company boarded the vehicle and arrived at the assembly point on time.

The mission was to infiltrate and sabotage behind enemy lines, and the terrain was in a complex forest.

Therefore, the reinforced company could not operate by vehicle and could only launch a foot raid to cooperate with the 550th Brigade in attacking the 730th Brigade.

"Platoon leaders, come here."

Wu Liuyi gathered all the officers together and then began to arrange the operation according to the mission.

"The first and second rows will be led by the instructor and will cut in from the small path on the left. They must remain silent the whole time and contact me after 3 o'clock."

"The third platoon and the company followed me over the mountain from the right side."

"The fourth platoon will remain and move westward along the riverbank to draw the enemy's attention and cover the entire company's surprise attack."

……

After Wu Liuyi assigned combat tasks to each platoon, each platoon, led by its leader, quickly launched combat operations and headed towards the designated location.

"Platoon leader, why is everyone else gone, leaving us all stuck here?"

When Huo De saw that the once large group of more than a hundred people had dwindled to only about thirty, he instantly felt insecure and his expression became tense.

"Don't worry, those who stay until the end are usually the ones with the most difficult and glorious missions."

Cheng Cai replied casually, his expression calm.

As a veteran who had followed Chen Jun all over the country and even fought with foreigners abroad, Cheng Cai had seen all kinds of big scenes. He didn't take this small exercise too seriously at all.

It's not that he's arrogant.

Rather, it's about having enough confidence.

"Platoon leader, since we're staying here, it's getting late. We've come all this way in the middle of the day, it's time for lunch, isn't it?" Huo said expectantly.

"Have a meal?"

Cheng Cai stared at Huo De in astonishment, speechless, "You still have time to think about food?" At the same time, he thought to himself: Where did this weirdo come from? He's really too unreliable.

"Aren't we supposed to eat? We can't fight a war on an empty stomach," Huo De said, completely baffled.

"We have to wait here to receive the mission and see what the specific nature of the mission is before we can make arrangements. Right now, our task is to stay put and do nothing."

Cheng Cai has a relatively good temper and is able to explain things to him seriously.

Secondly, Cheng Cai values ​​these college students very much because he didn't go to college himself. As a high school student, achieving college grades was his dream.

Therefore, even though he behaved very strangely, Cheng Cai did not lose patience and reprimanded him.

Otherwise, if a new recruit didn't follow his squad leader properly and came here to nag the platoon leader, he would have been glared at and sent packing long ago.

"That won't do! Health preservation principles say that skipping meals is bad for the stomach and can easily cause stomach ulcers and duodenal ulcers..."

"Hey, wait a minute."

Cheng Cai interrupted Huo De's endless chatter, saying with a wry smile, "You know a lot, but we're on a mission, not here to relax."

“My mom has this disease, and let me tell you, the pain is excruciating…”

"stop."

Cheng Cai interrupted Huo De again, not wanting to hear any more nonsense. He said with a serious face, "I don't blame you for being a new recruit, but I don't like you talking so much nonsense. Go back to your class and let your class leader teach you a lesson."

Cheng Cai had barely finished speaking when the radio operator carrying a radio ran over and said, "Reporting to the platoon leader, the company commander ordered our fourth platoon to be responsible for a feint attack, and left an address."

Let us march west along this river, drawing the enemy's attention along the way. The purpose is to make the enemy think that our company has already moved west.

Once the enemy follows you, choose a concealed spot ahead to cross the river, then turn back along the opposite bank. The main force will be waiting for you ahead as you return. Withdraw from the battle together. The specific operation will take place in twenty minutes.

"Okay, I see."

After hearing the company's order, Cheng Cai immediately instructed: "Squad leader of the 10th squad, move to the left front 200 meters to conduct reconnaissance and observe the situation along the way. If there is no enemy activity, withdraw in 15 minutes."

"Yes."

Upon receiving the order, Squad Leader Shi saluted and dashed off.

During this time, Huo De was like a chatterbox, constantly nagging. One minute he would ask what a feint was, the next he would say he was so hungry he couldn't stand it and ask if he could arrange a meal, and then he would ask if marching could be done by walking instead of running.

The twelfth squad leader, who was in charge of Huo De, couldn't stand Huo De's incessant rambling and, fearing that it would anger the platoon leader, came over and pulled him away.

Huo De was quite unhappy about this, but after looking at the 12th Squad Leader's strong physique, he finally shut his mouth obediently. (End of Chapter)